Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

An engineering vehicle lost control under the impact of the zombies, skidded and overturned on the ground. Under the huge inertia, the engineering vehicle actually crashed directly into the wall of the shelter!

A gap appeared.

The zombies that overturned the vehicle immediately smashed the glass, rushed into the cab, and bit the people inside into pieces alive. However, more zombies began to rush towards the gap.

"Damn it, guard the gap! Guard the gap for me!"

The captain of the guards yelled loudly, but he couldn't suppress the despair in his eyes. He stood on the wall and saw an even larger group of zombies surging in from a distance, like facing an impending tsunami.

"...It's over."

……

The girls standing on the high-rise building at the construction site not far from the shelter also looked unhappy.

"This effect... is a little too good..." An Suxin murmured.

The girls did anticipate the zombies to come, but they didn't expect Chu Yan's blood to attract such a large number of zombies. If they weren't careful, they themselves might be affected by this number of zombies.

Fortunately, the zombies' main target is the shelter, so the girls can still stand in the spectator seats and wait for the development of the situation.

"How can we rescue Brother Xiao in this situation?" Su Muhe said anxiously, grabbing her scalp. The sight of the zombies downstairs was enough to make one's scalp numb. If the shelter was really swallowed by the zombies, their plan would be ruined.

"There's no need to be so pessimistic for now," Chu Yan said calmly, "The means of that shelter haven't been fully utilized yet. At this time, we can trust the opponent's strength a little bit...but..."

Chu Yan paused for a moment, looked at the tide of corpses downstairs, and had to admit that the scale of the corpse tide was indeed far beyond expectations: "It seems that this method can't be used indiscriminately in the future. It's too easy to get out of control and it's easy to get ourselves involved."

The girls nodded. Who would have thought that just a bottle of blood could achieve such an effect?

"Next, let's see how Boss Sun handles this situation..." An Suxin held the telescope and looked in the direction of the shelter. Suddenly, a blood-red shadow flashed before her eyes. "Sure enough, that thing has also come to join in the fun..."

The situation became more and more chaotic, and An Suxin's eyes became calmer. She whispered to herself in her heart: We have muddied the water for you. Whether you can find a chance to escape depends on your ability... I believe in you, my man.

……

Chu Xiao naturally had no idea what kind of chaos was happening above his head.

He hid far away, watching the flames from the car explosion and the zombies rushing towards the direction of the explosion.

Apparently, their plan worked.

Chu Xiao slowly crawled out from his hiding place and looked at the zombies gathering around the fire. Suddenly, a bold idea came to his mind.

He lit the Molotov cocktail in his hand and threw it towards the zombies. The Molotov cocktail shattered, the gasoline was instantly ignited, and the flames instantly climbed onto the nearby vehicles and zombies.

——Since you are going to blow it up, let’s blow it up thoroughly!

(ps: The shelter copy is beginning to come to an end.)

Chapter 78 Obstacles

The explosion in the closed underground space was particularly deafening. Chu Xiao hid in a corner far away and covered his ears tightly.

The successive explosions engulfed the gathered zombies. In the flames, these staggering corpses felt no pain and no fear. Their bodies were burning with flames and were gradually burned into charcoal.

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust."

Chu Xiao muttered to himself, then took a detour, avoiding the zombies attracted by the explosion and joining the main force.

On this side, Brother Fang has already gotten into the car and is ready to start at any time.

"After the explosion, a large number of zombies swarmed out of the supermarket." Gu Ke said to Chu Xiao, "There were so many that it made my scalp tingle."

A few minutes ago, when the explosion occurred, a terrifying number of zombies were drawn out of the supermarket by the explosion. The overwhelming crowd of zombies made people shiver. Everyone who witnessed this scene shrank into a corner, fearing that the zombies would turn their attention to themselves if they made any noise.

Gu Ke looked at the entrance of the supermarket with lingering fear, as if he could still see the terrifying scene of hundreds of zombies rushing out crazily. At this moment, there seemed to be a few zombies wandering around the door, but for Chu Xiao and the others, they no longer posed a threat.

However, the Gu King did not run out of the supermarket. Apparently, the most terrifying monster in the supermarket was not attracted by the explosion and was still lurking in its lair.

Chu Xiao even had reason to believe that the monster might be digesting its own kind that it had previously devoured and becoming even stronger.

——Sure enough, it’s impossible for everything to go as planned.

After dealing with the scattered zombies at the door, the follow-up troops and vehicles did not enter immediately. This operation was a gamble, and if it failed, there would be no turning back. Zhang Zhan and Dian Yihan stayed behind to guard the main force, while Chu Xiao and Gu Ke sneaked into the supermarket to check the situation.

Yun Duoer did not stay in the main group, but followed Chu Xiao.

The little girl was totally unwilling to stay alone in Zhang Zhan's team. Even though Zhang Zhan had shown enough kindness and sense of responsibility, Yun Duoer still insisted on staying with Chu Xiao and the others.

Chu Xiao held Yun Duoer, took a deep breath, and slowly walked into the supermarket with Gu Ke.

"Girl Yun, I think Zhang Zhan's group is pretty reliable. Chu Xiao and I will come to pick you up in a while, so why are you so reluctant to stay with them for a while?" Gu Ke asked Yun Duoer in Chu Xiao's arms in a low voice. She made it clear in her words that the large group of people were outsiders, and only the two people in front of them, one big and one small, were their own people.

Zhang Zhan is indeed a rare good man. In this terrible world, he is still able to stick to his original intention and lead a group of people to struggle to survive, and he really brings hope of survival to those people.

Yun Duoer rolled her eyes at Gu Ke and snorted tenderly, "It's not because they are not good enough, but because they are not worthy of me!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiao couldn't help but rub the little girl's hair lovingly, causing the little girl to pout unhappily.

Yun Duo'er is very sensible. Although she is young and has little fighting ability, she knows very well how to not hold Chu Xiao back. She nestles in Chu Xiao's arms, as quiet as an exquisite doll, with only her big eyes wide open, looking around, with a calmness beyond her age.

The scene in the supermarket became a mess, with a large number of shelves collapsed and deformed, as if they had been ravaged by some huge object. Between the collapsed shelves, there was a path that was forcibly created. This should be the trace left by the Gu King when he rushed out of the supermarket to attack his kind.

"...Lao Fang's car can drive in directly from here later," Chu Xiao said, "This saves us the trouble of moving the shelves and clearing a path..."

At first glance, there really weren't many zombies in the supermarket at the moment. Most of the zombies were attracted outside by the explosion, and the few remaining zombies were not a risk to Chu Xiao.

However, Chu Xiao did not dare to relax his vigilance at all, because God knew where the Gu King was hiding.

"Do you think that Gu King would leave the supermarket without us noticing?" Gu Ke asked in a low voice, looking around the supermarket.

Chu Xiao also hoped that such a lucky thing would happen, but his experiences during this period of time made him really not dare to have much confidence in his luck.

The three of them entered the office area of ​​the supermarket, and as expected, several screens in the monitoring room went out again, but the remaining shots included the exit of their target. It can be seen that although there are still zombies left at the exit, they are only a few scattered ones, and most of the zombies have already left.

However, the scene in the camera still made Chu Xiao and Gu Ke feel even more depressed.

"... As expected, good luck won't favor us so easily..."

The video shows a half-rotten beast covered in scales and with countless barbed tentacles. It is like the evil dragon guarding the gate of a treasure in a fairy tale, and its huge body exudes a despairing sense of oppression.

The Gu King they had been looking for was now crawling in front of the gate they were going to.

"...Anyway, let's go back and discuss countermeasures with Zhang Zhan and the others." Chu Xiao said with a wry smile, "At least the zombie problem has been solved for the time being."

…Although there’s still one problem left that’s even more troublesome than zombies.

Before leaving, Chu Xiao found the switch of the supermarket's automatic sprinkler system and turned it off without hesitation. This time, the bottle was filled with gasoline, which burned much more fiercely than the previous strong alcohol. Water alone could not put out the fire. He did this just to prevent accidents.

When Zhang Zhan returned to the supermarket entrance, he learned the location of the Gu King and his face suddenly became very ugly. They had faced mutants several times before, and the overwhelming power and fear were deeply imprinted in the hearts of the survivors.

"We have no choice." Chu Xiao said in a deep voice.

"I understand." Zhang Zhan looked at his companions who trusted him, and the fear in his eyes gradually turned into determination. "This is our only chance. We have no way out."

Dian Yihan walked to his side, held Zhang Zhan's hand, and seemed to be doing her best to comfort this big boy.

Zhang Zhan smiled at Dian Yihan, indicating that he was fine. He showed the Molotov cocktail in his hand: "It's not like we don't have a way to deal with it. Aren't Molotov cocktails prepared for times like this? You know, in the past, this thing was once used to deal with tanks."

Brother Fang started the car and drove slowly into the supermarket, while Chu Xiao and others followed behind the car and entered the supermarket again. Just as Chu Xiao said, the path created by the Gu King was just enough for Brother Fang to drive through, and it led all the way to the direction where the Gu King was at the moment.

Zhang Zhan ordered the women under his command to hide, tied a few bottles of Molotov cocktails to his waist, and looked at Chu Xiao with a lighter. The two looked at each other, and saw the solemnity in each other's eyes, as well as the courage that burst out in dangerous moments.

"Let's go kill that thing." Chu Xiao pretended to be relaxed and walked towards the exit first, while Zhang Zhan followed closely behind.

"Wait for my signal. As soon as that thing leaves the exit, Brother Fang, you must act immediately." He turned around and warned the survivors.

Chapter 78: Stairs

Chu Xiao approached the Gu King's position in silence.

Not being able to enter the deep strengthening state meant that he had lost a trump card. However, to be honest, even if he could enter that state, he still had no confidence in defeating the Gu King.

Of course, their goal was not to get rid of the huge monster, but to lead it away from the exit and create an opportunity for Brother Fang to act.

The short journey seemed long. Both of them knew that facing the Gu King that had devoured countless of its kind was a life-threatening adventure.

"Remember, when you see the Gu King later, don't be impulsive and don't throw Molotov cocktails right away. That thing is fundamentally different from the mutants you have encountered so far. If you are a little impulsive, the result may be death," Chu Xiao warned, "Our goal is just to lure that thing away and give Lao Fang and the others a chance."

"Brother Chu Xiao, I want to ask you a favor. If I die here, could you please help take care of them?" As he got closer to the target, Zhang Zhan became more and more nervous.

After all, what they are about to face is the king of this underground space, and they are like knights going to challenge a dragon.

Chu Xiao hit the young man's head hard: "Don't talk nonsense! They are your people, and it is your responsibility. Don't think of pushing your problems onto me!"

"But……"

"Nothing to worry about." Chu Xiao rejected Zhang Zhan completely with one sentence. The man looked forward with sharp eyes, "None of us will die. Remember, those women behind you are thinking about you. Before leaving, those women made a promise to you, promising how to repay you after you survive this disaster."

"Boy, you can't escape from a promise by dying. So, don't think about how you're going to die now, but think about how you're going to live in the future."

At this point, Chu Xiao's tone changed, and he said in a relaxed and joking tone: "There are so many girls waiting for you. I suspect that after you go up there, you won't be able to get out of bed for at least three days."

The innocent young man blushed and his cheeks almost burned.

The air was already filled with the stench of rotting corpses. The huge black shadow was gradually taking on a hideous shape. Along with the stench of corpses came a huge, almost tangible, sense of oppression. Compared to the two previous times I had seen this monster, its size had become even larger, and there was no trace of a human being in its entire body.

The Gu King seemed to be sleeping - although Chu Xiao didn't know whether this strange creature had the ability to "sleep", its eyes were closed, and its half-rotten body was covered with ugly scales, and under the scales were tentacles with barbs. The flesh on the monster's body showed an irregular wriggling, and every time it wriggled, it seemed as if it was digesting something.

Just as Chu Xiao guessed, the Gu King was digesting the last of its kind it had devoured.

It is the winner of this Gu-breeding game, the ultimate victor of this ugly evolution game.

In close contact, the huge pressure from the Gu King made Zhang Zhan tremble all over. This was not fear, but a distance in status, as if he was looking up at some "great thing" that was higher than his own existence.

No, it has not crossed that step yet. It should be said that at this moment, it is instinctively leaping towards a higher level of life and challenging that unattainable threshold!

As twisted as it is, it's still ugly.

However, Chu Xiao himself was not affected. There seemed to be some kind of will in his body that allowed him to resist this kind of suppression. Instinctively, he felt that the Gu King was undergoing some extremely important transformation. Chu Xiao didn't know what terrible changes would happen once this evolution was completed, but there seemed to be a voice in the dark telling him that he must not let it cross that "step".

A kind of crazy flame was suddenly ignited in his heart.

At this moment, even Chu Xiao himself couldn't explain where this violent emotion came from. He looked up at the huge body, and it seemed that something in the darkness was burning his reason.

The crazy emotions seemed to break through the cage of reason, and the inexplicable mood made his eyes flash blood red.

——How dare you walk ahead of me on this road...

——How dare you, someone as ugly and twisted as you, try to cross that staircase!

The only thing left was his rationality to figure out what the negative emotions that suddenly arose in his heart were.

...is jealousy.

Chu Xiao lost control without any warning, which was different from any previous time.

In the moment before losing control, Chu Xiao's brain was working rapidly like a bystander. This crazy Gu-raising game seemed to have occurred spontaneously among a group of failed experimental subjects by chance. No one had deliberately arranged it behind the scenes. Even their creator, Sun Baishi, could never have imagined what kind of changes had taken place in a group of waste products outside his field of vision.

However, there seems to be a huge invisible shadow behind this game.

Really... just a coincidence?

Or is there some unknown will controlling all this?

Suddenly, Chu Xiao suddenly remembered the following words he had heard in the laboratory of Qinghe Hospital in the message left by Su Muhe's parents:

——"I even feel that this virus has 'consciousness' and is governed by a unified 'collective consciousness'"...

At this moment, he felt like he was falling into a fog. Behind the fog, there seemed to be a pair of huge eyes above the endless sky, staring at him coldly.

He watched helplessly as he was driven by the "jealousy" in his heart and rushed towards the Gu King like a madman, lighting the Molotov cocktail that he had prepared long ago, and smashing it hard at the monster! The moment the bottle shattered, the fuel that burst out instantly ignited the Gu King's body!

The huge monster immediately opened its eyes, and its red eyes were clearly flashing with endless anger! It roared madly, even ignoring the flames burning on its body!

The monster's upgrade process was forcefully interrupted by Chu Xiao. However, even without Chu Xiao's interference, the possibility of the upgrade being successful was extremely low. However, this did not prevent the Gu King from focusing all his hatred on Chu Xiao!

The moment the monster opened its eyes, Chu Xiao regained consciousness.

The black "jealousy" receded like a tide. He looked closely at the Gu King's scarlet and tyrannical eyes and smiled awkwardly: "Hi——"

The barbed tentacles immediately swept towards Chu Xiao like lightning. Chu Xiao reacted even faster, pulling Zhang Zhan along and shouting, "Run!"

Zhang Zhan ran while shouting, "Brother! Didn't you tell me not to be impulsive? Why did you hit it right away?"

“I don’t know what’s wrong with me!” Chu Xiao pushed the shelves behind him as he ran, trying to block the attack of the Gu King. “Anyway, I have to run away first!”