webnovelfull Chapter 220 Level 9 Zombie Zhao Qi
Chapter 220 Level 9 Zombie Zhao Qi
Thanks to Lu Yuan's exoskeleton shield, the seven people not only escaped unharmed, but the sudden burst of fire also stunned Yang Xiao and Zhong Qiang, directly triggering their support-type abilities. Everyone felt incredibly powerful.
With Lin Yun's hurricane-like power, Ji Lang's snowstorm transformed into a blizzard, battling against the flames behind the protective shield. Pei Sihao, guided by Gu Nanfeng's psychic abilities, also unleashed his water-based powers in tandem with his lightning.
Behind the protective shield, there was a fierce storm of wind, snow, thunder, and lightning. Before long, it was obvious that the surrounding temperature dropped, but the fire attack from the other side did not stop completely and continued to burn as if it didn't care about its own life.
“It’s a level nine fire-type zombie,” Gu Nanfeng said.
"Level 9 fire element?" When Ji Lang and Lin Yun came last time, although they didn't see any high-level zombies in the research institute, they sensed a few. They weren't sure, but they probably weren't lightning or fire elemental zombies.
"Is it a new high-level zombie?" Lin Yun and Ji Lang thought the same thing. This was not any of the high-level zombies they had sensed before.
"Just kill them!" Lu Yuan clearly felt the pressure on the protective shield decrease, and the "anger" on the other side should have subsided. He completely ignored the reactions of the others, quickly retracted the protective shield, and the mechs on his hands immediately transformed into two cannon-like objects.
With the speed boost from the mecha, Lu Yuan, fully armed, charged out, unstoppable. Just as Gu Nanfeng and Ji Lang were about to chase after him to help, they heard a loud "boom" in the distance. Thick smoke then covered their already dim lights, and even Gu Nanfeng and Pei Sihao, who were very close, could only make out a tiny bit of light between each other's hands.
"Holy crap, does Lu Yuan have a violent gene?" Yang Xiao waved his hand, trying to dispel the thick gray-black smoke in front of him, but it was no use.
"boom!"
Another loud noise rang out, and Ji Lang even felt the ground shake. He was worried that Lu Yuan, being reckless, might destroy the entire underground laboratory of the research institute.
"Come here!" The shaking of the ground stopped, and Lu Yuan's voice came from afar, along with the faint flickering of lights.
Upon hearing Lu Yuan's call, Yang Xiao ran towards the light without a second thought, and Zhong Qiang followed without hesitation. This left the highly vigilant Ji Lang and Gu Nanfeng looking at each other in bewilderment amidst the black smoke.
With a helpless sigh, the four of them could only move forward in the direction of Lu Yuan's swaying lights.
As Lin Yun walked, he used his wind-based abilities to try and disperse the black smoke as quickly as possible. Pei Sihao also sprayed water vapor to wash the smoke and dust in the air to the ground. By the time they got close to Lu Yuan, they could vaguely see the figures of the three people in front of them.
"Why is Zhao Qi here?" Ji Lang asked as he approached, hearing Yang Xiao's questioning voice. He and Lin Yun quickened their pace and ran over.
Because their destination was the third basement level of the research institute's underground laboratory, once the fire door opened, they were currently in the corridor on the third basement level. After the black smoke dissipated, Gu Nanfeng and Pei Sihao found themselves standing in front of a closed laboratory door.
"Zhao Qi has become a zombie?" Ji Lang and Lin Yun were both shocked when they saw the zombie corpse on the ground. Zhao Qi was a level nine ability user. They had been saved by Zhao Qi before, but now he had become a level nine zombie here.
"Is this the former rescue team leader from the North China base you were talking about?" Pei Sihao squatted in front of Zhao Qi's corpse. He was now used to cleaning up the battlefield, so when he saw a zombie corpse, he would instinctively go over to retrieve the crystal.
"Watch out!" Gu Nanfeng had barely finished speaking when he saw the corpse, which had been lying motionless on the ground, raise its arm again and attack Pei Sihao's face.
"Holy crap!" Pei Sihao stared at the zombie hand in front of him. Although the later zombies didn't have the same look of being covered in rotten blood and flesh as the early ones, the dry skin clinging to the bones was still quite frightening.
"It's alright, it's alright." Yang Xiao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the raised arm had only moved slightly, and comforted Pei Sihao, who was still in a daze.
"Hmm." Pei Sihao didn't want to admit that he was really scared, but he didn't have time to do anything else, so he could only nod, stand up and take a few steps back.
"I'll do it." Lu Yuan walked over and squatted down beside Zhao Qi's corpse, beginning to remove the crystals with his bare hands. After all, he was wearing a mecha suit, which was far more defensive than the others' protective suits, so he had nothing to be afraid of.
As Zhao Qi's skull fractured, Lu Yuan removed its viscous brain tissue. The substance looked extremely disgusting. Fortunately, everyone was wearing protective suits, so they couldn't smell the strange odor. The visual stimulation alone was tolerable after so long in the apocalypse, but if any of them were foolish enough to remove their protective masks, they would probably become the first person in this apocalypse to die from the stench.
Pei Sihao instinctively used his water-based superpower, rushing towards the tissue in Lu Yuan's hand. Unexpectedly, the thing twitched twice. It turns out that the brain tissue of high-level zombies is active, which is why they possess a certain level of intelligence. Therefore, the higher the zombie's level, the more active its brain tissue, and the higher its intelligence.
After washing away the viscous brain tissue, what appeared in Lu Yuan's hand was a bright red crystal about the size of his palm. The flames in the center of the crystal were dazzlingly bright. Unfortunately, none of them had fire-type abilities, so they couldn't absorb the level nine crystal immediately.
It's possible that because Zhao Qi, a level nine zombie, died here, it attracted some mid-to-high-level zombies who wanted to become stronger. However, when they saw Lu Yuan and the others in the corridor, they didn't dare to go forward. So, the situation they had seen before was once again formed, with many zombies secretly observing them from outside the fire doors on both sides.
"I can't refuse the crystals they gave me." Compared to the Lu Yuan of the past, this Lu Yuan is not only violent, but also quite resourceful. When he saw the zombies spying on him outside the fire doors on both sides, he directly controlled his mecha to stretch out his hands to both sides, and two streams of blue-purple energy shot out towards the fire doors on both sides.
When the two blue-purple lights dissipated, there were two net-like objects shimmering with blue light on the ground on both sides, each containing dozens of zombies lying motionless on the ground.
Under Lu Yuan's control, the light net returned to their feet. The other zombies outside the protective doors that weren't caught in the net had long since disappeared.
Lu Yuan shook his head with some regret, then looked up at the other four people with offensive abilities and asked, "Should you guys do it or should I?"
"I'll do it." After Ji Lang finished speaking, he froze all the zombies on the ground. Then Gu Nanfeng struck down with several bolts of lightning, and the crystals were directly knocked out. Compared to Lu Yuan taking them out with his bare hands, it didn't look so disgusting.
Pei Sihao and Lin Yun cleaned up the battlefield again. Although there weren't many crystals, they were mostly level five or six zombie crystals, which were of very good quality.