Havoc and Explosion

You Huan fell into silent contemplation.

Zhou Ziqiu took a deep breath, her gaze complex. "Captain You, we just saw Heihu's signal flare. They might be coming. Should we pack up some medicine and withdraw first?"

To think these three actually didn't speak a single word of truth, daring to deceive them.

Even more unexpected was that the woman was an ice-system ability user and had killed quite a few of Heihu's people.

Zhou Ziqiu felt a surge of anger after being deceived, and she had even made a fool of herself in front of her teammates. She pulled the person in front of her aside and sneered angrily at Shen Yinqiu, "So you were all lying to me. You two aren't lovers either. Lu Jiaze, you're really something, helping outsiders deceive your own teammates."

Lu Jiaze sneered with disdain, "Teammates? Did you ever treat me as a teammate? Your way of treating teammates is concealment and torturing them to death. Zhou Ziqiu, even if I have fallen to my current state, killing you is still child's play."

Facing Lu Jiaze's freezing, intense gaze, Zhou Ziqiu shrank back a step, her eyes evasive. "That was the leader's order. Who told you to cross his taboos? We were only following orders."

"Then you brought this on yourself."

Immediately after, a bolt of lightning flashed, striking Zhou Ziqiu. Hit by the lightning, she began to tremble uncontrollably, her face turning pale, her eyes filled with terror and confusion, before she finally collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

The others simultaneously changed expression, opening fire wildly toward Lu Jiaze without a second thought.

You Huan narrowed his eyes, making no move to stop them.

He and the leader had deliberately discussed that this mission would keep all of Lu Jiaze's trusted aides, those close to him, back at the base. If not for these three, Lu Jiaze would currently be completely isolated.

In any case, Lu Jiaze had to die; how he died didn't matter.

An ice wall blocked the path in front of Lu Jiaze.

Jiang Chu said with a cold face, "What is this opportunity you speak of? Is it worth anything? In my eyes, it's not worth a penny. I've played with you long enough; it's time to end this."

She looked contemptuously at You Huan. "With just that little ability of yours, you want to fight me?"

You Huan's face changed drastically. "What do you mean?"

Guarding against any sudden changes, he immediately took action. A column of fire erupted from one spot, controlling the spreading flames toward Jiang Chu.

Jiang Chu shouted to Liang Tianyong, "Release your ability to block them, and lead them to break through the door and escape!"

These people had to be dealt with now.

She manifested waves of sharp ice spikes, throwing them wave after wave toward the Honghai people, knocking them away from Shen Yinqiu and the others. Immediately after, she used a protective wall to create conditions for Liang Tianyong and the others to escape.

Hearing this, Liang Tianyong immediately used all his ability to form an ice wall to block one side of the attacks, then used a massive boulder to smash the glass door, leading Shen Yinqiu to scramble out.

He turned back to look. Lu Jiaze hadn't caught up yet, so he shouted angrily, "Hurry up and keep up! Don't drag the captain down!"

In Liang Tianyong's eyes, Jiang Chu's calm demeanor meant she definitely had a plan beforehand to buy time for their escape. They absolutely couldn't stay behind and drag her down.

Seeing that Lu Jiaze wasn't catching up, he felt both anxious and frustrated.

Lu Jiaze tossed the car keys to him without turning back. "You guys go first. I'll go help her."

Seeing such a massive turn of events, with quite a few of their own side dead from her ice spikes and the earth-system ability user, You Huan wished he could strangle them on the spot. His remaining men immediately dispersed.

"Steady yourselves! I'll deal with her. You guys capture Lu Jiaze."

Before his words even finished, Jiang Chu had already dashed in front of him, evading the flames. A protective barrier formed around her to block the bullets.

"So it's a fire-system ability. How coincidental. Let me send you on your way."

Just as she was about to act, several fireballs hovered in mid-air in the center of the hall, swiftly attacking Jiang Chu.

Jiang Chu was surprised. No wonder he was so arrogant; he did indeed have some capability. This area was illuminated as bright as day under the firelight, and the zombies in the industrial park were drawn to this side by the light.

In Jiang Chu's eyes, this was completely a cornered beast's fight, harming the enemy by a hundred while self-destructing by eighty thousand.

She couldn't help but laugh, remaining calm amidst the surrounding fire attacks, and mocked, "Fool!"

Lu Jiaze held the automatic rifle he had taken from Liang Tianyong, firing wildly in all directions.

"Leave You Huan to me." He ran to Jiang Chu's side.

Jiang Chu clicked her tongue, taking a step back. "Just fire a couple of shots; don't actually kill him. Since he made such a large fire, I must fulfill his wish. Let's end this quickly."

She smiled. "I have a bomb."

You Huan's pupils contracted. A bomb?

His releasing so much fire had actually played right into her hands. He suddenly ran toward the fire exit, roaring frantically, "No! You're mad! If you blow up the building, all the zombies here will swarm in! You're looking for death!"

Lu Jiaze was also startled by Jiang Chu's words.

However, with the enemy close by, he raised his gun and shot You Huan twice in the legs. Under the illumination of the firelight, these two shots were extremely precise, and You Huan instantly collapsed to his knees.

The fire was about to burn him immediately.

Jiang Chu had her ice barrier to shield her, always keeping a distance from the flames, but Lu Jiaze wasn't so lucky. Jiang Chu extinguished the fire on his body and grabbed his hand.

"Run with me."

To ensure they could escape smoothly, Liang Tianyong had widened the broken opening. A hole of that size was enough for two people to pass through.

It was just that the surrounding zombies were also swarming toward this side.

Another door had been smashed by the zombies. Jiang Chu quietly retrieved the cross necklace that prevented zombies from approaching from her spatial storage, put it around her neck, casually killed an approaching zombie, and smeared its blood on Lu Jiaze's face and body.

"Smear it on. It can temporarily make the zombies think we are of their kind."

Lu Jiaze quickly complied, "Alright."

"Go!" she roared, tossing a highly powerful bomb into the hall, and quickly ran out with Lu Jiaze. They had only run a few steps when a massive explosion resounded, shaking the entire industrial park.

The fire soared into the sky, and black smoke filled the air. In an instant, the entire building cracked and collapsed under the shockwave, bursting into fierce flames. Whether zombies or humans, all were turned to ashes.

Jiang Chu and Lu Jiaze were knocked to the ground by the aftershock. She coughed violently twice, choked by the smoke. She pulled a bottle of mineral water from her backpack, wetted a cloth, and covered her face. The remaining half bottle was poured onto Lu Jiaze's face.

"Wake up. We still have to break out."

Just as she thought Lu Jiaze was half-dead, his raspy voice responded, "Alright..."

She hadn't expected the mini-bomb Zhao Jingyao had given her to be so powerful.

Jiang Chu went to pull him up, but her hand touched a patch of blood, her expression turning cold.

Just then, she heard Shen Yinqiu and Liang Tianyong's voices: "Captain, we're here!"

Liang Tianyong drove a heavy truck over, turning on the headlights.

The headlights shone on her face. Shen Yinqiu quickly opened the door, getting down to help them.