"Guys, our crystal cores grew legs and ran away!" Bai Yaoyao roared angrily.
"Holy shit, we can't let them get away!"
"After them! Here I come, my little cuties!"
"Roar, roar, roar!"
"Woof, woof, woof! Awooo, awooo!"
The people and beasts of Dark Night charged after the zombies like they had all gone mad.
Behind them, everyone from Hope Base was dumbfounded. First, the almost human look of shock on those zombies' faces when they saw Captain Bai and her people was already absurd.
Then they had turned and fled before the fight even began!
Before anyone could celebrate, they discovered that Captain Bai had led her people in pursuit!
For a moment, they felt dazed. Captain Bai and her people seemed more like the villains, while the zombies' backs as they fled in disarray looked miserable and pitiful...
Bai Yaoyao was just about to teleport after them when she sensed a powerful surge of energy rapidly approaching.
She abandoned the idea and signaled for everyone to stop.
Sure enough, the level eight Zombie King leading the retreat was blasted apart, its crystal core flashing as it flew far into the distance.
Bai Yaoyao teleported over and retrieved the crystal core. She was used to being frugal and couldn't stand seeing anything go to waste.
Only then did she look toward the center of the zombie swarm.
A zombie wearing a yellow floral dress emerged. Even without probing her, Bai Yaoyao knew she had to be a Level 9 zombie.
The zombie features on her face were barely noticeable anymore.
The bluish tint had almost completely faded, leaving only an extreme pallor.
She looked vaguely familiar, as though she had been a second-tier actress before the apocalypse who had appeared in several fairly popular TV dramas.
Her acting had been