For example, if Old Chung fell, without a meat shield in front to take the hits, could they still rely on Diep Thien with her gun to eliminate the BOSS?
Clearly, it wouldn't work.
"Take it slow. You are already very strong. With your cooperation, even a Tyrant Zombie is no match for you. This is a very big step forward."
Lam Pham praised, truly satisfied with their situation. To be able to achieve this current state, what more could one ask for?
Then he picked up the camera, aimed at the zombie not far away, pressed the shutter, click, click, permanently preserving the new species of zombie in the camera.
"Roar."
The new species of zombie roared at Lam Pham, as if it hadn't expected such a despicable human, posturing, doing nothing useful, yet needing to take pictures with a camera.
Simply a beast.
"Don't be anxious. I am very sincere about your identity." Lam Pham smiled and nodded at the new species of zombie, signaling it to be at ease and not rush.
The car door opened.
Chuc Thanh stuck his head out. He had just fallen, and his head was ringing.
"Brother Lam."
He had just been scared senseless.
He originally thought he was going to die here, but unexpectedly, a turning point appeared. The most reassuring figure had arrived, and he was not afraid in the slightest.
Lam Pham nodded towards Chuc Thanh, "Can you see its information?"
Chuc Thanh said: "I can see its crystal is golden. Its name is Mature-stage Fleshy Tentacle-type zombie. I can't see anything else."
Lam Pham said: "Your awakened ability has reached the second stage, right?"
"Mhm, second stage."
"I think I understand. You are at the second stage, while the zombie you saw is at the fourth stage. Specific information is limited by stage, so it's understandable that you can't see it."
Probing could yield more useful information.
Lam Pham, carrying the Screamer-type zombie, walked towards the Fleshy Tentacle-type zombie, just like his usual way of collecting information on peculiar zombies – experiencing it himself.
"Roar!"
The Fleshy Tentacle-type zombie roared, its tentacles lashing out towards him like arrows.
Lam Pham dodged, letting the tentacles strike the ground beside him. The cement ground was pierced through, with some depth, indicating that the destructive power of the fleshy tentacles was considerable.
"Any other abilities?"
Perhaps in the entire apocalypse, only Lam Pham would have such a thought, actually asking a zombie if it had other abilities.
The Fleshy Tentacle-type zombie roared and suddenly rushed towards Lam Pham. Its crocodile-mouth-like arm swung over, the sharp teeth exuding an icy aura. He extended his arm, letting the opponent bite.
Crack!
The sharp teeth shattered.
"The bite force is very heavy. A second-stage battle armor might sustain damage."
From his previous observation, Diep Thien's spiritual bullets couldn't pierce the opponent's body, not even causing damage. Perhaps the opponent's characteristic was a tough body.
This kind of characteristic was very unfriendly to humans.
After all, not everyone could become an Awakened, and Diep Thien, who had become an Awakened, couldn't even break its defense, let alone ordinary weapons causing any damage to this type of zombie.
"Old Chung, throw me your straight blade."
Lam Pham was very serious about investigating information. Even though the terrifying zombie before him could be easily dealt with, the information he wanted was for countless living survivors.
It was to let them know the information about zombie species, so they could make the correct choices.
Holding the straight blade, he controlled his strength, equivalent to Dong Gia's strength, and slashed at the Fleshy Tentacle-type zombie's body. With a clang, it couldn't even break the skin.
Lam Pham was very shocked. Old Chung's straight blade was a second-stage enhanced weapon, yet it couldn't even break the opponent's defense. Thinking carefully, it might be that his own strength was insufficient.
Controlling his strength to Old Chung's level, he slashed out again. "Phut," this time there was an effect, but the effect wasn't significant, merely breaking a bit of skin. As for wanting to use this strength to hunt the Fleshy Tentacle-type zombie, it was simply impossible.
At this moment, the Fleshy Tentacle-type zombie looked as if it had seen a ghost. This human before it was truly arrogant, taking a blade and hacking at its body. After hacking, it even pondered, even muttering to itself.
The Fleshy Tentacle-type zombie roared, launching a ferocious attack on Lam Pham.
Lam Pham easily dodged, saying as he dodged, "Old Chung, using Dong Gia's strength, I can't break its defense. And with your strength, you can only break a little bit of skin. This type of zombie's characteristic, apart from its agile tentacles, is that its body surface has a layer of fleshy substance that can block external damage."
Old Chung, like a student in class, asked when he didn't understand, "Is it because my strength is still not strong enough?"
"Yes, look."
Lam Pham swung his straight blade, and with a "phu" sound, directly severed the Fleshy Tentacle-type zombie's crocodile-mouth arm, "This is my strength, and it has little to do with the number of crystals enhancing the straight blade."
Old Chung, Dong Gia, Diep Thien, and the others stood there listening, gaining more strange new knowledge.
The Fleshy Tentacle-type zombie looked down at its severed arm, its clearly ferocious face showing a hint of daze. But very quickly, tiny, dense tentacles actually appeared at its wound, connecting to the tentacles that had fallen to the ground, as if performing surgery on itself, reattaching the arm.
"This is also possible?"
Lam Pham was shocked again. The higher the crystal level of a zombie, the more perfect it seemed to become.
"Roar!"
The Fleshy Tentacle-type zombie roared, as if saying, "See? So what if you cut it off? I can still reattach it, without any change at all."
Lam Pham, with an unchanged expression, swung his straight blade again.
Splat!
In an instant, he severed the arm the opponent had just reattached, and it fell to the ground again.
The Fleshy Tentacle-type zombie stared at Lam Pham.
Lam Pham smiled and nodded at it, then walked up to it, stomped the severed arm into mush, then retreated a few steps, extended his hand, and signaled the opponent to try reattaching it again.
"Roar!"
The Fleshy Tentacle-type zombie was truly enraged. It swung its three-clawed hand fiercely towards Lam Pham's face. In an instant, silver light flashed, and the straight blade drew a graceful arc, severing that arm of the opponent.
The situation of tentacles connecting at the wound appeared again, the same situation.
"It doesn't have the BUG-like limb regeneration of a Hybrid-type zombie. Instead, the original severed limb must exist. This ability is strong if you say it's strong, and not strong if you say it's not strong. It varies from person to person."
Lam Pham pondered.
After a while.
He didn't see any other strange abilities from the Fleshy Tentacle-type zombie. Finally, he severed the opponent's head with one strike, then cut open its head and took out a crystal.
He held the crystal and observed it.
"Light yellow, not the golden I previously thought."
That belonged to a third-stage existence.
[Killed Mature-stage Fleshy Tentacle-type Zombie]
[Points +30]