The people behind them were instantly chilled by Mo Chen's words.
It was rare to see Mo Chen so alert.
But now they were stuck in this narrow alley, weighed down with bags and bundles, unable to even turn around, let alone fight or escape.
Fear layered upon fear in their hearts.
Those in the middle of the group were even urging Luo Xiao Le to hurry forward.
They hadn't heard the strange, distorted shuffling footsteps that were slowly dragging their way from the end of the alley.
Luo Shu, stuck at the front of the group, was finding it unbearable but was still inching forward.
Hearing others urge Luo Xiao Le, he instinctively defended their small captain and retorted, "What are you all chattering about? Xiao Le is walking a bit slow, but there's no need for you to be so impatient. You say she's not moving. Where is she not moving?"
After speaking, he laboriously turned his head to look at Luo Xiao Le.
"You take a look yourself, is she not moving! Our stuff behind us is really making it difficult, hurry up and move forward. We can unload the things and rest when we get out!"
"Xiao Le? Why don't you move forward a bit? Don't scare me!" Luo Shu also saw Luo Xiao Le's immobility.
He instantly became a little flustered.
From his understanding of Luo Xiao Le during this time, she only froze like this when she saw zombies!
A sense of dread immediately rose in his heart! Luo Xiao Le had seen a zombie! Where?
"Gurgle"
At almost the same moment, he heard with horror, a terrifying sound coming from the alley's exit.
He slowly turned his head back.
He saw a zombie, with only half its body remaining, a completely intact, dark green head perched on top, scraping against the wall, and contorting its way towards them at an astonishing speed!
Luo Shu cursed his doom inwardly.
Coming from this direction, he would definitely be the first to be bitten!
The zombie gave him no time to react.
A little fatty trapped by the wall, and a zombie disregarding pain – the outcome of who would win was clear at a glance.
Before Luo Shu could even take a few breaths, he watched with wide eyes as a row of sharp, gleaming teeth, flashing with cold light, bit down on his arm!
"Ah...! Ah?" Luo Shu's scream had only half-finished when he suddenly realized he felt no pain at all.
On the contrary, the zombie, after taking a bite, had half of its own mouth severed.
Dark blood streamed down.
Luo Xiao Le had saved his life by having him and Zhu Hui wear the reinforced clothing!
Instantly, Luo Shu, who had escaped by the skin of his teeth, wore an expression of ecstatic joy.
Then, with his protruding belly, he pushed forward!
The zombie's remaining half-body was cleaved in two once more!
With its spine broken, the zombie lost its last shred of momentum and collapsed limply.
"Ah! On your head, on your head, what is that thing!" Unexpectedly, a cry of alarm erupted from the rear of the group.
Luo Shu struggled to look back again but saw a brown figure "whoosh" out from the end of the alley and shoot straight onto the wall!
Following that, countless tentacles shot out from the wall.
It was actually a humanoid zombie centipede, looking like four or five zombies twisted together!
The sight sent everyone into a shiver of horror!
The humanoid arms had turned into tentacles, reaching out eagerly towards the crowd.
One of the tentacles had already swiftly plunged into the head of a person at the rear of the group, prying open their skull in just one second!
The tentacle began to suck the person's brain matter like drinking coconut juice.
"Wang Yue!" The companions behind them watched their attacked comrade with utter terror.
The tentacle, having tasted success, immediately unleashed three more tentacles, aiming to attack again, but they were instantly severed by an incomparably sharp and cold gleam!
Mo Chen's blade retracted instantly after its strike.
"Hmph!" The humanoid centipede was instantly enraged and swung its tail, slashing down fiercely from above, intending to split the one who stopped it in two!
Who knew that this time Mo Chen was even faster than them. With a quick rotation of his long saber at his wrist, he cleaved towards the zombie's brow in the opposite direction!
Before the tentacles could reach him, the zombie's brain core had already been pierced with a single strike!
The now dark green brain matter poured down like a trickle.
"Blech..." The few people who had witnessed the entire event from behind instantly gagged.
Perhaps the confined space made him uncomfortable, but Mo Chen's battles this time were resolved exceptionally quickly.
It was only now that Luo Xiao Le finally recovered from her rigidity.
The strength in her wrists gradually returned.
Although Luo Shu was unharmed, his clothes had been torn. It seemed that using the reinforcement skill to upgrade clothes was not a very good choice.
Moreover, when she turned her head and saw the tragic state of someone behind them, her heart felt heavy.
But she still felt something was not right.
Luo Shu had gone through many twists and turns to bring them into this alley.
No one usually came here. How could it be such a coincidence that just as they were passing through this area, two monsters suddenly appeared, ambushing them from both front and back?
This was extremely abnormal.
Luo Xiao Le suspected there was more to this than met the eye.
But she had no information at the moment. If someone had indeed tampered with this, it was a chilling thought.
"This place is very unsafe now, let's talk outside!" Luo Xiao Le urged Luo Shu to move forward without any explanation.
If more of these monsters appeared, they would have no chance of survival in the difficult-to-move alley.
The others, holding back their grievances, also squeezed forward desperately, wanting to escape this cursed place as quickly as possible.
Luo Xiao Le reminded Luo Shu to be cautious of the exit.
Luo Shu held his breath and nodded. The moment they reached the exit, his small knife flashed out!
It struck empty air.
The alley entrance was empty, with nothing there anymore.
Luo Xiao Le also felt no rigidity.
Could it all have been her illusion?
...
By the time all the remaining people had emerged from the alley.
They were all dejected.
The impact of losing companions made it impossible for them to feel happy.
Luo Xiao Le turned her head to the side and exclaimed "Eh?"
Diagonally across from the alley's exit was the main gate of Taiyang University!
Luo Xiao Le focused her gaze and saw a standalone small pavilion next to the main gate, which looked like a convenience store!
The pavilion had a peculiar shape, forming a perfect triangle!
Wasn't that the location her ring had indicated last night?
Could the ring be inside that convenience store?
Suddenly, being so close to the truth, Luo Xiao Le's heart was filled with a mixed bag of emotions.
She was afraid of seeing the uncle and brother who had taken the ring again if she went in. She didn't know what expression she should face them with.
"Damn, that was really close just now." Zhou Xiao Jun emerged from behind, dusty and disheveled.
"Look, it seems like it's getting dark earlier than before!" someone in the crowd exclaimed, looking at the sky.
"This won't do. There's nowhere to rest around here, we need to find a place to hide. The zombies will be even more active at night!" Zhou Xiao Jun showed a worried expression.
"Isn't that a convenience store over there!" Luo Shu pointed.
"Around that convenience store, there's a circle of... zombies?" Someone took out a portable telescope and saw more clearly.
Everyone froze. This was no place to go!
But when they turned around and saw more scattered zombies distributed on the sports field through the main gate of Taiyang University.
Everyone instinctively swallowed.
"Let's... let's still go... to the convenience store!" At least there were fewer zombies there.
Luo Xiao Le's heart pounded.
She tugged at Luo Shu and Zhu Hui.
"Later, when I get close to the zombies near the convenience store... I'll definitely freeze."
The two of them froze.
How could they have forgotten this?
"But I observed that my rigidity should only trigger once for the same wave of zombies." Luo Xiao Le boldly stated her idea.
"You mean..." Luo Shu clicked his tongue, he seemed to have a vague understanding...
"Exactly. We'll hide nearby for a while. I'll trigger the rigidity, and once the time passes, we'll rush into the convenience store!"
A hint of disbelief flickered in Zhu Hui's eyes. Could they really do this?
"Let's try it... If it doesn't work, and I get rigid again later, Zhu Hui and I will carry you. I don't believe it won't work." Luo Shu was already rolling up his sleeves.
Luo Xiao Le patted his shoulder, feeling deeply touched!
There was no time to delay, let's try it!