Chapter 299: Frenzied
Chapter 299: Chapter 299: Frenzied
"If you hadn’t been clinging to me for dear life, we would have been on the helicopter long ago." Huang Shi Yao slapped Meng Lanfang’s head hard, venting all her fury on her.
Meng Lanfang didn’t dare to dodge. She meekly endured the beating and scolding, letting her vent, and even passed the crackers over with a fawning expression.
Huang Shi Yao tore open a small pack of crackers and took a bite, the dryness making her choke and cough.
For some reason, she now found herself missing the French toast she had slapped to the floor that morning.
’If only I had a glass of milk and a slice of French toast right now...’
Zhong, drenched in stinking sweat, carried Huang Shi Yao onto the residential building’s rooftop. Four utterly exhausted Superpower Users quickly turned to shut the small iron door to the roof, blocking out a series of DONG DONG DONG DONG sounds from the zombies’ banging.
The Thunder Ability Captain, Chen Chengchen, wiped the cold sweat from his brow and said in a low voice, "This little iron door will only hold for twenty minutes at most. When the hell is the base’s helicopter getting here? Did you send them our location?"
The Fire Ability User cursed viciously, glaring menacingly at Zhong. "This time, is the helicopter only taking you and the Young Miss back to the base again? Leaving us here to wait for nothing?"
"Don’t worry. Chairman Huang sent a large helicopter this time. It can carry a lot of people. It can take all of us."
Hearing this, Chen Chengchen and the others breathed a small sigh of relief.
The main reason was that this woman, Huang Shi Yao, had screwed them over multiple times before. She had gotten their entire team killed. In the eyes of Chen Chengchen and the others, Huang Shi Yao and her people’s credibility was already at zero.
So they had to ask and get a clear answer first.
The Fire Ability User and the two Power-type Superpower Users beside him had even made a secret decision.
If the base’s helicopter refused to take them later, they would have to take that bitch hostage and force her to.
BANG BANG BANG BANG! The sound of impacts against the small iron door grew more intense, constantly fraying everyone’s taut nerves.
"It’s here, it’s here! The helicopter!" Meng Lanfang suddenly jumped to her feet, her face alight with excitement.
The rest of them all ran to the edge of the rooftop, staring out with desperate eyes.
But just then, the small iron door, unable to bear the strain, was pushed to the ground by a horde of zombies outside.
Huang Shi Yao turned her head and screamed in terror, pounding on Zhong beneath her and yelling in a voice warped by trembling, "Zhong, Zhong! Hurry, hurry up!"
Carrying Huang Shi Yao on his back, Zhong sprinted toward the edge of the rooftop.
The approaching helicopter flew near the building and hovered overhead, waiting for the right moment to drop a rope ladder.
The Fire Ability User seized the opportunity and leaped over, becoming the first to grab the rope ladder and scramble up.
"Aaah!" Huang Shi Yao shrieked. "Get down! Zhong, Zhong!"
The two Power-type Superpower Users were just as ruthless. One of them stretched out a brawny arm, shoved Zhong behind him, and followed the Fire Ability User up the ladder.
"Young Miss, grab the ladder!" Zhong turned, pulled the trembling Huang Shi Yao off his back, and pushed her forward.
Huang Shi Yao shook her head desperately. "I can’t do it! I’m afraid of heights! I... I can’t do it."
"Yaoyao, Yaoyao, if you can’t, I’ll go first for you!" Meng Lanfang darted past them and lunged for the swaying rope ladder.
The floating sensation of not having solid ground beneath her feet made her whole body tremble violently, and she almost fell off.
Zhong glanced back at the approaching zombies, drew his knife, and charged forward. "Young Miss, go now!"
"Zhong, Zhong, take me up with you, Zhong!" Huang Shi Yao shouted, her voice trembling and broken.
By now, Chen Chengchen and the others had already climbed into the helicopter. Meng Lanfang had also made it up, collapsing into a seat and panting like a dying dog.
The helicopter’s rotors kept spinning as the co-pilot yelled down, "Hurry up!"
After dealing with two lunging zombies, Zhong quickly helped Huang Shi Yao onto the rope ladder, encouraging her nonstop, "Young Miss, don’t look around! Just climb! Yes, yes, keep climbing! Don’t be afraid, I’ll support you from below!"
The co-pilot roared at the two Power-type Superpower Users, "What are you doing? Give her a hand!"
With cold expressions, the Power-type Superpower Users reluctantly shifted, reached out, and grabbed the trembling Huang Shi Yao, dragging her into the cabin.
Zhong leaped up after her and quickly pulled his Young Miss to a seat. "Young Miss, it’s okay now. It’s okay, Young Miss."
Just then, the Fire Ability User couldn’t help but sneer, "With guts like that, you’re trying to do missions? You treat it like a game."
A flicker of humiliation crossed Huang Shi Yao’s deathly pale face, and a hint of deep, hidden resentment flashed in her eyes.
The helicopter gradually ascended, kicking up a fierce wind that sent the dozen or so zombies on the rooftop stumbling and staggering.
Some of the fearless zombies even chased madly after the helicopter at the edge of the rooftop.
"Quick, go, quick! Don’t let them grab the landing gear!" Zhong’s pupils contracted as he shouted in alarm.
The helicopter immediately pulled away from the building’s rooftop, veering slightly.
Dozens of leaping zombies lunged into empty air at the edge of the rooftop, failing to catch even a piece of the helicopter as they howled and fell miserably from the building.
Huang Shi Yao slumped in her seat, gasping for breath, her eyes radiating intense hatred. "Zhong, tell them to fly toward Canghua Home."
"Young Miss, what are you trying to pull now?" the Fire Ability User said mockingly. "We’re going back! The whole goddamn team is dead! Haven’t you had enough fun?"
"You shut up!" Huang Shi Yao shrieked. "This helicopter belongs to my dad! If you don’t like it, you can jump!"
She forcefully slammed her hand on the seat in front of her. "Ah Tian, you listen to me! Head for Canghua Home. Fly a little lower and lead all the zombies there for me!"
"Have you lost your mind?!" Chen Chengchen, unable to take it anymore, roared back. "Fly lower? You want to crash into a building?"
"Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP! Ah Tian, I’m ordering you now! Get over there immediately!" Huang Shi Yao pounded the back of the seat, howling in rage. "I want that woman dead! I want her dead!"
’After everything she put me through, that woman thinks she can just walk away unscathed?’
’Impossible!’
「Ten-thirty in the morning.」
Xie Ning’s group emerged from Canghua Home District Three.
The bus was already packed with over fifty people, all sitting exhausted on the floor as they headed to the final search and rescue location: the commercial residential buildings.
Xiao Huang Mao had previously distributed another round of brunch to everyone, and now the fifty-plus people were all eating in silence.
Despite the number of people on the bus, it was dead silent.
Xie Ning was leaning against the seat nearest the door, resting with her eyes closed, when she suddenly received a mental transmission from Cres: *A large horde of zombies is latched onto our tail, pursuing us relentlessly. There are a lot of them, at least two thousand.*
Xie Ning’s eyes snapped open, a sharp glint within them.
Her Spirit Capture picked up the faint roar of helicopter rotors. Xie Ning got up, walked to the door, and looked back.
In the distance, a black dot could be seen bobbing up and down on the horizon.
Xie Ning made a swift decision and ordered, "Stop the bus."
She pulled open the door and jumped out. Cres and Yuan had already jumped out and were running toward her.