Chapter 1 Qishi's Secret

Before this, they all thought Qishi was like what Zhao Dahai had said, a so-called "newbie village," so there were no evolved zombies, only regular ones.

After all, they came from Qingshi and had witnessed the hundreds of evolved zombies under the command of the Corpse Demon and Leopard!

But after reaching the city's central area, they actually saw evolved zombies, and... a whole bunch of them!!!

The very center of Qishi was a huge commercial district with all the necessary shops: banks, malls, hotels, commercial streets, cinemas, and so on. And at the very center of this commercial district was Qianying Cinema, the largest cinema in all of Qishi!!!

Just as Zhao Dahai and the others approached the commercial district, they suddenly saw a familiar figure – King Kong!!!

Zhao Dahai wasn't the first to see King Kong; it was Xiao Lu. And he didn't pay much attention. Although King Kong was huge, he just assumed that perhaps this guy used to play basketball before he became a zombie. So he raised his gun, ready to give him a shot.

It was at this moment that Zhao Dahai also saw King Kong, and at the same time, he saw Xiao Lu about to fire. He was so scared that his soul almost flew out of his body. He immediately pressed down on Xiao Lu's rifle and whispered:

"Don't shoot!"

At the same time, Zhao Dahai immediately made a gesture for everyone to hide. Because he had a very high prestige within the team, even Guo Jianyong and Xiao Lu really thought this guy was the protagonist and followed him wholeheartedly. So, as soon as Zhao Dahai made this gesture, everyone squatted down.

Even those who didn't see the gesture were immediately pulled down by their companions, who then pointed to Zhao Dahai. The people who were pulled down were originally confused, but when they saw Zhao Dahai's gesture, they immediately behaved themselves.

"What's wrong, boss?"

Xiao Lu also looked at Zhao Dahai curiously, but Zhao Dahai didn't answer. He just pointed to King Kong's location. Everyone looked in that direction and immediately showed shocked expressions, and their eyes also revealed fear.

Xiao Lu had just seen King Kong and was about to shoot, so he hadn't looked to the side. But now, upon closer inspection, he suddenly realized that all the zombies around King Kong were also in special forms, either particularly strong or like the Shadow Demons.

"These… they're all evolved zombies?"

Xiao Lu took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice.

"That's right! All of them!"

Before Zhao Dahai could answer, Guo Jianyong whispered, then looked up at a building behind him, and then looked at Zhao Dahai.

"Let's go!"

Zhao Dahai knew what Guo Jianyong meant, and that was exactly what he was going to do. So, he nodded and led everyone away quietly, entering the building and climbing all the way to the rooftop.

"Hiss… I was wondering why we didn't see any evolved zombies here. So, they were all here!"

After arriving at the rooftop and seeing the situation below, everyone gasped. Xiao Lu murmured in a daze.

Because they had enough height, they could see the situation below clearly from above. At this time, the commercial district below was packed with densely packed zombies. And the most shocking thing for them was that these zombies were all evolved zombies, not a single one was a regular zombie.

This was the first time they had seen such a situation. Even in Qingshi, when Leopard and the Corpse Demon fought, there were more regular zombies around the evolved zombies.

Moreover, a rough estimate showed that the number of evolved zombies here was at least over two thousand. Even during the clash of the two major zombie hordes in Qingshi, the number of evolved zombies had not reached this number.

Furthermore, these evolved zombies were all pouring into a shopping mall. In other words, the evolved zombies they were seeing now were not all the evolved zombies in Qishi. Before their arrival, perhaps many evolved zombies had already entered the mall.

Zhao Dahai was definitely smart enough. He immediately took out his binoculars and carefully looked at the mall. He thought that since all the evolved zombies had entered the mall, he would see how many evolved zombies were inside.

Although he definitely couldn't see everything due to the angle, he could at least estimate a rough number.

But to his dismay, he searched carefully for a long time and couldn't find any zombies in the mall, not even regular ones. There wasn't even a living thing!!!

Unwilling to give up, Zhao Dahai started going downstairs again, changing his angle to search for zombies in the mall, but he still found nothing. He even made a special detour to other buildings in other directions, but still didn't see a single zombie in the mall.

"Boss! There are three underground levels in this mall, and the third level is a huge real ice skating rink. I've been there!"

After finding nothing, Guo Jianyong came to Zhao Dahai and said:

"So, it's possible that those evolved zombies have entered the underground levels. If that's the case, we won't be able to see them from above no matter what!"

"That's troublesome!"

Zhao Dahai put down the binoculars and tapped his fingers on the windowsill unconsciously, frowning and saying:

"Think about it, they're zombies. All they know is to eat people. How many people can there be in the underground levels of the mall? Would they line up to go down? And why are there only evolved zombies? We can't see a single regular zombie here?"

"Boss, when we were watching those two zombie hordes fight, the guys controlling them seemed to be intelligent, right?"

Xiao Lu said from the side:

"These evolved zombies should be the same, right? So, they were also called down there by that kind of intelligent zombie!"

"Called them down there to do what? Ice skate?"

Zhao Dahai poked Xiao Lu's forehead in exasperation:

"I'm telling you, there's definitely a big secret in the underground levels of this mall!"

"No… Boss, even if there's a secret… so what? There are so many evolved zombies. We've seen two or three thousand just now, right?"

Xiao Lu said with a sad face:

"We can't do anything about so many evolved zombies, right? No matter what's down there, even if it's a gold mine, we can't go down there???"

"Boss, Xiao Lu is right. No matter what's here, it doesn't have much to do with us. There are too many evolved zombies. We can't do anything. So… should we change cities again?"

Guo Jianyong also said.

Honestly, seeing so many evolved zombies, they were all a bit numb and couldn't wait to leave this place immediately!

"No! We're staying here! We must stay!!!"

To the surprise of the two, Zhao Dahai immediately shook his head and said with a determined expression.

It was indeed dangerous here, but there might also be a big secret hidden here. Zhao Dahai had definitely stayed far away when those two zombie hordes were fighting, but this place in front of him might hold a great opportunity. If he couldn't even seize a great opportunity, then what kind of protagonist would he be?

So, Zhao Dahai didn't plan to hide this time. He was going to seize his opportunity and prove his identity. Anyway, with the protagonist halo, he was sure he wouldn't die…