CH 22.3

Chapter 22: The first appearance of the zombie king (3)

[Ding! The trouble value increased by 1.]

Chi Xin: Oh, I forgot that beating up people gave me points.

She stepped on a wilted leaf. Despite being separated from the rest of the plant, as her foot made contact with it, it shrank slightly.

Chi Xin leaned down and looked at Han Yiyi’s unfocused pupils.

“I told you I would pull out your leaves one by one.”

But Han Yiyi was just a puppet and looked so fragile; Chi Xin was too lazy to pay too much attention to her.

She got up and looked at her companions who were recovering.

“Let’s stay alive.”

Chen Xing’s bellowed laugh answered her. Yu Xiang gave a thumbs up and Rong Feng put a new magazine in his gun.

“Support is ready.” Jiang Congyun said with a smile.

She ruffled up her long and slightly curly hair, her face showing the sassy heroism of the late part of the movie.

Chi Xin nodded and when Chen Xing and Rong Feng started unloading their guns on the surrounding zombies, her legs tensed and her eyes became cold. Her body was stronger now, she just needed to believe in herself and trust her instincts.

The sky above them gradually changed colors and gray thunderclouds slowly gathered. But what fell was not rain but cold ice needles as Jing Xiubai used all of his ability.

Chi Xin calmed herself and let her fear of death settle down. She watched the zombies toward them, piling up like a wall in front of the Zombie King.

The surging power in her body was urging her to act, crawling under her skin and each of her muscles.

“Jing Xiubai! Squat down—”

Chi Xin accelerated, moving both like an agile cheetah and a flying butterfly. She suddenly jumped and lightly landed on Jing Xiubai’s back. The young man did not need her to say anything and used his strength to propel her upwards.

Chi Xin flew up at an unprecedented height and her body bowed into a graceful arc. Her eyes were cold and determined and her army knife was tightly held in her hands.

The Zombie King showed a stunned expression as he watched her leaping over the shield of zombies and rushing toward him fiercely.

The pain in Chi Xin’s head came once more but the next second, a pale light enveloped her and the warm feeling appeared again. Although it didn’t block the whole mental attack, it helped her shield most of it.

Jiang Congyun.

Chi Xin was grateful and felt a sense of freedom as if the shackles in her heart had finally broken. She couldn’t help but show a smile that was seen by the Zombie King and her teammates.

Chi Xin’s shirt and black hair fluttered, her beautiful face was brightened by a cruel smile, and people felt struck by lighting. The Zombie King’s eyes shrank abruptly and couldn’t hide the horror in them.

“Didn’t you say I was living up to your expectations?—”

But after the Zombie King’s initial astonishment, incredible excitement appeared on his pale face.

“Oh, Chi Xin, you really deserve to be the one…”

He did not finish his sentence. With the area cleared by Chi Xin, countless ice needles instantly found a breakthrough and they rushed to pierce the thin figure.

The Zombie King’s brows furrowed and in an instant, a mirage appeared in front of Chi Xin’s eyes.

Her target had suddenly disappeared.

Where was his head? His head had clearly been here just now, waiting for her to cut it. As long as she did, this huge threat would have ended.

Chi Xin was at a loss for a moment only to realize she was under the Zombie King’s mental manipulation. Endless panic and fear of death were about to drown her and she closed her eyes.

Listen to the wind.

Here it comes!

Chi Xin blinked and a tight heartbeat reached her ears. She raised her head and looked at Jing Xiubai’s clenched jaw.

Countless rotating ice needles surrounded the two of them, blocking any zombies from reaching them. Chi Xin broke free from the hero and turned to look in the direction of the Zombie King.

The thin man had an army knife deep in his chest and all the zombies were standing still, guarding him. His face was deadly pale but his eyes were bright.

“I didn’t want to meet you so early but you are just too keen.”

The Zombie King reached for the knife and pulled it out of his body. Bright red blood flowed but he looked like he felt no pain.

A sick and dark smile was on his face, “I thought Jing Xiubai was the perfect choice until I found you, Chi Xin.”

Chi Xin felt the hair on her arms rising. She wanted to curse and had so many questions but the first sentence that came out after she opened her mouth was: “Return the knife to me.”

Jing Xiubai’s solemn face suddenly froze and a subtle dumbfounded expression appeared. The Zombie King didn’t seem to expect that either and he smiled as he played with the weapon.

“I will keep it until our next meeting.”

Chi Xin: … who wants to see you again!

The fighting on Yu Xiang’s side also stopped and the zombies all approached the Zombie King, silently dancing around him like a well-trained army.

The Zombie King stared grimly at Jiang Congyun and stepped forward with a sneer. The corpses squirmed and gradually engulfed his figure and before his face disappeared, he smiled.

“Chi Xin, I will give you a gift. This world should long have been destroyed, and when mankind will abandon you, remember to come to me—”

“—My name is Lou Chen.”

Chi Xin was stunned but at the same time, a memory suddenly flashed in her mind.

In a panicked crowd, Yu Xiang was dragged into a group of corpses. Chi Xin turned around and ran away, while Jiang Congyun struggled to save her friend.

And from her teammate’s state of trance, Chi Xin guessed they were also getting the same images.