Chapter 143: Specialty (2/2)
Liu Gan was already at level 6, so judging from his previous experiences, to raise to level 7, he would need at least a dozen variant zombies. Perhaps, he would find a chance where he could assassinate a variant zombie so he can jump levels from 6 to 8, like that time when he had first entered into the game.
Zhang ShengLi had been devastated from his sister, Zhang ShengNan’s, issue. Then, he had nearly died. He had given up on life. It was Liu Gan who pulled him out of death’s hand. So he was completely dedicated and loyal to Liu Gan. If he couldn’t level up from 4 to 5, then he wouldn’t be much use to Liu Gan. And so, giving this Variant Zombie to Zhang ShengLi will allow him to level up to 5. This way, there would be responsibilities that Liu Gan didn’t have to personally carry out himself. He could allocate it to Zhang ShengLi.
After everyone were informed of their tasks, Liu Gan shouted for everyone to get into position. He got onto the car top to divert the Carapace Variant Zombie’s attention away. At the same time, Zhang Hua readied and aligned himself on the runway of cars. Gripping onto the bamboo spear, he waited for Liu Gan’s signal. Liu Gan waited for the Carapace Variant Zombie to open up the shell, then shouted ‘throw’ to Zhang Hua.
Zhang Hua threw the grenade-spear into the opening of the shell. Together with the lightweight rope, it flew into the opening of shell. Zhang Hua has the physical prowess of a level 4 player, so with his full strength, the bamboo spear was launched very quickly. In less than 4 seconds, it had reached over fifty meters in front of the Carapace Variant Zombie.
The Carapace Variant Zombie felt as if there was something wrong, so it immediately sprayed out large quantity of black substance at the incoming grenade-spear. The black substance covered Liu Gan’s line of sight, so he wasn’t even sure if the grenade-spear was able to land on the target within the shell. However, judging solely on the flight pattern of the spear, he shouted to Zhang ShengLi to ‘pull’!
Already readied, Zhang ShengLi tugged hard onto the rope, then ran back.
Like the calm before a storm, everything was quiet. Since the black substance was sprayed out in a form of a mist for wide-area effect, Liu Gan wasn’t able to see if it had landed. He wasn’t sure whether it had even landed within the shell or simply dissolved before it even got close to the shell. There was also the question of whether or not Zhang ShengLi was able to get the ring off of the grenade.
After three long seconds, ‘Bang!’ A muffled sound echoed from afar.
Standing on the car top, Liu Gan was able to see large amount of destroyed mush and carapace with black substances spread out. There was a dense, dark-black orb that only Zhang ShengLi could see with his own eyes. It move at a high speed all into his body.
“Did it die?” Liu Gan jumped off and asked Zhang ShengLi. Every time it was a confirmed kill on the zombie, a black orb that signified experience will only be visible to the person who had killed it. Other people couldn’t see it with the naked eye.
“It died!” Zhang ShengLi confirmed with Liu Gan. He felt his body burning, the same feeling as when had had leveled up before. This time, it was several times hotter, and it showed on his wristwatch that he had leveled up from 4 to 5.
Liu Gan patted Zhang ShengLi’s shoulder as a gesture of congratulation. All this was through gesture and not words. Zhang ShengLi looked at Liu Gan with gratefulness and lifted up his fist for a chest bump.
“Are we successful?” Zhang Hua asked from the roadway. He still didn’t understand what Liu Gan and Zhang ShengLi were celebrating about.
“Successful!” Zhang ShengLi happily replied to Zhang Hua. To Zhang ShengLi, this wasn’t simply an obstacle, it was his chance of guaranteeing survival in this world.
“What you did here was a major achievement. You saved everyone here. When we return to eat, I will give you a can of meat as a reward.” Liu Gan praised Zhang Hua. To have a specialty skill of throwing spears, he was worth the effort to rope in and nurture.