"Shit!"
As he stared at the thing called the 'Corpse King,' Tao Yu's resentment nearly materialized.
Although he didn't know where the test subject got its clothes from, the thing was thoroughly a textbook zombie!
Luckily, Tao Yu was quite the fan of Uncle Nine's films, and though he hadn't brought any glutinous rice or ink brushes, as soon as he saw the zombie sniffing around, he immediately held his breath and used the speed enhanced by Shadow Evasion to retreat quickly.
As expected, the zombie just stood there and made no further movements.
Reaching the end of the corridor, which turned into a T-junction, Tao Yu backed up against the wall and pulled out the Warlord's Sidearm, before squeezing the trigger without hesitation.
Bang!
The bullet, accompanied by a flash of fire, had just left the barrel when the zombie, which had been standing in front of the metal door, noticed Tao Yu. Its stiff legs kicked off the ground and its whole body shot towards Tao Yu like a cannonball!
Its raised arms were like harpoons!
The force, the burst of speed—it was all too visible, even within the slowed perception of Bullet Time.
Though not as fast as a bullet, it was quicker than both Cao Shaolin and the Scaled Kirin!
With erupting force combined with the acceleration used during Bullet Time, Tao Yu anticipated the zombie's trajectory and began sidestepping while continuously pulling the trigger.
He let the bullets, which distorted the air as they flew, shoot one after another at the lurching zombie.
And his main target was its eyes!
Thwack~
Even a zombie's eyes couldn't withstand the impact of Tao Yu's Warlord's Sidearm.
With the trajectory modified by Basic Shooting - Modified, all of Tao Yu's shots hit their mark!
They also carried the inherent mental shock.
In theory, this should have been a perfect start.
But Tao Yu, still in the midst of Bullet Time, felt a sinking feeling in his heart.
The mental attack that came with his Basic Shooting - Modified hadn't shown the slightest effect for the first time!
Not just the mental shock—the zombie that got shot in the eye seemed unfazed, its expression as stiff and unchanged as before.
The oncoming figure wasn't swayed in the slightest!
It was as if what had entered its eyes were not bullets, but less than mosquitoes!
Fortunately, Tao Yu had been evading in advance. Although the zombie had extraordinary power, its trajectory was quite predictable.
While Tao Yu's bullets were ineffective, he had already sidestepped the zombie's lunge.
Tao Yu grabbed the soaring head with one hand and kicked the zombie's body with his foot, then quickly retreated, using the force to pull back and distance himself.
Indeed, the zombie whose head was taken swung its arms back in retaliation, creating a thunderous blast that grazed Tao Yu's cheek, stinging painfully.
But had he not retreated immediately after taking the head, a direct hit would have been far more damaging than just a sting...
As Tao Yu hastily retreated, he slid backwards on the ground for a distance before fixating his gaze on the zombie's body.
There wasn't a spot on his body that didn't hurt, but it didn't affect his movements in the slightest.
"Previously, I was mistaken. Zombies have substance but no soul. Normal mental attacks are indeed useless, and the brain isn't the central command. But once the head is gone, their ability to track targets is lost."
Watching the zombie spin on the spot in a frenzy, its attacks carving cracks in the concrete with torn metal, Tao Yu also breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Although things started off badly, his gamble was paying off now!
This zombie, who knew who had created it, seemed to have been specially modified, given that it could serve as a source of contamination.
It must be tied to the real mastermind behind the global biochemical crisis.
But no matter what, this should still be a standard zombie, not something out of myths and legends. Therefore, it had its limits.
Bearing the soreness in his entire body, Tao Yu moved towards the doorway and then yelled outside,
"Open the door! I've mostly handled the problem. Bring me all the Molotov cocktails, I'm going to burn it down."
Tao Yu faintly heard a brief argument outside, followed by the metal door slowly opening.
There, Jack was holding others at gunpoint, making them carry out the task without giving them any chance to argue or explain.
After the door opened, everyone watched in horror at the headless zombie still throwing a tantrum and the head in Tao Yu's hand.
Had it really been dealt with?!
"Damn..."
The African American Jam raised his finger in a daze.
Jack also sighed in relief, glancing at the head Tao Yu was holding while pulling out homemade gasoline bombs from his backpack.
Tao Yu himself had brought a couple inside, but judging from the zombie's initial strength, two probably wouldn't be enough.
Now, using them all, let's burn steel to slag!
Crackle and pop~
Boom~
The gasoline bottles shattered precisely on the zombie's body, engulfing it in flames.
Then came the second bottle, the third bottle...