Wen Qingtian, sent flying by a punch, felt he had let Mingyue down because he couldn't get He Si out.
He knew that the moment his body hit the ground, he and He Si would meet their demise.
This was because the ground was densely packed with zombies, all of them eyeing them greedily. As soon as his body landed, they would tear them to shreds.
Wen Qingtian closed his eyes and thought to himself, "Uncle, I'm sorry, I fell to the ground."
But the expected pain never came. He opened his eyes and saw that all the zombies before him looked terrified and were retreating.
"They're afraid of me?"
Wen Qingtian muttered to himself, observing the zombies' demeanor as if they were greatly afraid of him. This puzzled him.
"They're afraid of me."
"Ba Jiu, you're back? Where's Mingyue?"
A voice sounded from behind Wen Qingtian. He turned to see Ba Jiu, standing coolly behind him.
He immediately understood. The zombies were afraid of Ba Jiu, the zombie king, not him.
Still, he was pleasantly surprised to have saved his life and eagerly asked about Mingyue's whereabouts, wanting to hand He Si over to her.
Mingyue had a spatial ability, so He Si would be safer with her. More importantly, his mission was complete.
Ba Jiu didn't speak. He simply extended his chubby little hand and pointed to the sky.
Wen Qingtian looked up and saw a giant cyan phoenix circling in the air.
Mingyue, holding the Thunderclap Sword, was unleashing bolts of lightning at the zombies on the ground.
"Mingyue, come here and take Uncle He away. He's not safe here."
Seeing that Mingyue hadn't noticed him at all, Wen Qingtian deduced that Ba Jiu hadn't been with Mingyue earlier.
So, he shouted at the top of his lungs to attract Mingyue's attention, wanting her to take He Si away from here.
Wen Qingtian's voice was not quiet. Mingyue heard him and quickly steered the cyan phoenix towards Wen Qingtian's direction.
However, before she could reach him, a black shadow shot up from the ground, blocking her path in mid-air.
"You are the captain of the Mingyue team, Mingyue? Hand over your spatial ability and the resurrection divine medicine."
The person stood in the air, supported by the wind, blocking the cyan phoenix. He spoke furiously.
It was none other than the demon envoy who had arrived in Yuncheng last night.
His furious tone wasn't directed at Mingyue, but at Bu Ying.
He now only wanted to quickly obtain Mingyue's spatial ability and divine medicine, then chase after Bu Ying and tear him to pieces.
Last night, he had drunk to his heart's content and even promised to promote Bu Ying in the future and speak well of him to his superiors.
Bu Ying had flattered him profusely, making him ecstatic. As a result, he had drunk himself into unconsciousness.
This morning, he woke up from his sleep to find a large number of zombies entering the base.
He quickly got up, intending to ask Bu Ying what was going on. However, Bu Ying had already disappeared, and the zombies were increasing.
He went to the city gate and saw it wide open, with no guards.
Outside the city, tens of thousands of zombies were pouring into the city continuously. Yuncheng Base was no longer safe.
He was utterly bewildered, not knowing what had happened.
He returned to Bu Ying's residence and searched thoroughly, hoping to find some clues.
He finally found a middle-aged woman hiding in the basement. She was an ordinary person. After questioning her, he finally understood why Yuncheng Base had become like this.
It turned out that Bu Ying had played a brilliant move, known as "luring the wolf to drive out the tiger," and everything he did was for his own benefit.
The woman was He Shi's maid. Yesterday, she had accidentally overheard Bu Ying's conversation with He Shi.
Bu Ying had approached He Shi then, telling her to pack her things and prepare to leave Yuncheng Base with him.
He Shi, who had everything she needed here and was well-cared for, naturally didn't want to leave. She asked for the reason.
Bu Ying then told her about the Demon God Organization and explained that he was merely a puppet. Because Mingyue had left, he was in danger of dying at any moment.
He Shi was terrified. Bu Ying comforted her, saying he had already made arrangements.
He had then gotten the demon envoy drunk and ordered his subordinates to kill all the people outside the city under the cover of darkness.
Outside the base city were people who had come from all directions to seek refuge in Yuncheng Base, unable to afford the entry fee.
There were tens of thousands of them gathered below the city walls, believing that even if they couldn't enter the city, they would be safe by leaning against the walls.
Bu Ying had never ordered them to be cleared out, precisely because they were useful. He had kept them there deliberately.
They were all ordinary people, and it was late at night. Everyone was asleep and completely unprepared.
As instructed by Bu Ying, the ability users cut the major arteries in their necks when they killed them.
This was to ensure all their blood flowed out, maximizing the scent of blood to attract nearby zombies.
In the darkness, although there was no sound outside the base city, rivers of blood flowed.
The strong scent of blood had attracted nearby zombies to the base, and they gathered in increasing numbers.
Yuncheng was a tourist city with a rich surrounding industry and a large population.
A large population meant a large number of zombies. In one night, a hundred thousand zombies had gathered to besiege the city.
However, before the zombies could besiege the city, Bu Ying had already left with He Shi under the cover of night.
His goal in attracting the zombies was to kill the demon envoy, thus ensuring his own safety.
Within the Demon God Organization, the demon envoy was his only contact. He didn't know anyone else.
No one else had seen him. As long as the demon envoy died, he would be considered to have broken away from the Demon God Organization.
Thinking that if the zombies couldn't enter the city, they would be useless, he had madly killed all the guards before leaving and opened the city gates wide.
The demon envoy learned that Bu Ying had summoned a hundred thousand zombies to deal with him.
Enraged by the plan to "lure the wolf to drive out the tiger," he was furious. He struck the middle-aged woman dead with a single blow and was about to leave.
Bu Ying had underestimated him. If he wanted to leave, let alone a hundred thousand zombies, he could come and go freely even if a million zombies besieged the city.
But just as he was about to leave, he heard someone shout Mingyue's name. His heart stirred.
Everything Bu Ying had done was because Mingyue had left, and he couldn't report back, fearing punishment.
Unexpectedly, Bu Ying had fled, but Mingyue had returned. So, he suddenly ascended into the sky and intercepted Mingyue.
"Scram!"
Seeing someone blocking her and demanding her spatial ability and divine medicine, Mingyue cursed angrily.
This morning, after they returned from Yunmeng Mountain, before they even saw the shadow of Yuncheng Base, Ba Jiu had sensed something was wrong.
He said he smelled a strong scent of blood, and Shi Henian also indicated that the deformation car's radar system had detected a large number of zombies gathered in the direction of Yuncheng.
Worried about Wen Qingtian and He Si, who had stayed at the villa, they quickly sped up. Before they even reached the base entrance, they saw a tide of zombies.
Seeing the overwhelming number of zombies on the ground, Shi Henian switched the deformation car to flight mode and entered the city from the air.
As soon as they flew over the city gate, Mingyue and the others spotted familiar faces. They saw the five girls from the Rose team surrounded by zombies, their situation precarious.
More than a dozen other ability teams were also trapped by the zombies, unable to escape.
It was because the city gate was too narrow and the zombies were too numerous. Seeing this situation, Mingyue did something that made everyone gasp in admiration.