"Oh..."
Zhang Chen turned to look at the monster he had just sent flying. It was already shattered and unrecognizable.
Even the prompt couldn't discern what kind of creature it was.
But it didn't matter. It was a being he had instantly killed, so what difference did its name make?
"Are you alone?"
Zhang Chen asked in surprise.
In the Ultimate Apocalypse, it was extremely rare for someone to be walking alone outside.
Unless that person was exceptionally strong.
But seeing how terrified he was of such a weak monster, he didn't seem like a particularly powerful fellow.
"I... I actually escaped..."
The man said with shame.
"Escaped? Were you being chased?"
Angelina took a step forward and asked.
She disliked infighting among survivors more than anything. In an apocalypse, survival was already difficult enough, and yet, instead of uniting, they were still engaging in internal strife!?
"No, no, no, please don't misunderstand!"
The man quickly waved his hands and explained.
"I wasn't being chased. Our camp was attacked by monsters, and we were all scattered. I was lucky enough to run out of the camp..."
"I wanted to fight alongside everyone... but the monsters were too brutal. They didn't eat people; they just liked to cut people into small pieces while they were still alive and arrange them in various patterns on the ground..."
"It was too cruel..."
Recalling the horrifying scene, the man couldn't help but tremble all over.
Zhang Chen and Angelina exchanged a look.
It was the monster that cut up the mannequin dummies in the mall!
"Master, let's go help. People should be united in the apocalypse!"
Angelina asked for Zhang Chen's opinion.
"Alright. Since repairs will take more than ten hours, and I'm bored, let's finish this quickly!"
Zhang Chen nodded and replied.
"Okay, you lead the way, quickly!"
Angelina said to the man.
"Okay, okay, that's great! If you're willing to help, our camp will surely be saved!"
The man said with excitement.
In fact, after seeing Zhang Chen's skills, he had wanted to ask for his help.
But he also knew that it wasn't easy to ask.
He had no prior relationship with a stranger, so why would they risk their lives to fight monsters for him, and to save his camp's people?
Now that Zhang Chen had readily agreed, how could he not be happy?!
He led Zhang Chen and Angelina, navigating through the gaps of giant tree roots for a while, and then crawled through a small alley buried in the ground.
"My name is Hu Zhicheng. I'm responsible for logistics and warehouse management at the camp. This path is one I used for transportation before..."
"Don't mind it, but generally, the strength of monsters in the apocalypse is proportional to their size!"
"By taking paths that are difficult to pass, the possibility of encountering danger will be much lower..."
"It's just these insects that are a bit annoying, but... they bite painfully, but they won't be fatal!"
Hu Zhicheng casually flicked away a palm-sized insect and said with a wry smile.
Not only were there insects on Hu Zhicheng's hands, but the entire dark and damp alley was filled with insects of all sorts. The small ones were about the size of a fingernail, and the large ones were as big as footballs.
However, these insects were not foolish. They sensed the immense energy within Zhang Chen and all fled in panic.
Hu Zhicheng walked at the front and didn't see this peculiar sight, otherwise, he would have stuck close to Zhang Chen.
Emerging from this small alley, a pool of water suddenly appeared ahead, with buildings on both sides collapsing outward in a radial pattern.
The pool was dark green, with black shadows intermittently appearing and disappearing within it.
"Don't speak here; the monsters are very sensitive to sound!"
Hu Zhicheng had learned his lesson and directly wrote what he wanted to say on a piece of paper and handed it to Zhang Chen.
"Oh, got it!"
Zhang Chen said.
Boom! The pool suddenly churned, and a monster resembling an eel, with a diameter of over a meter, suddenly shot out of the water.
Whoosh!
Bang!
Angelina reacted quickly, drawing her bow and firing in one smooth motion, shooting the giant eel's head back into the water.
Gulp, gulp...
The pool churned again, and more eel heads with mouths full of sharp teeth rushed towards the three of them.
Angelina took a step forward, and a golden energy barrier enveloped the three of them, blocking the attack momentarily.
Then, she abruptly drew her bow and unleashed a barrage of rapid shots.
[Splitting Arrow]!
An energy arrow transformed into three identical arrows in mid-air, hitting three eel heads respectively.
Angelina fired more than a dozen arrows in succession. Dozens of eel heads were blasted into charred remains and slowly retreated back into the pool.
"Quick, let's go! This guy is unkillable; as long as it returns to the water, it can heal!"
Hu Zhicheng shouted.
Since the monster had already been alerted, there was no need to hold back anymore.
"I see!"
Zhang Chen nodded and gently raised his right hand into the air.
The pool water suddenly began to boil, then drop by drop, in clumps, it all rose up and converged into a massive water sphere in mid-air.
In just a short while, all the pool water was lifted into the air by Zhang Chen.
Below, the monster's true appearance was revealed – it was a mass of dark flesh, with eel heads densely growing on it like enoki mushrooms.
"Angelina, keep beating it. This time it can't recover!"
Zhang Chen said.
"Yes, Master!"
Angelina drew her bowstring to its limit and prepared for a powerful strike!
[Destruction Meteor]!
A golden light instantly hit the monster's body.
Boom!
Various pieces of flesh and blood were blown everywhere.
Angelina jumped down into the deep pit, reached out, and lightly touched the monster's muddy corpse. The corpse instantly disappeared. She then jumped back to Zhang Chen's side, smiling and saying,
"Alright, Master, let's continue!"
Zhang Chen nodded and followed Hu Zhicheng past the pool area.
As they left, the water sphere in the air suddenly cracked open and rained down.
For other survivors, walking in the Ultimate Apocalypse was fraught with unknown dangers at almost every step.
But what Zhang Chen noticed were the flowers blooming on the tree trunks, emitting a refreshing fragrance, the pink mushrooms glowing faintly in the dark, and a rainbow hanging beneath the branches of the giant tree...
Hu Zhicheng nervously led the way, while Zhang Chen leisurely admired the exotic flowers and plants of the apocalypse, like a tourist, arriving at the conquered camp.
At this moment, the camp's defenses had all been destroyed, the ground was stained with blood, and there was no sign of any living person.
"Did we come too late after all?"
Angelina sighed and said.
"Not too late. There's still a chance. They retreated to the second camp. If we go now, it might still be in time!"
Hu Zhicheng held a blood-stained piece of paper posted on a notice board and said.
It read: "If you see this note, please converge at the second camp."
The signature at the bottom read: Bai Hanlin.