Chapter 122 - 121: 2 Powerful Mutated Zombies
Chapter 122: Chapter 121: 2 Powerful Mutated Zombies
"Take them out." Lin Jiao watched the charging zombies, raised a standard rifle, and fired at one of them.
Seeing this, the others immediately raised their weapons and began firing frantically at the charging zombies.
With more than fifty people firing at once, the gunshots sounded like firecrackers—chaotic and loud. Chunks of rotten flesh flew off the bodies of the charging zombies.
Those with good aim could score headshots, turning the zombies into true corpses.
The sudden eruption of battle startled the people inside the building.
The scarred man clutched the wound on his back, instinctively getting to his feet. He said to one of his subordinates, "Quick, check if rescue has arrived."
He had brought his men here today to investigate why the surrounding zombies were inexplicably gathering in this area, only to be ambushed by them.
He knew the nearby zombies weren’t like the usual kind, but he never imagined they were smart enough to lay an ambush.
Because of that, several of his men—and even his own younger brother—had died at the hands of those zombies.
Now, they were trapped inside this building. If the zombies also knew how to launch a full-on assault, he and his men would all be wiped out here.
Those two mutant zombies were terrifying. They actually knew how to dodge bullets, which made it nearly impossible to land a headshot and kill them.
That was why they were utterly helpless, forced to flee in disarray after losing several people.
Now, hearing the sudden gunfire, he thought it must be people from the base who had received word and come to rescue them.
The man next to him also lit up at the sound of gunfire. He quickly peeked out to look and saw an unfamiliar team fighting the zombies.
He hastily reported to the scarred man, "Captain, it’s a team of survivors! They’re fighting the zombies. There are more than fifty of them. But oh no, those two mutant zombies are charging them! These people have no idea how dangerous those two are."
The scarred man quickly endured the pain from his back wound and stood up to see the situation for himself.
Sure enough, he saw an unfamiliar team. Their combat style was surprisingly disciplined; more than fifty people were arranged in formation, holding standard-issue firearms.
In a situation like this, as long as they had enough ammunition, they could face an army of regular zombies without any trouble.
But he knew how dangerous those two mutant zombies were. These people were no match for them. He feared they were doomed.
「In front of the building.」
The battle had reached an intense pitch.
As Lin Jiao led her people in firing, the charging zombies were all shot down before they could even reach the vehicles.
Lu Feng also had a pistol in each hand, firing rapidly. Relying on his Old-Fashioned Firearms Proficiency, each bullet flew out and instantly pierced a zombie’s head.
[You have killed a zombie. You have gained 5 experience points!]
[You have killed a zombie. You have gained 5 experience points!]
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[You have killed a zombie. You have gained 5 experience points!]
When his ammo ran out, with just a thought, Lu Feng retrieved two magazines from his inventory space. He quickly reloaded and resumed firing, taking down a zombie with every shot.
At this rate, the zombies would soon be completely wiped out.
Against armed humans in formation, the threat posed by zombies was minimized.
But suddenly, two zombies charged forward at an incredible speed, drawing everyone’s attention.
"Something’s not right with these two zombies. Focus fire and take them out first," Lin Jiao shouted immediately.
The people from Qingfeng Base didn’t hesitate, raising their guns to aim at the two mutant zombies.
A barrage of gunfire erupted, but to everyone’s surprise, the two mutant zombies were so fast that they dodged every single bullet fired by the people from Qingfeng Base.
Moreover, even the shots that did hit them didn’t strike their heads, having no effect at all.
Lu Feng didn’t dare to hesitate. He immediately raised his gun and aimed at the two mutant zombies.
His Old-Fashioned Firearms Proficiency skill had always been infallible before, but this time, he fired multiple shots and missed every one.
Well, not entirely missed. The bullets hit the mutant zombies’ bodies but failed to cause any substantial damage.
This was a first.
The brothers Chen Tao and Chen Hao didn’t hesitate either. They simultaneously raised their laser rifles and fired at the two zombies.
The speed of a laser is faster than a bullet.
But the two mutant zombies seemed to sense the danger and abruptly dodged out of the way.
The two brothers were stunned.
’It’s not just their speed; they seem highly intelligent. Otherwise, how would they know about the threat from a laser and specifically dodge it?’
In the blink of an eye, the two mutant zombies had closed the distance.
If they weren’t dealt with now, they would rush into the crowd, and a few people would surely die.
Seeing this, Lu Feng decisively charged out, positioning himself alone in front of the two mutant zombies.
The two mutant zombies were naturally drawn to Lu Feng. They lunged at him, their hands like sharp claws, swiping viciously.
But Lu Feng had already activated his energy shield. The mutant zombies’ attacks were completely blocked; they couldn’t break through it at all.
At the same time, Lu Feng raised both pistols and fired continuously at the two mutant zombies’ heads.
’At such close range, I refuse to believe the two mutant zombies can still dodge.’
’That online saying about "guns are faster beyond five paces, but knives are faster within five paces" is pure bullshit. A pistol is tiny; you think I can’t use it within five paces?’
’No matter how fast you are, can you be faster than the twitch of my finger?’
’So, it’s honestly ridiculous that so many people see those videos from martial arts bloggers and actually take them seriously.’
’Seriously, I don’t know if an untrained person can hit a target beyond five paces, but within five paces, even someone who’s never held a gun has a ridiculously high chance of hitting their mark.’
Just as the two mutant zombies slammed into the energy shield, before they could even react, Lu Feng was already firing continuously. Under the effect of his Old-Fashioned Firearms Proficiency skill, every bullet was a death sentence.
BANG BANG BANG!~
Several bullets accurately struck the two mutant zombies in the head. Their movements ceased abruptly, and they collapsed to the ground.
[You have killed a mutant zombie. You have gained 400 experience points!]
[You have killed a mutant zombie. You have gained 400 experience points!]
Lu Feng received the two notifications and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
’No wonder these two zombies were so tough. 400 experience is four times as much as a Slaying Dog, and that’s a Mutant Beast.’
’If I hadn’t been here today, Lin Jiao’s group of fifty-plus people would have been in serious trouble. After all, they don’t have an energy shield to tank a hit from the two zombies and then use the opening to counter-attack and kill them.’
This scene left the scarred man and his group inside the building completely stunned.
After all, their group had nearly been wiped out by those same two mutant zombies.
They knew just how terrifying those creatures were.
Who would have thought that those two zombies would be dealt with so easily by a single person?
"He’s an ability user," one of the men beside him said in amazement.
The scarred man knew that, of course. He wasn’t blind; he had seen the barrier that blocked the mutant zombies’ attack on the young man.
Then, the scarred man quickly ordered, "Quick, help them clear out the remaining zombies."
The man beside him nodded and immediately called for the others to attack the zombies.
In front of the building, Lin Jiao saw this and also shouted to her own people, "Wipe out the rest of the zombies!"
Instantly, the dense sound of gunfire resumed. Without the two mutant zombies, the regular ones fell in droves before the hail of bullets.
With plenty of ammunition, they were all wiped out.
At that moment, however, Lu Feng was looking at the corpses of the two mutant zombies. A ball of light was floating above one of them.
’One of the zombies dropped loot.’
Lu Feng took a steel knife from his inventory space, crouched down, and pretended to be digging for crystal cores in the two corpses while nonchalantly collecting the ball of light into his inventory.
The people nearby couldn’t see the light, so they didn’t find his actions strange.
A moment later, he had dug out two crystal cores. Using the game’s inspection function, he saw their information:
[This is a crystal core produced inside a mutant zombie. It can be used as currency or an energy source. It contains 35 points of energy value!]
[This is... 34 points of energy value!]
The energy values of the two crystal cores were about the same: one had 34 points, the other 35.
But both were much higher than the crystal cores from regular mutant zombies.
Next, Lu Feng took out the ball of light that had dropped from his inventory space. When he used the game’s inspection function to view its information, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
’It’s another skill Crystal Stone! And man, this skill is awesome.’