Chapter 29 The Second - Order Zombie
"You all haven't seen a second - order zombie, so let me give you a brief introduction first," Chu Wei cleared his throat and continued.
"The second - order zombies are quite different from the first - order ones. Besides being more agile and having stronger defensive capabilities, it can cover its whole body with flames, just like wearing a suit of fire armor. Except for water - type powers, any other superpowers have no effect on it."
Zombies have skills? This was the first time Lin Qingqing had heard of this. No wonder Chu Wei could determine the zombie's attribute in advance; it was because he had seen its skill.
"Then we can only rely on Xiao Li and Miss Lin for the attacks?" Lao Yang furrowed his brows.
"That's right. You and I are mainly responsible for containing it, and Xiao Hu will provide long - range support. Does anyone have any objections?" After saying this, Chu Wei glanced at the four of them.
This arrangement seemed reasonable, and no one had any objections.
The group of people arrived at the factory building where the second - order zombie was. Before they got close, they could hear the zombie's continuous roars from inside. The hoarse sound was like two rusty gears rubbing against each other, making people want to cover their ears in torment.
Lao Yang, a strength - type superpower user, stepped forward first. With a punch from his fist as big as a casserole, he smashed open the factory building's door, and then the others rushed in behind him.
Xiao Hu was at the back. Just as he closed the door and turned around, he saw a skinny, charred human - shaped creature leap down from a high shelf and land five meters in front of them.
Five people meant five portions of food. Instead of hiding, the zombie became excited and shuffled its feet on the spot, as if carefully choosing which one to bite first.
"It's indeed quite different from first - order zombies."
Lin Qingqing looked at the ugly, naked human - shaped monster in front of her. In her mind, she was thinking that at least first - order zombies still retained some of their human facial features, but this second - order zombie, apart from having the same number of limbs and a head, had completely lost any normal human characteristics.Its skin was赤红 and cracked, its joints severely deformed, and its whole body was so shriveled that it resembled a dehydrated mummy. It was really hard to tell what enabled it to move.
"Attack!" Chu Wei was the first to react.
As soon as the words left his mouth, Xiao Li couldn't wait to send out a water whip. With a flick of the whip, it lashed towards the left rib of the zombie, where there was a depression - the place where the zombie was injured last time.
The whip struck home, and the zombie let out a howl. The familiar water - attribute attack seemingly made it recall the previous pain.
After a roar, everyone felt the temperature around them rise abruptly, and even the air around the zombie became distorted.
Perhaps recognizing its enemy, this time the zombie took the initiative to launch an attack.
Xiao Li was startled and quickly took two steps back. At the same time, the attacks of Chu Wei and Lao Yang landed on the zombie simultaneously.
Lao Yang, the strength - type superpower user, used his fists. He was wearing a pair of black gloves, and his punches carried a fierce wind.
Chu Wei was a fire - type superpower user and used a dagger. His fire - type ability couldn't cause any damage to the second - order fire - type zombie, so he could only rely on the weapon.
Under the pincer attack of the two, one on the left and the other on the right, the zombie that was originally lunging at Xiao Li was successfully intercepted.
After Xiao Li fled to a safe distance, the zombie didn't chase him anymore. Instead, it turned around and directly attacked Chu Wei.
The two figures exchanged blows for seven or eight rounds. Chu Wei's ability was ineffective, and the dagger could only cause some minor scratches to the zombie. Although the zombie's attacks were unorganized, its tough body caused quite a bit of damage to Chu Wei.
What was even weirder was that this time, neither Lao Yang nor Xiao Li's attacks could make the zombie change its target. Even Xiao Hu took the opportunity to shoot a few arrows, but still couldn't stop it from attacking Chu Wei.
"Could it be that like attracts like?"
Chu Wei wanted the crystal nucleus of the fire - type zombie to exchange for a fire - type potion. Could it be that the zombie also had its eyes on his fire - type ability - enhanced body and wanted to devour him to level up?Lin Qingqing made wild guesses. Seeing that Chu Wei had been beaten quite badly, she condensed an ice - blade and rushed forward.
With Lin Qingqing's participation, Chu Wei was finally able to break free. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and cursed "bad luck" in his heart.
The ice - blades condensed by her ability soon left a series of wounds on the fire - type zombie.
Causing such high - level damage to the zombie for the first time invigorated the others. Especially Chu Wei, whose small eyes were glowing greedily as he looked at Lin Qingqing.
Xiao Li was also one of the main attackers. Not willing to admit defeat, he gritted his teeth and used his ability without restraint.
Lin Qingqing didn't want to compete with him for credit. Seeing Xiao Li's fierce attacks, she gave up the main attacking position and only stayed on the side to keep watch.
After about half an hour of such a struggle, the zombie was almost covered in wounds.
Lin Qingqing controlled her attacks precisely. She clearly could have cut straight to the vital points, but she always "accidentally" missed. This way, she could injure the zombie while keeping it mobile.
Seeing that Xiao Li's ability was about to be exhausted, at this moment, the zombie got enraged. Its eyes instantly turned blood - red, and then a streak of firelight started from its eyes and quickly covered its whole body.
"This is the innate skill of the second - order fire - type zombie - Fire Armor," Chu Wei shouted to alert everyone.He was anxious, but there was nothing he could do. He could only pin his hopes on Xiao Li and Lin Qingqing.
Seeing the zombie use its skill, Lin Qingqing also became serious.
Originally, her plan was to use this second - order zombie to deplete the combat power of Chu Wei and the others as much as possible, so that she could gain the initiative later.
But she never expected that the zombie's skill would be forced out so quickly.
This skill clearly wasn't something that could be used casually. With the fire protecting its body, the zombie's attacks became nearly twice as fierce as before, and its defense had also increased significantly.
Moreover, it no longer focused on a single target but started a random - attack mode.
Seeing this, Lin Qingqing immediately changed her strategy, switching from offense to defense to conserve her strength as much as possible.
She carefully weighed the combat power between the zombie and Chu Wei's group, just like the fox that divided the meat pie for the little pigs, taking a bite here and a bite there until all the meat pies in their hands were gone.
At this moment, the zombie in its abnormal state was obviously too fierce. So, the moment its claws reached towards Chu Wei, Lin Qingqing seized the opportunity and chopped off one of the zombie's arms with a single strike.
Suddenly losing an arm, the zombie lost its balance during the pounce and spun around on the spot, then grabbed at Chu Wei again with its other hand.
This time, Lin Qingqing was "coincidentally" a step slower than the zombie. The ice - blade just grazed the zombie's head, only scratching half of its face.
At this moment, Xiao Hu's arrow flew over and hit the zombie's arm, making a "ding~" sound.
The bamboo arrow shaft was instantly ignited by the flames on the zombie's body, and this only caused the zombie's claws to deviate by an inch, not completely resolving Chu Wei's crisis.
As the sharp claw was about to scratch Chu Wei's neck, Lao Yang's fist appeared in time. He originally intended to punch the zombie's arm aside to save Chu Wei, but unexpectedly, Chu Wei moved on his own.In a panic, he quickly grabbed Lao Yang's swinging fist, and with the momentum of the punch, he pulled Lao Yang in front of himself, directly sending him under the zombie's sharp claws.
Lao Yang never expected that he, who had intended to save someone, would be betrayed by his companion and lose his life.
Although he was a power - type superpower user with great strength, he was only at the first - order level. His fists were more useful than ordinary weapons, but his own defensive power was no match for the zombie's claws at all.
Just like that, in front of everyone's incredulous eyes, Lao Yang was pierced through by the zombie's claw. Before he could even react, he died right in front of them.