Chapter 295 - Corpse City I (1/2)

Chapter 295 - Corpse City (I)

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A depressing atmosphere permeated from the exit of the base. Zero and a few other members of Thunderclap were already assembled, and even the arrogant Berrion was now obediently silent.

Avenot, on the other hand, was using his communicator to issue various commands to the troops on the ground. When the last order was given, he turned back to his men and said briefly, ”I hope to see you again. ”Now...”

”Charge!”

The moment the commander shouted out the last word, the base's armored door suddenly rose up. The moment the door was lifted, a small crack appeared on the ground. The deafening sound immediately shattered the tranquility of the base.

Before the door could fully open, Zero had already moved.

Carrying a series of afterimages, he was the first to rush to the side of the door. Just as he was about to slam into the door, Zero suddenly lowered his body and slid out through the gap between the doors. Following closely behind him were the others. With a roll, they were sent flying off the ground. Looking up, another wave of bombardment was being launched by a missile armoured vehicle. The small missiles were like flaming snakes that shot into the sky as they sped away in the blink of an eye.

Moments later, after Remus had set up his new defensive line, fireballs exploded in the sea of corpses one after another. Amidst the flames, the living corpses fell and cleared out a vacuum area right away. But very quickly, they were filled with living corpses.

After the missile bombardment, the artillery tanks roared together. The rapid-fire heavy artillery from the off-road vehicles had already been installed behind the cover of the defense line. They resonated with the artillery as streams of metal cut into the sea of corpses. Wherever they passed by, flesh and blood would fly everywhere!

Based on the current situation, there should be no problems with Remus' defense line. However, the butcher and the Ripper had yet to appear. The zombie that looked like a biological bomb was also nowhere to be seen. Right now, the ones attacking Remus were ordinary living corpses, and once those high-level monsters appeared, the situation was not as optimistic.

But right now, he didn't need to think about these matters. He had an even more important mission to complete.

After a brief look at the battlefield, he turned around and, with the rest of the group, walked around Remter and stabbed the southwest side of the ruined city of Kaddam like a dagger.

The sounds of the cannons and the shrieks of the living corpses gradually faded away, revealing the endless ruins in front of Zero. The city was like a rotting corpse, and the roads were like dried blood vessels, with zero lines running through them like maggots on a rotting corpse.

But Zero's mood was relaxed. The wilderness was his world. Back in the wilderness, he was like a fish back in the water. Unknowingly, he seemed to have become one with the wind, the shadows, and the air. At this time, Ling Chen had lost all hope, sadness, and joy. He was like a bystander, looking coldly at the world from the point of view of the Creator.

In the eyes of the vast world, what they did was simply meaningless actions. It was like looking at an ant. No matter how loud it was, in the eyes of a human, it was nothing more than a trivial matter.

Behind him, Agatha began to look confused. Agatha was a person with the ability to perceive the domain. For someone with this ability, regardless of which aspect they excelled in, their basic ability to sense was extremely sensitive.

In Agatha's perception, zero disappeared. This wasn't the disappearance of his body, but rather his aura, his life, and other characteristics that had already completely surpassed Agatha's senses. He was running in front of Agatha, but to her, the place was empty.

Shadow Wanderer.

The phrase floated in Agatha's mind. Shadow Wanderer was the name of a high-level occupation, and was also where the Windwalker would advance to. If nothing unexpected happened, he could show that he had zero talent in stealth and could at least become a Shadow wanderer!

A high class meant that the ability rank was at least the eighth step. Even in Asgard, a powerhouse of the eighth step was already an important figure. And most people, their potential often wouldn't be able to break through the most crucial level, and would stay at or below the seventh step. At least Agatha herself, her potential was only at the seventh step in one ability test.

However, with the current technology, the accuracy of this type of test was extremely high. There shouldn't be any mistakes.

Thinking of this, Agatha was a little envious of Zero.

Zero naturally did not know what Agatha was thinking. He was in a very strange state right now. It was as if he had become the air, fusing with the world. The incoming wind, the shadows under the ruins, and all sorts of subtle sounds filled his ears, giving him countless data. The data merged together in his mind and formed a circular space with zero as its origin, with a diameter of about 300 meters.

In this space, a three-dimensional model of the ground is constructed from data. It was similar to Anthony's spiritual scan, but Zero had used the terrifying processing ability of his brain to observe the data in such a 3D model.

When this model appeared in his mind, Zero finally understood why he had the feeling of being a bystander. It felt strange to be in and out of the world.

However, at this moment, a few new models appeared in the 3D model.

He stopped abruptly and made a gesture of hiding. He was the first to fall into an abandoned building on the street, and everyone else, including Agatha, rushed into the building.

And this sudden movement caused the model in Zero's mind to collapse and shatter. Zero also lost the feeling of being a bystander. He was like a man in a trance, suddenly pulled back to reality. Zero knew that this was the reason why his processing ability was not stable yet. Once this ability was stabilized, 3D modeling would be able to exist for a long period of time and the scope of observation might be even larger.

The higher the rank of the user, the more astounding the ability of their brain to process data. As a result, every high-level esper was an outstanding intellectual. It was just that due to their different hobbies and talents, the areas that they tended to focus on were also different.

Due to his talent for sniping, it was not surprising that his brain tended to observe the environment while processing the data. Just as they had hidden themselves, a group of living corpses appeared at the corner of the street. The reason why they were said to be a team, rather than just a few, was because the living corpses displayed something that could not possibly exist in them.

Order.

They walked side by side, the two zombies in front of them observing the environment in a vigilant manner, while the living corpses on both sides and at the end of the line held crude weapons in their hands. No matter how crude the rusty machetes or the damaged throats were, in Zero's memory, it was very rare for normal living corpses to see a weapon in their hands. They were more accustomed to ripping the soft bodies of humans apart with their sharp nails and fangs, except, of course, for those of the Cossacks who had kept part of their instincts alive.

After all, in the large group of living corpses, their owners were only commoners.

In the middle of the team of zombies was a bomb corpse. It was laughable to see a living corpse as thin as a hungry ghost with a big belly, especially when it crawled on the ground like a beast with its hands and feet on the ground. However, everyone knew the consequences of being caught by it, so no one could laugh.

There was no obvious order in the living corpses, they only had a vague sense of swarm. However, when there was a bomb corpse in the middle of the group, the ordinary zombies on the outside were like guards carrying weapons and equipment, carefully moving forward.

Order implies restraint, but restraint does not come from bomb corpses. These one-time use biological weapons did not possess that kind of dignity and intelligence. Therefore, the restriction came from an existence behind them. Whatever it was, it was the target of zero.

As for this party of useless living corpses, Zero had no intention of alarming them. But at this moment, even though he wasn't an Elemental Domain user, he could feel that the atmosphere behind him was rapidly gathering energy.

Zero suddenly looked behind him. It was Beryl stretching out his hands, blue arcs of electricity dancing in his hands!

The zombie in the middle of the team of zombies outside the building seemed to have sensed something and turned its head, letting out a sharp scream towards the direction of the building.

”Hurry up and finish the battle!” At the same time, he went out through the window.

As he fell to the ground, two balls of lightning dragged the electric snake out of the window. The reason why all the hairs on his body stood on end was not because it was dangerous, but because when the lightning flew past him, the remaining electric charges in the air would naturally cause the hair to stand on end.

The lightning drew an arc in the air from different directions and finally exploded in the middle of the group of zombies. The annihilation of the two masses of energy formed something like a small black hole, which dragged the living corpse along with it, unable to escape the range of the explosion. Flames carried electric serpents with them as they soared into the sky, becoming the most obvious form of fireworks. Behind the firework, a figure could be seen flying.

The bomb corpse was also affected by the explosion of the two lightning bolts that Beryl had released. However, only a small part of its body had been burned; it was not a serious injury. It also quickly determined that the attacker's strength was far above its own, or perhaps it was undefeatable without enough companions, so it chose to escape.