The cooldown time for Ghost Step has been reduced!

The movement speed bonus has also increased!

This was unexpected for Wang Lan. He realized that he hadn't checked the C system for a while. It seemed that since activating the combat thrill that night, the series of battles had greatly improved his system. Not to mention, the cooldown time of this skill had been shortened by two hours!

The movement speed of 40 points represents a significant leap compared to the previous 20 points.

Even now, pulling three people along, plus the fat man's weight being twice that of him, Wang Lan is still running like the wind, without feeling any strain at all.

On the contrary, Sun Muchen and his group were amazed.

"Brother...you're too fast!"

Sun Muchen felt that the speed was incredibly fast, and his clothes were fluttering in the wind.

"We can't slow down!" Wang Lan said from the front. "The wolf pack is too fast. If we slow down, we might be caught up, and the consequences would be unimaginable!"

The oppressive feeling emanating from a wolf pack is indeed incomparable to that of a single wolf.

Even now, from a great distance, Wang Lan could feel the threat posed by the wolf pack, a feeling completely different from that of the creatures in the safe zone.

Savage, brutal, and violent!

The animals outside the safe zone were incredibly intimidating!

Upon hearing this, Sun Muchen glanced back and saw that the barren mountaintop in the distance was now devoid of any wolves, but he could see the swirling dust and sand slowly dissipating with the gentle breeze.

Sun Muchen withdrew his gaze, "But Fatty is foaming at the mouth!"

As soon as he said that, Wang Lan and Lao Zhang both looked at the fat man.

The fat man's eyes rolled back slightly, and white foam kept gushing from his mouth.

Old Zhang was both surprised and puzzled. "What's wrong with you?"

But how could the fat man still speak?

Sun Muchen said, "I guess his blood sugar was low, he threw up from running!"

This was the first time Wang Lan and Lao Zhang had ever heard the term "blood sugar," and they were filled with confusion.

Just as Sun Muchen was about to explain, a strange roar suddenly rang in the ears of the group at the same time.

"Moo—"

In an instant, the ground shook violently, as if an earthquake had struck. Wang Lan and the others lost their footing and tumbled forward, rolling several times before coming to a stop.

Immediately afterwards...

A variety of strange roars followed one after another, and the sky seemed to grow even darker from the direction from which the sounds came.

"What...what's going on?"

Old Zhang slumped to the ground, having taken a hard fall. He clutched his backside and looked around in horror. Although he didn't know what had happened, he felt a strange sense of panic.

Wang Lan frowned and looked into the dim distance. Suddenly, he realized something, and his eyes widened in disbelief as he said, "That...that's the direction of the border wall!"

He suddenly realized that the "moo" he heard at the beginning was the same one he heard at the border wall that day.

Thinking of this, Wang Lan couldn't help but shiver.

You have to understand, the monster that can make that kind of noise is the kind of creature that can crack the border wall. If you encounter such a monster, you will definitely die. There is no other possibility.

"The border wall must be breached!"

Wang Lan bluntly told the group, "I reckon the dark, chaotic scene we saw over there was just dust kicked up after the border wall collapsed!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions on the faces of the others changed drastically.

They had been prepared for the border to be breached as early as last night when the first wolf appeared, but they never expected that something would happen at this critical juncture.

Old Zhang punched the ground in anger, saying indignantly, "Damn it! What the hell is going on with this damned final fortress? They don't care about the infectious virus, and they don't care that the border wall is breached! Are they really going to abandon the safe zone?!"

“It’s no use saying all this now,” Wang Lan said through gritted teeth. At this moment, the timer for his Ghost Step skill was up, and fatigue and pain were slowly creeping in. “Whether we give up or not, there might only be a few of us left. Instead of waiting for the final fortress to come to our rescue, we might as well go find the final fortress ourselves.”

Old Zhang recalled the scene at the final fortress ranch, where the man could easily lift a white pig with his bare hands. He quickly said, "Yes, let's go find them. They'll definitely have a way. Besides, we're the only ones left in the safe zone. They won't abandon us!"

But will the people of the final fortress really lend them a helping hand?

After listening to Yu Bin's words, Wang Lan was no longer sure.

At this moment, their retreat route had been completely blocked by the wolf pack, while on one side, monsters from outside the safe zone had broken through the border wall and were coming in a fierce manner. On the other side, there was a market full of infected people. Three of the four routes had been cut off, and Wang Lan and his group had nowhere to go but to go forward.

"Can we even survive?"

Old Zhang couldn't help but sigh.

"As long as you believe in yourself, you can survive!"

Wang Lan said emphatically.

The will to survive is always strongest when facing death, so these people moved very quickly. Although it was not as fast as Wang Lan's Ghost Step skill, it was still much faster than usual.

Then a large patch of red mist appeared before them. Strangely, the red mist seemed to be a clump, condensed and not dissipating, enveloping them. At the same time, a faint smell of blood wafted over them.

The group stopped in their tracks.

Sun Muchen asked curiously, "Where is this?"

Although they grew up in this safe zone, there were not many places where they could move around freely, because the final fortress had implemented mandatory control over many areas of the safe zone, and civilians were not allowed to enter at will.

"We've reached the forbidden zone of the final fortress."

Old Zhang, standing to the side, pointed to a stone tablet and said, "Look."

Wang Lan and Sun Muchen walked over and saw a black stone tablet standing on the ground, on which was written:

"No entry!"

"The final fortress stands!"

Wang Lan frowned and said, "Strange, when did this eerie red mist appear in the forbidden area of ​​the final fortress?"

"Wang Lan, there are tire tracks over here!"

Old Zhang suddenly shouted.

It turned out that while Wang Lan and Sun Muchen were looking at the stone tablet, he had already started to observe the surroundings.

Seeing the two approach, he stood up and said, "Only vehicles leave tire tracks, and only the Final Fortress has vehicles. Look, the tires are clearly going inwards, not outwards. There might be people from the Final Fortress inside this red mist. What do you say, Wang Lan, do you want to take a gamble?"

As the voices were being spoken, a loud roar could be heard from not far away.

"We have no other choice but to gamble!" Wang Lan said. "Forget about restricted areas, let's try anything, even if it's a dead end, let's go in and talk about it!"