Chapter 127: Investigation

“Someone has provoked the zombies.” She said through gritted teeth.

“Mmh.” Mo Chenxuan nodded, pulling Qin Wu to leave the canteen.

Just now, both heard a commotion and screams coming from the direction of the storage area.

Even thinking with their toes, they knew someone had provoked the zombies but Mo Chenxuan didn’t dare to use his spiritual ability to carelessly check the situation.

Instead, he placed a spiritual barrier around their car and urged Qin Wu to head to the gate.

“Which damned fool dared to provoke them?” Qin Wu complained as she drove.

While Mo Chenxaun and Qin Wu were driving towards the gate, Xuanyuan Yi and team Overlord were desperately escaping from the storage area.

“What’s going on with those zombies?” Murong Xue couldn’t help but ask.

“Is this the time to worry about that? Hurry up and escape.” Zhou Huan reprimanded.

Team Overlord hadn’t achieved much since the mission started and were eager to prove themselves.

Because of this, they braved danger and were planning to venture into the ’beast’s’ underbelly.

Unexpectedly, the zombies didn’t react to them even after they neared the zombie nest.

As a result, team Overlord became complacent and walked even closer.

In the end, they began attacking but were counterattacked before they could do real damage.

Fortunately, the counterattack woke them, and they narrowly escaped certain death.

“Have the zombies become smarter and somehow learned subterfuge?” Lin Siting asked with a worried expression.

After all, the zombies didn’t react to them until they were within striking distance.

Thinking of this, Lin Siting suspected that the zombies had drawn them in and were planning to deal a decisive blow at the right moment.

“I also think they were trying to trick us.” Murong Xue said.

“Whatever the case, our priority is to escape.”

“Wait…, they are not chasing!” Song Feng noticed, and the others turned to look.

As Song Feng said, the zombies were not chasing.

Instead, they had gone back to ignoring them, treating them like non-existent things.

“Are they crazy?” Murong Xue asked in a confused voice.

“Can zombies be crazy?” Lin Siting wondered.

“Maybe something else is attracting their attention.” Xuanyuan Yi guessed.

“I also think so.” Song Feng said, his brows creased in a frown.

Although being ignored by zombies was a good thing, he felt the matter was not simple.

After all, something that could so thoroughly attract a zombie’s attention couldn’t be a good thing; at least not for humans.

“Captain, should we try to investigate?” He asked, looking at Xuanyuan Yi.

“Song Feng, what are you thinking? We have barely escaped with our lives, and you want to go back?” Zhou Huan questioned in an angry voice.

“Isn’t this the opportunity we have been looking for?” Song Feng asked back and quickly continued.

“Discovering what is going on will put us back on people’s radar.”

“I know, but…”

“It’s going to be risky, but we can give it a try.” Xuanyuan Yi said.

At this, everyone stopped running, and they gathered together.

“Let’s replenish our strength before we head back.” Song Feng said.

Fifteen minutes later, everyone returned to peak condition, and they cautiously walked back to their previous location.

At first, the zombies didn’t care about them, and they continued to do their own thing.

However, as team Overlord neared the black stone, some zombies began to grunt, and random attacks were thrown their way.

Seeing this, team Overlord gritted their teeth and continued walking.

Unfortunately, they didn’t take three steps before a lightning bolt rushed towards them.

“Defend.” Xuanyuan Yi shouted.

At the same time, he waved his hand, and a fire arrow collided with the lightning bolt.

Instantaneously, the two attacks dissipated, and Xuanyuan Yi couldn’t help but frown.

“Peak level two lightning ability zombie.” He muttered with a solemn expression.

“It’s time to go back.” He suddenly said.

“Shouldn’t we investigate more?” Lin Siting asked with a perplexed expression.

“We know enough.” Song Feng said and quickly continued.

“We are five, and there are fifteen thousand zombies. We won’t be able to escape if we provoke them to a riot.”

Hearing this, Lin Siting immediately turned about and began to escape.

A moment later, the others also reacted and left the area.

Soon after, they reached their car, entered, and drove away without looking back.

Mo Chenxuan and Qin Wu, team Overlord, team Dawn, and several others returned before dark.

Without exception, none of the scouts looked good, and they immediately found Guan Sheng to discuss the situation.

“We are outnumbered five to one.” Someone reported.

“The zombies are nesting in the storage area. We can’t collect fuel before dealing with them.” Another said.

“We must deal with them, but do we dare to fight in the storage area? If we are not careful, we may roast ourselves together with the zombies.”

“Is fighting the most important thing? Didn’t you see how strange those zombies were?”

Hearing this, everyone fell silent, and Guan Sheng raised an eyebrow in question.

“What do you mean by strange?” He asked, and everyone told their version of their investigation.

Even Mo Chenxuan and Qin Wu detailed their strange ’encounter’ with the zombies, going as far as mentioning the spiritual ability zombie.

However, in their recollection, they changed the location of the attack from the road to the storage area.

This way, everyone assumed that the two were unlucky and were counterattacked by a level three zombie while scouting the storage area.

After listening to the reports, Guan Sheng and several army leaders couldn’t help but frown.

“Our only option is to drive the zombies away from the storage area.” Guan Sheng stated, and everyone agreed with his assessment of the situation.

However, driving the zombies away was easier said than done.

After all, ’no one’ knew why the zombies were nesting in the storage area.

“I may know what is going on.” A female voice sounded, and everyone turned to look.

The speaker was Chu Wan’er.

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