Even if there were explosions, the number of zombies staying around the shopping mall could not be underestimated.

Shen Shian’s longsword swept across and cut off the skulls of two zombies. He ducked away from the right side and quickly kicked on the side of a zombie. With the crisp sound of bones breaking, the long sword was flipped to his behind and as if there were eyes behind him, it stabbed right through a zombie’s eyebrows, exposing a bit of snow-blue sword outside the skull.

He drew back the long sword and shook it, splashing two strings of blood dots mixed with brain and minced meat on the ground. A voice sounded beside him, “Good skill!”

Shen Shian turned his head and met commander Luo Wei’s admiring eyes. “ You’ve practiced before?”

Shen Shian smiled and didn’t speak. He never trained, all his current skills were due to spiritual power. The spiritual power had the effect of changing muscle and marrow washing. It had completely transformed him from the inside out. Every time his spiritual power advanced, he could feel his five senses and physical qualities like strength, speed, reaction ability, etc rapidly being enhanced. It was as if they were building a magical soldier, constantly tempering and stripping impurities, and the result would be invincible.

After reaching the second stage of his cultivation, Shen Shian could jump directly from the height of a third-floor building without damage. This feeling of power in every inch of muscle or even every cell was unparalleled, even if he has not received professional training. In close combat, this group of soldiers was not necessarily his opponent.

However, according to Shen Shian’s analysis, the role of Guixu Gongfa should be much more than that. He had seen a description after reading the Gongfa{n1} book, saying that if he practiced the Gongfa to the 12th level of state of perfection, he could create the wind and rain. He could also break the void and become a powerful being similar to Gods. It would probably be unlikely that one day Shen Shian could become a powerful being like that, but he had already broken through the second stage, and it was not only his flesh that was enhanced. It was a pity that he knew too little about the practice of cultivation and no one could guide him. At present, he only learned to use the spiritual power to heal wounds and inject the spiritual power into the longsword to make a slash of energy. He could only explore his power slowly in battle.

Note1: Gongfa = Cultivation technique

The five groups of people worked together to quickly clean up the zombies outside the mall and rushed into the mall from the main entrance. In addition to the negative three floors as a parking lot, the mall has a total of five floors.

Luo Wei issued an order, “Three people from each group check other entrances and exits. The others follow the team leader’s actions. Don’t worry, first solve all the zombies and then search for materials. The structure inside is complex, and each group must be careful. If there are certain situations, you can fire your gun.”

“Understood!”

There were not many zombies in the mall, but because of the large area and dense shops, each store must be carefully checked. In addition, the power supply was cut off and the light was dim. They could only illuminate the area using flashlights and other equipments. It took more than a hundred people nearly two hours to clean up the entire mall.

The next task was relatively simple. All five trucks have been parked at the intersection outside the mall, and the supplies could be moved directly to the trucks. The most in short supply in the base was definitely food, so three of the five groups went directly to the supermarket on the negative floor. One group collected other floors, and the last group was responsible for security and loading and unloading.

The supermarket was huge and almost occupied half of the negative floor. It was divided into two parts: the import zone and the domestic zone. Except for the fresh food and frozen food that could not be eaten, the vast majority of other foods were well preserved and placed on the shelf.

“F*ck yeah! This time it’s great!!” It was as if New Year, excited cheers mixed with whistles and singing echoed across the floor, even Luo Wei’s face was full of smiles. “Don’t just be excited silly, hurry and move, the zombies may come back.”

“Okay!” The soldiers opened the bread or sausage and stuffed it in their mouths. They pushed the shopping cart to run back and forth between the supermarket and the truck. The rice, cereal, oil, and biscuit snacks were not overlooked even though they were eating. The atmosphere of joy was brought to a higher level after the warehouse door was knocked open, and all kinds of food were loaded directly on the trucks.

Military trucks have a large capacity, but even if the roof of the car was not full, it was unrealistic to want to evacuate the entire supermarket all at once, and Luo Wei had no plan. After this shopping spree lasted for more than an hour, he saw that the five trucks were almost full, and turned to the direction of the mall to prepare for the evacuation order.

Just when he walked into the mall door, the ground beneath his feet suddenly shook, and he staggered a few steps to hurriedly hold the door frame. Luo Wei turned and looked. He found that the building complex less than two hundred meters away from the mall was like a domino that was knocked down. It fell down one after another, and the violent shaking caused ashes to fly. The ten-meter-high air wave came and shattered the glass door of the shopping mall in an instant.

Luo Wei quickly squatted down to protect his head. After the air wave passed, he turned to look at the scene outside the door. His heart sank. He ran to the supermarket as quickly as possible.

The supermarket on the negative floor also felt the shock, even stronger than on the ground. The shelves were shaken upside down, and the goods were scattered all over the place. Shen Shian responded quickly, he stabilized his body in time and helped Chen Nan by his side. The two of them were working together to pull a survivor who was crushed by the shelf and saw Luo Wei rushed in with anxiety. “How are you? Has anyone been injured?”

Fortunately, except for the two survivors and three soldiers who were crushed by the fallen shelves and had different degrees of abrasions and sprains, the others were safe.

Luo Wei immediately issued an order, “Retreat! Everyone, emergency retreat!”

Until he ran out of the mall door, Shen Shian saw the collapsed buildings not far away, and the process continued. The roar and the dust covered the sky, and there was a lot of buzzing from the feet, shocking people’s calves numb.

Before it was too late to tell what was going on, Shen Shian suddenly froze. He held the sword handle and pulled out the long sword. “Careful everyone, zombies are coming!”

Similar to the crash he experienced in the center of H city, after the building collapsed, all the zombies that were trapped inside ran out, coupled with being attracted by the huge roar, the endless group of zombies were moving towards them.

The soldiers who just ran out were caught off guard by the zombies, but responded very quickly. They quickly took out their weapons to meet the enemy, broke through the barrier at the door and retreated to the direction of the truck.

“F*ck,” Niu Quan pulled out the knife from the head of a zombie, and his palm was full of cold sweat. “What the hell is going on, is there an earthquake?”

Shen Shian cut off the heads of three zombies one after another, pulled Chen Nan to his side, and shook his head when he heard the words. “No, the ground collapsed.”

His eyesight was outstanding, and even through the dust that was flying in the sky, he clearly saw the collapse——the original flat surface was hollowed out underneath, forming a huge hole that was hundreds of meters long and deep.

Why does the ground collapse? Shen Shian almost immediately recalled the two explosions to attract zombies. But that was a time bomb and not a nuclear bomb. It was logically impossible to cause such a degree of damage.

“Ah,” A local survivor exclaimed after struggling to kick a zombie, “I remember, it seems that the subway is near here before the virus broke out…”

The ground was hollowed out to make a subway but because the subway has not been completed yet it has not had time to support it.

F*ck, Luo Wei cursed in his heart, and suddenly his face changed. His voice was suddenly sharp and high-pitched. “Run! Run to the truck! Don’t carry anything, throw all the supplies here!”

Just now, the vibration under their feet suddenly became stronger, and a crack appeared on the plaza in front of them at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This was going to collapse.

Shen Shian’s pupils shrinked for a while, and he didn’t want to hide his strength. He injected his spiritual power into the sword, and when the sword swept out, an energy like slash instantly cleared the path. “Go! I will clear the path!”

Luo Wei glanced at him, and immediately ordered. “Tao Yuan with the survivors evacuate, and the other four team leaders stay with me! Hurry! If you want to live, run fast!”

Boom!

The edge of the plaza has collapsed, and a large number of zombies have been brought along, but unfortunately the zombies that fell soon climbed out along the cement fracture of the collapsed edge. The flesh and blood were mixed with bones sticking out, which made people’s hands and feet cold and scalp numb with just a glance.

Under the cover of Shen Shian and others, the evacuees ran out of their feet and quickly got into the truck.

Luo Wei shouted to Shen Shian, “You go first!”

Shen Shian pierced the heads of two zombies, pulled out his long sword and shook it twice, “No, let your people withdraw first.”

Bang!

The speed of the collapse was getting faster and faster, like a fierce beast with a big mouth open pursuing and eating anything. The edge of the collapse was less than five meters away from them.

Luo Wei pulled out his gun and killed the two zombies who blocked the road, and said to the four team leaders. “Go! Let the driver drive immediately!!”

The four men hesitated but strictly followed the orders and turned to the direction of the truck.

The zombies were coming from all directions continuously like waves. After the four left, the pressure on the remaining two suddenly increased. Shen Shian insisted that all five trucks should leave, and a long sword clanked in his hand. After sweeping again, he received the sword and sheathed it. He said to Luo Wei, “Captain Luo, withdraw!”

At this time, the collapsing was very close, and countless falling zombies climbed under the mud pit and howled, urgently using their sharp teeth to bite the fresh flesh that also fell.

After Luo Wei finished a round of bullets, the two turned around and ran as fast as they could. The truck was already moving. Chen Nan was sweating anxiously, screaming at them, “Brother Shen, hurry up!”

The rumbling sound of the ground collapsing was getting closer, and more and more zombies came from both sides. A mutated zombie rushed towards Luo Wei, and Luo Wei ducked sideways while stabbing the knife into the eye of the zombie. However, with this momentary pause, the spider-web-like crack quickly spread to his feet. The ground collapsed suddenly, and his figure fell straight.

F*ck. The crazy howling of the zombies was close at hand, and Luo Wei’s heart was filled with despair: Will he be the zombies’ food?

With both hands, he tried to grab something as an attempt to survive, but unfortunately he didn’t grab anything.

But he was caught by others.

Suddenly the crash stopped, Luo Wei raised his head, and saw a pair of dark eyes in the dust and gravel flying around.

Shen Shian grabbed Luo Wei’s wrist tightly at the edge of the rift. “Huff!” He pulled him from the collapse.

At this moment, another zombie screamed and rushed from the right side. Before Shen Shian drew his sword, a rapid sound of breaking the sky suddenly sounded, and a few drops of dirty blood dripped from the zombie temple. Then it fell down.

Shen Shian turned around and saw the vice-captain Tao Yuan crouching on a banyan tree 200 meters away, holding a sniper rifle in his hand. “Captain, Mr. Yun, hurry up! I will cover you!”

Swish, swish, a few broken sounds, and some zombies fell.

With someone helping cleaning the zombies remotely, the escape process of the two was much easier. Twenty seconds later, Shen Shian and Luo Wei, together with Tao Yuan, who jumped from the tree, overtook the last truck. Shen Shian pulled the door to jump first, followed by Luo Wei, and finally pulled Tao Yuan together.

“Drive!” Luo Wei rushed to the window behind the driver’s seat, dragged the communicator in the car and shouted. “Charge at full speed! Step on the accelerator!”

The truck drove more than a thousand meters, and finally left the collapsed ground and the crowd of zombies far behind.

Luo Wei just took a breath while holding the instant noodle box, and the voice of the first truck driver came from the communicator. “Captain! The junction in front is blocked by zombies and there is no way to rush through.”

Luo Wei clenched his fists tightly, “Can we get around?”

The driver shook his voice in anxiety, “We usually take this one, only this one leads to the base, and the other directions are all opposite, I, I don’t know.”

Oh sh*t. Luo Wei gritted his teeth, thinking that the supplies they collected were useless, then he heard Shen Shian, “Turn right and go to the north to south elevated road. We can return to the base from the outer ring road in the other direction. Although farther away, but now there are zombies here and the other direction is much safer.”

Luo Wei’s eyes lit up, “Do you know the way?”

Shen Shian nodded, “I’ve seen the map.”

Before going to the mall, Luo Wei showed him the map of Qujiang City, and he remembered it all in his head.

Luo Wei thought that he had studied the map before participating in the search operation. He had no doubt about him, and immediately asked Shen Shian to sit in the co-driver to direct the route through the communicator.

More than two hours later, the first truck cheered from the communicator, “Captain! We saw the base!”

Luo Wei, who had been tense in his heart, was really relieved. He raised his hand to look through the window, and patted firmly on Shen Shian’s shoulder twice.

Everyone was happy after collecting the supplies and returning home with every truck filled. “Damn, today is really dangerous!”

“So many buildings collapsed and the rumbling was really scary. I was scratched by a piece of cement on my leg.”

“It feels like making a movie, I thought I would fall into the pit and be eaten by zombies.”

“Hahahaha, look at you, did you peed your pants?”

“…”

In the tumult of laughter, the driver of one of the trucks suddenly yelled, “How come we have a child sitting at the entrance of our base, such a small child is already smoking.”

Three minutes later, Shen Shian got off the car at the base, and his face was as dark as the bottom of the pot. He gritted his teeth and shouted, “Shen Xun!”