114: Entering the cave

“Whoosh!”

Little Strong’s warning cry came from the sky.

Qin Shilei put away the silver treasure chest that the Zombie King dropped, as well as the Zombie King’s corpse. “It must be the Zombie King’s underlings coming. I’ll go take a look; you all recover.”

After speaking, he turned and ran towards the valley.

A rumbling sound of footsteps came from afar; indeed, a Tyrant was leading over a thousand Mutated Zombies, rushing towards them.

Little Strong saw his master appear in front of the forest, so he swooped down and caught Qin Shilei, who had jumped up.

The short bow reappeared in Qin Shilei’s hand.

He drew his bow and shot arrows, targeting the ordinary Mutated Zombies.

The group of Mutated Zombies, however, were fearless of death, continuing to charge into the valley, rushing towards the forest behind without stopping.

Qin Shilei thought for a moment, stopped shooting, and took out the Zombie King’s head from his Qiankun Ring.

The zombie horde, running at high speed below, instantly became chaotic, all looking up at the Zombie King’s head in Qin Shilei’s hand in the sky.

Boom!

Just then, another whirring sound of propellers came from afar.

Several armed helicopters appeared in sight and quickly flew towards Qin Shilei.

Da da da!

The armed helicopters quickly arrived nearby and swept the Mutated Zombies below with their machine guns.

The zombie horde below instantly became even more chaotic.

The Zombie King who had commanded them to come had already been killed, so there were no longer any commands.

Some zombies turned and ran into the city.

Some zombies picked up things from the ground and attacked the helicopters and Qin Shilei.

Some zombies ran towards the forest.

“Oh no!”

Qin Shilei flew over the zombie horde, letting Little Strong fly above the forest first.

If two or three hundred zombies rushed into the forest, An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli would probably suffer greatly if caught off guard.

“An Qian, Zhang Xiaoli, watch out for zombies.”

Through the gaps in the leaves, Qin Shilei shouted loudly to An Qian and the others on the ground.

Upon hearing this, An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli quickly put away the crystals and ability orbs in their hands, got up, and ran to the other side of the mountain.

Seeing that An Qian and the others would not encounter that group of zombies, Qin Shilei once again had Little Strong fly over the valley.

Bang!

An armed helicopter flew too low in order to better shoot the zombies, but was hit in some critical spot by a stone thrown by a Tyrant, causing it to fall and explode.

The remaining helicopters quickly pulled up and flew higher.

Qin Shilei arrived two or three hundred meters above the valley and self-muttered with a smile, “My dear zombies, accept the baptism of the arrow rain.”

In his eyes, the Mutated Zombies below were like moving qingtong treasure chests, so adorable.

The only thing that displeased him was that there was also a group of guys next to him who were snatching his kills.

After Qin Shilei shot and killed another thirty or forty Mutated Zombies, more than ten Tyrants led the remaining Mutated Zombies to scatter and flee.

“Let’s go down.” Qin Shilei patted Little Strong, telling it to descend into the valley.

He quickly moved around the valley, picking up treasure chests and zombie corpses one by one.

Firstly, it was too slow to break skulls and dig out crystals, and secondly, Zhang Xiaoli’s pet willow tree could absorb nutrients from zombie bodies to grow quickly.

The several helicopters also landed on the grass in the valley. Fire King, Ice King, Xia Yunyan, and a group of people also jumped out of the helicopters.

“Qin Shilei, hello.” Soldier King Lu Tian罡 took the initiative to greet Qin Shilei.

“You too!” Qin Shilei replied simply without even raising his head.

Ice King shamelessly bent down and picked up a treasure chest on the ground.

He even called out, “Fire King, you all pick them up too. These were killed by helicopter machine guns, so I suppose the military won’t mind us taking some reward.”

Qin Shilei scorned, “You didn’t even kill a single zombie, and you have the nerve to talk about rewards.”

Ice King retorted, “We risked our lives to kill the Zombie King. What does our taking some reward have to do with you?”

Qin Shilei picked up the last treasure chest and waved his hand as if shooing flies, “The treasure chests are all picked up; you all should leave quickly.”

Ice King glared, “This large group of Mutated Zombies appeared here, so the Zombie King must also be nearby. If you’re scared, then hurry up and get lost!”

Qin Shilei waved his hand, and the Zombie King’s corpse appeared on the ground. “Its corpse is right here. You can rest assured and go back to discuss the important matter of reclaiming Nanzhuang City.”

Everyone stared dumbfounded at the corpse that appeared on the ground.

That distinctive cape looked very similar to the Zombie King in the photo taken by the military.

Could it be that in just two or three short hours, this Qin really killed the Zombie King?

Everyone looked at Qin Shilei, then at the Zombie King on the ground, all showing expressions of disbelief.

Was the other party really that powerful?

To be able to effortlessly slay the powerful Zombie King amidst thousands of Mutated Zombies without any injuries.

If Qin Shilei had relied on his pet to fly in the sky and shoot the Zombie King, they might have believed there was a slight chance.

However, the Zombie King on the ground was missing an arm and a leg, clearly killed in close combat.

This made it even harder for everyone to accept.

They had originally planned to follow the traces and come over. If Qin Shilei could really kill the Zombie King, they would cheer him on from the side and then be able to share some credit.

Now that he had already silently killed the Zombie King, could they only go back like this?

Many thoughts flashed through everyone’s minds as they were about to turn back to discuss the affairs of reclaiming Nanzhuang City.

Scanning his eyes, Ice King suddenly discovered the cave emitting white light.

He asked doubtfully, “Why is that cave emitting white light?”

Qin Shilei patted his forehead, pretending to suddenly remember, “I almost forgot to tell you, there’s a Space Rift to an Other World here. There were once two-meter-sized beetles, like mantises, that came from over there.”

After speaking, he led everyone to the side of the cave in the middle of the grassy area.

“Those Scythe Beetles are about eight or nine stars in strength, but I suspect they are only relatively weak individuals from the Other World on the other side.”

After hearing Qin Shilei’s words, everyone looked down into the cave with heavy hearts.

Looking at the deep cave, it was like seeing a man-eating beast, making people feel very uneasy.

Lu Tian罡 asked with a worried expression, “Really? Should we find something to block the cave first?”

Qin Shilei answered solemnly, “Absolutely true. I once climbed down. This cave is over a hundred meters deep, and at the very bottom is a blue-glowing, water-curtain-like passage.”

“Because my intuition told me that once I stepped through, I might never be able to come back, I put some things to block it at the very bottom.”

Hearing that Qin Shilei had already blocked it, and since they didn’t have any tools now, everyone no longer mentioned blocking the cave.

“What about that other cave then?” Fan Xiaobo persistently pressed for an answer.

“You’re really persistent. Can’t such a big matter divert your attention?”

Qin Shilei cursed a few times under his breath, then just replied casually, “I don’t know about that. That cave is so close to the Space Rift, I wonder if there’s any connection?”

Fan Xiaobo called out to everyone, “Let’s go take a look.”

After some probing and bombardment, the cave was finally opened, and a winding passage appeared before their eyes.

“Let’s go in.” Fan Xiaobo had his subordinates go in front to scout the way.

Lu Tian罡 and the others filed in.

Qin Shilei turned to An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli, who had also come over, and said, “Let’s go in too.”