98: Chapter 98 Qi Yun and the others won't come.

Just after Qi Bao finished giving the order.

Several girls started whispering.

"Did Qi Bao really just go to ask for intelligence?"

"I told you! Although Qi Yun is sometimes... um, a bit flighty, he never messes around when it comes to serious business!"

"Fine, fine, fine, I lose. I'll wash your clothes for the next week."

The girl who had bet that Qi Yun went in to "do bad things" pouted.

Hearing the discussion, a sense of guilt flickered in Qi Yun's heart.

Soon, Qi Yun, Xia Jin, and Bai Yu each swung onto a wolf steed.

"Let's go!"

At Qi Yun's command, the three Gloom Wolf Steeds exerted force simultaneously, speeding off in the direction of the Orderly Alliance.

In the air, Lin Wan and Lin Le followed closely behind.

Li... Calamity...

If Weave Shadow's intelligence was true, if Li truly possessed that kind of absolute power beyond comprehension.

Then, could they really contend with her by relying solely on the nine unique classes currently in the 01 Tribe?

In the face of an absolute power gap, numbers are sometimes just digits.

He had to find a way to learn as much as possible about her abilities, attack patterns, and even weaknesses before Li truly reached the cliff's edge.

And the Orderly Alliance, with over seven hundred people and serving as the largest human settlement on the island, was undoubtedly the best outpost and litmus test.

By utilizing the numerical advantage and complex terrain there, perhaps he could see more of Li's strength revealed.

He needed intelligence.

While traveling at high speed, Qi Yun casually opened the rudimentary chat panel.

"Help! The eastern valley is completely finished! The leader of the rare class was torn apart by three zombies I've never seen before!"

"This wave is ridiculously strong! Even non-combat rare classes struggle to fight them one-on-one!"

"The West Coast settlement is asking for help! A giant zombie with a bone club is tearing down the wall! We can't stop it!"

"The Prosperous Alliance is a joke! They claim to be the number one combat alliance? Half of them were kicked to death by a woman like stray dogs on the side of the road."

"Is the person above serious? A woman? A zombie?"

"Not a zombie! It's a purple-eyed woman! Stunningly beautiful, and terrifyingly strong!"

"Is there any big shot who can take me in? I'm willing to be a beast of burden!"

The information was chaotic, but a few key points were clearly visible:

The intensity of the third zombie wave was indeed far beyond the past, and rare classes were locked in bitter battles;

In the south, the Prosperous Alliance was suspected to have been defeated by Li;

Panic was spreading at an alarming rate.

Qi Yun closed the panel, his eyes growing colder.

It seems Weave Shadow's intelligence was basically accurate.

...

On the outskirts of the fortress, the originally orderly defensive fortifications were now damaged in many places.

There were already over 50 human corpses on the ground.

In an open space inside the fortress gate, about thirty members of the Orderly Alliance had formed a loose formation and were being slowly pushed back by eight fierce-aura zombies.

They let out playful roars.

"Resist! Resist more fiercely! You trash!"

"Yes! That's it! Expressions of despair are the most beautiful!"

"That tall one, yes, that's you, good eyes, I'll eat you last later!"

The Orderly Alliance members were all injured, their eyes filled with fear and despair.

The two leaders were none other than Yu Jie and Zhao Dehai.

Zhao Dehai was currently cursing at the pale-faced Yu Jie beside him:

"Yu Jie! I'll * your ancestors! You spineless coward! You useless piece of trash! You took so much food and materials to suck up to that so-called 01 Tribe! And what's the result? Now we're waiting to die!"

"If those resources had been left for our brothers, we could have exchanged for more good equipment and trained more skilled hands; would we have ended up in this state?!"

Zhao Dehai's henchmen also chimed in:

"Exactly! Boss Zhao is right!"

"If we had known, we should have used those things ourselves!"

"Now heaven won't answer, and earth won't respond!"

Yu Jie's lips trembled, his face bloodless: "I have already sent a distress message to Tribe Leader Qi Yun! He... he might come!"

"A distress message? Hahaha!" Zhao Dehai acted as if he had heard the greatest joke in the world.

"You're still daydreaming! That Qi guy isn't your father! Why would he come to save you?"

Yu Jie's body swayed, and the last glimmer of hope in his eyes dimmed. Although Zhao Dehai's words were harsh, he knew better than anyone that Qi Yun would likely not come.

And a portion of his Tribe's important combat power was currently on the other side, drawing away that mountain-like giant zombie.

"Fight them! Death is certain anyway! Let's take a few with us!"

Yu Jie suddenly raised his head, bloodshot eyes appearing.

Zhao Dehai's eyes flickered: "Fine! Damn it! Let's fight! Brothers, let's take these monsters..."

Before he finished speaking, Yu Jie had already let out a roar, raised his long spear, and charged fiercely toward the nearest bone-armored zombie!

However, the moment Yu Jie rushed out!

"Go!"

A fierce light flashed in Zhao Dehai's eyes, and he lowered his voice to shout at the three henchmen beside him, turning to flee without hesitation.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye!

Yu Jie looked back in disbelief, seeing only the panicked retreating backs of Zhao Dehai and the other three, as well as the dumbfounded and bewildered faces of the twenty or so Orderly Alliance members left behind.

"Zhao Dehai! You!!!" Boundless anger overwhelmed Yu Jie.

"Hahaha! Interesting! Too interesting!"

A four-armed zombie suddenly rushed out, grabbed Yu Jie by the neck, and with brute force, made Yu Jie kneel before it!

The zombie looked down at Yu Jie, whose face was flushed from suffocation:

"Do you see? Human? This is your nature! Base, selfish! I quite appreciate the one who just ran away! As for you, next time you are reincarnated, remember to come and be our partner, hahaha!"

Yu Jie closed his eyes in despair. At the last moment, what flashed through his mind was his wife's smiling face and the plain but stable life before coming to the island.

It's over. Let it be this way.

He waited for the pain of having his throat crushed.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Ten seconds passed.

The heart-wrenching pain he expected did not come.

Is death really this easy? No pain, only a void of darkness?

Yu Jie thought, somewhat dazed.

However, the next second, a familiar, teasing voice clearly rang out above his head:

"Alliance Leader Yu, how long do you intend to kneel on the ground?"

"!!!"

Yu Jie's whole body shook violently, and he suddenly opened his eyes!

The first thing that came into view was the zombie that had lost half its body and was still gripping his neck.

Immediately after, he saw the other seven zombies.

They were also standing stiffly in place, in various postures, their heads all missing!

The corpses were falling to the ground one after another.

What happened?!

Yu Jie jerked his stiff neck, looking toward the source of the voice.

Under the blinding sunlight, several figures stood against the light.

The leader stood tall, but that familiar silhouette and voice were something Yu Jie would never forget, even in death.

Qi Yun! It really was Qi Yun!

And in the low air behind Qi Yun, two stunningly beautiful figures with huge wings spread out were floating quietly.

Their ice-blue eyes were lowered, gazing down as if they were true angels.

The girls by Qi Yun's side! They actually... could fly?!

Yu Jie's mind went blank; immense shock and the ecstasy of surviving a disaster overwhelmed his spirit.

He opened his mouth, but could not make a sound; only tears, uncontrollable, burst from his eyes and rolled down.

Qi Yun really came! He actually really came.

And at this moment, Zhao Dehai and his three henchmen, who had just fled only a few dozen meters, were also stunned by this sudden turn of events.

They looked back just in time to see the eight fierce zombies instantly wiped out and the scene of Qi Yun and the others descending like divine soldiers.

Boundless fear instantly gripped them.

Run! Must run far away immediately!

An invisible, intangible force pressed heavily onto the four of them!

"Thump!" "Thump!" "Thump!" "Thump!"

Four muffled sounds rang out almost simultaneously.

The four of them, Zhao Dehai included, were slammed face-down onto the ground, limbs splayed, unable to move!

Qi Yun tilted his head slightly, looking at Bai Yu beside him, who was calmly extending her right palm, pressing it toward Zhao Dehai's direction.

Bai Yu explained: "A newly learned skill, Gravity Control."

A trace of admiration flashed in Qi Yun's eyes; he reached out and ruffled Bai Yu's long silver hair.

"Well done."

Bai Yu tilted her head slightly: "The act of rubbing my head does not give me pleasure."

"If possible, I would prefer you to rub other parts, for example..."