Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse-Chapter 398 - The Newly Transformed Zombie Horde
Chapter 398: Chapter 398: The Newly Transformed Zombie Horde
Chapter 398 -398: The Newly Transformed Zombie Horde
Lian Jiyue wasn’t surprised by Mao Qiqi’s actions, but Ren Yingjie and the others in the car behind were startled by her.
They had always thought that Su Jin’s cousin was just a compliant and sensible little girl and had never expected that she could actually kill zombies?!
And that girl Su Jin, it turned out she wasn’t only capable of controlling man-eating flowers—her wood element ability to manipulate vines and wooden spikes could so effortlessly kill a whole group of zombies.
Moreover, her wood element ability seemed to be able to morph into anything: sometimes it was a shield, sometimes a large net, and sometimes even a path hanging midair?!
“It’s incredible, just incredible, even better than movie special effects,”
Tan Yiran couldn’t help but clap his hands, finally understanding why the base had assigned this group to find them; indeed, it wasn’t about quantity, but quality!
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The few of them were watching Su Jin and her group fight for the first time. Pei Yuan’s eyes sparkled, and at that moment, they seemed like the hope of the apocalypse, continually battling and fighting amidst the gruesome and filthy throngs of zombies.
To conserve her energy, Su Jin began taking out the zombies from atop the vehicle. Her special ability power hardly seemed to diminish as the vines wove nimbly through the horde of zombies.
On the left side of the car was Lu Hao, who had also drawn his Tang Sword. As he swung his fire-engulfed sword, several zombie heads soared into the sky.
In front of him was a circle of fire wall about half a meter high. Although the wall wasn’t high, any zombies that tried to get close and touched the flames would be engulfed in seconds, becoming a human-high flame before reducing to a pile of ash.
On the other side of the vehicle were Lin Xiuyuan and Nie Qing, who had now learned to work together effectively.
Lin Xiuyuan conjured up an ice wall bristling with ice spikes. Each spike, sharp as a knife, could easily penetrate the skulls of zombies.
Nie Qing attacked the masses of zombies towards the ice wall with wind balls. The wind balls shoved throngs of zombies onto the ice wall, where sharp ice spikes pierced their heads, rendering the group of zombies immobile.
Seeing the effectiveness, Lin Xiuyuan created several more walls along the roadside. Even if any zombies slipped through, Nie Qing’s wind blades would accurately slice them apart.
Su Jin and her group hadn’t fought this freely and vigorously for a long time; they realized that they didn’t need to watch over Mao Qiqi anymore. Not only was she capable on her own, but Lian Jiyue also protected her flawlessly without interfering in her killing of the zombies.
Lin Xiuyuan, who had previously thought Lian Jiyue could only eat, had to admit, the food they’d fed him wasn’t wasted; at least his cousin was now happily slaughtering zombies by his side.
Six people, four man-eating flowers, and the slowly diminishing horde of zombies…
Although Ren Yingjie and his companions were eager to help out, they didn’t know how to kill zombies, so they could only silently cheer for the others from inside the vehicle.
It was the first time Su Jin and the others faced such a large swarm of zombies, and they had thought it would be tough. But they found it wasn’t as difficult as they had imagined.
The most important thing was that there weren’t any especially high-level zombies among them. Additionally, they all noticed that these zombies appeared to be freshly turned; many of the ordinary zombies didn’t even have a crystal core formed in their skulls yet.
Many of the mutated zombies weren’t entirely pale either; Su Jin could tell at a glance that these mutants had also transformed from special ability users.
How could there be so many people turning into zombies?
They had taken this road on their way here and, although it wasn’t completely clear, they could easily push through; so many newly formed zombies had to mean a large number of people in a certain place.
Could it be?
Su Jin thought of a place.
Freedom Dawn Base?!
This location wasn’t far from Freedom Dawn Base. If there were zombies ahead, it was very likely that they were from that place.
Lu Hao had the same thought, and everyone was curious whether these zombies were indeed formed from people inside that base.
If so, the road ahead might not be easy.
With over five thousand zombies, the group had already taken care of most of them, with corpses littering the sides of the road.
Su Jin had begun not only to kill the zombies but also to sweep the corpses near Lin Xiuyuan and Lian Jiyue to a unified spot with vines; otherwise, there wouldn’t even be a place to step.
On Lu Hao’s side, it was somewhat better; many zombies were reduced to ashes under his Special Ability Fire.
“They’ve been fighting for over an hour now; could they be tired?”
Fang Zhengyang asked worriedly, recalling their research institute’s understanding of Special Ability Users. Using one’s Special Ability was taxing, and the Special Ability Users they had seen would usually be exhausted after just half an hour of continuous use.
Yet these people had been releasing their abilities on a large scale without a moment’s rest; he truly worried someone would collapse from fatigue.
Concerned for Lin Xiuyuan and the others, Su Jin asked, “Do you want to rest in the car for a while?”
If they rested in the car, they’d only need a few minutes to recuperate a good while in the Space.
And indeed, Lin Xiuyuan was very tired. His Special Ability power dissipated faster than the others’, and he had consecutively created many ice walls. So, feeling his discomfort, he agreed to Su Jin’s suggestion.
“Lin family boy, you go first; I’ll hold on a bit longer,”
Nie Qing said while unleashing a tornado.
“Alright, Uncle Nie, I’ll come to relieve you in a bit,”
Lin Xiuyuan didn’t delay a minute and dashed into the car to seek refuge in the Space. One minute outside was ten minutes inside, and he couldn’t afford to waste that.
Nie Qing continued to push the zombies towards the ice wall left by Lin Xiuyuan, while Su Jin, in addition to dealing with the incessant horde of incoming zombies, extended a couple of vines to help Nie Qing.
The group took turns resting in the car for five to six minutes each, and when they emerged, the fatigue on their faces had significantly lessened.
However, Su Jin had not rested at all, as her Special Ability was being drained continuously but her physical exhaustion was minimal due to her long-range attacks on the zombies. Moreover, her four Man-eating Flowers replenished her special ability power incessantly.
“Sister Xiao Jin, there are still many zombies coming this way!”
Mao Qiqi yelled from behind Lian Jiyue. She was also getting tired and was about to rest in the car when she noticed something unusual up ahead.
More?!
Su Jin and the others were increasingly convinced that these zombies had escaped from the Freedom Dawn Base.
It looked like a tough battle was ahead today.
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In an abandoned, dilapidated building, a man stood on the rooftop, looking through his binoculars at the distant flames and collision sounds. He scratched his already bird’s-nest-like disheveled hair with a shamefaced expression.
“It’s all my fault for drawing those zombies onto the road; now they must be pestering others again. I wonder if it’s too late for me to go and draw them away,”
said the man, filled with regret.
