Lin Zhen glanced at the ranking post, smiled, and closed it. He did not care in the slightest about such pointless things.
Out of habit, he looked toward Blue River Bridge, only to suddenly discover that the troops who had been stationed there all along had withdrawn.
That was normal. The military could not remain here indefinitely. It would inevitably provoke the dissatisfaction of certain influential figures. Their withdrawal had only been a matter of time.
Still, Lin Zhen was quite happy. He could finally return to the base.
Just as he was about to leave the Mall Rooftop, Lin Zhen suddenly spotted three people sprinting down the street in the distance.
Had they been anyone else, Lin Zhen might not even have spared them a glance. But he recognized two of the three: his teammates, Shi Lei and Ye Tiancheng.
Besides those two, there was also a bearded man wielding a long saber and running at the front.
Behind the bearded man, Shi Lei and the other man looked utterly wretched. Shi Lei's longsword had even snapped, while Ye Tiancheng had only one of his twin swords left. They were gasping as they ran wildly, with a pack of ape-like monsters relentlessly pursuing them from behind.
The monkeys were all Golden Monkeys. After mutating, they were even stronger than the silverback gorillas of the Anno Domini Era. Every one of them possessed at least C-Rank strength, while the leader was a B-Class Monkey King.
The monkeys raced through the streets, easily leaping over abandoned buses, swinging from power lines, and jumping across rooftops along the roadside. From above and below, they vaguely encircled the three men.
It looked like they had little chance of escape.
"Captain, I can't do it anymore. I can't run another step. Let's fight these