37 Zombie Queen has the Biggest Thigh of All 13 (1/2)

After a while, Yin Mei allowed the twins to rest and they made their way back to where the zombie emperor was. Qin Shuang had also appeared there, saying something to Yin Mei in a soft voice, and the girl nodded. They moved inside a building and up several floors before stopping.

”Looks like we were able to kill enough zombies to successfully attract the ruler of this area,” Yin Mei said with a smile, though her eyes flitted toward the zombie emperor momentarily. Well, it might also be in part with the overwhelming aura of the someone sitting casually next to her, but either way, the means didn't matter much.

”Let's see what you look like,” The girl said, though her relaxed air did nothing to instill any confidence into the Ri twins, who were nervous knowing that they would be encountering an even stronger zombie than the ones that they had just fought.

Yin Mei looked into the distance where Qin Shuang said the zombie was coming from. Yin Mei had no experience fighting a rank three zombie yet, though she had monitored the fight between Lei Han and a rank 3 zombie in order to have Qin Shuang steal himself the energy core.

Lei Han had struggled, meeting many precarious situations before finally pulling through, like all the main characters in the novels. Lei Han was currently stronger than Yin Mei, but she couldn't say if he could compare to Qin Shuang. Though, she had no doubts that if the two of them fought, Lei Han would win based purely on his plot armor and protagonist aura abilities.

Yin Mei spotted the zombie from the distance. It looked like... mm, it looked like a meatball.

Like a giant meatball.

Round and rough.

Yin Mei felt that if anyone tried eating that meatball though, they would definitely get indigestion. Since he was already meatball shaped, one could predict that he would continue down this evolution path and definitely not look human by the time he passed rank 5. He was moving exceptionally slowly as he meandered down the path, and Yin Mei couldn't decide whether she felt exceptionally disgusted or wanted to laugh until she teared up.

But, she could kill this guy without any worries. An opponent like this would have higher defense, high strength, and slow speed. If this zombie was rank 5, then they might have trouble, as he might have the intelligence to formulate plans to make up for his weakness, but currently, this type of zombie was the best hunting target for a long ranged fighter. The only problem was that Yin Mei's strength probably wouldn't be enough for her to hit him. But, Qin Shuang should have no problems dealing with this one alone.

And since he bore zero resemblances to any important zombie under the zombie emperor, they could kill him and take his energy core without worries.

”Hmm, for now, Qin Shuang, you should try tying him up, slicing him up, burning him up, smashing him up, tearing him up... um, what are any other methods of horrible death can you think of?” Yin Mei tilted her head, looking at the pale faced Ri twins, who shook their head. ”Oh... well, I guess you can choose any option you want. But make sure he can't get any closer and keep around this distance.”

Yin Mei glanced back at the very slow meatball. He was still pretty far. With a rank 3 zombie's strength, even one that specialized in strength, he shouldn't be able to hit him from here even if he performed AOE moves like body slam or earthquake. Though, Yin Mei thought that if he threw a slab of concrete over, it just might be able to hit them.

”... and put up a net in front of us, just in case,” she added on, thinking that the possibility of him throwing things and hitting them was a little too high for comfort.

Qin Shuang nodded, and his hands moved, seeming to dance, albeit in a slightly clumsy manner. He didn't need the glove that Yin Mei had worn before, since he could change the properties of his thread where he touched with almost zero lag time. A tight net was erected in front of them. The side of the building that overlooked the city had been partially destroyed, and so there was nothing between them and the outside, aside from this newly placed net.

Qin Shuang had a face of concentration as he continued to move his threads. Yin Mei felt that with a few more rank 3 energy cores and practice, she would no longer have to worry about him. The only problem was that she still felt that he was lacking when comparing him to the Vampire King of back then. WAs it the difference in the situation? The former Qin Shuang had been refined from endless battles and blood, but the current Qin Shuang was more like a carefully cultivated flower.

”Maybe I'll have to throw both the Ri twins and Qin Shuang into a zombie horde later, to hone their skills.” Yin Mei thought. Mm, what a good idea. She wouldn't want Qin Shuang to turn, as it would be a waste of such a good ability, but she certainly felt that if she continued to protect him like this, he wouldn't be able to grow as strong as he could have.

With Yin Mei's eyesight, although the Ri twins couldn't see the zombie at all, she could see him clearly. But with this distance, she couldn't see Qin Shuang's strings, which were already hard to see normally. Qin Shuang was relying on vibrations as his eyes for the battle though, so even if he couldn't see from this distance, he had no issues.

Though his control was still not up to par in Yin Mei's eyes, she had to admit that he had talent and could quickly form an image of the battlefield and react appropriately, at least from what she'd seen so far.

For a few minutes, she watched the zombie stop in place and seem to struggle with something. The problem with zombies is that if you cut them, they don't actually bleed. Only after bashing their heads in or something would you get blood. After all, their hearts aren't beating. Qin Shuang, despite his ability to control blood, couldn't actually control the blood in zombies, oddly enough. It only worked with human blood, and even then, the blood that he was most effective at controlling was his own. And he never ran out, because he could generate more for himself, like giving himself a transfusion of his own blood. Yin Mei wasn't quite sure about the details, but she was sure that there was a reason why the former Qin Shuang had decided that using his blood as threads was the most effective method of combat for him.

After a while, the Ri twins, who couldn't see anything, got bored and so went to go find something to take up their time. They were able to grab a deck of cards, amazingly enough, and so started playing some poker, using a few pieces of whatever stuff they could find as chips.

Yin Mei continued watching the battle a little while, but since she couldn't see Qin Shuang's threads, she also quickly became bored and went to join the twins.

In the end, even the zombie emperor was dragged in, though his face had on the oddest expression as he played cards with these three humans.

And poor Qin Shuang was by his lonesome, soloing the raid boss while his pig party members were chatting off to the side.

Several hours passed and Qin Shuang was getting exhausted, while the four had already played Old Maid, Texas Hold'Em, Go Fish, Blackjack, and etc. They started to play other games as well, like Word Chain, Twenty Questions, Truth or Dare, Sorry I'm Late, and others.

But, in the end, they ran out of games that they knew how to play, so Yin Mei took the Ri twins hunting again, bringing back some energy stones for Qin Shuang to consume and alleviate his fatigue.

With his team members supporting him with an endless supply of mana pots, in the end, Qin Shuang was the victor.

After all, with this sort of zombie, as long as you weren't hit by their attacks and had the stamina to outlast them (or in this case, the right amount of energy cores to give you the stamina to outlast them), then they would be fairly easy to beat. It was just a matter of time.

Qin Shuang retrieved the rank 3 zombie core with his ability, and Yin Mei urged him to consume it, though he wanted to give it to her, she immediately rejected him. This was the core that he had spent several hours getting himself, what sort of person would she look like if she was the one to consume it??

She nodded when she finally saw Qin Shuang eat the core, and was glad that their first rank 3 zombie was so suitable for him to practice his techniques on.

But, Yin Mei decided to stop their zombie hunting here. After all, wouldn't it be an utter disaster if they accidentally cleared out all the zombies or killed one of the zombie emperor's future right hand men?

So, instead, they paid visits to all the current H City leaders. If they weren't useful, Yin Mei would work on formulating a plan to get rid of them. If they were, she would attempt to subdue them first before talking later.