Rise of the Wasteland in Cultivation

The mutated zombie was very powerful. Even though it hit the fat man through the round shield, he was still knocked to the ground with a thud and spat out a mouthful of blood.

As countless zombies were about to pounce on him and tear him apart, the fat man actually smiled with relief, and suddenly ripped open his clothes, revealing a row of TNT explosives at his waist.

"It's over!" The fat man's hand was on the detonator button, ready to detonate.

"Fatty, no—don't!" Ye Wenrou screamed, trying to turn back to save him, but Zhou Chen held her back tightly.

"Run! Don't go any closer! Fatty's going to explode!" Boss Bi shouted fiercely. He knew the power of the explosives on Fatty's body; nothing could survive within a 20-meter radius.

chug chu...

Suddenly, a burst of gunfire erupted, and terrifying flames shot out from the balcony of the 8th floor of a nearby building. Light machine gun bullets rained down, blasting the zombies around the fat man to pieces.

Indeed, the precision was astonishing; it enveloped the fat man in a barrage of bullets, and when the bullets disappeared, there wasn't a single intact zombie near the fat man.

The fat man got up in disbelief and looked up at the eighth floor of the building. He could vaguely see a figure, and the barrel of the light machine gun was still emitting a dazzling red light in the night due to overheating.

This is simply divine intervention!

Bi Lang and the others were both surprised and delighted, but they reacted very quickly and immediately ran towards the building entrance.

—Hoohoo

The horde of zombies erupted in chaos once more. Two mutated zombies, wielding bone blades, surged forward and pounced on the fat man and Bi Lang, who were running at the back.

Standing on the eighth-floor balcony, Leng San threw away the light machine gun that had run out of bullets, quickly switched to an M4 fully automatic rifle, and fired a burst of bullets at the mutated zombie that was lunging at the fat man.

chug……

The mutated zombie crossed its two bone blades to protect its head, letting the bullets hit its body and being knocked back repeatedly. The fat man took the opportunity to follow Ye Wenrou into the building.

Bi Lang was entangled by another mutated zombie. Fortunately, he was a level 2 gene-enhanced warrior, otherwise he would have been killed in the blink of an eye. However, Bi Lang also seemed to be seriously injured. Although he temporarily blocked the mutated zombie's attack, he was still in great danger.

bang bang bang...

After Zhou Chen, Ye Wenrou, and the fat man escaped into the building, they did not abandon Bi Lang. Instead, they formed a defensive line and kept firing. Under their cover fire, Bi Lang was finally able to break free and rush into the building.

"Die!" Ye Wenrou threw two grenades with her backhand, blasting the horde of zombies that had chased in into pieces, and then everyone ran towards the stairs.

—Hoohoo

Two mutated zombies roared angrily, leading their horde to surge in like a tidal wave. Zhou Chen and Ye Wenrou stood at the stairwell, firing wildly, each shot a headshot, but there were simply too many zombies to kill them all.

"Upstairs!" Zhou Chen fired the last shotgun shell and ran upstairs.

Ye Wenrou was using a laser pistol powered by a nuclear battery, capable of firing three thousand shots in a row when fully charged. She fired while retreating, and when she reached the second floor, a mutated zombie jumped onto the second-floor balcony and slashed down from behind with lightning speed.

"Watch out!" Zhou Chen's eyes widened in horror, but he could only watch helplessly as he ran out of shotgun ammunition.

Just as Ye Wenrou was about to be cut in half at the waist, a deep gunshot rang out. The bullet almost grazed Ye Wenrou's ponytail and hit the mutated zombie squarely in the chest, making it pause for a moment.

bang bang bang...

Six shots came in quick succession, each hitting the mutated zombie in the chest, causing it to stagger backward and roar repeatedly. Ye Wenrou took the opportunity to roll on the spot, narrowly escaping death, her back soaked with cold sweat.

"Brother Chen, you guys go upstairs first, I'll handle this!" Leng San jumped down from the third floor with his knife, his voice extremely calm.

"Little Three!" Ye Wenrou and Zhou Chen were both surprised and delighted. They nodded and ran upstairs. Their boss had said that Leng San had the strength of a level two gene-enhanced warrior.

Leng San stood with his sword across the stairs between the second and third floors. By this time, the horde of zombies had surged up the stairs to the first floor like a tide. Leng San casually threw down two grenades, instantly blowing up more than a dozen zombies and temporarily blocking the stairwell.

The mutated zombie seemed to realize Leng San's power, and hesitated to attack.

Leng San beckoned with his finger and slapped the stair railing with his machete, making a clanging sound.

The mutated zombie was finally enraged and pounced forward, its right-hand bone blade slashing down.

Leng San had just killed a mutated zombie not long ago, so he was not afraid at all. He met the bone blade with a slash, while simultaneously channeling his spiritual power into the blade. A light blue-green glow flowed across the blade.

—Click

The mutated zombie's indestructible bone blades snapped instantly, a scene mirroring the entire event.

Just as the mutated zombie was stunned, Leng San swung his knife again, severing the mutated zombie's head. The headless corpse and head rolled down the stairs.

This scene was witnessed by another mutated zombie that had caught up from the other side. It let out a terrified scream and turned to run downstairs.

Leng San was taken aback. Zombies could be so scared that they would run away in panic? He had seen plenty of cowardly people, but he had never seen a cowardly zombie before!

The mutated zombie was indeed scared and disappeared in a flash. The horde of zombies downstairs also retreated quickly, an effect that greatly exceeded Leng San's expectations.

Leng San rushed to the second-floor balcony and saw the horde of corpses surging away into the distance, disappearing behind a building in the park. Soon, the entire park returned to calm, while the horde of corpses outside the park continued to roar.

Leng San's face showed disbelief. He jumped off the second-floor balcony and ran towards the building where the zombie horde had disappeared. However, when he turned to the back of the building, he couldn't see a single zombie. It was as if the zombies had vanished into thin air. Everything that had just happened seemed like a dream.

No, this is not a dream, because the zombies that were killed are still lying haphazardly on the roads of the park.

Leng San, carrying his knife, returned the way he came. As soon as he reached the second floor, he encountered Ye Wenrou and Zhou Chen, who had come looking for him.

"Xiao San, are you alright? Where's the zombie horde?" Zhou Chen asked, puzzled.

Leng San shook his head to indicate that he was alright, and replied, "The horde of zombies is gone."

"Gone? What do you mean?" Ye Wenrou and Zhou Chen looked at each other in bewilderment.

Leng San shrugged: "Anyway, he just ran behind that building and disappeared. I don't know what happened."

Only then did Ye Wenrou and Zhou Chen notice the headless mutated zombie on the ground, its bone blade broken. They exchanged surprised glances and blurted out, "Xiao San, did you kill it?"

Leng San nodded calmly and asked in return, "Where is Master Bi?"

"He was injured up there. Sigh, he came to Hong Kong to pick up scraps. If it weren't for the boss risking his life, we would all be dead. Come on, I'll take you to see the boss." Zhou Chen had unconsciously started using the honorific "you" in his address.

The wasteland is a place where might makes right, and strength is respected. Leng San's ability to kill mutated zombies with melee weapons indicates that he is at least a level 2 genetically enhanced warrior.

Ye Wenrou gave Leng San a deep look, then turned and walked upstairs. There was a deep bloodstain on her slender calf, but the bleeding had stopped.

Leng San couldn't help but take another look. Judging from the depth and width of the wound, it must have been cut by the bone blade of a mutated zombie. If it were a few degrees deeper, the leg would be useless. However, putting everything else aside, the wound could stop bleeding even without medicine or bandage.

Ye Wenrou seemed to have guessed Leng San's thoughts and smiled, "Don't worry, I have antibodies from birth and won't get infected with the zombie virus. Oh, and my self-healing ability is also quite strong. I have several times more platelets in my blood than normal people, so I basically never need bandaging when I bleed or get injured."

Leng San asked in surprise, "Then you're a superhuman?"

Ye Wenrou smiled and said, "I don't know if I count or not. Even if I do, I'm only the lowest level, D-grade ability user. Xiao San, thank you. If it weren't for you, Fatty would be dead today."

Zhou Chen nodded and said, "That's right. I didn't expect you, Xiao San, to come to our rescue. If it were anyone else, they definitely wouldn't want to cause trouble for themselves and would rather stay quietly upstairs and take advantage of what's already there."

"I had originally planned to do that too!" Leng San said honestly.

Zhou Chen coughed awkwardly and asked curiously, "Then why did you choose to make a move? You didn't happen to have your eye on our gentle girl, did you?"

Ye Wenrou raised her hand and punched Zhou Chen, saying, "Get out of my way, you can't expect anything good to come out of a dog's mouth."

Leng San shook his head, seemingly pondering for a moment before saying, "I think it's because of Fatty."

Zhou Chen was taken aback for a moment, then exclaimed, "You actually took a fancy to Fatty? But Fatty's butt is quite fair and tender, cough cough, I just glanced at it by accident while taking a shower."

Leng San wanted to punch this guy too, but Ye Wenrou struck first, delivering a powerful knee strike that made Zhou Chen scream and crouch down, clutching his stomach.

"Xiao San, don't pay him any attention. This guy's head is full of filth." Ye Wenrou smiled at Leng San. "I understand what you mean. Our Canglang Scavenging Team is different from other scavenging teams."

The Canglang Scavenging Team was indeed different. In this ruthless wasteland, it was rare to see such a loyal and righteous team, which moved Leng San and led him to choose to help.

Just then, the fat man ran downstairs, still carrying the alloy round shield, and asked, "Brother Chen, what were you yelling about just now? I thought a mutated zombie had ripped my anus out."

Zhou Chen rubbed his stomach and said with a wry smile, "It's okay, Fatty, you're here just in time. The mistress has her eye on you... cough, the mistress has her eye on you."

The fat man asked in astonishment, "What does Third Brother see in me? My fat body?"

Ye Wenrou chuckled and said, "I saw your courage to face death and your unwavering loyalty to your teammates, so I, the mistress, stepped in to save your life."

The fat man scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "Daben is my best friend since I was a child." Then his expression darkened.

Zhou Chen patted the fat man on the shoulder and comforted him, "Scratching for a living in the wasteland, it's either die today or die tomorrow. Let's go, let's go see the boss now, bury the Mercedes later, put up a monument, that'll be the least we can do for our brotherhood."