Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

Chapter 255 Saving the Black Rose

Shen Zechuan and his three companions followed the stairs and then the sound, and immediately spotted Zhang Tao and the others at the end of the corridor, trying to figure out how to get into the conference room.

It's possible that Zhang Tao himself had also lost a lot of his abilities, and the abilities of the other ability users he brought along weren't very good either; they only knew how to use fire and metal abilities to attack the iron gate.

However, seeing that he couldn't break through the gate and that his supernatural abilities had recovered somewhat, Zhang Tao quickly changed his strategy.

"You guys continue attacking the gate here. Dongzi, you come with me to attack the wall."

After saying that, he went straight to the small office next door, stood in front of the wall connected to the conference room, and began to use his superpower, intending to make a hole in the wall and break in.

Zhang Tao is now a level 5 late-stage earth-type ability user. He only hit a wall, and a large hole appeared in the wall in just a few minutes.

When Li Mei and the others inside saw a large hole suddenly appear in the wall, they panicked.

The woman who was covering Li Mei's brother's wound looked up and saw the large hole in the wall, exclaiming in surprise, "Sister Mei! Zhang Tao made a hole in the wall!"

Li Mei panicked upon hearing this and was about to go over to check when she saw Zhang Tao and one of his men pass through the wall and stand not far from where her brother was lying.

"Zhang Tao, if you dare to lay a finger on my brother again, I'll make you wish you were dead!"

"Pshaw, so what if I mess with your brother? I'll grind you to dust too!" Zhang Tao ignored Li Mei's warning and walked straight toward Li Mei's brother, whose life was unknown on the ground.

The woman, clutching her wound, had no other choice but to grit her teeth and brace herself, using her plant-based superpowers to confront Zhang Tao.

However, the woman's plant-based superpower was only at level 4, far from being a match for Zhang Tao. In addition, her mutated plant was a relatively weak bellflower, and she was pierced in the chest by Zhang Tao's earth spikes in the first exchange.

"Sister Fang!"

Seeing Fang Jie being knocked to the ground by Zhang Tao, everyone else screamed in unison.

Li Mei was so angry that her eyes were about to burst. Zhang Tao was about to attack her brother next, so she quickly created a clone and projected it to block Zhang Tao.

She took the opportunity to run back to her brother's side and continue pressing on his wound.

This wasn't the first time Zhang Tao had seen this clone, and seeing it now only fueled his rage.

"You killed my daughter using this method! Today I'll make you pay with your life!"

After saying that, he was about to attack Li Mei's clone.

After all, although it was just a clone with 80% of the original's abilities, if the clone died, Li Mei's original body would also suffer considerable damage. Therefore, Zhang Tao had to kill the clone first, so that it would be much easier for him to deal with Li Mei, who was also a level 5 ability user.

Li Mei's superpowers have already been largely depleted, so it's easy to imagine what this clone can do.

Zhang Tao destroyed Li Mei's clone without much effort.

As soon as her clone died, Li Mei coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Zhang Tao sneered, and just as he was about to continue his attack, he suddenly heard several heavy thuds behind him.

Zhang Tao: "???"

"Dongzi, go and see what's going on." Zhang Tao, unaware of the situation, pointed to Dongzi behind him and asked him to go check.

Upon hearing this, Dongzi immediately went over and saw that the people who had been attacking the gate were now lying on the ground.

Just as he was about to squat down, a bolt of lightning flew from the other end of the aisle, and before he could react, he fell to the ground.

Zhang Tao inside heard another thud as something heavy fell to the ground, realizing that someone else must have entered the corridor, and someone formidable at that.

"..."

Zhang Tao paused for a moment, then abandoned Li Mei and the others in the conference room and turned to leave.

Shen Zechuan and his group also came over, and happened to run into Zhang Tao, who had come out to investigate.

As the saying goes, enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.

When Zhang Tao saw Shen Zechuan at the front of the line, he immediately thought of his deceased daughter. Although it has now been confirmed that he did not kill her, he is still involved.

Therefore, Zhang Tao also hated Shen Zechuan to the core, and even when he called his name, he did so with gritted teeth.

"Shen! Ze! Chuan!"

Shen Zechuan chuckled dismissively and immediately launched into mockery: "Oh, isn't this Commander Zhang from the Capital Base? Are you all alone now? Why did you only bring these few people with you this time? It's hardly befitting your status as the commander of the Capital Base's number one superpowered group."

"Hmph! Don't be too smug. I'm already a Level 5 ability user. Crushing you is as easy as crushing an ant!"

As soon as Zhang Tao uttered those words, Shen Zechuan and the others couldn't help but laugh.

"No, you really can't see that there are at least two people here whose level is no lower than yours? Are you blind?"

Lu Yanwen also laughed heartily, which was rare for him, and then couldn't help but remind Zhang Tao across from him.

Zhang Tao was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, and then carefully examined the four people opposite him. He realized that there were indeed two people whose strength was unclear. One was Yan Fei, but he wasn't much stronger than him. However, the other, Shen Zechuan, was completely unfathomable.

"Impossible! How could you possibly be taller than me!"

"Nothing is impossible, but you don't need to know that much."

Shen Zechuan glanced at him, too lazy to waste any more words with him, and directly sent a level 6 late-stage lightning bolt.

"You—" Zhang Tao only managed to utter one word before collapsing straight down under Shen Zechuan's lightning strike.

Xu Zhiyi glanced at Zhang Tao on the ground and couldn't help but sigh, "Tsk, he died just like that?"

“Zechuan was a whole level below him and didn’t hold back, so naturally he died quickly.”

As Yan Fei spoke, he stepped forward and used his flying blade to perform craniotomy on the corpses on the ground, easily obtaining several high-level crystal cores.

After dealing with Zhang Tao and his group, Shen Zechuan and his three companions continued walking inside. As soon as they entered the small office where Zhang Tao had come out, they saw a large hole in the wall that was wide enough for a person to pass through, as well as Li Mei and the others who were either dead or injured in the conference room inside.

Shen Zechuan raised an eyebrow at Li Mei and the others and said, "We heard Zhang Tao's voice next door, and Zhou Yang guessed that he was chasing you, so he sent us over to check. We didn't expect it to be you."

Li Mei and the others, who had been on guard, relaxed the moment they saw Shen Zechuan and his group.