"Rumble... Rumble..."

The rain poured down harder.

Manager Bai Mu drove to the city to investigate the signal issue, while the others had no choice but to pass the time in the hotel's lounge. After all, with the continuous rain, it was impossible to go out and investigate. Thus, Duanmu Huai, Alice Phil, Medea, Shajuye, and Meijia could only sit on the sofa, staring blankly at the TV.

"It's really strange, why did the signal suddenly disappear?"

"Could it be because of the heavy rain, maybe there was lightning?"

"I didn't hear anything..."

Meijia shook her head, looking puzzled, while Shajuye was watching the weather forecast below the TV.

"But the weather forecast said there's a typhoon these two days..."

"I'm sorry, Shajuye, I was too hasty. I should have checked the weather forecast beforehand."

Meijia also felt embarrassed. She originally wanted to resolve this matter quickly but had forgotten about the weather---especially something like a typhoon, which can greatly impact an island.

After all, she was young and it was her first time encountering such a situation, not handling it well was normal, so the others didn't say much...

After all, they themselves hadn't checked the weather forecast.

Besides Duanmu Huai and his group, other staff members were also cramped there, passing time out of boredom. The chef was in charge of making coffee and tea, while the servers delivered the meals. Everyone chatted, making the atmosphere somewhat lively.

"It's really strange..."

Only Meijia occasionally glanced at her watch and then looked out the window.

"It's been several hours, why hasn't Manager Bai Mu returned yet?"

"Buzz!"

However, before Meijia could finish her words, the TV screen suddenly went black, then turned into a snowy static. Seeing this, everyone was stunned, but before they could react, the lights in the lounge suddenly went out with a "pop!" Instantly, the previously bright lounge became shrouded in darkness!

"Huh? Huh? What's going on?"

Meijia stood up in shock and unease, clutching her phone and looking around.

"Power outage?"

"Ah, Miss, please don't worry."

This time, the chef quickly comforted her.

"Our hotel has a backup power source. Quickly, turn on the backup power!"

As he spoke, the chef shouted at one of the staff, who quickly nodded and dashed out.

"Brother, I have a bad feeling."

Shajuye also came over at this moment, whispering in Duanmu Huai's ear, to which Duanmu Huai nodded.

Is there even a need to say it? Early in the morning, communications were lost, now the TV signal is gone, and the power is out. Plus, it's still a typhoon day, it seems like they're destined to be trapped on this isolated island.

Coincidence?

Hehe...

"—————!"

At this moment, Alice Phil suddenly shuddered, then glanced at Duanmu Huai, making a slight gesture. Duanmu Huai understood and nodded, standing up and leaving the lounge with Alice Phil.

"What's wrong?"

"I sensed something strange approaching us."

"Something strange?"

Hearing Alice Phil's report, Duanmu Huai furrowed his brow.

"What do you mean?"

"I'm not entirely sure, I just feel that they should be living things, but also not quite... Their movement isn't fast, just about as slow as ordinary walking."

"But they can't be guests coming to stay at the hotel."

In such heavy rain, during a typhoon, with the hotel in the mountains, one would have to be crazy to walk up instead of taking a car. Alice Phil thought the same, so she nodded solemnly. At this moment, the two were standing at the hotel's entrance, looking into the distance. Although the mist barrier only covered the forest's edge and didn't affect the hotel area, the torrential rain was pouring heavily, making it hard to see the situation in the distance.

"Brother, what are you guys doing here?"

At this time, Shajuye and the others, feeling stuffy in the lounge, came out to check the situation. They saw Duanmu Huai and Alice Phil standing at the hotel entrance, and curiously walked over to ask.

"Oh, just getting some fresh air, we were idle anyway."

Duanmu Huai casually replied, and Shajuye casually looked ahead, then froze for a moment.

"Wait, is there someone over there?"

As she spoke, Shajuye pointed ahead with her hand. Everyone followed the direction she indicated, and soon they saw a figure slowly emerging through the curtain of rain. The rain was too heavy, and the sky was too dark, so for a moment, they couldn't see the person's face clearly.

"Clack!"

However, just then, perhaps the backup power source had successfully switched, the previously dim hotel suddenly became brightly lit, and the previously unlit streetlights also came alive, illuminating the figure!

That is...…

"Mr. Kashiwagi!?"

Seeing clearly the figure before them, Meijia immediately screamed, and the others were equally shocked.

At this moment, Manager Bai Mu had completely lost his previous elite demeanor; his clothes were tattered, even one of his legs was twisted and deformed, and perhaps due to the rain, his body was free of bloodstains. But seeing him hanging his head low, staggering, it was clear he was seriously injured.

"Mr. Kashiwagi, what happened to you?!"

Upon seeing this, Meijia hurriedly shouted and wanted to rush over, but was quickly held back by Duanmu Huai. In the meantime, Manager Bai Mu raised his head———his face was now pale and covered in blood and flesh, seemingly corroded by something!

"Oh oh oh oh oh!!"

Whether it was Meijia's shout or the stimulation from the lights, Manager Bai Mu suddenly yelled out loud. His head instantly burst open like a blooming flower, with his face and skull splitting apart, exposing rows of sharp teeth!

Immediately, he sped up, sprinting towards the crowd like a madman!

Witnessing this scene, many were stunned, unable to react. Duanmu Huai, on the other hand, directly roared, took an arrow step out of the hotel door, clenched his fist, and punched towards Manager Bai Mu!

Faced with Duanmu Huai's attack, Manager Bai Mu neither dodged nor avoided, rushing directly in front of him. He was heavily knocked down by Duanmu Huai's punch. For an ordinary person, this punch would be fatal, but Manager Bai Mu not only didn't stop there; instead, he twisted his body and opened that flower-like face again towards Duanmu Huai, emitting a piercing scream!

However, when he raised his head, all he could see was Duanmu Huai's descending big foot.

"Squelch!"

After Duanmu Huai's stomp, Manager Bai Mu shuddered, then completely became a corpse. Immediately after, he was swallowed by the shadow entirely, disappearing into the depths of the ground.

"What, what the hell is going on? What happened?"

Meijia, Shajuye, and the hotel staff turned pale, watching this scene with terror and unease.

"That was Manager Bai Mu, wasn't it? Why did he turn into that? Didn't he say he was going to the village to check? Did something happen in the village?"

"......"

Duanmu Huai didn't answer Meijia's anxious questions, but he could be certain that the situation was absolutely bad. Because just then, accompanied by low growls like wild beasts, several more figures appeared from the other side of the rain curtain!

"You guys, go back to the hotel immediately, close the doors and windows! Medea, Alice, leave this to you, I'm going to check the village!"

Luckily, to withstand the typhoon, although the hotel had floor-to-ceiling windows, they were sealed with rolling shutter doors. After all, the hotel was currently in the off-season; these were naturally not open. But for caution, Duanmu Huai immediately issued the order, and everyone nodded hastily, turned around and went back into the hotel, then shut the door.

"Clang!"

The heavy rolling iron doors dropped heavily, completely isolating the hotel from the outside world. Duanmu Huai glanced at the hotel behind, and then withdrew his gaze. With Alice Phil and Medea there, he wasn't worried about the hotel being attacked. So next, he had to go see what exactly happened below.

Of course, before that...…

Looking at the figures slowly walking toward him through the rain, the shadow on Duanmu Huai's body surged, then transformed into a heavy power armor.

Better take care of these guys first!

For Duanmu Huai, taking care of these zombie-like figures was not difficult———or rather, aside from their heads blooming, these guys were basically zombies!

Seriously, what the hell is going on!

Everything was fine yesterday, and now overnight, it turned into this mess?

No choice but to go to the village and check what the situation is!

After taking care of the zombies, Duanmu Huai quickly went downhill along the road, not taking long before he arrived at the village.

But the village before him was already completely different from what he saw yesterday.

"Whoa, this is really miserable."

Looking at the village in front, Duanmu Huai frowned. Although he had only glanced briefly yesterday, he remembered that there were newly opened restaurants and shops along the road, and the houses were neat and clean. But now, these places were dilapidated, as if swept by a riot, vandalized and set on fire; the cars parked along the road had mostly turned to scrap metal.

Hmm, wonder if they're insured, how much would the insurance cost.

Among these ruins, many zombies staggered around...…come to think of it, I'm just here to catch a break, how did it all turn into a Raccoon City scene?

Wonder if there are any survivors here.

Duanmu Huai frowned, then tightened his grip on the Thunder Warhammer, and strode toward the zombie-infested street.

Now, it seems like relying on luck is the only way.

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