"Blegh!"
A violent wave of nausea rose in Li Xuan's chest. The stench of zombie saliva made his stomach churn, and he nearly broke character.
I'm a tree... I'm a tree... I'm a tree...
He hurriedly repeated it in his mind, as if hypnotizing himself.
Fortunately.
Li Xuan ultimately held it in. The zombie above his head noticed nothing unusual and continued crawling away like a spider.
"Hoo—"
He let out a long breath.
But just then, a girl's scream suddenly exploded from within the pitch-black factory.
What followed was the roar of zombies as the surrounding Elite Zombies charged toward that direction.
"Damn! Another teammate has been discovered!"
Li Xuan's heart clenched with urgency.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a girl desperately running outside, her pretty face filled with panic as a horde of zombies chased after her.
"Little sis!"
Li Xuan was horrified. That girl was his younger sister, Li Yun.
Zombies were also blocking Li Yun's path ahead. There was nowhere to run in the dim factory.
In her terror, cold air spread from her body. Water vapor rapidly condensed into an Ice Wall that protected her within.
But more than twenty Elite Zombies were surrounding and attacking her.
"Roar—"
They kept snarling viciously, their claws exceptionally sharp as they frantically scratched at the Ice Wall, sending ice shards flying.
Many more zombies nearby were drawn over by the noise.
Li Yun despaired.
Once exposed, death was inevitable. There was no chance of survival!
Li Xuan, hidden in the corner, felt even more miserable at the sight.
He had already felt terribly guilty watching several teammates die before his eyes. Now, seeing his younger sister about to be torn apart by zombies, he began to struggle deep inside.
He remembered promising that he