132: I'm too strong to be bait

Immediately after, several more gunshots rang out, indicating that survivors collecting supplies were engaging with zombies.

"Someone!" Shen Yuan said in a hushed voice.

Tian Ming nodded. As he descended, he had already noticed their presence. These people were the bait.

"Follow me!" Tian Ming instructed, moving closer to that direction.

After a few steps, Tian Ming saw them—a group of over a dozen people, aged between twenty-five and thirty.

They were driving modified, strangely shaped pickup trucks, and their weapons were rather rudimentary automatic rifles. Among them were five Ability Users, possessing only physical mutations and object control abilities, which Tian Ming considered very weak.

Tian Ming counted over thirty zombies charging towards them. All were mutated; their bodies were not stiff, and their agility was comparable to humans.

The zombies were covered in thick metal armor, or rather, metal growths.

Tian Ming and Shen Yuan crouched behind a broken car, observing the battle. The mutation level of these zombies had not reached that of a Corpse King, which somewhat frustrated Tian Ming. It seemed a Corpse King would be hard to find.

"Boss, should we save them?" Shen Yuan asked.

"Let's wait and see. My target is the Corpse King. This level of mutated zombie isn't worth my intervention," Tian Ming said softly.

Although these zombies were not fast, their attack and defense were very strong. Ordinary people would have little chance against them.

"Captain, take out that lone one!" someone from the group shouted.

Tian Ming and Shen Yuan looked in the direction of the voice, seeing a burly, dark-skinned man among the group moving incredibly fast, his figure leaving an afterimage in the air.

The man held a large black saber, swinging it forward and cleaving the head of a charging zombie in half.

"Fall back!" the man roared, then charged forward.

"This guy is really good with cold weapons; he should be a Five-level Ability User," Tian Ming said with a smile.

"Ah… Captain, save me."

A Metal Zombie broke through the defense line. Before the team member could react, the sharp spike on the zombie's arm directly pierced his chest, and blood gushed out.

Bullets pinged off the zombie's body, but the zombie completely ignored their attacks, tearing off the team member's cheek with a crunch...

Shen Yuan turned her head away, burying her face in Tian Ming's shoulder. The scene was too terrifying for her to bear.

"Don't be afraid, it's alright," Tian Ming patted Shen Yuan's shoulder, comforting her.

Such scenes had little effect on Tian Ming. Human fear is due to the secretion of hormones within the body.

Tian Ming's body could self-regulate, and in such situations, his body was in a defensive state, making it difficult for any scene to emotionally disturb him.

"Captain, we can't hold them! There are more from behind; we're surrounded!" someone from the team shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, mutated zombies began appearing continuously from both ends of the street. The same was true for Tian Ming's side.

He had intended to continue watching, but the situation no longer allowed it.

Shen Yuan gripped Tian Ming's hand tightly, her face pale with fright at the approaching zombie horde. This date was too exciting; next time, she definitely wouldn't come.

The zombies also discovered Tian Ming and Shen Yuan, howling as they charged towards them.

Bang!

At a distance of about five meters from Tian Ming, the zombies seemed to hit a steel wall. The surrounding air became viscous, and the pressure increased sharply. Zombies entering the control range were like falling into concrete; after struggling for a moment, they were directly flattened into an iron pancake by the immense pressure.

Immediately after, the temperature soared to over five thousand degrees in an instant. A large group of flattened Metal Zombies melted, turning into a pool of molten iron.

Shen Yuan's pale complexion improved considerably. A while ago, when she went out with her boss, he still used nanothreads. Now, he went straight to high pressure and melting. In a dozen seconds, these zombies were completely finished.

"How about that, cool?" Tian Ming asked with a smile.

Shen Yuan nodded repeatedly: "Cool!"

"There's something even cooler. Let me show you what a metal storm is," Tian Ming said. With a wave of his hand at the molten iron, the metal solution directly floated up, forming countless steel beads. These dense steel beads occupied a large area in front, like a swarm of bees.

The iron elements in the steel beads began to transform, directly turning into tungsten steel, making them even harder.

"Go, Pikachu." Tian Ming squeezed his palm, and the tens of thousands of tungsten steel beads suspended in front were accelerated to over twice the speed of sound.

Such dense barrages directly knocked down all the oncoming zombies, riddling them like sieves, and they fell in a wide swathe.

Shen Yuan's mouth hung wide open. Such firepower, even a dense formation couldn't achieve it.

"Now you know why I can't be the bait myself, right? I'm too strong; even a Corpse King would only run from me. It's just that the control range is too short. If it were a few kilometers, I could make these tungsten steel beads move back and forth at the speed of sound," Tian Ming said, clapping his hands.

It took Shen Yuan a long time to recover, saying, "You're so full of yourself, Boss!"

"Hey, that's not being full of myself; that's just stating the facts."

Tian Ming turned around. The small team behind him was in a dire state. As they fought and retreated towards him, their numbers had been reduced by nearly half, leaving only twelve people.

"Brother, save us!" the captain shouted at Tian Ming.

"Save you? What's in it for me?" Tian Ming asked.

The burly captain said, "I'll agree to anything you want."

Tian Ming smiled calmly and said, "Alright, your word is your bond."

Tian Ming put his arm around Shen Yuan's waist, and with a gasp from Shen Yuan, he shot up from the ground. A black vortex of metal particles formed beneath Tian Ming's feet, resembling a high-speed rotating meat grinder.

Tian Ming carried this meat grinder directly into the zombie horde. Wherever it passed, zombies were instantly shredded and disappeared without a trace.

Throughout the entire process, Shen Yuan clung tightly to Tian Ming, closing her eyes and not daring to look, appearing both timid and adorable.

"Alright, that's a wrap," Tian Ming said, patting Shen Yuan's shoulder.

Meanwhile, the captain below was stunned. What kind of ability was this? So strong, was this even human?

The metal vortex dissipated, and the ground was covered in zombie remains. Tian Ming landed with Shen Yuan and slowly walked towards the small team's captain.

The burly man's eyes were filled with surprise, but even more so with deep wariness. This guy was too strong, likely one of the rare Superpower Users.

"You said it: save you, and you'd agree to any condition of mine!" Tian Ming said with a calm smile, slowly.