The mutated zombie seemed excited to be able to escape, letting out a howl in mid-air.
It was signaling its subordinates, letting the low-level zombies on the ground know that the situation here was too tough and they should retreat quickly.
But it received no response. It looked down and saw its subordinates lying on the ground, their heads all blown open.
A human boy, about eight or nine years old, stood with a pile of colorful crystal cores at his feet, looking up coldly at himself falling from the sky.
The boy was Ba Jiu. When the mutated zombie was trapped by the net,
He had already finished the battle, completing a one-sided slaughter.
He had also searched through all the zombie heads and collected the crystal cores.
He was idle below and wanted to help his sister, but he couldn't fly.
Just as he was anxiously waiting on the ground, an opportunity arose, and the mutated zombie fell down by itself.
"Die?"
Seeing the mutated zombie falling from the sky, Ba Jiu raised his arms in front of his chest, and a fireball the size of a watermelon appeared.
Then, he threw it fiercely towards the sky, aiming directly at the mutated zombie's body.
The mutated zombie saw Ba Jiu at first glance and thought he was just an ordinary human boy, but it immediately felt something was wrong.
This aura was clearly that of a zombie king, higher in level than itself, and it immediately became wary.
Then, seeing the level nine fire ability that Ba Jiu unleashed, its heart turned to ice.
(This is just a metaphor; it had no internal organs anymore.)
If its bone wings were still there, it could have easily dodged by turning in mid-air, but now it couldn't.
It had lost its bone wings and even dropped in level because of it. Now, at most, it was only level six.
But the fireball was already upon it. It had no choice but to fight for its life, mobilizing all its strength.
It unleashed a wind shield in front of itself, trying to block Ba Jiu's fireball.
As long as it could reach the ground, with its wind attribute, it was confident it could escape.
But it was too naive. How could a level six wind shield block a level nine fireball?
As soon as it touched the fireball, it vanished. The fireball, without any pause, directly hit its body.
With a boom, it exploded, engulfing its entire body and rapidly burning.
By the time it fell to the ground, it was already burned down to a skeleton and a green crystal core with patterns.
Ji Shiyou and the others had not gone far and were watching the battle nearby. Seeing the mutated zombie burned to death by Ba Jiu, they drove over.
"Ba Jiu, well done."
Gong Que and Bu Zhi, being lively, saw Ba Jiu display his might and praised him before lifting him up and throwing him into the air.
Ba Jiu liked their attitude. They didn't distance themselves or guard him just because he was a zombie.
Instead, they treated him like family and friends, so he let Bu Zhi and the others mess around, even letting out giggles.
"Stop fooling around, let's leave here quickly."
Ming Yue landed on the ground from the air, interrupting their antics, her expression unusually serious.
She collected the crystal cores from the ground into her spatial storage, then led everyone into the car and left the valley full of corpses.
In the car, Ji Shiyou covered the sleeping He Si with a blanket.
The old man had been on the run, not eating enough, and not resting well. He had also been frightened just now and had already fallen asleep.
"Ming Yue, is something wrong?"
He turned and saw Ming Yue frowning, knowing she had something on her mind, so he spoke to inquire, wanting to share her burden.
"Yes, Sister Ming Yue, the zombies in the valley were clearly all killed just now.
You were still as if facing a great enemy, urging us to leave quickly. Is something wrong?"
Seeing Ming Yue's expression, everyone was also curious but hadn't dared to ask.
Seeing Ji Shiyou inquire, Bu Zhi, who couldn't hold back, spoke up.
"I'm not sure, but don't you think the whole thing is very strange?"
Ming Yue looked at everyone, and everyone looked at Wen Qingtian, making Wen Qingtian utterly confused.
"Ming Yue is asking everyone, not me. Why are you looking at me?"
Being stared at by everyone, Wen Qingtian felt a chill down his spine and stood up, saying.
"Brother Wen, among us, you are the smartest.
We are all counting on you for Sister Ming Yue's question. If you don't know, then let Sister Ming Yue tell us directly."
Tian Shang spoke everyone's minds. Several people nodded in agreement. Thinking was really not their strong suit.
They were all simple-minded and strong-limbed, suited for manual labor.
The only smart one was Shi Henian, but his mind was full of data and formulas.
He didn't know how to think flexibly and was even worse than them, so everyone's only hope was Wen Qingtian.
"I don't know either. Let's hear what Ming Yue has to say!"
Hearing everyone say this, he felt like the only hope of the village, but he had failed his fellow villagers.
Under their accusing gazes, Wen Qingtian lowered his head in shame. He really hadn't seen it.
"Don't you find it strange? The highest ability level in the entire Vermillion Bird Base is Bu Shenghan.
He's level five ice ability, and they have less than a hundred people, most of whom are ordinary people.
The zombies surrounding them numbered over a thousand. Why did they only surround them and not attack?"
As early as when Ming Yue arrived at the valley, she had noticed that the zombies surrounding the valley seemed to be wary of something.
But even with her Heavenly Sight and Earthly Hearing, she couldn't find anything in the entire valley.
"Perhaps the mutated zombie gave the command to surround them.
So that the people of Vermillion Bird Base couldn't leave the valley? Therefore, those zombies couldn't act on their own?"
Jin Xi, holding a nail file and grooming her nails, guessed.
"If that's the case, let's assume it was the mutated zombie's command.
The people of Vermillion Bird Base were their targets, but Bu Shenghan killed ordinary people.
When they broke through and fled, the zombies could have intercepted them, but they didn't, nor did they pursue them. This doesn't make sense."
Ming Yue raised a second point of doubt: why didn't the zombies intercept or pursue the people of Vermillion Bird Base?
She suspected that Bu Shenghan and the others were not the true targets of that group of zombies.
This time, everyone fell silent. No one spoke. This question was beyond their scope; they couldn't answer it.
"Since we can't figure it out, let's not think about it. Anyway, we've already left that valley.
It's getting dark. Let's find a place to rest. With this energy, let's think about what to eat later.
Ming Yue, what does Uncle He like to eat? Tell me, and we'll have a welcome party for him today."
He Si was her future father-in-law, and she had to win him over. Ji Shiyou's mind was filled with this matter.
However, he was too obvious, which drew a lot of boos.
It also completely shifted Ming Yue's thoughts. She searched the original owner's memories, wondering what He Si liked to eat.
In the valley, after the Ming Yue team left, under the eaves of a civilian house.
A small sparrow flew out and landed on the branch of a dead tree.
"Tsk tsk tsk, it's too tragic. Such a good valley has turned into this. Let me clean it up!"
Looking at the corpses all over the ground, both ordinary people and zombies, the small sparrow actually spoke human words.
Then it opened its mouth, and a spark of fire drifted out. Upon landing, that spark turned into a raging fire that covered the entire valley.
"If that girl named Ming Yue hadn't appeared, I would have been in danger today.
I can't let them catch me. That Ming Yue looks quite powerful.
She should be a reliable tree to lean on. I'll go find her, act spoiled, roll around, and be cute to stay by her side."
Looking at the raging fire before him, the small sparrow spread its wings and chased in the direction the Ming Yue team had left.