When she opened her eyes, she saw a man with a bloody and mangled body, who had tackled a delicate little girl to the ground.
Half of the man's body was bitten and mangled, but he seemed to feel no pain, only opening his mouth to bite the girl on the ground.
"Soul Guardian"
The girl on the ground was Yun Yao, the administrator of the chat group. She had just posted the task in the group and hadn't even had a chance to say much.
The door to the house was suddenly kicked open, and a zombie rushed in and attacked her.
Yun Yao felt that she might be the most tragic transmigrator. Everyone else had all sorts of awesome cheat codes, or at the very least, they had mysterious powerful figures to help them.
She's lucky to have a chat group, which is indeed powerful, but it takes too much time.
She'd been a member for over twenty days, and seeing all sorts of abilities in the shop made her envious, but she couldn't afford to redeem any of them.
Fortunately, everyone in the group was very kind and didn't refuse to help me just because I had low points for the task.
Once the big shot comes to rescue her, she'll be able to roam freely in the apocalypse thanks to his powerful connections.
But her joy turned to sorrow. Before the big boss arrived, the zombies came first. How could she, a weak woman with no strength to even kill a chicken, possibly defeat them?
As the zombie's hideous face drew closer and closer, she couldn't imagine what it would be like to be bitten and become a zombie herself.
Just as she closed her eyes and waited to die, she didn't feel any pain in her body after a long time. Instead, she felt like someone was watching her.
She slightly opened her tightly closed eyes and saw Gu Qingfeng smiling at her. The male zombie had long since disappeared.
She blinked groggily, then rubbed her delicate hands together to make sure she wasn't seeing things.
The next second, she leaped up from the ground, leaned on Gu Qingfeng's broad shoulder, and began to sob softly.
She was just an ordinary girl. In her previous life, she was also just an ordinary person who, after transmigrating to the zombie world, always hid indoors.
This was the first time she had faced a life-or-death crisis, and upon seeing Gu Qingfeng, she couldn't help but want to throw herself into his arms.
The hero rescuing the damsel in distress is an old trope, but no beautiful woman can resist a hero, especially one who is devastatingly handsome.
But Gu Qingfeng was completely bewildered. This was too sudden. With his strength, it would have been easy for him to dodge, but out of consideration for women, he decided to act out of gentlemanly manners.
But he already has a girlfriend. Although she's not exactly stunningly beautiful, he's a devoted man and wouldn't have multiple wives or concubines.
Fortunately, someone broke the awkward situation in time, and an apologetic voice came from behind.
"Um, did I come at a slightly bad time?"
Portgas D. Ace appeared beside the two. He and Gu Qingfeng arrived at roughly the same time, but the difference in their strength was too great.
The teleportation had little effect on Gu Qingfeng, but Ace's strength was insufficient, and he experienced a few seconds of dizziness after the teleportation.
His eyes were full of anger, which made Ace feel uneasy, but then he thought that he hadn't done anything wrong.
After glaring at Ace a few times, Yun Yao turned her head to the side, ignoring Ace, who was acting as a third wheel.
Ace was speechless. He didn't want to talk either, but he couldn't just keep staring at the problem like that.
Gu Qingfeng also received a notification that the mission was completed. Not knowing how to face Yun Yao, he decided to leave.
"The mission is complete, shall we head out now?"
Yun Yao shouted, not intending to let him leave just like that.
"Where are you going? I haven't found my food yet, and if more zombies come in within the next ten days, I'm doomed."
Ace stared at Yun Yao's body, asking in confusion.
"What is that seven-colored light shield around you? Is it one of your abilities, boss?"
Gu Qingfeng nodded
"It's just a little trick. I call this move Soul Guardian. Any object that is hostile to her will automatically activate the protective mode of the light shield."
Unless the enemy's strength is roughly equal to my current level, it's impossible to break through this protective shield!
Ace's eyes widened in disbelief at such an incredible ability, but then he realized something else.
"Does the chat group notification that the task is complete mean that no one in this world can break through your protective shield?"
Standing to the side, Yun Yao thought of the solid muscles and broad, powerful arms she had just embraced when she hugged Gu Qingfeng.
If it weren't for Ace's lack of tact, Yun Yao's cheeks would have flushed just thinking about the image of him clinging to Gu Qingfeng.
She's a girl too, and she gets shy sometimes. If she hadn't been so emotional, even if she liked him a lot, she wouldn't have done something so embarrassing!
"You can go out of the house now and openly look for food. No zombies can hurt you. Why don't you go out and give it a try?"
Looking at the 500,000 points in the shop, Gu Qingfeng suddenly felt that returning to Blue Star was just around the corner. 500,000 points at a time, he wished it was always this kind of mission.
Is a level 7 difficulty mission really that easy?
But he didn't consider that if this task were performed by someone else, let alone creating a protective shield that would last for ten days.
Just fighting your way through the zombies that fill the streets and finding food is a huge problem.
Zombies are generally not very intelligent or strong in combat, but their sheer numbers are overwhelming; as far as the eye can see, there are zombies everywhere.
If we use Ace as an example, he can kill a hundred or a thousand people, so how could he possibly kill ten thousand or a hundred thousand?
No one could have completed the task in a short time, but it was Gu Qingfeng who came.
His power was so great that even a casually cast light shield contained enough energy to destroy the Earth.
There is no need to worry that the power of the light shield will weaken over time.
It's possible for a large number of ants to kill an elephant, but no matter how many ants there are, they can't kill Ultraman. The power system of this world is simply not on the same level as his.
Upon hearing Gu Qingfeng's words, Yun Yao quickly shook off the random thoughts in her mind and looked at the seven-colored light shield around her.
I poked at it with my finger and found that the light shield was as if it didn't exist for me; I could only see it but couldn't touch it.
Ace thought Yun Yao was scared and didn't dare to go out, so he smiled and comforted her.
"Don't worry, just go out and test the strength of the shield. The boss and I will be watching over you, there won't be any problems."
"I wasn't worried at all. With a big shot like him, there's definitely no problem. I just wanted to see if this thing would work on me."
Yun Yao glanced at Ace, tossed her hair, and walked towards the door without looking back. Just a second before stepping out of the room, she hesitated.
Her walking posture was cool enough, but were Gu Qingfeng and the other person following behind her? Why couldn't she hear any footsteps?
Could those two guys have missed it? Maybe I should go back and check, but then Ace, that idiot, will laugh at me.
Whatever, do whatever you want!
Yun Yao mustered her courage and stepped out of the room. Immediately, countless zombies saw her and rushed towards her in dense swarms.
The zombie at the very front was only a dozen meters away from her, and it was right in front of her in the blink of an eye.
Yun Yao had a lot of confidence in Gu Qingfeng, but she was still taken aback by the sudden appearance of such a large group.
However, once they entered within three meters of Yun Yao, an incredibly mysterious aura emanated from her body.
The horde of zombies, as if encountering their nemesis, melted away one by one, and the dozens of zombies at the forefront turned into clouds of blood mist in an instant.
Zombies have no intelligence; they go berserk at the sight of living beings, charging forward relentlessly even when they know they are no match.
The zombies surged in from behind like a tide, but under the protection of the light shield, they were like moths drawn to a flame, dying as many as they came.
Within minutes, blood covered the ground, turning the already ravaged road surface completely crimson.
"That's amazing. The power of the light shield hasn't weakened at all. Can humans really possess such power?"
(End of chapter)