When [ Zhongde ]'s fist slammed into the Blood Corpse's face, he seemed to understand why Gray had turned into half a bucket.
Unlike traditional zombies or zombie-like creatures, Blood Corpse retain some traits such as photophobia and irrationality, but their bodies do not reach such a high level of decay.
Apart from the wound site where the everted internal tissues are visible, there are almost no signs of decay elsewhere.
Although these monsters' bodies have undergone varying degrees of Aberration, their skin has become taut as it turns pale and gray, and their muscles have become even firmer, as if they were wearing a bodysuit.
The spiked fist slammed down, causing the Blood Corpse's nose to collapse and one eye socket to cave in, but its body did not lose its balance, and its other eye was still locked on [ Zhongde ]'s neck.
Despite the battle cry being forcibly interrupted by a heavy punch, the Blood Corpse's claws still slashed towards the human's neck, completely disregarding the impending barrage of blows and its own life or death.
Seeing the monster's madness, Zhongde also felt a surge of anger.
If I'm timid and submissive in the real world, what's the point of coming to the game world if I'm also timid and submissive?
Completely ignoring the sharp claws that slashed across his neck, [ Zhongde ] opened his left hand, which was covered in spiked arm armor, and clamped it directly around the Blood Corpse's neck. His right hand, Alienation into a triangular pyramid, suddenly pierced into the Blood Corpse's temple and stirred it violently.
The Blood Corpse's brain was destroyed, and its entire body instantly lost control, collapsing limply to the ground.
At the same time, [ Zhongde ] felt as if a brand had been branded onto his body or soul, and three different debuffs appeared in his status bar at that moment.
After tossing the monster's corpse aside, [ Zhongde ] rubbed his neck with his right forearm and found that his sleeve was covered in bright red blood.
Watching the health bar on the panel steadily decrease, [ Zhongde ] tried to shout something but found that his trachea seemed to have been slashed by sharp claws, and he could only make a very faint sound with all his might.
In the real world, his life would surely be on a countdown right now, but this is World of Disorder, and as long as he stays calm, there are countless ways to survive.
[ Zhongde ] retreated behind [ Brain Bling ], quickly pulled a Vine Bandage Pack from his waist pocket with his left hand, and squeezed it to activate it.
The activated vines, like a toy he could knead and shape at will, were spread out into a flat, long strip in [ Zhongde's] hands, and then slapped onto the still bleeding neck.
The body, whose main attribute was [ Plant Compatibility ], quickly combined with the active plant tissue. The artery that was just bleeding was instantly blocked, and the leak in the trachea was also completely sealed. [ Zhongde ] regained his ability to speak, and the [Bleeding] debuff disappeared.
He glanced at the other two newly added debuffs, not having time to read their contents, only noticing the names [ Corpse Poison) ] and [ Blood Curse--Antos ].
Before he could think further, another Blood Corpse had already crossed the battle line of his three teammates and pounced on [ Zhongde ].
Zhongde casually stuffed the remaining vine bandages into his pocket, then brandished his weapon and rejoined the battlefield.
The vanguard of the Blood Corpse numbered about thirty or forty; they appeared to be the more agile members of the Blood Corpse. The remaining Blood Corpse were still on their way to join the battle.
Even if the four who arrived at the battlefield first were highly skilled, they were still just Low Tier warriors.
As the surrounding Blood Corpse slowly enveloped them, the four began to struggle to keep up.
Because they possess human-like thinking abilities, these players are capable of one-on-one or even one-on-two battles.
However, the Blood Corpse perfectly embodied the phrase "magical medieval biohazard" at this moment, as the four of them fought and retreated, their positions becoming increasingly loose.
Seeing the Teleportation Tree right behind him, [ Zhongde ] gritted his teeth and shouted:
"We can't retreat now. It takes a few seconds to adjust after being teleported here. If we're positioned further back than that tree, the teleportation point will become a food serving area!"
The three roommates were startled upon hearing this, only then realizing that it had taken them several breaths to recover from the out-of-body sensation after the teleportation ended.
If the Blood Corpse surround the Teleportation Tree and turn it into a food outlet, that's a minor issue. But if they completely block the Teleportation Tree, then the teleportation point will become completely ineffective.
But what can we do if we can't get a refund?
[ Enemy from the Sky ] loudly asked [ Zhongde ]:
"I can't hold on any longer, what do we do?!"
[ Zhongde ] parried the Blood Corpse's claws, and as he glanced at the watchtower at the edge of his field of vision, a plan suddenly formed in his mind:
"Hurry up the tower!"
He shouted, pushed away the Blood Corpse that were gnawing and biting at him, and climbed up the watchtower in front of him on all fours to meet up with the remaining three.
The three roommates, having joined the game relatively late, always followed the advice of the veteran player [ Zhongde ]. When they heard him tell them to go up the tower, the three of them didn't have time to think much and broke away from the close combat, climbing the wooden ladder of the watchtower one after another.
Zhongde stood at the highest point and reached down to help them. Soon, the four of them squeezed into the small watchtower.
The Blood Corpse below followed suit, and because they also had a similar human-like structure, they began to climb the wooden ladder in the crowd.
This scene made the four people above breathe a sigh of relief—they weren't afraid of monsters climbing the tower, but they were afraid of monsters not following the rules.
Although the four of them are now surrounded by Blood Corpse, they haven't allowed the enemy to block the Teleportation Tree. Losing a defensive tower is better than being trapped in the fountain and killed...
The four firmly believed that as long as they persisted long enough, reinforcements would surely arrive.
As for now, the Blood Corpse choosing to climb the tower and attack isn't necessarily a bad thing for them, because there's an old saying in another world, "High ground attacks low ground, attack the enemy's base."
"Damn it, this is a zombie apocalypse!"
[ Add Ice Fiercely ] kicked away the Blood Corpse's hand that was gripping the top of the watchtower, but due to inertia, most of his body fell off. Fortunately, the two people next to him reacted quickly and pulled him back to a safe position.
Thinking back to the scene where he had just locked eyes with the Blood Corpse, [ Add Ice Fiercely ]'s voice trembled slightly with excitement:
"I actually got to play a fully immersive zombie apocalypse game, it was so awesome!"
"Stop having fun, come over here and help!"
[ Brain Bling ] An anxious shout came:
"Holy crap, what is that big guy doing?!"
The three kicked aside the Blood Corpse beside them and looked towards the edge of the woods.
"Where is it... Oh no, it's going to crash into the tower!"