"Flames!" A seventeen- or eighteen-year-old boy waved his hand, sending a man-sized ball of fire howling toward the horde of zombies below.
Boom!
Two or three zombies were swept by the flames. After struggling briefly, they were eventually burned into charcoal.
His teammates beside him were also constantly reaping zombie after zombie—some controlling ice, others firing laser beams from their eyes—whether humanoid or animal-shaped.
Unfortunately, even though they were resisting with everything they had, there were simply far too few humans and superpowered individuals on their side compared to the massive zombie horde.
Not to mention that as time passed, dwindling ammunition and the mental exhaustion from using superpowers gradually put them at a disadvantage...
And the final straw that broke the camel's back was the evolved zombies within the horde—agile creatures capable of healing their injuries!
Suddenly, a special zombie two or three meters tall let out a roar and actually leaped high into the air, landing inside the defensive wall.
It moved so quickly that even dozens of superpowered individuals failed to react in time!
"How can it be so fast? That's impossible!"
Staring at the Giant Zombie just a few meters away, He Wu, the boy who wielded flames, screamed in terror.
Instinctively, flames burst from his right palm as he prepared to attack.
Unfortunately, before he could launch his attack, pain shot through his neck, and his vision suddenly went black.
He Wu felt the world spin, then saw a headless corpse standing where he had been.
The Giant Zombie stood nearby, its purplish-black palm dripping with blood.
Despairing, he sank into eternal darkness.
"He Wu?!"
"No! Damn it!"
The superpowered individuals cried out in furious shock.
Superpowered individuals were already rare and tended to stick together, so most of them were He Wu's friends. Seeing