I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 1082 - 1078 Everywhere 2

Chapter 1082: Chapter 1078 Everywhere 2

Li Qingtian looked up and saw in the distance that it was Lin Jie. His chest was already drenched in blood. Seeing Li Qingtian emerge, Lin Jie clutched at his chest and limped over. It seemed that Tang Ye’s strike had hit his heart, and even if he didn’t die immediately, he was severely injured and wouldn’t live much longer. According to the condition of a Level 7 New Human, he would likely not survive more than two hours.

"But what’s the use of saving you, when I can just kill you all the same?"

A strange and sinister smile appeared on Lin Jie’s face, as if he was mocking something. However, just after he took a few steps toward Li Qingtian, his pace suddenly halted.

It was as if he sensed something and turned to glance behind him, frowning.

"Looks like someone is coming."

At the exit, several auras were becoming rapidly denser, clearly heading this way. Among them, one aura was as overwhelming as a tidal wave, impossible to overlook. Lin Jie knew for sure that the vice-chairman of the Peace Party was approaching.

However, the timing was just too perfect. He had been gravely injured in the fight with Tang Ye and no longer had the strength to face another Level 7 New Human, especially not Tang Fu, the vice-chairman of the Peace Party. He had clashed with that guy before and knew that the brute’s strength was extraordinary; he could even shake his own Level 7 New Human status with pure brute force at Level 6. Now evolved to Level 7, the force he could wield was even more formidable. It might be possible, just like when the other was Level 6, to kill or cripple an adversary of the same level with one punch!

Lin Jie stopped, his eyes flickering with thoughts. He looked around and immediately calmed down.

"I’ll let you off this time," he said to Li Qingtian, then turned around and left, running toward another refuge exit he knew of. Although the route above that exit had been sealed, with his strength as a Level 7 New Human, violently clearing a path was a piece of cake.

Li Qingtian was somewhat stunned, watching Lin Jie disappear from her sight within a few strides. She let out a sigh of relief, looked down toward the slits between the steel plates, and shouted into them, "Henian, hey? Are you there?"

There was no response from inside for a long time, which gave Li Qingtian a bad feeling.

Meanwhile, Tang Ye in the sealed pit, after hearing Li Qingtian’s voice, quickly responded. But for some reason, it was as if she hadn’t heard him, as she asked again.

"What’s going on?" Tang Ye wondered in confusion.

"I’m fine," Tang Ye then shouted again, but Li Qingtian outside still seemed unable to hear, repeating once more, "Hey? Henian, where are you? Are you alright?"

Hearing this, Tang Ye fell silent. After about two or three seconds, before he could punch to break the ceiling panel above him, a cold mechanical voice abruptly sounded.

[Device activated, please have operating personnel confirm.]

With that voice, Tang Ye saw the walls light up, revealing four display screens. The content was a countdown, extremely short, only about ten seconds.

"What the hell is this?"

Furrowing his brow, Tang Ye didn’t take it to heart. He raised his fist, ready to shatter this damn thing!

But just as Tang Ye was about to throw his punch, he felt something was terribly wrong. Turning his head to look at his hand, Tang Ye couldn’t help but gasp in shock.

He saw his hand beginning to melt, much like cheese that had been baked, changing from a solid state to liquid. Tang Ye tried to control the flesh and blood on his arm, but then realized it wasn’t just his hand; his whole body was starting to liquefy like that baked cheese. "What... What’s happening to me?" A strong sense of unease surged in Tang Ye’s mind; the abnormality occurring to his body was too bizarre, and anyone would panic seeing their body suddenly melting. And Tang Ye did panic. He attempted to consolidate the anti-life substance in his other flesh and blood molecules, but the response he got was feeble; the anti-life substance within him seemed to be dormant at that moment.

"What... What is this place for?"

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Tang Ye acknowledged that this was far from normal. Had he encountered something strange? He couldn’t remember. Even if he had, Tang Ye wouldn’t recognize it. However, it was then that he remembered a phrase Lin Jie had said:

"Li Henian, alright, we’ve arrived. You must be curious about what this immense pit behind me is, right?"

"Actually, I know. I never intended to use this against you, but you pushed me to the edge. So, I thought of it. Do you want to know? Then come inside and taste it yourself. Similarly, I must tell you, I don’t know how terrifying this pit is either. I’m looking forward to your performance..."

Tang Ye swiftly focused on the key point; Lin Jie said this pit was terrifying, but where was the terror? What was the purpose of this pit?

Had he ever touched anything like it? He racked his brains but couldn’t come up with anything.

It was at this moment that Tang Ye saw the countdown on the four screens around him had reached zero.

[Without operating personnel confirmation, switching to default automatic operation mode. Manual operation transfer for work personnel is available at any time if needed. Thank you for your cooperation!]

As this unemotional mechanical voice rang out, it was followed by an English repetition that made one’s scalp tingle. Suddenly, there came a loud "snap" sound from all around, and the lights flared, rapidly changing from white to a violent purple color that filled one’s heart with intense unease.

By this time, Tang Ye’s head had also dissolved into a muddied mess, even turning his head became an extremely arduous task.

"Henian, what are you doing? Why haven’t you come out yet? Hurry up! If you don’t come out now, it’s all over!"

Outside, Li Qingtian kept calling out, her voice now laced with sobs. It seemed she knew what the pit was for, but Tang Ye did not understand.

"What the hell is this!"

Tang Ye let out a roar, but his voice was hoarse. The liquefaction had spread to his throat. In a little while, Tang Ye would likely turn into a pool of liquid.

As his body reached a certain degree of liquefaction, Tang Ye finally lost his inherent ability to fly, transforming into a mushy mess plummeting down from the sky at great speed.

Falling from above to below, everything seemed to slow down in Tang Ye’s perception. He reached out but found he had no hands; he was just a puddle of sludge! It seemed like everything had split into hundreds of pieces.