Bai Yaoyao had thought that with the Zombie King dead, they could easily trap the entire zombie army.
Instead, the zombie horde was retreating in perfect order. Had their siege even lasted five minutes...?
Monkey and the others naturally couldn't stop many of them. As the fight grew pointless, they simply stopped.
They turned around and ran straight into Bai Yaoyao.
"What's going on? Why are they retreating? I already killed the Zombie King. Who organized this retreat?" Bai Yaoyao asked in confusion.
"No idea, but we heard a howl just now, and then the entire zombie horde suddenly turned around and left," Xiaomi replied.
"Right. We tried all sorts of things to provoke them, but nothing worked."
"We didn't bring Doggie this time, so maybe we weren't provoking them enough. Big Meow refused to poop!" A-Dai glanced at Big Meow after saying that.
Big Meow's fur bristled all over, and the cat turned to glare at A-Dai with a hostile expression.
"All right, forget about them. A-Dai, head straight back to Dark Night Base. Have Sun Weixing plan ahead for where to settle the people we're bringing back."
"Got it!"
Afraid the zombie army might circle back to intercept the group, Bai Yaoyao left Big Gold outside, took everyone else into her space, and hurried back as fast as she could.
Only when she saw that the group was safe did she relax.
She brought the people and animals out of her space some distance away before returning to rejoin the group.
Bai Yaoyao noticed Peiqi desperately signaling her with her eyes. After exchanging a few words with everyone, she quietly moved closer to Peiqi without giving anything away.
"What's going on? Just tell me. I've put up a mental power barrier," Bai Yaoyao asked.
Peiqi hurriedly replied, "Two