He Wanted to Escape on His Own

Many people watching from the second floor turned their heads away, unable to bear witnessing the bloody scene that was about to unfold. Not long ago, they had seen it with their own eyes—within minutes, Lu Wan's corpse had turned into a mangled skeleton with scraps of flesh hanging from it.

In less than five minutes, Chu Han would be torn apart by that enormous horde of zombies.

It was a foreseeable horror and despair!

Zhang Ziyu and Gu Xiaotong were both trembling all over. Chu Han, he—

Had he gone insane?!

"Boss! Boss!! Aaahhh!" Chen Shaoye had long since been unable to take the blow. He lay sprawled by the window, wailing his eyes out.

Shang Jiudi suddenly covered Eighteen's eyes, while her own eyes had already turned red!

Thud, thud, thud—

Chu Han wrapped himself tightly in the long cloth soaked with Ye Tianlong's blood. The automatic rifle in his arms was heavy, but securely tied in place. Dragging Ye Tianlong's corpse, he counted silently.

Only one meter from the ground.

Now!

Chu Han suddenly exerted force with both arms. The power unleashed by his Tier 1 physique was immense, far beyond the bounds of ordinary humans. With a full swing, he hurled Ye Tianlong's corpse away as though throwing a shot put!

Ye Tianlong's corpse was flung far to the side, landing in the distance with a bang. Blood that had not yet drained from it came with it, and an overpowering stench of blood spread through the air.

The zombies immediately went mad, swarming toward the fresh corpse in a frenzy.

Smack!

Taking advantage of that opening, Chu Han landed easily. He casually clutched the blood-soaked long cloth to his chest and sprinted away.

An increase in physique tier did not refer to physical fitness from the civilized era. Rather, after the world's six hours of darkness, it was another kind of genetic mutation distinct from zombies—the beginning of human evolution and a milestone marking the arrival of a new age.

Tier 1 Physique had already completely surpassed the limits of humanity. This evolution was bizarre and utterly unreasonable, yet it existed as undeniably as zombies did.

Everyone possessed such potential. They merely needed time.

But Chu Han possessed the Reforging System, allowing him to enter the evolutionary stage ahead of everyone else!

This was his trump card, his support!

After jumping from the second floor of the rest stop, Chu Han was completely unharmed. He no longer feared these zombies. Humans with a Tier 1 physique would no longer be infected by Tier 1 zombies.

The only danger was that there were simply too many zombies. Even if he could not be infected, Chu Han would still be devoured clean in such a dense horde, outnumbered beyond hope.

Ye Tianlong's corpse was his most important bargaining chip!

The overpowering smell of blood would attract the zombies. Though it would not last long, it was enough for him to escape alive.

On the second floor of the rest stop, everyone who witnessed the scene below stared wide-eyed in disbelief. Not only had Chu Han not fallen to his death, he had even escaped the dense zombie horde at an unimaginable speed, while Ye Tianlong's corpse was surrounded by countless zombies.

Scarlet blood bubbles kept spurting out as they sprawled on the ground, ravenously gnawing at the human blood splashed across it.

Chu Han had escaped. Those zombies could not catch him at all!

Chen Shaoye stood dumbfounded, temporarily forgetting even to wipe his face. Snot and tears covered his fat, round face, making him look as comical as a clown.

Shang Jiudi's face was filled with shock, while Eighteen stared unblinkingly at Chu Han's retreating back.

The other survivors were filled with a mix of emotions—astonishment, doubt, disappointment... The terrifying scene they had dreaded had not occurred. Chu Han had actually escaped what should have been certain death.

But why did they feel somewhat disappointed?

Chu Han was incredibly fast, swift as the wind and fast as lightning. But the zombies ate just as quickly. Ye Tianlong's corpse had already been devoured clean by the swarming zombies. Some who had not gotten any flesh were even clutching scattered bones and gnawing on them viciously.

Chu Han still held the blood-soaked long cloth. The scent of blood made a great number of zombies sensitive, and countless zombies began turning around to chase after him, their impatient roars expressing their craving for human flesh and blood.

The howling wind was as cold as the night, lashing against his face with stinging pain.

As Chu Han ran past the oil drums at the gas station, he suddenly spread out the long cloth and casually tossed it onto the ground in a messy heap, while gripping the automatic rifle tightly.

He chambered a round and turned around.

Bang—

The gunshot was loud. The bullet flew into a zombie's head, making it burst apart with a pop!

After firing that single shot, he sprinted away without looking back.

The zombies that had already crowded into the rest stop heard the gunshot immediately. They began jostling toward the outside. The zombies at the front quickly discovered the long cloth on the ground, covered in scarlet blood and reeking intensely.

They tore at the cloth frantically, impatiently stuffing it into their mouths. They had no thoughts and did not know that it was not human flesh. They only knew that the long cloth held a deadly attraction for them.

All the survivors on the second floor of the rest stop held their breaths. No one would dare make the slightest sound at such a critical moment.

The wall of corpses piled up at the staircase had stopped shaking. Though it was already on the verge of collapse, the mindless zombies had abandoned it, gradually dispersing and heading toward the open area outside.

Their genes were strange. Some peculiar frequency existed within their brains, causing resonance among them and making them unconsciously gather together.

More and more zombies filled the open area, swarming around the blood-reeking long cloth and desperately squeezing toward its center. Many more zombies continued emerging from the rest stop.

Everyone standing by the windows felt their scalps go numb. From this angle, the scene below resembled a black vortex, with a red-and-white speck at its center.

As for Chu Han, he had vanished after firing that shot. With so many zombies and the cover of night, unevolved humans could not focus their eyes at all.

Was he dead or alive? No one knew.

Shang Jiudi fought back her tears, forcing out the words through clenched teeth. "We're going down. Don't make a sound!"

Silence. No one spoke. Everyone quietly threaded their way through the pile of corpses by the stairwell. Under the threat of death, no one had the luxury of being disgusted by the stench of rot and decaying flesh.

Being alive was already a miracle.

The group cautiously reached the first-floor lobby and gathered at the exit, unsure how to escape. The outside was swarming with zombies. Even if the zombies in the rest stop had been lured away, they still weren't safe.

Vroom—

The roar of a vehicle engine suddenly rang out!

A tall SUV raced across the open ground outside at incredible speed, already about to vanish from everyone's sight.

After a brief silence and stunned disbelief—

One survivor cried out desperately, "Liar! That liar—he wants to escape on his own!"

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