New Type of Mutated Zombie (Seeking Recommendation and Monthly Tickets!)

"Crack!"

The glass used to plug the hole shattered, and Shen Jin and Yang Ao instinctively dodged to the sides.

A withered, pustule-covered hand reached out with incredible speed!

Missing its targets, it swiped wildly to both sides.

A foul, rotten smell mixed with a strong chemical reagent odor billowed out.

Shen Jin and Yang Ao rolled to the side to evade, narrowly avoiding the grab.

"What the hell is that!"

It was the first time Shen Jin had seen such an agile zombie, one that could detect them through the glass!

No scent, no sound, how was that possible!

Could the sudden shift and the sound of knocking have alerted it?

"Grrr~~"

The zombie inside, having failed to catch them, let out a low growl, like a hunting tiger.

As it withdrew its hand, Shen Jin quickly used a rock to block the opening.

"Crack! Crack!"

The zombie inside had sensed the new obstruction and began to pound on it relentlessly, creating a deafening noise.

Yang Ao seized the opportunity to stand with Shen Jin. "Brother Jin, look at its senses, strength, and speed. It's much stronger than any mutated zombie we've encountered before!"

Shen Jin's expression was serious. "If I'm not mistaken, this laboratory of yours has spawned a Boss!"

"Huh? Brother Jin, you're still in the mood for jokes?"

Shen Jin shrugged it off. "Since it's here, crying about it won't make it leave. We should adjust our mindset and think of a solution. Damn it!"

"CRASH!"

The stone he'd wedged in was completely shattered, falling in a pile of rubble into the tunnel.

This time, two withered, pustule-covered hands reached down.

A smell like a mixture of a hospital morgue and a garbage dump wafted out, a noxious odor carrying a heavy scent of chemical reagents.

"Chop off its hands!"

Yang Ao, hearing this, swung his iron sword!

Squelch!

The blow pierced the pustules on the hand, splashing murky yellow fluid, but it couldn't advance any further.

"The bone in this hand is too hard, I can't cut through it!"

Yang Ao, experienced with dealing with strength-based zombies, immediately retracted his blade after the failed strike. If he'd been flung away again, it would have been bad.

The zombie, possibly sensing the attack, extended its arm further down, forcing the two to retreat another step.

"Take this!"

Shen Jin pulled out two [Iron Sword (Energy Enhanced)] that he had always kept wrapped up on his back.

To conceal his spatial storage, he always kept some items hidden behind him.

Yang Ao caught them, and under the light of the torches on the wall, he could vaguely see that the iron swords were different.

"Let's cut together and sever the zombie's arms!"

Shen Jin took a deep breath. The two exchanged a glance and swung their swords in unison.

A faint crimson energy flashed across the iron swords. With all their might, they severed both of the zombie's arms with a single strike!

"ROOOAAARRR!!!"

The zombie inside let out furious roars, clearly heavily wounded.

A stream of dark brown liquid sprayed from the severed ends, splattering onto their iron armor.

"Hiss hiss~" It steamed.

Shen Jin saw in his equipment interface that the durability of his corroded armor and pants was rapidly decreasing.

"This is bad, this zombie's blood is poisonous!"

Yang Ao, startled, tried to take off his iron armor but was stopped by Shen Jin.

"No need, it won't corrode through our armor."

The system displayed that the durability dropped by half and then stopped.

As expected, after the blood on their bodies caused small white spots to appear, the corrosion ceased.

The ground and rocks below were pitted with small holes by the corrosive effect of the two severed arms.

Shen Jin then took out more rocks to block the opening.

"A zombie without hands can still jump down?"

Shen Jin was glad the zombie was smashing rocks on the ground instead of emerging directly. Otherwise, dealing with it in the narrow tunnel would have been troublesome.

If anything had gone wrong, Yang Ao would have had a hard time surviving.

"Clang! Clang!"

The zombie was still persistent. The scent of humans below had activated its primal urge to feed.

"Brother Jin, it's actually trying to jump down!"

"Heh~ This is getting interesting."

Shen Jin wasn't worried; instead, he was delighted. He stuffed two more rocks into the hole below.

He took out two iron shovels and started digging!

"Protect yourself in a bit, don't get scratched."

It was rare to have an obedient follower, and Shen Jin didn't want him to turn into a zombie so quickly.

After all, he still needed someone to test medicine on.

Soon, Shen Jin dug a 2x2 meter pit at the bottom of the hole, a full 6 meters deep!

One of the rocks above had already broken, and the one below wouldn't hold for much longer.

Shen Jin walked a couple of steps to the side and dug his way up.

"Bang!"

The rock shattered, and the zombie, feet first, plunged into the 6-meter-deep pit.

It was like Yasuo with Teleport in the mid lane, feeding a kill right at the start.

"Seal it!"

Before the zombie inside could jump, Shen Jin used 12 rocks to seal the opening below.

A full 3 meters of rock, tightly fitted together with the system's enhancement, like a single unit!

It wasn't something a zombie could easily shake!

Even a strength-type zombie wouldn't be able to!

Moreover, this zombie had its hands cut off and could only use its head to ram.

It was anyone's guess which would break first!

Shen Jin and Yang Ao quickly descended to the zombie's leg level. Through a layer of mixed rock and soil, the zombie roared furiously, completely unaware that its prey was right next door.

"I'll use my ability to open this section, and we'll both chop its feet!"

Yang Ao didn't say much, nodding vigorously. Eerie energy flowed through his iron sword.

"Open! Chop!"

The moment Shen Jin opened up the terrain, both of them aimed for the zombie's ankles and swung with all their might.

"Squelch!"

The zombie's feet were cleanly severed. They retracted their swords, and a rock was quickly used to block the opening.

The zombie inside couldn't even see its attackers before its limbs were cut off!

Shen Jin didn't relax. He mentally calculated the height, He raised his feet, opened another hole, "Stab!"

"Squelch!"

Two swords, glowing with red light, pierced the zombie's brain, rendering it immobile.

"Twist!"

The swords rotated, popping the pustules on the zombie's head. Its skull split apart, and the flying yellow and white matter corroded the wall, emitting a "sizzling" sound.

"Gag!"

The confined underground space was incredibly small. A stench ten times worse than a public toilet erupted.

Yang Ao immediately threw up.

Shen Jin endured the stench, wanting to extract the blood crystal from the zombie's head, but Yang Ao grabbed him.

"I'll do it."

Shen Jin looked at Yang Ao, who had only gagged twice before forcing himself to endure, with surprise and nodded.

This was a blood crystal slightly larger than the one from the barrel zombie's head, about the size of an adult's little finger.

Shen Jin placed it in the bundle behind him, but in reality, he put it into the system's spatial backpack.

Standing in the underground passage, the two rested for a full 10 minutes before recovering.

"I wonder if there are more zombies like this upstairs..."

Shen Jin and Yang Ao shone their flashlights through the hole and, after checking again and finding no enemies, climbed up.

With a flashlight in his mouth, they scanned the entire laboratory back-to-back.

"Strange, there's blood all over the floor. It's clear there were many people here once, so why is there only one zombie left? Did the others get eaten?"

"I don't think that's likely. When a zombie eats a human, other infected people should have turned into zombies too. Even if a few were eaten, there wouldn't only be one left."

The two moved cautiously, conversing in low voices.

"Furthermore, how did zombies survive for three months underground without any energy source? And they evolved to be so strong!"

"Weird."

They began walking around the laboratory. The first floor was severely damaged, with glass shards littering the ground. Fortunately, Shen Jin's external iron boots made it safe to step on them.

However, the sound was extremely grating.

"If there were any more zombies, with this much noise, they'd definitely come out!"

Yang Ao agreed.

Suddenly, they heard glass being hit from upstairs, and faintly discerned movement.

"There's a zombie upstairs!" they exclaimed in unison.

They proceeded to the second floor via the emergency stairwell.

Aside from some damaged tables, chairs, and decorations, the only place a zombie could be hiding on the second floor was a space sealed by a password-protected door made of the same alloy material as the exterior.

Yang Ao knew the password, but the power had clearly been out for too long, and the backup power for this secret laboratory had been depleted.

Shen Jin pressed his ear to the door, and this time he could finally hear the sounds clearly.

"Help me!"