Pang Ke chuckled softly.
But it irritated the wound on his shoulder, causing him to wince in pain.
He had been ambushed by a Hunter, his entire collarbone pierced, creating a ten-centimeter penetrating wound. If it hadn’t been for Jiang Rong’s timely rescue, he’d already have been eviscerated.
Beside him, there came an empty clicking sound. A sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy furiously threw aside his gun, took an ice axe from his waist, and was about to leap out the window, only to be yanked back by the livid-faced Li Xinlong.
"Master Rong, let go of me, I want to fight it out with these bastards!"
The boy appeared akin to a firecracker, already in a bloodlust frenzy.
"Bomb!"
Pang Ke shouted, shocking the kid into sudden realization.
Seeing the increasingly close zombie horde in the distance, he slumped to the ground, his eyes vacant like a lost soul.
The sound of empty clicks increased around him, some shouted futilely for ammo, but the hotel hallway remained silent, with only the rooftop gunfire ringing clear.
Fighting from morning till afternoon, they were out of ammo, each Evolver’s energy pushed to the brink.
"Master Rong, is there really support?"
The oldest, Old Yang, suddenly asked.
"There is! Definitely!"
Pang Ke replied before Li Xinlong could.
All looked at him in surprise, only to see a sly smile on Pang Ke’s round face. "Did you notice the clothes Aunt Rong wore? They’re the same as when Zhang Yi and the others first came!"
"Armed train?" President Nan shook his head, purple hair shimmering with a faint golden hue in the sunset, "Distant water won’t quench immediate thirst."
A Tier Two Jumper impatiently leaped towards them, its tall shadow cast a pall over everyone.
The golden hue faded.
Blue light replaced it.
Everybody looked up in shock, only to see a beam of cerulean streak across two kilometers of sky, abruptly piercing through the Jumper overhead.
Everyone, including Li Xinlong, pressed against the window.
"Get down!"
A thunderous voice emanated from the hotel rooftop.
In the moment of everyone’s confusion, a shield freely swung and struck the pierced Jumper, which then fell like a star crashing down, smashing into the zombie horde below, unleashing a furious shockwave, blood raining down from beneath the shield.
A towering figure stood on the shield, gazing calmly at the Tier Two Butchers, five or six meters tall, surrounding him.
He twisted his thick neck, muscles cracking sharply.
Facing five Tier Two Butchers, he exploded into action!
"Damn!"
"Is this guy for real?!"
Numerous fireballs appeared out of nowhere, sweeping through the zombie horde. Moments later, thousands of zombies were aflame, coalescing into a fiery dragon, charging furiously towards the Tier Two Zombies on the periphery.
Suddenly, a vibration was felt beneath their feet, and the metal window frame they were leaning against flew out, then was molded into a colossal barricade through some mysterious force. In the stunned gazes of the crowd, a fortress three meters thick and ten meters high rose around Chenxi Square, sealing every path into the square, transforming it into an iron arena.
Atop the barricade stood a figure like a hulking black bear, with an anti-aircraft gun mounted under his arms, standing a vehicle beneath, his hand holding a windproof lighter to light a cigar clenched between his lips.
"Click, click, click..."
For unknown reasons, despite the distance, everyone could hear the lighter clicking.
Only on the third attempt did the cigar catch, causing Li Xinlong and the others inner turmoil.
He Jie took a deep drag, the billowing smoke scattered by the gale, glanced at the Black Star people huddled in the hotel, pointed a thick finger below, encompassing all of Chenxi Square, or rather the whole of Zhijin City, in his gesture, grinned contemptuously, and said.
"This is the Armed Train’s hunting ground!"