100 The Omen of the Corpse Tide

Xue Feng’s gaze then turned toward the gas station.

At once, he understood why the two sides had clashed here.

Inside the station, there was a whole row of tanker trucks parked neatly in place.

There had to be more than a dozen of them.

Whether those tankers were loaded or not, they were all immensely valuable.

He himself had only one tanker truck, and even that had been gifted by the system.

Xue Feng had never had much need for tanker trucks.

But for others, they were vital strategic resources.

So many of them parked here must have been for safety’s sake.

Otherwise, if anything went wrong, the explosion from all those tankers would be earthshaking.

Once, overseas, a gas station had exploded and shaken down houses hundreds of meters away, shattering every window within several kilometers.

Xue Feng could see everything clearly from where he stood.

Hao Yifei, however, was somewhat at a loss. At this distance, she could not make out the details at all.

She could only see vague human figures.

But even so, she could tell that two groups were fighting each other.

“Should we wait in ambush and take advantage of them from behind?” Hao Yifei could not help asking.

“Let’s just observe for now,” Xue Feng said with a wave of his hand.

The two sides were fighting over tanker trucks alone. For Xue Feng, they were not an important resource.

There was no need for him to make a move.

Besides, both sides had quite a few people and vehicles.

If even a few got away, Xue Feng would be exposing his own intelligence.

It would not be worth it.

Xue Feng, who possessed an intelligence system, understood better than anyone how crucial information could be.

It had to be said that there were advantages to being out in the suburbs.

They had been fighting for a long time, yet they had not drawn many zombies over.

Only a scattering of a dozen or so appeared by the roadside, drawn toward the sound of gunfire.

Just as the two sides were exchanging fire, an unexpected change occurred.

Behind one group, a towering black shadow suddenly appeared, more than six meters high.

Silently, the shadow spread its arms and gathered seven or eight people into its embrace in a single motion.

Those seven or eight people vanished instantly, without even having time to scream.

They were swallowed directly into the abyss.

By the time the others noticed, it was already too late. More than half of their fighting strength had been lost.

The people on the opposite side immediately charged in.

After a burst of gunfire, the battle ended.

“That ability is so bizarre,” Hao Yifei said, eyes wide.

What exactly was that black shadow?

How could it swallow people into darkness without making a sound?

How was it controlled?

“It is bizarre, which is why we cannot reveal ourselves,” Xue Feng said, narrowing his eyes.

This was the first time he had seen an ability he could not understand.

Even with the system, he could not afford to be careless.

At first, Xue Feng had planned to secretly destroy those tanker trucks and leave these people with nothing.

But now he abandoned that idea. It was enough to confirm the intelligence.

Besides, he might not even run into those survivors.

What worried Xue Feng most now was the zombie tide.

And the tier-four mutant mentioned in the intelligence.

That one had been marked in red, which meant extreme danger.

He did not have the spare energy to take on another enemy.

Much less when the other side outnumbered him so greatly; exposing himself would not be wise.

While the group was busy checking the spoils of war, Xue Feng quietly left with Hao Yifei.

This time, Xue Feng did not summon the Doomsday Battle Truck again.

Instead, he summoned the tanker truck.

This time, he intended to go verify the third piece of intelligence first—the one about the person using the television tower to keep watch over the entire city.

Especially since that person had already discovered his trail.

If he brought out the Doomsday Battle Truck again, it would only alert the snake.

Hao Yifei did not quite understand why Xue Feng was not using the Doomsday Battle Truck.

Why he had chosen the tanker truck instead.

But she did not ask further. Xue Feng must have had his reasons.

She only needed to follow him.

On the road, Hao Yifei’s expression grew more solemn as well. She did not dare be careless.

In the apocalypse, there were far too many powerful ability users.

She too had to stay alert and become a help to Xue Feng.

Soon, Hao Yifei noticed something unusual.

The tanker truck had already passed through several districts.

To her surprise, the zombies along the way were no longer wandering aimlessly.

Instead, they were moving in an orderly fashion toward one direction, slowly making their way there.

That direction was the city center.

Even when the tanker truck passed nearby, the zombies did not react at all.

It was as if their nature had changed completely.

“The zombies around the streets seem to be gathering toward one place?” Hao Yifei exclaimed after watching for a long while.

She had never seen anything like this before.

What was going on?

“This is a zombie tide. The zombies within several kilometers are probably all gathering together,” Xue Feng said slowly.

“A zombie tide?”

It was the first time Hao Yifei had heard the term.

“What are they going to do when they gather like that?” she could not help asking.

“I don’t know either, but we do not have much time. To the television tower first!”

As he spoke, Xue Feng pressed harder on the accelerator.

The tanker truck picked up speed, and he deliberately took a winding route to avoid being seen from the direction of the TV station.

Hao Yifei did not quite understand why they were going to the TV station at a time like this.

Still, since Xue Feng had said so, he must have had his reasons.

Soon, the television tower came into view.

Seeing the TV station again made Hao Yifei feel somewhat dazed.

The last time she had been here was before the apocalypse broke out.

Back then, she had been the center of attention, with countless people flocking around her.

Now, there were only zombies left around her.

When the tanker truck pulled up beneath the building, zombies began to gather.

The zombies here seemed no longer affected by anything, merely roaming about nearby.

Without Xue Feng needing to lift a finger, Hao Yifei took care of the few zombies herself.

“Look at those vehicles. Could there be people here?”

Then Hao Yifei noticed several off-road vehicles parked at the entrance to the TV station.

They were smeared with flesh and blood, likely from smashed zombie carcasses.

Hao Yifei found it strange.

There was not much in the TV station, and they even forbade bringing food inside.

Because food would attract rats.

Inside the TV station were many important pieces of equipment, and the wiring was extremely complex.

There could not be even the slightest mistake.

Otherwise, if rats bit through a cable, it might trigger a live broadcast disaster.

“There are people inside. You stay at this exit. If anyone comes out, kill them,” Xue Feng said, narrowing his eyes.

Their vehicles were parked at the entrance. If anyone tried to flee, they would certainly come out through the front door.

“Understood!” Hao Yifei nodded firmly.

She felt more and more that Xue Feng was incredibly mysterious.

How had he known there were people inside this building?

What Xue Feng did next left Hao Yifei even more shocked.

He touched the vehicles, and then they vanished into thin air.

As if they had never existed at all.

How on earth was that done?