Truth

Thousands of zombies surged in, their terrifying faces packed tightly together as they completely surrounded the human Awakened.

The people stood back-to-back, weapons swinging as they continuously cut down zombies and fought desperately to hold them off.

But there were simply too many zombies. The moment one was killed, another immediately pounced forward, as if they could never be slaughtered clean.

"This is bad! The zombies at the train station have completely slipped out of control. What do we do?" one team member asked anxiously.

They had originally counted on completing their mission, only to encounter such a sudden turn of events.

"What else can we do? Call for reinforcements right away. We'll do our best to break out of the encirclement."

As Zhao Zilei spoke, wood-element energy gathered around him, radiating a hazy dark-yellow glow. He then pressed both hands against the ground.

Earth Spikes!

Dark-yellow energy spread across the ground in every direction, and wherever it passed, tangled wooden spikes erupted from the earth.

The spikes were as sharp as steel awls, piercing through the zombies and nailing them firmly to the ground.

A clear patch immediately formed around him.

The eyes of those nearby lit up.

"Just as expected of the captain! He really has the strength."

"Yeah. Even if we can't complete the mission, protecting ourselves shouldn't be a problem."

"Let's retreat!"

"..."

The human Awakened immediately began breaking out along the direction the wooden spikes extended.

But at that moment.

An overwhelmingly powerful pressure descended. The wooden spikes across the ground shattered one after another, crushed like rotten wood in a storm.

Dozens of humans were caught within it. Their bodies cracked and popped as their bones shattered, and they collapsed limply to the ground.

"What is that?"

The people stared in horror.

Looking up,