82: A new crisis, merging tracks

"Brothers! In just over twenty minutes, the instance will settle!"

"That little girl Liu Mei is way ahead, leading us by so many Points!"

"We can't let this continue!"

Several captains gathered together.

They were all part of Cai Yonghuai's faction.

They had all been present during that initial meeting.

Looking at their own pitiful Points and then glancing over at Liu Mei's side...

Each one of them was gnashing their teeth in hatred.

"If you ask me, we should just band together and kill her."

"I agree! After we kill her, we can turn around and divide up her resources."

However...

Someone immediately raised an objection.

"But that's Liu Mei!"

"The most famous beauty on Train Z2425."

"It would be such a waste to just kill her like that!"

"I've had a crush on her for so long, I really can't bear to!"

But...

The objection was quickly suppressed.

"That Liu Mei has already recognized Wang Feng as her master."

"Didn't you see the way she was acting earlier in the instance?"

"Trust me, there are plenty of fish in the sea; why obsess over one flower?"

"Exactly! Kill her, and I'll introduce you to someone else later! Like-new, a real rarity!"

After a few words...

These competing captains reached a consensus.

Immediately after, they began to mobilize.

On Liu Mei's side, she had cried until she had no strength left.

Curled up in a corner alone, her mind was filled with nothing but Wang Feng.

"Wuwuwu... Master..."

"Mei'er misses you so much..."

"Mei'er really wanted to go with you..."

Seeing her looking so soul-shattered...

The members of the Nine-Tailed Fox Squad shook their heads helplessly.

Sigh.

This 'Love Brain'...

It's a sickness that needs to be cured.

But just then, the sound of battle cries erupted from all directions.

"Liu Mei is over there!"

"Kill! Kill her! We'll split the resources equally!"

The Nine-Tailed Fox Squad reacted instantly, preparing to meet the enemy.

But there were simply too many players surrounding them.

Bullets poured in from every side.

"Captain!"

"Move!"

"We're being besieged!"

Liu Mei was like a fox with its fur standing on end.

Using her Grappling Hook Gun to maneuver and dodge, she fired her submachine gun with precision.

However...

This time, the enemies were conducting an organized encirclement.

Liu Mei and her Nine-Tailed Fox Squad quickly fell into a disadvantage.

Several squad members were hit and fell to the ground.

Covered in blood, it looked as though they were about to draw their last breaths.

"Captain—!!!"

"You bastards! A whole bunch of grown men! Besieging us women!"

"Have you no shame!"

But they only laughed loudly.

"Liu Mei!"

"Hand over the resources! Then sleep with us for a week!"

"Otherwise, the entire Nine-Tailed Fox Squad will die!"

Liu Mei gritted her teeth.

"You bunch of bastards!"

"In life, I am Wang Feng's person! Even in death, I will only be Wang Feng's ghost!"

"If you have the guts, then kill me!"

Such fierce chastity actually piqued the interest of those besieging them.

"Hahaha! Good, good, good!"

"Liu Mei! I didn't expect a bitch like you to have this kind of resolve!"

"Then die for me!"

The location where Nine-Tailed Fox was gathering resources was relatively open.

It was enough to handle a siege from two or three teams.

But now, the ones hunting them were all the remaining teams in the instance.

All possible escape routes were blocked by the besieging teams.

The Nine-Tailed Fox Squad had nowhere to run.

"If you want to blame someone, blame your captain!"

"Who told her to go around provoking people ever since she entered the instance!"

"Hahaha!"

The Nine-Tailed Fox Squad was in imminent danger.

People in the livestream also began to discuss it.

"Sigh, what a pity!"

"Such a beautiful woman!"

"There's no other way; she provoked too many people."

"And looking at her, even if she lived, she'd be shaped by Wang Feng for the rest of her life."

"Since we can't have her anyway, she might as well die. It saves us the trouble of thinking about her."

"Haha! You're right!"

It wasn't just the viewers in the livestream.

Even the Nine-Tailed Fox Squad inside the instance felt that disaster was upon them.

Sigh!

A thousand words condensed into one sentence!

That Love Brain! It's going to be the death of us!

As the circle of encirclement tightened, the survival space left for the Nine-Tailed Fox Squad was nearly gone.

Right at that moment!

A cold light flashed!

The head of the person charging at the very front flew right off.

The body tumbled forward for quite a while before hitting the ground.

It even twitched several times.

Liu Mei: "???"

Nine-Tailed Fox Squad: "???"

Everyone else: "..."

Holy shit!

What was that thing?!

Before the others could react, that pitch-black afterimage flashed again!

Three more heads hit the ground.

Now everyone was panicked.

The livestream was boiling over even more.

"Holy shit! What is that thing!"

"A pitch-black mass, just like a big black rat!"

"Damn it! Can you say something nice? I'm most afraid of rats!"

The speed of that black shadow was simply too fast.

Even the viewers in the livestream could only see an afterimage.

It was like a ghost!

"Damn it! What exactly is that thing!"

"Could it be one of Liu Mei's people?!"

"How is that possible! Everyone from the Nine-Tailed Fox Squad is right here!"

"Then it must be an NPC!"

"What kind of NPC is this strong! An instant kill with one strike!"

Everyone's perception of NPCs was still stuck on the previous instance, where they were useless burdens.

Occasionally there would be fully armed soldier NPCs with a bit of combat power.

But the problem was...

This instance was for collecting resources.

It never said there would be NPCs!

However, the black shadow did not speak, engaging only in relentless slaughter.

The black shadow charged directly into the crowd; every flicker was accompanied by a head falling to the ground.

This time...

Everyone was completely stunned.

"Holy shit! Something's wrong!"

"Retreat! Run! That black shadow is coming for us!"

"Arghhhhh—!!!"

"Big brother! Don't kill me!"

Due to the intervention of the black shadow...

The teams besieging Liu Mei instantly collapsed and scattered.

Liu Mei stared blankly at the black shadow, only feeling that he looked somewhat familiar.

Like... Wang Feng!

Very quickly, only one person from the besieging teams was left.

The black shadow lifted that person with just one hand.

Then, with a forceful squeeze...

With a squelch...

That person's neck was snapped on the spot.

The black shadow slowly turned its head and looked toward Liu Mei.

The members of the Nine-Tailed Fox Squad felt a chill run down their spines.

However, Liu Mei felt that the person was very familiar.

In a daze...

Liu Mei even saw the shadow of Wang Feng.

"Is it you?"

"Wang... Wang Feng?"

But the black shadow did not respond.

After tossing away the corpse, the black shadow just gave her a silent look.

Then, it dissolved into a puff of smoke and drifted away.

"Ah!"

"Wait!"

"Are you Wang Feng!"

"Tell me! Brother Wang Feng! Master!"

The members of the Nine-Tailed Fox Squad were completely bewildered.

The black shadow had already vanished.

Yet Liu Mei stood frozen in place, staring in the direction where the black shadow had departed.

No, seriously...

Is the aftereffect of this Love Brain really this strong?

That black shadow was just a mass of smoke; let alone facial features, from a distance you couldn't even tell if it was human or animal.

Liu Mei actually called out Wang Feng's name.

Wang Feng died in the instance!

No matter how you thought about it, it couldn't possibly be him!

"Sigh, Sister Mei'er."

"Please accept our condolences."

"I know you like Wang Feng, but the dead cannot be brought back to life."

"Let's hurry back and settle the Points."

On the other side...

The livestream was also in an uproar.

"What on earth was that black shadow!"

"How can there be superpowers in this zombie instance!"

"Too ridiculous! Too brutal! One person taking on more than a dozen players! And it was a one-sided slaughter!"

"Good thing he's an NPC! If it were a player from another train, we'd be screwed!"

"Exactly, exactly!"

..."Master, how was the fun?"

Wang Feng left the combat zone.

And returned to Shen Aoxue's side.

The duration of the Gene Amplification had already passed.

Currently, Wang Feng was in a weakened state.

It formed a sharp contrast with the god-of-slaughter state from just now.

Wang Feng smiled.

"It was okay."

"Everything needs a comparison."

"Just fighting zombies doesn't make it clear how strong I really am."

"Only by fighting against fellow Survivors can I know what level my strength is actually at."

Shen Aoxue took Wang Feng's arm.

And gave him an intimate peck on the cheek.

"So, Master."

"Are you satisfied with your power?"

Wang Feng let out a long breath.

Recalling his performance over the last half hour...

Then, he nodded.

"Not bad."

"And I really like this cloak, too."

The cloak Shen Aoxue gave Wang Feng could not only hide his personal appearance but also trailing wisps of black smoke when moving.

Although it didn't provide combat power...

It was stylish and imposing!

How does that saying go?

Strength is only temporary.

But looking cool is a lifetime matter!

"As long as Master likes it, that's better than anything."

"In the future, I will prepare even more and better things for you."

...The instance ended.

Under Shen Aoxue's guidance, Wang Feng returned directly to the Train Crew area.

As soon as he entered the office, a wave of fragrance hit him.

By the time he recovered his senses, Shen Aoxue had already dragged Wang Feng onto the bed.

But just as the two were about to enter battle mode...

The broadcast overhead rang out.

"Ding—dong—"

"This is the Z2425 Train Crew."

"Due to the collective efforts of the Survivors from each train, the critical information for the zombie apocalypse... specifically timeline [D19572.23], is about to complete collection."

"Only one last station remains until the collection is complete."

"When the critical information collection ends, the Train Crew will initiate the Track-Merging Procedure."

"After the merging is complete, all Survivors will leave the old tracks and head toward the New World."

"All Survivors, please prepare for the impact."