On the Run

The squad member bringing up the rear was named Kyle.

He was an assassin-type class, skilled at concealing himself.

Thus, during the squad's retreat, he had been assigned to the rear, responsible for monitoring the Zombie Horde's movements and covering the squad's tracks.

But no one had expected that he would be the first squad member to meet with trouble.

When they heard his scream cut off before it could even fully sound, every member felt their scalps tingle.

What they feared most had happened after all.

As the captain, Lin Zhiluo "remained calm in the face of danger" and decisively turned to look toward where Kyle was.

A few bolder members followed his gaze and looked back as well.

Kyle clutched his profusely bleeding throat as he lay limply collapsed amid the bushes.

Standing before him was a small, incredibly agile Tentacle Race zombie.

Under the squad members' watchful eyes, the zombie used a single sharp claw to cleanly sever Kyle's head.

Then it fixed its gaze on the squad members who had looked at it.

"Stop looking and run! It doesn't seem to have alerted the Zombie Horde yet. We still have a chance to escape!"

"So don't waste time tangling with this zombie. Once the Zombie Horde catches up, none of us will be able to get away."

Lin Zhiluo did his best to lower his voice as he warned the squad members.

The other squad members instantly came to their senses as well.

Right, dealing with a single zombie like this was not a problem for the squad.

The problem was that the Zombie Horde was not far from them.

If they spent time dealing with this zombie, they could very well be blocked in by the Zombie Horde!

When that happened, they would all be