Breakout

The tide of corpses surged forward with the momentum of a landslide, surrounding Xia Leng in the middle of the road until not even a drop of water could trickle through.

Given the ferocious, flood-like onslaught of the living dead, he would be completely submerged in that ocean of rot in less than five seconds!

Yet, Xia Leng did not lose his footing, even as the thick, putrid stench and deafening roars assaulted his senses.

If an ordinary person were surrounded by such a terrifying environment, they would likely be scared out of their wits or even frightened to death.

But Xia Leng was different; he was no longer an ordinary person, and at this point, he was no longer human.

When he was first sent to the orphanage, it was the height of summer. The boy's personality was so icy that people felt the temperature drop around him, which was why they gave him the name Xia Leng.

Ever since he fused with the Blacklight Virus, that already cold and isolated nature had drifted even further away from normal humanity.

All human emotional entanglements were gradually being stripped from his brain, and that included fear.

Xia Leng watched the swarming zombies, his mind remaining calm as his eyes scanned the surrounding terrain like a calculator.

Since the ground offered no way out, he would go up!

Just as the few zombies in the vanguard leaped up, about to pounce on him, Xia Leng suddenly bent his knees and jumped nearly five meters into the air. His hands gripped a rusted lamppost overhead, leaving the zombies below to snap at empty air!

However, facing these living dead who were also capable of scaling walls, he had to maintain a high level of vigilance at every moment!

After climbing up, Xia Leng used the momentum to vault onto a shop sign several meters away. Less than a second after he jumped, the lamppost he had just stepped on was pushed over and swallowed by the surging tide of corpses.

Awoo!!!

The living dead watched as Xia Leng, agile as Tarzan, darted across the tightly connected billboards, each step landing securely on the next as he sprinted toward the exit.

They unleashed their own "parkour" skills, scrambling up the walls and digging their sharp claws into the concrete, pursuing Xia Leng as if they were walking on flat ground.

As he ran, Xia Leng glanced back at the clingy horde of zombies, feeling a surge of intense disgust, yet simultaneously harboring an urge to devour these delicacies in one bite.

Reason still held the upper hand, however; he would not test the strength of such a massive horde with his own body.

Just as Xia Leng accelerated across the dense rows of billboards, several zombies suddenly smashed through the windows of a high-rise building ahead and leaped onto the signs, attempting to intercept him.

Two mutant zombies in the front spat out long, barbed tongues toward Xia Leng, trying to obstruct his path.

Xia Leng did not slow down. While charging forward, he drew a sharp dagger from his waist and slashed it forward with lightning speed!

Clack!

With a flash of cold light, the two sweeping tongues were instantly severed in mid-air, spraying thick, green blood!

Before the two mutant zombies could react, Xia Leng's powerful legs had already stepped onto their exposed brains, and as they let out shrill screams, he vaulted over their blockade!

After a life-or-death sprint, he was now less than 50 meters away from the exit bathed in sunlight!

This intense ultraviolet light, which was disgusting and capable of causing severe damage to his skin, looked like a warm ray of sunshine from heaven in Xia Leng's eyes!

As expected, the exit was already densely packed with zombies waiting for his arrival; their hunger filled the sky above the entire street with their roars!

Now blocked both front and back, and with fewer billboards to step on as he neared the exit, he would eventually be forced to drop to the ground and collide with the final group of zombies blocking the way!

When he was about 0 meters away from the front line of the horde, Xia Leng suddenly pulled out the "Peace Gun," which had four bullets left, and fired into the air!

The sound of the shots, however, was completely drowned out by the roaring of the zombies.

As Xia Leng fired the final bullet in the chamber, the casing ejected and clattered to the ground.

BOOM!!

Suddenly! A massive explosion erupted right above the heads of the zombie horde!

The zombies instinctively looked up, only to see a colossal object crashing down upon them...

CRASH!!

A massive lingerie billboard, covering half the width of the street, crushed a large swath of zombies, carving out a path!

As it turned out, Xia Leng had not fired into the air randomly; he had aimed at the four metal cables securing the billboard!

Due to the extreme and erratic temperature fluctuations between day and night, the four metal cables had been rusted to the point of being riddled with holes, or they would not have been so easily severed.

Most importantly, Xia Leng had maintained high-speed movement while aiming and firing, yet not a single bullet had missed; all four had struck the cables perfectly...

Such accuracy while sprinting would put even a second-tier vision-enhanced Apocalypse Hunter to shame.

After shooting down the billboard and clearing a path, Xia Leng immediately leaped from the ten-meter height to the ground and charged into the gap created in the horde!

Awoo!!!

The living dead became even more irritable, frantically converging on the gap in an attempt to intercept this arrogant human who moved through their territory as he pleased!

But as he neared the exit, Xia Leng stopped holding back his trump cards. He channeled all his strength into his legs, and his speed increased dramatically once more!

Even the ferocious onslaught of the zombies paled in comparison to his speed!

If one looked closely, every time Xia Leng's feet struck the ground, they left deep footprints in the concrete, with a dark red mist rapidly evaporating from the marks.

This was the Blacklight Virus augmenting his speed!

BOOM!!

A few zombies that had climbed onto the billboard, claws outstretched, didn't even have time to react before the man sprinting at high speed slammed into them. The sheer force and acceleration caused them to shatter into pieces, their brittle bones snapping instantly!

The others attempting to surround Xia Leng were too late, forced to watch helplessly as the black silhouette flashed past like a gust of wind!

Finally, at the very moment his leg strength reached its peak, Xia Leng stepped onto the iron frame at the edge of a billboard and exerted force once more!

He vaulted a distance of over ten meters, and the iron frame he had just stepped upon instantly buckled under the immense force!

Amidst the pursuit and interception of tens of thousands of living dead, he successfully charged out of the Street of the Living Dead!

Xia Leng stood under the safe sunlight, watching as those living dead at the edge of the shadows continued to let out furious roars in his direction.

His expression remained as cold and indifferent as ever, and even his breathing stayed perfectly steady, as if everything that had just occurred was nothing more than a stroll through a crowd of corpses.

"No need to be anxious; I will return."

With that, Xia Leng strode forward without looking back, departing with calm detachment amidst the earth-shaking roars of the living dead.