Ren Jing hid inside the building, watching the zombies surge outside like a tide. He was overcome with fear and shouted, "Seal all doors and windows! Block them all! We absolutely cannot let the zombies in!"
Ren Jing had never imagined that he would be surrounded by zombies just by coming to attack the granary. These zombies seemed endless; as soon as one died, the ones behind would step on its corpse and continue their assault. He couldn't even get close to the granary, let alone seize the grain.
At this moment, Ren Jing saw over a hundred people hiding in the rooms, most of them women. These women had been brought from the academy, and they were all noticeably attractive. These women were currently completely incapable of fighting. Seeing them huddled in the rooms, trembling, he couldn't help but curse, "Useless."
Ren Jing had previously heard Shen Feng say that there were only a little over two thousand zombies near the granary. Once these zombies were lured away, the granary could be successfully captured. Ren Jing had already planned to load the arriving trucks and leave for a faraway place to enjoy life. After all, he was now an evolved, possessing the power others only dreamed of. Why should he continue to fight arduously?
Especially after seeing Zhu Yan, the ambition hidden in Ren Jing's heart immediately surfaced. Last night, he had experienced pleasures he had never enjoyed before. He had also been persuaded by Zhu Yan. Why shouldn't he build his own base? Why should he rely on others to fight?
Ren Jing could already imagine the wonderful life after establishing his base. He would be the local emperor, and anyone who wanted to survive would have to depend on him. This feeling of holding great power was exhilarating just to think about.
"How can a true man stand between heaven and earth and live under others for long?" Such ambition surged in Ren Jing's heart.
However, Ren Jing's first step had just been taken, and his dream had already been shattered. He hadn't even had time to attack the granary. In just a few minutes, he was surrounded. He couldn't even break out now, and he didn't have Shen Feng's speed to leap across rooftops. Ultimately, he could only be trapped here.
After taking stock of the numbers, Ren Jing was stunned. The battle had only lasted for two hours, and over two hundred people on his side had already died, all members of the combat team. Many of them were his good brothers, and now they had fallen to the zombies.
Ren Jing suddenly thought of Shen Feng. He knew very well that the only person who could save him now was likely the leader. But would the leader really come? Ren Jing knew that Yu Ren Shu and Chu Chao Yan had escaped. Shen Feng probably knew about his betrayal by now, so staying here meant absolutely no rescue.
Just then, a squad leader from the combat team approached Ren Jing and asked loudly, "Team Leader, you said we received a secret mission to attack the granary, but why are there so many zombies here? Why?"
Ren Jing certainly couldn't control the more than four hundred people under him. Most of them had joined the combat team because they believed Shen Feng could lead them to ultimate victory. Through repeated battles, they had accumulated admiration for Shen Feng. Therefore, to control these people, Ren Jing falsely claimed he had received a secret mission from Shen Feng, and they needed to quickly capture the granary. This attracted over four hundred people to launch a large-scale attack. The people below believed it wholeheartedly, thinking it was the leader's plan and that it must be completed.
Now, facing his subordinate's questioning, Ren Jing quickly said, "The plan to attack the granary was indeed instructed by the leader. As for why there are zombies here, I don't know either. Perhaps the leader's intelligence was mistaken."
"Then what about rescue? Where is the rescue?" the captain continued to ask. "The leader will definitely not abandon us. If the leader knows we are surrounded, he will definitely bring people to save us. The leader will definitely not abandon us."
Hearing this, Ren Jing's eyes rolled, and he thought of a good idea. He said loudly, "That's right, the leader will definitely not abandon us. But he may not know the situation here. You hold the line here, and I'll take the evolved ones to report first, and then have the leader come for rescue."
The captain couldn't help but ask, "Team Leader, you're not planning to run, are you?"
Ren Jing said seriously, "How could I? We've fought together for almost a month. You should know my character by now. I'm taking the evolved ones because only evolved ones can escape the pursuit of zombies. As for the rest of you, just hold on here for a while, and rescue will definitely come."
The captain could only nod heavily. He gripped Ren Jing's arms tightly, tears in his eyes, and said, "Team Leader, then everything is entrusted to you. We will fight to the last moment, but you must bring people to rescue us!"
Ren Jing quickly nodded and also reached out to grip the captain's shoulder, saying in a deep voice, "Hua Zi, don't worry. You are all my best brothers. I will definitely bring people to rescue you. I keep my word. After all, we are brothers, aren't we?"
Li Minghua, whose shoulder was gripped, nodded. He knew very well that without rescue, they absolutely couldn't withstand the zombies outside. Therefore, he could only hope that Ren Jing would escape with the evolved ones, successfully find the leader, explain the situation, and then bring others to rescue them.
Li Minghua couldn't understand why the leader would have them attack the granary so hastily. Wasn't it said to be gradual? Why the sudden battle? But he chose to believe Shen Feng's decision. All along, the leader had led them and achieved victory after victory. Now, he also chose to believe the leader's decision!
Ren Jing didn't say anything more. He turned and left, quickly gathering the evolved ones present. They all went to the rooftop. There were no zombies here, nor were there any combat team members.
Upon arriving here, Ren Jing decided not to pretend anymore. After all, every single evolved person present had fallen. Who could resist the allure of a beautiful woman? Not everyone was a gentleman of leisure; they were all young men with strong blood, so they chose a more enjoyable way of life.
"I have ropes here. We'll use them to jump to the building opposite. The zombies are all distracted by our brothers in the building. Everyone, escape now, and we can definitely get away!" Ren Jing said quickly.
At this moment, Ren Jing felt some comfort. After all, they still had many evolved ones. As long as they could escape, they could still make a comeback.
However, at this moment, an evolved person hesitated and said, "Are we going to abandon our brothers who fought alongside us? Aren't we going to do something great? Why retreat?"
Ren Jing sneered, "If not now, then when? Do you want to be eaten by zombies? Let me tell you, without rescue, we're all doomed. We betrayed the Self-Help Association last night. Do you think Shen Feng will bring people to save us?"
The evolved person hesitated for a moment, then finally gritted his teeth and said, "I shouldn't have listened to your nonsense last night. Now I'm on this sinking ship with you. Let's go, let's go. I'll have no face to see the leader anymore!"
Seeing that the other party was persuaded, Ren Jing finally breathed a sigh of relief. If this guy went back and caused trouble, it would definitely shake the morale of the people below, and the effect of attracting zombies would surely decrease. Now that he had persuaded him, they could escape smoothly.
However, at this moment, a woman in sexy attire quickly walked to the rooftop and said, "Are you guys escaping? Why aren't you taking me?"
The woman who arrived at the rooftop was Zhu Yan. She wore a tight-fitting short-sleeved shirt and a short skirt, her graceful figure fully displayed. At this moment, her face was full of panic. She hadn't expected that after finally finding a man with protective abilities, he would now try to escape.
Seeing Zhu Yan appear, Ren Jing's heart ignited with anger. He didn't care that he had enjoyed the woman's body just last night. He went up and slapped her, cursing, "It's all because of your nonsensical talk, woman, that I betrayed the Self-Help Association and came to attack the granary without hesitation. Now, I have to give up everything, and you still want me to take you? Go to hell!"
Zhu Yan took a hard slap, and her face immediately began to swell. After all, Ren Jing was already an evolved person. One slap nearly sent Zhu Yan to the ground. Zhu Yan stared fiercely at Ren Jing and cursed, "It's clearly your own incompetence, and you're blaming me! Yesterday you said the zombies were disorganized rabble, didn't you? You said the zombies were all fools! Now that we're surrounded, you're blaming me. It's clearly your own fault!"
Hearing this, Ren Jing became enraged. He picked up a knife beside him and intended to hack the woman in front of him to death. He was hurt by Zhu Yan's words, especially the word "incompetent," which directly negated his abilities, making him furious. It was clearly this woman who had seduced him first, and she had even suggested attacking the granary. Now she dared to accuse him, so don't blame me for acting!
The evolved people around saw this and quickly stopped Ren Jing, saying, "Don't kill anyone, don't kill anyone! Aren't we supposed to run now?"
Zhu Yan added at this moment, "You must take me away from this godforsaken place, otherwise I'll go down and tell those people the truth, saying you all deceived them and prevented you from escaping."
Zhu Yan clung to them like sticky plaster, or rather, ever since these people couldn't resist temptation last night, they had been bound to Zhu Yan. At this moment, everyone understood that they could only leave together.
Ren Jing looked at the woman in front of him and really wanted to kill her with a knife. It wasn't that he didn't dare to act. After all, when the plot was exposed last night, it was he who stepped forward and stabbed Yu Ren Shu, and then led his subordinates to pursue them. He just didn't expect that Yu Ren Shu actually possessed supernatural abilities and escaped with Chu Chao Yan using water遁.
At this moment, Ren Jing had no time to deal with Zhu Yan. Moreover, if Zhu Yan died here, it would surely make the people below suspicious. Therefore, taking Zhu Yan with them was the best choice.
Ren Jing picked up the rope beside him and made a lasso, throwing it out. There were concrete piles on the opposite rooftop. As long as he could loop them, tie his rope, he could climb over using the rope, and then use the same method to leave the nearby block from the upper floors.
He threw the rope eight times before it accurately looped around the concrete pile. Then, the group left the building surrounded by zombies. The last to leave was Zhu Yan. She tied herself to the rope, then had the rope on this side untied and was pulled away by people on the opposite side.
When they arrived at another building, one person with sharp eyes suddenly saw a figure on the rooftop in the distance. This person looked very much like their leader, Shen Feng. Shen Feng was facing away from them, seemingly distracted by something. So he quickly directed everyone to hide and said tremblingly, "The leader is here, on the rooftop over there. We must not be discovered by him, otherwise we will all die!"
Ren Jing also looked towards the distant rooftop. At this moment, he saw Shen Feng standing against the wind on the distant rooftop. Shen Feng was facing away from them, and it seemed he hadn't noticed their actions. Ren Jing finally breathed a sigh of relief. He knew he couldn't defeat Shen Feng, so he didn't dare to appear in Shen Feng's line of sight.
Zhu Yan curiously glanced into the distance. She wanted to know what kind of person could make the evolved people present so nervous. However, she could only see a rather blurry figure in the distance. She didn't have the eyesight of an evolved person, so she couldn't see Shen Feng clearly.
At this moment, Shen Feng was carefully observing the street below. He discovered a strange phenomenon. It seemed there was a group of mutated zombies gathered together. Among them, a small zombie was surrounded. However, it had neither the strength of a speed-type zombie nor a strong body, yet it was protected by many mutated zombies. It was truly strange.
Suddenly, Shen Feng felt someone observing him from behind. He turned to look but found nothing. At this moment, Shen Feng thought his feeling was mistaken, which was why he mistook the empty rooftop behind him for someone. Then, Shen Feng continued to observe the strange group below. Two tank-type zombies were walking at the forefront, their massive bodies capable of attracting fire. There were four strong-type zombies behind them. One of the strong-type zombies was carrying this small zombie on its shoulder.
Behind the strong-type zombies, there were more than a dozen spitting zombies. Around these zombies, five or six speed-type zombies were roaming. This group composed of mutated zombies instantly attracted Shen Feng's attention. Why had these mutated zombies also started acting in teams?