Published: February 5, 2025
“I’ll handle two of them; the rest are up to you.” Ye Zhongming stood firm with his sword, his feet moving rapidly. “Kill them, or be killed by them.”
Little Tiger, Mo Ye, Liang Chuyin, Park Soo-young, and Li Qiang—five one-star evolvers—were about to face three second-level sandworms!
These were second-level sandworms, not first-level ones; they were facing opponents beyond their level.
Hearing this, Li Qiang's breath quickened. He had just become an evolver today and hadn't even killed a first-level mutated life yet, and now he had to confront second-level ones? He looked at the white crystal on the sandworm's forehead and felt his hands tremble slightly.
Li Qiang was scared, but the others' eyes brightened, including the normally calm Park Soo-young.
Having spent a long time with Ye Zhongming, their fear of zombies and mutated life had diminished significantly. It was not hard to understand; anyone who saw their companions kill dozens of second-level mutated lives during their one-star evolution would change their mindset towards mutated life.
Moreover, during the battle against the Pig King Gu Pan, Mo Ye, Liang Chuyin, and Little Tiger had taken down quite a few second-level wild boars using the terrain and modified firearms.
So, these individuals didn't feel particularly intimidated by second-level mutated life. If there was anything they noticed, it was that the sandworms were somewhat larger and seemed a bit more challenging to deal with than second-level wild boars.
Upon hearing the testing tone in Ye Zhongming's words, everyone showed eager expressions.
Seeing these expressions, Li Qiang felt a term rise in his heart—madman. If he had to add another word before that, it would be a group of madmen.
He didn't understand where these people's confidence came from.
“Xiu Ying, cover!” Mo Ye, the captain of the armed police, had previously been responsible for frontline command, so it was natural for her to take over command in Ye Zhongming's absence.
After saying a word, she made a series of hand gestures. Little Tiger understood instinctively, and over the past few days, Liang Chuyin and Park Soo-young had also learned these not-so-complicated signals under Mo Ye's guidance.
They quickly understood Mo Ye's meaning.
Mo Ye would hold off two sandworms while the others would quickly kill the third one!
“Li Qiang, I heard your shooting skills are good? You also have a gun that Zhongming gave you?”
Mo Ye nodded at Li Qiang, who was momentarily stunned before realizing what he needed to do.
No one was foolish; Li Qiang understood that he wasn't part of the team, and they were giving him face by not issuing direct commands. What he needed to do was use his expertise—shooting—to strike from the back.
These words and actions came from Mo Ye within seconds. After letting Li Qiang know what he needed to do, the female armed police officer rushed to the left sandworm, first firing a shot at a distant one, then drawing her knife to slash at the one in front of her.
With her first move, she attacked two second-level mutated lives, and she was merely a one-star evolver.
After cursing the crazy woman in his heart again, Li Qiang turned his gun toward his target, where the others had already begun their assault.
Little Tiger and Liang Chuyin's weapons almost simultaneously struck the sandworm, and both of them activated their void crystal shields just in time.
Neither of them fired a shot because they had exhausted their armor-piercing bullets during the battle with the Pig King. Without better materials for Ye Zhongming to make new armor-piercing rounds, these guns wouldn't be very effective against second-level mutated life.
First, Liang Chuyin's long whip wrapped around the sandworm's sharp head. This didn’t cause any damage to the sandworm, which could pierce through rock underground, but Liang Chuyin used it as a springboard to nimbly jump onto the sandworm's back.
Her model-like figure and snowy white skin contrasted sharply against the sandworm's dark body.