After leaving Shanhu Villa District, the two hurried toward the nearby Nanshan Residential District.
Before they could reach the residential district, they encountered a group of zombies blocking the road, led by a Giant Claw Zombie.
Although Su Han had slaughtered throughout the night, the noise and the radiance of the Lamp Tree equally attracted the nearby monsters.
Clearing the core area, but having monsters scattered around wasn't something unusual.
"Roar"
The Giant Claw Zombie lunged at them, followed by more than thirty other zombies.
Bai Qilan, calm and composed, summoned the Book of Blood Spirit in her hand, and the Demon Eye Spider Woman appeared in front of her, charging towards the Giant Claw Zombie like a shadow.
The speed of the Demon Eye Spider Woman was incredibly fast. Suddenly, the Demon Eye on her forehead lit up, its scarlet light flickering. The roaring Giant Claw Zombie's movements abruptly stiffened, along with the zombies watching it, as if they were frozen stiff.
"Swoosh, swoosh"
The Spider Thorns shot out from the wrists of the Demon Eye Spider Woman. In a few breaths, shadows flew out, and with a 'puchi' sound, they brutally penetrated the Giant Claw Zombie's head.
The zombies behind the Giant Claw Zombie couldn't resist either; their heads were penetrated by the Spider Thorns and then collapsed to the ground.
While charging forward quickly and shooting Spider Thorns, she had killed half of the group of zombies in an instant.
"Roar"
As the impact of the Demon Eye faded, the zombies roared again, but the Demon Eye Spider Woman had already reached them. Her sharp claws swept across their necks, effortlessly breaking their spines and dropping their heads to the ground.
In just over ten seconds, the remaining zombies were all dead.
"The effect of the Demon Eye's Mental Shock seems quite brief,"
Su Han said slowly as he looked toward Bai Qilan.
However, Bai Qilan's expression remained calm as she responded, "It's due to a lack of practice. Sometimes, a split second is enough in true combat."
Her words were indeed not false; after all, a moment of distraction could give the enemy a chance to launch a deadly attack.
"Su Han, summon your Scorpion Spider Demon and try its suppressive effect. There's nobody else around here."
Su Han chuckled, slightly surprised by Bai Qilan's straightforward approach, nodded, and said, "Alright."
The Book of Blood Spirit flashed, and the Scorpion Spider Demon appeared on the street, its terrifying figure over six meters tall, comparing to the Demon Eye Spider Woman like a hill to a mound.
Bai Qilan's brow slightly furrowed: "It's suppressed, by at least thirty percent, let me try something."
As a Contractor, she could clearly feel the oppressive aura the Scorpion Spider Demon cast over the Demon Eye Spider Woman as soon as it appeared.
Su Han nodded slightly, and Bai Qilan immediately commanded the Demon Eye Spider Woman to attack.
The Demon Eye Spider Woman bent its spider legs and leaped forward, raising its hands and shooting Spider Thorns.
Although its speed was still swift, it was significantly slower compared to its previous shadow-like flicker, now slowed by at least thirty percent. The shot Spider Thorns were swept aside by the tail of the Scorpion Spider Demon.
The Demon Eye suddenly lit up, its red light flashing, but at the next moment, the Scorpion Spider Demon roared, and the Demon Eye Spider Woman instinctively stiffened, causing its lit-up Demon Eye to dim immediately.
The motion stopped abruptly, and Bai Qilan didn't continue controlling the attack.
Su Han rode with Bai Qilan on the back of the Scorpion Spider Demon, as the Demon Eye Spider Woman was obviously not built for carrying people.
The two headed directly to Nanshan Residential District, encountering wandering monsters along the way, but all were killed by the Demon Eye Spider Woman following closely beside the Scorpion Spider Demon.
The range of the Spider Thorn was further than expected, effective within about three hundred meters, with a speed comparable to a regular bullet.
The rapidly regenerating bone spurs were not self-healing, but clearly had similar characteristics.
Thus, their journey was extremely fast, and it didn't take long before they arrived at Nanshan Residential District.
Several transport trucks were parked on the street, and Zhao Yimin was leading people in guarding them. Upon hearing the noise, he had already aimed his hand crossbow at the foggy area.
Seeing the Scorpion Spider Demon rush out of the fog, he finally relaxed; he recognized it as the boss's Angel Envoy.
"Boss."
Zhao Yimin came up to greet them, and as Su Han and Bai Qilan got down, he asked, "Where's Old Zhu? Are the things almost ready?"
"The search for the items is almost done, but we encountered something bizarre."
Zhao Yimin's expression was grave. Su Han's eyes sharpened as he asked, "What happened?"
"The entire residential district, the whole street, not a single person, all empty, only some scattered monsters roaming."
"Isn't it quite common to find no one when you guys search for supplies?"
Bai Qilan was somewhat puzzled, but Su Han's brow was already furrowed because he had clearly sensed last night while cleaning up monsters that there should have been living people nearby.
Some floors had obvious signs of activity, but now Zhao Yimin was saying there were no living people.
Zhao Yimin hesitated slightly, then said in a low voice, "There are no signs of life, all the people are gone—it's normal, but there are signs of people having lived in several places, yet the supplies are still there, and the people are missing."
"Tap, tap, tap"
Footsteps sounded as Zhu Xiong hurried over, accompanied by Guo Gang, his expression grave, "Su Han, I was just about to send someone to look for you."
"What's going on?"
"The people are missing, and they might have left by themselves. One household even had just opened a can of food, not yet finished."
The can of food was new, just opened not long ago, next to it were a pot for boiling water and an open bag of rice.
Everything indicated that there were people here, and very recently, but now there was not a single person in sight, making the situation quite eerie.
Zhu Xiong looked at Su Han and asked, "What should we do?"
Su Han pondered. Last night, when he was killing monsters, he hadn't encountered such a strange situation. If there had been any, he would've noticed it last night.
So the most likely scenario was that something strange had been drawn here.
"Zhao Yimin, take people and move the supplies back first."
"Understood."
"Old Zhu, Old Guo, leave ten good men with me to handle this."
The Nanshan Residential District wasn't far from Shanhu Villa, and this situation couldn't be ignored; otherwise, it would turn into a disaster sooner or later.
His mind made up, he immediately summoned the Ancient Worm Tree, and the Tree-born Worms along with their roots, took root underground, rapidly spreading out to the surroundings.