Jiang Tianqing froze, then slowly lowered the weapon in his hand. As a member of the Reconnaissance Team, he rarely took part in head-on combat, and he was extremely nervous now, his brain struggling to process what had happened.
"Is it dead?" he asked in a trembling voice.
As Jiang Tianqing's words fell, more black blood gradually spilled from the zombie leader's eye sockets. Black blood began continuously flowing from its nose, mouth, and ear canals as well, carrying the distinctive stench of decay.
A muffled explosion, perfectly controlled in terms of energy, had detonated inside the zombie's brain. From the outside, the wound looked tiny, but the blast had completely destroyed its brain. Its brain matter, reduced to mush, and black blood flowed out through its seven orifices.
The final moments of this battle ended just like that, silently and without fanfare.
The zombie leader's death felt unreal to Jiang Tianqing, but when he looked at Chu Han again, his expression changed drastically.
Only moments ago, Chu Han had merely been trembling all over and sweating profusely. Now, however, his face was as pale as a corpse's. His lips were utterly bloodless, his pupils were unfocused, and he stood there blankly like a statue.
"Brother Chu Han?!" Jiang Tianqing panicked and shouted, instinctively grabbing Chu Han and shaking him.
Smack!
To his surprise, Chu Han fell straight backward and crashed heavily onto Jiang Tianqing.
Jiang Tianqing hurriedly hoisted Chu Han onto his back and ran toward the command platform. He had not observed the battle up close and had no idea what had happened at the very end. The zombie leader was indeed dead; before leaving, Jiang Tianqing had even specifically smashed its head apart. But what had happened to Chu Han?
That battle should not have exhausted Chu