The red moon returns

Chapter 437 The only chance

We can't wait any longer, we have to save people.

In a flash, Lin Qi suddenly realized that this might be the only chance for the four of them to get the human-faced fruit without dying in the memories of the strange object.

The city lord died, his soul and life were devoured, the ritual was completed and the evil god's will was revived, and then he enjoyed the sacrifice.

What if the ritual is not completed?

The evil god hasn't arrived yet. Does he still dare to let the plague curtain continue to take effect and kill more than 8,000 sacrifices tonight?
Worth the gamble.

"We have to save people. I'm going to do it."

Without saying a word, Lynch's body started moving as he spoke, and at the same time the ladies' voices came back from the conch.

"Be careful, we'll be there for you any time."

No need for explanation, no arguing, the mutual trust makes any language redundant. You decide, I cooperate, that's all, we can worry about other things after we survive.

Old Sven was caught off guard, with a smile still on his face, but his laughter had suddenly stopped.

The old ghoul only had time to let out a low cry before the serrated sword pierced his chest.

Sven tried his best to dodge, but his arm was injured and his speed slowed down. The old ghoul tried his best to avoid the vital point on his chest. The serrated sword hit his right shoulder, causing him further injuries.

As the blood splashed, the old ghoul suddenly felt that the strength in his body was rapidly draining away with the blood. Even with his ghoul qualities, his body began to feel weak. Meanwhile, in the hands of the man holding the sword, a blood-colored ball of light was rapidly forming.

The old Sven staggered back and quickly broke free from the serrated sword, and the feeling of losing strength stopped. The attacker didn't even look at him again, but turned and rushed towards Little Jack who was still biting the city lord's neck, kicked the little monster aside with a flying kick, and finally took a small piece of meat from the city lord's neck.

The city lord's eyes rolled back, his whole body twitched, blood foamed from his mouth, his eyes had become empty, and he was only one breath away from death. The attacker turned around and slapped the blood ball in his hand on the wound on the city lord's neck, then picked up the city lord and ran away, appearing at the entrance of the cave in a flash.

The dying city lord was hit by the blood ball, and the flesh at the wound began to wriggle frantically trying to heal. Although his breathing was still rapid, it was no longer in danger of being cut off at any time. There was a little color on his face, and then his eyes closed and he fainted.

The old ghoul, who was equivalent to level 4 or 5 in strength, and the small monster with unknown strength were caught off guard. They rescued the dying city lord and carried him out of the cave, leaving old Sven, who was unable to react in time, to watch him turn back the way he came and run towards the entrance.

"Roar!"

The little monster let out a roar that echoed throughout the underground cave. The forty or fifty infected people hiding in the caves along the way also responded with roars, and then quickly drilled out of their hiding places, blocking the path tightly. Little Jack and Swain followed Lynch's footsteps and chased out. They were blocked by groups of infected people, one in front and one behind, and they sandwiched Lynch from both sides, turning him, who was resisting the city lord, into a rat in a pipe, with no way to escape.

However...no.

In the narrow tunnel that could only accommodate two people walking side by side, the two sides of the blockade finally met, but the rats in the pipe took the city lord with them and disappeared as if out of thin air.

"Find him for me!" Old Sven was so angry that he spoke to the infected person in human language, "They must have hidden in the cave, find him out for me."

As he shouted, he twitched his nose, catching the smell of blood in the tunnel.

The smell of blood from the little monsters around him was too strong, covering up everything else. It took him a lot of effort to distinguish the smell of blood coming from the city lord from the interference.

Hmm? Behind?

Old Sven turned around suddenly and saw the dark tunnel behind him winding and extending into the distance.

"how come?"

Old Swain was stunned.

This was exactly the escape plan that Lynch had planned: making a feint to the east and attacking in the west.

Although this action was a spur-of-the-moment decision, it was by no means rash, and the team had seriously considered how to escape.

He knew very well that there were a large group of infected people on the way here, and running back after saving the people would only lead to an ambush, so he was prepared from the beginning to make a feint to the east and attack in the west. He first turned left and pretended to run towards the entrance, and as soon as he entered the blind spot of the cave, he immediately activated his lurking ability and used his presence ability to cover the city lord behind him.

The sense of presence requires a high level of trust in people, so it would be impossible for the city lord to succeed. However, he was already unconscious at this time, equivalent to a dead object, so it was automatically judged as a success.

After a feint, Lynch carried the city lord and rushed back to the right side of the cave entrance, then ran deeper into the rugged tunnel.

Sure enough, this operation successfully fooled Old Swain. By the time he realized he had been tricked, Lynch had already carried City Lord Jackson deep into the tunnel, and it was unknown how far he had run.

The structural diagram given by Dr. Swain showed that the deep part was a dead end, but Lynch had considered it before. With so many infected people hiding inside, there was most likely an entrance and exit leading to a public place, not too far from the city, and sparsely populated, allowing these infected people to enter easily.

That's Lynch's goal.

"I'm heading east, southeast, and east again."

Lynch looked down at the compass in his hand from time to time while running wildly in a tunnel that did not exist at all on the structural diagram.

"Got it. We've caught up with you too. We have the help of the Twin Beetles. We'll try to get to you as soon as possible. But are you...sure there is an exit?"

“It’s very likely.”

Without slowing down, Lynch looked around and answered with certainty that this was obviously a newly dug tunnel, which was narrower, darker, and more rugged than the ones he had just walked through.

Without the support of the structural diagram, it was impossible to determine where the tunnel led to. Every step was unfamiliar, but the more so, the more Lynch was certain that there must be an exit.

"I hope I can see your smiles as soon as I see the sun. I'll leave the outside world to you."

"All you can see is my fist, you worrying bastard." The male Tari officer was silent for a moment, then added, "Good luck to you, and good luck to us."

In the dim firelight, the light and shadows swayed chaotically, and the silent tunnel was filled with his hurried footsteps and bellows-like breathing.

Lynch could faintly hear the roar of the infected people behind him. He knew that old Sven had discovered his trick and was commanding the infected people to chase him.

Then let's run a race and show you the will to survive from the Fifth Epoch. Hehe, I've started early and you'll never be able to catch up with me in your lifetime.

However, when he ran to the tenth minute, he was no longer so confident.

Thanks to his unremitting training since the time travel, it is not easy for him to hold on until now, but the roars of the infected behind him are becoming clearer and clearer, and Lynch can even smell a faint stench.

The infected person is tireless, but he will get tired. Unconsciously, his steps slowed down and his breathing became heavier.

The main reason was that the ground was becoming more and more bumpy, and there were many plant roots on the ground, which almost made him trip several times. However, hope in his heart became stronger and stronger, because he felt that the ground was rising rapidly, and there was sunlight faintly visible in front.

We are reaching the exit.

Hope stimulated the last bit of my physical strength, and my speed up the uphill road increased instead of slowing down. I hurried towards the exit and towards the sunshine.

It turned out that the exit was an extremely thick ancient tree, which was hollow in the middle. The hole in the tree led directly to the ground, but it could not be seen from the outside. It was very concealed.

Rushing into the hole of the ancient tree, Lin Qi stopped when he heard the footsteps of the pursuers approaching from behind.

With a flick of his wrist, the red moon ring on his finger began to glow and accumulate power, entering an activated state. He then grabbed the unconscious city lord and swooped out of the tree hole.

The moment he saw the sun again, it was bright and sunny, as if he had returned to the human world. However, the first thing he saw was a sharp claw.

The zombie's sharp claws were grabbing down head-on.

(End of this chapter)