In front of the main road of the Linxian Vocational and Technical College, several figures waited in the opposite food alley. "Damn it, what the hell is Darcy doing? It's been so long and he still hasn't sent the signal!" Brad cursed angrily.
Evan frowned and said, "Could he have encountered some trouble?"
Carl remained calm, his eyes serene and tranquil. He said, "Why the rush? Just wait." The conversation of the group was heard by Daisy's parents. They hadn't expected things to escalate to this point. If they were to attack the soldiers now, Daisy's family would be implicated.
The couple exchanged a glance and could see the worry in each other's eyes. But the situation was pressing, and they could only keep certain thoughts to themselves. Time passed by, second by second. Just as the group anxiously waited, suddenly a gunshot rang out. "It's Darcy's signal!" Brad's expression brightened, and he immediately looked at Carl.
Carl calmly uttered two words, "Take action!" With the command, the six of them immediately moved.
Brad was the most proactive. As he ran, he shouted, "Petrify!" Instantly, his muscles, like an iron tower, turned to stone. With each step he took, the ground cracked beneath him, displaying immense power.
Evan, unwilling to fall behind, shouted loudly. His body instantly grew to three meters tall, and his originally thin and weak physique was now towering with muscles.
Carl, wearing a mask that concealed his expression, simply tapped his toes, and his body soared into the air.
Daisy, much steadier than Brad and Evan, followed behind these people, a blazing fireball igniting in her hand. Daisy's parents, on the other hand, cowered behind Daisy.
The commotion caused by the group immediately caught the attention of nearby zombies and the base's stationed soldiers. "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
"Open fire!" The soldiers immediately opened fire, bullets spitting out from their muzzles. However, when the bullets hit Brad at the forefront, they only sparked, leaving no trace.
"Hehe, are you tickling me?" Brad smirked with petrified features. He reached out and grabbed the gate of the vocational school, exerting force. Instantly, the iron gate deformed, along with the wire mesh, all flung aside by Brad's strength.
"Tsk, I thought taking over this base would bring me some excitement, but you're all so weak." Brad showed disdain. It wasn't that the soldiers' combat strength was insufficient. In terms of individual combat awareness, each of the soldiers dispatched to search for survivors in the surrounding cities was an elite in special operations, akin to a king of soldiers. However, Brad and his group had already transcended human capabilities and were bulletproof. Only superheroes like Captain America could match them.
"Brad, stop playing around and finish the battle quickly," Carl reminded.
"all right, boss," Brad grinned widely, leaped into the air, and pounced toward the soldiers.
"Retreat!" The soldiers, realizing they were no match, threw several grenades at Brad as he approached. Boom, boom! The scorching shockwaves forced the opponents to step back repeatedly. When they opened their eyes again, they found that the soldiers in front had vanished without a trace.
"Damn it, they run like rats, so fast!" Brad complained. He plucked out the steel beads from his body and continued to advance towards the Linxian Survivor Base.
At the same time, the soldiers had reached the teaching area and shouted into their radios, "Captain, there are a total of six enemies, three of them impervious to bullets. They have entered. We're retreating as we can't defeat them."
"receive. Fall back to the rear for now, leave the rest to Advisor Anthony and us!" Ross put down the radio and glanced at Anthony beside him.
Anthony glared coldly at Darcy. Darcy's soul trembled, and he quickly pleaded, "Boss, I really didn't know that Daisy's parents would also follow. Those two old folks are just ordinary people, I didn't count them in."
As soon as the words fell, a flash of silver appeared in Anthony's hand. A blood arrow shot out. Darcy covered his neck with his remaining hand, looking at Anthony in disbelief. However, the suffocating sensation overwhelmed him, and he gradually lost consciousness.
"Anthony, what are you doing?" Ross asked, confused. They had a policy of treating prisoners with leniency. Since the enemy surrendered, they wouldn't harm their lives.
Anthony responded directly, "Leave him behind. The soldiers can't keep an eye on him, and someone like him will cause us a lot of trouble if he escapes."
"That's true," Ross listened and couldn't help but think that Anthony was ruthless. But in such times, being ruthless was necessary. Kindness would only leave oneself vulnerable.
"Alright, let's go meet them next." Anthony spoke and took out a hand grenade from his pocket, handing it over to Don. "This grenade can penetrate their bodies and cause them harm. Let Don handle it."
"Thanks," Don, knowing the value of the grenade, was delighted, although there was only one. He had a smile on his face.
Then, Anthony pulled out a Level 1 Doomsday Pistol and handed it to Ross. "This pistol can penetrate their bodies. It has six rounds, so use them sparingly."
"Thank you," Ross took the pistol. The three of them exchanged glances and walked out of the War Room. At that moment, Daisy and the others happened to be approaching from the opposite direction. The two groups collided near the teaching building.
"It's you!" As soon as Evan saw Anthony, he immediately erupted in anger, wanting nothing more than to rush forward and beat him to a pulp.
Daisy's face also turned cold. Whenever she recalled the scene of her arm being severed a few days ago, there was a faint pain in the place where her arm was missing. However, when she looked at Anthony's gaze, it was undeniably complex. Compared to Evan, Anthony was more masculine and handsome. The outline of his muscles could be vaguely seen through his thin shirt, and he exuded a charm that was distinctly masculine.
On the other hand, Evan had always been physically weak even before they met. He could barely last five seconds in a fight, and after being injured, his demeanor became increasingly effeminate, yet he strangely enjoyed being physically aggressive, which disgusted Daisy.
"Anthony, I never expected to meet you here. It's truly a stroke of luck. Finally, an opportunity for to seek revenge," Evan said bitterly.
Upon hearing this, Carl and the others looked at each other curiously. Since they met Evan, they often heard him shouting the name of a certain person. It seemed that person had some real power, but only against ordinary people.
"I'm also surprised. A man has turned into something neither man nor woman," Anthony sarcastically remarked.
"Bring it on!" Evan's hostility surged as he roared, "None of you interfere. I'll handle this person myself."
"I don't mind," Brad shrugged.
"Hurry up," Carl nodded. With their strength, taking over the Linxian Survivor Base was almost a sure thing. "Let's see what Evan is capable of."
With a loud roar, Evan's three-meter-tall body suddenly charged forward. In the eyes of Ross and the others, they only saw a giant figure flash by, but to Anthony, it seemed as if everything was in slow motion, and he saw every move clearly.
Anthony's figure suddenly disappeared, and then a flash of the blade. Instantly, two large chunks of flesh fell from the sky and landed on the ground—it was Evan's corpse.
"That's it?" Ross was shocked. He thought that facing a monster like Evan, Anthony would at least have to engage in a struggle, but unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, before they could even see clearly, Evan was killed.
Anthony steadied himself and walked to Evan's struggling head, then swung his blade. Evan's pupils quickly dimmed. This time, he truly died and couldn't come back to life.
Next, Anthony approached the lower half of the body and inserted his knife forcefully into the abdomen. After opening a slit, he flicked the blade, and a crystal-clear bead, the size of a marble, flew out.
Anthony held it and put it in his backpack. "This is what you owed Annabelle." Then he looked up at Daisy and the others. "Let's continue."