BC Chapter 170

When He Linglong rushed to save Jiang Juncheng, she was alone, making her a smaller target. Moreover, she was very skilled, so she often moved to the next safe area before the zombie horde noticed her.

However, Chen Li and the others who followed behind were different. Because they were more numerous and didn’t move as fast as He Linglong, they were constantly blocked by the zombie horde. This resulted in them only moving a short distance after He Linglong had disappeared for quite some time. Furthermore, everyone had expended a lot of energy and physical strength during the previous rescue operation. When they encountered the same situation again, they seemed somewhat overwhelmed. Although they could still ensure their own safety, their speed was greatly reduced.

So, at the same time that He Linglong had already rescued Jiang Juncheng, Chen Li and the others were still struggling with the continuous resistance in the zombie horde. Just as they finally saw the building where the gym was located, they also heard the sounds of gunfire that attracted most of the survivors. Originally, they were close to the building, but after those sounds came, they were directly “pushed” back by the irresistible tide of zombies drawn in by the noise.

Seeing that the flow of the zombie horde had become uncontrollable, the group had no choice but to temporarily retreat to the edge of the horde and find a small, elevated “safe zone” to hide.

At this moment, the sharp-eyed Leng Dongchi, because of the high ground where she was standing, directly saw several black shadows moving very quickly on the periphery of the zombie horde. The black shadows were evenly spaced, maintaining a constant formation, advancing against the zombie tide, and heading towards the gym building where He Linglong and Jiang Juncheng were. Instinctively feeling that something was wrong, she immediately leaned over and called out to Chen Li.

“Li-jie, come quickly, look there.” Leng Dongchi grabbed Chen Li, who was standing below her, gave her a foothold, and pulled her up. She put one arm around Chen Li’s waist to prevent her from falling and pointed to the location of those black shadows for her to see.

“What? Are those… speed-type zombies? No, no, zombies don’t coordinate, let alone maintain such a neat formation. Is it… people?” Chen Li’s eyesight was very good. After Leng Dongchi pointed it out to her, she roughly guessed the other party’s identity through observation.

“Something’s not right, there are only a few of them, and they’re sneaking around wearing black clothes that don’t attract attention easily. They’re definitely not from the official forces,” Leng Dongchi frowned.

“…They’re going to… Not good! We have to leave quickly and meet up with Linglong! That direction is where Linglong and Juncheng are!”

With that said, the group perked up again, and amidst the faint sounds of gunfire, they once again moved against the current on the edge of the surging zombie tide…

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The point where He Linglong’s thrown dagger landed was precisely where Qian Junchen’s left leg was about to land. She had predicted the other party’s actions almost as soon as Qian Junchen moved, so this time, the dagger pierced firmly into Qian Junchen’s left thigh. The originally safe Qian Junchen, in pain, lost his grip on the drainpipe and fell straight down.

“Crack, thud.” The sound of bones breaking and the sound of a heavy object hitting the ground rang out almost simultaneously. Qian Junchen, who had fallen, immediately covered his mouth after an uncontrollable cry of pain, his entire face twisted together in agony, and cold sweat instantly seeped out from his forehead. Because his injured left leg was raised slightly in the process of falling, only his right leg made contact with the ground at the moment of impact. This caused all the force of the impact to be concentrated on that one leg, resulting in an immediate fracture of his right leg. The fractured tibia bone spurs at the knee protruded out next to the knee.

Overall, his luck was much better than Jiang Xiao’s. At least he didn’t fall to his death this time. However, now that he had lost his combat power, it was hard to say whether he could survive in He Linglong’s hands.

Just as He Linglong raised her eyebrows and was about to lead Jiang Juncheng over to finish him off, the zombies, who were moving erratically like a plate of loose sand on the opposite side of the building, all craned their necks and turned their faces towards the direction of the sound as a faint rumbling sound came.

He Linglong naturally heard the rolling, echoing muffled sound. Her serious expression softened for a moment—she thought to herself that, as she had expected, for the official forces at present, solving any amount of chaos was only a matter of time.

The reason why Qingshui City had suffered such heavy losses in terms of population and urban infrastructure this time was because the incident was sudden, and the virus spread too quickly, and the infected guys were hard to kill…

But even so, the official forces had solved it quickly enough. If this had happened in a smaller area with less comprehensive basic management, the entire country might have been paralyzed.

Okay, now there’s no need to worry about the outside. As long as Qian Junchen is dealt with, this prolonged battle that we thought we would have can come to an end.

He Linglong withdrew her gaze from the outside and turned her head, only to find that four entirely black figures had suddenly and silently appeared in the place where Qian Junchen had been alone.

One of the black figures was holding a cloth over Qian Junchen’s mouth and nose, who was struggling subconsciously.

He Linglong quickly protected the bewildered Jiang Juncheng behind her, and vigilantly pulled out the silver wrench she was carrying in her bag.

Qian Junchen, who was struggling violently, collapsed and lost consciousness in less than a minute. The two figures covered in black lifted Qian Junchen from the ground, one on each side, and turned to leave.

Seeing that the other party was trying to snatch her prey, He Linglong’s temper flared up immediately, and she was about to rush forward.

But just as her body was about to rush out, a bullet slammed into the ground in front of her feet, and her body moved almost instantly, dodging the secondary attack of the bullet ricocheting off the ground.

In the next second, without hesitation, she grabbed Jiang Juncheng and quickly retreated to the corner of the building, using the building as cover to hide her figure.

In that instant, she had recognized the weapon in the other party’s hand—it was a pistol with a silencer.