Chapter 358 Successful Return
"Hiss, hiss."

The air was filled with the smell of blood and the stench from the zombies' mouths.

Since the mission began, Zheping has spent a full six days in this special world, and today is the last day.

There was a lot of blood on Zheping's body, of course, none of it was his own.

His eyes were much more determined than six days ago, but there were only four people left in the team.

At the beginning, these zombies were not very dangerous except for their terrifying appearance and large numbers.

As a person who has been trained by the resistance army, Zheping can easily cut off the heads of zombies with the sharp blade at his waist.

Later, these creatures called zombies not only increased in number, but also various "mutants" appeared.

Several of his teammates were smashed into pieces by a guy who looked as big as Rock Armor Hill King and was holding a telephone pole.

It even included the white-collar worker who greeted Teppei at the beginning and the fat man who once questioned the leader.

The female writer in their team was also ruthlessly abandoned because she was infected with the zombie virus.

Although Zheping had argued against it, he finally compromised after seeing her mutated eyes rolling out, foaming at the mouth, and rushing towards him.

Because of the generation gap between different worlds, the only person in the team who could chat with him was the uncle named Stanley.

The uncle was very impressive at first, saying, "As long as there is a great adventurer like him, no difficulty can't be overcome."

But as the team shed members, the uncle stopped showing up and even told his entire story one night.

It turns out that this uncle is not called Stanley, but the name of his former teammate. They once sailed far away and arrived at a place called "Sea of ​​Silence", and the real Stanley died there in order to save him.

From then on, he inherited this name, and in order to prevent others from forgetting it, he often made up stories and spread them as his own deeds.

Stanley's face flushed as he huddled with Zheping in an abandoned warehouse of a supermarket on the roadside. The two sat back to back, dividing the few available ingredients.

At the beginning of the zombie unrest, places like supermarkets had already been looted. If the survivors' backpacks had not been too small, there would probably be nothing left here.

Stanley poured a bottle of beer down his throat tremblingly, his face grim, but he still managed to swallow it.

"Pah, pah, pah, this wine is far inferior to Mond's dandelion wine. I'll let you taste it someday to see what real wine is."

"Haha, Uncle Stanley, you forgot that even if we can get out alive, Inazuma is still under a national lockdown."

Zheping responded with an awkward smile, but looking at the moon in the sky and the last day counting down in his mind, he finally felt a lot more relaxed.

"Yes, yes, I almost forgot."

"Brother Zheping, if we can get out alive, I must have a couple of drinks with you."

The two made an agreement in silence, but in fact neither of them could guarantee that they could walk out safely.

At this moment, whether it was fear or playfulness, silence connected the two of them.

The guide at the beginning, after introducing the most basic rules, completely abandoned the few people and went to a more dangerous place to score points alone.

He had seen the guide pull out two flaming pistols from somewhere and smash the giant zombie to pieces with just one shot.

Although there are things similar to muskets in the continent of Teyvat, both the power and the firepower that almost does not require reloading make Teppei know that they are things exchanged from that omnipotent space.

Before he left, he told everyone that as long as they consumed a certain amount of "willpower", they could return to their original world.

During these six days, they also tried to achieve more advanced goals, but they were almost unarmed and could not find any guns. Zheping, who killed the most zombies, has only killed nearly seventy so far, and is still far from the goal.

Therefore, they all agreed to use the basic level to pass this trial.

Now it is the last night of the seventh day. As long as they can hold on a little longer, they will have to leave this damn place.

But, are things really as simple as they think?

"Thumping!"

The sound of metal colliding made them tremble all over. At the entrance of the supermarket, they had built a line of defense with rolling doors and various large cabinets.

But it was obvious that some zombies seemed to have found them by following the smell.

"boom!"

A noticeable bulge broke through the iron sheet of the rolling door, and a flesh-colored, snake-like, winding and dancing object stretched out from it.

"Run!"

The expressions of several participants suddenly changed color. They did not run away at first because they believed that the defense at the door could resist the zombies outside. If they acted rashly, the zombies might notice that there were people inside.

But now, it is obvious that this "mutant" is targeting them.

As Zheping ran, he pulled Uncle Stanley beside him and picked up the simple spear that the others had made using the few mops and knives in the supermarket.

The two ran to the back door of the supermarket, which was their plan from the beginning.

The banging sounds at the door became more violent. When escaping from the back door of the warehouse, Zheping even saw something dark pulling open the iron sheet at the door like tearing paper. In the moonlight, a round head was exposed, and it was a living brain.

The back door opened, and an alley led to the street outside. They could walk out of the street by just running a few steps.

However, the scene before them frightened Teppei and his teammates, and their hands and feet suddenly became cold.

On the other side of the alley, they were surrounded by a seemingly endless group of ordinary zombies. The overly loud movements of several people also attracted their attention.

"This, this is what to do!"

Stanley was panicking. These days, Zheping had been the main force killing zombies in the team, and he couldn't help much.

"At this point, we can only try to rush out."

Zheping gritted his teeth. There were pursuers in front and ambushes behind. If they couldn't find a solution in a short time, they would have to stay here.

"It seems that space won't let us get through so easily."

With this thought in mind, Zheping picked up the iron cover of a nearby trash can, held a spear in one hand and a shield in the other, and rushed out of the alley with Stanley.

Their teammates followed suit, forming a shield formation and pushing towards the zombie group.

"Come on, faster, faster, the guys behind are catching up!"

Stanley was shouting at the top of his lungs from behind. He saw a giant creature that was 3 meters long and weighed several hundred kilograms appearing from behind.

His limbs were strangely bent backwards, like the limbs of a cheetah and an ostrich, and his whole body exuded the temperament of a predator, with an exposed brain, sharp claws and fangs, and the most evil thing was the nimble tongue hidden among the fangs.

Stanley had no doubt that if he was touched by that tongue, there would be a big hole in his body.

"Already, we're trying!" The shield formation in front was advancing slowly. The zombies were much stronger than ordinary people, and their number was greater than theirs. They could not break through in a short period of time.

"quick--"

There was a sound of breaking air, and a tongue passed by Stanley's head, engulfing a strand of his hair.

Zheping, who was still pushing and shoving in the zombie swarm, suddenly felt some warm liquid splashing on his face.

"Ah! Ah!!!"

Terror and boundless fear surged into Zheping's heart. The warm liquid was accompanied by some white lumps, and their source was the brains of his teammates.

Zheping could clearly see the barbed tongue rolling back and forth in the liquid splashing in the throat, and it quickly rolled back with half of the head.

Although courage has been trained, how many people can remain indifferent if such a thing happens to them?
Zheping's bloodshot hands became weak, and the last teammate except Stanley was swallowed up by the zombie tide while he was stunned.

At this point, they had almost no chance of survival. Teppei watched helplessly as his teammates wailed miserably while their formation was squeezed into the alley.

"It's over. It's finally over."

Zheping fell into deep despair. He had experienced the test of life and death, but in the end, he still ended up like this.

"Zhe, Zheping brother, run from here!"

A voice pulled Zheping back from despair. While they were stunned, the mutant behind them was not idle. After licking the brain in its mouth, its terrifying tongue immediately shot out again like a cannonball.

The force was enough to tear steel apart, and it pierced Stanley's body without surprise.

However, at this most critical moment, Stanley made an unexpected move.

His sloppy beard kept shaking and blood was flowing from the corners of his mouth, but his two hands held the mutant's tongue tightly and he used his body to block Zhe Ping.

“Run, run!”

Screaming at the top of his lungs, Stanley used his body as bait to buy Zheping time to escape.

"Uncle!"

Tears welled up in his eyes, and Zheping understood Stanley's meaning almost instantly, but he never expected that this uncle who had only been with him for a few days.

An uncle who likes to brag, drink and lie is actually willing to use his body to pave the way for him.

"For example, if you can get out, remember to go to Mondstadt and tell everyone, just say..."

"Stanley...he's a hero!"

Stanley's abdomen was pierced, but at this moment he burst out with unprecedented strength. He rushed forward fearlessly and hit the mutant's exposed brain hard with his bloody fist. He didn't care even if his body was torn to pieces by the mutant's claws.

Somehow, Zheping, who could have run away at this moment, had an unprecedented fire burning in his heart.

He had done nothing before coming to this space, and when the gods gave him this opportunity, did he have to be like before, unable to participate in the frontal battlefield and just surviving day after day?
No! no way!

Even if he died here, he would risk his insignificant life to fight against fate.

The flame of courage dispelled the haze in his heart. Zheping felt that every part of his body was filled with an inexplicable warm current. He was driven by a power that came from nowhere and tightened his grip on the spear.

"what!"

He thrust hard into the mutant's head with all his strength.

"Hi-his!"

The mutant was also trembling all over, and the huge force almost threw the two people away, but neither Stanley nor Zheping had any reason to let go. Instead, one used a spear and the other used the broken bone spurs on his body to stir them more vigorously.

The group of zombies behind him also chased up, intending to snatch this piece of fat meat from the mutant's mouth.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment. Ignoring the bites behind him, Zheping only thought about how to squeeze out the last bit of strength in his body, and...

How to kill this guy in front of me!
Finally, just as Zheping's eyes fell into darkness again, a voice finally sounded in his mind.

【mission completed】

[Achievement: Ordinary level. Kill 100 zombies. (Note: A mutant is worth 30 ordinary zombies.]

[Gain 3000 points of "Willpower" and one Gui-level "Source". ]

【Return immediately.】

The world was spinning, and when Zheping's vision slowly returned, a white, peaceful, sun-like ball appeared in his sight.

"Am I dead?"

The warm light soaked his body like spring water, and Zheping could feel that his body was slowly recovering.

He slowly moved his head and saw a green figure, which cheered him up.

"Uncle Stanley!"

It turned out that when he killed the last mutant, the basic level goal of surviving for seven days was also achieved at the same time.

Although Stanley was almost on his last breath, he finally achieved his goal and was teleported back.

Looking at Stanley who had not yet woken up, Zheping felt a warm current in his heart.

They survived.

However, in his excitement, Zheping did not notice that on the waist of the body he was repairing, an exquisitely decorated sphere emitting wind-attributed power was shining brightly.

"God's Eye? Interesting..."

At this moment, above the space, a figure was looking down at everything that was happening. The scarred man looked exactly like the "leader" they met at the beginning.

And when the expression on his face changed again, a familiar face appeared in front of him, it was Yao Luo.

In the world just now, everything that happened was actually an "illusion" evolved by Yao Luo.

In the entire space, there are only two people, Zheping and Stanley, who are the participants he found from the original God world.

But only after passing the "Novice Trial" will they have the right to join Yao Luo's "Infinite World", allowing Yao Luo to expend his power to create a unique cave space for them.

Behind Yao Luo, in the cave that was like a starry sky, one after another was lit up, and each one was a participant who survived like Zheping.

And under the starry sky, the city with infinite beauty also began its operation.

(End of this chapter)