Apocalypse: I'm the Landlady of the Refuge

Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Run Fast

Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Run Fast

Wanjiale.

As soon as they entered the small commodities street, Xu Siming slightly raised his hand, silently resonating with the molecules of water floating in the air.

Due to the Bat Corpse’s unique form, he quickly pinpointed its location.

He glanced at Xia Li and lowered his voice, “Stay close to me.”

Although Xia Li saw nothing unusual around her, she knew Xu Siming must have discovered something when she saw him getting serious.

She nodded her head, “Hmm!”

Xu Siming led the way in front, with Xia Li closely following by his side.

As they walked towards the Bat Corpse’s hideout, he quietly discussed the attack strategy with Xia Li.

“I’ve empowered your crossbow. I’ll use the Water Rope to lock down the Bat Corpse, and you’ll use the crossbow to find an opportunity to shoot through its wings. Can you do that?”

Xia Li, holding the crossbow, felt underestimated.

Her cheeks warmed with indignation as she huffed, “What’s so hard about that? Just watch how I’ll shoot it down!”

Hearing her annoyance, Xu Siming gave her a surprised look and couldn’t help but inwardly criticize:

True to Ji Wanwan’s best friend, both have the same competitive nature.

Along the way, Xu Siming swiftly dealt with the ordinary zombies blocking the path with a wave of his hand.

Xia Li thought he was full of himself, but she had to admit, Xu Siming looked pretty cool doing that.

They were nearing the location when he stopped walking.

Seeing him stop, Xia Li also halted, “What’s wrong?”

Xu Siming placed his index finger on his lips, signaling Xia Li to be quiet.

He lowered his voice, “It’s right ahead. I’ll go in first. When I call your name, come in immediately.”

Xia Li tensed up in an instant, “Okay…”

Getting the cue, Xu Siming nodded slightly and strode ahead on his own.

Before leaving, he set up a ring of sturdy Ice Walls around Xia Li. Unless he personally took them down, or Xia Li came out from inside on her own, ordinary zombies wouldn’t be able to damage the Ice Wall.

The Bat Corpse’s hiding place was still within the indoor small commodities street, which was full of shops. The complex structure of the ventilation pipes on the ceiling made it an excellent dwelling for the Bat Corpse.

At that moment, it was curled up in a ventilation duct above a corner shop.

Xu Siming moved forward quietly, using his superpower to remove obstacles in his way without a sound.

Reaching a spot diagonally below the ventilation, Xu Siming raised his hand, gathering a mass of water flow, which followed the ventilation duct and wrapped around the Bat Corpse in an instant.

Feeling the attack, the Bat Corpse became agitated in a flash.

As it opened its mouth, about to let out a shriek, an ice spike quietly pierced its throat.

Had he not wanted to extract the Crystal Core intact, Xu Siming could have killed the Bat Corpse right then.

“Bang bang bang!”

The Bat Corpse, with its throat pierced, couldn’t make a sound, but its violent struggles didn’t stop.

The narrow ventilation duct rattled loudly with its thrashing.

Xu Siming’s brows furrowed, and with a thought, he pulled the Bat Corpse out of the ventilation system.

“Xia Li!”

Hearing Xu Siming’s voice, Xia Li immediately pushed against the Ice Wall in front of her with force.

The Ice Wall shattered instantly, and Xia Li ran to Xu Siming’s side, holding the crossbow. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

At the time, the Bat Corpse was at the mouth of the ventilation, wildly flapping its wings, fiercely competing with Xu Siming’s Water Rope. Seeing this, Xia Li quickly loaded an arrow into the crossbow, aimed at the base of the Bat Corpse’s wings, and fired.

“Whoosh!”

The left wing of the Bat Corpse broke off in response and crashed heavily to the ground, unable to fly again.

Xu Siming walked forward, stepped on the Bat Corpse’s right wing, then took a machete and chopped down at the Bat Corpse’s neck.

Easily extracting a pale green, fluorescent Crystal Core from the Bat Corpse’s head, they smiled at each other.

But the next second, Xu Siming’s body stiffened, and his smile vanished.

Not caring about the blood on his hands, he grabbed Xia Li’s wrist and pulled her into a mad dash towards the nearest exit of the mini-mall, “Run!!”

The bewildered Xia Li had no idea what was happening.

Following closely behind the tall and graceful Xu Siming, Xiao Ya stumbled with every step, “What’s wrong?”

There was no time to explain, Xu Siming was creating one Ice Wall after another in the corridor they had just run through as she ran.

The moment the Ice Wall formed, Xia Li heard the sound of something heavy smashing against it.

The exit was right in front of them.

The second she dashed through the rolling shutter, Xia Li instinctively looked back at what was behind her.

Her pupils shook, and she was terrified into silence…

…

The resort’s parking lot.

Cheng Ya’s speed was astoundingly fast, it was impossible for Ji Wanwan and Ji Xing to outrun her.

So Ji Wanwan didn’t hesitate. After a brief moment of prediction, she decisively set up a Space Barrier, trapping Cheng Ya within it.

At this moment, Cheng Ya, on all fours with fangs like a wild dog, was glaring with blood-red eyes, battering away inside the Space Barrier, staring intently at the two people outside of it.

Lagging behind her, having arrived late, were the twenty or so zombies from the basement.

Ji Wanwan was shocked.

Why does it feel like Cheng Ya’s speed has gotten even faster than yesterday?

And her movements…

Yesterday Cheng Ya was running upright, so why was she now moving on all fours?

Her image was like that of a wild dog.

If not for the clothes on her body and her physique, Ji Wanwan would have hardly recognized that this zombie was Cheng Ya.

Ji Xing, standing beside her, also froze in place at the sight of Cheng Ya.

Was this ragged, blood-stained, and sore-covered person Xiao Ya?

A sudden pain clenched his heart as he remembered the girl’s crisp and sweet voice.

“Xingxing, let’s go watch the sunrise…”

“Xingxing, this lollipop is strawberry-flavored, give it a try…”

“Xingxing, this puppy is so cute, let’s raise one someday…”

“Xingxing, let’s go to the same university, so we can still be together in college…”

“Xingxing…”

“Xingxing…”

“Xingxing…”

“Buzz…”

“Gold Element Superpower—Awakening”

…

Due to a slight miscalculation by Ji Wanwan, Cheng Ya’s forelimbs and some scalp were sliced off by the Space Barrier as it formed.

At this moment, Cheng Ya was raging furiously inside the Space Barrier.

Because of her angry screams, the twenty or so zombies in the basement also grew excited, approaching Ji Wanwan and Ji Xing with a noisy clamor.

Not only that, but a few scattered zombies from deeper within the basement were also steadily making their way over.

Ji Wanwan’s eyes darted around.

No, she couldn’t let Cheng Ya keep screaming like this, or it would attract even more zombies!

Looking at the severed fingers and scalp of Cheng Ya on the ground, Ji Wanwan now understood that the spatial separation also had a cutting effect.

Realizing this, Ji Wanwan immediately grasped the skill of Space Cutting.

Her gaze swept over the group of zombies that were closing in.

Ji Xing only felt the space around him seem to compress and warp, and in the next instant—

“Swoosh swoosh swoosh…”

There was a continuous sound like blades slashing through silk, and most of the encroaching zombies were decapitated at shoulder level.

After releasing a powerful move, Ji Wanwan felt drained of energy, and at the same moment, Equivalence Healing broke through to level 3…