Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse - Chapter 866: Yao Rui’s Mission
Chapter 866: Chapter 866: Yao Rui’s Mission
After nightfall, in a seven-story building in D City, the flickering lights were exceptionally eye-catching, but upon closer inspection, one could see that the flickering was not from lights, but from rapidly spinning fireballs.
The fireballs formed a circle around a bluish-white zombie, temporarily restricting its movements.
“Whew, I told you there was a real Level Eight zombie here, but you didn’t believe me. This guy is really hard to deal with.”
Kou Ning wiped his sweat and said to the two men and two women beside him.
“We’ve been fighting for over half an hour, it is definitely not a Pseudo High-level Zombie.”
This is a bona fide Level Eight Ice-Element Mutated Zombie, and Su Jin watched ahead without a trace of carelessness.
Just now, she and Lu Hao had jointly killed a Level Eight Earth Element Mutated Zombie, but this one, which Lin Xiuyuan and Kou Ning had been fighting for half an hour, was still alive and kicking.
Liang Wei also learned about some of D City’s current situation over the past few days. Upon hearing Yao Rui lamenting about the Level Eight Zombies appearing outside the base, Liang Wei informed Yao Rui about the pseudo high-level zombies that appeared at S City base before.
However, Yao Rui did not believe the high-level zombies outside D City base were fake.
Their base team had tangled with a Level Eight zombie for an entire day, suffering considerable losses. Although they managed to kill the zombie eventually, everyone at the base was now fearful of going out, dreading an unlucky encounter with a high-level zombie.
It’s said that it’s impossible to escape once you’re caught by a high-level zombie.
The zombie crisis is a global problem, so Liang Wei immediately recommended the Heart Talk Team, suggesting that Yao Rui should assign tasks to the Heart Talk Team, resolving one problem at a time.
Kou Ning had already gone out alone at night twice and had previously mentioned encountering a Level Eight zombie. At that time, Su Jin and her group didn’t fully believe it, but when Yao Rui brought the actual task to them, they couldn’t help but believe.
“Turns out the real Level Eight is this strong, I’m going to fight it!”
Lin Xiuyuan charged forward furiously.
“Watch out for the ground!”
Mao Qiqi warned.
Su Jin simply took out two high-beam flashlights from the space, illuminating the entire floor as bright as day.
Just as Mao Qiqi had warned, the ground had turned into a glass-like smooth ice surface, reflecting cold white light under the lights. It seemed the zombie was waiting for Lin Xiuyuan to charge forward and reveal a weakness.
As an Ice-Element Ability User, Lin Xiuyuan certainly knew that the ice blocks of the Ice-Element Zombie couldn’t be touched, so he promptly conjured his own ice block and stood on it.
“I’ll help.”
Su Jin summoned vine branches that spread across the ice like a large brown net, and upon seeing this, Lin Xiuyuan jumped onto it, launching wave after wave of ice spikes towards the Ice-Element Zombie within the ring of fireballs!
“Six more mutated zombies are coming, from above.”
Although Mao Qiqi was not a main combat team member, her early warnings were proving effective, and Lu Hao and Kou Ning were already prepared.
Fortunately, the mutated zombies coming down from the upper floor were no longer Level Eight but four Level Six and two Level Seven mutated zombies.
“We’ll guard this side,”
Lu Hao said.
Su Jin nodded, looking at the Ice-Element Zombie still fiercely battling Lin Xiuyuan. She intended to bind it with the vines on the ground while it was defending Lin Xiuyuan’s attacks, but it noticed.
This indicated that the battle instincts of the Level Eight zombie had improved.
“Trying to escape?”
Seeing that it seemed to want to break free from the ring of fireballs, Su Jin simply summoned a gigantic cage, trapping the zombie inside.
At the same time, more than a dozen vines on the ground swiftly extended towards the zombie inside the cage.
“Together,”
Lin Xiuyuan said upon seeing this, knowing his Level Six ice spikes would struggle to harm the Level Eight Ice-Element Zombie, but if combined with Su Jin’s Wood Element, it might be effective.
A layer of Ice-Element Special Ability covered each vine, merging the two special abilities as they drilled into the cage!
Roar…
The wooden cage had a corner kicked apart by the Ice-Element Zombie, but Su Jin also breathed a sigh of relief. They succeeded!
More than a dozen ice spike-covered vines pierced into the zombie’s body, including its wide-open mouth.
“The first time I’ve tangled with a zombie for nearly an hour.”
Lin Xiuyuan was slightly dazed, wondering if his abilities had regressed, and why he felt outpaced by the times.
“We’ll discuss it later, help them.”
Su Jin said, knowing that Lu Hao’s side consisted only of three people, dealing with six mutated zombies was not easy.
The task issued by Yao Rui didn’t seem difficult to them, and Yao Rui had mentioned that the number of Level Eight Zombies was uncertain. Hence, they planned to have a few members search, just as Kou Ning mentioned a Level Eight zombie here, so only four of them were sent.
At this moment, Lu Hao and the three others were still tangled with four zombies, with even Mao Qiqi confronting a Level Six Speed Element Zombie.
“Okay,”
Lin Xiuyuan realized now wasn’t the time for deliberation and immediately joined Su Jin to assist…
At dawn, the four members of Heart Talk Team and Kou Ning stood atop the abandoned rooftop, fortunate to witness the sunrise.
The sun seemed closer to the earth than ever before; the previously described ’setting sun like blood’ aptly described this newly born sun. Though it was only five in the morning, this blood-orange sunrise was already dazzlingly bright.
“Let’s head back,”
Lu Hao said, as the five stood atop the building for only a moment before zombies gathered beneath them.
An already somewhat exhausted Lin Xiuyuan nodded, took a swig of water, and said, “Let’s go, tired, sleepy, and hungry.”
“It’s not so bad, I’m just hungry, hehe,”
Kou Ning jumped down from the high steps, following the four downstairs…
Yao Rui hadn’t expected the Heart Talk Team to move the night of her task assignment, and even hunted two Level Eight Mutated Zombies, plus over a dozen Level Seven Mutated Zombies. The countless crystal cores on the table were also visible evidence.
Learning that only five of them were dispatched, Yao Rui was even more amazed.
In general, Special Ability Users of the same level confronting the same level of zombies was already evenly matched, but how did just five people manage to kill so many mutated zombies overnight without a scratch?
However, seeing that these individuals showed no signs of pride, Yao Rui temporarily suppressed her shock:
“If possible, I hope you all can assist our city in the coming days, and the mission rewards will remain as previously stated.”
D City base is relatively large, and with Ren Yingjie and Pei Yuan also guiding the base’s planting and weaponry technologies these days, Liang Wei and Wei Junhao won’t leave quickly. Accepting an additional mission won’t affect the progress of the previous mission.
“We can, we’ll do our best,”
Su Jin replied.
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