If they were in a complex terrain, shaking off these nearly twenty zombies would not be difficult. But in this area, apart from the wide streets, there were only tall buildings lining the sides. Without being familiar with the routes, recklessly running into small alleys could easily lead to faster death.
It was also unrealistic to keep running with this group of zombies chasing them. Ling Mo, Ye Lian, and Shana all had decent stamina, but Liu Yuhao was already panting heavily, and the others were even more on the verge of collapsing. If not for their lives being threatened, they probably would have already laid down.
Most critically, the incoming zombies were increasing in number and getting closer and closer to them!
After all, during the escape, no small number of zombies had appeared ahead of them. As long as they delayed a bit, the distance would be shortened. If this continued, they would soon be surrounded and attacked from both front and back.
"This way! Use the cover to kill them!"
Seeing that they really could not shake them off, Ling Mo looked around and then pointed to a commercial building, saying.
Though it seemed like a random point, this commercial building was indeed the most suitable shelter around. It only had a revolving door, and the entrance was rather narrow. Even if there were other entrances, it did not matter, because they only needed to deal with these zombies and then immediately leave.
As soon as he finished speaking, Ling Mo rushed toward the building with Ye Lian, while Shana quickly waved her hand to lead the group to run over.
They had just squeezed into the revolving door when the zombies had already rushed up to them. The distorted faces, the pairs of emotionless, bloodthirsty red eyes, and the overpowering bloody stench through the revolving door made the group shiver uncontrollably despite the separation.
The speed of these zombies was too fast. It led to Ling Mo and the others having to turn to face the enemy as soon as they entered the revolving door.
However, the angle advantage created by the door indeed made things much easier for them. At least they did not have to face twenty-plus zombies at one time. At most, only three to four could squeeze in, and they would be killed by Ling Mo and the others as soon as they poked their heads in. If Ye Lian was the one taking action, it probably would have been even faster, since she used her bare hands instead of weapons like Ling Mo and the others.
But the only one probably used to her bloody means of killing was Ling Mo… If Shana and the others saw it, who knows what reactions they would have.
Just as Ling Mo and the others were nervously battling to guard the doorway, they did not notice that behind the front desk inside the commercial building, two female zombies in skirted suits and high heels suddenly rushed out.
Their previous identities were likely white-collar workers in this high-end commercial building, but now they had become zombies that only knew how to prey.
However, even as zombies, they could not run too fast in 10cm high heels. But when they got close to the back of this group, someone still noticed.
"Ah!"
With a scream, the girl closest was directly pounced on. She screamed desperately, but was completely unable to struggle free under the female zombie. And at the moment she was pounced on, this zombie immediately bit into her carotid artery.
Blood sprayed out wildly, and at this time the other female zombie also pounced toward a frightened boy.
However, his reaction was much faster than the girl's. He directly retreated backward, but after just two steps, he bumped into Wang Cheng with glasses.
As if by instinct, Wang Cheng pushed him away… But in this chaotic moment, no one noticed this detail.
"Help!"
This boy was already panicked in his heart. Being pushed like this, he immediately lost his balance. When the female zombie pressed him down, he was still letting out desperate screams. But the next second, his voice was cut off in his throat.
It was the perfect time to counterattack, but everyone was stunned by the bloody scene before their eyes. Their classmate's slit throat, torn open chest and abdomen, and the screams before completely dying, all tremendously challenged their psychological endurance.
But the zombies would not give up their attack just because they had food. After killing these two students, they immediately pounced toward the nearest survivor.
One of the female zombies pounced toward the female middle school student not far from Ye Lian.
At this time, the attack from the zombies outside the revolving door was fierce. Despite hearing the screams behind them, no one could spare a hand to help. If they relaxed even a little, the front entrance would be breached immediately. At that time, surrounded on both sides, even more people would die.
This female student was completely frightened stiff, unable to even move a finger. Her mind was completely blank.
Just as she was about to have her throat ripped open in an instant, Ye Lian, who had not moved at all, suddenly flashed next to her, snatching the fruit knife from her hand. In the instant the female zombie pounced over, she struck as quick as lightning. A flash of cold light, and the fruit knife directly slit the female zombie's throat. With a twist of Ye Lian's wrist, blood immediately sprayed out, directly covering the female student's face.
The hot, sticky blood finally awakened the female student's senses. She let out a mad scream, her legs trembling, and a stream of hot fluid flowed down her legs.
But Ye Lian did not even glance at her, also not paying attention to the state of the female zombie. She directly rushed behind the other female zombie.
That female zombie had just pressed a male student to the ground, her rancid mouth wide open. But the knife tip pierced through her hindbrain and poked out of her mouth. With a twist of Ye Lian's wrist, blood spurted out immediately, directly spraying the male student.
From the appearance of the female zombies to all being killed by Ye Lian, the entire process happened within a minute.
Within just one minute, two students had died. That male student was also frightened out of his wits, not even able to crawl up for half a day, not even able to push away the female zombie corpse on top of him.
Ye Lian, who had struck so swiftly, was immediately surrounded by the group. Without the mind to think more about why this seemingly ordinary beauty had such brutal skills, she was their protection now…
In fact, the one controlling Ye Lian's actions was still Ling Mo, who was chopping down zombies at the revolving door. And in order to conceal their identities, he had specially gotten Ye Lian to use a weapon.
However, when the rest of the survivors were shuddering in fear, through Ye Lian's perspective, Ling Mo discovered that two people were missing from the group.
They were probably too frightened to run upstairs… But recklessly fleeing was pure foolishness. Losing shelter meant only faster death. With zombies even in the lobby, why would there be fewer upstairs?
Sure enough, after a while, a few screams echoed down from above, making this group shiver again.
After a few minutes of frenzied chopping, the zombies outside the revolving door were finally cleared. Whether it was Shana or Liu Yuhao, both were drenched in sweat, especially Shana who had desperately attacked, with even her sword-wielding arms trembling slightly.
Although Ling Mo was slightly more relaxed, his complexion was also ugly, with some throbbing pain in his temples, which was the aftereffect of over-consuming mental energy.
Looking back at the bloody scene before her, Shana's expression was complicated, seeming to contain both pain and some self-blame…
Noticing this, Ling Mo walked over and patted her on the shoulder, saying softly: "Don't blame yourself. If you had left them there, their outcome could have been even worse."
"Mm…" Shana murmured softly in agreement, then forced out a smile toward Ye Lian: "Thank you!"
Although she had not seen Ye Lian in action, being able to continuously take out two zombies almost simultaneously, Ye Lian's combat ability was clearly beyond her expectations.