Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
There were no windows along the hallway, and it was really dark, so visibility was low. The evacuation lights installed on the walls were glowing an eerie green, as if it weren’t already spooky enough in the stairwell.
Shen Chen walked ahead cautiously. Suddenly, a large door appeared in front of him. He narrowed his eyes and leaned against the heavy fire door, then slowly pushed it open with his hand.
A foul stench assaulted his nose, and countless arms stretched toward him like the tentacles of an octopus. Within a split second, the Black Blade was unsheathed and used to behead two zombies, and those zombies died in the blink of an eye.
Now that it had come to this, Shen Chen no longer suppressed his powers. A roar erupted from the depths of his throat, and the Black Blade emitted a murderous aura. If the zombies had any human instincts remaining, they would have scrambled away at the sight of this dangerous man.
With every slash of his blade, the badly decayed head of a zombie would fly through the air, leaving a trail of foul-smelling blood.
Shen Chen rose from the pile of bodies. Thanks to his formidable abilities, he had managed to kill more than a dozen zombies within minutes. These zombies had already died once when their mortal lives ended, but they had been given new lives as zombies. Alas, their new lives were also short-lived, as they were prematurely cut short by Shen Chen and his blade.
At this moment, the hallway was filled with the pungent odor of blood and decay. Shen Chen moved forward carefully. The second fire door closed behind him slowly, just like the jaws of a giant beast swallowing him whole.
At the blood-spattered wedding venue, on the collapsed stage, there was a bloodied wedding dress. But what remained of the bride was just scraps of flesh left behind by the zombies who had devoured her.
The previously pristine marble floor was also covered with blood, bits of flesh, and food. There was a mix of various dishes, rice, and a wedding cake.
What was even more terrifying was the baby zombies stuck in the baby chairs and the empty bloodstained baby chairs.
Shen Chen’s heart lurched. Thinking of how those infants had been eaten, he let out a deep sigh before starting to look around the wedding venue.
The four hundred plus zombies were attracted to the strains of the wedding march. Many of them had gathered underneath the speaker system, and over a hundred of them had their twig-like arms raised as they gyrated and howled in tandem with the music.
There were no traces of humans! And no sight of a zombified Pan Di or Li Qi! Shen Chen relaxed slightly. He was wrong about Zhao Ze, it seemed.
Just as he was about to turn around and leave, there was a faint smell of blood in the air. Shen Chen’s heart constricted again. All the zombies suddenly turned around at the same time, as if they had just sensed his presence.
Hundreds of pairs of eyes were fixated on the same spot. The very next moment, the swamp of zombies started making their way toward Shen Chen.
‘Sh*t!’ Shen Chen’s scalp tingled. His stress levels had reached their maximum! Adjusting his speed, he got out of there and ran toward the fire door. He was no match for three to four hundred zombies!
Shen Chen could hear the loud footsteps of the zombies approaching him. They came in waves and followed closely behind him.
Perspiration formed on his forehead, palms, and the tip of his nose. He let out a roar as his speed and power leveled-up.
He was nearing the end of the hallway, and the last fire door had finally appeared. However, when he reached out to push it open, he realized that the door wouldn’t budge. The door was, once again, locked. And there weren’t any crevices in this door. It was the kind of blast-proof door that only opened in one direction. Once the door was shut, there was no way of opening it from the inside.
There was a bloodstained sanitary pad on the floor! Shen Chen took a deep breath. He still hadn’t managed to figure out what exactly was going on. It would appear that his years of training for the apocalypse had gone to waste and could not be put to good use.
Shen Chen’s eyes started glowing with anger and hatred, and a murderous aura emanated from him. ‘Well done, Zhao Ze!’ He had underestimated this sly fox!
The corners of his mouth drooped, but not for long. With a sudden burst of energy, he stomped toward the fire door with renewed vigor and purpose.
Hotels like this usually wouldn’t use the most durable material for their blast-proof doors. One could leave a mark in the door by pushing a blade into it, but hacking open the door would take more than a few stabs.
Just as Shen Chen raised the Black Blade and prepared to stab at the door for the second time, he suddenly stopped. Once the blast-proof door was destroyed, the zombies would rush downstairs, and Zhao Zhen and Guo Yuan’s lives would be at risk!
He lowered his blade… In that moment, Shen Chen truly felt a sense of despair! Ahead of him, there was no way out, and behind him, there were hordes of zombies.
The smell of decay intensified. He could make out the arms of the zombies from around the corner… Shen Chen inhaled deeply. There was a glint in his eyes! ‘In my previous life, I managed to kill my way out of the zombie swamp. In this life, even if I am no longer as strong, I still have my powerful combat skills and survival instincts! Let’s see what I can achieve in my current life!’
Shen Chen slowly took off whatever could possibly hinder his movements. He then leaned against the fire door and raised the Black Blade with both arms. He stood with his feet apart and raised the Black Blade, his eyes gazing ahead. The vast numbers of zombies were like troops of ants relentlessly chasing after him, and the march of hundreds of zombies made the ground tremble!
One! Two! Ten! Twenty! The zombies were getting closer. The fresh blood on the sanitary pad was making them rabid.
Shen Chen took a deep breath, his muscles all tense! There was now a powerful aura emanating from him, and his eyes shone with determination! His fighting spirit was on fire! He was feeling more macho than ever! He was going to f*cking kill these ugly zombies!
‘F*ck!’ Shen Chen stood there like a seasoned warrior, calm and composed. He was not at all deterred by the grotesque faces of the zombies or their stretched arms and gaping jaws.
The Black Blade might look inconspicuous and unassuming, but it shouldn’t be judged according to its physical appearance! The sharpness of the blade was unparalleled. All it took was a flash of the blade for a few arms to be severed. In the face of the all-powerful Black Blade and Shen Chen’s mastery of it, the zombies appeared to be weak and brittle!
Armless zombies were considerably easier to deal with; they didn’t take long to collapse. The severed limbs of the zombies flew through the air in some semblance of a dance. Every now and then, a single slash would cut off both the head and arms of the zombie, and the blood would start dripping from the blade like rain.
Energized by his indomitable fighting spirit, Shen Chen killed the zombies at the speed of lightning with his sharp blade!
Blood was splattered everywhere! Limbs were thrown about! The blade started moving faster and faster, and more dead zombies started piling up! Shen Chen’s expression remained cold and resolute from start to finish. The blood dyed him a bright shade of red!
This was a fight-to-the-death battle between human and zombies! If ever there was a prototype for the most tenacious human, Shen Chen would be it. One man could indeed hold out against ten thousand!