Zuo Feng's old face instantly flushed red. It was too embarrassing. The last time, a Tank Zombie was sent spinning and jumping, then stomped on by a zombie's big foot, which he didn't know if it had athlete's foot; now he was being dragged along by a Six Horizontal Bars zombie. Without attack skills, even with a-grade metal gauntlets, he was still a weak attacker. Was he destined to go further and further down the path of a meat shield?
He wanted attack skills!
The dark sea of fire caused by the chi re crystal continued to burn, and everyone quickly recovered their abilities during this rare lull.
During this time, Lu Zhuoyan brought potions that could accelerate ability recovery. Zuo Feng accepted them but did not take them. Now, no matter what potion, he dared not take it, nor would he let the girls take it, until it was thoroughly researched.
But what no one noticed was that during the fierce battle, a blood shadow with five vertical bars on its brow quietly swept past the edge, directly entering the city wall;
The blood shadow entered the city like a ghost, traceless. No one in the fierce battle noticed its entry.
Most of the Mutants in the city were fighting outside the city walls. Only a small number of ordinary soldiers remained to guard the city, along with two Mutant teams responsible for patrolling, and the remaining forty to fifty thousand ordinary survivors…
The blood shadow had a child-sized body, surrounded by a faint blood mist. Under the blood-red moonlight, the blood shadow merged with its surroundings.
Without careful observation, it was difficult to detect the blood shadow's presence.
It quietly moved through the alleys, like a silent ghost. Some lone survivors didn't even react before being engulfed by the blood mist, instantly turning into mummies.
The blood shadow moved swiftly, hunting without any specific target, solely to satisfy its thirst for blood.
The blood shadow's slaughter quickly attracted the attention of the soldiers stationed in the city, but when they saw the blood shadow, they felt only an invisible fear. The five blood-red vertical bars made these ordinary soldiers tremble. Even though they were ordinary people, they knew that the five vertical bars on the ground represented the identity of this zombie—a five-vertical-bar Mutant Zombie! An existence no weaker than a Six Horizontal Bars zombie.
Instantaneously, scattered gunfire and alarms rose and fell. Though terrified, the soldiers still fought desperately, bullets pouring out like rain, yet finding it difficult to hit the ghost-like blood shadow.
The blood shadow moved freely through the hail of bullets, leaving a mummy with every strike. A team of dozens of people left more than ten mummies in place within a mere minute. Blood mist permeated the air, filled with the scent of death.
Unfortunately, the soldiers' gunfire was drowned out by the fierce battle outside, and even those nearby failed to notice the tragic scene.
The blood shadow continued to rampage through the city, and wherever it went, life vanished.
The blood shadow's nostrils constantly twitched; as long as there were living people nearby, no matter how well hidden, they could not escape its perception.
As the blood shadow continued its slaughter, the patrolling Mutant team finally noticed the anomaly.
They quickly gathered and rushed to the scene. Looking at the mummies everywhere, the Mutants' faces were grim. The blood shadow's killing speed was simply too fast; in just twenty minutes, a rough estimate put the number of survivors who had fallen victim at over a hundred.
And the death toll was still rising sharply. The Mutants quickly tracked the blood shadow's killing trail, but found that the blood shadow was as elusive as a ghost. Each appearance was accompanied by new screams.
By the time they rushed to the source of a scream, another scream would erupt elsewhere. Their tracking speed couldn't even keep up with the blood shadow's killing speed. The Mutants were burning with anxiety because the blood shadow's route was approaching a survivor gathering point, where at least 2,000 survivors resided.
The Mutants knew that once the blood shadow entered the gathering point, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The leading Mutant immediately stopped hesitating, no longer tracking the screams, but instead led his team directly to the gathering point, blocking the blood shadow's path into it. They gripped their weapons tightly, holding their breath, ready for battle.
Finally, after several tens of minutes, the blood shadow's figure flickered in the moonlight, slowly approaching.
When they saw the zombie with the blood-red vertical bars, the Mutants felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar; a five-vertical-bar Mutant Zombie! No team in the entire Huo Yao Base, except for the leader, could deal with it! Even the leader would need the cooperation of other Mutants to kill it.
"Pigeon, run! Go quickly and notify the leader, a five-vertical-bar Mutant Zombie has entered the city!"
The leading Mutant urgently ordered a petite girl.
Upon hearing this, the girl nodded with tears in her eyes, a pair of white wings suddenly unfolded behind her, transforming into a white light that shot into the sky, heading straight for the city wall.
She did not hesitate. Of the two teams, only she could fly and escape the blood shadow's pursuit. As for the Mutants left behind, she knew they had prepared for sacrifice.
And she also had to bring the message to the leader, otherwise, the entire base would face annihilation.
"Haha! Brothers, let's die together!"
A wild laugh echoed in the night sky. The leading Mutant raised his weapon high, his eyes flashing with determination. The other Mutants also raised their weapons, roaring in unison. They knew they were doomed. What they had to do now was to buy time, to secure a chance of survival for the base.
Even if—they could delay it for one more second, it would be good!
Instantly, the Mutants erupted with full power, radiating light, and collided head-on with the blood shadow, causing a surge of air currents.......
The girl flying in the air looked back, her eyes blurred with tears, witnessing her comrades charge forward without hesitation, her heart aching.
She bit her red lips, wiped away the tears from her eyes, and accelerated the flapping of her wings, transforming into a meteor, piercing through the night sky. In just five minutes, she flew onto the city wall, in front of Lu Zhuoyan, trying to keep her voice from faltering:
"Leader, a five-vertical-bar Mutant Zombie has entered the city, slaughtering indiscriminately. Our captain and the others have already engaged it, and now... they're probably gone."
After reporting, tears once again streamed from the girl's eyes.
Lu Zhuoyan's face changed dramatically, his fists clenched, but in the distance, the black flames that had been blocking the last wave of the zombie horde were slowly extinguishing. The decisive battle was about to begin.
Lu Zhuoyan knew that the decisive battle would be the most tragic. The five-vertical-bar zombie in the city, apart from Zuo Feng and the women, no one could kill it alone. However, during the decisive battle, everyone had to go all out, making it impossible to pull Zuo Feng and the women away.
If even one of Zuo Feng or the women were withdrawn, and it led to the failure of the decisive battle, everyone in the city would die, and Huo Yao Base would cease to exist.
But if they weren't withdrawn, the city's zombies would cause immense casualties. Yet, he had no choice now; saving a few people versus the probabilistic saving of an entire city, he had to make a decision.
There could be no slightest mistake in the decisive battle. Lu Zhuoyan took a deep breath, his eyes slightly red: "You stay too, and fight together!"
Lu Zhuoyan had made his decision. All he could do now was to end this decisive battle as quickly as possible. The shorter the battle, the shorter the time the city's zombies would rampage, and the fewer casualties there would be.
He gripped his weapon, his gaze like a torch, and roared, "Everyone prepare! The decisive battle is here, end the fight as quickly as possible!"
"Fight! Fight! Fight!" The soldiers on the city wall responded in unison, their blood boiling, gripping their weapons tightly, their eyes flashing with resolute light.
The blood-red moonlight illuminated their resolute faces, as if every figure had transformed into an unyielding statue cast in blood.
Zuo Feng, standing beside Lu Zhuoyan, naturally heard their conversation, but he couldn't help Lu Zhuoyan make a choice. Now that Lu Zhuoyan had made his decision, Zuo Feng could only sigh silently. All he could do was try to make the battle end faster.
"girls! Be careful, end the battle as quickly as possible!" Zuo Feng turned and ordered Firefly and the other women.......
At this moment, the sound of artillery boomed, deafening—the decisive battle had begun!