Doomsday Revenge: Payback Time (Josie) novel Chapter 297

Chapter 297

With his power, herding a pack of undead was a walk in the park.

If it meant causing Josie some grief and slowing her down, he’d do it in a heartbeat.

Why wouldn’t he?

“Bastard,” Josie muttered, her face turning to stone. “Everyone, gear up. Get ready for a fight.”

“Yes, ma’am!*

This pack of undead wasn’t anything special. Most were Tier–2s and 3s, with only a few Tier–4s mixed in the crowd. For Josie–a Tier–5 Metallic, Tier–5 Plant–type, and Tier–6 Spatial powerhouse–this was basically a warm–up.

But there was a catch: they were in a tunnel. She couldn’t get too reckless.

The problem was, you couldn’t wipe out a mob this size without things getting messy

Her Metallic abilities were built for total devastation, One big move and she’d bring the whole ceiling down on their heads.

This forced her to hold back. She had to nerf her own output and slog through the horde at a snail’s pace.

She’d kill them all eventually, sure, but it was a massive time–sink.

By the time she cleared the path, the entire day would be wasted.

Now Josie was really starting to doubt that woman. Had she baited them into this tunnel on purpose? Was Cyrus pulling her strings, or was the bitch just looking to cause trouble?

Either way, this was too perfect to be a coincidence.

But she couldn’t turn back to settle the score now.

They were our of time.

There was no other way. They had to bite the bullet and push through.

“Ms. Quinn, let us take this,” Hudson said, stepping forward. “You need to save your strength.”

“No, we rotate,” Josie snapped, her jaw tight. “Cyrus might have played us, but that doesn’t mean we’ve lost. Newport is a massive city. Finding those nukes isn’t going to be a walk in the park for him, either.”

“Take turns farming them,” she added. “Think of this as a power grind!”

“Got it!” The team split into three squads immediately, rotating to the front to drop the undead in waves.

Josie didn’t just sit back and watch.

She used this as a chance to refine her control. She couldn’t just go all out and blast everything to hell anymore; she had be surgical

Going nuclear was easy. The real challenge was managing her output and power levels–dialing it back while maintaining lethality. That took a fevel of precision most people couldn’t dream of

Luckily, Josie had practiced this before.

After a few test shots, she found her rhythm.

She was hitting the undead hard enough to pop their heads, but not hard enough to crack the tunnel walls

Time bled away.

None of them knew how many undead they’d put down.

No one was keeping score.

All they knew was that the cores were piling up. They had already filled sack alter sack of the glowing crysta

Eventually, they stopped bothering to pick them up as they went Cores crunched under their hapo, in a thick, ghnesing layer Tim dhe grubor

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once the tunnel was clear.

Just like that, the three teams rotated in shifts. No breaks. They just kept at it, hour after hour. They fought for twenty–four hours straight before the last of the undead waye was finally wiped out.

Josie swept all the cores off the ground and into her storage space. She checked the time, her brow furrowing. “To keep things safe, we’re moving out now. We rest once we’re clear of the tunnel!”

“Roger that!”

The crew moved like clockwork. Everyone piled into the vehicles and floored it.

Luckily, the tunnel wasn’t endless. After about ten minutes of driving, they finally broke out into the light.

When they looked back at the dark mouth of the tunnel, the whole thing reeked of a setup.

Whatever.

Going up against Cyrus meant winning some and losing some. Getting played was just part of the game.

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All he knew was that the target was somewhere in Newport City, Where exactly? He had no damn clue.

The apocalyper had been grinding on for nearly a year now. The people who used to live here were long gone, scattered or dead.

Finding anyone who knew anything was almost impossible.

Cyrus slowly made his way into the heart of Newport City.

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Even from miles away, it was impossible to miss.

Cyrus took off, leaping toward the landmark in a blur of speed.

He didn’t stop to think if he could win. He didn’t care about the power gap.

It was pure, raw confidence.

Cyrus knew he was the best. He always had been

He didn’t believe any other undead in the world could touch him.

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sound echoed through the hall.

heb birst exchange was over in a heartbeat.

So you’re Vane?” Cyrus stood right in front of him, his voice sounding bored. Peak Level 15

And who the hell are you?” Vane snapped, eyes locked on him.

had only been one move, but Vane could already feel the raw pressure rolling off the man. This guy was a real nigh Vane was at the top of Level 5, after all. He gritted his teeth and held his ground, refusing to look weak

Cyrus Cyrus said, giving him a dismissive look. “Your future King.”

ane let out a dry, angry laugh. “You? You think you have what it takes?”

Yeah, I do,” Cyrus said, every word hitting like a hammer. “You’re not in my league.*

The words barely left his mouth before they clashed again.

Zip. Zip. Zip.

A storm of fireballs slammed into an invisible barrier, unable to even get close to Cyrus.

Cyrus just gave a casual wave of his hand.

The fireballs snapped back instantly, screaming through the air right back at Vane.

Lord Vane scrambled to pull back his attack, barely dodging his own fireballs in a desperate, pathetic blur.

Two rounds. Two losses. Vane was getting absolutely wrecked.

it wasn’t even a contest anymore. The gap in their power was a damn canyon.

Cyrus raised a hand and made a simple gripping motion. An invisible force yanked Vane forward, dragging him through the air until Cyrus’s fingers lamped around his throat.

A crushed throat wasn’t a death sentence for the undead, but the gesture? It was pure humiliation.

After all, every zombie used to be human.

If it shamed a man, it shamed a monster.

Vane was completely locked down. He couldn’t even twitch a finger.

That was when it finally hit him–just how terrifying a psychic could be.

This wasn’t just a one–level difference. Cyrus was in a whole different league.

acing that overwhelming power, Vane’s pride finally snapped. He lowered his head in total submission. “Yes… my King.”

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aren’t half bad–one of them just hit Level 5. They can actually hold their own against me“.

As for the exact headcount, I’m not entirely sure. A few million, maybe? It’s mostly local residents and military remar

But about the Nuclear Research Center and the military base…”

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