The third-level zombie refused to believe it and once again issued an order to the zombies below it: "Howl!"
The zombies behind it rushed forward, bared their fangs at Eve, and rushed towards her.
But facing the swarming zombies, Eve just chuckled.
"Go ahead." She said lightly with a smile in her eyes.
The next moment, the dozen or so zombies behind her also rushed out, blocking the attacking zombies and forming an indestructible line of defense!
The third-level zombie was stunned: "...Ah?"
It seemed as if it couldn't believe that a zombie could escape its control. It roared several times, but still got no response. A rare look of shock appeared on its rotten purple face, and it stood there in a daze.
But Eve was already moving.
——She walked towards the zombies fighting each other.
The zombies here are all very low-level, so apart from the three that are guarding Qi, she can now control more than 20 zombies. As Eve walked forward, she cut her arm and sprayed a lot of blood into the nearby zombies.
The zombies that absorbed her blood paused for a moment, then stopped attacking and turned their scarlet eyes towards the third-level zombies.
They gradually merged into the team behind Eve, and soon formed a dark mass. On the other hand, the number of zombies behind the third-level zombies gradually decreased.
Soon, Eve's zombies surpassed it - the situation was reversed.
Eve finally reached the third-level zombie, raised her head, and raised her hand lazily, "Kill it."
"howl--!"
Suddenly, the zombies behind her howled and rushed forward. The third-level zombies showed vigilance and also howled. The remaining zombies behind it rushed forward and tried to stop Eve's zombies, but they were outnumbered and were soon torn to pieces by the crazy group of zombies.
The third-level zombie's eyes flashed, and he suddenly let out a long roar and rushed towards Eve!
Seeing this, Eve raised her eyebrows slightly.
"Very smart," she stroked her chin. "No wonder they say level three zombies have human-like intelligence."
Although she has powerful magic and can control a large number of zombies, she herself is still weak and has no ability to attack in close combat.
Therefore, for the third-level zombies, if they want to break the current predicament, they must capture the leader first - as long as they get rid of her, the ordinary zombies will naturally be released from control.
Eve waved her hand: "Stop it?"
Immediately, several zombies stepped forward to stop the approaching third-level zombies, but they were only first-level zombies after all, and their physical fitness and intelligence were not as good as those of the third-level zombies. The latter didn't even look at them, but blocked with their arms, knocking the two in front of them away, and turned their heads to bite the surroundings. One zombie had his cervical vertebrae bitten off.
Eve clicked her tongue and stepped back. The zombies surged like a tide, instantly covering her figure.
Seeing this, the third-level zombie snorted coldly.
It raised its head, sniffed the air hard, and its eyes suddenly focused, shooting in a certain direction like an arrow.
The next second, the whole person shot out like an arrow!
“Bang!”
The third-level zombie fell to the ground, and with it as the center, the ground around it cracked into spider-web-like cracks. The nearby zombies were blown directly by the huge airflow, and a petite figure was revealed.
When the third-level zombie saw Eve, the bloodshot in his eyes grew even more intense. Without even a pause, he pushed the ground hard and shot out again like a cannonball. He raised his fangs and bit her shoulder hard!
Using the momentum of the jump, it carried Eve for dozens of meters and slammed her heavily against the wall!
"……cough!"
This blow was a huge blow to Eve. It seemed like two of her ribs were broken, and her back was burning. It hurt so much that even moving her fingers was difficult. She turned her head and saw the fangs of the third-level zombie right next to her neck, reflecting a dangerous light.
Eve's mouth was filled with a sweet and fishy taste. She groaned and spat out a mouthful of blood, which splashed all over the face of the third-level zombie. The latter showed a hideous smile and licked all of her blood with enjoyment.
“No…?…” Eve frowned slightly.
She had already injected her own blood into the third-level zombie, but the zombie had no reaction.
It seems that it is a bit difficult to subdue the third level while controlling dozens of zombies.
Eve thought secretly and changed her strategy.
She suddenly raised her hand, and a flash of snow shot out from her fingertips, stabbing fiercely into the head of the third-level zombie!
The latter was originally close to Eve and had his mouth biting her shoulder, so he naturally couldn't avoid her unexpected move. The knife went straight into his head, splashing blood.
"Ah--!" The third-level zombie howled in pain and struggled frantically. It twisted its head hard and actually tore off a piece of flesh from Eve's shoulder!
Even Eve couldn't help but groan in pain.
"You're so rude..." She slowly turned her head, her green eyes reflecting the third-level zombie. Something seemed to be surging under those crystal-clear pupils, like an undercurrent in the deep sea. "Didn't I tell you..."
——She hates pain the most.
"Come on, everyone!"
With a low cry from Eve, ten zombies rushed over and bit the limbs of the third-level zombie, pinning it to the wall!
"howl!!!"
The third-level zombie struggled more and more frantically, but the more it resisted, the more zombies rushed over. They crawled on its body and bit every inch of its skin. Soon the third-level zombie was buried under the crowded zombies, and only densely packed gray heads could be seen, like some kind of curious sculptures.
Eve covered the wound on her shoulder, leaned against the wall and took a breath, reminding him: "Don't bite the nuclear crystal."
The zombies didn't stop and kept gnawing on the body of the third-level zombie, making creepy rustling sounds. Eve curled her lips, used a little magic power, and began to heal her shoulder that was bitten into pieces by the zombies.
“Bang!”
Gunshots rang out in the air, accompanied by a burning pain. Suddenly, a round hole appeared on her right hand that was covering her shoulder - someone was attacking!
Eve stared at the black hole on the back of her hand, her eyes slightly gloomy.
Is it the fifth one?
"Bitch," she thought correctly. A man's cold voice came from above her head, "You lied to us?"
Eve raised her head and smiled at Lao Wu, who was pressed against the ceiling. "Oh, so you're here?"
"Don't change the subject!" Lao Wu growled, pointing the gun at Eve's head. "Answer my question, or I'll blow your head off!"
He said sinisterly, "My ability allows every bullet I fire to hit its target. You don't want to experience the feeling of having your head exploded, do you?"
"Of course not," Eve agreed, "I'm very afraid of pain."
Lao Wu did not let down his guard because of her words. If you look closely, you will find that his hand holding the gun is shaking.
"You..." He swallowed and said, "You're not a healing type? You can control zombies?"
"Didn't you see it all?" Eve asked curiously, "Do you need me to prove it again?"
"Hold those beasts still!" Seeing that she seemed to be about to do something, Lao Wu immediately shouted, "If you dare to let them get close, I will kill you now!"
Eve turned around and glanced at the zombies, who were still tearing at the third-level zombie's body. "Well... they're eating and don't have time to pay attention to you."
Lao Wu said: "No! Let them go now, otherwise I will..."
"You're going to kill me?" Eve interrupted him. She sighed. This man was so boring. He just kept saying this threat over and over again. "Okay."
She snapped her fingers, and the zombies stopped moving and retreated to both sides like a tide, revealing a pool of blurry blood that was almost indistinguishable from a human shape - that was the third-level zombie.
"Make them retreat again," Lao Wu was still not satisfied, "retreat outside this floor!"
He originally thought Eve wouldn't agree easily, but she said readily, "Okay."
She gestured to the zombies. They hesitated for a moment, but still slowly retreated. Their figures gradually blended into the surrounding shadows. After a few minutes, even the footsteps gradually disappeared.
Only then did Lao Wu breathe a sigh of relief, wipe the sweat from his forehead, and a fierce look appeared in his eyes again.
This woman's special ability is quite powerful. He began to think that although this mission failed and he failed to capture the third-level zombie alive, if he brought her back, maybe he could make up for it.
Thinking of this, he called out to Eve, "Hey, little girl."
Just as Eve looked up, a gunshot rang out beside her ear, and her calf suddenly bent, sending an explosive pain through her.
She lowered her head and saw a round bullet hole on her right calf.
Lao Wu jumped down and walked towards her: "I'm taking you back to the base now. Be obedient, otherwise -"
He raised the gun in his hand threateningly.
Eve said, "Where's the base? Why?"
She thought Lao Wu would definitely kill her, but she didn't expect that he was actually planning to take her back.
Lao Wu said impatiently, "Shut up. Why are you asking so many questions?"
He walked up to Eve and roughly lifted her up. The latter lost her balance and banged her head against the wall. "... Ugh."
"Don't act so pretentious," Lao Wu thought of his brother Wang who had died tragically in the zombie swarm. Naturally, he had no good temper towards her. "It's just a broken leg, right? Stand up!"
For a moment, a hint of hostility flashed across Eve's eyes, but as soon as she raised her head, she put away her gloomy expression and smiled sweetly.
Lao Wu looked at her with a lunatic look and stared at her: "What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing," said Eve. "I'm just a little curious—are you hard-headed?"
What are you talking about?
Lao Wu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but the next second, there was a sudden sound of wind behind his head, and a baseball bat appeared out of nowhere and hit him hard on the head!
“Hmm…!” Lao Wu groaned and fell to the ground.
"Eve!" A figure rushed out from the shadows behind the wall and pounced on her, "Are you okay?!"
Eve tilted her head to the side and said, "...Fan Ming, you rubbed your snot on my face."
"That's so dirty!" Ling Ning also came out, holding a baseball bat, and pulled Fan Ming away. "Don't take advantage of me!"
Fan Ming felt aggrieved: "Is it not okay for me to care about her? Brother Wang and the others are too scary!!" They even wanted to kill Eve!
Speaking of this, Ling Ning thought of something and turned to Eve with a look of disappointment: "Old Five asked you to evacuate the zombies, and you did? These zombies are your life-saving tools... How can you be so careless?!"
Eve touched her nose and looked innocent: "Because I saw you hiding in the corner."
"So what?!" Ling Ning was almost mad, "What if we don't intend to rescue you at all?"
"Won't you save me?" Eve looked at her with a smile. "If you were that kind of person, I would have let the zombies bite you to death from the beginning."
Hearing this, the other two were stunned.
Eve half leaned against the wall and smiled softly at them.
Even in the darkness, her pupils still shone with a translucent light, reflecting a charming and touching color. With her delicate eyebrows and eyes, she looked like a flower in bud waiting to bloom in the spring.
But who knows what kind of shadows are hidden under those layers of charming petals?
Ling Ning pursed his lips, suddenly walked forward and hit Eve hard on the head.
"I've been wanting to say this for a while now," she said sympathetically, "Stop smiling all the time. You're like a green tea version of Sadako."
Eve: “……?” Who is that?
Ling Ning didn't know that there was actually a zombie hiding behind Lao Wu. As soon as he let his guard down, the zombie would rush up and bite him.
——Eve would never put herself in a disadvantageous position.
Ling Ning had cursed enough and stepped back, turning his head towards the lying Lao Wu: "What about him?"
Eve thought for a moment, then tilted her head and asked, "Kill him?"
Hearing this, the other two hesitated.
It’s not that they can’t bear to kill people, but Lao Wu is a powerful psychic after all. Even though he was knocked unconscious by Ling Ning, he still has a certain influence in their hearts.
Fan Ming gritted his teeth and said with determination: "I'll do it..."
He suddenly paused, his eyes filled with surprise. He turned around and pounced on Eve: "Get out of the way!"
Eve was completely unprepared, and they both fell to the ground in a panic. However, Fan Ming grabbed her arm and tried to retreat, his voice frantic: "It's still moving!"
"Ah——!" A ferocious howl rang out.
Eve raised her head and saw that the third-level zombie, which had been torn beyond recognition by the zombies, was struggling to get up and stumbled towards her. However, due to Fan Ming's pull just now, it was unable to reach Eve and fell to the ground in a mess only a dozen centimeters away from her.
Eve: “…Oh?”
She suddenly laughed and pointed in front of her, saying, "Looks like we don't have to decide who takes action anymore."
The other two were stunned and looked in her direction.
It turned out that the third-level zombie was fighting for his life and death, and probably thought it didn't matter who it bit, so it turned the spear head and bit Lao Wu's face hard.
"……ah!!"
Lao Wu was awakened by the pain. When he opened his eyes, he saw a pink fleshy body with only a mouthful of fangs on its body crawling on him, biting his face. He was immediately terrified and screamed desperately: "What... Help! Let me go!!"
Eve walked over and squatted beside him, observing for a while the third-level zombie that had been gnawed until only pieces of flesh were left. Then she found the right position and stabbed the knife into its head.
The third-level zombie screamed and tried to struggle desperately, but the two bare flesh rods obviously posed no danger to Eve. The latter easily cut open its head and pulled out a core crystal the size of a pigeon egg.
As soon as the nuclear crystal left the body, the third-level zombie's movements froze, its limbs drooped limply, and it fell on Lao Wu.
Pus, flesh, and brain matter mixed with turbid blood from its body flowed down and landed all on Lao Wu. He almost vomited and struggled hard: "Help... please... help me!"
He tried to push the third-level zombie away, but the latter was still biting him with his teeth. When he pulled, the flesh on Lao Wu's body was pulled, causing him to feel sharp pain.
Eve leaned closer to him and said with a smile, "Need help? Okay."
She suddenly turned the knife and pointed it at Lao Wu's throat.
Lao Wu was shocked: "You...you...what are you doing?!"
"Aren't you here to help?" Eve asked doubtfully, "I'm helping you."
She played with the knife in her hand, moving it up and down, and the snow-like light from the tip of the knife left a cold mark in the air.
"You've been bitten by a zombie, so you only have two choices," she smiled. "Enjoy your last few minutes as a human before turning into a zombie, or let me kill you right now?"
Lao Wu trembled: "I... I..."
The two people who were listening silently on the side: "..." None of them wanted it.
This fact seemed to be a huge blow to Lao Wu. Eve waited patiently for a while, but he still didn't say anything. She sighed helplessly: "Where's your answer?"
It's rare for her to be so kind as to help others, but the other party is still procrastinating.
Eve stood up: "I'm tired. I won't help you anymore."
"You...wait!" Lao Wu finally finished his mental struggle and yelled, "Please...help me...take me..."
He sobbed for a long time, but still couldn't say the words "kill me".
Eve turned her back to him and shook her head.
"Sorry, I've changed my mind," she said briskly. "Killing is hard work and very troublesome. You should find someone else."
After saying that, he walked straight forward without paying any attention to the shrill cries of Lao Wu behind him.
Ling Ning and Fan Ming exchanged a glance and quickly chased after him: "Eve!"
Fan Ming hesitated and asked, "Can we just let him go?" Lao Wu wanted to kill them just now.
Eve asked him, "What good is there in killing him?"
Fan Ming was stunned.
"I'm tired," Eve said bluntly, "I need to rest now."
She had previously controlled more than twenty zombies at once, which put too much mental pressure on her. She was also beaten twice by Li Kun Lao Wu. The witch's body was not made of gold, and she had begun to show symptoms of dizziness, tinnitus and blood loss.
At times like this, I can't help but miss the scenery of the past.
At least with a wave of her hand, a large number of zombie minions would sacrifice their lives for her. Eve was a little disappointed. A witch fighting with humans - she had never heard of it before.
Eve took out the nuclear crystal of the third-level zombie and slowly absorbed it into her body. This time her goal had been achieved. She quickened her pace and prepared to retrieve Qi.
But when it turned to the platform, it suddenly stopped.
The three zombies still stood there like stakes, but the platform was empty—Seven had disappeared.
***
"Huh?" Fan Ming and Ling Ning came up from behind and asked curiously, "You hid Qi?"
They haven't noticed anything is wrong yet.
Eve stared at the empty platform, her green eyes narrowed slightly, her lips pressed almost into a straight line, and whispered, "He's gone."
"What did you say?!"
"What's going on?" Ling Ning asked first. "Could it be? He..." She thought of a possibility. "He woke up?"
Eve said nothing, just shook her head.
Seven is very special. He is different from all the zombies she has controlled before. Eve can clearly sense the existence of other zombies, but when she tries to find Seven, his figure seems to be hidden in a layer of fog, hazy and ethereal.
All she knew now was that Qi was still in this mall.
Eve turned her gaze to the three-headed zombie.
"You three," she whispered. "Where's Seven?"
The three-headed zombies were silent, like three petrified statues.
Eve pursed her lips and walked towards them.
"...Wait," Fan Ming noticed something and suddenly pulled her back. "You just..." He hesitated and whispered, "Your shadow looks a little off."
Just now, Eve's shadow suddenly boiled like boiling water.
Eve frowned: "What?"
The witch's heart disappeared, and she was in no mood to pay attention to Fan Ming. She broke free from his hand and walked quickly towards the three-headed zombie.
The three-headed zombies remained motionless, waiting for their master to approach in an eerie silence.
Eve reached out her hand and pressed down on one of the animals' heads: "Answer me, what just happened..."
She paused abruptly.
Just as Eve's fingers touched the zombie, its head suddenly tilted back and fell directly from its neck!
“Bang!”
The ball-sized head fell heavily to the ground, blood foam splattered, and shattered into a pool of red and white.
Ling Ning was startled: "...What's going on?!"
Eve looked at the zombie with a serious expression. There was a neat cut line on its neck - its neck had been broken long ago.
Eve suddenly realized something and reached out to push the other two zombies. She didn't use any strength at all, but they were like puppets with their strings cut. They lost their balance in an instant and fell to the ground.
Two heads and skulls rolled to Eve's feet. She lowered her head and looked into the zombies' wide-open eyes.
"……nigger."
After a long while, she suddenly whispered.
"What did you say?" Ling Ning didn't hear clearly.
Eve said, "The nigger's gone."
Thinking carefully, she hadn't seen the black man since she met Ling Ning and the others. Eve looked around and found that he was the only one who could move in the team of superpowers. He was also the only one who could attack the zombies and take away Qi.
"Hahaha!" Just as she was searching for the black man, a burst of laughter suddenly rang out from above everyone's heads. "The girl is young, but she's quite perceptive."
Eve stepped back calmly, pressing her back against the wall.
The nigger's voice seemed to come from underground, but the ground was smooth and there was nothing there.
"Where did you take Qi?" she asked, looking around inconspicuously.
"Trying to stall for time?" The black man snorted coldly, "Don't waste your energy. You won't be able to find me."
"As for your brother," he said with a sinister smile, "I haven't seen him since the beginning—could it be that he was eaten by zombies?"
To his surprise, Eve smiled when she heard that.
"Is that so?" She twirled a strand of her hair with her fingers, her eyes narrowed into crescents. "That's good then."
"...What are you laughing at?" The black man was stunned, then became annoyed. "Don't tell me? Do you still think you have the upper hand?!"
He had already figured out all of Eve's cards when she was fighting with Lao Wu - although this person's superpowers are powerful, once there are no zombies, he is equivalent to a useless person!
But he is different.
——As long as there is shadow, he is the strongest!
"Go to hell? Go!"
With a roar, the shadow on the ground suddenly began to distort and waved, and then a huge figure emerged, like a whale leaping out of the water - the black man suddenly jumped out of Eve's shadow!
“Swish!”
"Be careful!" Ling Ning shouted.
Although Eve reacted instantly and dodged to the side, the black man's sword still grazed the side of her face and pierced deeply into the wall behind her.
A few strands of red hair flew down. Eve turned her head to the side, and blood flowed down the side of her face.
She rubbed it with the back of her hand, brought it to her face, and gently licked away the bright red.
"Shadow?" She raised her eyebrows slightly, her voice sweet but slightly hoarse, like a cup of aged wine soaked in honey. "Can you travel through shadows?"
"...Good eyesight." The black man stood in the shadows and said cautiously.
Eve smiled softly.
No wonder Brother Wang would let him into the cinema - he is fast and good at dodging, and he is indeed the best choice to lure monsters.
"Don't move!" Noticing that Eve raised her wrist, the black man immediately leaned over, raised his knife and slashed, leaving a deep wound on her wrist.
Eve groaned and had to cover her wrist - the black man's cut was very deep, and her hand was hanging on her arm, dangling precariously, connected only by a few meridians and thin skin.
But even though he had seriously injured her, the black man did not relax. His figure was half hidden in the shadows of the crowd, and his shadow was vague, just like a cunning black fish.
He leaned forward again, leaving a cut that went through Eve's right leg, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
He is different from Brother Wang and Laowu. Compared to some crappy base and mission, the black guy values his own life more.
Brother Wang might look down on Eve, but the black guy understands that Eve - this seemingly weak girl is definitely the strongest among them!
Can't let her live?!
Killing intent flashed in his eyes, and he jumped out of the shadows again, but this time - the tip of the knife was pointing directly at Eve's throat!
Fan Ming and Ling Ning both screamed, "Eve! Get out of the way!"
Eve leaned her elbows against the wall and breathed heavily.
hide?
How to hide? Where to hide?
There was a wall behind her, and the knife wound on her right leg greatly restricted her movements. Even if she dodged the black man's attack, as long as she was still in the shadow, she could not escape his attack range.
Beads of sweat appeared on Eve's forehead. Her lips were tightly pursed, and her originally rosy lips turned pale. A fierce look flashed across her green eyes. She held a few nuclear crystals and was about to inject magic power into them, but the black man's sharp knife was already in front of her.
The sharp knife was infinitely magnified in front of her, and Eve could even see her slightly open eyes from the reflective blade.
Just when she thought the black man would stab her throat before her, the knife suddenly stopped in front of her.
Eve raised her neck slightly stiffly.
There was almost no gap between the shiny blade and her. With the slightest movement, the cool temperature of the iron was transmitted to her entire skin.
Eve tentatively moved a few centimeters to the left, and her slender neck finally left the shadow of death. She staggered and fell, and was hurriedly caught by Ling Ning, who had recovered his composure.
But until Ling Ning dragged her away with great effort, the black man still maintained his previous posture, with the sharp knife stiffly pointed at the empty wall.
"This..." Fan Ming asked in surprise, "What's going on...?"
——A black thorn as thick as an adult's arm went straight through the black man's chest, fixing him firmly in place.
Fan Ming looked at the black thorn in astonishment.
Is this the black man's supernatural power?
...No, this is not the black man's special ability. He quickly overturned his own guess. How could the black man hurt himself?
Then... He swallowed and slowly turned his gaze around, which means... there is a fourth person present?
At the same time, Eve, who was leaning on Ling Ning's shoulder, seemed to sense something and suddenly looked up, her eyes staring forward.
A slender figure stood several meters away, half-raising his left hand, with the tail end of the black thorn wrapped around it like a snake.
He’s the one who attacks the niggers.
"This..." Ling Ning's astonished voice sounded from above Eve's head, "Eve, this is not yours..."
Eve chuckled.
She looked at the figure and spoke softly.
"Seven, you're awake."
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