Chapter 59 Opening the Way

Pan Wushuang danced his great axe, clearing the path ahead, while Feng Bujue followed behind, coordinating with well-timed Winchester shots. Any Blood Wolf Zombies that tried to surround them from the front or sides were instantly killed if they got too close and posed a threat.

The Derivative was caught somewhat off guard by the situation. It had expected to be able to escape while staying just outside the range of the two GMs' detection, but one of them had started chasing it first, accompanied by a player, no less. And these two were advancing much faster than it had anticipated.

It wasn't just the Derivative; even Pan Feng was now looking at Feng Bujue's strength with new respect. He knew very well that it wasn't easy for a low-level player to keep up with an administrator-level character like this, calmly dealing with the constant stream of monsters.

Pan Feng knew the effects of the Jazz Dance. He could check the players' equipment and skill status, but he didn't think that just anyone could put on that footwear and pick up a shotgun and do what Feng Bujue was doing.

Feng Bujue's calm, precision, and correctness in handling sudden situations impressed Pan Feng deeply. Only by constantly facing the attacking monsters, in the flash of combat, fighting alongside him, could one understand that feeling.

All the way, Feng Bujue hadn't missed a single shot. He always prioritized attacking the most threatening and closest monster. He had a very objective understanding of his marksmanship; as long as he pulled the trigger, he was confident he would hit. He never deliberately aimed for the head, always choosing the most suitable angle and position to shoot, so he never missed.

With Feng Bujue's cooperation, Pan Feng's pressure during the advance was greatly reduced. At first, he was very concerned about the Blood Wolf Zombies lunging at them from the sides, worried that Feng Bujue would be killed if he wasn't careful. But after a while, he realized that this concern was completely unnecessary. Feng Bujue was not only able to take care of himself but could even help him out sometimes.

Under this mechanically precise and efficient cover, Pan Feng could focus on dealing with the monsters attacking from the front without any worries. Therefore, the speed of the two's pursuit was quite fast, forcing the Derivative to also speed up its escape.

The pursuit lasted for more than twenty minutes until they arrived at a stadium. After the Derivative fled into the building, it stopped moving, indicating that Dr. Ashford's mutated form was nearby.

"Just as I expected, the location is inside such a large building," Feng Bujue said. He had already put on the Eyes of Hatred and was holding the Winchester in his hand, using the space freed up in his knapsack to carry packed ammunition.

"Okay, you guessed another thing right." As Pan Feng spoke, he looked back at the street outside the stadium. Although the monsters chasing behind them had been pulled some distance away, at the current rate, this place would soon be surrounded.

At the same time, Hua Xiong and Xiao Tan were about to arrive.

The idea of ​​splitting the four into two groups to pursue was Feng Bujue's. When the Derivative entered the detection range, they began to implement his plan. Pan Feng and Feng Bujue smeared the prepared blood on their bodies, luring the monsters along the way while chasing the Derivative.

Hua Xiong and Xiao Tan set off about three minutes later. Although the GMs couldn't find the monsters' real-time coordinates, the players' coordinates could be grasped at any time. So Hua Xiong calmly took Xiao Tan along the route Pan Feng and Feng Bujue had taken. By then, the Blood Wolf Zombies that could move would have chased after the scent of blood, leaving only a few monsters that had been beaten into immobility by Feng Bujue and Pan Feng on the road.

This arrangement was mainly designed by Feng Bujue to take care of Wang Tanzhi. If the four of them pursued together, Xiao Tan's speed might not be able to keep up, and even if he did, his physical exertion would be too much. Moreover, if the four of them went together, whether in a line or in pairs, Xiao Tan would inevitably become a weak point when attacked.

Another problem was that if the four of them chased together, it would be the same whether they smeared blood on their bodies or not. At night, the Blood Wolf Zombies had a keen sense of smell, and running along the way would also attract monsters. But by only applying it to two people like this, according to the priority of the monsters' pursuit targets, they would all go towards Feng Bujue and Pan Feng. Hua Xiong and Xiao Tan could easily come behind the monster army without consuming much stamina. After arriving at the place where the Derivative ambushed, the others would meet again and start fighting.

This way of completing the pursuit in two teams was much faster and relatively safer than four people staying together to chase. If there was any accident, only Feng Bujue would die. Even Pan Feng, who was smeared with blood, wouldn't be killed by these monsters in a short time, even if he was alone.

And the second step of this plan was to find a way to resist those Blood Wolf Zombies after tracking the Derivative to its ambush location.

"They're approaching," Pan Feng said. He could check the players' coordinates, so he knew the location of Hua Xiong and Xiao Tan better than Feng Bujue, "Fortunately, the monsters haven't accumulated into a wall yet." As he spoke, he waved his mountain-splitting axe, slaughtering the Blood Wolf Zombies that were running over from the street and pouncing on him.

"That's part of the calculation. Running in two teams is much faster than running with four people to get here, and the probability of being surrounded halfway is much lower." While answering, Feng Bujue continued to shoot, knocking down one monster after another.

Before long, Hua Xiong's figure appeared more than ten meters away. The gun in his hand bloomed, and the shadow of the gun was like a dragon flying and a snake walking, breaking open a bloody path and bringing Xiao Tan closer, standing with Pan Feng and Feng Bujue.

The four fought and retreated, arriving at the entrance of the stadium's main building, standing on a row of steps more than ten meters wide, using their commanding position to resist the increasing number of Blood Wolf Zombies.

"The Derivative's coordinates are in the stadium behind us," Pan Feng said, "If we follow Brother Feng's speculation, the mutant should also be inside."

Hua Xiong continued, "Are you sure you want to do this?"

"There's no room for turning back now. If I wanted to go back on my word, I could have abandoned this plan the moment the Derivative's coordinates appeared. Let the two of you smear blood on yourselves and lure the monsters away, and Xiao Tan and I would just find a place to hide nearby." Feng Bujue replied, "Since we've decided to participate, let's see it through to the end."

"Yeah, now that we're here, there's no turning back," Xiao Tan said, not feeling so nervous or scared anymore. Standing on the high ground, using the moonlight to look at the black shadows surging like a tide in the distance, he felt a sense of peace in his heart. In these few seconds, he suddenly understood the mentality of those ancient soldiers who regarded death as home. On a battlefield where it's you or me, even if you show cowardice when you see a force twenty times or even two hundred times stronger than yourself rushing over irresistibly, it's all in vain.

"Then let's do it," Pan Feng said.

Xiao Tan squatted beside the entrance door, took out the prepared explosives from his knapsack, placed them on the ground, and dragged the fuse. This was the most powerful explosive they had found after searching the city for more than an hour in the evening. There was only this one, and the item description showed that its power was average. It would be a fantasy to use this to blow up the Boss in actual combat, but it was perfect for here.

"Okay," Xiao Tan said.

The four of them then retreated into the stadium. After running a distance, the explosives were detonated. With a loud bang, the entrance collapsed, and the broken pieces of the building "temporarily" blocked the passage, resisting the vast expanse of Blood Wolf Zombies outside the stadium.