21: Massive crystal cores

The scene instantly fell completely silent.

Everyone stared dumbfounded at Liu Yuanliang, who was still twitching slightly on the ground.

Wasn't Brother Liu suppressing his opponent the whole time?

How was he suddenly decapitated by his opponent's sword?

They were stunned, but Shi Lei wasn't foolish.

He took a stride into the crowd, and with two swift slashes of his sword, he instantly struck down two people.

Everyone immediately reacted, turning and fleeing in all directions in disarray.

The Seven Star Sword in Shi Lei's hand instantly transformed into a short bow.

He drew the string, nocked an arrow, and released.

He didn't need to aim, yet not a single arrow missed.

Thuds kept resounding.

Whoever ran the fastest would inevitably get an arrow in their leg and fall to the ground.

After seven or eight people were shot down, the remaining five or six had run out of the short bow's guaranteed twenty-meter range.

Instant Step.

Shi Lei turned into a gust of wind, rushing towards the person running the fastest.

While running, he didn't stop the motion of drawing his bow and shooting arrows.

He only focused on shooting arrows; the aiming was entirely left to the short bow.

After an arrow left the string, it always curved with an astonishing arc, accurately hitting the person's thigh.

In less than five seconds.

Students lay all around, groaning incessantly.

This scene was witnessed by the students hiding in the classroom.

They all chattered on the chat channel, recounting the events.

"A divine marksman has appeared on the sports field."

"One person took on more than ten, shooting them all down in less than five seconds."

"He's truly Li Guang reborn, a veritable Arrow God!"

"I just happened to record a video with my camera; it's not very clear, but please enjoy the Arrow God's heroic 姿態 as best you can."

"Arrow God!" "Arrow God!" "Arrow God!"

Then a series of people exclaimed in awe of the Arrow God.

"What Arrow God? He's slaughtering students! Such a person should be arrested by the police and sentenced!" A voice of condemnation suddenly rang out.

However, this condemnation was immediately refuted.

"I clearly saw that the other side attacked the Arrow God first."

"If the Arrow God is so powerful, why doesn't he come and save us?"

"Killing your own kind is no big deal; if you're so capable, go kill zombies."

The chat channel immediately became noisy.

Everyone was trapped by zombies in various places; besides relieving their tense nerves on the chat channel, what else could they do?

And Shi Lei, the Arrow God, also left a deep impression in everyone's hearts.

On the sports field.

After Shi Lei shot everyone down, he drew his Seven Star Sword and walked step by step towards Sun Wu.

"Don't kill me, it was all Liu Yuanliang's idea."

Sun Wu crawled away while crying and begging for mercy.

"Then you can go down and keep him company." Shi Lei chopped off his head with a single sword stroke.

"We didn't do anything, please spare us."

"Liu Yuanliang was the one who came up with the idea, and Sun Wen and Sun Wu were the ones who lured the zombies. It really has nothing to do with us."

"We have no enmity, we don't even know each other's names, please spare us, fellow student."

Everyone pleaded for mercy.

However, Shi Lei found himself in a bit of a dilemma.

Before he transmigrated, he was just an ordinary otaku; he didn't have any bloodthirsty tendencies.

Although it was the apocalypse now, he didn't want to become a murderous maniac.

Shi Lei was about to tell everyone to scram.

Suddenly, he felt a hateful gaze.

He turned his head to look, and the person immediately lowered their head, hurriedly uttering words of plea.

But that trace of resentment was clearly seen by Shi Lei.

"You resent me for shooting your leg, don't you? Then take that resentment with you to hell."

That last trace of hesitation was thrown to the back of Shi Lei's mind, and he stabbed his sword into the person's chest.

"He wants our lives! Let's fight him!" Someone struggled to his feet, raising a knife and charging at Shi Lei.

"Come on, then."

Shi Lei transformed into a demon, his sword rising and falling, turning the sports field into a sea of blood.

Since he had already shot and injured them, he might as well be ruthless and kill them all.

These students, who could use fire to deal with hundreds of zombies on the third day, were not simple folk; why leave such a hidden danger?

Shi Lei thought he had killed all of Liu Yuanliang's group, but he didn't know he had missed Zhong Renhe.

He collected everyone's spatial rings and weapons.

He looked up at the badminton court, only to see that the large fire there was about to extinguish.

Most of the zombies inside had already lost the ability to move.

Looking at the dense mass of zombies inside, Shi Lei had a happy dilemma.

The smell of these burning zombies wasn't pleasant.

Moreover, with so many zombies inside, how long would it take to dig out all the crystals?

He turned his head to look towards the teaching building.

He noticed many students peering over.

"Got it."

Shi Lei turned and ran towards the teaching building, first to find Zhang Xiaoli.

The two casually cleared seven or eight zombies on the way and arrived at a classroom they had already chosen.

Knocking on the door, Shi Lei said, "Who among you inside is willing to help dig out crystals? I'll give him two packets of instant noodles and a bottle of water."

"I am willing."

A few weak responses came from inside.

Then there was the sound of heavy objects moving, and only then was the wooden door opened.

Four boys and two girls appeared before them.

Their faces were pale, their lips dry, their eyes listless, looking as if they could collapse at any moment.

"Arrow God, could you give us something to eat first?"

Li Guodong said with an expectant look.

Looking at the few people, Xiaoli only then realized that this should be the normal state of people in the apocalypse.

She suddenly remembered the cured meat and rice, and the preserved egg and lean meat porridge she had eaten with Shi Lei.

A sense of happiness welled up within her.

Shi Lei took out some bread and water and distributed them to everyone.

Watching the four boys and two girls wolf down their food, Shi Lei suddenly worried if they really had the strength to help him dig out crystals.

About ten minutes after eating, the six students stood up.

"Arrow God, we'll go help you dig out crystals now."

Before they even reached the badminton court, they could smell the stench of burning corpses from afar.

Everyone instinctively frowned but still walked forward resolutely.

Upon arriving at the badminton court, facing the terrifyingly disfigured zombies burned by the fire, the two girls were the first to be unable to hold it in, turning and bending over to vomit.

The four boys also had pale faces, looking as if they were about to throw up.

"If you don't want to, you can leave now. The food just now is my gift to you."

Shi Lei said with a frown.

"No, we can do it." The six replied in unison.

Taking the various knives Shi Lei handed them, the six bravely walked into the badminton court.

Having been hungry for nearly three days, they clearly knew that if they couldn't even do a small task like digging out crystals, then only death awaited them.

Shi Lei and Xiaoli also walked into the badminton court, delivering an extra sword strike to the zombies that hadn't been burned to death.

Xiaoli watched as the six struggled to dig out one crystal after hacking for a long time, so she picked up a bone-chopping knife, thinking of helping.

Shi Lei took out a long spear and handed it to Xiaoli, saying, "You use this to split open the zombie heads and let them dig out the crystals; that way, it'll be faster."

The two were responsible for splitting open zombie heads, while the six students were responsible for digging out the crystals.

This significantly sped up the process.

An hour later, everyone returned to the classroom.

Looking at the 198 crystals before him, Shi Lei suddenly felt some gratitude towards Liu Yuanliang, this bringer of wealth.

As for the six students, Shi Lei, in a great mood, not only gave them extra portions of food but also didn't ask for the cleavers and other tools he had given them back.

Li Guodong and the others also embarked on the path of killing zombies and eliminating mutated beasts because of these few knives, becoming a somewhat famous hunting team in the future.