Bai Yaoyao refused to let this opportunity slip away.
Even if the others could no longer keep up the pursuit, she still could.
Once she ran out of the New-Type Bombs the leader had given her, she switched straight to the bombs she had stockpiled before the apocalypse.
She was only planting bombs, after all. It did not cost her any special ability energy.
She blasted as many zombies as she could, until she had exhausted every last firearm and explosive.
Only then did she watch helplessly as the zombies left and return to the gates of the Dark Night Base.
When she passed the spot where Taoist Feng Qing had departed, Bai Yaoyao refused to give up and spent a long time searching with her mental power.
At last, beneath the fragments and dust covering the ground, she found the shattered pieces of Taoist Feng Qing's Wine Gourd.
The Wine Gourd had been made from heaven-shaking wood, which was why it had not turned to dust. Even so, nothing of its original shape remained.
Bai Yaoyao picked up every fragment, one by one, and brought them back to Zhi Yi.
Zhi Yi and his senior and junior brothers clutched the fragments tightly, lowering their heads as tears spilled from their eyes again.
Just then, Chen Yixuan approached with the leaders of the various bases and asked, "Sister Yao, what's happening up ahead? Why did the zombies suddenly retreat?"
Bai Yaoyao suppressed her grief and shook her head. "I don't know. I chased them for a long time. The Zombie Emperor might have given the order, but I can't guess the exact reason."
Everyone nodded in silence. Whether it was good or bad, the zombies' temporary retreat had certainly allowed them all to breathe a sigh of relief.
"How are