TSIAGBICATMWI Chapter 104

Chapter 104: The Death-Seeking Ghost Can’t Be Forced to Stay

Chapter 104: The Death-Seeking Ghost Can’t Be Forced to Stay

Liu Ping was the first to catch up. Xu Yuzhe saw him carrying two large bags of grain, somewhat out of breath, and said calmly, “I thought you were a man of discretion.”

He had followed them out a few times before and wasn’t a clueless novice. He had also been relatively good at sizing up situations and controlling his own greed, or he wouldn’t have survived this long.

He was cautious and didn’t get greedy the first couple of times. But after seeing so many people lose their lives because of it, he chose to follow in their footsteps on the third time.

Xu Yuzhe couldn’t understand this. How could someone actively seek death? The lessons of those who came before were right there, and instead of avoiding it, he actively welcomed it.

Liu Ping said a little embarrassedly, “Team… Team leader, I’m really scared. I’m taking a risk this time so I don’t have to come again.”

He knew what Xu Yuzhe meant, and he knew the team leader was kindly reminding him, but he was really scared and didn’t want to come again.

Admittedly, there were many teammates who had died before because of greed, but there were also people who had actually managed to carry all the bags of grain out. It could only be said that they were a very small number with good luck.

He felt that they were lucky today. Apart from the zombie that had been chasing Lin Yi earlier, nothing had happened along the way. Maybe the zombies were sleeping soundly today, making this a rare opportunity.

People are like that, always harboringjiǎoxìng – a fluke mentality.

Xu Yuzhe didn’t say anything. He had said more than once that today’s situation was a bit special and might be more dangerous, but not only had these people not listened, they had actually become even more reckless.

No matter how much he said, it wouldn’t compare to what they saw with their own eyes. They would be honest once they all lost their lives here, but unfortunately, there wouldn’t be a next time.

Xu Yuzhe quickened his pace. The people behind him whispered and complained:

“Team leader, slow down! Where are the zombies? Those zombies are just quietly staying where they are!”

“That’s right, he’s an ability user himself and doesn’t understand the hardship we ordinary people go through. He doesn’t understand what this extra bit of grain means to us.”

“Exactly, ignore him. I don’t see any danger at all. As long as we move gently and don’t disturb the zombie horde, we can slowly move back.”

“That’s right, that’s right. Walking slowly is less likely to startle the zombies. Let’s not chase him, let’s just walk slowly, he can go his own way.”

“What if he leaves us and just takes off after he gets out?”

“It’s okay, we can just carry it back ourselves. The zombies have been cleared along this way, it won’t matter if it takes a little longer.”

“That’s true!”

They already had the grain, so what were they afraid of? Compared to the extra grain they got, they were willing to put in the effort.

These two or three people reached a consensus, and their pace unconsciously slowed down. They were carrying two or three bags on their shoulders and one or two bags in their hands. With such a heavy load, they couldn’t move fast even if they wanted to!

The three people who had been fighting over the small cart were pushing the cart filled to the brim behind them, walking much more easily than them. “Make way, make way. You guys are not afraid of death and want to walk slowly, but don’t hinder us. Get out of the way.”

To avoid disputes and disturbing the zombies, the three people stood aside in good temper and let them go first.

One of them was pushing the cart from behind, and the other two were holding the sacks of flour, which were full and about to spill out, one on the left and one on the right. They were swaying and tottering, but they were also quite coordinated.

In the end, the entire team was scattered in groups of two or three. Originally, Xu Yuzhe saw one or two people carrying two small bags and easily keeping up, but they probably saw that everyone else had taken so much and unwilling to be outdone, they ran back and weighed themselves down before satisfiedly chasing after them. In this light, Liu Ping, who only carried two bags, was truly the most “discreet” one.

The five senses of ability users are enhanced, and the small complaints that they thought they were whispering were heard by Xu Yuzhe word for word. Sensing the approach of the zombies, Xu Yuzhe smiled. He wouldn’t bother arguing with people who were rushing to their deaths.

Because he was somewhat familiar with Liu Ping, Xu Yuzhe reminded him one last time in a low voice, “It’s not too late to drop your things and run now.”

Liu Ping asked in surprise, “What’s going on? We didn’t make any big noise, how could we have to drop our things and run? Didn’t we risk coming into this zombie den for this bit of grain? What’s the point of throwing it away?

Don’t worry, team leader, you run ahead, and I’ll try my best to catch up with you.”

“You can’t follow me, on the contrary, you have to run as far away from me as possible.”

“No way, team leader, you’re not going to abandon me, are you? I won’t hold you back.”

“Forget it, it’s too late.” After arguing with reluctance, the zombies had already arrived.

Xu Yuzhe pushed Liu Ping hard and jumped away himself. The place where the two of them had been standing was now occupied by a zombie crouching on the ground, its sharp claws digging into the ground. If the two of them had been a second slower, that zombie would have been on top of them.

Similarly, this primary zombie was also single-mindedly chasing Xu Yuzhe to bite him, and became entangled with Xu Yuzhe.

Liu Ping, carrying two large bags of goods, was pushed away by Xu Yuzhe without warning. He hit a stone pillar on the side of the road and twisted his waist, letting out a scream as a conditioned reflex.

In addition to the primary zombies that were looking for them by scent in twos and threes, the ordinary zombies wandering in the dark were also disturbed. And the sky was turning white, the temperature was rising, and everything was developing in a bad direction.

Originally, those primary zombies would chase after Xu Yuzhe, an ability user, but the ordinary zombies were still slow to act. As long as they were willing to give up the heavy grain that was dragging them down, or even just take one bag, they might be able to break through the encirclement.

But they always thought that they were almost there, only a few steps away, they could see the exit, just persevere a little longer, and they would be out soon. No one wanted to give up the grain that they had worked so hard to bring this far, so they could only be dragged to death.

Liu Ping twisted his waist. Fortunately, he didn’t throw away the small machete he was carrying with him because it was in the way, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to run or fight now.

He held his waist with one hand and waved the knife in his other hand, slashing wildly at the zombies that pounced on him. He was stretched thin, and occasionally shouted, “Team leader, save me!”

Although Xu Yuzhe was a level one wind ability user and considered relatively strong, it was difficult for him to free his hands to rescue Liu Ping, who was surrounded, with two or three primary zombies attacking from both sides.

Therefore, only when Liu Ping shouted particularly miserably would he throw out a skill to flatten a pile of zombies for him, giving him a moment to catch his breath.

As for the remaining two groups of people who were too far behind them, Xu Yuzhe couldn’t help them. He could only hear their miserable cries for help gradually drowned out by the sounds of zombies tearing and devouring flesh.

The evolved primary zombies are often faster, coupled with their hard as iron and pain-insensitive bodies, making them a bit difficult to deal with.

Fortunately, Xu Yuzhe was a wind ability user, able to move extremely fast by riding the wind, and his wind-transformed blade attack was still quite powerful. After some tossing and turning, he finally managed to take down these primary zombies with difficulty.

But he had to leave quickly. His ability was almost exhausted, and absorbing the crystal core of the last zombie he killed would not restore much energy.

As for those he killed earlier, they had long been absorbed and turned into output power that had been exhausted. It had always been like this, and no one dared to take the crystal cores during battle and keep them, because when your strength was exhausted, you might not have the life to turn them into energy output when you wanted to absorb them.