Chapter 280: Flesh Puppet: Corpse Rend

At the hospital entrance, starlight was sparse.

Zhang Tie carried Li Lei and Wang Kun on his shoulders, looking around.

On his back, Wang Kun begged desperately, his face showing despair:

"Sir! Sir!"

"Please, let me go..."

"I really don't dare anymore!"

"I'll be an ox or a horse, I'll do anything!"

The fear of death is something few can face calmly.

Especially when it falls into Lin An's hands.

Wang Kun didn't know what Lin An intended to do, but the term "Flesh Puppet" sounded ruthless however he heard it.

Zhang Tie curled his lips and gave a cold laugh:

"Lin Dui did give you a chance."

"I don't know what you're thinking, seeing Lin Dui's strength and still daring to act..."

"If you court death, you'll die—don't you understand that?"

Wang Kun froze upon hearing that.

Lin Dui?!

Chu An?

Lin An?!

He stared, shocked, at Lin An holding Mo Ling, and a huge wave of shock surged in his heart.

Damn it! I should have realized earlier that an Awakened One with such strength—who else could it be but him!

Mo Ling could help establish a Safe Zone, Lin An had plenty of Equipment, and his combat uniform clearly came from a specially made Military Region issue!

Regretting not having acted earlier.

Wang Kun gave a bitter laugh and stopped struggling.

Zhang Tie's words also answered his biggest doubt.

Even if he died, he would know exactly whose hands he died in.

As for Zhang Tie not understanding why he still dared to act, frankly, looking back now, he also finds it unbelievable.

It's probably really greed that kills people.

He had actually hesitated, but was still persuaded by Li Lei's talent.

Hatred arose in his heart.

He turned his head to look at the Li Lei being carried, his eyes showing madness.

If it weren't for this damned idiot! How would I have ended up like this!

At first, his ungrateful grabbing of my position was bad enough, but later he even tried to steal my woman!

He figured it out: back then, Li Lei telling him to let go of his mind was simply to let that spirit possess his body!

Hearing Li Lei still muttering "Child of Heaven," Ice Sister, look at how big I am, he felt a surge of anger.

He opened his mouth and bit down.

Wang Kun's face went mad, he directly bit off Li Lei's ear and shouted curses:

"Fuck your mother! I, Laozi, will bite you to death, you idiot! Fuck your mother!"

"Ahhh!!"

The bloody ear was bitten off, and Li Lei panicked, letting out a high-pitched scream.

"Master! Save me! A monster is biting me!"

In his confused state, he instinctively shouted "Master!"

Zhang Tie furrowed his brows and instantly separated the two.

"Damn it! What are you howling for?!"

Not far away, a crowd of Zombies were drawn out by the screaming, which actually saved Mo Ling the trouble of summoning Zombies.

"Plop"

Xiong Hanzi swiftly threw the two apart onto the ground, then, with a bewildered expression, darted back to Lin An's side.

"Lin Dui, do you think this person is strange?"

"Obviously he's seeking death himself, yet he insists on blaming others..."

On the concrete ground, Wang Kun ignored the Zombies rushing toward him, merely twisting his face and wriggling, trying to get near the wailing Li Lei.

It's clear he wanted to, before dying, to "personally" eat Li Lei alive.

Lin An's expression unchanged, he signaled Mo Ling to activate the Flesh Puppet skill.

It's not strange for Wang Kun to behave this way.

When his strength exceeded Wang Kun's comprehension limit, Wang Kun would stop resenting him and instead resent Li Lei for dragging him into this.

Most people are like that.

When facing someone far stronger, one always shows obsequious deference; but if you are only slightly stronger, you'll instead scheme against them.

Although the situation isn't exactly the same, essentially there is no difference.

Moreover, in Wang Kun's view, he is a proper First Level Awakened One with great strength.

Not to mention dominating the Apocalypse alone, at least he could affiliate with various forces and live well.

Clearly he had escaped a calamity, yet Li Lei caused his death.

How could he not go mad?

"Ahhhhh!!"

Flesh torn and bitten, the sweet fresh flesh drove the zombies mad.

After a long time without a full meal, the smell of human flesh attracted a dense horde of corpses.

Skin and flesh ripped apart, tendons and bones exposed.

The zombie's rotting fingers plunged into the eye socket, struggling to gouge out the eyeball.

Like candy beans, they were thrown into the mouth and chewed.

In the darkness, the satisfied sounds of devouring were strangely harmonious.

Under the mouths of hundreds of zombies, the screams and wails quickly disappeared entirely.

A few minutes later, two blurry-fleshed, hollow-eyed flesh puppets staggered up from the corpse horde.

"Huh--huh--"

The roar was heavy.

On the face that had been eaten clean, not a trace of the original appearance remained.

The somewhat larger flesh puppet appeared to be the one transformed from Wang Kun.

It swayed its arms, numb, twisting back and forth.

It had no thought, no reason.

After becoming flesh puppets, they will faithfully obey Mo Ling.

When the flesh puppet transformed from Wang Kun saw the dazed puppet beside it, it roared, opened its mouth, and bit down fiercely.

Beside the blood cocoon, the two flesh puppets stood still, like loyal bodyguards.

The survivors on the restaurant's fourth floor peered through the window in terror, and immediately cried out in alarm.

Lin An took two people out, and when he returned, there were two monsters whose skin and flesh had been stripped.

No matter how stupid, they realized these two monsters were likely the transformed Li Lei and Wang Kun.

Even corpses aren't spared...

In an instant, everyone's fear of Lin An deepened by another two points.

"Captain Lin, what's the difference between the newly created flesh puppets and the original ones?"

Zhang Tie looked at the flesh puppet whose head resembled a duck egg, with a look of disdain.

No ears, no nose, no eyes, not even lips.

Half of the skull was exposed, revealing a stark white bone.

At a glance, it was Li Lei—both ears had been bitten off by Wang Kun.

Lin An's eyes flickered as he thought.

Mo Ling beside him had early on shared the information of the two flesh puppets:

"Flesh Puppet (First Level)"

"This flesh puppet was transformed from an Awakened One with the Hundred Split Fist."

"Due to the transformation into a flesh puppet, the awakened ability changed to Corpse Split."

"Corpse Split: Upon activation, movement speed and attack speed are greatly increased. Each strike carries an extra zombie virus and injects corpse energy into the enemy."

"When the enemy's corpse energy meets the condition, it will trigger an explosion. When the corpse explodes, it will produce a small-range AOE damage and cause a mass infection effect."

"Note: Flesh puppets transformed from Awakened Ones can be upgraded by killing Awakened Ones, requiring the same experience as Undead Body players."

"After upgrading, the flesh puppet's attributes will be further strengthened, and it can advance its talent."

"Note: Flesh puppets cannot learn player skills, but can learn mutant skills."

"Mutant skill: After a flesh puppet devours a mutant, it has a chance to gain the mutant's skill."

Very strong.

Lin An quickly gave his judgment.

I didn't expect that flesh puppets transformed from Awakened Ones would be so useful.

After mutation, the skills are two points stronger than Wang Kun had in life.

If it weren't for the flesh puppet's inability to use props and equipment, the flesh puppet transformed from Wang Kun would likely be considered peak First Level strength.

What surprised Lin An even more was that flesh puppets transformed from Awakened Ones could also be upgraded.

This means that with proper cultivation, flesh puppets are no less than the loyal subordinates of Awakened Ones.

Never betraying, fearless of life and death...

Mo Ling looked at the two flesh puppets before her, her mood clearly good.

Her strength had always been limited by her physique and wasn't considered strong, but now with two flesh puppets following her, her strength surged greatly.

Compared to the corpse horde shield that requires time to summon, flesh puppets are undoubtedly more convenient.

"Lin An, if you abandon me again, I'll have the puppets bite you to death!"

Hearing that, Lin An felt a bit embarrassed, subconsciously patted Mo Ling's head, then looked at the puppet transformed from Li Lei.

Wang Kun's transformed puppet is this strong—what about Li Lei?

A-rank talent: Heavenly Fortune Gathering Spirit—what will it become after transforming into a flesh puppet?

With a hint of anticipation, Lin An opened Li Lei's information panel.