"I hope so."

Xiao Song smiled and led the two to the top of the stairs.

Just as Xiao Song took a step forward, the fat man quickly looked up ahead. There was no movement in the pitch-black night, and no trace of zombies could be found within the dim light covering the mall entrance.

"Wait, where are the zombies you were talking about? It can't be...?"

Song Daqiang turned to look at Xiao Song with a mocking smile, but unexpectedly, he saw a pale and terrifying zombie face.

"roar!"

The zombie was almost face to face with Song Daqiang, and in an instant, it roared and pounced, catching Song Daqiang completely off guard.

"Grass!!"

Song Daqiang was so frightened that his soul flew out of his body, and he collapsed to the ground in terror.

"Whoosh!"

A flash of light, and the zombie that lunged at Song Daqiang was decapitated. The headless body slumped softly into Song Daqiang's arms.

"Ahhh!"

Startled, Song Daqiang kicked the zombie away. When he looked up again, he discovered that many zombie figures had appeared in the darkness around him.

Some of them appeared out of nowhere and pounced on Su Lin and Song Daqiang, the two living people, as soon as they appeared.

Xiao Song had already cunningly hidden himself at the entrance of the mall, standing side by side with Anna, looking up. This was a relatively safe place, as the zombies wouldn't rush in due to the mission's restrictions.

But the two people outside the entrance were not safe. These zombies were indeed as Xiao Song had said, appearing in a very strange way. They could suddenly appear at any time without warning, anywhere outside the mall entrance.

"Damn it! Damn it! How are we supposed to fight like this?!"

The fat man was terrified. He had already taken down two zombies with his machete, thanks to his superior equipment.

But as soon as he killed one, several more zombies immediately filled the gap, appearing out of nowhere beside him, leaving him no time to defend himself and forcing him to retreat gradually.

This is so frustrating! Song Daqiang has no way to suppress these zombies with just a machete.

He really wanted to use the gun, but Su Lin had warned him secretly many times before, so he dared not disobey Su Lin and could only hide behind Su Lin to deal with the zombies that had escaped.

As for the rest, I'll leave it to the boss.

Su Lin did not disappoint. Just like during the day, he stood still and wielded his sword left and right. The sword light was like mist, and he fought like a martial arts master. With each slash of his sword, a group of zombies fell down.

"What a killing machine!"

The fat man glanced at it occasionally, and his heart sank even further.

He could clearly see that Su Lin was much stronger than he had been during the day.

During the day, killing zombies was clearly a one-hit kill, but now this knife has an area-of-effect damage effect.

It wasn't just the fat man who noticed this; Su Lin himself also noticed this obvious change.

As the Tang sword's [Soul Stealing] attribute continues to improve and its soul power increases dramatically, the sword's damage becomes more effective against low-level monsters like zombies.

With a single slash, what should have been a simple instant kill instead had an overflowing, radiating effect; the blade light, like snowflakes, melted and severely damaged the surrounding zombies.

If you look closely, the blade light even has a kind of magical effect similar to the true energy that emanates from the body, and everything covered by the blade light is harmful!

"After such a significant increase in soul power, there's still this kind of surprise?"

Su Lin was slightly pleased, but he did not slow down his fighting speed.

He was already experienced in combat, and now the corpses scattered all over the ground had pushed his combat talent [Smell of Death] to its maximum enhancement level of 100%!

His physical attributes, already comparable to those of a top-tier soldier, have now doubled in every aspect, making him even more terrifying!

Soul Power +1!

Soul Power +1!

Soul Power +1!

With each flash of sword light, Su Lin seemed to vaguely sense the frantic accumulation of Tang sword soul power.

He didn't have time to check the specific soul power value, but he could personally feel the continuous accumulation of Tang sword soul power during the battle.

That's too fast!

The speed at which my soul power is increasing is too fast!

There were hundreds of zombies swarming towards them, but Su Lin stood guard at the entrance to the mall, completely focused on the battle, perfectly embodying the phrase "one man against all odds."

The number of zombies far exceeded the number Xiao Song had warned about earlier. This kid definitely concealed the details of the mission and lied about the difficulty and the number of zombies.

But Su Lin no longer cared about these trivial details; the more zombies he had, the more profit he would make, which would greatly increase his killing income.

Sudden.

Just then, Xiao Song's shout came from the entrance of the mall.

"Brother Su, I'm here to help you!"

Xiao Song and Anna appeared at the exit. This guy actually dared to come up and started firing at the zombie horde with his crossbow.

"Hey! Good timing! Come help us!"

Song Daqiang exclaimed in surprise, but Su Lin felt a chill run down his spine.

Xiao Song's arrival was too coincidental; it was precisely when the zombie horde was launching a frenzied attack. Moreover, these zombies were extremely strange, seemingly possessing some kind of special mechanism, constantly besieging Su Lin alone.

There were hardly any zombies around Song Daqiang, and Xiao Song was even in a safe rear area.

The surrounding zombies seemed unable to see the three of them and rushed towards Su Lin in a swarm. In addition, Xiao Song was standing right behind Su Lin, which made Su Lin have to be on guard.

If Xiao Song harbors any evil intentions, he can simply raise his crossbow and shoot Su Lin in the back.

Even with his formidable fighting prowess, Su Lin dared not test the crossbow's lethality with his own body; he was unwilling to entrust his back to a stranger with malicious intent.

In the blink of an eye, Su Lin had already weighed the current situation.

Regardless of whether Xiao Song is genuinely trying to help, he cannot stay put.

"We can't retreat now, we must charge forward and fight!"

Su Lin made a decisive move, rushing into the horde of zombies and fighting his way further and further away, using the endless stream of zombies around him to shield himself from being ambushed.

"Boss! Boss!"

"Be careful, don't go too crazy!"

Song Daqiang was shouting anxiously, but Su Lin could no longer hear him clearly; he was completely focused on the battle.

While the feat of fighting against a hundred men single-handedly was something to be proud of, it also consumed too much of Su Lin's energy.

At this moment, he disregarded any need to hold back his skills and made the most of his Tang sword, frantically slaughtering more and more zombies.

As Su Lin ventured deeper into the zombie horde, the respawn rate of the zombies seemed to increase even more, causing Su Lin to frown inwardly: "This bastard, just how many mission mechanics has he been hiding from us!"

"The scale of these zombies far exceeds the scale of the previous two waves they encountered!"

Just as Su Lin realized this, Song Daqiang suddenly shouted from behind, "Hey! Xiao Song, what are you doing!"

"Annana! Anna! What are you trying to do, you bitch!"

"Damn it! Boss! They got away! They got away!"

"Those two scoundrels, they're trying to run away!"