Chapter Four: Danger!

"XiXi!!"

Xu Linchuan's roar was almost tearing his throat apart, accompanied by a trembling sound on the verge of collapse.

He struggled frantically, half his body leaning out of the city wall, veins bulging on his arms, his fingers desperately reaching forward, as if he could grab the falling figure.

But the next second, she crashed into the horde of corpses.

The putrid sea of ​​corpses instantly engulfed her.

"No!"

Xu Linchuan's eyes were bloodshot, and his voice was broken and incoherent, "She fell! Let me go!"

He suddenly kicked away Gu Yuan, who was holding him, and leaned forward, as if he was about to jump down.

Zhou Ye and Gu Yuan gripped his shoulders tightly, their knuckles turning white from the force.

"Linchuan! Get the hell out of here!" Zhou Ye roared, his voice filled with suppressed rage. "Look down there! She's gone!"

Beneath the city wall, the horde of zombies surged like a boiling black tide, their rotting arms raised high, tearing and scrambling for what they could.

A piece of flesh was stuffed into the mouth of a zombie, the chewing sound sticky and grating.

Xu Linchuan trembled all over, and a few broken sobs rolled out of his throat: "Xixi... Xixi..."

Zhou Ye's eyes turned cold, and he raised his hand to deliver a chop to the back of Zhou Ye's neck.

Xu Linchuan's body stiffened, and then he collapsed.

"Take him back." Zhou Ye said coldly, then turned to look at Su Qianqian, his gaze like a knife.

"Did you push Josie down?"

Su Qianqian's face turned deathly pale, and she shook her head desperately: "No! She jumped herself! She's trying to frame me!"

Before Zhou Ye could speak, Gu Yuan, his eyes bloodshot, approached: "She used her own life to frame you?"

"Gu Yuan! You clearly said...you would never doubt me!"

Su Qianqian's voice trembled, "And now? Qiao Xi jumped down herself, and you all blame me!"

Gu Yuan and the other men remained silent, their eyes filled with turbulent emotions.

"Whether we believe you or not is not important," Zhou Ye said, his voice as cold as ice. "Whether Lin Chuan believes you is what matters. When he wakes up, you'll have to figure out how to explain yourself."

After he finished speaking, his gaze swept over the surging horde of corpses below the city wall. He placed his palms on the wall, his fingernails digging into the wall and leaving clear marks.

His gaze was fixed on the surging tide of corpses below.

Is Josie really gone?

In the center of the zombie horde.

Josie curled up, the sticky chewing sounds filling her ears.

The moment she jumped off the city wall, she had already turned into a stone.

At the same time, she threw out the dead rat she had prepared beforehand.

The zombies were instantly stimulating by the smell of blood, and they pounced on the dead rat, tearing and chewing it...

The stench of decay was so strong it was almost tangible.

Ugh...

She couldn't help but retch several times.

Take advantage of the chaos and roll slowly, gradually moving out of the encirclement of the horde of zombies.

Her special ability is shapeshifting, and it is because of this ability that she dared to plan this escaped death.

In my past life, this ability was extremely useless; it could only barely transform into a few fixed, inanimate objects.

But after that night with Shen Han, her superpowers not only awakened ahead of schedule, but the energy in her body also far exceeded expectations.

She even had a faint hope that if her superpower could also be upgraded, what would happen in the future?

Rolling from the city wall to the grassland, and then all the way into the forest, consumed very little of her supernatural power.

Only after confirming that it was safe did she revert to human form and run away.

She had to leave the survivor camp.

Because if she stayed, she would either continue to feign compliance with Xu Linchuan, endure his touch, and pretend not to know how he had coldly watched her die tragically in her past life;

Either completely break ties with him and become a plaything for other superhumans.

Therefore, she chose the third path—escape.

As darkness fell, Josie ran frantically, panting heavily, her lungs burning with pain.

Sudden,

"Heh...heh..."

The bushes ahead swayed, and two zombies suddenly pounced out!

Their grayish-blue faces were stained with dried blood, and they roared hoarsely as they charged forward!

Josie's pupils shrank drastically, and she instantly turned into a stone, crashing to the ground with a "thud".

Click!

The zombie's sharp teeth bit into empty air, and it looked around in confusion, seemingly not understanding why the food that was about to be eaten had disappeared.

Josie held her breath and remained motionless.

Only after the two zombies had gained nothing and slowly turned away did she transform back into human form and continue her frantic run.

Along the way, whenever she encountered danger, she would turn into stone and endure until nightfall.

But her powers were almost exhausted, and she had to find a place to hide as soon as possible.

Before nightfall, she finally hid in an abandoned building, huddled in a corner, panting heavily.

It can't be deformed any further.

If she were to change again, her powers would be exhausted, and the recovery process would be extremely slow, adding many risks to her journey ahead.

She took out the biscuits she carried with her, broke them in half, and slowly chewed and swallowed them.

Her stomach still ached with emptiness, but she dared not eat much, as there wasn't much food left in her bag.

After taking a sip of water and barely suppressing her hunger, she leaned against the wall and closed her eyes for a short rest.

However, the quiet village was suddenly filled with the low growls of zombies.

Josie immediately opened her eyes, stood up quietly, and peered out the window.

Upon closer inspection, they saw Zhou Ye leading two superhumans, walking slowly from the village entrance.

"How could it be him? He's like a persistent ghost..."

She gritted her teeth and cursed under her breath, using up her meager energy to instantly transform herself into a grayish-brown stone, clinging tightly to the edge of the windowsill.

As night deepened, the darkness... became Zhou Ye's domain.

His special ability, Shadow Walk, allows him to move freely in the shadows, and almost no prey can escape his sight in the shadows.

Josie held her breath. She knew very well that if Zhou Ye found her, he would lock her up and make her his plaything.

If she falls into his hands, she'd rather end it all herself.

Zhou Ye quickly disappeared from his spot, and Qiao Xi knew that he had used his special ability to search for her in the village.

She hugged herself tightly, hoping that her superpowers could last forever.

Zhou Ye used his supernatural ability to travel through time and searched the entire village from top to bottom.

To his disappointment, he found not a single trace related to Josie.

After Josie fell from the city wall, he personally drove away the horde of corpses.

But they found no limbs, no pieces of clothing, and not even any signs of struggle.

It's too clean.

It's so clean...something's not right.

"Brother Ye, we've searched everywhere, but there's no one here," the subordinate reported in a low voice.

Zhou Ye slowly scanned his surroundings. Could it be that Qiao Xi had also awakened a special ability? Was that why she was able to deceive everyone?

If not, then such a perfect face and body would be gone, what a pity!

"Withdraw." He finally gave the order in a cold voice.

The three quickly turned and left.

But Josie remained motionless, lying in the same spot.

After a long while, a dark figure silently emerged from the shadows in the corner of the wall.

Zhou Ye returned, his gaze sharp as a knife. After confirming once again that no one was in the abandoned building, he left in disappointment.

Time passed slowly, and her superpowers were about to run out...

When Josie transformed back into human form, her back was soaked with cold sweat.

She must hunt down zombies as soon as possible to obtain the crystal cores.

Otherwise, she will be powerless to fight back when the next crisis strikes.

However, just as she was about to set off, a cacophony of shouts suddenly erupted in the distance.

A group of survivors, being chased by zombies, are fleeing in this direction in a panic...