Ash drifted over Lingyun's boots as the last of the zombie bodies blocking the entrance collapsed into itself.
He had spent entirely too much time creating the disgusting barricade to feel bad about burning it now. It had done its job, the dead inside the store were no longer throwing themselves at the entrance, and he was finished climbing over corpses just because everyone else lacked a useful solution.
The fire ran across the pile in a controlled white wave, eating through ruined flesh and clothing while leaving the tile beneath it untouched. Within seconds, the entrance was clear enough for the others to walk through without stepping on anything... questionable.
Chenghai watched the last body disappear. "You could have done that before we opened the gate."
"Weren't you the one that told me the barrier was a good idea? That at least now it was making those things slow down? Talk about an about face," grumbled Lingyun, wiping the dust from his arms.
