Night fell, darkness shrouded Jinzhou City.
The low growls of Zombies and the screams of Humans intertwined, pushing the city into the Abyss of despair.
On the city walls, soldiers, led by their commander, fought fiercely against the Zombie army outside, but internal and external threats left their defenses precarious.
In the streets and alleys, residents fled in all directions, trying to escape the pursuit of Zombies, but chaos and panic made escape even more difficult.
The atmosphere within the city was tense and terrifying, as if it could collapse at any time.
However, within the brightly lit City Lord's Mansion, everything seemed unrelated to the chaos outside.
Luxurious decorations and heavy doors and windows isolated the outside noise; the City Lord's Mansion was exceptionally calm, as if it were another World.
The City Lord's bedroom was dimly lit, with luxurious decorations vaguely visible.
Zhongli Yi lay on a large bed covered in silk, his well-defined muscular body gleaming with an oily sheen in the faint light.
His features were handsome, his contours deep, his nose bridge high, and the corners of his mouth were slightly turned up at this time, looking extremely charming.
His once cold and ruthless eyes were now filled with lust.
At this moment, Zhongli Yi was immersed in intense lovemaking; beneath him was his private secretary, a woman of extreme beauty.
Her long black hair cascaded like a waterfall across the pillow, and her fair skin gleamed seductively in the candlelight.
The secretary's figure was also excellent, her well-proportioned curves appearing particularly alluring in the dim light.
The air in the room seemed filled with desire, making it suffocating.
Suddenly, there were hurried footsteps outside the room.
three soldiers ran quickly, their expressions hurried, clearly indicating an emergency that needed immediate reporting to the City Lord.
But when they reached the door and heard the sounds coming from inside, the three involuntarily lowered the hands they had prepared to knock with, then exchanged glances.
"What should we do? Go in now?"
one of the soldiers asked in a low voice, his eyes showing hesitation and worry. His palms began to sweat slightly, and he turned to look at his companions.
"Are You crazy? Lower Your voice! The City Lord hates being disturbed the most!" another soldier replied nervously, his voice trembling.
"Have You forgotten how the person who disturbed the City Lord doing this kind of thing died last time?" Remembering that bloody punishment, his body couldn't help but tremble.
"Currently, Jinzhou City is at a critical juncture of life and death. You usually boast that You are the most loyal people to City Lord Zhongli, yet now You are cowering here?"
The third soldier's eyes gleamed with Determination.
"If You can do it, You go! If You don't dare, why are You barking here!"
another soldier retorted unconvinced, his brows furrowed, clearly very displeased with this questioning.
"Exactly, exactly." The soldier standing beside him echoed, his voice low but with provocation.
"If I'm going, I'm going. You two worms, watch me! True loyalty can only be seen in times of crisis!"
He gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, mustered his courage, and violently knocked on the door.
His fist landed heavily on the door panel, emitting a muffled thud, as if to knock away the tension and uneasiness in his heart.
"City Lord! Emergency!" His voice was mixed with fear and Determination, his tone urgent and firm.
Zhongli Yi in the bedroom frowned, a trace of displeasure flashing in his eyes.
He was just getting into it and was extremely unhappy with the disturbance outside the door.
Therefore, Zhongli Yi's movements did not stop, but became even more intense, causing the moans from beneath him to become louder, at one point even drowning out the knocking sound.
The knocking on the door outside became increasingly urgent; the loyal subordinate, in despair, decided not to wait any longer and reluctantly forced the bedroom door open, bursting into the bedroom.
"Ah!" Seeing the door suddenly burst open, the beauty beneath Zhongli Yi immediately let out a cry of surprise.
A soldier stumbled in, his face pale, his breathing rapid. Ignoring the beautiful scene on the bed, he quickly said:
"City Lord! The situation is urgent, ah——!!!"
Zhongli Yi rose in anger, picked up the metal vase used for decoration on the bedside table, his Strength erupted like lightning, and the vase struck the intruder fiercely.
The soldier screamed, then fell heavily to the ground, blood gushing from his mouth.
"You dare to disturb me!" Zhongli Yi roared, his eyes flashing with a cold light.
The subordinate, before dying, used his last Strength and said intermittently:
"City Lord... Jinzhou City has fallen... Zombies... are everywhere..."
As the last word "exist" (zai - here/everywhere) was spoken, this subordinate, who could be considered loyal to Zhongli Yi, took his last breath.
Zhongli Yi's eyes suddenly changed, from extreme anger to astonishment.
He realized that the situation might be truly serious, so he quickly put on his clothes, hastily tidied up his belongings, and then turned to look at the two subordinates outside the bedroom.
"What exactly is going on?" Zhongli Yi asked coldly.
The two subordinates cautiously stepped forward and briefly reported the situation within the city.
After listening, Zhongli Yi immediately rushed to the monitoring room to verify, and found that the situation was even more serious than they had described.
"Damn it! How could this happen." Zhongli Yi was furious.
But he quickly controlled his emotions and ordered: "Abandon Jinzhou City, retreat immediately."
When giving the retreat order, he showed no hesitation or guilt, as if Jinzhou City had not been built by his own hands.
Although it pained him that Jinzhou City, which he had managed for many years, was gone just like that, Zhongli Yi knew that Jinzhou City could not be stayed in for long at this time and a strategic retreat must be carried out immediately.
Keep the people, lose the land, the people and the land both remain;
Keep the land, lose the people, the people and the land are both lost.
"Is the helicopter in the backyard ready?" Zhongli Yi took out the walkie-talkie and asked in a deep voice.
A moment later, the clear and calm voice of Zhongli Yi's private helicopter pilot came from the walkie-talkie:
"City Lord, the helicopter is ready and can take off at any time."
Zhongli Yi nodded and said to the two subordinates:
"You two follow me."
Then, he pulled the secretary's hand and quickly ran towards the backyard, followed closely by the two subordinates behind him.
The helicopter pad in the backyard was less than 200 meters in a straight line from the bedroom.
Zhongli Yi knew that as long as he could get on the helicopter, he could leave this Jinzhou City that was about to be completely overrun.
However, his heart was filled with an ominous premonition.
Zhongli Yi pulled the secretary and ran wildly along the corridor inside the City Lord's Mansion to the end, pushed open a heavy wooden door, and was met by the chill brought by the night wind in the courtyard.
A faint smell of blood permeated the air, and the night wind howled through the courtyard, causing the flowers and plants to sway, as if mourning for this sudden disaster.
Many soldiers' bodies lay scattered on the courtyard ground. The wounds on the bodies were neat and sharp, clearly killed by sharp weapons.
"Not good! The pilot..." Seeing this scene, Zhongli Yi let out a low growl, his tone revealing some anxiety and unease.
Zhongli Yi immediately rushed to the helipad. A blood-soaked soldier's body leaned against the helicopter's landing gear, and the rotor blades were still turning slowly.
As he approached the helicopter's nose, he glanced into the cockpit.
As expected, his private helicopter pilot was slumped lifelessly in the driver's seat, his head tilted to one side, blood flowing from the hole in his head and down the seat.
"Damn it!" Zhongli Yi cursed angrily, then looked around alertly.
Less than 2 minutes ago, he had just spoken with the pilot, but now the latter and all the soldiers guarding the backyard were killed.
"Could it be that some Lord-level Zombie sneaked into the City Lord's Mansion?"
"Impossible, if a Lord-level Zombie had really sneaked into the City Lord's Mansion, my ability would not have been completely unresponsive."
"Could it be... this was done by a Human!"
"If all this was done by Humans, then this helicopter cannot be ridden anymore. Who knows what tricks have been done to it now."
Just as Zhongli Yi was thinking, the blood-soaked "body" leaning against the helicopter's landing gear opened its eyes.
This was not actually a body, but Mu Bei in disguise.
When Mu Bei had just gotten off the helicopter, he heard the sound of the backyard door being opened.
So, he immediately leaned against the landing gear beside him.
It just so happened that Mu Bei was still wearing Jinzhou City soldier's equipment, so he could feign death and then seize the opportunity to ambush.
Zhongli Yi, I didn't expect to find You so quickly.
【Reconnaissance skill activated, You have obtained 95.5% of the target's information.】
Name: Zhongli Yi (World Child)
Race: Human
Health: 100%/100%
Mana: 310/310
Strength: 35
Constitution: 37
Agility: 39
Intelligence: 31
Charm: 38
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Skill 1: Devour Ability, LV.16
Skill Effect 1 (Passive): Devour, eating the virus crystals dropped by Zombies can randomly increase body attributes.
Skill Effect 2 (Active): Body Activation, consumes 16 mana per minute, body extra defense +6, nerve reflex speed +16%, extra 3 health recovery per second.
Derivative Ability: Perfect Zombie Transformation
Skill Effect (Passive/Active): Due to devouring a large number of virus crystals, the body has completely adapted to the Zombie virus; Zhongli Yi can actively choose Zombie transformation. After Zombie transformation, there will be no memory loss, the body will undergo significant mutation, Strength will greatly increase, but the race will also permanently change from Human to Zombie.
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Skill 2: World Child, LV.???
Skill Effect 1 (Passive): Strong Luck, Luck attribute +5, ???.
Skill Effect 2 (Passive): Personal Charm, ???.
Skill Effect 3 (Passive): ???.
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Skill 3: Close Combat Specialization, LV.7
Skill Effect (Passive): Melee damage +34%.
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Skill 4: Firearm Mastery, LV.20
Skill Effect (Passive): Firearm damage +20%.
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After reading Zhongli Yi's information, Mu Bei muttered to himself:
"World Child? What in the world is this thing, it can even add Luck attributes?"
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