Ink Shen was momentarily confused when she suddenly heard her ask this question.
But he had also been listening intently to the situation inside.
Combined with Luo Xiao Le's question, he suddenly seemed to understand something.
"The attacks of the split zombies are carried out separately, but their behavior patterns are very similar," Ink Shen said in a deep, steady voice.
"Among them, there is a main zombie."
"Only by terminating the main zombie will the other zombies die and stop splitting," Ink Shen recalled the scene carefully.
Luo Shu, listening beside them, gasped, "So if we can't find the main zombie, and directly attack the other zombies, those zombies will keep splitting into new ones indefinitely?"
What kind of endless perpetual motion machine was this?
"It sounds terrifying, but what does this have to do with us entering the supermarket?" Luo Shu scratched his head, still not quite understanding.
"The zombies inside, every few of them, their roars sound like they are in the same tone," Luo Xiao Le said, seemingly more convinced after hearing Ink Shen's description.
"So it's very likely a group of split zombies inside," Luo Xiao Le stated her deduction.
Luo Shu's round eyes widened abruptly.
"You mean, there are several split zombies inside, and they split into so many?"
"Highly likely," Luo Xiao Le peered into the supermarket, "If we can find those few main zombies, perhaps all the zombies in this supermarket..."
"Can be wiped out by us in one fell swoop!" Luo Shu eagerly finished her sentence.
"Exactly," Luo Xiao Le nodded.
"But the problem is, how do we find those main zombies?" her palm-sized face creased.
"The main zombies move about half a second faster than the other zombies," Ink Shen said with his arms crossed, his deep eyes looking at Luo Xiao Le.
???
Luo Xiao Le stared back at him in shock.
So on the speeding school bus, Ink Shen had observed and distinguished them so quickly, found the main zombie that was one second faster, and then eliminated it?
Luo Xiao Le swallowed.
She even felt that, in a way, Ink Shen seemed more terrifyingly strong than the zombies...
"But I need time to discern," Ink Shen's brows, like mountain peaks, also furrowed.
"No problem, I have the big bell, I can hold on inside for a while," Luo Xiao Le said quickly.
"However, as other zombies rush in, the splitting zombies might multiply, and I might not be able to hold on for too long," Luo Xiao Le clenched her fists.
After all, she had only recently learned that her enhanced weapons would also be ruined when their durability ran out.
"No problem, I only need thirty seconds," Ink Shen said, looking up and estimating the approximate number of zombies inside.
"What about me?" Luo Shu was afraid of not being assigned a task.
"You go with Ink Shen to fight the main zombies, there will probably be several main zombies, and the number is not small," Luo Xiao Le was actually a little nervous.
"No, you stay with her," Ink Shen's tone was exceptionally firm. "Stiffness." When he uttered these words, Luo Xiao Le seemed to detect a hint of worry.
In case Luo Xiao Le suddenly became stiff due to an accident, Luo Shu would be there to protect her.
The icy Ink Shen... was actually worried about her?
She thought she must have misheard.
The plan of action was confirmed.
Luo Shu took the lead, with the strawberry bear Luo Xiao Le following behind.
The two of them stood at the supermarket entrance, deliberately making some noise, and let out a few "woo-ee woo-ee" sounds towards the supermarket on this floor.
"Roar?"
The zombies in the supermarket heard the noise.
Seeing live humans after such a long time, they instantly became excited.
Like ants swarming out of their nest, they began to surge out of the supermarket.
Baring their bloody maws, they lunged madly at the two of them.
Fortunately, she had experienced stiffness beforehand.
Luo Xiao Le was no longer forced to freeze in place.
She used the time lag of the zombies running towards them to abruptly pull out her big bell.
With a "clang," she tightly covered Luo Shu and herself inside.
"Oh my god, no matter how many times, zombies still give me goosebumps," Luo Shu hugged his arms tightly, rubbing them hard.
"One, two..." Luo Xiao Le wasn't idle inside the bell either, and began to silently count the number of zombies lunging towards them.
Fifty-four... a full fifty-four zombies lunged at her big bell!
After being constantly cut by the bell and splitting again...
The number of newly split zombies would be terrifyingly enormous...
Her heart pounded.
If Ink Shen couldn't find those main zombies within thirty seconds.
The entire second floor would probably be submerged by newly split zombies by then...
She tightened her grip on the strawberry bear's sleeve, already breaking out in a cold sweat.
"Found them." In less than ten seconds, Ink Shen's reassuring voice rang out.
Following that, several sounds of weapons slicing through flesh followed.
Luo Xiao Le knew that Ink Shen was outside, eliminating those main zombies he had found.
But then, Luo Xiao Le heard a grunt from Ink Shen, unlike anything she had ever heard before.
Her heart lurched.
Something must have happened outside.
Ink Shen's actions were not going smoothly!
But the main zombies outside had not been completely eliminated yet, and zombies continued to fiercely collide with the bell, splitting into new ones...
They seemed endless, impossible to finish off.
"Luo Shu, we have to go out and help Ink Shen," Luo Xiao Le said in a low voice.
"Absolutely, a brother in need must be helped," Luo Shu's voice was also full of righteous indignation.
"Then get ready, I'm taking down the bell," Luo Xiao Le tugged at her mascot costume and took out two boxes of thumbtacks, gripping them firmly in her hand.
"Now!"
"Charge!" The two of them spoke at the same time.
The big bell was instantly retracted by Luo Xiao Le into her pocket.
She looked up and saw Ink Shen seemingly ambushed, with an arrow stuck in his back.
It seemed to have injured his arm; one of his hands hung limply, and he wielded his long saber with the other.
He rolled to dodge an attack from a zombie.
Raising his hand, he chopped down at a particularly ferocious-looking zombie!
As that zombie died, a small circle of surrounding zombies collapsed.
"Xiao Le, be careful!" Luo Shu next to her suddenly lunged forward and slashed at the zombie attacking Luo Xiao Le's neck.
The zombie's head separated from its body.
But as it stood up, it split into two as if by magic.
Suddenly becoming two zombies.
"This thing is really making me blind!" Luo Shu cursed in horror from the side.
"Ink Shen! Tell me which ones are the other main zombies!" Luo Xiao Le, seeing everyone in trouble, was extremely anxious.
"To your right, at three o'clock, the third one," Ink Shen's voice remained unhurried, even though he was surrounded by zombies.
Luo Xiao Le bit her lip tightly and quickly found the target he had mentioned.
She flicked three thumbtacks fiercely.
Hit!
That zombie, along with several others, instantly fell to the ground.
"Well done," Ink Shen's steady voice continued, "To your left, at eight o'clock, the second one."
Luo Xiao Le followed his instructions, quickly aiming at the next target.
Ink Shen cleaved the head of a zombie, then quickly glanced in her direction and gave another target direction.
It went back and forth.
In the life-or-death battle, Luo Xiao Le also seemed to enter a state of intense focus.
Each of her throws was faster and more decisive than before.
Her accuracy with the thumbtacks was also far better than at the beginning.
Until she felt somewhat exhausted.
"Beautifully done, Xiao Le!" Luo Shu's excited voice came.
She suddenly looked up.
The zombies outside the supermarket were, she didn't know when, lying densely on the ground.
None of them could stand up anymore.
She looked at Ink Shen with some emotion.
His hair was soaked with sweat, and blood lay on the ground.
His long and handsome jaw was lifted, and a slight smile curved his lips towards her.