28: Chapter 28 Zombie Attack

After an hour of training, the girls had basically mastered the operation of the Yongyi hand crossbow.

Ten Crossbow Shooters and five warriors were divided into three combat squads.

Xia Jin, Shu Qianxue, and Bai Yu served as the squad leaders respectively.

Everyone stood behind the wooden wall; the zombie crisis was about to begin.

"23:59, one minute left! Everyone, get ready!"

Following Qi Yun's command, everyone tensed up, putting themselves on high alert.

The air solidified, and hearts pounded like drums.

"Are you scared, Xiao Lin?"

A girl whose hand was trembling while holding her hand crossbow asked Chen Xiaolin beside her.

Chen Xiaolin swallowed, her throat bobbing.

"Scared, of course I'm scared, but I'm more afraid of death."

These words acted like a cruel wake-up call, causing the eyes of the other shivering girls nearby to suddenly sharpen.

That's right, what was there to fear about zombies compared to death?

If they didn't summon their courage, what awaited them was a death ten thousand times worse than zombies.

Island chat channel.

Everyone was staring at the number in the top left corner.

The moment the time digits all turned to zero, the red rabbit avatar suddenly appeared again.

【Dear friends, the Zombie Carnival begins now!!!】

【I hope you all have fun! Enjoy yourselves!】

【The Points Leaderboard is now open!】

【Killing zombies not only earns you points, but can also drop rewards.】

As soon as the rabbit finished speaking,

"Roar!!!"

Terrifying sounds erupted from all over the island.

From underground, from the mountains and forests, and from the seashore, they converged into a monstrous wave of sound that echoed throughout the island.

The next moment, Qi Yun's figure disappeared from where he stood.

He began to teleport continuously, following the pre-placed Space Imprints, to scout for information.

"Area 5, three zombies! Xia Jin's squad, move out!"

After teleporting back, Qi Yun immediately issued the order.

"Move!" Xia Jin's cold, clear voice rang out without a hint of hesitation.

Xia Jin's squad was the first to exit through the wooden gate, advancing toward Area 3.

A few dozen seconds later, they arrived at the edge of Area 3.

By the light of the torches placed in advance, three zombies with twisted bodies and emitting a foul, rotting stench appeared in their line of sight.

"Roar!"

The moment they saw the girls, the zombies dragged their broken bodies and rushed toward them.

Xia Jin signaled.

The three Crossbow Shooter girls took a deep breath, trying hard to recall the training points, and with trembling hands, aimed their crossbows at their respective targets' heads.

Three soft twangs of bowstrings sounded almost simultaneously!

The alloy bolts tore through the air, striking the heads of two of the zombies!

"Squelch!"

The two leading zombies had their skulls pierced through by the bolts like rotten watermelons!

Dark red filth exploded from the back of their heads!

They fell straight backward, twitched twice, and then went still.

The bolt fired at the third zombie grazed its rotting neck!

The zombie's scarlet eyes locked onto the girl who had missed!

It roared and accelerated, pouncing forward!

The distance instantly closed to ten meters!

"Follow-up shot!"

Xia Jin barked, her blood-colored long blade already held in front of her!

The two warriors stood on either side of Xia Jin, protecting the Crossbow Shooters.

The remaining zombie was now only ten meters away.

Its rotting face looked twisted and terrifying in the firelight.

The two Crossbow Shooter girls' minds went blank.

Their movements to reload stopped.

One girl scrambled to reload, but her hands were shaking violently.

In her panic, she pulled the trigger again, but the bolt grazed the zombie's shoulder.

Just as the zombie reached a distance of five meters,

A flash of blood-red light appeared!

Xia Jin moved faster, her blood-colored long blade sweeping an eerie, beautiful arc from top to bottom!

"Swish!"

The zombie was sliced diagonally in half at the waist!

Filthy blood and entrails splattered everywhere!

A thick, nauseating stench of rot instantly filled the air!

"Ugh—!"

Finally, one of the girls couldn't help it and bent over, dry-heaving violently.

Her face was as pale as paper.

The others also looked grim, their stomachs churning, but they held it back.

At the same time, a joy of survival and a strange sense of excitement welled up in their hearts.

They had done it.

They had killed them! They had killed those terrifying monsters!

Xia Jin flicked the filth off her blade, her blood-red eyes sweeping over the girls as she nodded slightly.

"That was barely a passing grade, but you can do better."

Her gaze landed on the only Crossbow Shooter who had managed to reload and fire a second time.

She walked over to her and patted her still-trembling shoulder.

"You didn't stop completely after failing."

"Very good."

"Keep that mindset. Next time, aim better."

The girl looked up.

Tear tracks still stained her pale face.

But upon hearing Xia Jin's words, she nodded vigorously.

Next, another zombie appeared in their line of sight.

"Crossbow Shooters, do not fire until you hear my command!"

Xia Jin waved her hand, signaling the warriors to advance with her to attack.

This time, she needed to let these warriors get familiar with fighting zombies.

The two melee girls exchanged a look, suppressing the fear in their hearts.

With a low shout, they gripped their weapons and followed from the sides.

...

"Bai Yu's squad, Area 5, two zombies."

Upon receiving the order, Bai Yu led three Crossbow Shooters and two warriors toward Area 5.

"We expect to enter Area 5 in one minute. Proceed according to predetermined Plan A."

Bai Yu's calm, waveless voice rang out, and everyone nodded.

One minute later.

Everyone was hiding behind a large rock.

About fifty meters ahead, two zombies with hunched figures and dragging, slow steps were moving toward their base.

Clearly, the zombies had not yet discovered Bai Yu and her group hiding in the shadows.

Behind the rock, Mo Lan and Ye Xi set up their hand crossbows, aiming at their respective targets.

"Distance fifty meters, wind from the west, light breeze, impact negligible. Mo Lan, Target A, lead one foot to the right, elevation correction two points. Ye Xi, Target B, no correction needed."

Bai Yu whispered the parameters, and the two Crossbow Shooters adjusted the direction of their bolt tips accordingly.

"Three..."

"Two..."

"One..."

"Fire!"

"Twang! Twang!"

Two bowstrings vibrated!

The two bolts left the strings and flew toward their respective targets!

However, both bolts actually grazed past the zombies' ears.

They both missed!

"Oh no!"

Mo Lan and Ye Xi's faces instantly turned pale; annoyance and fear flooded their hearts.

They were too nervous; their hands had shaken.

The two zombies were startled by the sound of the bowstrings and the objects flying past their ears, and they turned their heads abruptly.

They instantly locked onto Bai Yu's squad.

Dropping to all fours, they rushed toward Bai Yu's squad in a strange, swift posture that was much faster than walking!

The distance was closing rapidly!

"Chen Xiaolin! Target A, quick!"

Bai Yu's voice remained calm, but her speed of speech increased.

Chen Xiaolin was already prepared.

"Twang!"

The third bolt was fired!

This time, it didn't miss!

But it didn't hit the head either; it only pierced through the shoulder of one of the zombies.

The zombie's pace didn't slow down one bit because of it.

These two zombies were much faster than the ones Xia Jin and her group had encountered.

Their extreme speed gave the Crossbow Shooters no time to reload and fire again.

The two girls with the warrior class were now sweating profusely, their hands holding their longswords trembling constantly.

Only the two of them had melee capabilities, which meant each of them had to deal with one zombie alone!

In the shadows, Qi Yun's pupils constricted sharply.

The abnormal speed and ferocity of these two zombies exceeded his estimates.

Just as Qi Yun was about to teleport,

He saw Bai Yu step forward.

She stood in front of the group, facing those two terrifying, clawing zombies head-on!

"Bai Yu, get out of the way!!"

Mo Lan screamed.

"No! Bai Yu!"

Ye Xi's voice was filled with tears.

The two warriors were also stunned; they never expected this frail girl to stand at the very front.

What was she trying to do?! Block them with her body?!

The next moment, they saw an unbelievable scene.

Facing the two zombies pouncing at her, Bai Yu's expression remained calm, almost indifferent.

In her hand, she held several inconspicuous stones of varying sizes.

With a light flick of her wrist, those stones were thrown forward in a wide, fan-shaped arc!

The two zombies, moving at high speed and almost impossible to change direction in an instant, had no way to dodge!

Mass Control!

The moment the mass increased hundreds of times, the kinetic energy of the stones also increased by hundreds of times.

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!..."

A series of low and dense sounds rang out one after another!

In just a split second, several holes appeared in the bodies of the two zombies, and they fell to the ground one meter in front of Bai Yu, kicking up a bit of dust.

Silence.

The frail figure of the girl before them appeared immensely tall in everyone's eyes.

Qi Yun was also incredibly shocked; his worries seemed completely unnecessary.

"Collect the materials, retreat."

Bai Yu's cold, clear voice rang out, as if she had just finished some trivial matter.

The five team members woke up as if from a dream, suppressing the churning shock in their hearts, and went to collect the dropped materials.