A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 602 High-voltage cables
As the group jumped out of the Land Rover, whose windows were covered by newspapers, the nearby horde of corpses instantly began to surge.

Stimulated by the infrared light, the zombies, near and far, stirred and surged toward this side.

Duan Rong and his companions leaped between the car rooftops, only a few meters away from the revolving glass doors on the first floor of the building. The horde of zombies in the distance had not yet surged over, and the nearby zombies could not yet climb onto the car roof.

A few meters away, a few leaps and they were on the ground.

With a flash of cold light, Jiang Hanyan's Longquan sword sliced ​​off the skulls of several zombies near the revolving door.

Duan Rong then pulled open the revolving door and chopped off the head of a zombie that lunged out with an entrenching tool.

At this moment, the surging zombies nearby rushed over. Jiang Hanyan stood there with her eyes fixed on the Longquan sword in her hand, which gleamed coldly. The zombies surging towards the revolving door fell down one after another.

But the surging tide of corpses at the intersection was getting closer and closer, layer upon layer, like the prelude to the rising tide of the Qiantang River.

"Come in, all of you!" Duan Rong turned his head and looked at the surging tide of corpses, then roared.

The rest of the group immediately rushed into a space behind the revolving glass door. Jiang Hanyan entered last, and the steps where she had just stood were now piled high with the remains of zombies, and thick, green brain fluid had seeped all over the floor. Jiang Hanyan's icy face was also splattered with green specks.

The moment Jiang Hanyan entered, Duan Rong pushed open the revolving glass door, and the seven of them found themselves in a closed space.

The building occupies a prominent position at the intersection, a prime location even within the CBD, and its design and interior decoration are of first-class standard. Therefore, the revolving glass doors are quite large, and the seven of them didn't feel cramped in that space.

Although it wasn't crowded, hordes of corpses surged on both sides of that space...

Needless to say, the moment they jumped out of the Land Rover, it caused a surge of zombies on the street. Now, after some time, the zombie horde from afar has also surged over.

Such a surging tide of corpses seemed capable of engulfing everything.

On the other side was the lobby of the building, and surprisingly, quite a few zombies were rushing in from the other side...

The space they were in, caught between the hordes of zombies on both sides, was as fragile as a cardboard box.

Duan Rong was surprised to find so many zombies in the lobby, and his eyelids twitched involuntarily.

Although both are hordes of zombies, the hordes on the streets are like the mighty Qiantang River, while the hordes in the main hall are merely ripples in a pond.

Duan Rong looked at Jiang Hanyan, whose face was covered in green spots, and said coldly, "Jiang Hanyan, it's time for you to go on a killing spree!"

Jiang Hanyan's eyes were icy cold, and her knuckles turned slightly white as she gripped the Longquan sword tightly. She said, "Well done! I've been wanting to have a good fight for a long time!"

Just as the horde of zombies surged towards them on the street, Duan Rong forcefully pushed open the glass revolving door. Jiang Hanyan had already leaped out, the cold light of her Longquan sword flashing like water droplets as she slashed at the zombies as easily as cutting melons and vegetables...

One zombie corpse after another fell, some decapitated, some with half their heads chopped off...

Those zombies whose heads had been completely severed were not dead yet. Their heads fell to the ground, still roaring with their mouths open. Their eyes, covered by white membranes, still showed an extremely frantic hunger. But without bodies, limbs, and only a head, they could not move at all and had no attack power!

Not only did Jiang Hanyan rush out, but Guo Tian and the others also rushed out, and for a time they wreaked havoc on all sides!

Duan Rong stood there, holding the revolving glass door. A wave of zombies had surged in from outside, almost submerging the glass door. Fortunately, the glass door was thick enough that it was not broken by the zombie horde for the time being!

But Duan Rong knew that even such a thick revolving glass door could not withstand the continuous impact of such a surging horde of zombies, and that the horde of zombies was becoming more and more ferocious, and would break through the door sooner or later!

Duan Rong looked at the terrifying, crazed faces of the zombies densely packed on the arched glass door outside, and a chill ran down his spine. He immediately roared, "Lu Chu, Du Wan! Push that sofa over there!"

Lu Chu and Du Wan were wielding cleavers, hacking at zombies. The sharp blades of the cleavers were covered in green slime. In a short time, the two of them had already killed quite a few zombies.

Upon hearing this, the two turned around. Duan Rong, with the door propped up on his shoulder, pointed the entrenching tool in his hand at the sofa not far away and said again, "Bring that thing over here and use it to block the door!"

Although the revolving glass door is thick enough to prevent the zombie horde from breaking through it immediately, if the door is not secured, the zombie horde outside will push against the glass door as it rotates, and a large number of zombies will be pushed in. Once that happens, the zombies in this lobby will be endless.

Lu Chu and Du Wan immediately understood Duan Rong's meaning, and pushed the sofa through the glass door.

Duan Rong was freed and joined the others in the fight!
The number of zombies in the lobby was limited, and the seven people were all very strong in combat, plus there was Jiang Hanyan, a killing machine!
Soon, the lobby was littered with mutilated corpses, the smell was pungent, and thick green liquid flowed all over the floor, as if it had been coated with a layer of green paint!
Duan Rong gripped his entrenching tool and turned to look. He saw that the horde of corpses outside the glass door was getting higher and higher, and the thick revolving glass door was creaking and groaning as if it could be broken at any moment.

"Get out of here! We can't stay here!"

Duan Rong roared and led the group toward the stairs deep in the elevator corridor.

The zombies in the corridor had all been drawn to the lobby, which was now empty, and they easily slipped into the stairwell...

After the figures of the group disappeared, the zombies that were clinging to the glass door suddenly lost their target. Their eyes, which were covered by white membranes, could no longer feel the stimulation of infrared light waves, and the crazy hunger in their eyes quickly subsided!
Large numbers of zombies fell to the ground, and the surging tide of zombies began to recede...

Duan Rong and his companions walked cautiously up the stairs, the beams of several flashlights illuminating the gloomy, dark stairwell.

This building is different from the one where Duan Rong's company is located; this office building is clearly more upscale. The elevators lead directly to the main entrances of various companies, but the stairs only lead to the fire exits. Furthermore, the stairwells are completely dark, as the city is currently experiencing a power outage.

Although it was pitch black, they didn't encounter a single zombie as they climbed the steps.

Before arriving, Duan Rong had already visually estimated that the high-voltage power line was about 20 meters away from the ground, and should be located on the sixth floor of this building.

Soon, they arrived at the sixth floor.

Before me was a tightly closed fire door, and in the corner next to it was a large green trash can.

Guo Tian and Du Wan each held a flashlight, one shining it on the floor above and the other on the floor below, to prevent zombies from suddenly sneaking up.

"Lu Chu, point your flashlight here!" Duan Rong said.

Upon hearing this, Lu Chu immediately shone a beam of light onto the keyhole of the fire door. Duan Rong squatted there, holding two thin, pointed needles, and inserted them into the keyhole. Those two needles were also something he had obtained from a locksmith.

He fiddled with it for a while, and with a soft click, the lock popped open.

Duan Rong reached out and opened the door, letting in the natural light from the office area outside.

The group stepped inside, turned off their flashlights, and put them in their backpacks. Duan Rong then closed the fire door behind him. He then surveyed the office area before him; the decor was quite luxurious, but it was currently empty—no zombies in sight!

Du Wan let out a long sigh, walked over, pulled out a chair from her workstation, plopped down, and said to herself, "Let's rest for a bit! That horde of zombies was terrifying!"

At this moment, Su Xinjue and Lu Chu were also filled with lingering fear.

That dense, surging tide of corpses was like hell; it was unimaginable what the consequences would be if one were overwhelmed by it.

Moreover, the way Duan Rong drove the Land Rover at full throttle had terrified them, leaving them feeling nauseous and even causing Su Xinjue to vomit in the car.

Then, they jumped out of the car and faced the surging tide of zombies.

Su Xinjue felt her legs go weak, so she went over and sat down at a workstation not far from Du Wan.

Guo Tian and the others also went over, intending to rest for a while.

Just as Jiang Hanyan was about to sit down, Duan Rong suddenly said, "Hanyan, you come with me!"

After Duan Rong finished speaking, he slowly walked towards the bright French windows.

Jiang Hanyan's eyes flickered, and she got up and followed.

Looking at Duan Rong's retreating figure, Guo Tian already guessed what Duan Rong was going to do.

On the rooftop of that building, Duan Rong had already explained the plan to them in detail. Although they only partially understood it, they almost all chose to trust Duan Rong's judgment!
Duan Rong said that this was the only feasible solution, and they had no doubt about it at all!
Jiang Hanyan walked up behind Duan Rong. Duan Rong paused, turned around, and handed one of the two bottles of cola to Jiang Hanyan.

Jiang Hanyan took it.

Duan Rong unscrewed the bottle in his hand, took a sip, looked at Jiang Hanyan, and said in a casual tone, "Were you scared when you faced that dense horde of corpses just now?"

Jiang Hanyan took a sip of cola, smiled faintly, and said, "I'm only thinking about cutting off their heads, how can I have time to be afraid?"

Upon hearing this, Duan Rong couldn't help but give Jiang Hanyan a deep look. It wasn't fear that was a later matter; when one was truly in the midst of it, how could one have time to be afraid?

Jiang Hanyan's face was calm and cold. After her obsessions were dispelled in the illusionary realm of gods and demons, her personality had indeed been tempered.

After finishing his cola, Duan Rong threw away the empty bottle, turned to Jiang Hanyan, and instructed her, "Keep an eye on the surroundings."

Jiang Hanyan looked at Duan Rong with her cool eyes and nodded slightly.

Their eyes met instantly, and Duan Rong turned his head away, slowly walking towards the French windows. Jiang Hanyan followed behind Duan Rong, watching the surrounding movements, her Longquan sword clutched in her hand, ready to strike at any moment.

Duan Rong walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked out. He was very familiar with this area of ​​the CBD, and with a glance, he had already roughly determined the location. He then turned around and walked eastward along the floor-to-ceiling window.

After walking for a while, next to three treadmills, I could see the high-voltage cables flashing black in the sunlight through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

That's what he's looking for.

Duan Rong stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, where the high-voltage cables outside were only about a meter away from him.

This is the closest point; further ahead, the high-voltage cables run across the street.

Duan Rong tilted his head slightly, glancing at Jiang Hanyan who was following behind him out of the corner of his eye, and said, "I might make quite a noise, so be careful of your surroundings. Zombies are sensitive to sound!"

After Duan Rong finished speaking, before Jiang Hanyan could react, he suddenly raised the entrenching tool in his hand and used the tripod at the end of the entrenching tool to forcefully smash it against the floor-to-ceiling window in front of him.

Duan Rong smashed the floor-to-ceiling window in front of him with a loud bang, and the tempered glass began to be covered with fine lines like a spider web, but Duan Rong continued to smash it with all his might.

Jiang Hanyan stood there, her cold gaze sweeping over her surroundings. Sure enough, a dark figure crept over, its brown skin and stiff gait revealing a zombie turning its head.

The zombie wasn't far away, but Jiang Hanyan stood there without moving, her beautiful eyes still scanning around to prevent other zombies from darting out.

Jiang Hanyan needed to protect Duan Rong's safety, so she couldn't leave at will. She had to wait until the zombies got close before killing them.

The zombie slowly turned its face. The instant it turned, its eyes suddenly turned crazed, a hoarse roar escaped its throat, and its previously stiff and slow posture instantly transformed into a bizarre, frantic charge…

Although zombies are sensitive to sound and will move towards places with noise, sound will not drive them crazy. Only when the infrared light emitted by a living creature stimulates the white membrane on the zombie's eyeballs will the zombie go berserk!
The moment the zombie rushed over, it was about to pounce on Jiang Hanyan. Jiang Hanyan remained unmoved until the zombie was a little over a meter away, a distance that was exactly the length of the Longquan sword.

Only then did she suddenly draw her Longquan sword with a whoosh, and with a flash of cold light, half of the zombie's head was sliced ​​off.

Just as the zombie fell to the ground, its thick, green brain fluid splattering everywhere, a loud bang came from behind Jiang Hanyan. The entire floor-to-ceiling window was smashed, leaving a large hole, and a lot of glass shards fell downstairs. A lot of glass shards also splashed around Duan Rong's feet, like hail.

Duan Rong then used an entrenching tool to remove all the remaining glass around him. Tempered glass is treated so that when it shatters, there are no sharp, jagged edges that could cause injury; the process is essentially safe.

After smashing down an entire floor-to-ceiling window, Duan Rong stood in the gaping hole, the street wind howling past and filling his sleeves. He looked at the high-voltage cable that was slanting southeast in front of him.

At this moment, Guo Tian and the others also heard the commotion and came over. After a while, the feeling of their souls leaving their bodies inside the Land Rover, as well as the lingering fear of the horde of zombies, had mostly subsided.

Duan Rong looked at them, pointed to the dark high-voltage cable about a meter away outside the window, and said, "If we follow this high-voltage cable southeast, we can enter the railway line, and then walk along the railway line to the outskirts of the city to complete this mission in the Divine Demon Illusion."

(End of this chapter)