"Commander Shi?" Qin Shilei murmured as Commander Song walked out of the supermarket.
There was only one commander in the military surnamed Shi, Shi Yutang. Could this person be from Shi Yutang's faction?
Even if they were, it wouldn't matter much.
With many teams currently clearing the area and searching for supplies, conflicts sometimes arose. This was normal.
Although there was a dispute earlier, neither side suffered any casualties. Qin Shilei assumed Shi Yutang wouldn't come looking for trouble over this.
Qin Shilei turned to Captain Chen and said, "I'll help you transport those supplies back first. You can claim your portion from the Logistics Hall later. Also, be careful and watch out for them coming back to cause trouble."
Captain Chen nodded. "Thank you, Commander. We'll be careful."
Having their commander help transport the supplies back saved them a lot of effort.
After Qin Shilei left, they continued to clear out zombies in the vicinity.
Meanwhile, Commander Song and his men were carrying out their plan.
"Commander, Qin Shilei has been gone for half an hour. He shouldn't be back anytime soon."
"Good. Let's go to those few locations now and lure all the zombies over."
"Company Commander Liu, take this King of Corpses Meat. When the time comes, throw it into the middle of the Stony Ridge Battle Group."
Half an hour later.
Under the bait of Commander Song's subordinates, several thousand zombies slowly began to surround Captain Chen and his team.
By the time Captain Chen and his men discovered them, the zombies were only about a hundred meters away.
"Captain, it's that group of soldiers from before." Someone pointed to a soldier in uniform running at the front of the zombie horde.
"That daredevil lunatic! We'll charge out through the street on the right." Captain Chen commanded decisively.
"Captain, there's also a zombie horde on the right," another person said.
With two to three thousand zombies closing in from both the left and right of the street, Captain Chen had no choice but to order again, "Let's retreat into the buildings behind us."
This was a commercial street, with shops on both sides, built in three to four-story buildings.
Captain Chen and his men quickly killed the few zombies inside and locked the building's entrance. For the moment, they were safe.
Just then, a person appeared on the rooftop of a building opposite them and threw something towards their building.
Instantly, the zombies below, who had been lured there, went berserk. They roared and charged towards Captain Chen's building.
The two men who had lured the zombies took the opportunity to dash into the shop opposite and escape through another route.
"Captain, these zombies seem to have gone mad. The door won't hold for long."
"Hold the line! I've already sent a signal to the Commander. He'll be here with his men to save us soon."
Three minutes later, the shop's entrance was smashed open by the zombies.
Captain Chen and his men immediately engaged in close combat with the surging horde.
Although their strength was considerable, the sheer number of zombies was overwhelming. As soon as they made contact, the pressure intensified.
Once the mutated zombies mixed within the horde attacked, it would throw them into disarray and even cause casualties.
Soon, five or six men were engulfed and eaten by the zombies.
"Guard the entrance! If we let them in, we'll all be eaten by zombies very quickly."
Captain Chen had no idea that the zombies were so frenzied to break into the building because of the King of Corpses Meat on the rooftop.
Five minutes later, the zombies had fully breached the building and were fighting fiercely with Captain Chen and his men.
"Captain, if I die, can you take care of my old mother for me?"
"Get out of here with your jinx! I'm not dead, and neither are you."
But as soon as he spoke, a Licker lunged forward and bit through the man's throat.
"Xiao Lin..., I'll fight you to the death!"
Captain Chen charged forward, killing the Licker with a single strike. However, he was quickly surrounded by four or five mutated zombies.
The roars of the corpses and the screams of the dying echoed around them.
A surge of grief and anger welled up in Captain Chen's heart.
He knew clearly that at this rate, his hundred men would be annihilated within five minutes.
He harbored a deep hatred for the group of soldiers who had lured the zombies.
"Screech!" Just then, an eagle's cry echoed from the sky.
Then, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in the hall.
Qin Shilei moved like lightning, darting through various parts of the hall.
Everyone's vision blurred, and they found that the frenzied zombies had collapsed to the ground.
Looking up, they saw their invincible Commander standing like an iron tower, fiercely guarding the entrance.
"We're saved!" A sense of relief washed over everyone, filled with the joy of surviving a near-death experience.
As long as their Commander was here, any number of zombies would only turn into a pile of corpses.
"Something's not right." Qin Shilei, who was guarding the entrance, noticed that the zombies' primary target was not attacking him, a living person, but rather seemed desperate to break into this building.
He turned to Captain Chen, who had run over to help, and said, "Take your men and search thoroughly. Is there anything in this building that might particularly attract the zombies?"
Two minutes later, Captain Chen came down holding the King of Corpses Meat. "Commander, there was King of Corpses Meat here."
As the smell of the King of Corpses Meat reached them up close, the zombies outside became even more frenzied. Their eyes turned red as they swarmed forward.
"Give it to me." Qin Shilei took the King of Corpses Meat and quickly stored it in his Qiankun Ring.
Outside, the zombies immediately snapped out of their berserk state, and their attack pace slowed down.
This made it even easier for Qin Shilei to handle them.
"Commander, these zombies were lured by that group of soldiers earlier. We lost over ten brothers. You must avenge us." Captain Chen said with deep grief.
"It was them?" Qin Shilei's expression turned cold.
He then whistled to summon Xiao Qiang, took out the King of Corpses Meat, and tossed it to the descending Xiao Qiang. "Take this King of Corpses Meat and lure these zombies away."
As Xiao Qiang, gripping the King of Corpses Meat in its right claw, flew away, the zombies below turned and chased after it.
Soon, Xiao Qiang led the zombies over a thousand meters away, dropped the King of Corpses Meat, and flew back.
"Gather the bodies of our brothers and return to the camp first," Qin Shilei said, then jumped onto Xiao Qiang's back and flew away.
He searched the surrounding area for several kilometers but couldn't find Commander Song and his group.
"They can run, but they can't hide their base," Qin Shilei said, riding Xiao Qiang towards the command center.
In the command center office.
Kong Zhendong was discussing matters with Shi Yutang.
Suddenly, a figure appeared in the center of the office.
Kong Zhendong was startled and was about to press the alarm button under the desk when he realized it was Qin Shilei. He paused and said,
"Qin Shilei, I really envy your teleportation skill. You can appear anywhere at any time."
Although he said it with envy, his tone carried a hint of displeasure.
"With this skill, I also find it very useful. I can go wherever I want."
Qin Shilei said calmly, "What a coincidence, Commander Shi is here too. I was just about to ask you if you have a Company Commander surnamed Song under you?"