Chapter 220 Quite Skilled at Playing Tricks

"Retreat! It's not too late now. Retreat quickly! We can't break through at all. Even if we try again, it will be useless."

"I'm not going to kill this zombie king, it's too terrifying."

"Forget about bounties, all I want now is to get back alive."

Even Wu Ming was deep in thought.

Based on the current situation, retreating and going back to think of a solution seems to be the best option.

At this moment, Meng Shiwan squeezed out of the crowd and walked towards the zombie horde.

She even stopped all her attacks and walked towards the zombie horde without any precautions.

Ye Sangyu was startled. "Sister, what are you doing? It's dangerous. The new metal can prevent acid rain corrosion, but it's not hard enough. Even if you're metallized, the zombies will still scratch you."

Wu Ming quickly pulled Meng Shiwan away, "What's wrong with you? Are you being controlled? Why are you suddenly trying to kill yourself?"

Meng Shiwan dodged his hand and stepped into the zombie horde, where all the zombies pounced on her like madmen.

Just when everyone thought Meng Shiwan would be overwhelmed by zombies and die, the zombies actually passed right through her body, and she remained standing there unharmed.

The zombie rushed towards her as if it were rushing into the air, passing right through her without causing any harm to Meng Shiwan.

Everyone was stunned.

"Holy crap, what kind of superpower is this? Invisibility?"

"Why can't the zombies touch her? I've never heard of such a superpower before."

"What's going on?"

Even Wu Ming was a little confused. He had never heard of Meng Shiwan having such a special ability.

Why is things starting to look increasingly bizarre?

Meng Shiwan explained, "Because there was no zombie horde at all, it was all an illusion. The zombie king's ability is to create illusions."

"An illusion?"

They looked around at the grotesque, menacing zombies. They seemed so real; how could it be an illusion?

Wu Ming found it hard to believe, but he knew Meng Shiwan and knew she wasn't someone who spoke without reason, so he believed her.

He followed Meng Shiwan's example and walked into the zombie horde. When the zombies' withered, sharp hands reached out to him, he still felt fear when he thought of his recent death.

He suppressed his instinct to resist, and the zombie's hand passed right across his face without causing him any harm.

At that very moment, the entire scene before him shifted. The terrifying zombies vanished, leaving only torrential rain and a clean, spotless ground except for the flowing acid rain.

There were no zombies, and no zombie corpses.

The group of superhumans huddled together, staring in terror at their surroundings, constantly unleashing their powers in an attempt to kill the horde of zombies they saw.

In Wu Ming's eyes, these supernatural attacks were useless in the air.

He said to the crowd, "It is indeed an illusion. If you give up resisting and face the zombies head-on, the illusion will disappear."

The crowd was skeptical, but some people came out because they trusted Wu Ming, and they were also safe.

The others followed suit, and when they saw the zombie horde disappear and there was nothing else in the valley except the sound of rain, they were all in disbelief.

"What a realistic illusion! All that effort we put in just now was like fighting against thin air."

"If it's an illusion, then how did Wu Ming die just now? Was that also an illusion?"

"I remember being seriously injured; it can't be an illusion."

Wu Ming was also curious, "I felt that my death just now was very real, and the zombie horde was an illusion. How did I die? How did you know it was an illusion?"

Meng Shiwan explained, "You were killed by the zombie king. Before the time rewind, you did die. As for the injuries and deaths of others, it had nothing to do with the zombies. They were all killed by their own people because they were too frightened inside the walls and killed indiscriminately. In fact, the zombies did no harm to them."

Everyone: ...

Saying it like that makes them seem stupid.

Ye Sangyu pressed, "Sister, I was with you the whole time, how did you discover that all of this was an illusion?"

Meng Shiwan said in a deep voice, "When we first arrived in the town, Wu Ming told me that there was no signal in the valley, and any device that entered would lose contact. This is because the entire valley is shrouded in the zombie king's illusionary magnetic field, which is why there is no signal."

After we entered the valley, the zombie horde was far too large, abnormally large. Just like you said, this is a tourist attraction, the zombies in the town have been cleared, and we haven't seen any zombies from other places coming. How could there be so many zombies?

Furthermore, these zombies are very different from ordinary zombies; they are incredibly fast. Aside from the Zombie King, no ordinary zombie has ever been seen to reach this speed.

Furthermore, during the chaotic battle inside the walls, all the seriously injured people were wounded by supernatural attacks; the scene was very chaotic, but I didn't see anyone bitten by zombies.

People were submerged in hordes of zombies, yet they could still shout with undiminished vigor and hadn't died. Based on this information, it's almost certain that the zombie horde was an illusion.

From all perspectives, this valley simply does not possess the conditions necessary for a zombie horde to form.

"So that's how it is."

Ye Sangyu felt speechless when she thought about how they had been fighting thin air for so long, and even used up all the bombs they were carrying.

This zombie king is quite adept at playing tricks on people.

Everyone hesitated. "Should we still go find the Zombie King? I'm starting to panic."

"Go ahead and look for it. We're already here, and we're not dead. As the saying goes, all bark and no bite. The zombie king made such a commotion just now, I suspect that the zombie king itself doesn't have much ability. Illusion ability, just from the sound of it, it doesn't seem to have that much attack power."

“Yes, let’s renegotiate our agreement now. Survival is the most important thing. Once we find the Zombie King, whoever is lucky enough to kill it gets the prize. There’s no need for us to risk our lives for those hundred doses of power-enhancing fluid.”

Some people wanted to back out, but after being persuaded like this, they all followed along hesitantly.

The commotion they just experienced made them realize that life is more important than anything else.

They walked along the stone path toward the entrance of the cave.

Without the zombie horde to hinder us, it was much easier to move around.

Wu Ming leaned close to Meng Shiwan and whispered, "The zombie king killed me just now, does that mean the zombie king is nearby?"

Meng Shiwan pondered, "It's very possible that if Zombie King Cheng creates one illusion, he can create two illusions. He might hide in the illusion to prevent us from seeing him, thus achieving the effect of concealing himself."

Wu Ming looked around warily. "Doesn't that mean we might fall into a second illusion?"

Meng Shiwan nodded. "Very likely."

Wu Ming scratched his head. "What a troublesome zombie king. He's really a handful."