binnovel Chapter 207 Discovered
Chapter 207 Discovered
Early the next morning, they cautiously moved towards the center, relying on Xu Qingming's perception and Li Chenglong's True Dragon Eye to evade several patrolling zombie cavalry squads. The zombie cavalry squads of Nanchang City were led by a level 8 zombie riding a level 7 zombie horse, followed by level 6 zombies on level 6 horses. Their overall combat strength was formidable; if Li Chenglong's investigation team encountered them, everyone except Li Chenglong would be in trouble.
The group cautiously followed a troop of zombie cavalry, intending to sneak in directly in the direction they were heading. After walking less than two kilometers, Li Chenglong signaled everyone to stop, then quickly ran up a tall office building. The building had clearly been cleaned; although there were still faint traces of blood on the walls, there wasn't a single skeleton on the ground.
As they went upstairs, Li Chenglong had everyone hand over their backpacks to him to ensure flexibility for the rest of the operation. They went up to the 10th floor before stopping. Just as they reached the top, they saw a group of zombie cavalry approaching from behind them. This time, it wasn't just zombie cavalry; several zombies leading zombie dogs were also walking ahead. The zombie dogs were sniffing around, leading the zombie group forward until they reached the building where Li Chenglong and his group were.
However, they didn't go upstairs. After a while, the leading level 8 zombie seemed a little impatient and signaled the troops to advance. Soon they were out of Li Chenglong's sight. Li Chenglong was wondering why his team had almost been discovered, so he opened the Eye of the True Dragon and took a quick look. He immediately discovered the problem: "Wu Ruilan, it seems like your period has started. The smell of blood is too strong. No wonder it attracted the attention of the zombie dogs."
Wu Ruilan was startled and quickly checked herself carefully. She felt a little uncomfortable, and her face flushed red. "I didn't have my period when I went to the toilet this morning, but I didn't expect it to come so suddenly. Wait for me, Captain Li, give me my backpack." Li Chenglong took her backpack out of his psionic space and handed it to her. Wu Ruilan picked up the backpack and went out, followed by Wang Shuang. Operations must always be carried out in pairs; this was Li Chenglong's strict rule.
Li Chenglong told everyone to rest for a bit, then took out his tactical binoculars and looked towards the city center. He saw that the city center had also been renovated, but unlike the European-style castle architecture of Yiwu City, it resembled a large fortress, or more accurately, a city from a TV drama. Every few meters along the city walls stood a zombie wielding a melee weapon, and numerous zombie crows circled overhead.
Lu Mingyuan and the others also took out their binoculars and began to observe, their expressions growing increasingly grim. At this moment, Wu Ruilan and Wang Shuang also entered. As soon as Wang Shuang came in, she said, "Team Leader Li, I've spotted two zombie troop units approaching from the south. We may have been discovered." No sooner had Wang Shuang finished speaking than Li Chenglong saw two squads of zombie cavalry emerge from the city gates in the city center, along with many flying zombies charging towards them.
Li Chenglong immediately said, "Attention everyone, we have been discovered. Retreat immediately. I hereby declare this southward investigation of the southeastern military region concluded. We will withdraw as planned." With that, he put Wu Ruilan's backpack into his psionic space and rushed downstairs with his team.
The investigation team moved incredibly fast, rushing from the 10th floor to the 1st floor in just over a minute, and then followed Li Chenglong to retreat to the side. Wu Ruilan said apologetically as she ran, "I'm sorry everyone, because I let you all get discovered." Li Chenglong pointed to the sky above, "Actually, we should have been discovered a long time ago, but those zombies ignored us until we kept getting closer to the center, then they came over."
Everyone looked up at the sky and saw several black dots hovering above them, almost invisible unless they looked closely. Xu Qingming exclaimed in surprise, "Are those zombie crows? Flying so high, no wonder I didn't even notice them!" In the time it took to speak, they had already retreated 5 kilometers. However, the zombie cavalry behind them showed no sign of giving up, relentlessly pursuing them. The winged flying zombies were gradually closing in on them.
Li Chenglong stopped and drew his Dragon Emperor Sword: "Prepare for battle. Running isn't a solution. Let's hurry and eliminate this vanguard so we can retreat." Everyone drew their swords, ready to fight. Soon, two zombie cavalry squads and a squadron of flying zombies charged over.
Li Chenglong first unleashed a Galactic Starburst, sending ten orbs of light shooting straight into the sky and exploding, blasting all the zombie crows scouting high above into ashes. Only then did he lead his team forward. With Li Chenglong, a level 10 Awakened, the battle progressed very quickly, and no one was injured. Five minutes later, the vanguard that had come to pursue Li Chenglong and his group had been wiped out. He quickly collected some crystals and then continued to retreat with the others in the direction they had come from.
Not long after retreating, Li Chenglong stopped. Lu Mingyuan was about to ask what had happened when they saw two zombies appear not far away. The two zombies, a man and a woman, were dressed in modern casual clothes and looked exactly like normal people, but judging from the black aura emanating from them, they were definitely zombies.
Then something shocking happened to all the investigation team members. The female zombie spoke in an ethereal voice: "Humans, how dare you! A mere nine people dare to infiltrate this place. Leave quickly, and we might spare your lives." Wang Ruyan exclaimed in surprise, "Zombies? Zombies can talk? And so fluently!" The male zombie also spoke: "We two don't want to fight you today. It's not that I'm afraid of you, but our emperor has recently forbidden us from attacking. But don't be too happy yet. Once our team is assembled, none of you will live, and your entire base will belong to us."
"You son of a bitch!" Ye Kai and Ye Xuan were about to charge forward when Li Chenglong stopped them. Li Chenglong said sternly, "I've remembered what you said, but if you think we humans will sit idly by and wait to die, you're sorely mistaken. All the soldiers in our bases will be on high alert, just waiting for you to come and die."
The female zombie frowned: "Your strength is the strongest I've ever seen besides our protectors. However, with your strength, any one of our protectors could easily kill you." Li Chenglong smiled contemptuously: "Then do you want to try?" The female zombie then said: "I admit that the two of us are no match for you, but please leave. We already discovered you in Yiwu City, and we've let you go for long enough."
After thinking for a moment, Li Chenglong said, "Alright, I will convey your declaration of war to our higher-ups. The next time we meet will be the day we fight to the death." After saying that, Li Chenglong and the investigation team quickly left.
After they had gone some distance, Xu Qingming wiped the sweat from his brow: "Brother Li, not only can the zombies talk now, but it seems they've also formed their own organization. I couldn't detect what level those two zombies were at all; I could only vaguely sense that they were extremely powerful." Li Chenglong said calmly, "Both were level 10, and their strength was extraordinary, even stronger than a level 10 Kiel alien, but not as strong as a level 10 hybrid. We should hurry back and report the zombie information as soon as possible."
On July 8th, the group arrived at the Qingshui base and had a brief discussion with Sun Qingpeng and Gao Shixin, explaining the situation. Li Chenglong also brought up Wu Ruilan's matter, which Sun Qingpeng agreed to after a moment's thought. On the evening of July 9th, everyone except Xu Qingming arrived in Shuguang City. Due to the urgency of the situation, Lu Mingyuan and the others planned to travel overnight. Li Chenglong provided them with several truckloads of supplies, including Shuguang rice seeds and some Type 20 rifles, and also dispatched a battalion of soldiers to escort them.