Chapter 301

“Crack~”

At that moment, the sound of glass cracking suddenly rang out.

The group turned their heads and saw that the glass of the train car to their left had been forced open by the zombies, creating a gap.

The gap grew larger and larger, and it seemed like it was about to shatter completely.

Yun Xiaoxiao immediately conjured a thick layer of ice and pushed it forward.

The train car was instantly frozen solid.

Even the terrifying faces of the zombies were completely obscured.

Yun Xiaoxiao withdrew her hand, “I’ll spare you for now. I don’t have time to deal with you.”

“It went this way,” Lu Chen, standing in the waiting area not far away, pointed to the empty tracks on the other side.

Yun Xiaoxiao and the others quickly followed.

They saw that the sealed glass door had been smashed open by something, leaving a large gap.

The destructive force was clearly man-made.

The paw prints of “Da Piaoliang” (Big Beauty) disappeared in the area littered with glass shards.

The group quickly entered the subway tracks.

They continued walking along the tracks, passing two stations along the way.

They encountered some zombies lingering on the tracks, all of which were easily dealt with by Yun Xiaoxiao and her team.

After walking for what felt like an eternity, they finally arrived at the third station.

A subway train was parked there, completely empty and free of zombies.

One of the train cars had its glass shattered as well.

“Hey, that tiger of yours is pretty impressive. Did it just fly in through here?” Nie Yizhou pointed to where he was standing and then to the subway train opposite, sounding both amazed and amused.

“Why not call it ‘Flying Tiger’ instead of ‘Big Beauty’? It’d be more fitting.”

“Can you just shut up? You talk way too much!” Xiao Feng shot him a glare.

Nie Yizhou pouted, “Mind your own business!”

The group then entered the subway train, only to find the interior in a horrific state.

The floor, seats, handrails, walls, and glass were all covered in dried blood.

There were also chunks of flesh that had been bitten off.

It was clear how dire and brutal the situation had been when the zombie virus broke out in this train.

The subway doors were open.

The zombies and survivors inside must have already fled.

Following Da Piaoliang’s paw prints, the group made their way to the upper hall.

As soon as they reached the staircase, they saw numerous zombie corpses lying on the ground.

Each one had deep bite marks on its head.

Some were even completely crushed.

It was evident that whoever had killed these zombies had been both brutal and ruthless.

Moreover, the zombie cores in their heads were all missing.

The modus operandi and the level of brutality clearly pointed to Da Piaoliang’s handiwork.

The group knew they were on the right track.

They continued upward, encountering more zombie corpses along the way.

“Da Piaoliang’s combat power is really something,” Nie Yizhou couldn’t help but secretly give a thumbs-up.

Soon, they reached the station exit.

The exit wasn’t sealed.

Outside, zombies roamed the streets.

It was clear they were no longer in their original area.

“The paw prints are gone,” Ling Jing stated matter-of-factly as he killed an approaching zombie.

Yun Xiaoxiao furrowed her brows and searched the area for a long time, but found no trace of any clues.

However, it was clear that Da Piaoliang had definitely exited the subway station.

Its paw prints had disappeared at the station exit.

Where had it gone?

Yun Xiaoxiao frowned deeply, her gaze wandering into the pitch-black street.

With no direction to follow, the group had no choice but to return empty-handed.

When they returned to the original station exit, Yun Xiaoxiao, seemingly venting her frustration, slaughtered all the zombies in the subway train.

It was a cathartic massacre.

For the rest of the day, even though Yun Xiaoxiao and her team advanced further and cleared out many areas of zombies, they still couldn’t find any trace of Da Piaoliang.

The increasingly harsh conditions of the battle forced Yun Xiaoxiao to put aside her search and focus on working with the team to eliminate the zombies more efficiently.

That night, at the camp of the Tang brothers.

As everyone rested, they sat around the fire, chatting idly.

“If nothing goes wrong, we should be able to take over the entire city in two more days.”

“Yeah, hopefully. The weather isn’t waiting for us. At first, it was just light snow that melted as soon as it hit the ground, but now it’s heavy snowfall, and the ground is freezing over. If we don’t finish soon, it’ll be trouble getting back.”

“True. I don’t want to see any more casualties.”

Even though the plan was meticulous and everyone was being extremely careful, casualties were still unavoidable.

“By the way, have you guys heard about something?”

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“What is it?”

“Come on, don’t keep us in suspense.”

Naturally, everyone’s curiosity was piqued.

Seeing everyone’s attention on him, the man’s vanity was greatly satisfied.

He cleared his throat pretentiously, then began speaking in a hushed, dramatic tone.

“I heard this from a fellow villager of mine.

You know how we ran into the Yun City team today?

He’s part of it.

After the battle, while collecting zombie cores, I managed to chat with him for a bit.

From what he told me, I learned something truly terrifying.

He used to work in another city and stayed there.

But recently, by chance, he joined Yun City.

Guess what he discovered?”

He deliberately paused, savoring the suspense.

The others, however, were growing impatient.

“How are we supposed to guess?”

“Just tell us already!”

“You’re cutting it short, and it’s annoying. Spit it out!”

Under their urging, the man finally spoke.

“You know the most powerful members of Yun City, right?”

“Yeah, yeah. There’s that little girl who’s only five or six, that super strong and cold guy in black, that ridiculously handsome guy who can summon black mist, and...”

Before the person could finish, the man interjected.

“Right, that ridiculously handsome guy who can summon black mist.

One night, my fellow villager was hiding behind a car to relieve himself. Just as he finished, he overheard a conversation among some Yun City members.

They said their teammates no longer recognized them, and it was all because of that guy, Ling Jing.

But they were speaking vaguely, and my fellow villager couldn’t figure out the whole story.

When the group dispersed, he quietly followed two of them.

Sure enough, those two continued discussing the matter.

What he heard shocked him to the core.

They said that one of their teammates had been infected with the zombie virus and was on the verge of turning into a full zombie. But then, Ling Jing bit him.

And something incredible happened.

The guy didn’t turn into a zombie, but he didn’t return to being human either. Instead, he became a half-zombie, half-human.

He stopped speaking and became Ling Jing’s shadow, following his every command.

Doesn’t that sound horrifying?”

“That’s just like those puppets you see in TV dramas!”