Chapter 17: The Zombie Tide Besieges the City, the Final Echo

A few Ability Users had just fled for their lives when Chen Yusheng had already snuck near a stairwell.

But just as he was about to enter the stairwell, his footsteps stopped short, and he immediately raised both hands high, striking a surrendering pose.

"Everyone, let's talk this out."

Several dark gun barrels were pointed straight at him. Chen Yusheng was terrified this group would open fire without a word and turn him into a sieve.

"Kid, you sure can run."

A young man stared at Chen Yusheng, his face full of mockery.

After speaking, he pulled out something resembling a walkie-talkie and shouted into it: "Boss, we've caught Chen Hai."

However, after shouting for a long time, there was not the slightest response from the other end.

"Your boss has already run," Chen Yusheng couldn't help but interject.

"Shut up." The young man glared at Chen Yusheng.

"I'm serious. Your boss ran off long ago. If you don't believe me, go look over the edge of the roof. We're already surrounded by the Zombie Tide," Chen Yusheng explained again.

"Holy shit, what is that?!"

Chen Yusheng didn't need to say another word.

A dark, dense mass of things was flying over from the sky—everyone present could see it clearly.

"Flying Type! Flying Type Sangshi!"

Seeing that dark mass of flying monsters in the sky, everyone's face turned deathly pale in an instant.

In the time it took them to speak, that group of Flying Type Sangshi in the sky had already locked onto Chen Yusheng and the others on the rooftop.

One of them even had its sights on a drone hovering in mid-air.

Whoosh—

An eagle-like Flying Type Sangshi suddenly swooped down hard from the sky.

The next second, the drone was smashed to pieces.

At the same time, a flock of Flying Type Sangshi dove in unison, plunging fiercely toward the people on the rooftop.

"Take cover!"

Seeing this sight, everyone's soul nearly flew out of their body. They scrambled frantically into the stairwell, desperate to get off the rooftop.

At this point, who had the time to bother with Chen Yusheng?

Chen Yusheng was overjoyed inside.

He didn't squeeze into the same stairwell as that group. Instead, he turned and rushed toward another staircase.

As he ran, he quickly pulled out a Warding Off Evil Talisman and activated it on the spot.

The moment the talisman lit up, the bird-type Sangshi diving at him seemed to have encountered something terrifying. One after another, they abruptly pulled up and veered far away.

The Warding Off Evil Talisman worked astonishingly well against this type of bird Sangshi too.

Chen Yusheng quickly rushed into the other stairwell and went barreling down the steps like mad.

Bang bang bang…

Rat-a-tat-tat…

Gunfire erupted into a frenzy all around the entire building.

On the ground, a massive tide of ordinary Sangshi had also surged up to the base of the building.

When he reached the second floor, Chen Yusheng heard a flurry of urgent footsteps rushing up from below.

Behind those footsteps came the dense, overlapping roars of Sangshi.

Without thinking, he darted straight out of the stairwell and found cover on the second floor, hiding himself tight.

Just as he'd settled into hiding, that group's footsteps rushed past the second floor and headed straight for the third.

Right behind them, countless Sangshi roars chased up the stairs after them.

"Ah—!"

"Help!"

"Save me—!"

In less than ten seconds, blood-curdling screams came down from the floor above.

Obviously, someone had already been caught by the Sangshi.

……

In another building, several people were locked in a desperate fight against a group of Sangshi.

These people were precisely those few Ability Users who had fled earlier.

They had originally planned to break out from the rooftop, but had barely run any distance before a group of Flying Type Sangshi spotted them and launched a ferocious assault.

With no choice, they could only retreat back inside the building.

The interior space was narrow, and the Flying Type Sangshi couldn't bring much of their combat power to bear.

However, before long, ordinary Sangshi poured into the building and quickly surrounded the group.

At first, relying on the cramped terrain, the group could barely hold off the ordinary Sangshi.

But when a giant Sangshi charged in, their faces instantly filled with utter despair.

"Damn it! We're done for this time!"

"If only we'd known not to chase this deep…"

At this point, regrets were too late.

"There's a Zombie King in this city. Even if we die, we have to get the message out, or the Base will be in danger."

"There's no signal here. Cover me while I break out!"

Soon, several Ability Users began weathering the Sangshi siege, fighting desperately to cover the young man as he broke out of the cramped area and made his way to a floor-to-ceiling window.

It was just that there were simply too many Sangshi, and with the attacks from the giant Sangshi thrown in, the cost of moving along this stretch was extremely heavy.

Originally there had been six Ability Users, but during the escort of the youth, two were pounced on and torn apart by Sangshi right on the spot, not even leaving an intact corpse behind.

"There's a signal! Hold on a little longer!" Reaching the window, the youth immediately ordered the remaining people.

The remaining few drove their defenses to the utmost, stubbornly withstanding wave after wave of Sangshi charges.

Pfft—

Suddenly, one person's defense was torn open by the Sangshi by brute force.

The next moment, a Mutant Zombie reached out and grabbed him, dragging him straight into the Zombie Group, then with a hard squeeze of both hands, tore him clean in two on the spot.

"Ah—!"

The piercing scream made one's scalp go numb.

But the remaining three did not retreat a single step. The instant their companion was seized, they immediately filled the gap, stubbornly blocking the Zombie Group.

However, facing that giant Sangshi, their defenses lasted less than three seconds before another person's defense was broken.

When one's defense is broken before the Zombie Group, the outcome needs no imagination.

Another person fell, and the defenses of the remaining two also collapsed in an instant.

"Ah—!"

"No—!"

Accompanying the screams, everyone who had been covering the youth died a tragic death under the Sangshi's claws.

At the very back, the youth's fingers flew rapidly across his phone.

Watching his companions die one by one, not a single ripple crossed his face.

At the very instant the last person was killed, he had already finished editing the message and slammed down Send.

Seeing the message sent successfully, a flash of resolve crossed the youth's eyes.

"Damned Sangshi, die for me—Raging Fire Scorching the Plains!"

A violent blast of flame erupted with him at the center, spraying wildly toward the Zombie Group.

In an instant, several dozen Sangshi were swallowed by the flames; the fire clung like a bone-rotting ulcer, beginning to burn madly across the Sangshi's bodies.

Even that giant Mutant Zombie was set alight, its whole body bursting into raging flames, which made it let out a pained howl.

But after unleashing this move, the youth was instantly drained of strength, his face deathly pale as paper.

Thud, thud—

The ordinary Sangshi being burned collapsed one after another within seconds.

But that giant Mutant Zombie, stubbornly enduring the flames, charged right up to the youth.

Boom—

The Mutant Zombie slammed its fist down.

The youth's head was smashed apart on the spot.

……

Just as these Ability Users were being completely wiped out.

In a nearby shopping mall, the sounds of gunfire and screams still strung together into one.

At this moment, from an underground garage tunnel, two thick, heavy Armored Vehicles rolled out.

The Armored Vehicles, once out, sped wildly toward the outskirts without the slightest hesitation.

Clearly, the people inside the vehicles already knew the outside had been completely drowned by Sangshi, and the moment they came out they wanted to rely on the Armored Vehicles to force their way out.

The Armored Vehicles' power was extremely strong.

Ordinary Sangshi simply could not stop these two iron lumps.

Until several abnormally massive Mutant Zombies suddenly charged out from the side of the street.