528 Why Did You Leave Me? (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
Zhang Xiaohou's face turned blue from holding his breath too long.
He finally exhaled a mouthful, as he would lose consciousness if he did not breathe.
The zombie in front glanced at Zhang Xiaohou confusingly, as if it was completely unaware of the guy that had somehow appeared behind it.
The zombie lowered the rusty saber, and did not attack Zhang Xiaohou.
Meanwhile, the zombie behind Zhang Xiaohou completely ignored him, and continued to roam aimlessly. It would glance into the distance at times, or lower its head, trying to find the arm it lost yesterday.
”Phew~!”
Zhang Xiaohou let out a relieved sigh. The others could feel their legs cramping because of the tension, and they almost fell to the ground.
The trick worked!
Neither the skeletons nor the zombies attacked them. They were simply glancing at the humans who were uttering the foul breath in confusion. However, these Undead did not possess any intelligence. As long as the thing was not alive, it was meaningless to attack them. Maybe they were just stinky?
Captain Qin Hu raised his head without saying a word, signaling the group to continue forward in formation.
The group quickly gathered. They were still alert at the start, afraid that something would go wrong. However, as they walked past the Undead at very close range, the zombies would only groan at them in warning for straying too close, without lunging at them. As such, they began to lower their guard.
”If we knew about this trick all along, why would we still be afraid of the Undead?” Wang Tong seemed elated from the success.
”These Ash Garlics are extremely rare. You might find them on the black market, but there won't be many. The chief has spared us some of their stock they had saved up...” said Shi Shaoju.
”Either way, it's good that we don't have to fight those things. Once we locate the bodies of the scouting squad, we'll go back at once,” said Bi Lu.
”It seems like us talking won't attract their attention, either...”
The group realized that it was fine talking in front of the Undead. As long as their breath was covered by the foul scent of the Ash Garlic, the Undead would not notice their presence.
However, everyone began to panic slightly as they continued along the journey across the vast land. Every few steps would lead them to a few more Undead...
The density of the Undead had completely surpassed their estimation. Every one hundred square meters would have one or two Undead roaming around. By that standard, the whole area would be showing as bloody red on the electronic map!
As they proceeded, they suddenly saw a group of several dozens zombies ahead...
The zombies were stacked together like a wall, standing right in the path they were heading in. The zombies slowly dragged their bodies along, uttering unpleasant cries.
Before any living thing captured their attention, the zombies would simply roam around aimlessly, like walking corpses.
”Let's just walk past them. They won't attack us anyway,” Wang Tong led the way with a smile.
However, when Wang Tong was less than twenty meters away, the group of zombies suddenly turned around and stared at Wang Tong with bloodshot eyes...
Wang Tong was stunned!
The zombies began to scream and charged in Wang Tong's direction.
As the zombies sprinted across the land, it swept a huge cloud of dust into the air!
”Quick, the Ash Garlic!” yelled Shi Shaoju.
Luckily, Wang Tong reacted fairly quickly. He took out an Ash Garlic and munched it.
The effects worked fairly quickly. Wang Tong was almost knocked out by his own foul breath.
The zombies were right in front of Wang Tong, yet they suddenly lost their target and came to a stop. They simply stared at one another in a foolish manner.