Luo Mingbai frowned, while Zhu Linya continued to sneer: “I’m already barefoot, not afraid of wearing shoes. If you want these children to survive, you’ll have to…”
Before she could finish her sentence, Luo Mingbai suddenly reached out and grabbed Zhu Linya’s knife-wielding wrist. Zhu Linya was startled, and her arm instinctively moved forward to slash him.
But her strength was no match for Luo Mingbai’s. The knife couldn’t break his skin and was twisted out of her hand onto the ground.
Zhu Linya’s wrist was in excruciating pain, and she screamed. Luo Mingbai’s other hand was already gripping her neck, throwing her against the wall. Zhu Linya immediately lost consciousness.
He bent down to pick up the knife, quickly rushed to the window, stepped on the wall and leaped onto the windowsill, kicking open the window.
The two children were tearful, both shocked and delighted, calling out “Uncle Luo” simultaneously.
Luo Mingbai’s tone was gentle: “Be good, don’t be afraid.”
He quickly cut the ropes with the knife, freeing the children, and carried one in each arm, jumping down from the windowsill.
Luo Yingbai stopped and turned around, saying gently, “What is it?”
Xia Zhi said, “Here, I just picked this up for self-defense.”
Luo Yingbai looked down and saw the knife Zhu Linya had used to threaten him earlier. He had dropped it during the fight after cutting the rope and didn’t know when this child had picked it up.
Looking at Xia Zhi’s serious little face, he suddenly thought of Xia Xianning, and his heart warmed. He smiled slightly and took the knife, saying lightly, “Okay, thank you.”
Zhu Linya on the ground was unconscious from the zombie’s impact and tightly bound by red thread, so Luo Yingbai wasn’t worried about her harming the children. He opened the door slightly and slipped out.
Outside, zombies were patrolling the hallway, seemingly searching for their whereabouts.
Luo Yingbai pressed his back against the wall, quickly dodging to the corner of the staircase. He observed the zombies, noticing they moved stiffly, with white eyes, apparently searching for humans by body heat.
These were very low-level zombies, indicating the limited magical power of their controller.
Luo Yingbai felt more confident.
He snapped his fingers and magically produced a stack of talismans, shouting towards the zombie group, “Go!”
