Hell on Earth

At this very moment.

Under Doctor Yang's stern gaze, Ping Tou's voice gradually grew quieter.

He shot Li Chen a resentful glare.

Li Chen merely smiled faintly.

"Let me introduce myself. I'm the person in charge of Noah Shelter, a non-government organization."

"My purpose is to rescue talented people."

"You have two choices. First, stay here and wait for military rescue. Second, come with me."

Li Chen would not force anyone.

He simply did not tell them that even the military was too overwhelmed to care for itself.

There was no food in the laboratory at all.

Staying behind was no different from waiting to die!

Doctor Yang adjusted his glasses, looked at the others, and stated, "I'm willing to go with you."

"I am too." Ning Jing immediately responded as well.

The rest were still hesitating.

Clearly, Li Chen's shelter was a civilian organization.

The country had made preparations before the apocalypse.

Shelters had been established in every prefecture-level city.

Everyone in the research institute had been granted shelter slots.

Quite a few people preferred to remain where they were and wait for official rescue.

"Time is tight. I won't force anyone who doesn't want to leave."

Li Chen nodded and motioned for Doctor Yang and Ning Jing to follow closely behind him.

Just as Li Chen was about to leave the isolation room with Doctor Yang,

someone could no longer hold back.

"Teacher, I'll go with you too."

"Me too."

By the time the isolation room door was opened, even Ping Tou had joined the group.

Some were afraid of dying.

Others were worried about Doctor Yang and wanted to protect him personally.

Surrounded and protected by Android Warriors, the group headed toward the laboratory.

"Roar!"

The zombies were stirred by the commotion.

Like drunkards, they staggered toward the group to attack.

It had only been twenty minutes from viral infection to deterioration.

These zombies had already lost all human semblance.

Veins bulged across their faces, and their mouths were smeared with bright red fluid.

Chunks of unidentified flesh occasionally fell from their claws as they moved.

Many researchers were terrified stiff, frozen in place.

One female researcher's legs had gone numb with fear, leaving her at the very back of the group.

The trailing zombie finally found its chance and pounced at once!

"Ah—"

The female researcher screamed, and gunfire rang out.

Bang!

The zombie fell in response.

Its bluish-purple claws still clutched a scrap of the female researcher's clothing.

It had been so close!

The female researcher's face went deathly pale as she hurriedly caught up with the group.

Under the cover of the Android Warriors, they cleared out the remaining zombies inside.

The group finally reached the laboratory.

Doctor Yang and the others immediately copied the research data.

They packed up all the materials and took them with them.

The bus was parked outside the research institute's entrance.

After several researchers boarded, the bus started up again and sped toward the second destination.

Noah had already used signal tracking to send Li Chen the locations of every researcher in Donghai City.

Aside from those at the research institute,

there were also a few researchers on vacation, scattered across several districts of Donghai City.

At this point, all of Donghai City had completely fallen.

Fewer than one in ten soldiers and police officers remained!

Up to now,

no unquestionable authority had stepped forward to organize order.

Ordinary civilians simply lacked the courage to resist and were pounced on by zombies one after another.

The streets looked like hell on earth.

Screams and cries for help stretched on without end.

A pregnant woman ran wildly down the street, her swollen belly in front of her.

A zombie bit her ankle, and she instantly fell to the ground.

"Help... save me..."

Protecting her belly, the pregnant woman screamed as she kicked at the zombie's head.

Countless people passed by her.

No one even spared her a glance!

Someone even accidentally stepped on her.

A moment later, the pregnant woman's cries for help grew weaker and weaker...

Everyone on the bus took a step back.

Their faces showed unbearable distress!

These researchers from the institute had noticed something was wrong in the early days of the outbreak.

They had all hidden away.

So they had never seen the true brutality of the apocalypse.

Only now did they realize how naive their earlier thoughts had been.

The streets had already become like this.

There was no need to imagine how terrible other places were!

The military had long since been unable to protect itself, let alone send people to save them.

It was over!

Humanity was finished!

Faced with such an apocalyptic scene, everyone fell silent without prior agreement.

On the chaotic streets,

a modified bus sped past.

Its front was fitted with vicious iron hooks.

It smashed straight through obstacles ahead, while wing plates on either side shoved the debris away.

Guns were mounted at every window.

Rat-a-tat-tat—

Flames burst from the dark muzzles.

Every bullet took out a zombie trying to climb onto the vehicle.

The Android Warriors remained cold-faced.

While they were still in the Cultivation Pods, combat knowledge had already been implanted into them.

Every one of them was a crack shot chosen from thousands!

Before the street zombies could even get close, bullets blew their heads apart.

Such strength left everyone on the bus wide-eyed.

"Who... exactly are you?"

Doctor Yang wore a complicated expression as he stared directly into Li Chen's eyes and asked.

It was not hard to see that this team was exceptionally well-equipped.

Every one of them was highly skilled.

They were comparable to Special Forces!

How could a civilian Rescue Shelter possess such strength?

And the virus had only broken out a little over ten minutes ago.

Yet Li Chen had already brought people to the research institute to save them.

This showed that he had learned of it long ago!

How could a civilian Rescue Shelter know something that even the major powers did not?

Could it be that Li Chen had some powerful force backing him?

Li Chen smiled faintly.

"Why bother worrying about so much?"

"You only need to know that our Rescue Shelter won't harm you."

"As for the rest, you'll naturally understand once we reach the Rescue Shelter."

Li Chen clearly did not want to say more.

Though Doctor Yang was curious, he obediently shut his mouth.

It was not like there was anything wrong with his brain.

His life was in Li Chen's hands now.

Li Chen had so many armed personnel, so the force behind him was probably extremely powerful as well.

And when everyone had been in grave danger, Li Chen had descended from the sky with his people.

For the sake of saving their lives alone, they should obediently listen to him.

Just as everyone in the vehicle was lost in tangled thoughts,

suddenly!

More than thirty people appeared in front of the bus.

Their faces were filled with terror.

They spread their arms and blocked the bus.

"Let us on!"

"Open the door, please!"

They shouted themselves hoarse.

They treated the bus as their only lifeline.

However...

Boom—

Not only did the bus fail to slow down, the Android driving it stomped on the accelerator.

It swerved around the thirty people and continued forward.

"What's going on? Why aren't you saving them?"

A burly man chased after the bus and roared angrily.

The others also ran after the bus.

The foulest curses of their lives poured from their mouths.

"Are you insane? Stop the bus!"

"You damned bastards! You're just standing by and watching us die!"

"You'll all go to hell!"

The Android Warriors on the bus remained unmoved by their words.

The distance gradually widened.

Until even those vicious curses could no longer be heard!

Ping Tou immediately walked up to Li Chen and angrily said,

"Stop the bus!"

"Can't you see there are so many people?"