Chapter 42 Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland 5

The inside of the hospital is not much better than hell.

The stench of blood and decay in the air was more than ten times stronger than on the rooftop. In the narrow stairwell, the walls were covered with dried bloody handprints and suspicious scratches.

"Stay close to me, keep quiet, and don't make any unnecessary noise."

She moved silently at the forefront, like a ghost. The boundary-breaking shovel in her hand was the most efficient scythe of death.

In the thermal imaging field of view, no zombie emitting a low-temperature signal can hide.

"Pfft!"

As soon as they turned a corner, the heads of the three wandering zombies were instantly chopped off before they could even react.

Zhou Jue's movements were clean and efficient, without a single unnecessary movement, as if he had done it a thousand times.

The survivors following behind didn't dare to breathe. They followed closely behind Wang Yong, taking each step carefully, afraid of making the slightest sound and alerting the monster lurking in the building.

The shadow of death looms over everyone's heart.

They walked through the stairwell and entered the fifth floor of Building B. According to the blueprints, the sky bridge connecting Buildings A and B was located on this floor.

However, as soon as the fire door was pushed open, an even stronger stench hit them.

In the corridor, there were more than a dozen zombie corpses lying haphazardly, but their deaths were completely different from those Zhou Jue had killed before.

Most of the corpses were mangled, as if forcibly torn apart by something, with black blood and tissue fluid splattered all over the ground and walls. Even more eerie, there were large areas of corrosion on the ground and walls, emitting wisps of smoke.

"Something's not right." Zhou Jue immediately became alert.

[WARNING! High-strength acidic residue detected! Unknown mutant ahead!]

The warning sound from System 001 and Zhou Jue's judgment appeared almost simultaneously.

She immediately gestured for the survivors to stop, then lowered her body and slowly explored forward.

At the end of the corridor are glass doors leading to the skywalk.

At that moment, in front of the glass door, a bloated, obese figure stood with his back to them, emitting a muffled "gurgling" sound.

The thing looked like an inflated humanoid balloon, its skin a disgusting yellowish-green, covered with constantly throbbing and rupturing pustules.

With each step it took, its body swayed violently due to its extreme obesity, and some yellowish-green pus dripped from the cracks in its skin, corroding small pits into the hard terrazzo floor.

"Ugh... What is this thing?" Zhou Jue couldn't help but curse in his mind.

This thing is practically a mobile biological bomb!

Zhou Jue had no doubt that once it was detonated with bullets, the area within a ten-meter radius would be sprayed with its highly corrosive liquid. At that point, not only would these unarmed survivors be unable to withstand it, but even her own "Obsidian" combat suit might not be able to keep up.

We must find a way to eliminate it without detonating it.

"Brother Tongzi?"

[The mutant's Achilles' heel has been detected...]

"Huh?" Zhou Jue was stumped by the word "butt," but he didn't have time to complain.

"Stay here and don't move an inch," Zhou Jue commanded in a low voice.

She put the Boundary-Breaking Shovel back into the Starlight Secret Box and replaced it with a specially made high-frequency vibration blade.

This was also provided to her by the state. Unlike the boundary-breaking shovel, it emits a high-frequency vibration instantly when it kills a target, which may have unexpected effects.

She took a deep breath and activated the combat suit's instant overload mode.

The whole world seemed to slow down.

She went around to the other side of the corridor, using the ward door as cover, and slowly approached the bloated "pustule monster".

Fifty meters.

Thirty meters.

Ten meters.

Just as she entered the attack range, preparing to strike from behind, the pustule monster seemed to sense something, and its bloated body suddenly turned around!

It had no facial features; its entire head was a gigantic, throbbing tumor. In the center of the tumor, a fissure suddenly opened, emitting a muffled roar!

It discovered Zhou Jue!

Almost simultaneously, its plump body began to pounce on Zhou Jue, and with each step it took, the pustules it shed made a sizzling sound as they touched the ground!

not good!

Zhou Jue's pupils suddenly contracted.

There's no time!

In a flash, she made a bold, almost insane decision.

Instead of retreating, she suddenly slid forward!

With its body close to the ground, it glided past the disproportionately short legs of the Pussy Monster with lightning speed!

In the instant he brushed past it, Zhou Jue swung his high-frequency vibration blade from bottom to top and stabbed it hard into the bottom of its fat body!

"Pfft!"

The sharp blade pierced through the hilt.

Immediately afterward, Zhou Jue rolled forward without looking back, roaring, "Get down!"

The survivors behind him were stunned by the sudden turn of events. Only Wang Yong instinctively fell to the ground, pulling down two people next to him in the process.

The next second.

"boom--!!!"

A dull, loud thud was heard.

However, the expected spray of corrosive liquid, like a shower of flowers, did not occur.

The body of that pustule monster was like a balloon that had been punctured from the bottom, and all the pressure had found an outlet.

Large amounts of yellowish-green liquid gushed out vertically like a waterfall, instantly corroding the area beneath its feet into a large, smoking crater.

Its deflated body quickly shriveled up, turning into a huge, rotten skin that lay limp on the ground.

[Ding! 'T-virus' variant (corrosive) sample detected. Collect?]

"collection!"

Zhou Jue got up from the ground, let out a long breath, his back was already soaked with cold sweat.

If we had been even 0.1 seconds slower, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

She glanced back at the survivors still sprawled on the ground, her eyes icy: "See that? This is the world you're going to face. If you don't want to die, pull yourself together!"

Wang Yong struggled to his feet, looking at Zhou Jue's back, the awe in his eyes had turned into fanaticism.

This is no longer human, this is a god!

After passing through the corroded corridor, the sky bridge came into view.

However, when they walked to the glass windows of the connecting corridor and looked out, everyone's hearts sank to the bottom.

Below Building A, a dark horde of zombies had converged into a sea. Countless zombies were piled on top of each other, like ants, frantically climbing upwards.

Several of the extremely fast mutants had already climbed up the wall to the second floor!

They were completely blocked.

“It’s over…we’re doomed…” One survivor completely broke down and collapsed to the ground.

Zhou Jue's expression was also very unpleasant.

She underestimated the speed at which the zombie horde could gather.

Just then, out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a sign on the corridor wall.

There was a downward arrow drawn on it, and two large, blood-red characters were written next to it.

"Morgue".