Old Chung's explosive power was like a great mountain, difficult to shake.
Dong Gia's predictions were very agile and decisive; she could often choose the best angle for a one-hit kill.
Diep Thien's long-range shooting, enhanced by spiritual bullets, made it difficult for the skulls of evolved zombies to withstand her bullets. Even zombies with black crystals could hardly endure a few hits.
As for Chuc Thanh, he was equally important. He could clearly see the battlefield situation, and no matter how ugly or terrifying a zombie appeared, it could hardly escape his eyes.
"I've been hunting zombies all this time, accumulating crystals for them to enhance their strength. It's truly worth it," Lam Pham said, then looked at the Screamer-type zombie, "See? Their future is already hazy. When we humans continuously become stronger, you all will have no hope to speak of."
The Screamer-type zombie, held firmly in hand, wanted to shriek.
The sound reached its throat, wanting to burst out, but was forcefully held back.
Lam Pham observed the situation, saw the survivor clinging to the anti-theft window, and that she was fine, still holding on. When she could no longer hold on and was about to fall, he could instantly catch her.
It was just that now he needed to wait, not because he wanted her to be implicated, but because he wanted to see how they would perform when surrounded by hundreds of zombies.
A truly powerful person is supported not by their own strength, but by a kind of conviction. If the conviction is strong, then the person is strong. This has always been the unchanged truth.
A small zombie tide of several hundred, facing three Awakened ones whose abilities had been greatly enhanced, along with battle armor, the crystallization of human wisdom, in this battle, thinking it over and over, humans should not lose.
More and more zombies fell to the ground. The sharp straight blade was the best weapon for hunting zombies. Ignoring the hardness of bones, it could cut them in half with one strike, without any pressure.
If it hadn't been enhanced by crystals.
It definitely couldn't achieve this level.
Under the sunlight, the battle armor on Old Chung and Dong Gia was bathed in zombie blood, like two Slaughter Gods emerging from the abyss.
"Very formidable. Their compatibility with the battle armor has already reached the maximum value. Just relying on this group of ordinary zombies is really not worth mentioning. However, Dong Gia's stamina compared to Old Chung's still has some gap."
Lam Pham muttered his critique, then thought about it again.
Old Chung was a Strength Awakened; his stamina definitely had a huge advantage.
Dong Gia was merely a Prediction Awakened. Using crystals could indeed enhance stamina, but this increased stamina couldn't compare to Old Chung's.
In continuous combat, her speed and strength had clearly decreased.
According to the function of her awakened ability, Dong Gia's ability was more suited for fighting formidable evolved zombies, like one-on-one duels, using her predictive ability to know what was about to happen.
After a while.
The several hundred ordinary zombies were completely hunted down by the three of them. The cement ground was already dyed red, littered with severed limbs, viscous. If they weren't used to it, they would probably puke.
Dong Gia looked at the situation on the ground. Even though she appeared calm and composed, she still felt a bit uncomfortable in her heart. After all, she was a girl, and girls liked clean things. As for scenes like this, getting used to it was fine.
Dong Gia kept telling herself in her heart that in the future, she was destined to become a War Goddess.
How could she be frightened by such a small scene?
"Any more?"
Old Chung swung his straight blade, his movements very similar to Lam Pham's, wanting to shake off the clinging blood. It was just that he wasn't as dashing as Lam Pham; he swung it many times but couldn't get it clean, so he could only squat down and wipe it with a zombie's clothes.
Dong Gia looked at the scene and said: "No more, they are all here."
Old Chung was a bit tired. From the beginning of the chopping until now, he hadn't remembered the specific number, but the quantity was definitely not small. To have such strength now, he was very satisfied.
"Old sister, hold on, we'll save you now," Old Chung shouted.
He found it hard to imagine how this old sister had survived in such an environment. Even a physically strong man, in such circumstances, the outcome would be predictable.
Old Chung's voice, to Tu Dinh, was like the dawn enveloping her in despair.
Tu Dinh was no longer a weak woman but had experienced life and death. She could climb down from the anti-theft window herself. Taking advantage of the absence of zombies around, she slowly retreated downwards.
Just then.
Chuc Thanh, waiting in the car, was originally grinning leisurely. Suddenly, he rubbed his eyes, as if seeing something terrifying. In his vision, a glittering golden light was rushing towards this side at extreme speed.
Gold... Golden.
Chuc Thanh was jolted awake, got out of the car, and shouted, "Old Chung, you guys run quickly! There's a golden crystal zombie coming towards us! Hurry up, or something big will happen!"
Old Chung and the others, who had just calmed down, heard Chuc Thanh's voice, and all of them were dumbfounded.
"Golden?"
Don't joke around.
If it were crystals of other colors, they would definitely be confident in rescuing the person, and even hunting it down on the spot was a possibility.
But now he was talking about golden. Didn't this mean the rushing zombie was very terrifying?
Lam Pham, standing on the rooftop, also heard Chuc Thanh's words. A golden crystal, that was like a Hybrid-type zombie. However, the speed of a Hybrid-type zombie was always very fast; at such a distance, it would have arrived long ago, and its shriek also had very strong destructive power. But now there was none of this, which made him very puzzled about what exactly it was.
Lam Pham looked at the Screamer-type zombie again, "Did you hear that? A golden crystal zombie, that's a very terrifying zombie. Although my companions are very formidable, they are no match for that type of zombie."
The Screamer-type zombie wanted to roar but still couldn't make a sound.
"Dong Gia, get in the car."
Old Chung shouted, then ran towards the shop side, grabbed the wall, and quickly ran to the shop rooftop. Then he spread his arms, "Sister, jump down, I'll catch you! A very formidable zombie is coming."
"Oh."
Tu Dinh, without thinking, believed Old Chung would catch her. She let go with both hands and fell straight down. Old Chung firmly caught his old sister, then ran at high speed towards the steel behemoth.
"Old Chung, hurry up!" Dong Gia knew Old Chung would definitely save the person. Seeing Old Chung carrying that survivor, she kept urging him, because she had already seen the golden crystal zombie appearing around the corner.
It was not any of the zombies recorded in the Zombie Picture Book.
Its physique was over four meters tall, robust. Its arms were different; one arm was like a crocodile's mouth, covered with sharp fangs, while the other arm had three sharp, slender claws.
Its head was covered by a kind of fleshy substance, like a helmet.
Its crimson eyes exuded a sinister aura.
Clearly, that zombie's physique was only slightly taller than a Strength-type zombie, but it gave people a very unsettling feeling, a kind of indescribable pressure.
Diep Thien aimed her sniper rifle at the zombie's head, pulled the trigger, and a spiritual bullet burst out from the muzzle.
It was just that what made Diep Thien disbelieve was that when the spiritual bullet hit the zombie's head, it actually caused no damage at all, not even breaking the skin.
"How is this possible?"
Diep Thien didn't aim at the zombie's head but aimed at the zombie's thigh.
Biu!
Biu!
Spiritual bullets hit the zombie's thigh, with the same result; not even the skin was broken. Faced with this situation, Diep Thien had only one thought: with her current ability, she couldn't hurt this type of zombie at all.
Old Chung, carrying his old sister, was still more than ten meters away from the zombie. According to the situation, he absolutely could have escaped.
But just then.
The zombie opened its mouth, and its tongue could actually extend out, like a python, agile and powerful. In an instant, it tightly bound Old Chung's ankle.
The tongue exerted force. If it were any ordinary person, the bones in their ankle would have been crushed by the zombie. But fortunately, Old Chung was wearing battle armor, protecting his leg.
Old Chung fell to the ground, telling Tu Dinh to run to the car first. Then he turned around and felt the zombie's tongue trying to pull him towards it. Old Chung, without thinking, drew his straight blade from behind and slashed down hard.
Splat!
He severed the zombie's tongue, regained his freedom, and quickly got up to run towards the steel behemoth.
"This type of zombie can actually be golden?"
Lam Pham observed. A zombie that could reach golden level was an existence that could contend with a Mature-stage Hybrid-type zombie.
"Perhaps I haven't discovered this zombie's advantages yet."
Just as he was thinking, the scene changed again.
"Old Chung, hurry up!"
"Get in the car!"
Old Chung waved his hand.
"Roar!"
The zombie whose tongue had been severed was enraged, roaring angrily. The severed tongue grew back, and the extendable tongue once again enveloped Old Chung and his group.
At the same time, fleshy tentacles extended from the crocodile's mouth, like a large net, enveloping them, as if wanting to bind the steel behemoth.
Clack!
The tongue extended at an extremely fast speed, once again binding Old Chung's ankle. And the fleshy tentacles extending from the crocodile's mouth bound the steel behemoth. Under their terrified gazes, the steel behemoth was actually lifted up.
Chuc Thanh, Dong Gia, and Tu Dinh were all in the car, unable to get out even if they wanted to.
Diep Thien's expression was serious to the extreme. She hadn't expected such a situation. Was a golden crystal zombie really that troublesome?
She kept firing, spiritual bullets continuously hitting the zombie's fleshy tentacles, blood splattering. Although she could break through its defense, the effect was too minimal.
The zombie was clearly enraged by the humans.
Lam Pham, observing, knew that the zombie was angry. Next, Diep Thien would be the zombie's target. He had seen enough for now. Then, carrying the Screamer-type zombie, he leaped and vanished from the spot.
The zombie directed its tentacles towards Diep Thien. Just in the nick of time, Lam Pham appeared, Frostmourne in his hand gleaming with brilliant light.
Splat!
A sword strike slashed out, and all the tentacles were severed.
The levitating steel behemoth fell to the ground, crashing. Chuc Thanh and the others felt like they were on a roller coaster.
"Brother Lam!"
When Diep Thien saw Lam Pham's figure, her eyes instantly lit up. The nervous feeling from just now vanished completely. Deep in their hearts, Lam Pham was an existence they could always trust.
Old Chung smiled foolishly, unable to help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Lam Pham, holding the Screamer-type zombie in one hand, said: "Sorry, I was observing you all much earlier. I wanted to see your cooperation, so I didn't come out to meet you. Then this zombie appeared, and I also wanted you to experience the ability of a golden crystal zombie. Seeing you now, I know you've reached your limit, so I came out."
Old Chung said: "It's okay. After experiencing it ourselves once, we can understand the difference between us and zombies of this level. It's just that I feel this zombie didn't even use much strength against us."
Lam Pham nodded, "A zombie that can possess a golden crystal definitely won't be that simple. Although you all have been swallowing crystals and have advanced to the second stage, it's still very difficult to deal with a golden crystal zombie."
Just as Old Chung was about to say something.
Lam Pham spoke first: "Wait a moment, let me take a photo of it first. Our Zombie Picture Book can add another zombie species."
Old Chung agreed very much, "If the Zombie Picture Book had an introduction to this type of zombie, I think I wouldn't have been so easily bound by its tongue just now. I thought it was some distance away from me, so I didn't think too much. Who would have thought its tongue would be so fast."
Lam Pham agreed with Old Chung's explanation. It was indeed so.
A sense of unfamiliarity.
Unfamiliarity with a type of zombie could easily lead to various unstable factors.
Just like in games of the past, encountering a new BOSS, not knowing the BOSS's mechanics, could easily lead to a team wipe. Even if the mechanics were known, if the coordination between teammates was unstable, problems would also arise.