Chapter 625: Strike

Wielding a long bone chain.

A mutant butcher four meters tall roared as he charged at the crowd.

In its split‑open maw, blackened bone fragments could be seen lodged in the gaps between its snow‑white teeth.

Its huge body was covered in muscle like spoiled pork, and its belly sagged, swaying as it dragged on the ground.

The chain whistled.

In the terrified eyes of the crowd, the sharp chain head spanned dozens of meters, whistling as it smashed toward them.

"Dodge!"

"Run!!"

Han Youzhen grabbed the dazed teammate in one pull, a cyan spiritual energy flashing over her body.

Unable to conserve energy, she could only hope her speed would be a bit faster.

Watching Lin An's dazed figure standing still, she felt a wave of bitterness.

No one expected that Lin An would be useless, let alone that he would fire his gun to attract zombies and get them killed.

In the tense panic, they had no time to wonder where Lin An's rifle had come from.

They turned and ran.

The teammates' gallbladders felt ready to burst as they stared in panic at the corpse horde closing in from all sides.

Fifty thousand, or a hundred thousand?

As far as the eye could see, there were only zombies.

Stench, blood.

Not to mention other mutants trampling zombies as they charged from afar.

There was no escape.

That sudden gunshot echoed across nearly half the district.

The humans who once lived here have been completely devoured.

The intruders who suddenly barged in were like a delicious milkshake, constantly stimulating the zombies' nerves.

"What did we do wrong!!"

"Is it because of Park Zhengyan's attitude!!"

The gun muzzle fired in bursts.

Left hand holding the gun, right hand holding the knife.

Seeing no way out, Han Youzhen had no choice but to back‑to‑back with her companions, trying to find a place to hide.

She looked at Lin An in confusion, her eyes full of resentment.

She had long felt Lin An was a bit strange, but she never imagined he would act this way.

Facing Han Youzhen's questioning gaze, Lin An merely gave a relaxed smile.

Hmm.

He probably thought of himself as a vengeful maniac, even a bit insane.

"Nothing."

"Just changing the route."

"Nothing worth worrying about."

After Lin An casually replied, he turned his gaze toward the sky.

The heavy bone chain tore through the air, tracing a deadly arc.

The tip of the bone chain was a massive sphere made of stacked human skulls; if a weaker Awakened One were hit squarely, they would likely be turned straight into a puddle of flesh.

The nearby survivors trembled as they tried to dodge, but their position was at the alley entrance.

The nearest courtyards were dozens of meters away, yet they were occupied by zombies.

"I don't want to die!!"

"Ah si ba! You lunatic! Bastard!!"

They wept bitterly.

Among the team members, the first to break down, Pu Zhengyan, cursed wildly with a mad expression; his weak legs could not possibly let him run out of the zombie encirclement.

Just as everyone despaired watching the bone sphere grow larger,

the high‑thrown chain suddenly halted, as if paused, hanging in midair.

The crowd stared in astonishment at the frozen bone chain.

Stop...

Has it stopped?

Before they could react,

all that could be seen was Lin An, expressionless, gazing at the mutant butcher surging out of the corpse tide.

A flash of piercing silver light flickered from his pupils.

"Whoosh!!"

The bone chain suspended in midair instantly shot backward at tenfold speed, like a screaming shell, slamming hard into the charging butcher.

The bone chain shattered.

Blood mist erupted.

The violent impact drove it deep into the ground, tearing the muscle that seemed as hard as leather.

Patches of zombies were crushed to death by the falling butcher.

Following it, the second wave of impact erupted again.

The invisible shockwave struck like a hundred-ton hammer.

A teeth-aching sound of flesh rubbing arose.

Under the secondary shock, the mutant butcher capable of making people feel despair burst and sliced on the ground like a toy.

A bloody mess all the way.

The huge body was ground to fine powder, and the crowds of zombies likewise turned into a mixture of blood mud.

Lin An's attack speed exceeded everyone's reaction speed.

Even his fingers were too lazy to move.

Just a simple mental shock instantly killed the brutal mutant butcher.

The shattered muscle tissue spread across the ground like rotten mud, resembling a narrow skating rink.

In the sudden turn of events, the survivors' brains short-circuited, and they stared in disbelief at what lay before them.

The girl standing beside Lin An came to her senses, looking at him as if he were a monster.

She saw a glint of silver.

Just a glance?

Just a glance!?

What exactly is this ability!?

Her heart pounded wildly.

The man before her, emanating no spiritual energy, possessed power terrifying to this extent!!

If not for the bloodstain stretching a hundred meters right before her eyes, she would never believe such a thing happened.

Han Youzhen, who had been firing in bursts, stood stunned on the ground; the vibration made her forget to keep shooting.

She swallowed saliva.

Park Zhengyan, who had previously resented Lin An for shooting, couldn't utter a word.

This scene had already surpassed his understanding.

Is this... still a person?

Behind Lin An.

Xiong Hanzi raised his eyebrows, his grinning face somewhat disdainful as he watched everyone's reactions.

Just that?

Just that scared them silly?

Just a first-level mutant.

Lin Dui actually still used a mental shock...

Really a waste.

He yawned.

Accustomed to big scenes, the several tens of thousands of zombies before him, perhaps tens of thousands.

In Zhang Tie's eyes, it was just like children playing house.

As long as there were no third-level mutants, he could stand there letting the zombies bite; even if that bunch of idiots were exhausted to death, they couldn't bite through his skin.

"Ding, danger-level mission completed. Obtained white equipment, spiritual energy assault rifle."

White light flashed, Lin An frowned slightly, and he directly took the rewarded equipment in his hand.

5 points of damage, one point of strength attribute.

What junk...

Even putting it in a ring feels like it takes up too much space.

The system's response seemed a bit slow.

The next stage's advancement mission didn't refresh instantly.

After one second, he casually threw the spiritual energy weapon at Han Youzhen:

"What are you spacing out for?"

"There are still zombies."

Mindless zombies don't know what fear is.

Unlike the dazed crowd, huge numbers of zombies kept rushing in endlessly.

Giving Han Youzhen a weapon was purely because he couldn't be bothered to move.

After completing the zero-level danger mission, Lin An simply waited patiently for the next stage mission to refresh.

If I remember correctly, such advancement missions are usually given based on the actual situation.

Attacking now would be pointless; better to wait a few seconds.

Looking at the first-level rating on the panel, Lin An couldn't help but sigh in relief.

Looks like everything is back to normal.

Taking the weapon, Han Youzhen instinctively gripped the assault rifle, wanting to say something but unable to.

This... is for me!?

A piece of priceless white equipment?

Seeing the other's expression as if tossing trash, she only felt a bitterness in her heart.

Is it lent to me? Or given to me?

Although I don't know why the mysterious person didn't continue acting, after witnessing Lin An's stunning move just now, the fear in my heart faded by half.

Although there are still many zombies, and even mutants.

But given the mysterious person's strength just now, escaping safely should be no problem.

Unable to guess what Lin An was thinking, she could only take a deep breath, raise her gun, and aim at the charging zombie.

Gunfire spewed forth.

The spirit energy assault rifle with infinite ammo swept out a fire dragon.

Using a spirit energy weapon for the first time, she felt only a little excited.

It's really easy to use... such powerful equipment!

Li Enzhu, who had originally thought she had misjudged, was now staring fixedly at Lin An's back.

She hadn't been wrong!

This...

She really is a big thigh!