Chapter 123 - 122: What the Fuck
Chapter 123: Chapter 122: What the Fuck
[This is a special Speed Ability Crystal Stone. Upon use, you will gain the ability to increase your speed. When activated, you become incredibly swift. Special Effect: While the ability is active, you can move so fast that you can even run on walls for a short time!]
Lu Feng’s eyes lit up when he saw this skill.
’This is a great ability.’
After all, as the saying goes, in the world of martial arts, speed is the only thing that can’t be beaten.
He already had a Blade Mastery skill. If he added this speed skill to the mix, he could play the part of a lightning-fast swordsman from a martial arts novel.
After all, those two mutated zombies were incredibly fast, fast enough to dodge bullets.
Even if he couldn’t dodge bullets like those zombies right after gaining this speed ability from the Crystal Stone, he would still be countless times faster than an ordinary person.
Thinking of this, he immediately chose to use the Speed Ability Crystal Stone.
The next moment, he felt the Crystal Stone quickly melt and flow into his body. A familiar, warm current appeared and began to course through him.
At the same time, information on how to use this speed ability was imprinted onto his mind.
This also made him realize the difference between skill cards and Ability Crystal Stones.
Skill cards only granted him skills like Blade Mastery, Firearm Proficiency, and Basic Combat Mastery.
These were skills that ordinary people could achieve. After all, in the real world, there were people who had mastered blades and firearms. Some special forces soldiers were practically monsters.
Even in the movie *Wolf Warrior*, which was often called unrealistic, some of the protagonist’s exaggerated stunts paled in comparison to what real special forces soldiers could do.
It was just that their mastery was limited; they couldn’t possibly master an entire category of weapons.
Ability Crystal Stones, however, granted him special abilities that all required energy to activate, like the previous Energy Barrier Crystal Stone and the current special Speed Crystal Stone.
These kinds of abilities were clearly stronger than the skills obtained from skill cards.
Take Firearm Proficiency and Energy Barrier, for example.
With an Energy Barrier, someone with Firearm Proficiency was basically neutralized. Even if the person with the barrier was a worse shot, as long as their shield held, they could still take out their opponent.
Moreover, after gaining the speed ability, Lu Feng clearly felt his body become lighter and his legs more nimble.
He had a feeling that if he activated the ability, he would be incredibly fast.
Lu Feng immediately looked at his character attribute panel:
Character: Lu Feng
Level: 9
Strength: 12 (Average: 5)
Agility: 12 (Average: 5)
Stamina: 12 (Average: 5)
Spiritual Power: 12
Combat Skills: Basic Combat Arts, Old-Fashioned Firearm Proficiency, Blade Mastery.
Special Abilities: Energy Barrier, Speed Ability!
Energy: 120/120!
EXP: 6897/25600.
As Lu Feng was looking at his stats, a group of people emerged from the building. The man in the lead was clutching a wound on his back, blood gushing from it.
Upon seeing the man, Lu Feng knew he was the NPC who would eventually be hanged to death.
Therefore, as long as he made contact and kept an eye on this man, he could find out where that faction was located. After all, the battle he was in had taken place at their base.
Furthermore, judging by the wound on the man’s back, the key event was about to unfold.
As the group emerged, Lin Jiao naturally put her people on high alert, aiming their weapons at the newcomers. In the apocalypse, you could never be too careful.
However, the scar-faced man came out with his hands raised, taking the initiative to speak. "We mean no harm. Thank you so much for saving us. We would’ve been in serious trouble if we had to face those two mutated zombies. I’m Lin Nan. May I speak to the person in charge?"
Lu Feng smiled when he heard this. ’Perfect,’ he thought. He had been wondering how to approach them. He stepped forward. "I’m Lu Feng. What did you want to talk about?"
Upon seeing Lu Feng, Lin Nan hurriedly and respectfully said, "Mr. Lu, I don’t mean anything by it, I just wanted to express my gratitude. Thank you, really. Thank you so much."
He just knew this terrifying ability user had to be the one in charge.
Lu Feng took the opportunity to say, "There’s no need for thanks. I am, however, curious about something. The zombies around here are different—unusually frenzied. I was attacked by some of them earlier. Plus, the proportion of mutated zombies seems off."
’Since he’s the NPC who dies a horrible death in the *Frenzied Zombie Arc* of the source anime, he must be investigating this matter too, right?’
’So, if I steer the conversation in that direction, I’m bound to get some results.’
As expected, Lin Nan sighed upon hearing this. "Mr. Lu, you’ve been attacked by these zombies as well? I’m actually investigating the cause myself. We’ve discovered one thing: using special instruments, we’ve detected a unique energy in the surrounding air."
"This energy can stimulate the zombies, making them frenzied. It seems that when some zombies are stimulated, they mutate. The two mutated ones you just killed were likely a result of this."
Of course, Lu Feng knew what this special energy was. ’It’s the energy emitted by the Hexagonal Beast, used by that faction to agitate the zombies.’
The reason for this was simple: these zombies were more aggressive, with a better sense of smell and keener senses. Plus, this method could create even more mutated zombies.
An army of such zombies would be incredibly powerful, enough to overwhelm even a behemoth like the City East Alliance.
For these zombies to be appearing now at Qingfeng Base, it most likely meant that someone from that faction was up to something, or perhaps conducting an experiment.
So, upon hearing Lin Nan’s words, Lu Feng immediately began to lead him on. "Actually, we also detected that special energy. I have an expert on my team who not only detected it but also found a special synthetic agent within it."
"In other words, this energy is man-made. And whoever created it must have an ulterior motive."
"It’s clearly not normal for so many zombies to gather here. I suspect the faction—or person—who created this energy is somewhere nearby."
"Otherwise, it would be impossible for so many zombies to appear in this area."
He was completely leading him on.
To his surprise, Lin Nan nodded with conviction. "Mr. Lu, you’re right. I was thinking the exact same thing. This is a terrible development. Creating something like this artificially will surely lead to disaster. If I can find out who’s responsible, I will definitely stop them."
Just as they were speaking, a convoy of hover cars suddenly appeared, pulling to a stop not far away.
Fully armed individuals disembarked from the vehicles and began to approach them.
Lu Feng’s brow furrowed at the sight of them, and he instinctively drew his two pistols again.
Because every hover car was emblazoned with a blood-red maple leaf.
That was the symbol of the faction he was looking for.
In other words, these newcomers were from that very faction—the people he was searching for.
Lu Feng immediately signaled for Lin Jiao to prepare for a fight.
But then, Lin Nan spoke up. "Mr. Lu, relax. These are people from my base. They must have seen the distress signal I sent out and have come to back me up."
Hearing this, Lu Feng instinctively glanced at Lin Nan, his expression shifting slightly.
’What did he just say?’
’So the motherfucker was part of that faction and actually had the nerve to act all righteous while telling me he was investigating it?’
’And to top it off, I’m the one who fucking spent all this time seriously trying to lead him on.’
’This really makes me want to scream, "Motherfucker!"’