Chapter Ninety-Four: The Amusement Park

At last they reached the amusement park. Everyone entered with caution, confirmed that no enemies were inside, and began to split up and act on their own.

The two wolfmen turned into little dogs and went into the city to scout the situation. Wujue and the others stayed in the amusement park for the time being, taking shelter and preparing their next move.

Xuner wandered excitedly all around the park, delighted like a child. Wujue could only explain to the others, “She’s still young at heart. She never had the chance to play before, and now that she can, she can’t help getting excited.”

Then he saw Xuner climb onto the Ferris wheel and actually try to start it up so it would lift into the air. He hurriedly stopped her. “Hey, hey, hey, don’t take it seriously! If you really get that Ferris wheel moving, you’ll make a racket and draw the enemy here.”

Xuner poked her head out in annoyance. “What a killjoy. I was only trying it out. Besides, there’s no power here anyway, so how am I supposed to ride it? Hey, there are zombies here!”

Only then did she notice several zombies trapped inside the Ferris wheel, roaring at him menacingly.

Wujue shook his head. “Honestly, even here they won’t let us have peace. Looks like we’ll have to do the work ourselves.”

He drew his pistol, climbed up, and shot the zombies dead through the gaps in the cabins.

At the same time, Luke and the others also stepped forward one after another, each using his own abilities to deal with the zombies one by one.

Once the Ferris wheel was cleared out, Wujue came down and said to everyone, “Stay vigilant. This place may not be safe. Be careful of zombies attacking at any moment.”

Everyone agreed and heightened their guard. Xuner stood behind Wujue, sticking out her tongue. “False alarm. Good thing nothing happened.”

Wujue tapped her nose. “And whose fault was it? Tonight you’re on watch over the amusement park. Not even a mosquito is getting in.”

Xuner stuck out her tongue again. “What’s the big deal? I’ll just put up a barrier.”

With that, she got to work as well, using witchcraft to set up a powerful ward around the amusement park to prevent outsiders from coming in and causing trouble.

Wujue found a toy house in the park and, together with the others, temporarily moved in.

As for the situation inside, Pike and Luke were fairly familiar with it. Smiling, they said to the others, “Who would have thought we’d turn a children’s amusement park into a temporary shelter? This is truly beyond expectation.”

The cat people and dog people all said they wanted very much to go out and stretch their legs.

Wujue could only smile at that. All his memories of such a place came from Huron; he had never really known anything about it before.

“Try not to make too much noise. You can go out and relax if you want,” he said.

Luke looked worried. “There’s no power. I don’t know how we’ll get through the night. Let’s see if we can find something to start a fire with.”

Meanwhile, a comrade of the frogmen opened his mouth and spat out all the luggage that had been sent earlier. There were plenty of everyday supplies inside, enough to keep them going for a while.

Wujue looked through it and found a good amount of biscuits, bread, and semi-prepared food, so he took them out and asked, “What does everyone want for dinner tonight?”

The others all shook their heads. It seemed they had no interest in human food and finally said they would each go out to find something to eat.

At that moment Xuner came running back, drenched in sweat. “I’m exhausted. You’ve really kept me busy. Oh, there’s bread? Then I won’t stand on ceremony.”

She took the food from Wujue and started eating heartily.

Wujue smiled, handed her a bottle of water, and opened the cap before giving it to her. “Don’t rush. You might choke.”

The little loli, overjoyed, kissed him on the cheek. “Thanks. I knew you cared about me most, big monk.”

Wujue was terribly embarrassed, and hurriedly wiped away the red lip mark on his face. “You’re far too naughty. Everyone’s watching. Aren’t you making a fool of me?”

“How would they dare?” Xuner said, turning back with hands on her hips.

Luke and Pike looked puzzled. “Isn’t kissing the cheek the universal greeting in the universe? What’s so strange about it?”

Then the two of them greeted each other in that way, leaving Xuner stunned. She whispered in Wujue’s ear, “I didn’t realize it. So they’re really good buddies.”

“Good buddies? What’s that?” Wujue only had a feeling it was not a good thing.

At last they had settled in at the amusement park. Wujue tidied up the room and cleared out the toy house so that everyone would have a place to rest later.

Then he began sending messages to Xiaoyang and the others, reporting the situation on his side in case of need.

Xuner, meanwhile, mischievously began playing with the things in the toy house. Dolls, models, all sorts of little trinkets—she handled them with great delight. “Hahaha, it wasn’t easy to get these before. Now I can play however I want. Wujue, you really brought me to a wonderful place.”

She even made a goofy face, sticking out her tongue at Wujue. He reached out and pulled her back. “Quit fooling around. Don’t you find this place strange? The whole amusement park seems empty. After the outbreak, why didn’t the Godslayer Clan destroy this place?”

Faced with Wujue’s question, Xuner said indifferently, “Probably they just didn’t get around to it. Besides, you saw it just now—there were only a few zombies, and they were all weak trash. Nothing to worry about.”

By then Luke had returned with the others as well, bringing in all sorts of odd foods: insects, grass, raw fish, animal bones. Xuner frowned at the sight. “This is what you eat?”

The frogmen said, “Insects are very nutritious. They’d be even better with a little seasoning.”

The cat people were also delighted. “It’s been a long time since we had fresh fish. There’s actually a pond here, and it has quite a few live fish.”

The dog people were somewhat crestfallen. “Well, you’re all happy, but there’s no meat to eat, and we can’t eat human corpses. I finally found a few animal bones, but when my kin get back later, I wonder if there’ll even be enough for everyone?”

While they were talking, the two dogmen who had gone out to scout had already returned. They were waiting outside the barrier to be let in.

Xuner cast a spell and let them in. The two little dogs returned to human form and came over to report, “The city is empty. There are still some zombies wandering about, but we saw no sign of the Godslayer Clan.”

“Strange. Could they not have arrived yet?” Wujue asked curiously.

Another dogman said, “But we seemed to see signs of humans. There should still be survivors, but they’ve occupied a building. We were blocked by mechanisms outside and couldn’t get close.”

Wujue found this rather odd. To think there were still people alive in an abandoned city—it was truly no simple matter.

“What’s their location? I’ll go meet them tomorrow,” Wujue said. He found it suspicious and felt he needed to see for himself.

They then pointed out the location for Wujue on the map, and he began to calculate his next move.

Xuner suddenly frowned. “I have a very bad feeling. Something big seems about to happen.”

Then, from her sleeve, she produced a crystal ball and began to divine the future.

A moment later, she opened her eyes and said, “This is bad. The enemy army is about to arrive, and this place will be their first stop.”

No sooner had she spoken than the barrier was struck by a violent impact. The Godslayer Clan’s legion had finally arrived.

Wujue said nothing more. He ordered everyone to prepare for battle, then drew his weapons and rushed out of the toy house.

Under the cover of night, he made his way to the Ferris wheel near the barrier and glanced outside, only to find a terrifying zombie army.

These were unlike the disordered, scattered zombies they had encountered before. They all carried weapons, stood in formation, and aimed at the barrier as they launched a frenzied assault.

This was the first time Wujue had encountered zombies of this kind. At first glance, it seemed the force had evolved into second-tier warriors, and dealing with them would likely be far harder than with the zombies before.

So he said to Luke, who was by his side, “The situation is complicated. The barrier may not hold for long. What should we do?”

Pike said, “Why don’t we split into two groups? I’ll take a few people into the city and see if we can seek help. The rest of you stay here with him and put up a little resistance to buy us some time.”