In a jungle in Y Province,
Thirty muscular men in tight black outfits raced along.
Pitter-patter~
A light rain began falling, landing on the leaves above the jungle and gathering into larger droplets before dripping down.
The thirty men were soon covered in water.
"Captain, the targets are just ahead!"
They could already hear the massive body of a Tier 1 T1-Type Bloated Zombie moving up ahead.
This kind of zombie had an enormous amount of flesh, and its extraordinary elasticity gave it extremely strong defenses.
If the astonishing hardness of an L1-Type Zombie's impenetrable muscles meant it had high armor,
then the astonishing elasticity of a T1 Zombie's huge masses of flesh, which could swallow a weapon without even breaking the skin, meant it had high toughness.
One of the L1-Type Zombie's skills greatly increased the strength of every muscle in its body, allowing it to withstand a [TNT] explosion head-on.
The T1 Zombie, meanwhile, protected itself with a black glow of energy, using its bodily energy to resist attacks of every kind.
Both were thick-skinned, tough, troublesome foes. Killing them required raw strength!
"Close in on the targets! Take them down in teams of three!"
The thirty men split into ten teams, each carrying Heavenly Net's standard-issue refined steel weapons: the Threaded Blade, Liqueur Spring Spear, and Zombie-Slaying Axe.
They had not brought military crossbows.
Those weapons worked against ordinary evolved zombies, but they simply could not inflict effective damage on thick-skinned L1 and T1 zombies.
A crossbow's damage was limited by the weapon itself. Its low ceiling meant it could not penetrate their defenses.
Closer.
Closer still!
They had caught up with three L1 Zombies, two T1 Zombies, and a number of ordinary evolved zombies.
"Kill!"
An astonishing aura erupted from the thirty men in their tight