Chapter 626

Dense bullets pierced the skull, flinging the back of the head away.

Under the massive zombie onslaught, the fired bullets didn't even need aiming.

In the survivors' squad, led by Han Youzhen, three Awakened Ones strainedly kept firing at the corpse horde toward the plaza.

And the others barely held back the alley direction.

Sir! We can't hold them!!

But only a few seconds.

Many of the charging zombies had already crossed the fire net, snarling as they lunged to bite them.

Not far away, large numbers of zombies inside the residential buildings kept jumping out of broken windows, and even with broken limbs they crawled forward at full speed.

Three rifles, one pistol.

If not for Lin An's psionic assault rifle.

This firepower. Against tens of thousands of zombies, it's simply insufficient.

If it weren't for Lin An displaying his extraordinary ability, the whole team would have fled long ago.

Although running wouldn't help either.

But they didn't think they could withstand the zombie onslaught at all.

Once they got close.

Except the three Awakened Ones could still struggle.

They would instantly have their limbs torn off by the zombies and be eaten alive amid their screams.

He clenched his lips.

The gun barrel was already getting hot.

Han Youzhen kept triggering her skill effects while speeding up her aim, and at the same time dealt with the sporadic zombies charging in.

Although the battle time was short, her stamina had already reached its limit.

Park Zhengyan, who had previously been rude to Lin An, was now hiding in the squad's corner.

He dared not go to the middle, for fear Lin An would see him.

After witnessing Lin An's strength, he only regretted his own lack of composure.

For now, he could only hope Lin An wouldn't hold it against him, or hadn't heard what he just said?

He felt a bit stifled.

Given the situation just now, anyone would think Lin An was crazy, trying to get them killed.

A zombie tide of this difficulty, even ordinary Second Level Awakened Ones wouldn't dare to 'play' like this.

Who exactly is this person?

At the squad's center, Lin An looked at the mission board with some confusion.

It's already been seven or eight seconds.

Why hasn't the mission refreshed yet?

Advanced sequence missions aren't randomly issued like ordinary ones.

Logically, it should have refreshed.

System, are you reacting this slowly?

Perhaps the system 'felt' his complaint, as a batch of zombies with broken limbs charged forward despite the hail of bullets. The system's prompt instantly sounded:

Beep, advanced mission, First Rank–First Rank Peak.

Choose one of two.

1: Normal rank...

It's here!

Without hesitation.

Lin An didn't even finish listening to the system's detailed mission announcement before directly choosing the highest difficulty.

A brief pause.

Perhaps the system had never encountered a player accepting a mission this quickly, so it paused for a second before confirming the mission details.

Beep, accepted dangerous advanced mission.

Within 24 hours, solo kill 1000 zombies, without relying on tech-side weapons, reward....

But that's it.

Roar!!

Waves of foul wind.

Hundreds of the fastest zombies had already snarled as they rushed up to the squad's defense line.

After breaking through the hail of bullets, several highly rotted corpses lunged directly at the outer female members.

Corpse oil dripped from their whole bodies, green mold spots bursting from their eye sockets.

Their white shirts were stained into rags, suggesting they had been office workers before death.

Save me!!

Sir!

Youzhen!!

Panicked.

The makeshift leather armor wrapped around his arm was torn apart, taking the inner shirt with it, exposing most of his body.

If it were peacetime, the boys in the squad would still be interested in taking another look.

But now they wished they could shrink inside, fearing they too would be snatched by the zombies.

They heard their companion's cry for help.

Han Youzhen hastily turned her body, and with a reverse grip, she plunged the dagger into the zombie's head.

But too many zombies rushed in, and with the firepower temporarily halted, even she could not protect herself.

She made an instinctive decision.

She could only rush toward the girl with all her might; acting on instinct, she didn't even have time to dodge the zombie lunging at her.

"Adult...!?"

They were almost at a dead end.

Seeing the blood‑blurred corpse hand dragging away their companion.

She instinctively called out to Lin An for help.

Her voice had not yet left her mouth.

At the center of the team.

After completing the mission, Lin An unexpectedly glanced at Han Youzhen, who was trying to save her companion, and immediately launched an attack.

Mental Storm!!

In the passive state of Uninterrupted Talent, heightened thought could match the awakened Heavenly Human Form.

Mental power locked on, then burst forth!

All that could be seen was Lin An slightly raising his hands, as if linking two directions.

Vast amounts of mental power surged forth, even though it wasn't aimed at the people nearby.

But that substance‑like mental power, at the moment it surged out, still pressed them down like a mountain.

"Boom!!!!"

Two suffocating mental storms formed in an instant.

Like a convergence cannon.

The air‑distorting mental shock instantly swept across the battlefield.

Ultra‑frequency vibration.

Within a radius of nearly a kilometer, glass shattered and the buildings trembled along with it.

Flying shards of glass burst like snowflakes, reflecting crimson light in the setting sun about to fall.

Gorgeous and dazzling.

Like a scroll unfurling.

The two mental storms sweeping the whole field, like an invisible wind, blew away the dark mass of corpses.

Flesh rotted, bones disintegrated.

The rotting corpses turned into exploding blossoms of flesh.

Even the various mutants charging from afar could not resist this terrifying mental storm.

Under the combined attack of high‑frequency vibration and mental shock.

The unknown mutant with its brain exposed, its marrow trembled violently and then exploded like a water bag.

The corpses swayed and fell to the ground, then were instantly torn apart by storm‑like mental power.

In their frantic run, their bodies were consumed by the storm, leaving nothing but the scattered debris on the ground.

Plaza, alleys,

Streets, buildings.

The mental storm that ignored all obstacles swept across kilometers, leveling everything like an invisible beast.

"Whoosh—"

Dense as rain.

Pieces of shattered flesh, like water, splattered down with successive patters.

One strike cleared the field.

This city district.

It fell silent.

They gasped heavily.

The girl who had fallen to the ground couldn't stop gasping, her chest heaving violently.

She didn't have time to get up, nor to put on her clothes properly.

She, like everyone else, stared in shock at the ground littered with corpse fragments.

They were dead, all dead.

Not a single zombie, not a single mutant survived in that invisible storm.

The whole world seemed to have fallen into dead silence.

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes and experienced it herself, she could never have imagined such a shocking scene in her dreams.

Even the strongest Awakened One ever seen in the chat channels could only kill a Second‑Level opponent single‑handedly...

So‑called strength, so‑called astonishing achievements.

Compared to now, it's just like a joke.

One person, one strike wiped out half the city's zombies.

Was it fifty thousand zombies or a hundred thousand? And how many mutants were among them?

How could such a powerful Awakened One exist in this world!?

Grazed by a stray mental storm, Han Youzhen's head split with pain as she collapsed to the ground.

If Lin An had not deliberately controlled the attack target, she would likely have been reduced to scattered debris as well.

She strained to lift her head, trying to truly see Lin An's face.

You...

Who exactly are you...

Are you human... or...

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Lin An noticed Han Youzhen's stubborn gaze and smiled gently.

He casually threw a leather jacket onto the girl who had almost been dragged away by zombies, then slowly walked off into the distance.

He had little interest in Han Youzhen, merely thinking the girl was not bad.

In the apocalypse, few people are willing to protect others.

Especially those fools who can't even protect themselves.

Behind him, Zhang Tie, who was closely following Lin An, suddenly turned his head, looking at the crowd still dazed from the shock:

"What are you staring at? Haven't you seen someone fight zombies before?"

"If you're going to leave, then follow."

"Make it clear first—we won't take responsibility for you."

The sunset sank behind the mountains.

Those hastily following behind Lin An had their shadows stretched out long.