Chapter 30: The Overconfident Basketball Team
"Master! Look, the people from the gym are charging out again!"
Xiao Yi had just stepped out of the Dark Castle when Li Wanning ran up to him, pointing toward the gymnasium in the distance.
Xiao Yi walked up onto the city wall, gazing in the direction of the gym.
Sure enough, Shen Jiabin and three other boys from the basketball team, fully armed with baseball bats, were launching another charge.
Shen Jiabin and Zhuang Qiang had their bodies wrapped in flattened plastic bottles, serving as makeshift armor. They were also wearing baseball caps, bravely leading the way. Following closely behind, the other two boys continuously swung their baseball bats, providing cover for the pair.
Meanwhile, Tang Jingyan and another girl stood on the rooftop, watching nervously as the four boys charged into the fray.
Xiao Yi had already cleared the zombies from the third-floor corridor of the gymnasium, so not many were left. The four of them quickly fought their way down to the second floor.
"Kill!!"
"Roar!! Come and meet your doom, grandpa!"
Seeing the zombies converging on the second floor, Shen Jiabin and Zhuang Qiang, now in a battle-frenzied state, roared with excitement.
"Kill!!" The other two boys roared as well, trying to bolster their own courage.
The commotion from their fight hadn't been very loud at first, only attracting the zombies in the immediate corridor. But their shouts instantly drew the attention of the zombies on the first floor of the gym and in the plaza.
"Wow! Brother Bin is amazing!"
"Go for it!!"
The girl watching with Tang Jingyan also started shouting excitedly. Tang Jingyan yelled a "Go for it!" as well, hoping to contribute in her own small way.
Because their shouts were so loud, Xiao Yi saw more and more zombies beginning to converge on the four of them.
"Idiots," Xiao Yi cursed coldly, knowing that the four were not far from doom. Even with his formidable combat power, he wouldn't dare to provoke so many zombies so brazenly. In every fight, Xiao Yi focused on quick, decisive battles, constantly fighting and evading. But these fools were actually shouting loudly to attract the zombies. They were simply courting death!
With a thought, the three-eyed crow perched atop the Dark Castle, surveying the surroundings, took flight toward the gymnasium.
But Shen Jiabin and the others, fighting for their lives, remained completely unaware that a massive wave of zombies was beginning to converge on them. Within this wave, a few strange, monkey-like black zombies were weaving through the horde at incredible speed.
"I told you all along! These zombies are just brainless trash! If a pathetic, level-10 cripple can do it, there's no way we can't!"
Successfully breaking through from the third floor to the second had instantly inflated Shen Jiabin's confidence. He recalled how Xiao Yi moved freely through the zombie horde and suddenly felt that the zombies were nothing special.
"Brother Bin! I know there's a small storage room in the second-floor gym with a lot of protein powder. If we can get it, it can sustain us for at least three or four days!" Gu Fanghua, who was behind him, pointed excitedly at a nearby gym.
Their location was only a dozen or so meters from the gym, and there weren't many zombies on the path.
Shen Jiabin said disdainfully, "What do we want protein powder for? It tastes awful. With our strength, we can go to the martial arts hall on the first floor and get some proper weapons! Once we have the right weapons, why would we need to worry about finding food?"
Shen Jiabin's confidence had completely soared. What he wanted most now wasn't food, but a proper weapon. With a weapon, he could lead his men to get revenge on Xiao Yi! As for food, he knew Xiao Yi's strange sanctuary had plenty of it! Once they had weapons, the four of them could easily kill Xiao Yi and take over his sanctuary!
"Ah!!!" Shen Jiabin roared again, ignoring the pleas of the two behind him, and bravely swung his baseball bat, charging at the zombies.
"Brothers! Show your masculine dominance! As long as we have courage, are united as one, and stand together with a single will, we will be the kings of this apocalypse!"
Shen Jiabin smashed the heads of two zombies and raised his bat, shouting, "Zombies aren't scary. What's scary is the fear in our hearts! Brothers, follow me! The Team will prevail!!!!"
"Roar!! The Team will prevail!!!!"
It had to be said that Shen Jiabin did have some leadership talent. his morale-boosting words were full of power, and the other three boys were instantly filled with courage, roaring loudly. Their morale reached its peak in an instant.
However, in the very next moment, a short, all-black, bizarre zombie suddenly darted up from the first-floor staircase and, with terrifying speed bit down on Shen Jiabin's neck.
His rousing battle cry had not yet faded, but he was already dead in the zombie's mouth.
Shen Jiabin's eyes were wide open, filled with an expression of utter disbelief and unwillingness.
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