Free Web NovelChapter 428: Chapter 426: Proactive Interception
Although the order Zuo Wenyao had given was a bit cruel, and even somewhat unfair to the other examinees, in this apocalypse, there was no such thing as absolute fairness.
At that moment, all the proctors sprang into action.
"I’ll go save Qiu Liang and his group."
"Then I’ll take Yuan Zheng!"
"I’m fast, so I’ll head to Yan Feijie, who’s farther away."
Immediately, the proctors called out their choices. To serve as a proctor, one had to be at least in the Body Shaping Realm.
At their Realm, their bodies had been reshaped to the point where their Defense Power was comparable to Alloy, allowing them to fight Tier One Mutated Zombies with their bare hands.
The proctors departed one by one. As for Zuo Wenyao, he didn’t linger either.
After handing full authority over to Lü Wei, his figure flickered and he leaped from the top of the hundred-story building.
BOOM!
A crater instantly formed in the ground. The Zombie horde that had been active there was more than half dead in the blink of an eye.
Before they could even react, the figure in the crater vanished, reappearing at the end of the street in an instant.
There, a "Giant Arm" that had already entered a berserk state had just burst out from underground. It was striding toward a building that smelled of humans.
With a single punch, it could demolish the building. Then, with a few more, it could crush all the humans buried inside to death.
But before it could make a move, it felt an intense sense of mortal danger.
The "Giant Arm’s" pupils constricted. It looked in terror toward the source of the danger and saw the phantom image of a fist formed from Blood Qi Power.
BOOM!
The next moment, before the "Giant Arm" could react, a hole the size of a water tank appeared in its chest.
Then, the residual Blood Qi Power erupted. With a BANG, the "Giant Arm" was blown to pieces.
The group of examinees, who had been terrified and about to break through a window to escape, were stunned by the sight.
They had no idea what had just happened. All they saw was a flash of red light, and the "Giant Arm" before them was torn to pieces.
As for Zuo Wenyao, who was currently rushing on his way, their motion-tracking abilities were completely incapable of spotting him.
At this moment, Zuo Wenyao was rushing toward Lin Xinghai with all his might. The other geniuses all had proctors coming to rescue them personally. How could a peerless Demon like Lin Xinghai possibly be forgotten?
Besides, in Zuo Wenyao’s heart, Lin Xinghai’s importance outweighed all the others combined.
After all, if the other examinees died, they died. Every year, plenty of geniuses came to East Sea Academy for the entrance assessment.
But in the ten years since the apocalypse began, he had never seen a Demon like Lin Xinghai.
So right now, he was burning with anxiety. Just as he was leaving, he had seen with his own eyes that a full two Mutated Zombies had appeared near Lin Xinghai.
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「A few minutes earlier.」
On Lin Xinghai’s side, after a brief discussion, the group quickly gathered their luggage and headed downstairs.
Because he had sensed danger earlier, Lin Xinghai had now extended his Perception Power to its maximum range, constantly scanning his surroundings for any movement.
As the group followed the stairs down to the first floor and had just stepped out the door, Lin Xinghai’s expression suddenly changed.
That sense of crisis washed over him again. When he traced it with his Perception, he discovered that the source of the danger was, surprisingly, coming from underground.
This was completely beyond his expectations.
Although Lin Xinghai’s Perception Power could penetrate objects to scan, passing through walls or other obstacles would weaken it to a certain degree.
On open ground with no obstructions, Lin Xinghai could detect objects up to 600 meters away.
But in an area full of high-rises, with his Perception Power blocked by layer after layer of floors, this distance would likely shrink to between 500 and 550 meters.
And underground, with its thick rock and soil, the weakening effect was even more terrifying. Lin Xinghai could only probe a maximum of 60 meters deep.
Moreover, the drain on his Perception Power would increase exponentially.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, Lin Xinghai would never proactively scan underground.
Now, upon feeling the danger coming from below and actively probing, he was shocked to find that a rather wide tunnel had been excavated underground not far from them.
Even more terrifying, a "Giant Arm" and a "Spitter" were rushing up through the tunnel.
Lin Xinghai didn’t understand why there was a tunnel here, nor why there were Mutated Zombies.
But he knew one thing for sure: facing two Mutated Zombies without a Mecha would be extremely dangerous.
He could get away, but what about the others?
At most, he could carry Liu Miaomiao on his back. But if he left, Little Fatty and Jin Tong would be dead for sure.
’If Little Fatty dies, his Legendary Level Mecha is gone. And if Jin Tong dies, I’ll have no way to explain it to that big fatty, Jin Canlan.’
Various thoughts flashed through his mind. In less than a second, he made a decision.
"There are Mutated Zombies underground! You two, run in that direction! Miaomiao, get on my back! You’ll help me delay them," Lin Xinghai said decisively.
As he spoke, he had already handed his extra belongings to Little Fatty, a Tearing Rifle now in each hand.
The information in Lin Xinghai’s words was too much, and too sudden.
However, he held absolute authority within the team. At his command, Little Fatty and Jin Tong almost subconsciously started running in the direction he had pointed.
As for Liu Miaomiao, she didn’t hesitate either, jumping directly onto Lin Xinghai’s back and wrapping her slender arms around his neck.
"Hold on tight. Wait for the right moment and release your Superpower with everything you’ve got," Lin Xinghai reminded her in a low voice. Then, instead of retreating, he advanced, charging straight toward the nearby tunnel opening.
At the same time, 30 meters away from Lin Xinghai, a loud roar suddenly came from the road surface.
Then, the hard concrete was smashed open by a giant fist, and a "Giant Arm" and a "Spitter" burst out from within.
According to the plan, the tunnels dug by the "Blood Demon" were supposed to stop one or two meters from the surface.
This way, they could remain undetected, while the thin layer of earth could be easily smashed through by the Mutated Zombies using their raw Power.
Of course, even the most perfect plan depends on who executes it. Although Tier One Blood Demons possessed some intelligence, it wasn’t particularly high. That’s why, when digging the tunnels, they sometimes accidentally broke through to the surface and were discovered by the Military Department.
In fact, rescue teams had already been dispatched in advance to the two locations that were discovered early, sealing them off. So for the time being, the Mutated Zombies inside couldn’t break out.
The tunnel here, however, had been excavated perfectly. Before the two Mutated Zombies burst out, there had been no sign of anything unusual.
Unfortunately for them, they had run into Lin Xinghai, a Demon whose Perception Power was far beyond ordinary.
Thus, after the "Giant Arm" and "Spitter" charged out, before they could even get a clear look at their surroundings, they were met with a dense hail of bullets.
