Crazy Dave's Backyard

Shen Jin felt that Yang Ao was quite similar to him.

For instance, both of them paid attention to mental health issues in the apocalypse.

Compared to the scarcity of material resources, the severity of psychological problems often went unnoticed.

Last night, they played until 2 AM before sleeping, which greatly alleviated the dark atmosphere that had been weighing on their hearts.

"So, after happiness, life still goes on,"

Shen Jin sighed and, with Yang Ao, headed down a small path.

The underground passages, centered around Shen Jin's villa, had branches extending to the east, south, west, and north. These were the main arteries of underground transportation, all equipped with voice-activated sensor lights.

However, there were also some narrow paths that Shen Jin had opened up for other purposes.

For example, the one they crawled into led directly to a farmhouse courtyard north of the villa.

"Clack~"

After some probing, Yang Ao crawled out from underground. Once he confirmed there was no danger, Shen Jin followed.

"This is the transfer station for our operation this time!"

"But boss, you haven't told us what this operation is about yet?"

"Uh, I've named this operation 'Crazy Dave's Backyard'."

Yang Ao, half-understanding, didn't ask further. His motto was: just do it.

The place where they were located was a farmer's courtyard before the apocalypse. Shen Jin had already buried the zombies inside the courtyard.

They climbed the ladder from the courtyard onto the rooftop.

Rural single-story houses had relatively high rooftops.

Over 4 meters high, which was unimaginable in a residential complex!

Therefore, despite being a single-story house, the view was quite good, and they could see the fields below without any problem.

Since Shen Jin had passed through here before, his system map had already recorded the local terrain.

Shen Jin could see how far it was from here to the villa. He marked a 1000-square-meter area on the map.

Within this area, there were 3 single-story houses and one two-story building.

"This time, we're going to fight on the ground!"

"Okay!"

The mission required that no zombies appear within the designated area for three days, so they had to clear out all the zombies first.

It was difficult to see clearly from underground, and digging back and forth would be a massive undertaking.

Shen Jin had considered raising a 5-meter-high stone bridge horizontally, building it as they walked.

But!

Basic operations in the game couldn't be replicated in reality!

When he continuously built the fourth block, the stone bridge, lacking support from below, became very fragile and would break the moment someone stepped on it.

So, they could only advance on the ground.

Looking at the zombie distribution around them from the rooftop, it was clear that this area was far from the city and factories. As farmland in the village, the zombie density was very low.

This perfectly met Shen Jin's requirements.

"Here, put these on. Let's go!"

Shen Jin handed Yang Ao a set of iron armor, an iron helmet, iron leg guards, and iron shoes.

Both of them put them on, instantly becoming like Iron Men. Although they looked clumsy, the items crafted by the system were not heavy and fit snugly.

Their mobility and flexibility didn't decrease much, but the increased weight put a significant strain on their endurance.

"Whoosh, whoosh~"

Following the route planned on Shen Jin's map, the two began to enclose the area.

Shen Jin was responsible for building the stone walls, while Yang Ao was responsible for vigilance and killing zombies.

To prevent the Jumping Zombies from entering, Shen Jin made the stone walls 6 meters high!

This way, without any points to leverage, the Jumping Zombies couldn't get in.

Shen Jin had brought a full inventory of stone blocks today, a total of 24 stacks!

1536 blocks!

Each block occupied one square meter, and these stone blocks were enough to enclose a 1000-square-meter area.

Yang Ao held his sword with both hands, constantly patrolling the surrounding area to prevent surprise attacks from zombies.

Although they were fully equipped, ordinary zombies would have a hard time biting through their armor, but once knocked down, it would be difficult to get back up!

A single zombie was not scary; what was scary were hordes of frenzied zombies.

Soon, they finished building the northernmost wall, a 33-meter-long, 6-meter-high all-stone wall that looked very magnificent.

"Brother Jin, it looks like the Great Wall!"

Shen Jin chuckled. It was true. The miracle that took millions of people to build in ancient times, he could now restore alone!

Pickaxe, take charge of construction!

"Brother Jin, stop, I feel something coming!"

Shen Jin glanced at his surroundings and saw no zombies, but he decided to play it safe. Yang Ao, though a goofball, never spoke without reason.

"Come here, stand by me, and jump with me!"

Shen Jin placed stones beneath their feet, stepping on his right foot with his left, and rapidly ascended!

They reached the height of the 6-meter wall.

A zombie, covered in green fur, its body contorted, running on all fours, was sniffing the air and approaching them.

The two of them hadn't noticed it from below.

"Roar~"

"It's an agile jumping zombie! Prepare for battle. Let's see if it can jump over the 6-meter wall."

The last jumping zombie Shen Jin saw was on the first floor of Wanyu Group. At that time, the jumping zombie hadn't evolved so thoroughly, and only had mottled green moss on its body.

This guy had grown green fur!

"Jumping zombie? Good heavens, Brother Jin, you're quoting Plants vs. Zombies!"

As they spoke, their bodies remained alert, each holding an iron sword.

"Wuu! Roar~"

The jumping zombie's face was rotten, its eyeballs were rolling out, but it had already locked onto the two of them through sound and smell.

Shen Jin took out a bottle of perfume and sprayed it on them.

A cheap, pungent fragrance instantly assaulted their senses, full of chemical additives, with no natural ingredients at all.

"Holy crap! Brother Jin, the zombies couldn't eat me, but your perfume might just finish me off!"

"It interferes with the zombie's sense of smell, so it can't pinpoint our location."

This was an experiment Shen Jin had conducted. A strong, pungent odor would severely disrupt the zombies' ability to locate their targets.

However, Shen Jin rarely used it because the smell would also attract nearby zombies.

He only used it sparingly when he had to engage in close-quarters combat with zombies.

Whoosh!

The jumping zombie stood at the base of the wall, sniffed, and leaped up!

The speed was terrifying!

It leaped directly to a height of 4 meters from a standstill!

Then it fell.

The two waited on top for a moment. The jumping zombie kept trying to jump up, but it couldn't reach the 6-meter height.

It could only roar in frustration below.

"Roar!"

On the other side, another huge zombie roar echoed, much deeper and louder than the jumping zombie's!

"Not good, another mutated zombie! I'm guessing it's likely an iron bucket zombie that evolved strength!"

Although Yang Ao hadn't fought mutated zombies, he knew from Sun Can that those strength-type zombies were tough, incredibly strong, and more troublesome than jumping zombies!

If the jumping zombie was an assassin, the iron bucket zombie was a tanky warrior.

"Brother Jin, let's go down and deal with the jumping zombie first!"

Shen Jin nodded gravely, "I'll lower our position to 5 meters, and you stab its head."

If they waited for the iron bucket zombie to arrive, this single layer of stone wall might not hold!

Shen Jin smashed his pickaxe, and the two, along with the adjacent wall, descended to 5 meters. At the same time, Shen Jin expanded the platform beneath their feet and even added a backrest.

This was to prevent them from accidentally falling during combat with zombies, especially from a 5-meter height!

Falling would at least result in a fracture.

"Roar!"

The jumping zombie leaped up again, over 4 meters high!

Shen Jin leaned back and shouted:

"Now!"