In a dimly lit laboratory, only the faint emergency lights were flickering, giving off an eerily underworld vibe.
Most of the facilities had already shut down, but the monitors in the surveillance room were still glowing. At this moment, probably seven or eight people were squeezed into this room.
One of them, a black man who had become quite overweight after seven months of apocalypse, urgently said to the others,
"Finally, someone has come again. If they dare to come in pairs, they must be very strong. Quickly, let them distract those zombies. This might be our last chance!"
"How do we call them? Use the broadcast? That will drive the zombie horde mad."
"It's not realistic to think the two of them can draw them all away. Ah, it would have been better to try during the last group. There were many people then, and several vehicles."
"What's the use of saying this now?"
"..."
The people went back and forth with each other, displaying some anxiety. However, as their voices became more intense, suddenly a heavy metallic clash silenced them all, their faces filled with terror, not daring to breathe.
After a while and several more collisions, the sounds finally stopped.
The intense impacts allowed them to feel the vibrations on the surveillance screens.
Despite that, the underground laboratory's protective measures ensured that no sound escaped outside.
"Drawing them away is unrealistic. Why would they do that? But I think we could invite them in and try to get them to take us out. They must have a purpose for coming here. We could help."
A middle-aged woman with glasses spoke up.
"Anyway, they look like combat personnel, right? Let's call them in."
"How do we call them? And what about the zombies at the door?"
"I don't think we need to call them; they seem to know about our base. They're probably here for it. Look."
As they were discussing, Tao Yu and Jack had already started climbing onto the nearby rooftop.
The electric fence had long been out of power, posing no obstacle to them.
Despite zombies being everywhere inside the military base, completely swarming the place, there was virtually nowhere to set foot.
Yet the two of them, purely by the strength of their bodies, managed to traverse above the heads of the zombie crowd, gripping onto eaves and gutters.
Although the operating cameras couldn't cover everything, by stitching together multiple feeds, they could see that their objective towards the entrance was quite apparent.
"Get ready, prepare to back them up," someone said.
"Back up my ass, the entrance is swarming with zombies! How can we open the door?"
"..."
No one among them seemed to be in charge.
But the monitor responsible for the door showed a large group of zombies crowded around the entrance of what looked like a warehouse, effectively sealing off the exit. A rough glance revealed dozens of figures in the frame.
Tao Yu and Jack had clearly seen the situation at the entrance, but their pace didn't slow in the slightest.
Moreover, to avoid attracting the nearby zombies' attention, they had made their way without making any noise.
The way they carried backpacks and moved long distances by gripping and climbing with just their hands showcased their extraordinary physical strength, gradually causing the people in the surveillance room to stop their arguing.
"Are all those soldiers so strong? Special forces?"
"More like agents. Those terms seem like CIA jargon."
But the force of each attack and slash, positioning, the repetition dozens of times, that could wear anyone down.
Anaerobic exertion at such an intensity does have its human limits.
Even with [One Proof Forever Proof], Tao Yu could ensure his attack strength remained constant, but the energy expenditure was very real.
Not to mention Jack, the Muggle beside him.
"As long as we don't alert the main horde, handling about half each shouldn't be a problem,"
"we just need to be careful about the noise, I'm worried about not being able to keep up later when our strength fades."
Jack also made an estimate and began flexing his arms, which had started to feel stiff from climbing.
"Alright, let's try, if it doesn't work, we head straight up to the roof—safety first."
"I take the left, you take the right?"
"Sure, I'll come and help you after I clear my side."
"Hey, it might be me who ends up helping you!"
Last of all, Jack made a playful remark, as his competitive instincts surged; not to mention lending a hand to the other side,
at the very least, he didn't want to be the one cleaning up the mess!
After exchanging a glance, the two silently went their separate ways.
Zombies primarily rely on hearing from a distance, but once the prey is close enough, their sense of smell, coupled with blurry vision, can rapidly lock onto a target.
Soon, the most peripheral zombies took notice of them and lunged toward the pair.
Though they didn't emit any piercing noises, their movements naturally stirred the adjacent zombies,
and like dominoes, they began to advance steadily toward them!
Fortunately, this commotion did not reach the threshold that would affect the far greater mass of zombies outside the "isolation band."
Personnel inside the base, observing the zombies' movement, felt their hearts racing with anxiety.
Damn, are these two crazy? They're acting so recklessly?
However, the demons who, in their eyes, were ferocious and had killed countless, those terrifying zombies,
seemed as fragile as scarecrows in front of the two men.
With each raise of the hand and fall of the blade, they easily took down a zombie,
and they even seemed to be controlling the position where the zombies fell?
The very first zombie they killed, they actually reached out to cushion its fall, softening the sound of it hitting the ground,
and subsequent zombies were taken down in a circle, with parts of their bodies inevitably landing on other corpses, like stars scattering in the sky,
thus the densest part of the zombie crowd surrounding the warehouse was gradually cleared out.
This left those monitoring the situation completely dumbfounded.
What became of this world?
We've been locked up for seven months—is this a change of heaven and earth?
Why doesn't evolution take us along with it...