Apocalypse: Launching a Counterattack Against the Villainess

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"No way!!!"

Chapter 241: There's no situation that Nie Qingyun can't break.

Nie Qingyun and his two companions ran ahead, followed by a dark mass of zombies, giving them the imposing presence of a massive army.

If it weren't for Cheng Yuqiu's somewhat disheveled appearance, Stapler would have even thought that the three of them had come to take the two of them down with them.

Grizzly was also taken aback by the commotion, but he quickly recovered and his previously frantic expression returned to a more composed state.

"Hmph, they've attracted so many zombies."

"But that's perfect... you'll all perish here with these zombies..."

As he spoke, Grizzly Bear yanked the stapler hard:

"Don't be stunned!"

He then pulled out a pistol from his waistband, but instead of aiming at Nie Qingyun and the others, he aimed at the other end of the street.

"Boom!"

Two gunshots rang out, and then a car in the distance suddenly emitted a piercing siren.

Seeing this, the stapler immediately understood, a cold smile appeared on its face, and it also pulled out its gun and aimed it at the car in the distance.

As the firing continued, the sirens nearby suddenly blared in unison.

As a result, not only the group of zombies behind Nie Qingyun, but also all the zombies on the other side of the street were attracted over.

The exits on both sides of the street were instantly blocked.

"What...are they doing?!" Cheng Yuqiu, who was running, immediately widened her eyes and asked.

Nie Qingyun frowned upon seeing this, but there was no time for them to think about it anymore.

After going through so much trouble, these two must be captured alive.

We must at least extract some useful information from the other side; otherwise, being in a disadvantageous position where the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light will inevitably lead to trouble sooner or later.

No, the appearance of these two people already signifies impending danger.

And the purpose is definitely related to the young lady's special status.

Otherwise, Nie Qingyun would never have believed that an unknown nobody like him could alarm an opponent of this caliber.

No, these people are far more terrifying than "opponents".

This is not alarmist.

As Qin Hehuan said, whether they are soldiers serving in the military, mercenaries, or PMCs disguised as legitimate entities, the Huabang government has never been stingy in spending money on them while they serve the Allied Army.

And of those astronomical sums of money, besides the daily training, 80 percent was used to teach these people how to survive on the battlefield.

Even the two people in front of me are by no means the best of the best; at best, they are just average among this type of person.

The biggest difference between these people and ordinary people is not in their individual combat ability, but in the way they achieve their goals.

They have meticulous plans for everything they do, and they are disciplined and efficient.

Even if they are short-handed, they will set up a special intelligence agency to investigate everything, including what patterns are drawn on your underwear, before any operation is even carried out.

Therefore, facing such an opponent, not taking the initiative is tantamount to sitting and waiting for death.

As Nie Qingyun ran, he glanced at the horde of zombies that had blocked the other end of the street and instinctively sensed that something was wrong.

Given their combat skills, these two would never do something so foolish as to dig their own graves without a reason; there must be some other reason why they did it.

Thinking of this, Nie Qingyun suddenly quickened his pace, turned around and shouted loudly:

"Your Highness, is it still possible to use [Blessing of Freedom]?!"

"Okay!" Upon hearing this, Cheng Yuqiu briefly assessed her own condition.

The continuous use of [Holy Blessing] had already depleted her mental energy considerably, but since she hadn't activated [Devotion Aura], she was far from being completely exhausted.

Seeing that Nie Qingyun was preparing to accelerate and pursue, she quickly put away her weapon and held the [Holy Contract] in her hands, turning it over and over.

At the same time, Nie Qingyun's figure suddenly accelerated explosively, rushing dozens of meters away in a few seconds.

Grizzly was startled at the sight and immediately stopped firing. He grabbed the back of Stapler's collar and shouted:

"Enough! Let's retreat!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and jumped, sliding down the steep slope of the underground parking lot in a sliding motion, with the stapler following closely behind.

After the two figures disappeared into the dark corridor, Grizzly quickly took out a palm-sized electronic board and rapidly manipulated it with his fingers while running.

The next second, a sturdy lifting door began to slowly descend from the entrance of the parking lot.

Upon seeing this, Nie Qingyun's pupils contracted. He put almost all his strength into his legs, leaping more than ten meters from a distance of the parking lot entrance onto the steep slope, and then slid down.

But he was still a step too late; the heavy gate slammed shut on the ground just before he arrived.

Nie Qingyun stood up and drew his sword, slashing at the surface of the gate. However, the gate was much thicker than he had imagined. Even though the attribute of [King Killing] was far superior to that of ordinary cold weapons, it only left a shallow notch on it.

A few seconds later, Cheng Yuqiu also arrived.

The girl ran down the steep slope, stopped beside Nie Qingyun, looked around, and immediately asked in confusion:

"Where are they? Where did they go?!"

Upon hearing this, Nie Qingyun sheathed his weapon and gestured helplessly towards the gate with his chin.

"inside."

"Damn it!!" Cheng Yuqiu cursed angrily, then pulled out his short sword and vented his anger at the gate.

"All you do is cower like a turtle, running away, running away!"

"If it's a fair and square duel, I'll chop off his head with one sword!"

"Stop, stop, stop!" Nie Qingyun quickly grabbed the raging girl from behind, lifting her off the ground before sighing and saying:

“People like them never ‘escape’; they only ever ‘retreat’.”

Cheng Yuqiu was taken aback and said:

"What's the difference?"

"The difference is huge," Nie Qingyun said, seeing that the young lady had become obedient, and placed her back on the ground.

“'Escape' is blindly searching for a way out, while 'retreat' is planning the route and action measures in advance.”

"They deliberately led us to this street."

The zombies were closing in from afar, and Cheng Yuqiu immediately became anxious.

"Then, what do we do now? There are so many zombies... Should we... should we try to break out of here?"

Upon hearing this, Nie Qingyun did not respond, but simply glanced at the gate in silence.

The original plan for Linjiangtai was not to build an academy city, but to serve as the front line for Huabang's advance into the Western Pacific. However, the war ended much faster than expected, so the artificial island was transformed into an educational industrial park.

Thanks to this, many underground facilities are reused military buildings, making it unlikely that they could be forcibly passed through in the short term.

The zombies are closing in, and for an ordinary person, this would be a death sentence.

But Nie Qingyun was clearly no ordinary person. After a moment's thought, he immediately retrieved the long-unused item from the [Data Space].

Chapter 242: Within the Plan, Yet Unexpected

As his thoughts flowed, a floor plan of Linjiang Terrace immediately appeared in Nie Qingyun's mind.

This is one of the many functions of the [Apocalypse Survival Guide]. Its main purpose is to mark the locations of the [Supply Centers] scattered throughout Linjiangtai.

Although it is a two-dimensional map without any three-dimensional structure, fortunately, this map does not deviate from the actual terrain at all.

Nie Qingyun only glanced at it before immediately understanding the other party's intention.

The underground parking garage in front of us is located right in the middle of the street. It has only two exits: one is the gate in front of us, and the other is on the other side of the street.

After exiting from the other exit, you only need to cross one more street to enter a major main road, the end of which connects to the ring expressway built around Linjiangtai.

If there's any place in this post-apocalyptic world that can still support vehicles, it's probably these highways that usually have low traffic.

The other side must have prepared vehicles in this parking lot in advance, which is quite in line with the way the military operates when carrying out missions—there is at least one logistical position for resupply.

Now both ends of the street are blocked by zombies. Leaving aside whether ordinary people can escape safely from such an astonishing number of zombies, even trying to get through from the upper floors of the building would take a lot of time.

These two really have a clever plan...

Nie Qingyun sneered, immediately drew his weapon, and walked up the slope first, saying to Cheng Yuqiu:

"Prepare to break out."

"Oh, okay!" Cheng Yuqiu responded and immediately summoned her weapon and followed behind. She had complete trust in Nie Qingyun, and didn't even think carefully about how to fight her way out of thousands of zombies when she responded.

Her thinking was extremely simple: as long as Nie Qingyun told her what to do, she knew she couldn't go wrong...

However, just as the girl got into a fighting stance against the oncoming zombies, Nie Qingyun grabbed her hand.

"Follow me and charge. My senior and I will lead the way, and Your Highness will follow at the very back. Remember, absolutely do not attack any of the zombies."

"Huh? We're not allowed to attack zombies?"

Seeing that the girl seemed about to ask a question, Nie Qingyun quickly moved closer and kissed Cheng Yuqiu's fair cheek, saying:

"In short, trust me."

"Why, why are you kissing someone at a time like this..."

This tactic was very effective. Cheng Yuqiu's face flushed slightly, and he immediately forgot his previous question, only managing a halting reply:

"Yes, I know!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Nie Qingyun rushed out to meet the zombies.

Having completely eliminated any concerns about engaging in combat with zombies, Nie Qingyun went on a killing spree, his sword-wielding movements as he ran were bold and sweeping.

The base damage of [King Slayer] is already more than enough for zombies, and with the added attribute bonuses, each hit can cut down a swarm of zombies in front of you.

After receiving the attack signal, Lingyuan Ellie's performance was no less impressive than Nie Qingyun's, and even surpassed it, leaving limbs flying everywhere she went.

The three of them fought their way through the horde of zombies, but the number of zombies was endless. Once they were in combat, they would create a swarm effect, making it impossible to rush all the way to the other side of the street.

However, Nie Qingyun's plan was not like that.

After the three of them had run for about a hundred meters, Nie Qingyun suddenly stopped and slipped into a shop with its door open.

After the two girls had both followed him into the house, he slammed the shop door shut and locked it, then drew the blackout curtains on the French windows.

After everything was done, Nie Qingyun picked up Lingyuan Ellie from the ground, glanced at the shop door that was being banged on, and said:

"I'll leave the rest to you, senior."

"Aww!"

The petite Lingyuan Ellie seemed to enjoy being lifted up like this, leaning forward to rub her cheek against Nie Qingyun's side before poking his skin with her finger.

Then, Nie Qingyun's body went limp and he collapsed, and the sound of the impact outside also subsided.

……

At the same time, the lights in the dimly lit underground parking lot suddenly came on. Stapler staggered over the corpse of a zombie, fell headfirst in front of a military Hummer, leaned against the wheel, got up, let out a long sigh of relief, and then suddenly burst out laughing.

"Ha! I survived!"

Before he could even wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, he immediately tilted his head back and said:

"Brother, what do we do now? Our mission target, that young lady, is dead. How are we going to explain this to Michelle?"

Having just escaped a life-threatening crisis, Grizzly's complexion was no better. He leaned against the car door, his hand trembling as he pulled a cigarette from the lining of his vest, lit it, and remained silent.

Seeing this, the stapler tentatively spoke up:

"Fortunately, there are only the two of us as advance agents this time... We'll just say that the young lady had an accident and died..."

"No," Grizzly interrupted the other person with a heavy voice, took a deep drag on his cigarette, and then slowly said:

"be honest."

"Huh? Then..." Before the stapler could finish speaking, it was interrupted again by the grizzly bear.

“To be honest,” Grizzly glanced at the stapler, shook his head, and continued:

"This operation turned out so unexpectedly; it's a failure on both of our part."

"But it was just a setback. We didn't expose anything else, so we still have a place to stay."