Death in Substitute

"Can you please stop the car first? Ah Yue."

The car, driving steadily on the wet road, slowly came to a stop. Sang Jiyue tilted her head and looked at the pale Sheng Xingzhou in confusion: "What's wrong? Are you carsick?"

She muttered again that she didn't drive fast today.

Sheng Xingzhou unbuckled his seat belt, leaned forward, and hugged her tightly. His broad and warm palms pressed on the back of her head, pressing her into his arms.

Sang Jiyue was stunned for a second. Her originally cold body suddenly became warm, as if she was warming herself by a fire. However, this did not stop her from becoming furious: "Sheng Xingzhou! What are you doing!"

She has been too nice to him recently. Taking advantage of her easygoing nature, she even dared to hold her hostage.

"I want to hug you." Sheng Xingzhou said in a muffled voice.

Sang Jiyue didn't appreciate it, but she was still wearing a safety belt, which made it very inconvenient for her to move. "Don't push your luck."

"They are all bad people."

"them?"

"Everyone except you," he said.

Sang Jiyue muttered, "How can I be a good person? I wish I could do bad things every day."

The little devil grew horns and flapped her black wings, declaring her lofty ambitions.

Sheng Xingzhou patted her head gently, then let her go: "Let's continue."

Sang Jiyue cursed Sheng Xingzhou in her heart, calling him a psychopath, then stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and the car shot out like an arrow.

Although there was a delay in the middle, Sang Jiyue still arrived when Yin Qiao and the others arrived without any delay. Yin Qiao was very surprised to see Sang Jiyue walking down from the driver's seat.

Sang Jiyue smiled gently: "My life is in jeopardy now, so of course I need to learn more skills."

They quickly divided into groups. Just like in their previous life, Sang Jiyue followed Lin Luoan and Xu Zhiyuan. Sheng Xingzhou was originally going to be in the same group with them, but since there were four of them, he had to be in the same group with Ye Lin and Lin Luoqing.

There were only two people in Yin Qiao and Sang Huai's group, but they all acknowledged Sang Huai's strength and didn't think there was anything wrong with them being in a group of two.

This chain supermarket has two floors, above and below ground. Yin Qiao and Sang Huai went to the underground floor to check if there was any rotten fresh produce in the cold storage, while the other two groups were packing up supplies on the ground floor.

While they were dividing the search area with a hand-drawn supermarket map, Sang Jiyue whispered to Sheng Xingzhou, "Protect Brother Qingqing well, and don't let me down."

Sheng Xingzhou nodded very politely.

Sang Jiyue: "If you dare to ruin my plan again, I will really turn against you."

"Won't."

After the conversation ended and they entered the supermarket, the two groups separated and everything continued to develop as before.

until……

The zombies rioted prematurely. They angrily pushed down the heavy shelves. Lin Luoan and Xu Zhiyuan, who had not yet left, were crushed by the collapsed shelves. The zombies took this opportunity and swarmed forward.

Lin Luoan's ability is more defensive than earth, while Xu Zhiyuan's ability is offensive than wind. The two of them barely pushed away the heavy shelves on their bodies, got up from the ground in a mess, and used their abilities to deal with the zombies.

However, the number of zombies exceeded their imagination. Xu Zhiyuan made a quick decision and said to Lin Luoan, "Climb onto the shelves!"

During this time, Lin Luoan frantically searched for Sang Jiyue's trace, but he only saw the hideous faces of zombies and could not see Sang Jiyue at all.

Xu Zhiyuan urged: "Hurry, it's too late!"

Lin Luoan suddenly came to her senses and climbed up the heavy shelf next to her very nimbly. Without her earth shield, Xu Zhiyuan was immediately surrounded by zombies.

"Zhiyuan, I'll pull you up!" Lin Luoan condensed the earth spikes and smashed the head of the nearest zombie, then she stretched out her hand towards Xu Zhiyuan.

The moment the two hands clasped together, Xu Zhiyuan finally climbed onto the shelf, but the zombies were relentless and wanted to climb up as well. More zombies hit the shelf, causing it to shake, and they couldn't stay on it for long.

Lin Luoan tried to call for help, but the shelves here were too high and his teammates were too far away from them. They could only rely on themselves.

Behind the shelf not far away, Sang Jiyue wiped the zombie's blood off her face. When she heard Lin Luoan and Xu Zhiyuan's cries for help, she was a little dazed for a moment.

This time it won't be her in hell.

Soon, the shelves that could not bear the weight collapsed, and the two were crushed on the shelves again. This time, they were pressed to the ground by the zombies crawling on the shelves and could not move.

The sound finally attracted Ye Lin and Lin Luoqing who were in the same area, along with more zombies.

Sheng Xingzhou followed them slowly, and was very obedient in protecting Lin Luoqing.

Ye Lin and Lin Luoqing were shocked to see the mess here. They waved away the zombies that kept rushing towards them and tried to go forward to help.

More zombies were attracted from nearby, and two of them were chasing after Sang Jiyue. She looked very frightened, and when she saw them, she hurried over to ask for help.

Ye Lin ignored her and ran straight to where the shelves collapsed; Lin Luoqing caught Sang Jiyue who was about to fall and quickly said, "Don't be afraid."

Sheng Xingzhou kicked the zombie in front of him away with a frown on his face, but after meeting Sang Jiyue's gaze, he still obediently followed Ye Lin to help.

While pulling Sang Jiyue, Lin Luoqing nervously looked at the situation over there. He was almost bitten by zombies several times, and was taken away by Sang Jiyue without a word.

Over there, Ye Lin and Sheng Xingzhou also rushed to the collapsed shelves.

Ye Lin released his golden power and swept across a large group of zombies in an instant, but the stacked bodies of the zombies fell on the shelves. He tried to lift the shelves, but it was of no avail, so he could only deal with the zombies that crawled up first.

The two people under the shelf were crushed to the point of vomiting blood and their breathing became unstable.

Sang Huai and Yin Qiao from the underground floor also came over after hearing the news.

With Sang Huai joining the battle, the zombies surrounding the collapsed shelves were finally cleared out, but zombies continued to gather. Sang Huai stopped the zombies that gathered and said to Ye Lin: "Move quickly!"

The shelves were filled with zombie corpses.

The other people near the shelves hurried to move the zombies' bodies. Lin Luoqing also rushed over, shouting Lin Luoan's name while helping with trembling hands.

The heavy shelves could finally be lifted. Lin Luoan and Xu Zhiyuan, who were able to breathe again, looked as pale as paper and could hardly stand up.

There are more and more zombies.

Sang Huai joined them, with a group of zombies chasing after him: "We have to retreat quickly!"

Lin Luoqing wanted to help Lin Luoan, but Sang Jiyue grabbed her arm tightly. She looked very scared and subconsciously relied on the person next to her.

During this interval, Ye Lin helped Xu Zhiyuan up, and Sheng Xingzhou dragged Lin Luoan up and pushed him to Yin Qiao.

Sang Huai led the way, followed in the middle by Sang Jiyue and Lin Luoqing, Yin Qiao and Lin Luoan, Ye Lin and Xu Zhiyuan, and Sheng Xingzhou brought up the rear.

The group moved towards the door with difficulty. If they had not awakened their special abilities, they would have been overwhelmed by such a terrifying number of zombies.

When they were about to reach the door, the formation had become disorganized and several people formed a circle. A zombie suddenly lost control and rushed towards Lin Luoan.

Yin Qiao let out a short scream and subconsciously stood in front of Lin Luoan. Sheng Xingzhou pulled her away and helped her avoid the zombie's sharp fangs.

Lin Luoan fell to the ground, watching helplessly as the zombies pounced towards her.

Sang Huai and Ye Lin had to deal with most of the zombies and were unable to do so at all.

Sang Jiyue tightly grasped Lin Luoqing's arm, excitedly watching the bloody scene that was about to happen -

No matter what, one of them must die today.

But it definitely can’t be Lin Luoqing.

At the critical moment, Xu Zhiyuan didn't have time to think too much and could only throw himself on his girlfriend.

In an instant, blood was gushing out.

…

It was already evening when we left this hellish supermarket. After escaping, everyone collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath.

Sang Jiyue finally let go of Lin Luoqing's hand.

Lin Luoan looked at Xu Zhiyuan, who was twitching on the ground while covering his wound, his face ashen.

Xu Zhiyuan twisted his body and stood up again and pounced on her.

Then his skull was smashed by Sang Huai.

Lin Luoan finally collapsed. Her thoughts were like shattered glass, making her almost unable to think. She suddenly looked at the culprit in her mind: "Sang Jiyue, how did you attract the zombies?! Where did you run off to?!"

Sang Jiyue sobbed softly, looking helpless. "Sister Luo An, I was so scared... I'm sorry, I didn't complete the mission... The zombies also killed Brother Zhiyuan... How could this happen? Why did it happen?"

There was a slight distortion of excitement in her voice at the end, which was hidden in her crying tone and was inconspicuous.

"What attracts zombies?" Yin Qiao caught the key words.

Sang Jiyue sobbed and said, "There were too many zombies in that area. Sister Luo An asked me to lead them away. I also wanted to contribute to the team, so I went..."

Yin Qiao opened his mouth slightly in surprise.

Who among them doesn’t know that there are many zombies in the supermarket?

But this supermarket is really big, and the shelves are very high. The items are arranged and cut into this huge space, like a maze. The astonishing number of zombies are also dispersed by this maze, and they can completely avoid head-on conflict with the zombies.

They also reached a consensus before entering the supermarket.

Looking at the collapsed Lin Luoan, Yin Qiao couldn't say anything to blame him. She stepped aside silently.

Ye Lin suddenly spoke at this time. He looked at Sheng Xingzhou and asked, "Why didn't you help him?"

Since Sheng Xingzhou was able to pull Yin Qiao away, he could naturally also deal with the zombie that pounced on him.

Lin Luoan also realized this. She looked at Sheng Xingzhou with gritted teeth, unable to hide her hatred.

When they saw Sheng Xingzhou every day, he was always next to Sang Jiyue, talking and laughing with Sang Jiyue, and occasionally saying a few words to Yin Qiao and Lin Luoqing. He loved to laugh and had a good temper.

Before the rainstorm came, Sheng Xingzhou followed them to clear out the zombies nearby. They had fought side by side before, and he was a very reliable partner.

But it was this person who just watched someone die without helping.

His usual smile was gone. He stood beside Sang Jiyue and asked in a cold tone, "Why save him? He deserves to die."

Not only Lin Luoan, but Sang Jiyue also looked at Sheng Xingzhou more after hearing this, and vaguely felt that there seemed to be something different about him.

Sheng Xingzhou wiped away the remaining tears from the corners of Sang Jiyue's eyes with his clean fingertips, and then said to Lin Luoan: "They say that harming others will eventually harm yourself. You are lucky. This time, Xu Zhiyuan died for you."

"What nonsense are you talking about!?" Lin Luoan's expression suddenly changed.

Before she finished her words, she suddenly condensed earth spikes and stabbed Sheng Xingzhou fiercely.

Sheng Xingzhou has no special abilities, and Lin Luoan is too close to him. If he tries to dodge this attack, it is very likely that Sang Jiyue who is next to him will be implicated.

But it was just a moment of thought, and the earth thorn was already within reach -

No one expected that Sang Jiyue would suddenly take action.

The transparent water tightly wrapped around the earth thorn, which then exploded inside the water ball, spraying wet muddy water like raindrops.

Sheng Xingzhou pulled Sang Jiyue behind him, and the mud spots were completely blocked by him.