Sudden Appearance

"Hah!" Heming quickly dodged one of the advanced zombie's attacks. He had already figured out its attack pattern: aside from diagonal and horizontal slashes, it had no other moves.

The advanced zombie wasn't very fast, either. Even though it could charge a little, it wasn't much of a threat to Heming. The only troublesome thing was that it had iron blocks inside its body, making it impossible to cut off its arms or legs. He couldn't even sever its head. The only option was to cut it in half at the waist.

Heming moved slowly, waiting for the zombie to charge. As soon as it did, he'd have two seconds to cut through its waist from behind...

"Raaah!" The advanced zombie charged, swinging its chainsaw. Heming seized the moment and nimbly dodged the attack. Then, just as the zombie was about to turn around, he slashed it in half at the waist...

"Phew." Heming let out a long sigh. If this guy had come with a group of regular zombies, it wouldn't have been nearly as fun.

"Hey, Ming, hurry up!" Sheni was already getting anxious above. As soon as Heming finished the fight, she called for him to come up.

Heming pulled the chainsaw out of the advanced zombie and climbed back up. He definitely wouldn't jump down carelessly again. If he ran into another advanced zombie, he'd try using the chainsaw...

On the first floor, Heming and Sheni finally found sunlight through the ventilation duct. Heming checked the area, then jumped down. Zombie corpses were scattered everywhere. Perhaps someone had already escaped from upstairs.

"Sheni, don't come down. We've really got some luck—who knows what kind of dangerous thing this one is!" Heming only noticed after he landed that a red monster, much taller than him, was eating a zombie on the ground. It was probably much more powerful than an advanced zombie...

"Whoa, what is that? Ming, you'd better come back up!" Sheni couldn't see the Red Monster from where she was, but she could tell from Heming's tone that things were probably getting serious.

"It's too late. It's seen me. Stay up there!" Heming started up the chainsaw, ready to face the charging monster.

The Red Monster was humanoid, but it had no face. Its mouth was where a human's neck would be. It had arms and legs, and its long fingernails were clearly visible. Green liquid clung beneath its nails. If he wasn't mistaken, that had to be poison.

The Red Monster crawled toward him at high speed. Heming had been ready for it; he charged straight at it with the chainsaw.

The Red Monster suddenly stopped and spat out a mouthful of yellow liquid. At the same time, Heming threw the chainsaw. It passed through the poison and struck the Red Monster, tearing a deep gash in its body. Green liquid sprayed everywhere.

Seizing the moment, Heming rushed up to the monster and brought his blade down, chopping it in half. He didn't have to worry about getting infected by its blood. The game's instructions had made it very clear that it wasn't contagious.

"Sheni, you can come down now. Phew, that thing made me waste a chainsaw!" Heming said toward the vent as he took out the radio.

"Hello? Hello? This is Heming. This is Heming. Rie, Rie, can you hear me?"

"Heming... Heming... This is Rie... Go ahead..."

"I've encountered a completely new type of enemy. It's red and humanoid, and it attacks zombies. It moves very fast and can spit poison. Its claws are probably extremely dangerous weapons. Please be careful!"

"Understood... I'll let everyone here know..."

"Good. I'll keep moving, then. If possible, I'll get to you as soon as I can!"

"Mm... Be careful... Heming..."

"I know... I will..."

Heming put away the radio and looked at the Red Monster on the ground. He was about to check the chainsaw, but found that it had been corroded until hardly anything was left.

"Let's go. We'll head to the Gun Shop across the street first!" Heming checked the area and confirmed there were no other creatures around.

"It looks a little difficult to get outside right now..." Sheni could see the scene outside clearly from where she was.

Zombies wandered all over the street outside the building. Among them, a few seemed to be holding weapons. Even without chainsaws, cleavers and axes were dangerous enough.

"Looks like we can't go out. Let's see if there's a kitchen nearby. If it has gas canisters, we'll be in business!" Heming suggested searching for a kitchen.

Sheni immediately agreed. Along the way, she kept telling Heming how clever he was and how amazing he was...

The first floor seemed much quieter than upstairs. They only came across a few zombies along the way. Of course, Heming and Sheni were always extremely careful when fighting them. If a zombie bit you, there was only one path ahead: becoming a zombie...

The kitchen door was open. When Heming entered the kitchen, he immediately felt annoyed. Three advanced zombies carrying cleavers were wandering around inside. He handed the gun to Sheni, drew his Japanese sword, and charged.

Cleavers were definitely easier to deal with than chainsaws. If a Japanese sword clashed head-on with a chainsaw, the sword would definitely lose. But cleavers were different. As long as he picked the right moment, an advanced zombie wielding one of those short weapons could be cut in half...

Just as Heming had expected, he could practically take them out with one slash each. The three advanced zombies fell to the ground without posing any threat to him.

"Bang!" Sheni suddenly fired at the ceiling. Heming was startled and quickly moved away. He knew Sheni wouldn't fire for no reason. Shooting at the ceiling meant there was something up there.

"Ming, be careful! I hit it, but I don't know what it is!" Sheni shouted.

Heming looked around, but couldn't see any enemies. He found a corner and watched warily.

Sheni slowly moved toward Heming. When Heming had taken out the last zombie, she had clearly seen a spider about to attack him. In a moment of desperation, she had fired, but after being hit, the thing had disappeared.

"I saw it. Give me the gun, Sheni." Heming had noticed that transparent liquid was indeed dripping from the ceiling across from them...

Sheni tossed him the gun. Heming caught it and fired three shots in quick succession. The bullets hit the transparent monster directly. It let out a low cry and fell, revealing its true form: a green spider. Yes, it was definitely a spider, though the two fangs beside its mouth were a little longer than usual.

At the sight of the thing, Heming immediately took out the radio.

"Rie, Rie, this is Heming."

"Heming... I hear you... We're fighting off a large horde of zombies... Just tell me what you need to say..."

"I've found another new type of enemy. It's an insect—a spider. The thing to watch out for is that it turns invisible when it moves, only revealing its true form when it attacks people. You can take it out easily with a gun!"

"Okay... Got it... Be careful..."

Heming put away the radio, handed the gun to Sheni, and started searching for gas canisters. The kitchen wasn't large. There was a cold storage room inside, but Heming didn't go in. He was worried that some other monster might be waiting inside, which wouldn't be fun.

There were four gas canisters in all. Heming carried them one by one into the hall...

Now they had to figure out how to get the gas canisters outside...

What if they cleared the second floor and threw them down from there? Maybe that would work...

"This is the Broadcast Station. There are seven of us here. Zombies have us surrounded. If possible, we hope someone with decent weapons will come rescue us. We have a working vehicle here."

"None of us have any weapons, and we can't defend ourselves for much longer. If possible, we hope someone will come rescue us soon."

"Repeat..."

"Ah... What is that?... Watch out, it's behind you..."

"Oh my god... We're done for... They can fly..."

The broadcast ended. Those people were probably already dead, but at least everyone now knew about another entirely new kind of enemy...