Chapter 156: Chapter 155: Sea of Zombies
Just then—
"Ah!!"
A slightly ferocious roar came from behind. Everyone turned around and saw a man, also wearing a white lab coat, clutching a revolver and running towards them at high speed.
Who else could it be but Zhang Liu.
"Let's go!"
Doctor Gou, with a somewhat dazed expression, looked at Zhang Liu, who was fearlessly charging towards him, and shouted with a mix of emotion and anger, "Why did you come back? Run, damn it! I finally made up my mind to look back and there you are, coming back to die with me?"
"If I die, it would all be in vain."
If Zhang Liu got captured, the message couldn't possibly reach Chen Miao.
Although he was moved by Zhang Liu's unwillingness to abandon his comrades at a critical moment, obviously, at this time, he would rather Zhang Liu be a bit more cold-blooded.
However...
Zhang Liu's face was deathly pale and he was breathing rapidly, but he didn't stop for a second. Before Black Boss could order his arrest, a white light shone under Zhang Liu's feet, increasing his speed slightly. Then, he took a few steps in a direction away from them before charging off in another direction.
"Hm?"
Black Boss was somewhat dumbfounded as he looked at Zhang Liu's retreating back. He couldn't understand why Zhang Liu had run away only to come back again, but still sneered and waved his hand, "Chase him!"
But... the very next second.
He suddenly smelled an extremely strong stench of decay.
Instinctively turning his head, he saw countless zombies appearing at the edge of the sky, now rapidly advancing towards them with an overwhelming odor of death, so numerous that he couldn't count them all. At a glance, swarms of zombies almost filled everyone's field of vision.
Some zombies were attacking quickly along the rooftops.
Some zombies were leaping through the middle of the ruins.
The sense of oppression was immense.
Almost instantly...
Many people, stricken with fear, instinctively turned and fled.
And Black Boss also realized why Zhang Liu, who had clearly run away, suddenly came back. His face turned just as pale, and without any hesitation, he turned and ran. The densely packed mass of zombies was even more numerous than locusts, easily numbering tens of thousands at a glance.
This was simply something no human force could withstand.
There was no choice but to flee.
The entire sky, at some unknown point, became clouded by dark clouds, not a single ray of light visible, and the bone-chilling nighttime wind felt incredibly piercing, with the rich stench of decay overwhelming everyone's senses.
In just half an hour's effort.
Broken Pot City, a metropolis with a population of millions, was surrounded by countless zombies.
These zombies seemed endless, their exact numbers indiscernible. One could only see legions of zombies continuously pouring in from behind to join the battlefield.
The forces of Broken Pot City's Enforcement Bureau and Events Bureau, as well as various factions, had been hastily called up. Large numbers of people gathered at each of the city's entrances to fend off zombies from storming into the city, perhaps regretting why they didn't fortify the city with walls now.
If they had, defending against the Sea of Zombies would have been much easier.
But now, there was no time for them to think too much.
The federal effect of Broken Pot City was—
"Within this city, no player can be harmed by other players, nor can they inflict damage on other players within the boundaries of Broken Pot City, including car accidents, stabbing, sudden outbursts of violence, and so on."
Just now, Doctor Gou and others in the ruins outside the city could ignore this rule, and it only restricted players from harming each other, not implying that monsters couldn't harm players, nor that players couldn't fight back against monsters that broke into the city.
However...
These zombies could even number in the millions.
Although the government of Broken Pot City had taken out many of their last-resort assets to inflict heavy casualties on this unexpected zombie army, still, under the fearless charge of these zombies,
a large number of zombies broke into Broken Pot City and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the residents.
Bad news from the past became good news at this moment.
People used to say that in Broken Pot City, eight out of ten people were no good, implying that most of the people in Broken Pot were fugitives who had committed crimes. And now... these criminals all displayed considerable combat power.
They slaughtered the zombies that had burst into their midst, one by one.
Even the neighbor fixing shoes might be a supernatural being of over level ten.
In this day and age,
if you weren't a supernatural being, you wouldn't have the privilege to commit crimes and then hit the road.
How valuable could a supernatural being be?
For a moment, the situation didn't seem too bad, even allowing zombies into the city didn't cause too much damage.
...
"Heh."
At this very moment, still bound by iron chains, Doctor Gou suddenly began to grin, "My dear brothers, it seems you're about to keep me company in death. Let me remind you, what you're seeing is the Sea of Zombies, ranked 68th in fixed events."
"A large city-state level fixed event, a direct alteration based on reality."
"Afraid you don't realize the gravity of the Sea of Zombies. In the past few years, this fixed event had occurred twice."
"The first time, a city was completely wiped out. It was a slaughter."
"The second time, seventy percent died, and many of the survivors ended up insane."
Yes.
Fixed event number 68, the Sea of Zombies.
That was what he had encountered this time. He hadn't expected that after returning from the Hell Bus, his fate would be so rough, first being chased by gangsters, and now this Sea of Zombies emerged before he could even get past that ordeal.
Why had he come to Broken Pot City? Wasn't it just to retire, leave Jianghu behind, and quietly spend the last part of his life?
But what was happening now?
Why did it feel more dangerous than when he was in Fengtian City?
All he wanted was to retire, to properly run the clinic left by his parents, he had no other extravagant hopes. But why did such a simple matter seem so difficult for him, as if everyone was targeting him, as if even the heavens were conspiring against him, fearing he might have a good remainder of his life.
Hearing this, Black Boss let out a cold chuckle, "You think I'm a newbie in the underworld? I know clearer than you do. I escaped just when the second city was almost annihilated. Why do you think I came to Broken Pot City?"
"Those two cities were small, with a combined population of just 2 million."
"Broken Pot City is one of the 128 major cities of the federation, with over ten million inhabitants. You think these ten-plus million people are good for nothing? They won't fight back when facing death? That they could be wiped out just like that?"
"Don't worry, before I kick the bucket, I'll make sure you're on your way first."
"Bring him! Torture him!"
"Squeeze everything out of his backpack, I want to see if his skin is as tough as his mouth."
"Begin."
Doctor Gou's expression became a bit dazed, his head tilted to one side as he slumped over, his consciousness gradually blurring, "Go easy, I'm afraid of pain."