Chapter 257: High risk high reward

Chapter 257: High risk high reward

The giant roar reverberated throughout the entire battlefield. A golden figure crossed the battlefield and came to Ye Zhongming. It pounced onto the level three zombie right when it was about to hit Ye Zhongming. The two of them rolled into the zombie horde.

They saw a dozen sharp metal spikes rise from where the golden dog landed. Zombies around were all pierced by these golden spikes. That level three zombie also had its head pierced and died right away.

Ye Zhongming’s full-strength strike also stabbed the Throat Locker's eye through the wound that the Fang Beast Cavalry and the Osmium giant had created.

The friction sound of metal was very unbearable. Ye Zhongming felt tremendous pressure from Moon Edge. He hollered. His right hand wasn’t too good, so he used his arm to push the blade handle.

The Throat Locker cried out. Its two tentacles struggled intensely. Xia Bai and Sister Rong couldn’t control them, and those two tentacles broke free.

Right before it died, the Throat Locker tried to use its arms to hold the blade stuck into its face. Its two tentacles stabbed Ye Zhongming like a pair of venomous snakes.

It felt like it could still turn the tides. At the very least, it could take Ye Zhongming with it.

But Throat Locker suddenly felt like the human was smiling at it. It then felt like something had wrapped around its tentacles. Although it was just a moment, it was enough for it to die.

Its brain hurt and it lost its last connection with this world.

The two tentacles that broke free from the vines that Ye Zhongming used Activate to grow still had some strength and whipped toward Ye Zhongming. Park Xiuying used Diamond Shield, and they slapped onto the translucent shield. The shield dimmed, but it didn’t disappear.

The zombie cries, and shouts stopped. The humans were also quiet. The battlefield was like a pulled band, and both sides tried to see who couldn’t hold on. That band broke when their core level four Throat Locker was killed.

After two seconds of shock, the zombie horde roared. But the difference was that this roar was one of panic, helplessness... Fear.

Although these zombies had some intellect, they were very direct beings. They naturally felt that they would also die since their strongest zombie was killed.

The horde was in a period of chaos.

Those regular zombies that weren’t intelligent and were out of control continued to attack the humans due to instincts. As for those level two and three zombies, they started to flee.

Many survivors were shocked. Since the start of the apocalypse, these disgusting things were the ones that chased humans. When were they were ones chasing them?

Moreover, Ye Zhongming’s killing raised their morale. The humans who were of the age were now filled with fighting spirit. The zombies were massacred. Many evolved surrounded a level three zombie and slashed at it.

Ye Zhongming stepped on the corpse of the Throat Locker. Enormous energy surged into his body through the Blood Stepping boots to heal his injuries.

He had never absorbed the energy of a level four lifeform, so this speed surprised him.

The battle situation slowly cleared up. Although the humans used most of their bullets, they were filled with courage. They were lining up to kill the zombies. The close to a thousand zombies in the base wasn’t a threat to the humans, whose morale was at its peak.

The evolved chased the high-level zombies. They might collapse from exhaustion if they stopped, but now they were shouting out in excitement.

The level two and three zombies split up as they fled, meaning they lost their numbers advantage. Yellow Ball, who had evolved to level three, used its new talent skill to kill many of them. As long as it pounced in front of them, the spikes would kill them.

The core members helped each other and held back the high-level zombies for Yellow Ball so that this golden dog that was the height of a mature human could get the final kills.

Ye Zhongming’s injuries healed quickly, and in just ten minutes, he was half-recovered. He held his blade and returned to the battlefield.

His addition announced the collapse of the horde.

The survivors cheered when Yellow Ball and Ye Zhongming killed the final level three zombie.

Everyone knew how tough this victory was. Everyone knew what this meant. They also knew that the path in the future was different.

Many of them lay on the ground covered in blood and corpses and fell asleep. Many of them fainted, and even more of them just sat there in a trance. They thought about many things; they recalled many people. It was as if a whole life had passed. They realized that this was the apocalypse...

Hungry Tiger Cavalry and Sha Sha’s Battle Squad came over to care for the tired soldiers. They even moved them to medical zones set up by Liu Zhenghong. They knew that Cloud Peak was going to clear up the battlefield. The corpses from the villa to the foot of the mountain were the true fortune.

“Store the high-level zombie corpses; I need samples.” Liu Zhenghong said to Ye Zhongming. “Especially the level three and the level four throat locker. Before I study them, you don’t touch them.”

Ye Zhongming nodded. This monster scientist was bold this time, and she was covered in blood. Who knew how many injuries she had suffered? n0veLusb.c0m

The core members, Lu Yi, Tang Tian, etc. members who could still move, started to clear the battlefield. The main target was naturally the demon crystals of the high-level zombies; then it was those regular crystals. As for the vast number of corpses, they could only deal with them bit by bit. It would probably take a few days.

Just digging the crystals took them until dusk. A dozen bags of crystals were placed on the table, and everyone was astonished.

Xia Lei dragged an arm that couldn’t move. After eating dinner, she sent all of them to Ye Zhongming.

“Let’s talk about losses first.”

Xia Lei sighed, “We suffered huge losses, “? of them died or were injured.”

Ye Zhongming’s eyes twitched when he heard that. ?... That was a tough victory.

“This didn’t include Hungry Tiger Cavalry and Sha Sha’s Battle Squad. They also lost half of their team.”

These two teams didn’t have to defend like them, so their losses were slightly lesser. But overall, they were on the verge of collapse.

Park Xiuying used the green necklace to heal some mental energy. Seeing Xia Lei like this, she started to use the Gentle Chain to recover her arm.

“We have less than 200 normal members and only 40 evolved. Some of them have permanent injuries and can’t heal.”

The people in the meeting were all mentally prepared, but they still sighed when they heard the exact numbers. The losses were too huge.

“Many people died. Xiang Tao, Mo Mo, Jia Yi, etc all sacrificed.”

The air in the room froze. The base that was just being built was half destroyed this time.

“Let’s talk about gains then. We got 22500 level one crystal, 385 level two crystals, 31 level three, and one level four crystal.”

Xia Lei kept silent for a moment before saying with excitement.

“After Ye Zhongming killed the Throat Locker, the high-level zombies started to flee. Level two ones were still okay, and most were killed. The level three zombies were too strong, and apart from Zhongming and Yellow Ball, only Xia Bai could hold them back. Although Mo Ye, Little Tiger, etc., tried to kill, ten ran.”

Xia Lei felt regretful. The core members knew the ten zombies that fled meant they lost one chance to spin the level three wheel.

To Ye Zhongming, level one and two crystals weren’t too important. The level three ones were the most important. As long as he had enough of them, he could immediately become three stars.

“That is it. All that remains are the two teams that haven’t left.” Xia Lei looked at Ye Zhongming and said, “Young Master Yun is waiting for you outside.”