Afterlife Department

Chapter 479 - Awakening

"So this evil sorcery actually came from the West…" Hu Feng muttered with a thoughtful expression.

Everyone looked at him. "…" that's what you're concerned about?! They thought, then also realized that this should really what they be concerned about.

"Ehem." Qi Ming coughed as he followed Hu Feng's rhythm. "Our ancestors must have not known the value of the ancient book, or else…" he didn't continue. "The sect leader and the elders also have followed the unspoken rule of the cultivation world to not mingle with the mortal world, so they didn't know the content of the ancient book. Or else, the apocalypse would've happened sooner…" he looked at Luo Ming. Suddenly, he remembered something. "That's right. Luo Ming was picked up by the sect leader, right? So, Luo Ming has interacted with many people before he met the sect leader… thus, he must have suddenly understood English." He explained.

Everyone felt enlightened. "You have a point…" they said.

"Maybe Luo Ming has heard of it before, but haven't seen the words. Then, when he saw the words on the ancient book and able to understand it, he connected it with the words he has heard other people have spoken before, thus…" Huo Ling spoke.

They all nodded in agreement.

"What should we do now, then?" Yi Bing asked as he looked at the zombies afar.

Everyone turned and felt alarmed when they saw the zombies now climbing on the signal tower. "Huh?" they muttered when they noticed something. "Those are low level zombies…." They said.

"It's understandable. They are pawns, and they are treated as dispensable." Qi Ming spoke. "There is no need for the sect leader and the elders, who are the zombie king and high-level zombies, respectively, to come out." He explained.

"Then, should we kill the low-level zombies first?" Zuo Li asked.

"We have to stop them from destroying the signal tower. The zombie king is very strong, and we have to keep the signal tower as much as possible since it is able to suppress the zombie king's power." Yi Bing spoke.

"Alright!" they agreed.

"Kill the low-level zombies first and defend the signal tower." Hu Feng spoke. "The reinforcement is on their way." He told them.

"We are on our way there now, too!" Xi Kai spoke through the walkie-talkie.

Everyone felt relieved and immediately came out of the bus. "But, don't Luo Ming and Luo Ye feel that their sect leader is here?" Lin An asked. "Where could they be hiding…" he muttered.

His voice was cut off when they suddenly heard something scraping against the metal. Before they could react, they heard Qi Ning's scream. "AAAAAAAHHHH!!!" she ran behind her elder brother.

Everyone turned and felt their heart leapt out of their throats when they saw a monster crouching atop the bus! When did it get there?! Why didn't they notice it?! They thought as they stared at it with their eyes wide in horror.

Yi Bing and Huo Ling looked at each other and their faces are grave. They also didn't notice its presence! "Jin Wu! Mo Shi!" Yi Bing called.

Everyone seemed to wake up from their daze when they heard Yi Bing's cold voice spoke. "Huh? Why are you calling them…?" they asked, only for their jaws to drop in shock when they saw that a familiar bus suddenly appeared in front of their bus! They could see through the window the shocked faces of Qi Ying, Xi Kai, and the Fighting Wolves Team inside while Jin Wu and Mo Shi coolly walked out of the bus.

Hu Feng, Qi Ming, Qi Ning and the Rolling Thunder Team are still shocked as they watched Jin Wu and Mo Shi walked towards Yi Bing and Huo Ling. "You…" Hu Feng and Qi Ming spoke.

"We'll leave the zombies to you." Yi Bing spoke as he glanced at the two. "This isn't something you all can deal with." He said as he turned to look at the monster with grotesque body and hideous face.

"Soul Eater, huh…" Huo Ling muttered. "No wonder he is very strong." He said.

"This… this is the sect leader?!" Luo Ye was shocked.

"He isn't anymore." Jin Wu kindly told him. "You two should better leave with them." He said and turned to look at Xi Kai and the Fighting Wolves Team now coming out of their bus, only to be frozen in horror when they finally saw the monster. "We will deal with this monster." He said and immediately raised his hand to control the bus and erected a cage to hold the Soul Eater.

The Soul Eater saw that someone made a move to attack it so it also made its move. Everyone was terrified when they saw that the bus's roof was deformed after it moved! That's the bus that was modified by the metal ability users using the best metals! But, now, it became as soft as a tofu!

"Not good! The zombies have noticed us!" Lan spoke when she saw the zombies walking towards the signal tower to destroy it turned and now coming their way.

"GO!" Huo Ling told them.

"Yes!" everyone nodded and immediately ran away to kill the zombies, only to stop when the Soul Eater cried.

"KAAAAAAAH!" the Soul Eater's voice screeched when it found that the cage is very hard.

Everyone covered their ears. "AAAH!" they cried when they felt their ears hurt.

"Watch out!" Chichi cried when she saw the second bus suddenly flew and is flying towards them!

Suddenly, they all felt a strong gust of wind blew and hit the second bus. "BAM!" the second bus flew past the first bus and crashed on the road.

Their jaws dropped in shock and felt their heart almost stopped beating. They all turned to look at Xi Kai and was about to thank him only to see that he was as shocked as them.

"Boss?" Jenny called when she noticed that something was wrong.

"It wasn't me." Xi Kai spoke.

Everyone was stunned. It wasn't him? But, only him has the wind ability. Not even the Grim Reapers Team. So, who could it be that saved them?

"… Hu Feng?" they heard Qi Ming spoke.

Everyone turned and saw Qi Ming was looking at Hu Feng and shock. Hu Feng has his hand raised and they saw the wind swirling around his body. Their eyes widened. "It was the general?!" they exclaimed.

Xi Kai finally recovered from his shock. "… it couldn't be because his name has 'feng' (wind), right?" he said.

YI Bing and Huo Ling turned and sighed in relief. "So, he finally awakened." Yi Bing said.

"What are you dawdling there? Immediately kill all those zombies!" Huo Ling yelled. "If you see those elders, you should kill them first since the higher-level zombies can control the lower-leveled ones." He told them.

Everyone immediately recovered from their shock. "YES!" they answered as they resumed running.

"Shixiong…" Luo Ye muttered as he looked at his hand. "I seem… to suddenly be able to…" he said.

Luo Ming looked at him and smiled. "Yes. I can feel it, too…" he said as he looked at the blade of his sword lit up. "Our power has returned!" he said.

"What?!" the others heard them. "That's good news!" they said.

Luo Ming nodded and suddenly grabbed Qi Ming and Hu Feng while Luo Ye grabbed Xi Kai before they boarded their swords.

"WHA – " the Rolling Thunder Team and Fighting Wolves Team exclaimed as they all looked at them in shock when they saw Luo Ming and Luo Ye ascended with their swords.

"WOAH!" Qi Ming and Xi Kai exclaimed and flailed mid-air while Hu Feng's face is blank.

"The earlier we reach the signal tower, the better." Luo Ye spoke.

Qi Ming finally calmed down. He looked at his siblings and team. "Kill as many zombies as you can. Hold on until the reinforcement has arrived." He told them. "Qi Ying. Protect your jie." He told him.

"Yes!" the Rolling Thunder Team answered.

"Jenny. You instruct them and use the best method that could kill many zombies in the fastest way." Xi Kai said.

"Yes, boss!" Jenny answered and Lan, Chichi and Rei nodded.

"Qi Ying. You take care of yourself!" Xi Kai added and smiled before he, Qi Ming and Hu Feng were brought away by Luo Ming and Luo Ye.

"WHA – Xi Kai! Why did you name my younger brother?!" Qi Ming asked. "What do you mean by that?!" he said.

Xi Kai looked away. "We better focus on our task – saving the world." He told him.

"WHAT! You! You better don't play dead on me right now - !" Qi Ming said.

"Ge, the ones playing dead are below us, not me." Xi Kai told him.

"What 'ge'?!" Qi Ming roared.

The Rolling Thunder Team and the Fighting Wolves Team. "…" they all looked at Qi Ying whose face is flushed red and they could even see steam coming out of his head.

Meanwhile, the Grim Reapers Team. "…" is this the right time for romance?! We're fighting to death here!