Chapter 26

Lin Dui!

Should we split up or stay together?

After charging into the second floor, the number of zombies didn't decrease but increased.

Zhang Tie swung the bone whip with all his strength, and in his desperation he even had to kick apart the zombies lunging at him.

His breathing was heavy.

His stamina and mental strength had almost reached their limit.

After successive charges, he could no longer count how many zombies he had killed.

His black hair was dyed dark red, and bits of intestines hung all over him.

At a glance, he looked exactly like some kind of mutant zombie.

In his flustered state, his stamina was draining heavily, and he was gradually finding it hard to bear.

"Huff..."

Zhang Tie panted heavily, feeling somewhat exhausted.

Lin Dui!

Lin An was also deeply trapped in the sea of corpses.

As the vanguard, he faced almost three to four times the number of zombies that Zhang Tie did.

The blade of his sword left afterimages, but it could barely keep the zombies from approaching him.

Lin An had no time to respond for a moment, which made Zhang Tie anxious.

"My second transformation is about to end!"

The end of transformation means death.

Lin An's heart sank; he had underestimated the power of the corpse horde.

He had thought that after obtaining the antitoxin, relying on his own strength, he could single-handedly fearlessly face the hospital corpse horde.

He had called Zhang Tie merely to add an extra bit of security.

Previously, facing small numbers of zombies posed no danger, so after his awakening he had come to look down on them.

But he never imagined that he still vastly underestimated the terror of the corpse horde.

Such endless, unkillable monsters could exhaust any Awakened One to death.

Such arrogance is unacceptable!

Lin An reflected on himself.

In the Doomsday Game, even the strongest Awakened One is no more than a struggling ant.

I'm merely a lowly Rank 1; what right do I have to look down on these monsters?

"Judgment Eye!"

Lin An gave a low shout, and a pale blue mist rose; all information within his field of vision turned into a vast stream of data displayed.

Current zombie count within detection range: 4197

Mutant: 0.

Mutant: 1

On the light screen, the number after 'Mutant' fluctuated back and forth, as if interfered with.

Lin An's face changed dramatically.

This was still the first time he had seen the Judgment Eye fail to give accurate data.

The numbers fluctuated back and forth.

Either there really is a mutant nearby, but at the limit of his perception.

Whenever a mutant approaches, the number returns to 1; when it moves away, it becomes 0.

Lin An's expression grew solemn.

The anomaly in the underground garage, the sharp whistle heard last night.

The mutant and corpse snake never heard of in his previous life.

He vaguely felt that these four things seemed to have some kind of connection.

What on earth is it?!

"Roar!"

The black bear's painful roar.

In just a few seconds, the area around Zhang Tie was filled with zombies.

Zombies swarmed onto him like bloodthirsty ants, while even more zombies flew at him like locusts.

If not for the fur after his bear transformation and the prepared cotton clothing hindering them momentarily.

With such a massive amount of zombie toxin injected into his body, he wouldn't last even a second before being infected.

The huge bear's body was covered in zombies, almost submerging him entirely.

At the same time.

"Crack!"

Metal snapped.

Lin An's Nepalese curved knife was completely scrapped, turning into fragments that shot out.

Instantly piercing the bodies of several zombies beside him.

Adding fuel to the fire, the situation grew even worse.

Lin An couldn't spare the thought to figure out what it was; he had to take two sections of zombie spine from the Judgment Ring and use them as stabbing swords.

"Step forward and charge!"

"Spiral Stab!"

He exerted force from his waist and took a step forward.

Lin An held the spike with both hands like a fierce drill, crushing the zombies before him as he rushed to support Zhang Tie.

Still not enough!

There were simply too many zombies; the ground was already covered in thick chunks of flesh.

The slimy blood was thick and viscous, truly a sea of blood and mountains of corpses.

Quick battle, quick decision!

We must use a stimulant!

As a last resort, each potion used means one less in stock.

But right now there's no need to conserve.

When someone dies, they have nothing.

Lin An bit open the stimulant taken from the ring, swallowing the potion mixed with glass shards.

Ding, Strength +1, Constitution +1, Agility +1

Ding, Explosive Power increased 50%, Stamina, Strike Resistance increased 30%, Attack Speed increased 20%.

Two tubes of potion down, long-lost power!

Power Burst!

Lin An immediately triggered Power Burst again as the second skill ended, preventing the charge's momentum from breaking.

Golden spiritual energy flashed, and stamina recovered to its peak.

Ding, All Attributes +2!

Hum.

A faint spiritual energy fluctuation flashed past.

Lin An instantly felt the bone spike in his hand weightless, as if his body were storing power like a volcano.

Time slowed.

The originally swift and ferocious zombies appeared to him in slow motion.

I seem...

A thought flashed by.

After breaking through the critical point, a strange perception spread.

Lin An was extremely excited; under the two external enhancements, he actually felt a higher level of power.

I seem like I could kill them all!?

The heart pounded wildly, pumping blood throughout the body like an engine.

Lin An, briefly possessing high-level power, felt that his strength could even tear apart the lurkers with bare hands.

Muscles exploded, strength boundless.

Frenzied!

"Straight Stab!"

Gripping the bone spike with both hands, exerting force simultaneously, under this power Lin An's surroundings suddenly rang with explosive blasts.

The bone spike thrust out like lightning, instantly piercing through the zombies before him.

Like a traditional gourd, one strike cleared everything before him.

"Reverse Slash!"

Under immense power, Lin An's fighting spirit was boundless.

He wielded the bone spike in his hand like a cleaver, directly reversing to slash down.

Speed extremely fast.

Rather than a slash, it was more like a smash.

Under the weapon's piercing howl as it broke the air, large numbers of zombies were smashed into piles of mush.

This feeling, this power!

Lin An's eyes flashed with joy; this immense power was utterly captivating.

Ha!

A furious shout shook the ears, like thunder from a clear sky.

Lin An, caught up in the killing, simply threw away the bone spike in his hand.

The bone spike was still fairly sharp, and its durability wasn't bad either.

But using it always felt somewhat awkward.

Two 'bone spikes' shot out like lightning, easily piercing through the zombies along the way, creating bloody holes.

Give it to me!

Smash!

Boom!

Lin An's face was crazed, his eyes bloodshot.

He directly grabbed a zombie beside him and swung it like a heavy hammer at the corpse horde.

Boom!

Boom!

Like swatting a fly.

The dense corpse horde beside Lin An instantly cleared, turning into a ground of meat paste.

Awesome!

Lin An only felt exhilarated, the gloom in his heart swept away.

His might remained undiminished.

Lin An seized the moment when the potion and power burst overlapped and took effect, rushing swiftly to Zhang Tie's side.

Boom!

A large group of zombies gathered together were smashed into a puddle of meat paste on the ground.

Severed limbs and intestines flew everywhere, blood splattered.

Boom!

Lin An didn't know how many zombie corpses he had used as a heavy hammer in his hands.

Under Zhang Tie's terrified expression, Lin An actually carved out a blank passage from the zombie horde in just a few seconds.

Stunned.

This is too brutal!

Zhang Tie couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, his beary, large face showing a rich expression.

Blood-soaked Lin An wielded a zombie, smashing left and right; in his eyes, it was even more terrifying than a mutant.

Boom!

The ground trembled; Lin An casually smashed the zombie beside him to death, then wiped a handful of blood plasma from his face.

He grinned, yet it made Zhang Tie feel chills all over.

Lin... Dui... you...

Zhang Tie no longer used his previous loud voice, softly calling Lin An over the team channel.

The surrounding zombies were temporarily cleared, allowing him to catch his breath.

Huh?

Lin An looked dubiously at Zhang Tie, his scarlet eyes glowing red amidst the successive slaughter.

The breath lasted only a moment before the zombie horde surged forward again.

Lin An instinctively reached for a zombie, but found no intact corpse anywhere around him.

He glanced at the hulking Zhang Tie.

His body was big and sturdy enough.

It seemed.

Could be used as a hammer?

Holy shit!

Zhang Tie was terrified.

He understood Lin An's naked intention in his eyes.

Captain Lin!

No!

Boom!

The ground cracked, like a minor earthquake.