Chapter 50 - Perfect Breakthrough! (1/2)

Shen Chen wasn’t at all fazed. In fact, he was taking his own sweet time. He hadn’t even unsheathed the Black Blade. Holding it up horizontally seemed to suffice in stopping the zombie from moving forward, so Shen Chen gave the zombie a hard kick! Plonk, plonk, plonk! The zombie promptly rolled down the stairs.

“Ooh, there goes a zombie!”

“It’s too dark! I can’t see anything!”

Guo Yuan and Ye Xiaoyu’s hearts lurched in fear. It wasn’t that they didn’t have faith in Shen Chen’s abilities. In fact, had it been bright, they wouldn’t have had any doubt that Shen Chen could take out the zombies, no matter how many there were. But in a dark environment where visibility was low, the zombies had an especially acute sense of smell. The darkness wouldn’t deter the zombies, but the same couldn’t be said of the humans! Without light, they would have no sense of direction. What was worse was that they wouldn’t even be able to figure out how many zombies there were!

Wielding the Black Blade, Shen Chen said to them quietly, “The two of you head upstairs. Be quiet. Don’t make any noise! Find us some torch lights. Go now!”

Guo Yuan was about to respond, but Ye Xiaoyu immediately got ahold of him before he could do so and dragged him upstairs. She knew that Shen Chen had reasons for asking them to head upstairs.

Meanwhile, Shen Chen tried to acclimatize to the darkness and relied on his sense of hearing to suss out his surroundings. As a neo-human, he had a well-developed sense of hearing. Although zombies made no breathing sounds, he would definitely be able to hear them while they shuffled around or made an attack.

Besides, a neo-human assessing enemies solely with the sense of sight was a foolish thing. Eyes are easily deceived. Before attaining the status of Third Tier neo-human, many people would train mindfully, trying to circumvent the limitations of sight.

Shen Chen, of course, was no exception. He was very confident in his abilities based on his experiences in his past life. As long as he was in an absolutely quiet environment, he would be able to kill them all!

This thought calmed him down. Shen Chen didn’t make any hasty moves. Instead, he waited cautiously at the staircase and leaned against it. This would ensure that only one or two zombies would be able to come up at the same time, so that he wouldn’t be trapped.

Suddenly, Shen Chen sensed some hostility coming in his direction. He crouched down quickly and slashed forward with his Black Blade.

Plonk. A round object seemed to have fallen onto the ground and rolled for a distance. Subsequently, there was a sound of another heavy object also falling to the ground, and this was followed by a third one! Then a fourth! There were loud growls coming from his left and right.

Shen Chen was able to determine where the zombies were standing based on their growls. Balancing himself on the balls of his feet, he leapt two meters into the air, and two brilliant flashes appeared in the darkness.

The zombies’ ugly faces were visible during the flashes. Not long after, two decaying heads fell to the ground. Shen Chen only relaxed after making sure that there weren’t any more zombies coming toward him. His powers decreased as the evolution fluid in his body continued wreaking havoc. He couldn’t help coughing violently because of the pain.

Perhaps because they heard Shen Chen’s violent coughing fit, Ye Xiaoyu and Guo Yuan rushed over to his side quickly. With a quick push of the door to the basement, the entire basement was soon lit with the light from dozens of torch lights.

Ye Xiaoyu and Guo Yuan saw three dead zombies lying on the ground. As for Shen Chen, he was leaning against the railing, trying to catch his breath. There was a trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth.

Guo Yuan immediately ran to him. “Are you all right, Boss?”