After killing the zombie king, Qin Shilei immediately came to the street and summoned the elephant herd, charging towards Duan Tianhe and their location.
At this time, the zombies near the camp, due to the loss of the zombie king's restraint, began to attack the camp.
Zombies from further away were also attracted by the sound of battle and the smell of blood.
In an instant, the camp became precarious under the siege of numerous zombies.
Fortunately, Qin Shilei had made them prepare in advance, and they temporarily held back the zombie attack by relying on the simple defense line previously built by the residential area.
The two Shadow Leopards, under the command of Xiao Qiang in the sky, were killing powerful mutated zombies attempting to break into the residential area.
Meanwhile, Qin Shilei, riding on the back of Tank, carved a bloody path with unstoppable force and returned to Zhang Xiaoli and the others.
"Brother Qin, where is Xiao Qiang? And why do the Mammoth Elephants look so battered?" Zhang Xiaoli asked while using Revival to heal the elephant herd.
Although Tank and the others had strong defenses, a swarm of ants could still bite an elephant to death. The large number of zombies had still inflicted considerable injuries on the elephant herd.
"We'll talk about that later. Get on, I'll take you to the camp here."
Qin Shilei had Zhang Xiaoli and the others jump onto the backs of the elephants, and then they charged back towards the camp.
This time, with Duan Tianhe present, the zombie offensive around Qin Shilei and his group became much sparser.
Inside the camp, the survivors' defense line was on the verge of collapse, and their will to fight was about to crumble.
"What do we do? There are too many zombies, and my Yuan Qi is completely depleted. Are we going to die?" someone said with despair.
"We should have broken out from the beginning. By staying here, we're just waiting for death," someone else complained.
"Hmph, ridiculous. The outside is crawling with zombies. If you try to break out, you'll probably be torn apart by zombies within three hundred meters," someone sneered.
"Brother Qin's pets are still here, he'll definitely come back. For the sake of survival, everyone, hold on," Shui Yuexin said, stabbing a zombie in front of her.
"Even if Brother Qin is a match for ten thousand men, facing such a vast sea of zombies, he might be powerless to turn the tide. We should just accept our fate," someone said dejectedly.
"Thump, thump, thump!"
At this moment, a series of heavy footsteps echoed from afar.
Then, a group of colossal figures appeared within their line of sight.
Qin Shilei had returned, riding on the back of a Mammoth Elephant, charging back with an invincible aura.
Along the way, zombies turned into pulp under the charge of the giant elephants.
"Yeah!"
"We're saved!"
"Long live Brother Qin!"
The camp erupted with fervent cheers.
As soon as he entered the camp, Qin Shilei immediately ordered, "Duan Tianhe, control the surrounding zombies and stop them from attacking the camp."
"Okay," Duan Tianhe immediately focused and attempted to control the surrounding zombies.
Although Duan Tianhe could control zombies, it was not as fast or convenient as the zombie king's control, and the number of controlled zombies was also smaller.
Three minutes later, Duan Tianhe finally managed to control the zombies within a hundred meters of the residential area, stopping them from continuing their assault on the camp.
Zombies further away were also prevented from reaching the camp due to the obstruction of the zombies in front.
After the zombie attack stopped, the survivors in the camp collapsed onto the ground, exhausted.
Qin Shilei scanned the area and then said sternly, "Anyone bitten or scratched by a zombie, step forward immediately."
As soon as he spoke, a small portion of people in the crowd changed their expressions and quietly concealed their wounds.
The survivors sitting on the ground immediately became alert, looking around at those beside them.
After waiting for a while, no one stepped forward voluntarily.
"I'll say it again. Those who were injured by zombies, please step forward. Do you want to turn into zombies and then kill your companions?" Qin Shilei said coldly again.
"Brother Qin, I hope your sword is fast enough to give me less pain." A young man with a ashen face stepped forward.
Then, another middle-aged man stepped forward. He first hugged his wife and twelve or thirteen-year-old son tightly.
He instructed, "Fen, you and our son must live well. Son, you're a man now, you must protect your mother."
He then turned to his companions and pleaded, "Given that we fought side-by-side before, I hope a few brothers will look after my wife and son after I'm gone."
"May you have a peaceful journey. We will certainly take care of sister-in-law and nephew," his companion replied solemnly.
Under Qin Shilei's stern gaze, a total of 68 people stepped forward voluntarily.
"You all stand aside first."
Qin Shilei spoke for the third time, "Is there anyone else who hasn't stepped forward?"
No one responded, and no one else stepped forward.
Qin Shilei's expression turned cold. He flickered and appeared before a burly man, reaching out to pull down his high-collared shirt.
A row of teeth marks was clearly visible on the back of his neck.
"Hmph!"
With a flash of red light, Qin Shilei decapitated him with a sword. "You were infected with the zombie virus and still tried to hide it."
Qin Shilei then approached a woman in her early thirties and pulled up her sleeve.
"Don't kill me," the woman quickly pleaded. "The wound on my arm is from a fall."
Qin Shilei's expression remained blank as he drew his sword again, severing her throat. He sneered, "Do you think I'm blind? Such obvious claw marks couldn't be from a fall."
Following this, he killed over a dozen more survivors who had been bitten or scratched by zombies and had tried to conceal their injuries.
Under his lead, the survivors in the camp also began to inspect each other, discovering fifty to sixty more people infected with the zombie virus.
"Kill them all!" Qin Shilei said indifferently.
"You can't kill me! I'm strong, I can definitely resist the virus's encroachment!" a strong young man protested loudly.
Qin Shilei waved his hand, releasing a lightning bolt as thick as an arm, instantly electrocuting the man into a charred corpse.
"It's too late now. If you had stepped forward voluntarily, I would have given you that chance."
Those fifty to sixty people infected with the zombie virus who were discovered were also killed by the survivors in the camp.
Qin Shilei had seen or heard of many teams and even camps suffering immense casualties because some individuals concealed their zombie virus infection, only to suddenly turn into zombies within the camp.
The sixty-eight survivors who had voluntarily come forward looked at Qin Shilei approaching them with pale faces.
Someone hesitated and asked, "Brother Qin, we came forward voluntarily. Can you give us a chance to fight the virus? You can tie us up first."
"Okay," Qin Shilei then took out a pile of small bottles filled with blue liquid from his Qiankun Ring.
"This is the zombie serum developed by our City of Hope. It has a high chance of curing the zombie virus. One bottle for each of you, and I'll keep the remaining two for defense."
Upon hearing that there was a zombie serum, those people felt as if they had been transported from hell to heaven.
They all exclaimed their gratitude, "Thank you, Brother Qin. We will never forget this life-saving kindness."