"Sister... I'm too scared."
Han Xiao pouted, on the verge of tears.
"Don't be afraid, I'll carry you!" Han Ling said.
Qin Feng turned his head, frowning. "Your awakened ability isn't physique-based, and you're only level 1."
"Carrying her will drain my stamina, and we might both fall."
"Wait, I'll send Bird Lord over first."
Han Ling had seen them kill zombies.
She had even killed people herself.
But Han Xiao?
Qin Feng knew he couldn't expect Han Xiao to have enough courage immediately.
Everyone adapted at different speeds, but it all took some time.
Ten minutes later.
He returned and carried Han Xiao on his back.
Han Xiao dared not open her eyes, clutching his neck tightly with her hands and wrapping her long legs around his waist.
Qin Feng frowned.
Physique-type enhancements affected all aspects.
Including senses.
His were far more acute than ordinary people's.
Behind him...
Two plump, soft mounds were constantly pressing against his back, full of elasticity.
What had she been eating to grow so much?
Younger than her sister, but far more developed, like she was carrying two watermelons.
Hadn't they been starving for two or three days?
Hadn't they been unable to eat their fill for the past two or three days?
Yet, they hadn't shrunk.
A few minutes later.
They successfully reached the rooftop of the building opposite.
"We're here, aren't you going to let go?"
Qin Feng pulled her off and stared intently at her chest. "This... isn't very suitable for combat."
"You guys can do it, and so can I!" Han Xiao said indignantly.
She thought Qin Feng was looking down on her for being timid.
But...
Courage was something that was trained.
She refused to admit defeat. If everyone else could do it, even that penguin, why couldn't she?
"I meant, isn't it uncomfortable when you're running around during combat? All that bouncing?" Qin Feng frowned.
Han Xiao: ...
The next moment.
She realized what he meant, and her face instantly turned crimson. "You... you pervert!"
"I'm analyzing the pros and cons of combat from an objective standpoint, as your captain to a subordinate," Qin Feng said solemnly.
"The captain is so amazing."
Not far away, Zhou Haiyang stared blankly and said to Xiao Ruoruo, "He's so serious even when he's being a pervert."
"Are there perverts in the apocalypse?" Xiao Ruoruo asked.
"..."
Zhou Haiyang was stunned.
Right!
How much right and wrong remained in the apocalypse?
How much of a moral bottom line was left?
Speaking of which, the captain already had a considerable bottom line.
If he had wanted any of these three girls, or even all of them, who could have resisted?
Ten minutes later.
Across the street, Qin Feng lifted a small car and hurled it at the building opposite.
Boom!
The loud noise attracted the zombies on the first floor of the building, and they all charged towards him.
And so.
More and more zombies were chasing him.
The zombies gathered on the first floor were soon lured away.
"Let's go!"
Zhou Haiyang emerged from the corner and headed straight for the building across the street.
Soon, Han Ling climbed into the heavy truck.
The heavy truck started.
And retreated out of the building.
Xiao Ruoruo, Bird Lord, and Han Xiao boarded the vehicle one after another.
In this area, Qin Feng had lured all the zombies away. The four people and one bird waited in the truck.
A few minutes later.
"Captain, hurry and get in!" Xiao Ruoruo shouted.
Indeed!
Qin Feng was running from a distance, with nearly a thousand zombies following him, a sight that made one's scalp tingle.
Fortunately, Qin Feng's speed far surpassed that of the zombies.
In the blink of an eye, he shook off the zombies and jumped onto the footboard of the heavy truck.
The heavy truck roared away.
There were too many zombies in this area.
If he had been alone, he could have run if he couldn't fight.
But!
With the Han sisters, Han Ling and Han Xiao, whose courage and strength were lacking, it was impossible to fight zombies here.
They had to go to a place with fewer zombies.
An hour later.
Seventy kilometers away.
The number of zombies had greatly reduced.
"Prepare to begin!"
Qin Feng jumped off the truck. There were two zombies nearby, and they ran over upon hearing the noise.
*Splat!*
He casually cut down a zombie. "Only two days left! We evacuate Shangjing in two days!"
"I... how do I kill zombies?" Han Ling was dumbfounded.
Her ability was time stop.
With her current strength, she could only maintain it for three seconds.
After three seconds.
Her mental energy would be depleted.
"Here."
Qin Feng took out a machete and thrust it into her hand. "Use it for half a second or less each time, to keep the zombie frozen, then seize the opportunity to chop off its head."
If she only spent half a second each time, with her total mental energy, she could take down six zombies.
Her ability was magical but lacked direct offensive power.
It wasn't suitable for one-on-one combat.
It was more suited for coordinated attacks with teammates.
By the time zombies evolved to level 2, their physical strength would greatly increase, and even if she froze them, she wouldn't be able to chop off their heads.
Not enough strength.
But!
Qin Feng wanted her to fight alone.
The goal wasn't to kill many zombies, but to temper her courage and will.
"What about me?" Han Xiao mumbled.
"What's your ability?" Qin Feng asked.
In his previous life, he had come into contact with Han Ling and knew her moniker, "Goddess of Time," and her abilities.
By then, Han Xiao had already died.
He wasn't sure what ability the Han Xiao he had saved in this life possessed.
"Caw... caw..."
Bird Lord was already urging them on.
It was now particularly enthusiastic about combat.
"It wants to go kill zombies," Han Xiao said, pointing at Bird Lord.
"Mind link?"
Qin Feng was taken aback.
A chicken rib!
Similar to telepathy.
It had no practical combat value and was one of the most useless abilities.
"Alright, you follow behind," Qin Feng waved his hand.
If it weren't for Han Ling's immense future value, he would never have taken Han Xiao in.
The battle.
Officially commenced.
Only two days left!
On the morning of the third day, zombies would collectively evolve to level 2, and mutated zombies would reach level 4.
Level 4 zombies possessed higher intelligence.
At that time, led by level 4 zombies, orderly clusters would form.
The nuclear bomb targets were cities.
Cities gathered the vast majority of zombies.
If they stayed in the city, they would be surrounded and killed by the zombie clusters!
...
In a certain village.
Two young men each held a steel fork and plunged them into the bodies of zombies, one in front and one behind.
They exerted force simultaneously, pinning the zombies and preventing them from moving.
A third young man appeared and swung his saber down.
The head fell.
The young man cut open the zombie's head.
He extracted a crystal the size of a soybean.
Such scenes were playing out all over the world.
Especially in the countryside.
They had not been hit by nuclear strikes, and although some people had died in the "The Day After Tomorrow" cold snap,
the zombie density was far less than in cities.
Crucially, most of the survivors in cities after the nuclear blast had fled to the countryside.
Survivors from the city.
Local villagers.
Hundreds of millions of survivors began to counterattack the zombies.
As the secret of the crystals was discovered, more and more people became ability users.
Of course.
First came the nuclear blast, then the cold snap of "The Day After Tomorrow" storyline, which drastically reduced the world's population.
The total number of zombies still surpassed that of the survivors.
...
Somewhere in Shangjing.
Zhang Heng swallowed a crystal that had just been dug out, still warm.
Suddenly!
Green light flashed in his eyes.
Their team was hiding in a building.
In the open space outside the building, a zombie was wandering.
*Whoosh!*
A wind blade, two feet long, flew out at a speed exceeding one hundred meters per second.
Instantly.
The zombie was decapitated by the wind blade!
"I did it!"
He was extremely excited.
It was the morning of the sixth day in the "Deadly Terror" storyline.
He had finally absorbed 20 crystals.
And advanced to level 2!
"Brother Heng broke through? Awesome!"
"Brother Heng, if you get more crystals next, will you help us upgrade too?"
"Yeah! We're still level 1, and it's too hard to deal with zombies."
"Don't worry!"
Zhang Heng patted his teammate's shoulder and smiled, "Now I can easily deal with zombies with a single wind blade."
"I can kill zombies much faster, and I'll help everyone improve later!"
What he didn't know was.
Tomorrow, zombies would collectively evolve, all reaching level 2 without exception.
The hunting difficulty would only increase!