Bronze Armored Zombie

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

It sounded as if a giant hammer were being swung and slammed heavily against the ground.

It was hard to imagine that a human body colliding with an iron gate could produce such a sound.

Or rather—a dead corpse.

The physical integrity of a corpse should, in theory, be quite low.

To be able to create such a massive commotion, it was clearly no ordinary zombie.

The corpse driver hiding somewhere nearby must be far more formidable than the driver of the bus.

"It's bending!"

"It's bending!"

Auntie Shufen pointed at the door bolt and shouted.

One could see that, due to the impact, the bolt had clearly begun to warp.

The iron gate was thick and sturdy, but the bolt was not as resilient as the gate itself.

At this rate, it would likely "break through the southern wall" in five minutes.

K's expression turned grim, and suddenly, he rushed toward a small room nearby.

A moment later, K ran out and dashed toward the bus parked on the other side.

The engine started, and without turning on the headlights, the bus swerved crookedly toward the iron gate.

The front of the bus turned, positioning itself horizontally in front of the gate, effectively blocking it.

"Ha!"

K jumped off the bus and ran gleefully toward another one.

This time, there was no need to turn the vehicle; he just had to drive straight into it.

Originally, there had been a gap between the bus body and the iron gate, but with this collision, the two made intimate, zero-distance contact.

It was blocked as tight as could be.

"They won't be getting in so easily now." K felt incredibly proud of his ingenious feat.

The red scarf on his chest—no, rather, his previously weak limbs felt much more energetic.

Auntie Shufen did not hesitate to give him a thumbs-up, praising, "This young man is quite quick-witted."

"Monk, this is much more useful than your random shooting." K said to Tang Luo.

Tang Luo replied, "Blocking the door is possible, but unnecessary."

"Heh." K sneered.

Just keep being stubborn, he thought, instinctively looking toward Mi Ke.

Compared to an auntie, any normal man would certainly prefer to gain the admiration and support of a beautiful woman.

However, the scene K imagined did not unfold.

Mi Ke did not look at him with adoring eyes.

On the contrary, she looked toward the iron gate, her eyes filled with unconcealable terror.

"What..."

K looked at where Mi Ke was staring.

The rest of his sentence, "is going on," was swallowed back into his throat.

He saw a zombie appear on top of the bus that was blocking the gate.

"Zombies may lack intelligence, but the corpse driver most likely possesses it. Since they can just use a ladder to climb over, there was no need to block the door," Tang Luo said.

"Then why the hell were they ramming it earlier!"

K couldn't help but roar.

"They ram it while waiting for the ladder to be brought over. If they happen to break it open, isn't that simpler than climbing over?" Tang Luo said.

There was no harm in trying.

As they spoke, the zombie dropped down from the top of the bus.

It landed on the ground in a clumsy heap.

It seemed to have injured its foot, and its gait became a limp.

Its movement speed slowed down significantly.

The walls and iron gate of the terminal were both higher than the buses.

It was impossible for every zombie climbing over to have the same strength as the one that had nearly broken the gate.

If they just fell to the ground, it would be perfectly normal for them to end up "partially paralyzed."

However, having the bus there actually lowered the height somewhat.

The fall damage was reduced significantly.

"Bang! Bang!"

Tang Luo shattered the zombie's limbs with a few shots.

There was no spraying flesh or blood.

Only broken white bones and "air-dried jerky" remained.

A typical aged corpse.

Losing its limbs successfully halted the zombie's movements, though the Corpse Controller's command still lingered.

Its torso writhed like a caterpillar, still attempting to close in on Tang Luo and the others.

The twisted posture under the moonlight was chilling to behold.

At this moment, a second zombie landed on the roof of the bus.

These zombies were not like the hopping kind seen in zombie films.

Their method of movement was closer to the zombies in Western movies—not the sluggish type, and likely possessing speed no less than that of an ordinary person.

"Get on the bus," Tang Luo said, blasting that zombie into several pieces with a few more shots.

"Get on the bus?" K did not understand what Tang Luo meant.

We have to get on the bus again now?

"The bus full of corpses," Tang Luo said. "There was a cleaner one originally, but you wasted it."

K's expression turned ugly.

What did he mean by wasted? If he hadn't used the vehicle to block the door, wouldn't that group of zombies have already rushed in?

"You drive," Tang Luo said, walking toward the bus they had arrived in. He stepped on the tire and leaped onto the roof with ease. "Drive this group of zombies in circles while I shoot."

"..."

There's such a tactic?

Before K could react, Auntie Shufen had already run onto the bus, with Mi Ke following closely behind.

Auntie Shufen opened the window and shouted at K, "Young man, why are you still standing there! Come and drive! We're all on the bus!"

"Drive where?!"

Everything had gone wrong during this mission, and K felt a massive headache coming on.

"In circles! Even I understand that!" Auntie Shufen said.

A terminal the size of a football field was enough for a bus of that size to drive in circles and kite those zombies.

Besides, they could also run a few over.

"..."

Enduring the stench emanating from the corpses on the bus.

K started the engine.

At this time, several more zombies entered the terminal.

The sound of the door being rammed had also ceased.

Knowing how to drive a car did not mean knowing how to drive a bus.

Unlike the casual driving from before, actually maneuvering such a large vehicle made K feel it was quite difficult.

The bus swerved crookedly.

It looked like it was in danger of tipping over.

The monotonous, mechanical sound of gunfire rang out.

One zombie after another had its limbs accurately picked off by Tang Luo.

Then, they were crushed by the bus, completely losing their mobility.

But there was not a hint of joy on K's face.

He had not forgotten the existence that had nearly smashed through the iron gate.

If it were that kind of zombie, a small pistol would definitely not be enough to pick off its limbs and then crush it with the vehicle.

The zombies encountered so far.

Rather than calling them zombies, it would be more accurate to call them moving corpses.

Once their numbers were controlled, the threat was not that great.

K believed that this mission could not possibly be this simple, letting them spend the time driving in circles.

Whatever you fear, that is what comes.

K's premonition was correct.

A tall figure vaulted over the iron gate, slamming heavily onto the roof of the bus.

The mere impact of it landing on the roof.

Actually caused the sheet metal to cave inward.

One could imagine its weight.

Under the moonlight, the color of this zombie's skin was visible, distinct from the cyan-gray, cyan-white, or ash-white of the other zombies.

Instead, it presented a luster similar to metal.

Much like bronze or ironware.

Standing over two meters tall, its hands and feet were thick and massive, truly like palm-leaf fans.

Bronze Armored Zombie?

K thought to himself.

It was perfectly normal for all sorts of fantastical creations to appear in the God and Demon Game.

That "standing out from the crowd" skin tone looked exactly like the Bronze Armored Zombie K had learned about.

"Jingle, jingle, jingle!"

A crisp ringing sound carried through the night wind.

It confirmed everyone's speculation that a Corpse Controller was lurking somewhere nearby.

After the Bronze Armored Zombie, no more zombies climbed in.

It was unclear whether they had all been exhausted, or if the Corpse Controller needed to focus entirely on manipulating this Bronze Armored Zombie.

Having no time to control the others.

It was also possible the Corpse Controller felt this single Bronze Armored Zombie was enough to deal with the uninvited guests at the terminal.

The Bronze Armored Zombie's movements were slightly sluggish.

It took a full ten seconds to descend from the top of the bus.

This gave K the opportunity to adjust his direction, floor the accelerator, and ram fiercely toward it.

"Boom!"

With a deafening crash, the bus scraped against the vehicles beside it.

The front of the bus slammed into the Bronze Armored Zombie.

The windshield instantly shattered into a large patch of "snowflakes."

The driver's seat was crushed into a mangled mess.

Fortunately, K had been prepared and had "bailed out" before the collision occurred.

Mi Ke and Auntie Shufen, however, were sent tumbling about.

K crouched low, staring fixedly at the windshield that remained largely intact.

He extended a hand, a blue halo emerging as he prepared to use his skill.

Just then, the bus suddenly lurched backward.

K failed to maintain his balance, instinctively bracing his hands against the floor to keep from falling.

"Clatter."

The windshield collapsed, revealing the completely unscathed Bronze Armored Zombie.

K reached out once more, about to trigger his skill, aiming for the Bronze Armored Zombie's chest.

If he was lucky, it would be enough to slice the Bronze Armored Zombie in two.

K refused to believe this Bronze Armored Zombie was truly as sturdy as bronze or iron armor.

Before completing six missions and obtaining comprehensive enhancements, a God and Demon Walker was typically "high attack, low defense."

It was very easy to kill an opponent, but just as easy to be killed by one.

Seizing the initiative was extremely important in battle.

Of course, if the skills one possessed struggled to break through the enemy's defense, the situation would become incredibly awkward.

It was very easy to fall into a state of being at the mercy of others.

Just as K was about to strike.

A white shadow plummeted onto the front of the bus, pinning the Bronze Armored Zombie directly beneath it.

"You go, I'll handle this."

Tang Luo's voice rang out.

K paused, not yet having time to react.

He saw the monk, who had just pinned the Bronze Armored Zombie down, get sent flying to the left, slamming into a parallel bus with a loud boom.

The sound was no less intense than when K had driven the bus into the Bronze Armored Zombie moments before.

K caught a glimpse of the spot where the monk had collided with the bus; it had caved in, forming a shallow crater.

The Bronze Armored Zombie reappeared in K's line of sight.

But following a sharp, urgent ringing sound, the Bronze Armored Zombie ignored K inside the vehicle.

It turned slightly, lowered its center of gravity, and shifted its body, aiming its shoulder directly at Tang Luo.

It was a textbook stance for an Iron Mountain Lean.

A close-quarters technique from Baji Fist.

Gravel sprayed into the air, and K felt as though it wasn't a "person" charging forward, but a runaway semi-truck.

"BOOM!"

Another deafening roar erupted.

The parallel bus beside them was flipped over instantly, like a toy car in the hands of a destructive child.

It tumbled several times before slamming heavily into the ground.

Its wheels faced the sky, spinning under the moonlight, until one of them finally detached and rolled onto the pavement.

However, this attack, which possessed the force of a battering ram, did not truly land. A second before the impact, Tang Luo shifted his body to the side, successfully dodging it.

The Bronze Armored Zombie turned to "look" at the man who had evaded it.

With stiff, jerky movements, it charged at him in silence.

It was like a moving iron tower.

Tang Luo's movements, by contrast, were far more fluid and agile; he retreated, maintaining distance from the Bronze Armored Zombie.

He was playing it safe.

Stepping out of the vehicle, K watched under the moonlight as the monk in white began to circle the Bronze Armored Zombie.

Every strike from the Bronze Armored Zombie emitted a dull, whistling sound as it tore through the air.

Unfortunately, its speed was slightly lacking.

Tang Luo narrowly dodged every blow, even managing to launch counterattacks of his own.

Yet, when the monk's skill, Tathagata Palm, struck the Bronze Armored Zombie, it only produced a crisp clatter.

The Bronze Armored Zombie barely even swayed.

One could not land a hit, and the other could not break through the defense.

The situation immediately reached a stalemate.

Thanks to My Name is Actor, Red Sword, and Tyrannosaurus Journey for the tips!

There will be another update tonight; continuing to collect those soon-to-expire second-hand recommendation votes.