Chapter 16: The Archer

  Originally, Zhou Yue didn't plan to care about the life or death of that woman who jumped off the building, but this woman had brought him such a huge surprise, so he felt it was necessary to rescue her, at least to take her to Qiaotou Town and put her on the train to Ning County.

  At this time, the woman was lying on the ground with a trail of blood behind her. Zhou Yue's previous kick had changed the direction of her fall, but she was still badly hurt and landed face down, probably even flattening her nose.

  Although the thoughts in his heart were evil, Zhou Yue's movements didn't slow down. He directly flipped the woman over and found that she was indeed severely injured, with a bloody face, probably completely disfigured. Her head also seemed to have suffered minor concussion, so she fainted without waking up, and her life value had dropped to 3 points, which was considered severe injury.

  Zhou Yue didn't know first aid, nor could he tell the extent of the woman's injuries. His only solution now was to feed her apples; in his opinion, recovery apples were a panacea for all ailments.

  He picked up the woman, who seemed to be in decent shape, and looked around before walking over to a nearby bench and setting her down. However, it wasn't until he pulled out an apple that he realized a very serious problem - there was no way to feed it to her! If he tried to shove the whole thing in, she'd probably choke to death immediately!

  "Alas! Alright, considering that divine artifact, you've got a lucky break with the peach blossoms!"

  She hesitated for a moment, and Zhou Yue had no choice but to grit her teeth, chew the apple herself, then hold her breath, use both hands to pry open the woman's mouth and teeth, and feed it to her with great difficulty. Then, she fed her another mouthful of water, supporting her head as she washed down the chewed-up apple. This process seemed very romantic, but in fact Zhou Yue didn't enjoy it at all, because this woman was now like a pig's head, covered in blood, and hadn't even thrown up yet.

  She fed the woman a recovery apple, and Zhou Yue was already drenched in sweat. Fortunately, the apple was indeed effective, and it actually restored the woman's health to 4 points, and she seemed to be showing some signs of waking up.

  But Zhou Yue was a very stubborn person, since he had taken on this woman's bad luck, he definitely wanted to save her, so although he cursed in his heart, he continued to feed the woman three more apples in this difficult way. At this time, her life value had recovered to 7 points, and it was almost done.

  However, the woman was only wearing a set of pajamas. It wasn't a problem in the room, but it wouldn't be good outside. Zhou Yue decided to do a good deed from start to finish, so he climbed up to the third floor and gathered a few pieces of clothing and shoes that could barely be worn. He also pulled out a very light and warm silk quilt, which he used to wrap the woman up like a pancake. As for the clothes, he stuffed them in as well. At this point, he had no interest in helping the woman change her clothes, even though just a few hours ago he would have been drooling at the chance!

  When Zhou Yue carried the woman back to the gathering point at the entrance of Tianhe Community, the sun had already set, and the original 30-minute gathering time was about to arrive. However, during this period, there were indeed many survivors who rushed out from their hiding houses, with as many as 400-500 people. Among these survivors, the most eye-catching ones were the few people tightly guarded by Tang Kun's first team.

  One of the middle-aged men, who looked like an official, had a commanding presence, just like a firefly in the dark night or a cigarette butt. Next to him was a young man in his early twenties, extremely handsome and resembling the middle-aged man, likely his son. This young man had also reached level 2 and obtained a hatchet and a demon ring. Moreover, his original attributes were excellent, with 11 points of strength and agility, surpassing Zhou Yue by 3 points. He was indeed a legendary rich and handsome guy! Zhou Yue, the loser, deserved to lose!

  This high-rich-handsome guy didn't put all the four free attribute points into a single attribute, but instead added 2 points to strength and 2 points to agility, so he became strength 15 points, agility 14 points, it's extremely balanced! I estimate that if he can grow up in the future, he will be a very formidable guy.

  Of course, a rich and handsome man like him would not lack beautiful women around him. Especially with such an excellent rich and handsome man, there was a tall and slender woman in her early twenties wearing a purple cheongsam and a luxurious sable coat, leaning against him intimately. Even from afar, Zhou Yue's heart was burning with desire. This woman was truly stunning, a rare beauty indeed!

  Of course, Zhou Yue just took a glance from afar and then withdrew his gaze. Having seen many dead people, he had also increased his resistance to that lively and charming beauty.

  "Hey! Zhou Yue, congratulations! You actually really made it to 3rd rank! It's unbelievable! In Chishan City you're probably already the number one expert!"

  At this time, several surviving members of the third squad recognized Zhou Yue and immediately exclaimed in surprise, their envious eyes almost devouring Zhou Yue.

  "It's nothing, I'm just not afraid to die. If you guys were a bit braver, you could also level up quickly!" Zhou Yue replied with a smile, but he really didn't have the slightest bit of pride, because at this moment, one bullet was still enough to take him down, and the gap between him and others wasn't that big either. He wanted to be proud, but didn't have the capital for it.

  "I'm going, Zhou Yue, how did you get so lucky? Evil Ghost Tooth, this is a thief's top-notch weapon, what are you doing holding onto a woman? Did you steal it back?" At this time, Zhao Dashan and Li Dan also returned, looking at them covered in blood but extremely excited, they must have killed a lot of evil ghosts just now. However, seeing Zhou Yue level up to 3 and especially getting a dagger with better quality than a cleaver, they suddenly felt depressed.

  Zhou Yue smiled and was about to respond when a warning shout came from the soldiers in the distance: "Company Commander, something's wrong! Two teams of Yellow Turban soldiers are coming down this street, less than 600 meters away!"

  "Retreat! Quick! Retreat at once!"

  Tang Kun immediately let out a loud roar, his voice changed, and dragged the few rich second-generation kids to run away!

  Seeing this crazy guy so flustered, Zhou Yue's heart suddenly skipped a beat. He had felt that something was off before - Tang Kun and those soldiers seemed to be deliberately avoiding talking about the Yellow Turbans in the city center. Now it seemed there was only one possible outcome: those Yellow Turbans were extremely formidable and terrifying!

  "Run!" Zhou Yue also shouted, then hugged the woman and followed the crowd rushing out. At this moment, no need to say more, all the survivors were originally like startled birds, seeing Tang Kun protecting the rich father and son escaping first, who didn't know what was going on, so it instantly became a chaotic scene of crying and shouting!

  It's okay, the entrance of the He Xiao community is very spacious and wide, although there are dozens of cars blocking it, but it doesn't hinder the escape of hundreds of people. In just a few seconds, everyone escaped and then ran towards the suburbs along the previously cleared streets.

  Zhou Yue subconsciously looked back after escaping the entrance of the residential area, and today's weather was still quite bright. Within a distance of less than 600 meters, he normally wouldn't be able to see clearly, but perhaps due to his upgraded level, he could roughly make out the number and clothing color of the two teams of Yellow Turban soldiers.

  What he found strange was that the two teams of Yellow Turbans had only eighteen men, all bare-chested and wrapped in yellow headscarves, one hand holding a shield and the other holding a large knife. However, behind them, there seemed to be two more figures, but they were unclear.

  And as soon as he saw clearly the silhouettes of these two Yellow Turban Army teams, their physical attributes also appeared in Zhou Yue's mind!

  "Level 3 ordinary sword and shield infantry, belonging to the Yellow Turban forces, combat rating 1 star."

  "Already enveloped by Zhang Tian Shi's 1st level Protection Halo, combat strength slightly increased."

  "Equipped with gear, standard long sword, Strength +4, Agility +1, Defense +1, Attack +3."

  "Equipped with gear, standard wooden shield, Strength +2, Agility +1, Defense +5."

  "Health 16/16 (Zhang Tian's Blessing Aura +10)"

  "Power value 5/5 (Zhang Tian Shi's protective halo +1)"

  "Power 22/22 (Zhang Tian Shi's Protective Halo +2)"

  "Agile 12/12 (Zhang Tian Shi's Protective Halo +1)"

  Defense 6/6 (Zhang Tian's Blessing Aura +4)

  "Attack 3/3 (Zhang Tian's Blessing Aura +1)"

  "Having skills, slash v1 level, block v1 level."

  In an instant, Zhou Yue's eyes widened as he read the information, and he was suddenly drenched in cold sweat. This attribute was too overpowered! No wonder even Tang Kun, that fierce guy, had to tuck his tail between his legs and flee; it was simply impossible to match forces with this! And yet, this was also a 3-star... how could the gap be so huge?!

  At this moment, Zhou Yue was about to turn around and escape when he suddenly felt a cold, death-like breath coming from the direction of the Yellow Turban soldier!

  At this moment, Zhou Yue didn't even dare to turn his head back, and directly jumped up from the original position, hiding behind a concrete pillar at the entrance of Tianhe Community with the fastest speed. Almost simultaneously, two sharp whistling sounds exploded in his ears, and he didn't even see what happened! Only saw a string of bloody fragments splashing around like popcorn! And more than 40 people who were originally running forward stopped moving on the spot!

  At this time, Zhou Yue finally saw clearly that there was a transparent hole the size of a rice bowl on the chest of these people, and the culprit who caused all this was two black long arrows about one meter long and as thick as an adult's thumb!

  "Archers?"

  For a moment, even Zhou Yue, who had already experienced the depths of hell, couldn't help but feel chills from head to toe. This was too terrifying! Was this still an archer? This was practically a rocket launcher, wasn't it?!

  Not just Zhou Yue, the several originally not very important 2nd-level survivors around him were all scared silly, and could even hear the sound of their teeth chattering "heh heh heh"!

  "What's wrong with you, still standing there like an idiot? Run!" Zhou Yue kicked those guys and then directly put the woman in his arms on his shoulder, and ran forward desperately. Thanks to his 18-point agility attribute, he was almost twice as fast as a normal person when he accelerated with all his might. Moreover, the woman on his shoulder was not heavy, but rather light, otherwise, even if he wanted to take her out, he wouldn't have had the strength!

  In the blink of an eye, Zhou Yue ran out more than 50 meters away, and then once again heard a piercing whistling sound coming from behind, followed by the sound of arrows piercing through the air, two arrows barely grazing past Zhou Yue's side, scaring him so much that his entire body was covered in cold sweat as he desperately sprinted forward.

  Fortunately, there were only two archers, and Zhou Yue's speed was much faster than the others. By the time the third attack came, he had already run out 150 meters away. However, those people behind him suffered a disaster. Just these six arrows killed more than 100 people, including over a dozen survivors who had already leveled up to level 2. This was simply an unadorned and merciless massacre!

  At this time, Zhou Yue suddenly thought of the intense gunfire in the city center earlier and why it had suddenly stopped. There was still a regiment of troops in Chishan City, plus special police and other forces, which should have been over a thousand people. However, Zhou Yue believed that not many were needed, just a hundred such archers would be enough to take them all down! It's too damn terrifying!