The male supporting character was actually myself.

The surroundings were empty and quiet; all the zombies had vanished into thin air, leaving only a mess.

No one dared to be careless, not even daring to breathe loudly. Following the handsome uncle carrying the machine gun and leading the way, they crept down to the bottom of the Zeus Building, guided by Mark.

"My God! What's going on up ahead?!" As soon as they turned the corner, the handsome middle-aged man exclaimed in a low voice, "Who... did this?!"

The fat old man craned his neck to look ahead and saw that the wide passageway was full of zombies that had been dismembered.

Approaching cautiously and shining a flashlight inside, I saw that all the zombies' wounds were so smooth, like tofu cut with a sharp knife, and even the bones were cleanly removed without any extra bone fragments...

"It's here again!" Mark's face paled slightly. He swallowed and whispered, "Whatever it is, it's definitely nearby! Has anyone heard anything?"

Everyone else shook their heads in denial.

Julia involuntarily pressed herself against Jiang Chen, her voice trembling as she said, "Do you think there really are ghosts? After all, even eerie and terrifying things like zombies exist, so ghosts... well, they might exist too!"

"Waaaaah~ Host, this girl is so scary!"

The fluffy little cat was already trembling with fear. It had just breathed a sigh of relief when it heard that the zombies were all dead, but when it heard her say that, bad memories flooded back. The little white cat trembled even more and buried its face in its host's collar, not daring to lift its head.

Jiang Chen chuckled and asked in return, "Are you afraid of ghosts?"

“I…” Julia quietly approached, sensing the faint masculine scent emanating from the other person, a sense of security rising within her. She whispered, “Actually, I do hope that ghosts really exist. Then… maybe I can see my brother again here… I really want to know, when he faced his predicament and despair on the island, he must have had so much to say to me…”

Evelyn, who was walking behind her, was taken aback when she heard this. "Your brother? He..."

"My brother was a soldier in the reinforcements to the resort island seven years ago. After landing on the island, he was never able to return."

Evelyn looked at the thin, fair-skinned girl, her eyes softening as she comforted her, "Your brother is a brave warrior; he would definitely want you to live. Whether ghosts exist or not, they are watching us from somewhere! So I want them to see this island completely destroyed, and from now on, there will be no more zombies in the world! No one will ever face the same desperate situation they did!"

"You..." Han Sha, who had been stunned for a moment, asked again, "You too?"

Evelyn kicked aside the zombie limbs blocking her way and said calmly, "My dad and I are here for revenge. I have a twin brother named Dom, and a childhood friend named Herbert. They joined the army together and went on missions together."

They... will be able to retire and go home in another six months.

Herbert proposed to me, and we agreed to have the wedding when they came back... I picked out a wedding dress, planted a patch of his favorite tulips on a farm in the countryside to surprise him, and even drew the invitations and a photo of the two of us.

Oh, by the way, I used to be a painter, didn't you know that?

If they hadn't received a reinforcement mission and parachuted onto the resort island... we'd probably all have several kids by now, and Dom would probably have found his sweetheart and settled down by now..."

She took a deep breath and sneered, "When I first received the notification, I thought I was having a nightmare."

Later I learned that the entire resort island had fallen and the soldiers who landed on the island had not returned. I didn’t believe it!

Dom and Herbert were such outstanding men; they could kill wolves in the desert with just a dagger!

These zombies, kept as playthings and kept in captivity? Could they so easily kill such excellent warriors? I simply don't believe it!

From that day on, I put down my paintbrush and picked up a gun for the first time, practicing over and over again.

I never wore a long dress and high heels again, never had long hair, and never wore makeup. I swore like a madwoman, dealing with lowlifes and thugs, trying every possible way to find out everything about the resort island.

Then I joined that idiotic human rights protection organization, and that's when I found out that the whole resort island was a conspiracy by that damned Guardian Company!

They deliberately released the virus they developed on the island to experiment on various groups of people, and incidentally promoted the construction of the resort island project!

So, Julia, your brother, my brother, and my fiancé are all victims of those damned people from Country A colluding with the higher-ups and recklessly pursuing their own interests!

Now let us carry on their wishes and make this island that has trapped them vanish completely!

Chapter Twenty-One: Peeping

After hearing Evelyn's words, Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow.

Sure enough, the storyline of the father and daughter also came out!

With the Horcruxes ready and the exit cleared out, and all the zombies nearby killed, things should be relatively easy now for us to lead the team out of the resort island and stop the apocalypse, right?

"Which team is your brother on?" The handsome uncle paused slightly, then asked, "Is he in the M-12 squad? Dom is about 1.95 meters tall, has a small scar on his lower right jaw, and speaks very fast and is quite humorous?"

The fat old man's white beard trembled slightly. "Ah, that's right, child, you're describing my son, Dom! You've seen him? You really have? Where?"

The other person was a little excited. The handsome uncle's lips trembled as he took his hand and whispered, "Uncle, Dom is a very good person. You have a wonderful son!"

Back then, I was the first company commander in the advance team to arrive at the resort island. Around the second day after the virus broke out again, many soldiers turned into zombies. I and a few teammates hid in a cave on the mountain, and that's when we met Dom.

He was being chased by a group of zombies at the time. We used stones to lure most of the zombies away and dragged him into the cave to rest.

Dom said he was looking for someone, supposedly separated from them by a sudden zombie outbreak. He also joked that his sister would definitely not let him off the hook if he didn't find the guy and bring him back.

We shared the last bit of food and water together, and then he got up to say goodbye and said he would look further east, while we were planning how to escape the outer perimeter of the city... I never saw him again after that.

I'm sorry, I betrayed my comrades. They all stayed on this island, while I escaped alone and eked out a living for these past few years. To tell you the truth, I infiltrated this island to blow it up—using the large amount of explosives left behind when we landed…”

"Damn it!" Durul cursed under his breath.

What was supposed to be a wonderful holiday celebration turned into this?!

Apart from the safety officer Mark and himself, everyone in the team had ulterior motives!

Especially his girlfriend. He originally thought she compromised and accompanied him to kill zombies for fun because she loved him. He didn't expect her to hide it from him. She was having nightmares and acting crazy. Her abnormal reactions before were too strange. Could she have mental problems?

I must get rid of this woman no matter what after I leave, lest she really has a mental illness and drag me down with her.

As he thought about it, the image of the blonde bombshell and her smile involuntarily flashed through his mind.

It's a real shame she's probably been torn to shreds by the zombies by now. After all, that night in the woods, she said herself that her shooting training hadn't met the standards. Anyway, she was just there for fun and had a safety officer protecting her, so there was no need to worry about her poor marksmanship...

Upon learning the details from the survivors, Evelyn and the fat old man were overcome with emotion and tears welled up in their eyes.

“Whether or not they ultimately found Herbert, Dom is still with him.” Evelyn wiped away her tears, her dusty face streaked with tears. “I knew it! Those two are the real love. Marrying me was just an excuse! Wait, I’m going to blow up the whole island right now and make Dom’s dream come true!”

The fat old man asked in a nasal voice, "What dream?"

"That guy, every time he goes on a mission, he always adds a line to his will: 'If he sacrifices himself, don't be sad. Put his ashes in fireworks and set them on fire.' He says he wants us to witness his final brilliance and let him shine one last time. When I asked him about it, Dom explained that if he turned into fireworks and everyone who saw them said, 'Wow, that'd make him very happy.'"

"Hmm, the Fireworks Project is a great name. So what are we waiting for? Let's get started and blow up the entire resort island into the biggest fireworks display. Maybe it'll even be remembered in history."

Evelyn looked at Julia seriously and asked, "You don't have any objections, do you? Let your brother shine one more time, and when we get back, we'll reveal the whole truth online!"

"I support it." She glanced at Jiang Chen subconsciously and nodded. "My brother will definitely love this plan, and I'll do my best to help!"

Duruel cursed inwardly, "They're crazy," but since most of the people in this group were there to avenge their families and comrades, and that guy named Jiang Chen had obviously taken a liking to the young girl and would definitely help her, he decided to keep quiet for the time being and wait for an opportunity to escape from this group of lunatics!

"Let's get out of here quickly. The guy who killed the zombies silently is definitely nearby. We're in a dangerous situation!" He emphasized, then shoved Mark. "Lead the way! What if other hordes of zombies come out? Getting out of this dangerous place while we're still safe is the most important thing!"

The ground was littered with slain zombies. The group carefully and quickly moved forward, trying not to get their hands dirty with blood.

"Almost there!" Mark directed everyone into a narrow passage, frowning slightly as he looked at both sides, puzzled. "I remember this road was always wide on the map, how come..."

The handsome older man immediately asked, "You didn't take the wrong road, did you?"

"It can't be wrong! It's probably... probably because it was rebuilt later?" Mark scratched his head and came up with a more reasonable explanation.

Jiang Chen immediately straightened up.

In horror movies, whenever there's such an illogical plot, there's bound to be a tense and exciting battle!

Sure enough, Han Sha, who hadn't spoken until now, suddenly asked in a low voice, "Do you guys feel... like someone's watching you?"

As she spoke, she cautiously looked around, but all she saw was the eerie green light and the shattered remains of a zombie on the ground. Apart from the breathing and footsteps of a few people, the entire passage was quiet and there was nothing suspicious about it.

But she just felt like there was a pair of eyes watching her!

Ever since she came in, the feeling of being spied on had become increasingly intense, making the back of her neck feel chilly.

"You, you're scaring me! The way you put it makes me feel really scary!" Julia shivered and couldn't help but move closer to Jiang Chen.

Evelyn, holding her gun, urged, "Hurry up, hurry up! As long as we run fast enough, nothing can catch us."

"Waaaaah~ Host, who are these people in your team? They're all so ruthless at creating a scary atmosphere!" The fluffy little ball clung to its host, trembling, its big, fluffy tail covering its body. "Let's get out of here quickly, Meow thinks this is too scary!"

Jiang Chen held Julia's hand tightly to give her a sense of security, then patted the little white cat on his shoulder to reassure it. He manipulated the Horcrux to circle around, but found nothing.

The walls of this passage were real, not a curtain, and for the time being, there were no gaps to squeeze through to see what was going on. So, we had to be on high alert and pay attention to any movement around us as we walked.

In the darkness, a grayish-white eye, covered in patterns and with snake-like pupils, rolled around, peering at the moving red humanoids, catching a whiff of blood from the heat emanating from them.

"Gulp..." The greedy swallowing sound in the darkness alerted Jiang Chen. At the same time, Han Sha stared blankly ahead, and in the image that appeared, a huge, terrifying humanoid shadow was gradually approaching!

"It...it's there!" Hansa's voice trembled as she turned sharply and pointed in a direction.

Chapter Twenty-Two: Raising a cat for a thousand days, using it for only one!

"Run!" Evelyn grabbed the fat old man and rushed forward first;

Seeing this, Durul grabbed his gun and followed closely behind.

"Hurry up, hurry up, I'll cover the rear!" The handsome uncle swayed the machine gun he was carrying back and forth, unsure of where to aim it.

Mark protected Han Sha, and Jiang Chen pulled Julia towards the exit.

"Gudong! Gudong!"

The heavy footsteps indicated that this was a large man, and the ground was trembling slightly, but Jiang Chen still couldn't pinpoint the man's location.

The sound coming from the right was strange, constantly changing direction, sometimes from the right and sometimes from the front.

"What on earth did the lab create?!" He frowned. Logically, such a precious and special experimental subject should have been taken away during the retreat, so why was it left here?

Did the script team just want to make the female lead's escape more difficult so that the supporting characters would die in her place to make the tragedy more dramatic?

The mission world is really courting disaster, and we still have to figure out a way to pull it back...

“I can’t see clearly.” A look of confusion crossed Han Sha’s face as her eyes darted around. “It looks like a person, but it’s not. It’s at least five meters tall and moves very fast… It seems like it can see us through the walls…”

Five meters tall?!

Jiang Chen glanced up at the roof. The Soul Artifact had circled around and gotten a clearer picture of the route; the path Mark had led them along was on the first basement level. If the enemy was that tall, it meant there must be a huge space below!

"Exit! I see the exit!" Durul ran alongside Evelyn, quickly spotting the exit sign on the wall. He gasped for breath, encouraging himself, "Faster, faster! We'll be there soon..."

Before he could finish speaking, the floor beneath his feet suddenly trembled violently, emitting a teeth-grinding creaking sound!

Han Sha and Jiang Chen almost simultaneously focused their attention on the front, shouting, "Get out of the way! That guy is below us!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a dark hole was torn open in the floor, and the entire passage began to shake.

Seeing that the escape route they were about to reach was abruptly cut off, Evelyn and the others, unsteady on their feet, had no choice but to retreat hastily and squeeze together with the few people who were slightly behind.

However, after the tunnel floor was destroyed, the surroundings suddenly became quiet again.

Only the floorboards, beginning to tilt, emitted a soft creak as if they were about to give way.