Global Tree Planting: I Can See Hidden Talents - Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Plague, Zombies

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Ten B1 Battle Droids followed the doppelganger out of the Watchtower. The group quickly left the watchtower.

“Although the distance between the city and the Watchtower is 30 kilometers, there is an official road. The speed should be much faster.”

The doppelganger looked at Ceci with a smirk.

“Have you ever run 30 kilometers?”

Ceci looked at Cole in a daze.

“30 kilometers, is that far?”

“It’s about three-quarters of a marathon.”

“Then I have no problem with that! I’ve run a full marathon before!”

The doppelganger looked at Ceci in surprise. He couldn’t tell that this kid had quite a bit of stamina.

“Then let’s run. Try to reach the city before noon. If we encounter any enemies, kill them.”

“Understood!”

The twelve of them quickly ran on the official road. The doppelganger and Ceci ran at the front while the ten Battle Droids followed behind them. They chatted as they ran.

“Hey, I quite like this. The wind is very cool.”

“I just hope that I won’t trip over something and fall apart.”

After running for more than half an hour, the doppelganger felt that he couldn’t run anymore. His speed finally slowed down. Seeing him like this, Ceci also slowed down.

“Boss, are you okay?”

“Don’t worry, my condition is better than you think, but your endurance is also pretty good.”

“Really? I just warmed up.”

Ceci laughed as he scratched his head.

Just as the doppelganger and the others were running along the road, [Xuebang Xiaowei] arrived at the abandoned village. At this moment, they were checking every single house.

Pushing open one of the doors, a burst of thick smoke came out of the room. A few Tree Masters quickly retreated to the door.

“It seems like no one has lived here for a long time.”

[Xuebang Xiaowei] took out a handkerchief from her pocket and tied it over her nose. She turned to look at the other Tree Masters.

“I’ll go in and check. You guys check the surroundings to see if there’s anything strange. Don’t touch it if you see something strange.”

“No problem, Sister Wei. We all know what to do.”

[Xuebang Xiaowei] walked into the hut slowly. She was holding the trident in her hand. In order to reduce the possibility of being discovered, she activated her invisibility talent.

The hut seemed to have been uninhabited for several years, but [Xuebang Xiaowei] was sure that the family must have left in a hurry. That was because she saw that there was still half a piece of bread on the table in the dining room and a few coins on the cabinet.

After putting the coins into her homemade fanny pack, [Xuebang Xiaowei] slowly walked into the living room. The moment she walked into the living room, all the hair on her body stood up. In the living room, a person was sitting on a wooden chair.

After waiting for a few minutes, [Xuebang Xiaowei] did not see any movement from this person. She thought that this person was asleep, so she stretched out her trident to try. However, with a poke, that person fell to the ground.

That was not a person, but a corpse!

[Xuebang Xiaowei] instantly covered her mouth and quickly retreated to the door. At the same time, she opened the wooden door and closed it again.

Xiao Qian, who was waiting at the door, immediately came up to her.

“Sister Wei, did you find anything in there?”

“A corpse, I found a corpse in the house, ha…”

[Xuebang Xiaowei] supported herself with her trident and raised her head to prevent herself from vomiting. Before she could recover, she saw a teammate rushing over from afar.

“Sister Wei! Sister Wei! Let’s leave the village quickly! Plague… There’s a plague here!”

“What the h*ll? A plague?!”

“Del, don’t talk nonsense!”

The Tree Master named Del took out a book wrapped in cloth from his waist bag and placed it on the ground.

“I found this book when I went to check the largest house over there. It says that there’s a plague in this village and most of the people are dead! The remaining people have all been transferred to the nearby Gold Coast City.”

“Gold Coast City? How far is it from here?”

“It should be forty kilometers away. With our current speed, we should be able to walk to it in two days.”

“Then let’s set off quickly. We can’t stay in this place for even a minute longer.”

“Understood.”

“Ahhhh! Zombies! Zombies!”

The sudden shouts frightened the three of them. The three of them looked at each other and nodded. Then, they raised their weapons and quickly rushed in the direction of the sound.

A human who looked like he was covered in pus appeared in front of a Tree Master. The human slowly walked toward the Tree Master. Every step he took would cause the pus on his body to fester and explode, revealing dark green flesh.

“Hurry up and step back. I’ll handle this!”

[Xuebang Xiaowei] suddenly jumped in front of the zombie and used her trident as a staff to kick the zombie down.

After kicking the zombie down, [Xuebang Xiaowei] took two steps back and looked at her teammate.

“How did you mess with this guy?”

“I just opened the door of a room, and it was standing right in front of me! It must be a zombie!”

“Roar!”

The zombie let out a weird cry, then got up from the ground and reached out its claw-like arms to charge at [Xuebang Xiaowei].

[Xuebang Xiaowei] frowned, raised her trident, and knocked away the claw. Then, she swung her trident, and the zombie’s head fell to the ground.

[Xuebang Xiaowei] looked at the zombie with its head separated from its body, thinking about the zombie’s strength.

‘Its cultivation level is around Level 1, but its brain isn’t working well. I’m not sure about the number of zombies, so I should go to Gold Coast City first.’

[Xuebang Xiaowei] swung her trident, and the blood on the trident was instantly thrown onto the stone wall. She turned to look at the three Tree Masters who were already in a daze

“Gather the others. We’re going to Gold Coast City.”

“No… No problem! Sister Wei, you’re too awesome!”

“Keep your voice down. Don’t let the other zombies hear you. Quickly call the other two people back. We’re going to Gold Coast City.”

The six-man team gathered together. [Xuebang Xiaowei] heard more about the abandoned village from the other two people. She pondered while walking.

“Sister Wei, what are you thinking about? You look so mysterious. Tell us about it. Maybe we can help.”

[Xuebang Xiaowei] shook her head slightly.

“I’m thinking about one thing. Is Gold Coast City still there?”

“Hmm?”

“Because I saw from the book that the villagers who left the village did not sterilize themselves. If they just swaggered into the Gold Coast City and spread the plague bacteria that they carried, Gold Coast City would have become a dead city just like this small village.”

“Moreover, this is the Otherworld. There should be the existence of magicians. Then, what this small village encountered…. Could it be the work of Necromancers?”