Chapter 73 Sorry
The monster came stepping over severed limbs, and Bai Chenzhu was pulled up from the ground by the immense force and pushed behind him. Bai Chenzhu raised his eyes and saw the back of the figure blocking his way.
It's Jiang Ye.
Jiang Ye said, "You should hide first."
Bai Chenzhu hesitated for only two seconds before turning and running away, saying, "Be careful."
The monster charged forward, and Jiang Ye blocked its path, kicking it as if he had kicked a steel plate. The monster shuddered and regained its footing.
Jiang Ye raised his machete, each strike as swift as lightning, slashing at the joint of the monster's right hand. The monster roared in anger, and only after being slashed several times did a single wound finally open between its skin and flesh.
It was more difficult than he had imagined. Jiang Ye frowned, changed his approach, raised his gun, and pulled the trigger, aiming it at the center of its forehead.
The bullet spun through the airflow, piercing the monster's brow and leaving a deep crater. The broken crater oozed pus and blood, its interior a dark red mess.
But the monster, which felt no pain, remained motionless and could still move.
Seeing that there were no more alien races on the field, Liang Zhi seized the opportunity to rally everyone, "Attack together! Kill it!"
A hundred or so people, armed with various weapons, swarmed forward. But the monster went against the flow of people, its bulging eyes fixed on Bai Chenzhu at the back of the crowd.
Tang Zhao helped the coughing Bai Chenzhu towards the door. Seeing that the monster was about to break through the crowd, Tang Zhao panicked and, with great force, threw Bai Chenzhu onto his back and rushed out the door.
Outside the Grand Theatre is a grove of trees, and to the right are large residential houses.
A faint commotion came from the woods ahead. Tang Zhao realized something, his face turned grim, and he quickly led Bai Chenzhu toward the houses.
Bai Chenzhu coughed twice, covering his mouth, worried about whether the people in the theater could handle the monster. He wiped his face. "That's enough, we can't go too far, Jiang Ye and the others..."
"Brother Bai, listen to me!" Tang Zhao interrupted him, his heart pounding. "That day, Sister Zhuohua and I were blown away by the explosion and landed on the mountain road. We were targeted by a monster and were sure to die."
“But back then,” Tang Zhao swallowed, “back then, another ‘zombie king’ was also attracted by your mental power!”
Bai Chenzhu's pupils constricted, doubting his ears. He gripped Tang Zhao's shoulders tightly and demanded, "What did you say! Why didn't you say something so important sooner!"
"I see that you and Brother Jiang both have your own plans, and you didn't dare to mention them, afraid that if you did, all these people would retreat back into their shells." Tang Zhao was extremely anxious, his cheeks flushed, and he used all his strength to run away.
"This ancient city has a second 'Zombie King'! It didn't have any fragments, so it always avoided the 'boss'. That day, it was attracted and fought with the 'boss,' and we took the opportunity to escape. Later, we were accidentally discovered by the alien race flying in the sky. That monster—let's call it 'the second one' for now—has never appeared in the Grand Theater, so no one knows about the existence of 'the second one'."
"In short, it's very clever and greedy enough. In the Grand Theater, the leader of that alien race, you, and Bai Tao all used a lot of mental energy today. With such a strong attraction, I'm afraid that 'second-in-command' will appear." Tang Zhao gritted his teeth, sweating profusely.
He had sensed the monster's presence when he rushed outside.
——
In the darkness, Tang Zhao carried him through a series of alleyways, trying to hide him in a building.
As they drew closer to the river, a deep, booming sound came from the sky.
Tang Zhao spun around, lightly touched the ground with his toes, and quickly retreated five meters away, landing in a deep pit where a monster he had never seen before appeared before him.
Its pupils were blue, an unusual blue, and its muscles were bulging, but it was a size smaller than the 'boss'. Its entire body was covered with fine, whitish fur, a stark contrast to the bald 'boss'.
Even in the dark of night, it still accurately captured the traces of Bai Chenzhu.
Tang Zhao looked up at the towering 'small mountain,' stepped back with his right leg, his whole body tense, and his voice was almost inaudible, "That's it."
The second 'Zombie King'.
It had already regarded Bai Chenzhu as its prey. That being, rich in spiritual power, was like a hot, fragrant roast chicken in front of a starving person, so tempting that they wanted to tear it apart and devour it immediately.
Bai Chenzhu hid the fragments tightly and quickly looked around.
They were in a narrow passageway between houses and the river. In fact, his mental strength was not as strong as Bai Tao's in terms of attack power, and Tang Zhao... he didn't think Tang Zhao's strength had reached the level of 'Zombie King'.
Tang Zhao carefully lifted his leg and took another step back, creating distance between himself and the second monster.
"Brother, what should we do?" His mind went blank.
Tang Zhao wasn't very old, and he had always been taken care of by Jiang Ye and Bai Chenzhu. This was the first time he had faced such a powerful monster on his own, and he instinctively asked Bai Chenzhu on his back for help.
Bai Chenzhu did not answer immediately, as countless possibilities raced through his mind.
The second monster took a step forward, pressing closer with a strong sense of threat.
Just then, heavy footsteps came from afar, and the earth trembled.
The sound and the noise made it obvious who had arrived.
The second monster sensed the approaching creature by its scent, turned its head and lunged forward preemptively, attempting to bite its prey before it could reach it.
With a swift movement, Tang Zhao leaped across the bluestone slabs, railings, and balconies, before landing on top of the large windmill by the river, carrying Bai Chenzhu on his back.
The monster leader's figure gradually appeared between the houses.
Compared to before, it was now covered in wounds, with a bloody hole in its forehead and left chest, and its right arm had even been cut off. It was covered in blood, and its fierce expression was even more intense. It stared intently at Bai Chenzhu, who had escaped.
Bai Chenzhu looked at this monster, then at the monster below, and found amusement in his predicament: "I'm quite popular."
Tang Zhao was so nervous that he dared not speak, and just stared intently at the two monsters below.
Who knows if the monsters have become smart enough to form alliances?
A figure in the distance tumbled across the rooftops and quickly landed on the windmill.
Tang Zhao's eyes lit up, "Brother Jiang!"
He looked at Jiang Ye, who was covered in blood. The black blood covered everything, and it was impossible to tell if he was injured. Tang Zhao asked in shock, "Why are you covered in so much blood? Are you alright?"
"It does smell a bit," Jiang Ye said, panting, raising his hand to sniff himself, downplaying the problem, "I'll just wash up when I get back."
Bai Chenzhu patted Tang Zhao, signaling him to put himself down first, "They're stuck in a stalemate."
Tang Zhao put down the cypress bamboo as instructed, and quickly turned his head to look. In the time it took to say two words, the monsters below were standing there, all weighing each other.
The second monster had always been wary of and avoided the eldest, but after the eldest lost the spiritual power of the fragment and lost an arm, the second monster, who had been picking up scraps, could no longer sit still.
Monsters often devour each other. In their eyes, humans, aliens, or other mutants are all beings that can be devoured, and those with spiritual power are even more delicious.
So when they look at each other, they are looking at their adversaries, but also at their delicious meal.
But in Bai Chenzhu's eyes, the sight of two enormous zombie kings confronting each other under the moon was truly terrifying. Especially those red eyes and those blue eyes, which seemed to possess only pure 'appetite'.
"Will they start fighting?" Tang Zhao was itching to join in. If this were a competition, he would be eager to cheer them on.
An unexpected scene unfolded: without prior arrangement, they all chose the more delicious prey and pounced on Bai Chenzhu, smashing the windmill and crushing the wooden planks.
The windmill was torn to pieces because it could not withstand the weight.
Escape is instinct; Bai Chenzhu's first reaction was to dodge the attack and jump down, thus missing Jiang Ye's attempt to grab his hand.
He fell into the water from the towering windmill, coughed twice, and opened his eyes to see a huge white ball of fur jumping down from the sky. Bai Chenzhu covered his mouth and nose, waved, and dived into the water.
The monster's powerful upper body landed right in front of him, churning the river water and causing it to surge, seemingly about to carry him away.
A pull came from behind, instantly dragging him ashore.
"You can't swim and you still jumped! I almost couldn't find you!" Jiang Ye scolded him angrily, wiping his wet face, his eyes filled with relief at surviving the ordeal.
In the darkness, they were practically blind, the water was swift, and for a moment, Jiang Ye's heart couldn't keep flowing.
Bai Chenzhu coughed so hard he could barely speak.
He climbed ashore, but when he looked up, he saw a giant hand rushing towards Jiang Ye from behind. He pressed Jiang Ye's head against himself, hugged Jiang Ye, and rolled over.
The second monster stood in the river, while the first monster, relentless and with bloodshot eyes, charged towards them.
Jiang Ye gripped the machete in one hand and half-pulled, half-carried him up with the other. "Let's go!"
His speed far surpassed Tang Zhao's. At the moment the monster attacked, he half-carried Bai Chenzhu away from the original spot. Bai Chenzhu even felt that Jiang Ye had secretly cultivated immortality, otherwise how could he be so skilled at flying over walls and rooftops?
“This can’t go on.” Bai Chenzhu, who was being pulled and staggering, looked at the beads of sweat on his forehead and spoke quickly.
Jiang Ye led him away from the intertwined attacks of the two monsters once again, and reached out his hand to him, "Give me the fragment!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Bai Chenzhu stuffed the fragment into his pocket, saying, "You go first."
Jiang Ye landed on a rooftop with Bai Chenzhu and left with the fragments.
Bai Chenzhu watched his departing figure, then looked at the two monsters, took a deep breath, and suppressed her rapid breathing.
He indirectly deceived Jiang Ye.
Jiang Ye wasn't a psychic, so he couldn't see the silent confrontation between the alien race and him. He assumed the monster was chasing the fragment, but he didn't know that from the moment the fragment fell into his hands, he had concealed its aura.
The monster before him wasn't just chasing the fragments, but also the spiritual energy left on him by the alien before its death. And he couldn't remove that spiritual energy from himself for the time being, meaning he would be constantly watched by the monster.
As expected, the two monsters ignored Jiang Ye who had left and rushed towards Bai Chenzhu.
Bai Chenzhu, who had used himself as bait, unleashed his power in an instant, and his well-hidden, powerful spiritual energy burst forth.
It's like a tiny point of light turning into a giant light bulb, blinding everyone.
In that instant, an intense longing surged in the eyes of both monsters, one red and one blue, so eerie that it instilled a primal fear in humans.
As if by unspoken agreement, they moved towards the house where Bai Chenzhu was, like two small hills.
Bai Chenzhu seized the opportunity, took a half-step back to run up, and leaped directly from the roof onto the monster boss's fist. He then ran rapidly up the arm until he landed on top of its bald head.
He drew his pistol from his waist and shot it in the forehead.
With a muffled thud, brain matter and blood stained his clothes as the monster leader, in pain, smashed his head against the ground.
Of course, the second monster couldn't let its prey jump right into the boss's mouth, so it didn't hesitate to swing its fist at the boss.
Jiang Ye, looking back, was filled with apprehension. He quickly realized Bai Chenzhu's idea of making them fight each other.
Bai Chenzhu quickly jumped onto the shoulder of the second monster. He darted back and forth between the two monsters as they clashed, like an invisible rope that drew them closer and closer, making their movements more and more restricted and their skills clumsy and ridiculous.
Rows of houses collapsed, the river churned, the central "Moon Bridge" plaque fell down, and the bridge broke.
Amidst the billowing dust, Jiang Ye seized the opportunity to leap up and sliced off half of the monster leader's neck with a horizontal slash. The immense force caused the monster's hand to split open, the cleaver to shatter, and the monster to fly into the air.
While Bai Chenzhu was distracting the monsters, Tang Zhao accidentally blinded the second monster in the left eye.
The two zombie kings howled and struggled wildly, punching and kicking, causing the riverbed to shake and the river to flood the houses on the banks.
Panting, Bai Chenzhu shot out the other eye of the second monster, making it completely blind.
His muscles ached, and he tried to escape up its back by flipping his hands over the monster's shoulders, but it flung him into the air with its flipping arm, and a large hand came at him—
The monster leader's only remaining hand was covered in blood and grime, and two of its fingers had been broken off. Its large hand came with a whooshing sound.
Bai Chenzhu didn't even remember the specifics of that time. There was nothing to hold onto in mid-air. He only remembered that, in order to save himself, he used his last bit of strength to pull out his pistol and used up all the bullets, hoping to break, snap, or deflect that giant hand in that instant.
But in the end, he was slapped hard into the river.
Intense pain surged through his limbs and bones. He fell from the water, the river water washing over his nose. A buzzing sound filled his ears. In the murky river, he saw that giant, riddled-with-holes hand reaching for him.
My heart is pounding, pleading for help from the body's owner.
Bai Chenzhu struggled to push off the river, trying to leave.
The giant hand grasped him, who had been a few beats slower, and lifted him into the air in an instant, as if holding a prize of victory.
Bai Chenzhu shook the water droplets off his hair and coughed twice.
The next second, he was thrown into a filthy, blood-stained maw.
He opened his eyes wide, which were stinging and painful, and used all his strength.
Stop! Stop! Stop right now!
The moon is the only light.
Under this light, the entire world shrank to the size of a pinhole amidst a sharp sound, then suddenly expanded again. In a few seconds, the monster leader's eating motions eerily paused, turning into a pitch-black silhouette under the moonlight.
The method of controlling mental energy is the same as the method used to control those with superpowers.
Now he is using everything he has to control a powerful, mutated monster.
In that moment of stagnation, where even time seemed to stand still, a figure leaped into the air. He held the dagger that Bai Chenzhu knew best, his eyes gleaming with a cold light. With a single stroke, like a master butcher dissecting an ox, he cut down along the muscle lines and severed the giant, clenched fist.
The giant hand fell from the sky, and Bai Chenzhu quickly pried open the broken fingers, stretched his hand upwards, and finally successfully grabbed Jiang Ye's hand that had caught him.
Jiang Ye carried him to the ground and held him tightly, so tightly that Bai Chenzhu felt pain.
The long-absent, needle-like pain surged from the depths of my mind—a backlash.
He was being too reckless; the backlash from overusing his powers couldn't wait a moment longer. Bai Chenzhu covered his forehead, trying to stay awake and help, but his eyelids grew heavier and heavier.
He was most afraid of becoming a burden, but looking at Jiang Ye's face now, he couldn't hold back any longer. He coughed up two mouthfuls of water he had choked on, and his arm gradually slid down. "I'm sorry..."
What does this mean? Jiang Ye looked at his snow-white face and tightly closed eyes, and in an instant, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He breathed rapidly and shook him frantically, "A-Zhu? A-Zhu! Wake up! I won't allow you to sleep! Wake up!"
Tang Zhao, who was behind him, saw his bloodshot and crazed appearance and wondered what had happened to Bai Chenzhu. His heart skipped a beat, and he rushed over. He checked Bai Chenzhu's breath in disbelief and breathed a sigh of relief. "Brother Jiang, calm down, he's fine!"
Jiang Ye checked his breathing, breathed a sigh of relief, and wiped his face as if to save face, "Damn it, why are you apologizing all of a sudden?"
He handed Bai Chenzhu to Tang Zhao, picked up the knife from Tang Zhao's hand, and gritted his teeth as he looked at the two half-crippled, half-blind zombies that were spinning around and howling in agony, "I'm going to kill them."
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