Zombie Cat's Ingratitude

For the first time since the apocalypse began, the door to the third-floor emergency exit opened.

And for the first time, the place on the third floor that had long since become a living hell was revealed to Lin Zhiluo.

The moment he opened the door, an overpowering stench of blood hit him.

Not a single living creature remained in the corridor—not even a zombie.

Countless bodies lay scattered across the floor.

Some were human. Others were zombies.

Their deaths had been especially gruesome.

Their heads had been smashed open with brute force, like crushed watermelons.

A mixture of blood and brain matter had flowed across the floor and splattered the walls.

What's more, since this was an office area, the entire third floor had been covered in thick carpeting.

Now, the soft carpets were strewn with severed limbs and pieces of human bodies.

Almost the entire wall along the corridor was covered in dried blood.

Only in a few scattered spots could he make out that it had once been white.

Among the scattered pieces of flesh, he could even see brain matter, teeth, eyeballs, and other organs.

A single glance at this hellish scene would have been enough to make anyone even slightly timid break down and flee on the spot.

Lin Zhiluo felt nothing.

He had seen scenes a thousand times more horrifying than this.

Even so, he remained on guard.

This wasn't what he had expected.

He'd learned from the information he'd gathered earlier that there was a silver chest here, but he didn't know what had happened.

Ordinary zombies couldn't create a scene this horrific.

They usually just bit people a couple of times and waited for them to turn into their kind.

Only when they were especially frenzied would they eat people and devour their brains.

There were only two possibilities for something that tore apart human and zombie corpses, liked to feed on brain matter, and left behind a scene this horrific.

The first was that a zombie boss had appeared.

A boss was far stronger than an ordinary zombie of the same level.

At the same time, bosses were much more fond of treating humans as food.

If there were no humans around, they would even eat their own kind to satisfy their appetites.

The second possibility was an animal that had turned into a zombie.

Animals were unlikely to become zombies. Otherwise, humanity would have been wiped out by billions upon billions of zombie animals.

Generally speaking, the stronger the animal, the more likely it was to turn.

As for weaker creatures, like mosquitoes, flies, and caterpillars?

Probably only one in a million—or even one in a trillion—would manage to turn.

Zombie animals were especially fond of humans. Their favorite prey was human brains, but they wouldn't spare zombies either.

With his wealth of experience, Lin Zhiluo identified the culprit behind this living hell at a glance.

A zombie cat!

From the claw marks on the walls, the wounds on the corpses, and the cuts on the severed limbs, Lin Zhiluo could tell with certainty that a zombie cat had caused all of this.

And zombie cats were the animals he hated most!

Lin Zhiluo took a step forward.

He had now fully entered through the emergency exit.

The Boots of Gale on his feet pressed into the carpet. It didn't feel soft beneath his soles; instead, it was like stepping into mud.

The carpet had long since soaked up blood and bits of flesh.

Lin Zhiluo didn't hurry onward.

Zombie cats had keen hearing and sharp senses. It had definitely noticed him coming.

Now it was a question of whether the zombie cat would ambush him or attack him head-on.

The zombie cat didn't disappoint.

The apocalypse had only just begun. Its intelligence was low, and its strength had already swollen to monstrous proportions, so it chose to appear right in front of him!

A piercing cat's screech rang out.

A zombie cat about the size of a cheetah emerged from the warehouse at the end of the corridor.

Its body had grown several times larger. The bigger its body, the stronger it was.

Though its outline was still recognizably feline, every part of its body had undergone striking changes.

Its eyes were blood-red. The distinctive eyes of a cat, shrouded in that crimson glow, looked especially terrifying.

Three gleaming claws jutted from each paw, which had once been covered in soft fur.

Even the slightest brush against the carpet sliced through it, leaving scratches on the floor underneath.

Without changing expression, Lin Zhiluo immediately checked the zombie cat's attributes.

When examining the attributes of zombies or other creatures, if their level exceeded his by more than five, only their names would be displayed; their specific attributes would remain hidden.

Fortunately, the zombie cat wasn't that far above his level, so Lin Zhiluo could see all of its attributes.

[Sharp Claw Zombie Cat] (Bronze-ranked Boss)

Level: 9

Base Attributes: Strength: 21 Spirit: 10 Constitution: 9 Agility: 20

Talent: Sharp Claw: When it damages an enemy, the wound is left torn open, reducing healing speed by 40% and increasing blood loss by 40%.

Skills: Afterimage Pounce: Instantly increases speed by 30% and pounces at an enemy, dealing damage equal to 120% of its Strength. Its body becomes an afterimage during the attack, reducing damage taken by 50%.

Cat Eye Gaze: Draws an enemy into a terrifying illusion created by its eyes, inflicting the "Fear" status and reducing all of the target's attributes by 20%. The effect also continues to hinder the target's combat performance.

Powerful!

A zombie animal with a prefix in its name was a boss-level entity.

And its Sharp Claw talent was terrifying!

It slowed healing and increased blood loss.

That meant that if its opponent was wounded even once, the injured area would be unlikely to heal during the fight.

The zombie cat's level and attributes were formidable too.

Its Strength and Agility both exceeded Lin Zhiluo's.

No wonder it was a zombie animal with a boss template.

Bosses like this started out at unusually high levels.

But no matter how high its level, how strong its attributes, or how powerful its abilities, Lin Zhiluo's expression never changed.

He had every confidence that he could kill the zombie cat!

That was the confidence that came from knowing his own combat ability.

So what if it had a slight advantage in attributes?

He would slaughter it with his terrifying combat experience.

[The player "Yazi" has encountered the Bronze-ranked Boss "Sharp Claw Zombie Cat." The quest "Kill the Zombie Cat" has been triggered.]

[Zombie Cat's Ingratitude]

Quest Description: A stray cat with a special talent had always been a regular visitor to the third floor of the gymnasium. Some of the people who liked cats brought it tasty cat food every day.

But after the apocalypse began, the cat was infected by the Zombie Virus and immediately went on a killing spree.

Its claws raked across the people who had once helped it, killing them in agony.

Quest Requirement: Kill the Zombie Cat

Quest Rewards: 100 Reputation, 200 Gold Coins, 100 Experience, one Bronze-ranked item

Time Limit: 8 hours

Quest Penalty: Level reduced by one, all attributes permanently reduced by one (abandoning the quest counts as failure)

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