Apocalypse: Launching a Counterattack Against the Villainess

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"Now there is!"

'Grizzly' didn't say anything more and rushed upstairs without looking back.

"Hey, wait for me!"

Seeing this, 'Staple' no longer hesitated, threw away his rifle to lighten his load, and followed.

Having just caught up, I couldn't help but remind him:

"Hey buddy, we didn't prepare any aerial vehicles beforehand. Going up is a dead end! Let's go down and circle around to the north exit where there are fewer zombies, then we can escape as planned!"

"Do you think they're idiots? You know there are fewer zombies on the north side, but don't they know that?"

"That man is probably already blocking the way."

"What should I do then?!"

"Dump all your unnecessary things and come with me!"

As 'Grizzly' spoke, he threw his tactical backpack on the ground and even took off his jacket.

Seeing that the gunfire ahead had stopped, Cheng Yuqiu immediately reactivated [Blessing of Freedom] on himself. Without the restraint of bullets, his pursuit speed increased significantly.

They rushed to the stairwell, which was more than ten meters away, in almost an instant, but the two people had already disappeared, leaving only a pile of equipment on the ground.

When she saw the two figures again, they had already gone up several more floors.

At this moment, the two people, one tall and one short, were standing in front of the window at the end of the corridor. There were walls on both sides, and from any angle, they were completely trapped.

Cheng Yuqiu chased after the other party for a long time but failed to catch him. He was already full of anger, so he immediately swung his short sword and charged forward.

The stapler, having been rammed hard by Cheng Yuqiu's "mud cart" earlier, saw the girl rushing towards it again and, still shaken, said to the person beside it:

"Hey bro, are you done yet? Plan B isn't going to just give up, is it?"

"Wow!"

Instead of a 'grizzly bear' responding to him, there was the sound of shattering glass.

The stapler couldn't help but turn around and saw the grizzly bear raise its right arm to smash the window again. It instinctively raised its arm to block in front of it.

Then came another loud crash as the grizzly bear blasted the entire window out.

A strong wind howled in between the tall buildings, and before the 'stapler' could speak, the 'grizzly bear's' deep voice rang in my ears again:

"Let's jump!"

"What?! This is the 9th floor!"

The stapler's eyes widened immediately, but the other party clearly didn't leave him any room for suggestions, and had already jumped out of the window before he finished speaking.

In desperation, the 'stapler' had no choice but to trust the other party. It glanced back at Cheng Yuqiu, who was almost there, gritted its teeth, and used one hand to support itself against the window as it jumped out.

"Damn it! Don't run!"

Seeing this, Cheng Yuqiu was extremely anxious. Nie Qingyun had assigned her the task of following the two people, but they had actually chosen to jump off the building.

In a moment of desperation, she quickened her pace, rushed to the window, and immediately leaned out to look down.

But before she could see what was happening below, someone grabbed the back of her collar.

Then, he was pulled away from the window.

The next second, the sound of bullets whistling through the air followed by a dull thud.

"Nie Qingyun!" Cheng Yuqiu's eyes lit up. She grabbed the other person's arm, pointed downwards, and said anxiously:

"They...they jumped!"

In this emergency, Nie Qingyun did not respond, but instead poked his head out of the window again.

At the edge of the line of sight, among the two falling figures, 'Grizzly' suddenly holstered his pistol back in his waistband, then turned to face the ground and extended his thick right arm forward.

Immediately afterwards, a black object was ejected from his arm.

The moment it hit the ground, it instantly expanded into an air cushion device of about ten square meters, which caught the two falling people.

After getting up, 'Grizzly Bear' looked back at the upstairs for a long time, then ran away into the distance with 'stapler' in his arms.

"Damn it! They managed to escape!"

Cheng Yuqiu was so angry that she stomped her feet. She turned around to ask Nie Qingyun what to do, but found that the other party was no longer there.

Chapter 240: Rapid Descent from the Sky!

When Nie Qingyun was spotted again, he was already standing a few meters away at the edge of the corridor.

He stepped off the wall and leaped into the ceiling, plunging the short knife in his hand into the ceiling.

With a swing of the knife, a huge gash was cut open in the white composite board, revealing the intricate wiring channels inside.

After landing, Nie Qingyun glanced up and quickly located the storage box for the backup circuit.

Then he leaped high into the air again and pulled a large bundle of black cables out of the gap in the ceiling.

After cutting off the excess cable with a knife, one end of the cable was tied to a fire hydrant located on the wall, and then the entire bundle of cables was thrown out of the window.

Upon seeing this, Cheng Yuqiu immediately stepped forward, somewhat puzzled, and asked:

"What are you doing? Let's hurry downstairs and chase after them..."

As she was speaking, the girl suddenly paused, her gaze following the thin cable to the window, and said with some difficulty:

"Are we going to have to climb down the cable?"

"How...how can this be done!"

"hug!"

In this urgent situation, Nie Qingyun did not respond to the young lady's words immediately. Instead, he opened his arms to Ling Yuan Ellie and waited for the girl to hug his chest like a koala before turning around and forcing a smile at her.

"It's too late to climb down..."

"To be precise, it was jumping down."

"well??"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yuqiu's eyes widened immediately, and she subconsciously glanced out the window.

She wasn't actually afraid of heights, but the thought of jumping from such a high place made her legs go weak.

Seeing this, Nie Qingyun immediately turned around, facing away from the girl, and comforted her in a somewhat hurried tone:

"Your Highness, don't worry. Just like your senior, close your eyes and hug me. Leave the rest to me."

"Oh...okay~" Cheng Yuqiu responded, put away her shield and short sword, then lightly jumped up and hugged Nie Qingyun's neck from behind, then wrapped her legs tightly around him.

The sudden, slight weight startled Nie Qingyun. He had initially thought he would need to say a few more words of comfort before the young lady would listen, but he hadn't expected her to be so decisive. He couldn't help but chuckle in surprise:

"What, Your Highness, aren't you afraid?"

"Who, who would be afraid! I'm not afraid at all!" Cheng Yuqiu replied, feigning strength, but her slightly trembling arms betrayed her nervousness. Even she realized that her words were somewhat insincere, so she quickly corrected herself:

"Yes, I'm a little scared..."

"However, as long as you're here... there won't be any problems."

"You will definitely protect me."

As she spoke, the girl tightened her grip on her arm.

Feeling the soft, delicate body behind him, Nie Qingyun felt a warmth in his heart.

This trust was hard-won, and hearing the young lady say such things made it all worthwhile.

"I can't guarantee that..."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yuqiu's heart tightened, and she was about to open her eyes to speak when she heard Nie Qingyun continue:

"Unless Her Highness the Princess kisses me, I really can't be sure about my safety..."

"You, you scoundrel, still joking at a time like this!"

Cheng Yuqiu immediately gave a coquettish remark and pinched Nie Qingyun's arm.

Thanks to this, the tense atmosphere eased considerably.

The two fleeing figures downstairs were almost disappearing between the buildings, and time was running out for them to hesitate any longer.

Nie Qingyun immediately summoned a baseball bat from the [Data Space], wrapped the cable around the center of the bat twice, then grabbed both ends of the bat and instructed in a deep voice:

"Hold on tight!"

"Ah good!"

Cheng Yuqiu immediately closed her eyes and hugged the other person's neck tightly.

The next second, three figures embracing each other suddenly jumped out of the window.

The cold wind between the tall buildings whistled past their ears, startling Cheng Yuqiu. Then, in a moment of weightlessness, the three of them began to fall rapidly.

The cable wrapped around the baseball bat tightened instantly, making the sound of a bowstring being taut.

The friction caused the three of them to pause briefly before they began to descend at a constant speed.

Then came a long, drawn-out scream from a young girl.

After an unknown number of seconds, with a dull thud, Nie Qingyun's feet slammed heavily onto the ground.

Dust rose everywhere, and the stone bricks of Pucheng were shaken to create cracks in the ground.

Although the simple rappelling device reduced most of the impact of the fall, it was still not something an ordinary person could withstand. Even Nie Qingyun felt that his legs were in so much pain that they felt like they were broken.

The girl's screams hadn't stopped, so he quickly pinched the young lady's buttocks with his hand.

"Your Highness, we've landed... If you keep calling, I'll go deaf..."

"Ah..." Cheng Yuqiu suddenly came to her senses, jumped off the other person in surprise, her chest heaving.

This was the first time in her life she had done something so crazy; it was a million times more exciting than any of the rides in an amusement park!

After catching his breath, Cheng Yuqiu quickly summoned the [Holy Contract] and used [Holy Light Flash] on Nie Qingyun.

As the soft light enveloped him, the pain in Nie Qingyun's legs quickly subsided, and the expression on his face also relaxed considerably.

However, in the next second, Cheng Yuqiu's face turned pale.

"What's wrong, Princess?"

Faced with Nie Qingyun's question, Cheng Yuqiu even forgot to reply, but just stared straight behind him and slowly raised her finger to point.

Upon seeing this, Nie Qingyun quickly turned around and immediately felt a chill run down his spine.

It's a zombie...

Zombies are everywhere!

It was pitch black.

The tide surged forth from every part of the street, like a ravenous beast, constantly engulfing everything in its path.

This level of zombies is beyond what can be described as a riot; it's practically a zombie horde!

"Run!"

Nie Qingyun grabbed Cheng Yuqiu's arm and turned to run.

If they are overwhelmed by the horde of zombies, their progress will be significantly delayed, making it virtually impossible to catch up with the two.

Fortunately, all three of them had high attributes, and when they ran at full speed, they were much faster than the zombies.

In just a few breaths, they had already run more than a hundred meters away, and could see two figures running ahead of them in the distance.

Cheng Yuqiu could no longer hold back and immediately shouted loudly in front of her.

"You two, stop right there!!"

The next second, the running stapler suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground, sliding several meters face-first before getting back up.

He instinctively turned his head, his eyes wide, his face filled with intense horror.

They managed to catch up with that!

Can the three of you fly?!

Not only that, when he saw the thousands of zombies that followed Nie Qingyun in the distance, his expression froze on his face.

A thousand words were reduced to a long exclamation.