Chapter 14: Zombie Encounter
Zhao Nan released two fire fists in a row, and the soul power consumption should be almost at this time, after all, he had just awakened, and it was already good to be able to release two fire fists.
Sun Hou wanted to join Ning Qiu and them, but the thorn entanglement he had just now had a very crucial effect, but Ning Qiu refused.
"Then I'll stay, in case you are injured, I can heal you in time." Han Shiyu opened her mouth and said, she was the only girl who was not scared silly.
The ability release test in the academy is completely different from the ability release against zombies, for example, Zhao Nan's score was better than Pang Xiaobo in the test, but when it came to the battle, his ability release was much slower.
"Okay, just the three of us." Ning Qiu nodded, although he knew that Teacher Shen Yi was nearby and there was no problem with their safety, he was also afraid that he would be injured when he encountered zombies.
After awakening, humans already have strong immunity to the zombie virus, and as long as they are not scratched by that infected zombie, it is almost impossible to be infected.
After discussion, the three of them decided to go further out, but they didn't dare to go out of the fortress, after all, there were many more zombies outside the fortress than inside the fortress.
They hadn't gone far before they saw a zombie.
"It's an ordinary zombie, the lowest existence among zombies, fatty, you're on." Ning Qiu patted Pang Xiaobo on the shoulder.
"Brother Qiu, it's better for you to go up, I don't want to steal the limelight with you." Pang Xiaobo's neck shrank.
Ordinary zombies don't have much attack power, just like the walking dead, not to mention the awakened, even ordinary people can kill them as long as they have weapons.
"Cut, look at your cowardice." Ning Qiu snorted coldly, and walked over with a big sword on his shoulder.
The zombie also saw the three of them, and ran over with ugly footwork.
Ning Qiu picked up the big sword and cut its head in half, which was easily done.
Ordinary zombies are not as fast as humans, but they are tireless, they don't feel pain, there is no hunger, they don't even eat, drink or sleep, and they can live for hundreds of years until they are dried by the sun one day.
This is the power of zombies, if it is replaced by a human, it is estimated that it will hang up in the sun for a few days.
Textbooks explain that the corpse secretes an oily substance that can block strong ultraviolet rays. This is also the reason why zombies are still alive since they appeared for nearly two hundred years.
And when they see a living thing, they will chase and bite wildly.
Of course, human flesh and blood can allow them to evolve, as long as a certain amount of flesh and blood is swallowed, the evolution of the virus can be improved, and thus the advancement can be completed.
This is similar to the nature of the Awakened, although the Awakened can increase their soul power through self-cultivation, but this speed is very slow, and by absorbing the corpse core, they can quickly increase their soul power.
Humans are prey to zombies, but why aren't zombies the prey of the Awakened?
It's just that zombies have a long lifespan, and scientists predict that an average zombie should live between three hundred and five hundred years.
These are the lowest-level ordinary zombies, while those who have completed the advanced level have a longer lifespan, and some even have the ability to reproduce.
Ning Qiu looked at the zombies that had fallen to the ground, but did not find the corpse core.
"Under normal circumstances, only advanced zombies have corpse cores, and the probability of ordinary zombies having corpse cores is less than one in a thousand." Han Shiyu said.
"Of course I do." Ning Qiu replied, then turned around, but thought in his heart, "Nima, Lao Tzu still thinks that as long as there are zombies, there will be corpse cores." ”
At this time, Pang Xiaobo pushed Ning Qiu with his arm and said, "Brother Qiu, there is another one over there." ”
Ning Qiu turned his head and saw that he was about to walk over with a big sword, quite a look of being invincible in the world.
But after walking a few steps, I saw another zombie.
"No matter how many zombies come, Lao Tzu will ...... Damn, what's the situation? ”
More and more zombies appeared, and in just a few breaths, seven or eight zombies gathered.
"It's blood, zombies smell blood." Han Shiyu pointed to the zombie who had been beheaded by Ning Qiu just now.
Ning Qiu ran away, what kind of joke, although he didn't pay attention to one or two zombies, a group of zombies was different.
Those zombies smelled the blood and rushed over frantically, gnawing at the zombie that was difficult to get rid of.
"Damn, I almost forgot, zombies eat their own kind." Ning Qiu cursed in his heart.
Once a zombie dies, it will be eaten by other zombies, so when Ning Qiu kills a zombie, he will attract the surrounding zombies to it.
Zombies' sense of sight and hearing is relatively weak, but their sense of smell is very powerful, especially for the smell of blood, regardless of whether it is a human or a zombie, it is a mess.
It only took half a minute, the zombie with the severed head had been scraped clean, and two zombies had finished their meal early and were already chasing after them.
"Fire Fist!" Pang Xiaobo threw a fire fist, which hit the head of a zombie right away, and the brain exploded.
Zombies do not feel pain, and only by destroying their heads and destroying their cranial nerves can they be considered truly dead.
"Well done, fatty." Ning Qiu carried the big sword, but ran at the front.
"There's another one, Brother Qiu is about to cut it." Pang Xiaobo used the Fire Fist twice today, and his soul power was almost consumed, and he couldn't release his ability at this time.
But Ning Qiu pretended not to hear it, and still ran away desperately, because he saw the zombies behind him who had finished eating, and they all chased after him.
"Om!" A beastly roar.
At that moment, a huge boar corpse rushed out in front of them, no, a fanged pig corpse.
The fanged pig corpse is an evolution of a wild boar corpse, which is tall in size and ugly and hideous.
The most terrifying thing is that this beast is covered in fangs, and it is simply a giant hedgehog.
"Damn, how can there be a fanged pig corpse?"
"What should I do?" Han Shiyu glanced at Ning Qiu.
A corpse beast of the level of the fanged pig corpse could never be dealt with by an awakened person like them who had just awakened.
At this moment, a flame flew from not far away and slammed into the body of the fanged pig corpse, instantly blasting it into charcoal.
This is a beginner low-level skill, Fire Fist, but it directly killed a fanged pig corpse.
"That's amazing!"
Shen Yi stood not far away, glanced at the three of them, and left directly after killing the fanged pig corpse.
"Hey! Just gone? Ning Qiu shouted, obviously Teacher Shen Yi didn't want to help them deal with the few zombies behind them at all.
"Brother Qiu, this corpse beast can be eaten." Pang Xiaobo reminded.
"I know."
If they had run away now, the fanged pig carcasses would have been eaten by the zombies, though they might not have been able to eat the fanged one.
"Soul Strings." Ning Qiu's expression changed, the five fingers of his left hand formed claws, and his right hand held the Horcrux, and he rushed towards the nearest zombie.
With the sharpness of the big sword, it was easy to cut off the zombie's head, but seven or eight zombies pounced together, and Ning Qiu had to use the puppet system, just in case.
Pang Xiaobo found a steel rod out of nowhere and thrust it into the mouth of a zombie.
It didn't take long for all the zombies to be killed, in order to prevent the corpses of the zombies from attracting more zombies, the two carried the corpses together, and Pang Xiaobo used up the last trace of soul power to cremate all the corpses.
"The next question is how to bring this fanged pig carcass back?" Han Shiyu pointed to the big guy covered in fangs and said.
The tusked pig carcass was more than three meters long, full of flesh, plus a body of fangs, at least 500 kilograms, enough for them to eat for more than half a month.
Eventually, they found an old-fashioned consignment truck in the fortress that could barely be used, and it took a lot of effort to haul the fanged pig carcass back to the command center building.