Lord of Illusions City
Chapter 290 Corpse Demon
Even though it was only a ten percent increase, Li Chenzhou felt quite comfortable. The reason was simple: although the increase wasn't significant, sometimes that little bit could make all the difference.
For example, when dodging a zombie's attack and launching a counterattack, maybe it was because the speed wasn't enough, and the best opportunity for a counterattack was missed after dodging.
After all, in battle, 0.01 seconds can determine life and death.
Therefore, Li Chenzhou became smoother and smoother. Previously, he had to rely on the range of the war chariot, so that he only had to face the zombies on the left, front, and right. But now, he simply plunged into the tide of corpses, allowing himself to be surrounded by zombies from all directions. This scared Duan Lei into quickly adjusting the direction of the vehicle-mounted machine guns, lest he accidentally injure Li Chenzhou.
Tian Ya used binoculars to stare at those who fled until they disappeared from sight, then looked at the surrounding tide of corpses.
This time, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the tide of corpses was actually receding. Originally, they were still surrounded by the boundless tide of corpses, but now, the tide of corpses was rapidly withdrawing, heading in the direction those people had fled.
"Boss, the tide of corpses is retreating!"
Tian Ya immediately reported via the communicator.
"Okay! Got it. Keep an eye on things up there, and be careful!"
Li Chenzhou didn't have time to answer now, so Duan Lei spoke up at the right time.
In fact, from the changes in the surrounding tide of corpses, Duan Lei had already judged that the tide of corpses was about to retreat. The mastermind behind the scenes probably wanted to use those enhanced zombies to deal a fatal blow to Li Chenzhou and the others.
But unexpectedly, because of Duan Lei's Soul Shatter, the attack he orchestrated not only failed, but turned into delivering food, burying most of the enhanced zombies alive.
Enhanced zombies are not the same concept as ordinary zombies. It's like ordinary people and ability users. Because if a zombie wants to become an enhanced zombie, it must absorb more hell wisps, which means killing more humans or other creatures.
And this opportunity is only easy in the early days of the apocalypse. In the later stages, it is basically impossible to find any survivors in the city.
Therefore, losing so many enhanced zombies at once is probably an unbearable loss for the mastermind behind the scenes.
Tian Ya said that only a hundred or so people escaped from that building, which means that the remaining enhanced zombies in this tide of corpses are only that many.
This is the reason why the mastermind behind the scenes fled. His plan failed, and the firepower on their war chariot doubled. Simply using ordinary zombies would probably no longer be able to kill Li Chenzhou and the others.
In particular, Li Chenzhou's act of bombarding the silver-white building had already shown that they knew his location, so the mastermind behind the scenes immediately withdrew without hesitation, and also withdrew the horde of corpses.
At this time, only Gray Bear was left on the Darkblood War Chariot, and he was no longer using the Infinite Rifle to shoot, because there were fewer and fewer zombies around. Even the eight vehicle-mounted machine guns now only had two still roaring, and the others had stopped.
Duan Lei didn't plan to drive after the horde of corpses. Although that would allow them to get more kill points, there were hundreds of enhanced zombie corpses here, and these corpses all had mutated crystal cores.
Anyway, the tide of corpses can't escape, and they can be found and killed at any time. The crystal cores of enhanced zombies can't just be left here.
Now, besides the huge tide of corpses, there are not many zombies in other parts of Qing City. Therefore, Duan Lei felt that the survivors outside the city might soon notice this situation and enter the city on a large scale to collect supplies.
In this way, if they chased the tide of corpses, the crystal cores of these enhanced zombies might not be theirs anymore. Weighing the pros and cons, it was better to stay here and take out the crystal cores after the battle was over!
However, because the tide of corpses was retreating, the subsequent killing was quite easy. Even Tian Ya came down from the rooftop to kill zombies after confirming that the tide of corpses would not gather again in the short term.
Gray Bear also planned to get out of the car and continue killing. Of course, unlike Duan Xue, Fatty, and Tian Ya, who used the opportunity to improve their close combat abilities while killing, he still held the Infinite Rifle.
Since he had already positioned himself as a ranged attacker, he might as well go all the way to the end! Anyway, his close combat skills were not bad, and there was no need for special training.
But just as he was getting up, he suddenly saw a figure flash on the building to his left front. Falcon appeared again and made a gesture to him.
"Xiao Lei! Falcon is calling me, I'll go over there!"
Seeing Falcon's gesture, Gray Bear immediately said to Duan Lei in the communicator.
Everyone could hear this channel, but he specifically reminded Duan Lei because Duan Lei was still in the car and could control the eight vehicle-mounted machine guns. If there was any problem, Duan Lei could provide instant support.
Although Falcon was his comrade-in-arms, Falcon was now appearing as a zombie after all. Although he could use passwords to communicate with him, Gray Bear couldn't guarantee whether this guy was doing these things under control. After all, Leopard was also proficient in their passwords.
"Understood!"
Duan Lei immediately understood what Gray Bear meant, so he replied concisely.
As for the others, they didn't follow Gray Bear. Since Falcon only wanted to see Gray Bear, their presence might scare Falcon away.
Gray Bear jumped out of the car, still holding the Infinite Rifle, and strode into the building. He immediately saw Falcon standing in the hall.
Falcon used to be a special agent, and special agents always stood upright like pine trees, but Falcon's figure was quite hunched now, because he was now an agile enhanced zombie, a Shadow Demon.
After becoming a Shadow Demon, Falcon's speed was greatly improved, but the price was that his bones also changed. Even when moving at full speed, his hands and feet were all on the ground, running like a beast.
Therefore, no matter how hard he tried, he could no longer stand as straight as before.
Seeing Falcon, Gray Bear felt a little黯然. He stepped forward, stared at Falcon's scarlet eyes, and asked:
"Falcon, can this state of you and the Captain be reversed?"
Falcon looked at Gray Bear, shook his head slowly, and then raised his hand and made several gestures:
"I don't know. The Captain said he would find a way, and even if we become zombies, our hearts are still human, so he sent me to give you a warning. I didn't expect… your strength has become so strong that you scared the Corpse Demon away!"
"Corpse Demon?"
Gray Bear was stunned and quickly asked:
"Is the Corpse Demon the zombie that took Leopard and controlled this tide of corpses?"