Chapter 186: Chapter 186 Zoron’s Nightmare
Combat Island, Central Mountain Range.
Lin Yi lowered the laser gun.
The effect was quite good, the soldiers’ efficiency in killing zombies increased again, but there was a problem on the mage’s side.
"Boss! I’m almost out of magic power, the laser shooting is consuming my magic value faster, and I’m almost out of charged energy cores!"
"I’ll get you some more...what’s that?"
"Boss, there are more zombies! So many, and there’s a giant mutant, it’s rushing over!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Yi quickly handed more energy cores to the mages, then looked toward the other side of the fire wall.
A loud roar echoed through the canyon, this monster was 6 meters tall, towering far above the fire wall which was only about 2.5 meters high.
This monster still retained some vague human features, but it was hard to believe it was once human.
Its entire body was covered with an armor-like shell, its arms were bigger and longer than its legs, and its head was extremely flat with an intimidating mouth.
Its head was also protected by a shell, covering about 90%, like a knight’s helmet.
Lin Yi ordered, "Freeze this monster!"
Numerous laser beams shot at the giant zombie, and the machine guns also started firing at it, but with little effect.
Quickly, the bullets began to penetrate its shell, but it took at least twenty hits in the same spot to inflict a bit of damage...
The laser beams fared slightly better, but this monster was so huge that the laser beam hitting it was like poking it with a safety pin.
But even a massive monster, when poked by hundreds and thousands of safety pins, will be killed!
"Yeah!"
"We took down this monster!"
The soldiers cheered, but immediately, three more identical monsters appeared, rapidly approaching the fire wall...
"Damn, I’ll have to use my—Energy Cannon!"
Lin Yi set aside the laser gun, summoned a fourth-level energy cannon from the warehouse, and handed it to Solomon.
This was a massive cannon, needing two hands to hold, and almost impossible to aim...
It used energy cores as ammunition, so it basically "hit wherever it was pointed."
Stone-man Solomon grasped the energy cannon, aimed at the giant already at the fire wall, and pulled the trigger!
Then...the energy cannon emitted a sharp whistling sound, heating up...
The cannon barrel glowed red, seemingly inhaling...
By now, the giant had already passed through the fire wall!
And the energy cannon was still charging!
Two others were approaching, the soldiers were still shooting, trying to stop the giants from advancing, but thirty seconds passed, and the energy cannon was still not fully charged...
A loud howl reverberated in the distance, vibrating the rock walls on both sides of the canyon.
Even the zombie giants were momentarily stunned!
"Something’s coming from behind...it’s...I don’t know, but it...it’s huge!" Xiaochuan shouted as he drew his bowstring.
Lin Yi’s heart stirred, and he shouted, "Hold your fire, I think I know who it is! Focus your firepower on the giants!"
"Yes, boss!"
The soldiers held up their laser guns, concentrated fire, and soon another giant fell to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
Its knees were shot through, but it still crawled toward the tiny humans, refusing to surrender.
The energy cannon finally finished charging!
A blue, liquid-like substance ball, with a whistling sound, flew out of the cannon barrel, hitting the nearest giant’s abdomen.
After a dazzling flash of light, when everyone could finally see again, nothing remained of the monster but two feet.
Within a hundred meters of the slain monster, all humans and zombies were splattered with adhesive liquid.
The fire wall vanished.
The vast horde of zombies charged toward the humans...
But at this moment, the creature that howled earlier appeared!
A creature resembling a wolf but covered in scales instead of fur, leaped from behind the humans, pouncing on the still-standing giant monster.
It looked like a crossbreed between a dragon and a wolf.
This graceful and powerful animal had four long and strong legs.
Not counting its tail, it was about 5 meters tall and 6 meters long.
The dragon wolf knocked the giant zombie to the ground, biting its head, the giant zombie’s shell resisting for a moment, but eventually cracking open.
The dragon wolf’s massive jaws tore the monster’s head off its enormous body.
At this point, another giant zombie crawled up beside it, grabbing the dragon wolf’s tail, but the dragon wolf easily pulled its tail out of the monster’s hands, tearing its large hand apart.
When the dragon wolf’s tail was grabbed, its scales secreted a special liquid to reduce friction.
Then, as the scales slid out of the monster’s hand, they hardened and stood slightly upright like a saw-toothed axe head.
The dragon wolf suddenly yanked out its tail, jumped onto the giant’s back, and bit its head.
Meanwhile, the soldiers were busy dealing with the zombie horde.
Their machine guns and laser rifles were about to run out of ammunition, but before having to engage in close combat with the enemy, they managed to break through the zombie defense line.
"Da Chuan, take a few brothers to protect the beastmen, Piero, take a five-minute rest, cover our retreat."
Lin Yi looked at the pale-faced mage, who had somewhat recovered, nodded, and shakily walked to the back of the team with the rifle.
As the mage and his companions left, Lin Yi shouted after them from afar.
"Guys, don’t try to be heroes, don’t die!"
"Yes, boss!"
...
Lin Yi held a Light Blade and leaped towards the zombie horde, slashing eight live zombies into sixteen pieces in one swing.
With 41 points of Agility, he maneuvered freely among the zombies, his Light Blade meeting almost no resistance as it easily sliced through their flesh.
A howl rang out, sending dozens of zombies flying in all directions.
The Dragon Wolf dealt with its opponent and began to take on the minions, letting out a deafening roar as it leaped into the battle core, using its powerful tail like a whip to sweep countless zombies aside, crushing their bones.
A Second Level mutant could withstand a hit from this creature’s tail, but would still suffer massive damage.
However, most importantly, this wolf diverted the enemy’s attention, allowing the troops to catch their breath.
Moreover, the beastmen began to regain consciousness.
No one knew how, but due to poor Spiritual Power, this group of strongmen was stunned by the scream and were just waking up now.
However, human soldiers finally got a chance to slow down.
The battle remained intense.
After waking up, the beastmen rejoined the fight.
A few minutes later, it was all over.
Reinforcements were sent to guard the canyon entrance.
After the battle, the enormous Dragon Wolf looked at the humans and slowly walked towards them.
Everyone was extremely tense... except Lin Yi.
He looked at the Dragon Wolf, walked up to it, with its huge snout just one centimeter away from him.
"Come on, stop pretending."
Lin Yi, unimpressed, gave the Dragon Wolf a slap.
The Dragon Wolf turned its face in surprise, looking at Lin Yi’s impatient expression, helplessly transmitting Terghai’s voice.
"So you knew... it was me?"
"Obviously, right? You’ve reached level 10? Can you control your rationality now? If not, you’d better change back quickly, I don’t want to take you down here!"
"I’m clear-headed!"
The Dragon Wolf began to shrink and transform, soon reverting back to the beastman lord.
Lin Yi saw him wearing Steel Armor and holding a Longsword, and curiously asked.
"When you transform, can your equipment change too?"
"This isn’t an ordinary transformation skill." The beastman grinned, revealing his sharp teeth as he answered, "It’s a unique skill called Zoron’s Nightmare."
"A unique transformation skill, huh? I see... I used to think these skills were useless... So the equipment changes too?"
"The armor turns into scales, the weapons into fangs and claws."
Terghai replied, then pondered for a moment, pretending to be expressionless and said.
"If you don’t need such skills, you can sell them to us..."
"Dream on! Just from what I saw? I need to study it thoroughly before deciding whether to sell it. See if you dare to show off in front of me in the future!"
Besides ordinary transformation skills, there are unique transformation skills like wolf, leopard, tiger, etc.
At the First Level, the user can transform into an animal, unlike ordinary beast-human skills that transform into a half-human, half-beast — it’s a direct animal transformation.
However, after the transformation, the user is actually weaker than before... at least at the First Level.
The First Level "Wolf" skill will transform the user into a small wolf. Their Attributes will become the wolf’s attributes, and they’ll be immune to First Level viruses.
However, it wasn’t easy for a First Level wolf to kill an ordinary zombie. Even if they could, they’d be heavily injured or at least exhausted in the process.
Moreover, maintaining animal form consumes a lot of Magic Value.
Once transformed into a wolf, the user’s Intelligence would greatly decrease, sometimes unable to distinguish friend from foe and incapable of understanding complex tactics.
As for Second Level... nobody knows what happens because in the Shelter, nobody has elevated this type of skill to Second Level, everyone thinks it’s a useless skill.
Lin Yi was never keen on these skills because Earth’s animals are decent, but they pale in comparison to the giant creatures on the Tal race mother planet.
Trading it to the beastmen was a good choice...
Soldiers quickly gathered their rewards from the battlefield, collecting as many Coins as they could.
This time humans received more rewards. Seeing purple and blue Reward Eggs especially made people happy.
However, Terghai was also pleased with his rewards; the beastmen’s rewards were nuts. The blue rewards were oval-shaped and about a quarter smaller than the purple ones.
After collecting all the loot, the soldiers began to search the meteorite crater.
Luckily, there were no caves here, and the team headed towards the southern canyon.
There were almost no guards here, so about half an hour later, they reached the exit and saw the southern city.
After completing the mission, the team returned to the base.
They all gained a lot of Experience Points, especially Terghai, who claimed to have gained over five hundred points and insisted on checking Lin Yi’s 356 points repeatedly...
Meanwhile, the clearing operation progressed smoothly.
Humans and beastmen had wiped out all zombies in the lakeside town and cleared the forest.
The Zombie General sent out his troops but was immediately met with fierce attacks from the mages and shamans guarding the city in mobile vehicles.
Finally, the Zombie General recalled all his troops, retreated to the southern city, and guarded it.
No one exactly knew how many zombies were killed, but according to Hubert’s estimate, at least fifty thousand.
Like last time, this battle involved no mutants, just cannon fodder...