The young cultivator’s face twisted. He tried to cut off his own shoulder with his sword, but his hand stopped halfway.

Gray veins had already spread to his neck.

The cultivator beside him kicked him away, but it was already too late.

The bitten young cultivator landed on the ground, then immediately crawled up and rushed back at his own group.

The defense line shook.

Rovan slowed for half a step.

Beatrice hit his shoulder. "Don’t go there."

"I wasn’t going there."

"You looked like you were."

"I looked because they had a barrier!"

"A slaughterhouse barrier! ."

Rovan’s mouth closed.

The barrier around the shelter shook as several infected threw themselves against it.

Inside the shelter, people were pushing each other. Some tried to close the gate. Some tried to enter.

Then someone inside screamed.

A man who had hidden his bite suddenly fell down. His body shook on the floor.

The people around him froze.

The man’s eyes turned gray. He jumped up and bit the nearest woman’s face.

The shelter became hell in an instant.

The barrier from outside was still there, but now the infection had started inside.

Rovan’s face turned pale.

Beatrice said, "Stop wasting time."

Rovan cursed and ran past the shelter.

A loud sound came from above.

Several city guard drones flew through the smoke. Behind them, tall robot guards dropped from the transport platform.

Their metal feet hit the ground.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

Blue light flashed across their bodies.

"Emergency suppression order received."

"Non-compliant infected targets detected."

"Begin elimination."

Rovan looked up. "Finally, something useful."

Beatrice’s expression did not change.

The robots raised their arms. Energy cannons opened.

BZZZT!!

Blue beams shot into the infected crowd.

BOOM!!

Several infected were thrown back. One had its chest blown open.

A third was smashed into a wall. But the rest were Unfazed.

The citizens nearby shouted in relief.

But Beatrice’s sighed. "They are not enough."

The infected with its chest blown open slowly stood up.

The robot guards adjusted their aim, but the infected had already rushed close.

One infected jumped onto a robot’s chest.

CLANG!!

Its teeth bit into the metal neck, tearing it like ti’s a tofu.

Another infected grabbed the robot’s arm and pulled.

CRACK!!

The metal bent. The robot released electricity, but the infected did not let go.

More infected rushed in and buried the robot under their bodies.

Metal parts flew out.

Another robot guard fired at close range, blowing an infected’s upper body apart.

But a bitten city guard rushed from the side and slammed both fists into the robot’s head.

BAM!!

The robot staggered.

The infected guard hit it again.

BAM!!

The robot’s head caved in.

Rovan’s face twitched. "Isn’t that robot as strong as earth immortal?"

Beatrice stared at the infected guard. "No they don’t! But they’re certainly stronger than average immortal. "

But even those is not enough. Even if the robot is stronger, it’s enemy is lunatic that don’t fear dead, with all it’s qi focused on defense.

The robot guards fell one after another.

A robot head rolled across the road and stopped near Rovan’s foot.

Its broken voice kept repeating.

"Retreat... retreat... Danger level 5..."

Rovan kicked it aside. "I know!"

A growl came from behind.

The big infected from earlier had caught up.

Rovan’s body stiffened.

Beatrice looked around quickly. "The building on the right."

Rovan rushed toward the broken shop.

The front glass had already shattered. He jumped through the frame, almost falling over a dead body on the floor.

Inside, shelves were knocked over. Food packets, medicine boxes, and broken bottles covered the ground.

Beatrice pointed with her staff. "Back door."

Rovan ran through the shop.

Behind them, the big infected crashed through the front.

CRASH!!

Glass and metal flew everywhere.

The infected did not care. It smashed through a shelf and rushed straight at them.

Rovan reached the back door and kicked it.

BANG!!

The door did not open.

"Locked!"

Beatrice pushed herself up from his back and stretched her hand toward the lock.

Her fingers trembled. A thin formation line appeared.

Click.

The lock broke.

Rovan pushed the door open and rushed into a narrow alley.

The big infected slammed into the back door right after them.

BOOM!!

The door frame exploded.

Rovan looked back and his face turned ugly.

"This thing really likes us."

Beatrice’s voice was weak. "It is following my blood."

Rovan looked at the blood trail from her leg.

"Then stop bleeding."

Beatrice stared at him.

Rovan clicked his tongue. "Fine, stupid thing to say."

He turned around a corner and saw several people blocking the alley ahead.

They were fighting another group of infected.

A woman in a torn academy uniform formed a water blade and cut toward an infected child.

The child looked no more than ten years old. His face was gray, and black blood covered his mouth. His small body rushed forward on all fours, faster than a normal beast.

The water blade struck the child’s arm and split apart.

The woman’s face changed.

The infected child did not even slow down.

His arm only shook once, then snapped back into place with a crack. The hardened qi on his skin blocked most of the damage.

"Impossible..."

Before she could form another technique, the child jumped.

He was too fast.

The woman raised her arm by instinct.

Crunch!

The infected child bit into her hand. "ARGHH!"

The woman screamed and tried to pull back. She kicked the child’s stomach, but it was like kicking a stone.

The child’s teeth sank deeper.

Blood ran down her wrist.

Her friend rushed over and grabbed her shoulder. "Cut it off!"

The woman’s eyes widened. "What?"

"Your hand! Cut it off now!"

The woman looked at her hand. Gray veins were already spreading from the bite wound. Her qi became chaotic, and the water gathering around her other palm collapsed before it could form.

Her lips trembled.

"I... I can still suppress it."

"No, you can’t!" 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Her friend raised his sword, but his hands were shaking.