Chapter 10

Although Tang Cheng's two pieces of beginner equipment were described as quite impressive, in terms of practicality, they were far inferior to Li Guodong's two pieces, which could both attack and support. Even in terms of attack power, they might not match Zhang Yi's magical equipment. Therefore, at first, Tang Cheng did not think these two pieces of beginner equipment were particularly powerful.

But once he used them, he gained a new perspective.

A small military knife, with one strike, cut off a zombie's head. Although Tang Cheng did not deny that he had a special slashing technique, without a sufficiently good weapon, such an effect would be impossible... At least, in the real world, when he used the same slashing technique with a 199-yuan watermelon knife, he couldn't even cut off the head of a rabid dog.

From this, it was clear how sharp this military knife was, truly a must-have for home and travel, and even for murder and arson.

Compared to Tang Cheng, who had the leisure to think about the advantages and disadvantages of the equipment, the other new challengers were experiencing a life-and-death test... Although Tang Cheng chose a path with fewer zombies, it was only relatively so. In an environment almost completely surrounded by zombies, there was no truly safe path.

To survive, everyone put in 100% effort, fighting with all their might, even including medical support personnel like Tang Ya and Xiao Qing, who tightly gripped their pistols and attacked the zombies. Of course, their weapons were not from the cycle world and did not have the same advantages for beginners. Although Tang Cheng had taught them the basic usage, anyone could understand that a person who had never handled a gun before would not be very accurate, especially in such a situation. Expecting them to kill zombies was unrealistic; they just needed to avoid injuring their own people.

Zhang Yi, although considered the third combatant among the six, had a very fragile will. Despite having the team's only magical equipment, he was too terrified to fully utilize its power, and the fireballs he released were almost like fireworks.

On the contrary, Lu Xiaotian, who was originally not highly regarded by everyone, performed quite well, averaging one zombie killed with every two bullets, which made Tang Cheng look at him with new eyes.

As for Li Guodong, there was no need to mention him. In terms of physical fitness, he was undoubtedly the strongest of the six, and he was also very brave. With the best equipment, he was indeed quite fierce in battle. With each swing of the Death Knife, no zombie could stand up again.

However, there were simply too many zombies. Even with Tang Cheng, Li Guodong, and Lu Xiaotian, it was extremely difficult to break through. They could only protect themselves, and the one who truly played a decisive role was Alice.

Alice held the rifle Tang Cheng gave her in her left hand and a metal rod in her right, walking at the back of the group. Without even looking, she pulled the trigger, and each shot hit the head, like a sniper. The ordinary metal rod in her hand seemed to transform into a killing weapon, and any zombie that got close and was hit by her would have its head shattered.

In a short time, the number of zombies Alice killed exceeded the total number killed by the other six.

Of course, this result was not surprising. After being infected by the T-virus, Alice's physical fitness far exceeded that of a normal person. Although she had not yet awakened her superpowers, she was already an extraordinary biochemical warrior. Even facing crawlers bare-handed, she had a good chance of winning, let alone mere zombies.

Thanks to Alice's impressive performance, the group managed to break through the zombie encirclement, but this did not mean they were out of danger. Behind them, a dense crowd of zombies continued to chase them.

"Run!" At this moment, Alice, who was now at the front, shouted loudly.

Tang Cheng followed closely behind, then Li Guodong, Tang Ya, Lu Xiaotian, and Xiao Qing, with Zhang Yi lagging behind.

"Ah!" At this moment, Zhang Yi suddenly cried out, either from exhaustion or tripping over something, and he fell to the ground.

Although the fall was not severe, Zhang Yi was terrified because there were countless zombies behind him.

Sure enough, when Zhang Yi looked back, he saw the zombies swarming towards him.

"Save... save me!"

In his panic, Zhang Yi forgot to cast magic and instinctively called for help.

Bang! Bang!

Two gunshots rang out, from Tang Cheng and Alice. They stopped and turned to shoot, instantly killing the two closest zombies. However, there were far more zombies rushing towards Zhang Yi, and even with their accurate aim and quick hands, it was too late to save him.

Just as Zhang Yi was about to be devoured by the zombies, a clear bell sound suddenly rang out. Tang Cheng and the others instinctively looked towards the sound and saw that Li Guodong had a bell in his hand, which had produced the sound.

The Confusion Bell could emit a sound that frightened zombies!

Although no one knew what sound zombies were afraid of, since the equipment description said so, it must be true. Indeed, when the sound rang out, the zombies that were rushing towards Zhang Yi suddenly stopped and quickly retreated, and the other zombies chasing them also stopped.

Taking this opportunity, Li Guodong quickly stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Yi, "Run!"

The Confusion Bell could not completely scare away the zombies, but it could temporarily frighten them. The group took this chance to quickly increase the distance between themselves and the zombies. By the time the zombies started chasing again, they were already dozens of meters away, and with their slow speed, they could not catch up.

After running for a while, the group turned back and saw no zombies at all.

At this moment, everyone finally felt relieved.

"There's a supermarket!"

It had to be said that Tang Cheng and the others were quite lucky. Not only did they safely break through the zombie encirclement, but they also found themselves at the entrance of a large supermarket.

"After that battle, everyone must be tired. Let's rest here for a while and find some food and water." As he spoke, Tang Cheng stepped inside.

Alice followed closely by his side and reminded him, "Be careful."

Tang Cheng nodded slightly and looked around. Although the supermarket was in a mess, with almost all the shelves on the ground and goods scattered everywhere, it did not seem to have been looted by zombies... At least, he had not seen any human flesh or dead bodies that were about to turn into zombies.

"Pretty good luck." Tang Cheng smiled and put away his weapon. After the others came in, he pulled down the supermarket's iron gate.

Although the door was closed, the light coming through the gaps allowed everyone to see clearly.

At this moment, realizing they were truly safe, everyone finally relaxed, sitting on the ground with expressions of relief.

"Uncle Li, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I would have died." Zhang Yi sat next to Li Guodong, full of gratitude.

Li Guodong smiled and patted his shoulder, "Don't mention it. Since we're teammates, we should help each other."

Hearing this, Zhang Yi felt both grateful and moved.

Then, Li Guodong looked at Tang Ya and the others and asked, "Are you all okay?"

Tang Ya shook her head to indicate she was fine, but Xiao Qing suddenly started crying softly. Tang Ya knew she was probably scared by what had happened and tried to comfort her, but it didn't help much. Although Xiao Qing stopped crying out loud, she still hugged her knees and sobbed quietly.

On the other side, Tang Cheng, Alice, and Lu Xiaotian started looking for food.

Tang Cheng picked up and threw away cans from the ground while talking to Lu Xiaotian, "You did pretty well just now. Did you practice before?"

Lu Xiaotian knew what he meant and chuckled, "I used to play shooting games at the arcade a lot, so I have a bit of accuracy."

"I see." Tang Cheng understood. Although the guns at the arcade were just toys and could not help with real gun use, they could improve dynamic vision.

"Speaking of which, Brother Tang, you were amazing. You almost hit the head with every shot, so cool. You must have been in the military before, right?" Lu Xiaotian said excitedly.

"No, it's my first time using a gun," Tang Cheng said honestly.

"Really? That's incredible," Lu Xiaotian said, looking incredulous.

Tang Cheng smiled slightly but did not speak because Alice had walked over.

"Speaking of which, what's going on with this city? Did the zombies escape from the Hive?" Alice held three cans, casually throwing two to Tang Cheng and Lu Xiaotian, and asked.

"That's what happened." Tang Cheng caught the can, shrugged, and said, "After we escaped from the Hive, Umbrella Corporation sent another team in. Due to insufficient preparation, they leaked the virus. Now, over 90% of the city's population has turned into zombies. Raccoon City has become a dead city. To prevent Umbrella Corporation's secrets from leaking, they plan to drop a nuclear bomb on the entire city tomorrow morning."

"What?!" Hearing this, Alice's face changed, and she clenched her teeth, saying angrily, "Those damn scumbags!"

Alice's eyes were full of anger. Although she had known that Umbrella Corporation was evil, she never imagined they would be so ruthless. She wished she could kill all of Umbrella Corporation's personnel immediately.

However, just as she thought this, her face suddenly changed, and she fell to her knees, her body convulsing violently.

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