Chapter 258 – The Cold Light in the Girl’s Hand

“Bang!”

A crisp shattering sound made Tom, who had just reached the bottom of the stairs, take a step back.

He quickly realized that it was just a windowpane breaking under the intense heat.

Thanks to this sound, a few zombies, ablaze, were drawn back.

Watching these zombies ignore the pain of being burned and rush into the fiercely burning building, Tom and his three companions felt a chill run down their spines.

Even the greenery behind the building seemed like it could catch fire at any moment.

“Could this turn into a chain fire?” one of the team members, Xiao Wang, asked in a low voice.

Sun Zeya came around from behind him, casually leaping outside. “Don’t worry, there’s an artificial lake over there. The fire will probably stop when it reaches that point. Besides, it doesn’t matter if it burns; the quarantine zone isn’t planned for this area anyway.”

Xiao Wang immediately laughed, “True, zombies don’t care about the environment.”

“How do you know they don’t care? Senior Zombies have intelligence. Didn’t I just tell you about the two I encountered on the rooftop? One could speak simple words, and the other looked down at its chest and rolled its eyes at me… Speaking of which, I’m really curious, what kind of zombie was that female one!” Sun Zeya showed a hint of frustration.

Tom scratched his head and nodded, “Yeah, we’ve encountered some intelligent Senior Zombies in A City too. It’s a shame we’ve never captured one alive; it would be interesting to see if we could communicate with them…”

“Why would you want to communicate with them?” Another team member, nicknamed Old Iron, with a dark complexion, suddenly looked upset and interrupted Tom, “To zombies, humans are just food, prey! As long as that fact doesn’t change, what’s there to communicate about? They may still have the same appearance as us, but their nature is completely different! They are our natural enemies! Our enemies! Would you try to communicate with a chicken?”

Tom’s eyes widened immediately, but just as he was about to curse, a sudden sharp pain in his knee made him bite his tongue.

“Less talk, more action,” Sun Zeya signaled to Tom with a look, then shook her head and walked onto the street with her gun.

Old Iron followed, his face still dark with anger. Only Xiao Wang patted Tom on the back and whispered, “Captain, don’t mind him. Old Iron’s family… they died horribly. His wife… she mutated… and then his son… Well, you get the picture.”

“I understand,” Tom sighed heavily and shook his head.

Survivors like Old Iron, who were extremely hostile to zombies and even unwilling to capture one, made up a significant portion of the camp’s population.

“But if we keep fighting zombies like this, when will it ever end?”

Tom looked at the burning building with some confusion, then exhaled deeply.

No point in dwelling on it; as long as we keep surviving, there will be a day when we see the way forward…

“Wow, that smell of meat…”

Sun Zeya took a deep sniff and glanced around.

The zombies had mostly gathered around the building and were on fire; it was only a matter of time before they were all dead.

“Can you see what’s happening on Ling Mo’s side?” Tom followed closely and asked in a low voice.

Sun Zeya glanced towards the building and then shook her head, “It seems very quiet. Look.” She suddenly pointed to a zombie in the middle of the street.

The female zombie was wearing a business suit and high heels, slowly trying to approach the direction of the explosion sound.

“This zombie has no intention of going into the building.”

Xiao Wang asked, puzzled, “So what if it doesn’t go inside?”

“There are nearly a hundred zombies in there. Even if they only kill thirty, the blood scent would be strong enough… The fact that it’s this quiet means either their combat skills are excellent, or they’ve handled the zombie bodies very well, or…” Sun Zeya rubbed her chin and said, “or the bodies have been cleaned up thoroughly.”

“So what do we do now?” Old Iron asked.

“Let’s get closer and take a look, but we can’t rush in without knowing what’s inside,” Tom said, gritting his teeth.

Sun Zeya nodded and slowly raised her gun.

“Thud!”

The soft sound of a bullet hitting flesh was heard, and the female zombie immediately collapsed on the ground.

The four quietly moved along the edge of the street towards the building, then quickly crossed the road.

But just as they crouched behind a flower bed on the side of the building, a figure suddenly appeared behind them.

Feeling the sunlight being blocked, Tom turned around immediately, aiming his gun at the figure.

“Snap!”

“You…”

Sun Zeya and the other two turned their heads and were instantly wide-eyed.

Tom, a muscular man, was completely overpowered by a long-haired girl in an instant…

His gun had been knocked out of his hand and was now under the girl’s foot, while a crescent-shaped blade was pressed against his neck.

Xia Na gave a faint smile. “If you’re not faster than me, don’t point these things at me.”

“Aren’t you Ling Mo’s… girlfriend?” Sun Zeya lowered her gun and stood up excitedly before Xia Na could respond.

Hearing this, and seeing the scythe at Tom’s neck, Xiao Wang and Old Iron also lowered their guns slowly.

Even so, they still stared at Xia Na in shock.

If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, they would never have believed that a seemingly delicate girl could completely overpower Tom in terms of strength…

“Haha, I knew it! Ling Mo didn’t tell me the whole truth! You’re a superhuman too, aren’t you?” Sun Zeya exclaimed, walking forward in excitement, attempting to grab Xia Na, but she deftly avoided it.

The scythe had been removed from Tom’s neck, but Xia Na’s gaze lingered on his carotid artery for a moment, making Tom feel as if he’d been stung.

Tom finally snapped back to reality, clutching his throbbing thumb and staring at Xia Na in disbelief.

After a long pause, he asked in a somewhat raspy voice, “You… just now…”

“Kung fu,” Xia Na said succinctly.

Tom immediately shut his mouth, his expression looking as if he had just swallowed a fly.

He had trained hard abroad, thinking he had finally gained some skills, only to be effortlessly taken down by this seemingly inexperienced young girl using some homegrown kung fu!

One move! In mere fractions of a second!

He could even feel that if Xia Na hadn’t held back, his head would have already been separated from his body.

Though Xia Na made him feel like his face had been run over by a bulldozer, from her perspective, it was just a normal defensive action.

After all, Tom had almost pulled the trigger…

“Both sides were at fault. Xia Na snuck up on us without a sound, but I shouldn’t have raised my gun without seeing clearly… But most importantly, I didn’t expect them to come out so quickly! Could it be that she escaped alone?” Tom thought rapidly. “But judging by her expression, it doesn’t seem like it… So they must have had a tough time?”

Xia Na, on the other hand, thought to herself that though she had used some moves she had learned before, she utilized zombie speed and strength…

“Sorry,” Tom said sincerely.

Xia Na smiled indifferently, thought for a moment with a frown, and said, “It’s okay, I wouldn’t have really cut you.”

“Is the mission incomplete? Are they unharmed?” Tom asked again.

She glanced at him, just about to speak when she suddenly turned her head towards behind them: “They’re here.”

From an alley on the side of the building, a few figures emerged.

“No wonder, you came out from the back door,” Sun Zeya said with a smile.

“Yeah, there was… a bit of a situation at the front staircase,” Xia Na nodded.

She didn’t go into detail, but in reality, more zombies had appeared in the front stairwell. While they could pass through safely, Ling Mo and Black Silk had to take a detour through the back door.

In fact, if Ling Mo hadn’t sent the White Collar Zombie Puppet to the street to check the situation in advance, Black Silk would have appeared within their line of sight…

“I knew they wouldn’t be able to resist checking things out,” Ling Mo thought, holding a large box and feeling quite satisfied with his decision.

However, the significant use of his psychic power had left his face looking rather pale.

Especially when the White Collar Zombie Puppet was suddenly shot down鈥”though he had severed the psychic link in time, he still felt a sharp pain in his temple.

What he didn’t expect was that while he was resting for a moment, Xia Na had run out ahead.

So, as soon as he saw Xia Na, Ling Mo squinted his eyes at her.

But the girl had already run up to him on her own and whispered, “I just wanted to see if these humans really care about their own kind.”

“And the result?” Ling Mo asked in a low voice, somewhat surprised.

“Not bad, but it seems our lives are a bit more important than the mission,” Xia Na said with an odd expression. “If it were the old me… would I have just charged right in?”

“Yes, you would,” Ling Mo thought for a moment and then affirmed, “You would.”

“Completely unharmed…”

Xiao Wang stared at Ling Mo’s group, carefully looking them over one by one, then widened his eyes and said.

Old Iron, with a dark expression, nodded and then suddenly grabbed Xiao Wang’s arm, his pupils contracting: “Five boxes! They brought out five boxes!”

Xiao Wang was initially stunned, then squinted and counted, gasping, “Oh my god!”

He hadn’t noticed it before, but now he saw that besides the large box Ling Mo was holding, Li Yalin and Ye Lian each had two boxes.

These boxes looked quite substantial, especially Ling Mo’s, which was nearly bursting at the seams.

How many medical supplies could be inside?