The night was as black as ink. Wang Yang and his group steadily advanced, leaving a swath of zombies sprawled across the ground.
Behind them, as long as there were people in the rooms, they all turned on their lights to illuminate the way.
At last, Wang Yang's group reached within a hundred meters of the Gymnasium, and most of the zombies outside had been lured out and killed.
The group sat on the ground to recover their strength.
Wang Yang tagged Zhang Dahai in the Chat Room and asked how things were going.
Zhang Dahai did not reply, only sending a picture.
There were still quite a few zombies in the Gymnasium, including many Level 1 zombies. The three special zombies were still feeding.
"Why don't we wait until those three zombies finish eating before we go in?" Zhou Tao said between heavy breaths. "We've killed so many zombies already. Those three can't possibly evolve again."
Huang Hao agreed. "Yeah. We can let them kill each other, then reap the rewards."
After killing so many zombies, his legs were aching from exhaustion. He really wanted to rest.
"Yeah! If those zombies eat all the other zombies, they'll be much easier to deal with!" Wu Huihui's eyes lit up, thinking it sounded like a good idea.
"No!" Wang Ao said fiercely. "Resting now is just giving the enemy time to grow!"
"Even if they do evolve, they might not be that strong... There are only three of them, anyway. We just need to block the corridor." A girl following Wu Huihui spoke softly.
She was dead weight. At the beginning, she had gotten a dose of zombie immunity virus through Wu Huihui's connections, and now she had no choice but to come along.
All Players who had received the zombie immunity virus were here. Anyone who refused to come would become a public enemy.
Wang Ao frowned at that and looked at Wang Yang. "Wang Yang, you don't think so too, do you?"
After a brief silence, Wang Yang said, "Then let's rest for another three minutes."
Just then, seeing that they had not moved for so long, Zhang Dahai hurriedly tagged them in the group chat.
[33 Zhang Dahai: Hurry up and get here, stop dragging this out! (Picture)]
Everyone opened the picture and saw red muscles emerging over the bodies of the three zombies. They looked like red demons, eerie beyond belief.
"So scary... Why don't we just forget it? Guarding the dorms would be pretty good too," said the girl who had suggested resting earlier.
"Sometimes, retreating can be a good strategy, but this definitely isn't the time," Wang Yang said with a deep breath.
Although Wang Yang was not as intimidating as Wang Ao, he certainly did not lack leadership ability.
With a few words, he shifted the hawks' attention away from the girl, avoiding needless infighting while reinforcing everyone's resolve.
"Miaomiao, just wait here. In case zombies show up somewhere else," Wu Huihui told the timid girl.
"Okay!" the girl readily agreed.
The girl was not only scared; she was also brainless.
The moment she said that, many angry eyes turned toward her.
What a waste of a Virus Immunity Drug!
Some people were just like that. They could not even coast properly in a game, and they were much the same in real life.
The group set off again in a grand procession, quickening their pace.
"What's with being so nasty?" the timid girl muttered under her breath, then quickly ran back to the dormitory.
If the zombies really came flooding out, she would not even have a chance to run.
Besides, even if she left early, Wu Huihui, her big sister, would not blame her.
"Shh... There are still a lot of zombies inside. Stick to the plan and kill them one at a time!" Wang Ao tried to lower his rough voice.
Everyone nodded. As they neared the entrance, a skinny boy stepped forward with a long pole in his hand.
The skinny boy specialized in luring zombies out. Every time, he was the one who drew them out for everyone else to kill.
The others stopped moving forward and, with perfect unspoken coordination, formed an encirclement.
Seeing the situation inside the Gymnasium, the skinny boy was startled. He cautiously tapped the ground with his wooden pole.
A zombie turned its head and saw only a swaying stick, not the person holding it.
After hesitating, it walked over. The moment it stepped out the entrance, a fire axe chopped off its head.
Wang Ao pulled back his fire axe and raised his chin at the skinny boy, signaling him to continue.
With a heavy weapon in hand, one ordinary zombie was no match for Wang Ao at all.
He now stood firmly at the top of the rankings, seemingly in a league of his own.
The others secretly regretted missing out on that one point.
The skinny boy continued luring zombies out.
Everything seemed to be going well, but things obviously could not stay so easy. On the seventh attempt, a Giant Strength Zombie came out!
Wang Ao swung his axe, but failed to kill it!
The commotion instantly exploded, and dozens of zombies poured out.
Fortunately, they did not form a zombie horde. That meant the Players still had room to maneuver!
An adult with a weapon was far stronger than an ordinary zombie!
—After getting rabies shots, terrifying upright apes would show wild dogs what true cruelty was!
The zombies were soon cleared out. Wang Yang's group lost three people, while five were seriously injured.
The real casualties had been caused by the three types of Level 1 zombies.
"I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!!" A dark-skinned boy clutched his spilling intestines and muttered in terror, his forehead drenched in sweat.
With injuries like that, death was inevitable without a miracle.
Wang Ao frowned, glanced at him once, then ignored him and turned his vicious gaze toward the Gymnasium.
Wu Huihui looked unable to bear it and was about to say something when a massive roar came from inside the Gymnasium.
Then a tyrannical figure charged out of the Gymnasium.
It stood over two meters tall, its body wrapped in patterned red muscles. Wisps of muscular steam curled across its surface, inspiring fear at a glance.
Some people were so frightened that they lost their voices and fled in panic.
Everyone had just been scattered by the previous wave of zombies. Suddenly facing such a monster now, they simply could not muster any courage!
[Big Zombie] [Level: 3] [Skill: Sweep] [Description: You should... fear me!]
It really was a Level 3 monster!
Wang Yang's brow twitched. Seeing that the Big Zombie's first target was not him, he quietly lowered his raised arm.
Boom!
The Big Zombie swept its arm out. A student was struck and instantly smashed into the wall, his bones shattered.
The sight left everyone stunned.
Wang Ao immediately put away his fire axe, turned, and ran.
He was reckless, but he was not an idiot!
In this situation, not running meant waiting to die.
Just then, a gunshot tore through the silent night.
Everyone slammed to a halt and turned around.
Wang Yang stood close behind the Big Zombie, gripping a jet-black pistol!
At this life-and-death moment, his back trembled with tension, his pupils dilated, and his teeth chattered. He stared at the Big Zombie's head with absolute focus.
Human lives had been used as bait for this headshot!
Wang Yang was ruthless, and he was sharp-eyed too!