166: The Corpses Are Coming

When Qin Shilei and the others arrived at the city wall, they found the area outside the city gate was now packed with people.

It was a dense mass of at least tens of thousands of people.

Looking out, they saw an even greater number of zombies further away, rapidly rushing over.

The zombies running at the front had already caught up to the people at the back, and were now engaged in a chaotic battle with them.

"City Lord Qin, please open the gate and let us in!"

The people outside the city saw City Lord Qin appear on the city wall and pleaded with him.

Zhang Qiang frowned and said, "City Lord, if we open the city gate now, the zombies following them will likely rush into the city, and the consequences will be unpredictable."

It was precisely this consideration that prevented Qin Shilei from immediately ordering the city gate to be opened.

Commander Kong, standing nearby, anxiously said, "City Lord Qin, please open the city gate. I can have the soldiers below cover the rear, and I guarantee those zombies won't take the opportunity to rush into the city."

Upon hearing this noble suggestion, Qin Shilei suddenly felt a surge of anger and sneered, "You are quite noble, aren't you? With just a few words, you'd send a large group of soldiers to their deaths."

Covering the rear meant those soldiers would remain outside the city gate; once the gate closed, they would surely die.

"I..." Commander Kong argued eloquently, "As soldiers, we should be willing to sacrifice ourselves to protect the populace."

Seeing that Qin Shilei was slow to open the city gate, the crowd outside became even more anxious.

Someone urgently said, "City Lord Qin, I want to purchase residency in Hope City! Please, City Lord, let us in quickly!"

Qin Shilei pondered for a moment, then turned and said, "He Kaige, you are responsible for opening the city gate and bringing people to maintain order."

"Zhang Qiang, take a team to eliminate any zombies that sneak in."

"Zhang Xiaoli, seize the right moment to seal the city gate with the willow tree."

"An Qian, you and I will go down to cover the rear."

"Understood!" He Kaige immediately led his men down to open the city gate and organized the people entering the city to spread out.

As the city gate opened, the people outside rushed in, jostling each other, and it looked like a trampling incident was about to occur.

"No pushing! Those who injure others will die!"

He Kaige stood on a high spot behind the city gate and shouted loudly.

Unfortunately, those people completely ignored his shouts, fearing that if they entered late, they would be caught and killed by zombies.

Qin Shilei instantly teleported beside He Kaige, pulled out his short bow, and swiftly fired several arrows.

Several people who were recklessly pushing their way through, relying on their strength, were instantly shot down and then trampled into a bloody mess by those behind them.

"Here, take the short bow. Anyone who dares to push recklessly, shoot them to kill."

Qin Shilei handed the short bow to He Kaige, then instantly teleported back to the city wall.

After another dozen or so people who passed through the city gate were shot dead by He Kaige, they finally became orderly.

Seeing that the zombies had already rushed within one hundred meters of the city gate.

Qin Shilei instantly teleported over: "An Qian, let's go down."

The one to two thousand survivors running at the very back were already completely entangled in battle with the zombies.

They were surrounded by zombies on all sides, and even more zombies were surging in from further away.

Li Muzi was one of the last to run.

Although he had killed over ten zombies, the number of zombies around him didn't seem to decrease at all.

As he once again cut down a zombie in front of him, a Licker on his right suddenly shot out its long tongue.

"My life is over!" Li Muzi only had time to let out a mournful cry in his heart, watching as his head was about to be blown apart.

Just then, his vision blurred, and he felt a figure flash past him.

The powerful tongue, less than two centimeters from his head, dropped limply to the ground.

"Quickly, retreat!"

A low, powerful voice suddenly came from beside his ear, and Li Muzi involuntarily retreated.

Only then did he realize that the zombies that had been blocking him from retreating towards the city gate had all collapsed limply to the ground, motionless, at some unknown point.

As Qin Shilei, clad in black armor, and An Qian, clad in red armor, continuously moved through the battlefield, more and more survivors broke free from the zombies and retreated towards the city gate.

Now, not only Zhang Xiaoli and her companions were on the city wall, but also many survivors who had already joined Hope City.

At this moment, they all watched, dumbfounded, the black and red figures at the city gate.

They couldn't clearly see Qin Shilei and An Qian's specific movements.

They only saw a black figure and a fiery red figure weaving through the zombie horde, and the zombies entangled with survivors all collapsed limply to the ground.

Whether they were ordinary zombies or powerful Mutated Zombies like Tyrants, none could withstand a single move from them.

Soon, all the survivors outside the city broke free from the zombies' entanglement and entered the city through the city gate.

A small number of zombies also followed them into the city.

The prepared Zhang Qiang immediately led his men forward, killing zombies while rushing towards the city gate.

Zhang Xiaoli waved her hand, and a tall willow tree appeared in the green belt next to the city gate.

Then, its willow branches swayed, completely sealing the city entrance.

Zhang Qiang, who had already reached the city entrance, also took the opportunity to close and lock the city gate.

An Qian looked back at the many Hope City members standing on the city wall, then turned to Qin Shilei and said, "Shi Lei, protect me for a bit."

After speaking, she waved her hand and unleashed her ultimate skill.

Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix!

The phantom of the Azure Luan reappeared, leading a hundred fiery red birds with a world-destroying momentum towards the zombies in front.

Everyone standing on the city wall exclaimed in awe.

"Strong, incomparably strong!"

"Is this truly power possessed by humans?"

"This move must have killed two or three thousand zombies, right?"

"If the City Lord's wife is already this strong, then how powerful is our City Lord?"

"I feel very fortunate and proud to be a citizen of Hope City!"

After An Qian finished unleashing her ultimate skill, Qin Shilei immediately teleported to her side, embraced her, and instantly teleported away again.

He completely prevented anyone from seeing that she would enter a weakened state after using her ultimate skill.

"You really put your heart into establishing the reputation of our Panshi Battle Group. You rest well here; I'll go down and make some arrangements first."

Qin Shilei settled An Qian in a room in a tall building, then returned to the city wall.

Although his strength was greater than An Qian's, his skills, when unleashed, lacked the shocking impact of Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix.

Having An Qian unleash this ultimate move indeed created a greater Deterrence among the crowd.

"City Lord, there are currently about seven or eight hundred thousand zombies outside the city. It seems all the zombies from Nanzhuang City have gathered here."

Zhang Qiang looked out into the distance, roughly estimating the number of zombies.

"Mmm!" Qin Shilei nodded and ordered, "Arrange for the people of Hope City to go to the city wall and kill zombies. Let's try to eliminate all the zombies in Nanzhuang City today."

Zhang Qiang nodded and turned to arrange for everyone to start killing zombies.

Under the protection of the tall city wall, killing zombies became safe and fast for everyone.

Immediately, abilities, arrows, and even bricks and stones flew out towards the city, taking the lives of zombies one after another.

The zombies outside the city, however, knew no fear. Smelling living humans, they waved their arms and continuously swarmed towards the city wall.