Apocalyptic Disaster: Stockpile Supplies for Free and Make a Comeback

Chapter 126 Elevator Shaft

The office area is on the ground floor, and the ceiling has fallen off, exposing rusty pipes and broken wires.

Passing by the guest room office, the door was broken and opened with a push. Song Jinhe skillfully took out a medicine box from the cabinet and quickly emptied its contents.

The temperature here is cooler than outside, but the air circulation is very poor, and it's uncomfortable to breathe if you stay here for too long.

Having felt spied on yesterday, everyone was very cautious today because they had to come down to the bottom.

After taking what she needed and leaving the dark and gloomy office area, Song Jinhe finally felt the invisible pressure on her body disappear.

It's this feeling of not being sure if there's anything there that's the most unpleasant. You're constantly on edge, unable to settle down. It's better to leave as soon as possible; it's only for one night.

Back in the lobby, it was already seven o'clock in the evening. The setting sun cast a golden glow on the dilapidated building and stained glass. The zombies, blocked outside by the building, desperately stretched out their hands to look at the food inside.

Among them, the screaming zombie and the muscular wall-climbing zombie turned around and left, causing Song Jinhe's expression to change slightly.

"They are looking for a place to crawl inside."

The lower floors of the hotel already had many holes, making it easy for elite monsters like wall-climbing zombies to climb up.

"The restaurant on the fourth floor, the one leading to the restrooms." Song Jinhe hurried up the stairs, taking two steps at a time, while reporting the location to Jiang Shi'an, who was walking in front.

Three or four wall-climbing zombies are not much of a threat, but a screaming zombie can attract a group of companions, who will pile up on top of each other and surge towards the spot where the wall has disappeared.

Humans can come up with all sorts of ways to get food, and zombies are no different. They can't climb tall buildings, but the lower three or four floors are no problem for them.

"Damn, zombies can even stack themselves into human ladders like this, it's so unfair!"

As soon as Qi Sixing ran up, he saw several zombies crawling in with contorted postures, then nimbly standing up and rushing towards them.

This setup looks like a two-way journey.

Song Jinhe, holding the lock-picking hammer she had just used, swung it at the oncoming zombie. Before she could even finish thinking, "An elite zombie is worth 80 damage with one hit," the zombie straightened its head, which had been knocked askew, and lunged at her again.

Quickly put away your tools, draw your weapon from your waist, restrain the zombie's movements first, and then stab its eye sockets.

Something's not right. These zombies seem stronger than before. I almost got bitten because I couldn't control them.

boom--

Clang,

A loud noise suddenly came from underground. The surroundings were quiet for a moment, less than five seconds, and then the tightly closed elevator doors began to shake.

The heavy metal vibrated so violently that something inside seemed about to burst through the door.

The zombies here haven't been dealt with yet.

Song Jinhe used her talent to attack the two zombies closest to her, then took out the other one with her gun.

The important thing now is what's in the elevator; this thing is definitely much more powerful than zombies!
"The door is open!" Qi Sixing's eyes widened.

It's not that they want to stand here and wait to die, but that they should run. If they lose their composure, they'll die even faster. Just think about it and you'll know how fast this thing can go up the elevator shaft to intercept them. Can two legs outrun it?
If she gets stuck in the stairwell, it will be a huge problem. She can't see the complete shape of this thing, but from what she can sense, it is enormous and has more than one tentacle, like withered vines or wriggling rotting flesh. It's really depressing.

Have zombies evolved to this extent?
Song Jinhe stared intently at the elevator door that was slowly opening a crack.

Suddenly, several brownish-gray things, whether vines or tentacles, shot out with a 'whoosh,' their split tissue resembling flowers. As they opened, a stench of decay assaulted their senses, making it impossible to open their eyes. "Holy crap, holy crap, isn't this a dark version of the Chomper?!" Qi Sixing was forced to retreat, his arrows being deflected by the vines. "Plants and zombies are in cahoots??? And it even has arms?"

Bang, bang, bang,

Song Jinhe raised her gun and opened fire, riddling the vines with bullet holes. Foul-smelling, rotting liquid splattered on the ground, and a hoarse, eerie scream rang out.

Such a dense barrage of fire only repelled it for a few seconds; as soon as the bullets stopped, it immediately returned.

"It doesn't have long arms; there's a zombie growing alongside it behind the elevator door."

Others couldn't see the part of this thing behind the door, but Song Jinhe could sense the human face on the plant structure branch—it was a zombie.

boom!
The vines slammed into the ceiling, causing the crystal chandelier to crash down, and countless shards of glass whizzed past them as the vines whipped around them.

As Song Jinhe reflexively raised her hand to protect her eyes, she saw Jiang Shi'an standing in front of her, the water wall enveloping glass shards as it attacked the vines.

The broken piece fell to the ground, but it had no effect on the main body.

The mutated plant could grow so large in such a harsh environment; it must be a man-eater. This thing not only has the characteristics of a mutated plant but also carries half a zombie, making it even more difficult to deal with.

Break one vine, and a new one will sprout; the tooth-like thorns in the petals leave deep marks when they scrape against the wall.

Those with special abilities have some resistance to the virus in zombies, but there is a condition: the higher the degree of mutation of the zombie, the more powerful the virus in its body. In other words, even those with special abilities can be infected when they encounter a mutated zombie that is stronger than themselves.

The thing in front of them was clearly a high-risk source of infection; being scratched by it could very well be fatal.

Zombies kept climbing up through the hole in the wall behind them, and they couldn't keep up with them anymore.

When the vines swung over, Qi Sixing didn't even think twice and just followed Song Jinhe's advice to dodge. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been as simple as getting a shard of glass stuck in his back.

Song Jinhe pulled out a grenade he had obtained from the armored vehicle, thinking that he might as well blow it up.

Seeing her action, the others immediately coordinated. Song Jinhe pulled out the safety bolt, took two steps forward, and threw the grenade in front of the elevator door. She originally wanted to throw it into the elevator door, but the vines blocked the door gap and she couldn't throw it in.

bang——

The grenade exploded, and the elevator doors trembled, creating a sharp, resonant sound.

A strong stench of decay and gunpowder permeated the entire space, and broken vines were scattered everywhere on the ground.

"Is it over?" Zhuang Ting asked, somewhat incredulously.

"No."

This thing is dying. The temperature on her wrist will change. Just as Song Jinhe took out the sealed bag to collect a special sample for Jiang Shi'an, she heard a noise from the elevator again, this time even more violent than before.

"Run!"

She couldn't sense where the main body was, but she knew that the vines in the elevator shaft had become more volatile and rapid.

If they can't be killed by guns or grenades, what's the point of fighting? Taking a plane and fleeing overnight is the wise decision.

If they continue fighting, their team will almost certainly suffer casualties.

Expanding the space is important, but Song Jinhe felt it wasn't worth it to risk her companion's life for it.