Chapter 9: Firm Pursuit (Second Update) Seeking Votes and Support

  Ugh...

  As Liang Jing successfully cast his [Corpse Puppetry], he obtained a decent meat shield and attacker. The wailing and screaming had stopped, the temperature began to slowly return to normal, and everyone secretly let out a sigh of relief. They looked at Liang Jing with fearful eyes, as well as the motionless, black-backed zombie dog that seemed like a wooden board, its presence exuding an eerie chill without any signs of life. If they hadn't seen Liang Jing command it to attack earlier, they would have thought it was just a long-dead corpse. Its ferocious appearance made people's hair stand on end, as if it could suddenly lunge at them and kill them at any moment.

  On one side, Liang Jing looked at the mutated Black-backed Dog Zombie in front of him, and his excitement had just passed when a hint of regret rose up in his heart. Previously, he had used [Corpse Puppetry] on the Green Elite Steel Spine Beast and the Golden Balrog corpse, but unfortunately, the Steel Spine Beast's neck was almost severed from its body, making it impossible to control. As for the Golden Balrog corpse, it always felt like something was missing, and there wasn't even a glimmer of hope for success. If he could control it, at this stage, he would probably be invincible!

  Liang Jing shook her head and smiled helplessly, feeling that she had been a bit too greedy.

  Taking a glance at the hall, the originally chaotic office hall was even more chaotic under the violent Variated Black-backed Dog. The dark, slightly purplish dry bloodstains and torn clothing fragments on the ground showed that there had been a great disturbance and bloodshed here, but Liang Jing didn't see any corpses. The air was still relatively fresh without too much of a stench. After searching around, he saw only two skulls with shallow teeth marks on them. In just two short days, it had become like this. Liang Jing's heart was filled with vigilance. Perhaps the mutated monster was not far from him, but he hadn't discovered it yet.

  After being suddenly ambushed by Hei Yiwu, Liang Jing felt that his reaction seemed a bit too sensitive.

  There were five people, a sturdy young man named Zhang Hu Ke, who had just graduated from high school in the mountainous area of Chu; a soft-footed man named Liu Zhi Xiong, well, he was actually not bad, at least he could still shout to let Zhang Hu Ke escape first, earlier his foot was soft only because he was over-tensed and his foot was twisted, he was a recent graduate of a junior college, with average physical fitness; the other three people who escaped first were Chen Gong, a thin man in his 20s, probably weighing no more than 100 pounds, a true modern "skeletal" man; Liu Yu Ji, a medium-built man also in his 20s, and Zhou Yi Yue, a slightly chubby man in his 30s.

  Five people were all employees of the same factory. The day the world changed, they had just arrived at work not long ago. The monsters that had just mutated were extremely hungry and continued to replenish themselves by crazily attacking targets of different species, especially humans who had poor resistance and were plump and juicy "food". As a result, after a chaotic disaster, only over ten people escaped to the warehouse to survive, while dozens of people in the workshop didn't know whether they were killed and eaten by monsters or escaped outside. For the next two days, there was nothing to eat, only purified water, and as a result, they starved for two days. People who couldn't stand the hunger went out to find food, but it just happened to be convenient for the mutated black-backed dog to eat its fill. Later, only six people were left, and when they were discovered by the mutated black-backed dog, they escaped from their hiding place. In the process, one more person was killed by the mutated black-backed dog, but also won them an escape event.

  "What's going on! Come out!"

  Suddenly, Liang Jing let out a loud shout, his right hand grasping a short knife, as he rushed towards the direction of the closed bathroom.

  The crowd in the hall immediately tensed up as soon as they heard Liang Jing's loud shout. Zhang Hu and Liu Zhi Xiong hastily picked up the iron chair and steel pipe they had found earlier, their tense eyes fixed on the direction of the bathroom as they quickly approached Liang Jing. The three Chen workers who were originally sitting and resting suddenly stood up in a reflexive manner, hurriedly running to Liang Jing's side, even forgetting to be afraid of the mutated black-backed dog zombie next to them.

  "If you don't come out now, I'll take action!"

  Liang Jing reminded for the last time, although the hall is very large and the distance to the bathroom is not close, but Liang Jing just clearly heard the movement in the bathroom, it seems that someone was speaking in a low voice, so he reminded him in such a nagging way, otherwise with Liang Jing's personality, he would have taken action long ago, why use so many useless words.

  "Wait, wait, wait! We're coming out right away. We're human beings, not monsters." A middle-aged man's voice came from inside, his tone was very hoarse.

  Crack!

  The bathroom door opened, and a man and woman walked out. The man was over 1.6 meters tall, middle-aged, wearing glasses, while the woman was in her twenties, sexy, with a good figure and an attractive face that could score 80 points. Both of them had dry lips and pale faces, and at first glance, Liang Jing knew they had been hiding in the bathroom for two days without eating or drinking anything.

  Two people were seen, and Liang Jing didn't care about them anymore. He saw a water dispenser lying on the ground next to it, with an unopened bucket of purified water. Under everyone's gaze, he took possession of it first, without asking anyone's opinion. A middle-aged man who came out of the bathroom seemed to want to speak up, but quickly reacted and stopped himself. Although he had not eaten or drunk for two days and was dizzy with hunger, he was still a office worker after all, and his ability to read people's faces was not shallow. Seeing that none of the men next to him had any objections, he immediately stopped talking and even put on a smile. He didn't know what Liang Jing's background was, but judging from the situation, it seemed that he couldn't afford to offend him.

  Hmmm...

  Liang Jing nodded in satisfaction, took out a stainless steel water cup from his backpack and drank some purified water to quench his thirst. Although the world had changed and was now full of terrifying mutated creatures, the environment had become more suitable for survival. Finding edible water was still easy, and many rivers' water quality had even improved to the point where they were drinkable. As a result, Liang Jing had accumulated too much drinking water and only carried one water bottle with him.

  "It seems that you all haven't gone outside to understand the situation since the monsters started appearing from the day before yesterday, so I'll briefly tell you about it now...". Then Liang Jing told the seven people in the hall, originally five men and one man and one woman from the bathroom; simply said a little about the current situation. Although the mutated monsters outside during the day seemed to be fewer than when they first started mutating on the first day, that was only because the mutated mosquitoes, spiders, and rats were more likely to come out at night to hunt and move around. However, the mutated monsters that liked to come out during the day wouldn't be much less in number, and were even more dangerous. Just look at that mutated black-backed dog from just now, it's not something that the mutated mosquitoes, spiders, and rats can compare to.

  "It's probably like this, if we want to survive, it's better for us to save ourselves. If we wait for the government, who knows when that will be? So many places and people across the country need help. No transportation! No communication! It's really tough...” Liang Jing sighed, not knowing who or what she was sighing about.

  "What are you going to do now?"

  “……”

  "I want to go home, go home and find my relatives..." said Zhang Hu, a sturdy young man.

  A long silence, although they didn't want to believe Liang Jing's words, but looking at the terrifying monsters in the past few days and the still unresponsive ZF, everyone fell silent, not knowing what to do next. After hearing Liang Jing's words, everyone was already bewildered and tense, unsure of where to go or what to do, before Zhang Hu finally spoke up with a weak voice.

  Silence!

  As soon as Zhang Hu Ke's voice fell, the crowd in the hall suddenly quieted down, stunned and bewildered. Who doesn't have a family? Who doesn't have relatives and friends? Thinking of the current state of the world, their hearts are filled with anxiety and distress. Are their fathers, mothers, wives, children, grandfathers, and grandmothers all right now? Have they been discovered by the mutated monsters? Do they have food and clothing? Their hearts dare not think about it anymore...

  Liang Jing himself fell silent for a moment, thinking of many things. Mom, brothers, are you all okay now? You must wait for me to come back! Unconsciously, Liang Jing clenched his fists with great force, even his fingernails were dug into the flesh and bleeding without any reaction.

  He thought of that thin figure, it was she who had been working tirelessly in the fields and on construction sites, carrying heavy loads, that had made him the adult he is today. Without many sweet words, caring words or grand philosophies, but only silently doing, always supporting this family, thinking of that white-haired, increasingly old face, still thin and weighing only 80 pounds, she was Liang Jing's mother, a diligent and taciturn ordinary farmer in a rural village in Huaxia country. Thinking of this cruel world where monsters roam, is she okay? For a moment, Liang Jing's heart almost broke.

  He also took on the responsibility of shouldering the sin for him, and with a calm tone said "Brother, you still have your mother to take care of, let me do it instead." It was a very ordinary sentence, but it revealed that he had sacrificed his own youth, the most brilliant and precious period of his life, and from then on, his life became dull...

  Brother! Are you okay now?

  The unbearable suffocation in my heart, as if it's about to erupt at any moment and needs to be vented! Liang Jing endured and didn't let the scorching tears flow out. Hold on! It's almost there! As long as I keep trying, I'll come find you guys soon, just wait for me...

  Power! Power! Power!

  In his heart, he kept shouting loudly that he needed strength to solve all the problems and injustices. The journey from Jiangnan Province to G Province was thousands of kilometers long, with countless high mountains, rivers, lakes, and unknown difficulties to overcome. Until now, Liang Jing still didn't have the power to deal with large groups of mutated monsters and high-level mutated monsters; let alone the existence of Golden Baroque level, which he couldn't resist even if his strength had increased greatly, and even Steel Spine Beasts would be a threat to his life if they appeared in large numbers! It was unimaginable how many more terrifying monsters there were outside, considering that a small village like Qing Shui Bay with only a few thousand people had so many high-level monsters.

  Liáng Jìng had never had such a strong desire for power in his heart!

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