Chapter 358: Tier 5 Mutated Zombie
At this moment, the Federation's command hall was bustling with activity.
After receiving the warning from the command centre of Zombie Apocalypse District 5, the chief commander of the shelter, Li Dahai, immediately ordered a secret inspection of the entire shelter.
Soon, they discovered that someone was secretly stealing ores from the mining area at night.
The blue crystal raw ores!
Due to some special reasons, District 5 had yet to create a teleportation device, so the usage rate of the blue crystal raw ores was very low.
And this blue crystal mine was the largest in the entire District 5.
Even in the Zombie Apocalypse server, this blue crystal mine was the largest!
This directly caused a lot of blue crystals to be stored in the mine, and they couldn't be used up in a short time.
Li Dahai immediately issued an order to arrest.
However, he didn't expect that the anti-federation forces had infiltrated the mining area and the shelter to such an extent.
A large number of zombies attacked the shelter.
They had to transfer the soldiers from the mining area back to help protect the shelter, in case the entire shelter was attacked by zombies.
"Report! We have confirmed that the mastermind of this operation is Sikong Mao."
"Sikong Mao, an S-level wanted man of the Federation, one of the core figures of the Night Owl organization. He has participated in many anti-federation terrorist operations. He has an S-level talent and has undergone an S-level talent upgrade."
"Based on the information we have so far, we believe that Sikong Mao's talent skill is the ability to control some low-level intelligent life forms into a rage state and divert their hatred."
"This ability is especially effective against zombies, especially in the Zombie Apocalypse world. Therefore, Sikong Mao has been active in the Zombie Apocalypse game."
"Currently, the zombie horde outside the shelter should be under Sikong Mao's special control."
"Night Owl organization has put some high-level zombies into hibernation in advance. After that, Sikong Mao will wake them up and divert their aggro, so that they can attack our shelter."
"There are many screaming zombies mixed in the zombie horde. Their special shrieking ability can attract more zombies nearby and cause a small zombie horde in the outside world."
As they were talking, a huge black shadow appeared on the screen of the hall.
Seeing that shadow, the faces of the people in the command centre darkened.
It was the giant zombie!
A Tier 5 mutant-Giant!
Just like his name, the giant zombie was seven meters tall!
There were three of them!
The giant zombie walked with heavy steps towards the shelter.
"Night Owl…"
Li Dahai whispered.
It was difficult for the Federation to put a Tiere 5 mutated zombie into temporary hibernation.
And the Night Owl organization put three of them into hibernation at once!
Were they putting all their eggs in one basket?
However, three Tier 5 mutated zombies could only bring a heavy blow to the shelter. It was impossible to destroy the shelter.
Night Owl should be clear about this.
Why did they do this?
Li Dahai frowned.
He recalled that someone had been found stealing ores in the mining area.
Was it for the blue crystal raw ore?
Night Owl's goal was the blue crystal mine?
That did not seem right. What did they want the blue crystal mine for?
"Sir, the giant zombies have entered the attack range."
Li Dahai did not continue thinking about Night Owl. He spoke in a low voice, "Confirm authorization. Use high-tier energy beam weapons. Aim at the giant zombies and attack. Do not let them get close to the shelter."
"Yes!"
Facing the attacks of three Tier 5 zombies, the entire command hall was extremely nervous.
…
Halfway up the mountain, in the Federation mining area.
Fang Heng was also shocked by the three giant zombies at the foot of the mountain.
They were both Tier 5 creatures, but the worm creature from before did not look as shocking as the giant zombies.
The giant zombies were already taller than the city walls at the periphery of the Federation's shelter.
The strength of the Federation's shelter was not to be underestimated.
More than twenty high-energy light cannon turrets fired continuously.
The giant zombies were unable to get any closer.
"Brother, how is it? Can it work?"
Cao Zhengde was anxious and could not help but urge.
Fang Heng looked away from the distance and continued to fiddle with the wire in his hand.
"It's not a big problem. I can pry it open, but the success rate is not high. I still have to try a few more times."
As he said this, the iron wire in Fang Heng's hand emitted a faint 'Pa da' sound.
[Hint: You have used a skill to pick the lock on the military truck. The lock picking is successful. You have obtained lock picking experience points +22.]
"Look! It's done!"
"Okay!"
Cao Zhengde was overjoyed when he saw this. He stuck his head out of the truck and shouted, "Brothers, the truck is done. Hurry! Move the goods!"
The morale of the players was greatly boosted. Upon hearing this, they began to move the materials behind the truck.
There were originally five military trucks in the mining area. Due to the previous battle in the mining area, two of the trucks were damaged and could not be used. The remaining three large trucks were also locked.
Fang Heng jumped down from the truck.
"There are still two trucks left. I need to recover my vitality before I can continue to use my skill to unlock."
"Okay! Brother, it's been hard on you. Go and rest. This time, I'll remember your great contribution. When I get the money, I'll give you a few more shares!"
Cao Zhengde did not suspect anything. He patted Fang Heng's shoulder excitedly and hurriedly instructed the remaining players to move the ores.
"Quick! Hurry up! Go to Mine No. 3 to move the ores first."
"Night Owl only wants the best quality blue crystal raw ores, or else they won't pay!"
Very quickly, the players loaded a truck. Cao Zhengde personally drove the truck to move a batch of ores down the mountain.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, Fang Heng walked to a corner.
Using the excuse of recovering his stamina, Fang Heng secretly observed the surrounding terrain of the mining area.
In District 5, the number of core members of the Night Owl organization was more than that of District 8.
Fang Heng counted carefully and found that there were a total of 12 Night Owl members.
They all wore special silver-white masks. Most of them held guns in their hands and guarded the periphery of each entrance. The remaining few were players who guarded the mines.
There were a total of eight mines in the entire mine area. The open-air mine was filled with large boxes filled with blue crystal raw ores.
Fang Heng casually walked to the side of a box and picked up an ore from the box.
Item: Blue crystal raw ore.
Quality: Low.
No wonder it was casually discarded. It turned out to be inferior.
Fang Heng exerted force with his hand.
"Crack!"
The blue crystal ore was easily crushed into powder by Fang Heng.
The lower the level of the blue crystal ore, the more impurities there were, and the easier it was to crush it.
A game hint appeare in the lower right corner of the retina.
[Hint: Through the occult ritual, you have absorbed a small amount of energy from the blue crystal raw ore. Current energy storage is 0.25%.]
Fang Heng felt that the people of the Federation seemed to be very rich. So many blue crystal ores had been casually discarded in the mining area, so the security was probably not tight.
No wonder they were targeted by Night Owl's people.
Unfortunately, he was unable to bring all of these ores back to District 8.
Since he couldn't bring them away, rather than being taken away by Night Owl's people, he might as well use them himself.
Fang Heng followed the principle of not wasting them and began to crush the ores to absorb the natural energy.
Chapter 359: Finishing Blow
[Hint: You have absorbed a small amount of energy from the blue crystal raw ore. Current storage energy is 0.31%,]
[Hint: You have absorbed a small amount of energy from the blue crystal raw ore. Current storage energy is 0.34%…]
A low-tier ore could only provide 0.02% to 0.05% of energy.
Too little!
Then absorb more points!
The mining area was very large. The player was busy moving high-tier ores and did not have the time to care about others. Most of the members of the Night Owl organization were also guarding the outside of the mining area.
No one noticed Fang Heng, who was walking in the open mine area and crushing the blue crystal ores to absorb energy.
Seeing that the 20-minute cooldown time was up, Fang Heng quietly hid in a hidden corner of the mining area and threw down a sleeping bag on the spot.
Although it was very troublesome, every time he went offline, he would make a huge profit. Fang Heng was also very happy.
He went back and forth until he went offline for the eighth time.
Once again, he opened the game cabin and returned to the real world. Fang Heng frowned.
He suddenly realized a problem.
The room could not hold it anymore!
The raw ore was big to begin with.
The guest room was already filled with blue crystal raw ores. Even the bed was filled with blue crystal raw ores. If they continued to pile up, they would have to bury the game cabin.
It was late at night and Fang Heng had no way to find another place to store the ores.
Got it! He might as well just leave it there!
Fang Heng ran to the back garden and threw the blue crystal ores on the ground.
…
4:45 am.
The three big trucks were repaired. Cao Zhengde was very satisfied with Fang Heng's efficiency. He waved his hand to let Fang Heng rest.
The other players were also doing their best to move the materials to earn money.
No one cared about where Fang Heng went.
At this time, Fang Heng was leaning against a tree, hiding in everyone's blind spot, observing the situation of the Federation shelter at the foot of the mountain.
"They fought for more than four hours."
Fang Heng muttered to himself.
"What a pity…"
Until now, Fang Heng finally understood what he could put in the warp backpack slot to bring back to District 5.
Live sample collector!
The strength of a Tier 5 giant zombie shocked Fang Heng.
The powerful defense displayed by the Federation's shelter also shocked Fang Heng.
Such a powerful defense was not something that could be achieved overnight.
It required a large amount of materials, accumulated over many years!
If the prison shelter of Server 8 wanted to achieve such a defense, it would need more time to develop.
Fang Heng felt that as long as he had enough time, his shelter's defense would definitely surpass it!
As he pondered, Fang Heng turned to look at the three Tier 5 giant zombies.
It was about time, after being bombarded by the high-energy beam weapon for 4 hours, the Tier 5 giant zombies were starting to show signs of fatigue.
They were about to die.
He needed to find an opportunity to lay his hands on them.
Fang Heng narrowed his eyes.
He had been quietly observing the battle between the zombie horde and the Federation's shelter.
He was secretly waiting for an opportunity to sneak up on them.
Tier 5 zombies would drop high-energy evolution crystals. To upgrade to Tier 4 space tearing device, he would require a lot of these things!
Fang Heng did not want to miss this good opportunity.
He could make a small profit!
Fang Heng opened the game log and remotely controlled the group of Lickers waiting at the side.
"You guys are tired after fighting for so long. Let me help you clean up the mess. We're all old acquaintances. There's no need to be polite…"
…
"Bang! Bang Bang!"
At the foot of the mountain.
Federation's shelter.
The ground trembled slightly.
In the command center, Li Dahai was observing the situation outside through the screen.
The wall at the periphery had been smashed by the giant zombie.
This was a Tier 3 metal enhanced wall!
The giant zombie had broken through the periphery and entered the inner defense circle. It had also destroyed a large number of automatic turrets and sentry towers outside the shelter.
"Buzz…"
"Boom!!"
The light cannon turret gathered energy and fired again. The thick light cannon hit the giant zombie's body.
The giant zombie was hit by the light cannon and flew backward. It fell heavily to the ground, leaving a bloody hole on its body.
The hole healed at a visible speed.
"Report the current situation."
"The damage rate of the automatic turret is 73% and the usage rate of the laser energy turret is 90%. Three of the turrets are malfunctioning, and the remaining 27 are cooling down. The remaining energy of the light cannon turret is 29.7%, close to the warning line!"
Still a little bit.
Li Dahai stared at the screen.
The light cannon turret would overheat after a period of use. It had to wait for a period of time for it to cool down before it could attack.
Every time the energy was recharged, the giant zombies would take advantage of this period of time to cause a huge amount of damage to the shelter's city defense.
With every punch, a large number of automatic turrets would be destroyed.
Fortunately, the HP of the three giant zombies was very low.
It could be seen from their slow movements.
It was estimated that after a few more rounds, the zombies would be completely killed.
The giant zombie supported its body with both hands and stood up. Once again, it walked toward the shelter.
It raised its fist and threw it at a sentry tower.
"Boom!"
The entire command room shook violently.
The HP of the sentry tower was almost depleted. It exploded and the ruined buildings burned violently.
The images captured by the surveillance camera made the high-ranking officers of the Federation look gloomy.
Judging from the current situation, they could win this battle.
However, winning was a pyrrhic victory.
After this battle was over, they would have to spend a lot of materials to rebuild the defense of the shelter.
"Eh?"
Suddenly, a Federation soldier noticed something and said, "Eh?".
"What's wrong?"
"Sir, we found an anomaly!"
The Federation soldier responded and hurriedly adjusted the surveillance equipment, projecting the anomaly onto the big screen.
"We found a large number of Lickers moving quickly towards the shelter…"
"Chi Chi Chi."
On the surveillance screen, a large number of red Lickers darted out from the dense forest on the other side.
Almost in an instant, the entire command room was filled with heavy breathing sounds.
The players instantly became extremely nervous.
Oh no!
It was a group of Lickers!
To deal with a high-speed moving creature like a Licker, the best weapon was not a high-energy beam weapon, but an ordinary turret!
The energy beam required a long time to accumulate power, and the hit rate was not high.
It was like a cannon hitting a mosquito.
At this time, more than two-thirds of the shelter's turret had been damaged!
In the current situation of the Federation's shelter, the Lickers were more troublesome than the Tier 5 giant zombies!
They posed a greater threat to the shelter!
They could only rely on the players to take them head on!
"Attention, all attention. A large number of Lickers are approaching. Please be on alert and eliminate the Lickers as soon as possible."
The people on duty at the sentry tower were all elite players of the Federation.
Even so, the continuous high-intensity battle for more than four hours had exhausted them mentally.
Chapter 360: Serial Blood Explosions
"Received!"
Upon receiving the warning, the players braced themselves to deal with the group of Lickers.
They would use long-range sniping to eliminate threats in advance!
Chi Chi Chi..
A red figure emerged from the darkness.
The players raised their sniper rifles, trying to aim at the Licker.
Zhang Linhui was the leader of the Federation's elite team, possessing the long-range sniping talent skill.
He quickly used the scope to locate the Licker and was about to pull the trigger.
"Eh?"
Zhang Linhui was stunned.
He moved the scope away and looked into the distance. He even rubbed his eyes, wondering if he had seen wrongly.
What was going on?
A large number of Lickers were actually rushing towards the Tier 5 giant zombies?!
Under the astonished gazes of the Federation's elites, the Lickers leapt onto the giant zombies' huge bodies, crazily biting at them. They waved their claws and left many wounds on their bodies.
The damage was not great, but the giant zombies were agitated by the Lickers.
The giant zombies reached out their hands and grabbed a Licker, throwing it into the distance.
"Bang!"
The Licker was thrown and smashed into the wall of the shelter's periphery.
Its HP was instantly depleted, and the Licker was instantly killed!
Even the wall of the shelter was dented by the huge impact, and the durability of the shelter was reduced by a small part.
What happened?
The zombies started fighting each other?
The Lickers were here to help?!
After playing Zombie Apocalypse for so many years, this was the first time Zhang Linhui had seen such a situation. He was extremely confused and didn't know if he should continue to execute the order to kill the Lickers.
Not only him, but the officers in the command room of the shelter were also confused.
"Stop firing!"
"Quick! Order to stop firing! Switch targets and attack the giant zombies!"
Li Dahai was the first to react and he gave the order to the Federation soldiers.
He didn't understand why this group of Lickers would choose to attack the giant zombies.
It wasn't important!
The most important thing now was to get rid of Tier 5 giant zombies!
Li Dahai didn't have time to think about it anymore.
He couldn't afford to lose the shelter!
"Chi!"
The giant zombie was annoyed by the group of Lickers. It suddenly reached out its hand and grabbed a Licker, holding it in its palm.
"Chi! Chi!"
The Licker was held in the giant zombie's palm. It struggled and attacked crazily, trying to break free.
The giant zombie slowly clenched its fists, trying to squeeze the Licker to death.
"Boom!!!"
The Licker exploded violently!
Hot blood splashed everywhere.
The giant zombie was suddenly hit by the strong impact of the explosion. Its body swayed backwards and it took several steps back before it managed to stand still.
It opened its palm.
The palm of the giant zombie was actually corroded by a lump of blood and its flesh was a mess.
"It's still not dead?!"
In the mining area halfway up the mountain, Fang Heng was surprised by the giant zombie's strong vitality.
He focused his mind and thought about countermeasures.
At this stage, it was still a little difficult to deal with a Tier 5 zombie by relying on strength alone.
A single attack from a giant zombie could easily kill a Licker.
On the other hand, the normal attack damage of a Licker could hardly damage a Tier 5 mutated zombie.
Only by relying on the Licker's close-range self-destruct could it deal a large amount of damage in a short period of time.
Use self-destruct to deal with it!
However, the trouble was that although the damage of the HP explosion was strong, it had a special restriction. Only Licker with HP below 10% could use it.
What should he do!?
Fang Heng's eyes scanned the surroundings.
At the periphery of the shelter, the sentry tower and other buildings that had been attacked earlier were burning.
Got it!
Fang Heng immediately had a plan.
"Capta
Captain, what's the situation?"
"I don't know."
On the sentry tower, Zhang Linhui was also confused by the Lickers.
The Lickers gave up on attacking the giant zombies and retreated at a very fast speed.
Had the Lickers turned into spirits?
Seeing that they couldn't win, they ran away again?
Zhang Linhui was ready to wait for the next order, but he frowned.
"Captain, look at them…"
The Lickers seemed to have gone crazy as they all rushed towards the burning buildings in the distance.
In the blink of an eye, all the Lickers had disappeared into a sea of fire.
What was this situation? Suicide?
Zhang Linhui really could not understand it. He immediately said, "Forget about the Lickers. Let's continue attacking!"
"Yes!"
After charging into the flames, the Lickers' HP started to decrease.
[Hint: Your zombie clone-Licker has received fire damage.]
[Hint: Your zombie clone-Licker has entered a burning state and will continue to receive fire damage…]
Fang Heng observed the row of damage messages that appeared in the game log and estimated the remaining HP of the Lickers.
"Enough!"
After estimating that the Lickers' HP had dropped to 10%, Fang Heng controlled the Lickera to jump out of the sea of fire again.
"Swoosh! Swoosh!"
The Lickers jumped out of the sea of fire again!
They pounced on one of the Tier 5 giant zombies crazily!
They leaped onto the body of the Tier 5 giant zombie and grabbed it tightly!
The Lickers were covered in the burning flames, which made them even more ferocious. Among them, two Lickers grabbed the back of the giant zombie's head from behind.
Now!
Standing on the high ground, Fang Heng suddenly clenched his fists.
"Blood explosion!"
"Boom! Boom Boom!"
The Lickers attached to the giant zombie self-detonated one after another.
For a moment, red blood splattered everywhere!
It was a close-body explosion!
The giant zombie's body was blasted into a bloody mess. Its body swayed a few times before it fell to the ground.
[Hint: You have killed the giant zombie. You have obtained 455 survival points. You have obtained high energy crystal (purple)*1.]
It worked..
Fang Heng wiped the sweat off his forehead and heaved a sigh of relief.
First, he relied on the Federation's high-intensity beam weapon to reduce the giant zombie's HP for more than four hours. Finally, he used up more than 20 Lickers to finish off a Tier 5 giant zombie.
A Tier 5 mutated zombie was still difficult to deal with!
With experience, the next step was much easier.
Following the pattern, Fang Heng controlled the remaining Lickers to enter the sea of fire in batches.
…
In the Federation shelter command hall, looking at the scene captured on the monitor, the players fell silent for a moment.
What they saw just now made them somewhat unable to understand.
They had won, but it was a very strange win.
Flames could make Lickers stronger?
And what about that self-destruct attack?
Li Dahai broke the silence and said in a low voice, "We can confirm one thing. These Lickers are being controlled by someone behind the scenes."
"Someone is helping us in the dark?"
"Yes."
The players present fell into silence again. They were all thinking.
Who could it be?
Who could control the Licker, and who would be willing to help them in the dark?
An officer suddenly thought of something and said, "Could it be Fang Heng?"
Li Dahai had been focusing most of his attention on the safety of the shelter and Night Owl, who was in Server 5. He rarely paid attention to news from other servers.
This was the first time he had heard this name. He could not help but turn to look at the officer. "Who are you talking about?"