A thick layer of gray clouds drifted over, blocking the already gentle sunlight, and the sky suddenly darkened for a moment.
Twenty kilometers south of Lingfeng City was the Mass Grave.
Ke Bei lay prone in the withered grass, his body pressed closely against the ground. He held two flying knives in his palm, like a cheetah waiting for an opportunity to pounce and hunt its prey.
More than a dozen red-haired zombies wandered aimlessly and gradually approached the place where Ke Bei was hiding.
"Sixteen."
Ke Bei's pupils suddenly contracted. He tightened his grip on the flying knives in his palm.
"Attack."
When the group of zombies was still seven or eight meters away from Ke Bei, he suddenly jumped up.
"Swish swish."
Two willow-leaf flying knives whistled out and directly hit the center of the zombies' eyebrows. Two red-haired zombies fell to the ground with a thud.
"Roar~ Ao~"
The remaining fourteen zombies let out a roar and charged forward.
Looking coldly at the approaching red-haired zombies, Ke Bei naturally swiped his hands at his waist, and two more flying knives appeared in his hands.
"Die."
With a low shout, Ke Bei shot out two more flying knives. The two zombies in the front let out a wail and fell to the ground and died instantly.
After shooting out the flying knives again, Ke Bei quickly pulled out the broadsword that was inserted diagonally on his back. He tore off the cloth strip wrapped around his hand, and blood oozed out, soaking into the handle of the knife. In an instant, a faint silver light flowed onto the blade.
"All of you die."
With a low growl, Ke Bei took a big step forward, the blade划破 the air, and he slashed down fiercely.
"Pu pu pu~~"
He swung three knives as fast as lightning, and three ferocious heads rolled away like balls.
With a little bit of blood red on his palm, the broadsword was extremely sharp. In an instant, Ke Bei killed three red-haired zombies.
"Roar."
After killing three zombies, Ke Bei's body also rushed into the center of the group of zombies. Immediately, four dark claws swept towards him fiercely.
"Humph."
Ke Bei's eyes narrowed into a thin line. He held the broadsword in front of his chest and his body spun rapidly.
"Peng peng peng."
Using the technique of intercepting the knife, Ke Bei easily chopped off the four arms stretched out by the zombies. With their arms cut off, the zombies lost their balance and staggered uncontrollably.
"Die."
Ke Bei's eyes lit up. How could he give up such a good opportunity? A cold growl came from his throat, and his body leaped high into the air. He held the broadsword high and instantly slashed four knives at the four zombies that had lost their balance.
"Chi la~~"
The four red-haired zombies were all split in half by one knife. The pale green blood mixed with the pale intestines scattered all over the ground.
"Ao wu~~ Roar roar~~"
In just a few breaths, Ke Bei killed eleven zombies as fast as lightning. The remaining five red-haired zombies completely went crazy. They roared towards the sky and charged forward frantically.
The five zombies stretched out ten arms to grab at him simultaneously.
"Not good."
In this extremely dangerous situation, Ke Bei's expression was solemn. He changed his posture four times in a row, and his knife moves were as swift as the wind. But he still couldn't block all the claws of the zombies. He tried his best and only blocked four zombies. It seemed that the claw of the last zombie was about to grab his chest.
"Die."
At the critical moment, Ke Bei suddenly threw out a flying knife.
"Swish."
When the dark claw of the zombie was only about three inches away from Ke Bei's chest, the flying knife shot into the center of the zombie's eyebrows.
"Damn it. I was too careless. I almost got myself into big trouble."
Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Ke Bei let out a long sigh of relief. He had been a bit overconfident. If he hadn't rushed into the group of zombies, he could have slowly worn them down one by one.
"Roar."
Just as Ke Bei was having a lingering fear about his reckless behavior just now, the remaining four red-haired zombies without arms let out shrill roars.
"Shut the hell up."
Looking at the four red-haired zombies without arms that were lying crookedly on the ground, Ke Bei was full of impatience. He raised the broadsword and with a few clicks, chopped off the heads of the four zombies, completely ending their lives.
The battle was over.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the sixteen red-haired zombies had completely fallen under Ke Bei's knife. Such an achievement was something Ke Bei couldn't even dream of. Zombies were fierce, cruel, incredibly strong, and had astonishingly high defensive power. He really couldn't believe that one day he could kill them so cleanly with just a few moves.
In fact, this was not difficult to understand. Firstly, he had learned the Li Family's Flying Knife technique. Although he couldn't truly unleash the power of the Li Family's Flying Knife due to the lack of internal energy, within a range of ten meters and with sufficient strength, he could still achieve "never missing the target." Secondly, he had learned the knife technique left by Old Beard.
The "Intercepting Knife" technique was not extremely sophisticated, but it was very useful for Ke Bei now. By using the Intercepting Knife, he could prevent the zombies from exerting their strength. Coupled with the incredibly sharp "Sky-Splitting" knife, the defensive power of the zombies was virtually useless.
The "Intercepting Knife" restricted the strength of the zombies, and the "Sky-Splitting" knife made the zombies as fragile as porcelain dolls. In this way, the advantages of the red-haired zombies were completely neutralized, and it was understandable that Ke Bei could kill them.
Quickly disposing of the zombie corpses, Ke Bei hid in the withered grass again and lay in wait, quietly waiting for the next batch of zombies to arrive.
It was getting darker and darker. When the night swallowed up the last ray of the setting sun, the whole sky darkened. Tonight, Ke Bei didn't return to the base city. With the sharp broadsword in his hand, which was comparable to a divine weapon, Ke Bei's speed of hunting zombies was greatly increased.
When it was just getting a little bit light, Ke Bei dragged his tired body back to Lingfeng City. Yesterday, he killed a total of eleven waves of zombies, with a total of one hundred and thirty-seven red-haired zombies.
Ke Bei, who was not a genetic enhancer but just an ordinary person, had actually hunted down more than a hundred zombies in a day by using various means. Such a speed was indeed rather astonishing. You know, even for the outstanding ones among the first-level genetic enhancers, it was very difficult to hunt down more than a hundred zombies in a day.
When he got home, Ke Bei fell onto the bed. The crazy hunting throughout the night had almost exhausted every ounce of his physical strength. Both his spirit and body were extremely tired.
"Go to the West City District and buy some beef, white bread. Oh, right, and buy a jug of rum."
Ke Bei took out ten red crystal coins and threw them to Li Qianqian, giving her instructions.
His body was extremely tired, and he really didn't want to move. Moreover, he also wanted to take a bath. It was very inconvenient to have Li Qianqian, a girl, at home. Letting her go out to buy things would make Ke Bei feel more at ease.
"En..."
Li Qianqian took the ten red crystal coins that Ke Bei casually threw at her. A flash of surprise passed through her eyes, and then she nodded obediently and walked out of the room.
"Ah, I should change to a bigger house. It's too inconvenient to have a girl around."
After Li Qianqian walked out of the room, Ke Bei suddenly sat up and rubbed his chin, thinking about changing the house. After all, he wasn't short on money now, and he would be even richer in the future.
He boiled a pot of hot water, took a comfortable hot bath, ate the beef and white bread that Li Qianqian bought back, and drank a jug of rum, and then fell into a deep sleep.
In the base city, in the home where he had lived for more than ten years, Ke Bei slept soundly. When he woke up, it was almost dawn. Stretching his body, Ke Bei suddenly saw Li Qianqian sitting on a small stool, curling up with her legs hugged, sleeping.
"Go and sleep on the bed."
Ke Bei gently walked up to Li Qianqian and patted her on the shoulder.
"Ah, no... no need."
Li Qianqian opened her sleepy eyes, her little hands tightly clutching the clothes on her chest, and said nervously.
Seeing Li Qianqian's timid and nervous appearance, Ke Bei couldn't help but laugh. He knew that Li Qianqian must have misunderstood.
"I've already slept well and am going to go out. You go and sleep."
"Are you going out again?"
Li Qianqian opened her bright and watery eyes wide and looked at Ke Bei, who had pushed open the door, and asked timidly.
She knew that Ke Bei was Old Beard's son and that Ke Bei was just an ordinary person. She was curious about where Ke Bei went every time as an ordinary person and also curious about why Old Beard wasn't around. She just never had the opportunity and didn't dare to ask.
"To earn money and change the house."
Ke Bei turned around, looked at Li Qianqian, who was looking at him like a curious baby, smiled, and then walked out.
"Earn money? Change the house?"
Li Qianqian looked at Ke Bei's departing back and became even more confused. How could an ordinary person earn money and change the house? This was already the best house in Wanpengku. Why did he still want to change it?
"The Great Purge is coming soon. Is it still necessary to change the house?"
With a faint sigh, Li Qianqian got into the quilt that still had Ke Bei's body temperature, closed her eyes, and her long eyelashes kept blinking. It was hard to tell what she was thinking.
Stepping on the last trace of darkness before dawn, Ke Bei walked out of Lingfeng City.
He only needed to kill seventy-nine more red-haired zombies to complete the mission, and then he could draw martial arts skills again. He couldn't wait.
Easily finding his way to the Mass Grave, Ke Bei touched the nine remaining flying knives at his waist, looked at his right palm where the wound hadn't fully healed yet, let out a soft breath, and lay in hiding in the withered yellow grass that still had morning dew on it.
With yesterday's experience, Ke Bei was even more proficient at hunting zombies today. By noon, he had already killed six small groups of red-haired zombies. He only needed to kill one more to complete the mission.
At noon, the sun was at its strongest, and the zombies had all hidden away. Ke Bei waited for a long time but still didn't find a single one. Seeing that he was about to complete the mission, the zombies that were usually as numerous as ox hairs couldn't be found. Ke Bei was extremely anxious and depressed.
Suddenly, the grass swayed, and a stupid zombie staggered out.
"Roar."
The intense sun made this red-haired zombie very uncomfortable. It angrily raised its head and roared at the scorching sun in the sky, as if venting its dissatisfaction.
"Shit, you finally decided to come out."
When Ke Bei saw this stupid zombie, a sense of intimacy suddenly welled up in his heart. The flying knife that he had been holding in his palm for a long time whistled out.
"Whoosh."
The flying knife was thrown out, and the zombie fell to the ground with a thud. At the same time, a clear voice rang out in Ke Bei's mind.
"The mission is completed. Do you want to start the lottery draw?"
Hearing the voice in his mind, Ke Bei's face turned red, his heart was pounding wildly, and he was too excited to control himself.