"Holy crap, what's that smell? It's so awful! Is it a biological weapon?" Zhang Xiaojuan squatted on the ground and dry heaved, her face as white as paper.

Sun Tiantian and the others weren't in much better shape; they were all pale and had purple lips.

The situation of Meng Baitang and Su Zheng's groups was also not optimistic; some of them even fainted.

Fortunately, Lu Sheng managed to find a few bottles of medicated oil in his spatial storage and tossed them over. The group rubbed the oil on their philtrum and then came to their senses.

"Pretty sister, how come you have everything?" The pink-haired young man took the medicated oil and showered her with compliments with admiration.

In terms of refreshing the mind, medicated oil is excellent and inexpensive. Although it was inconspicuous before the apocalypse, it is now extremely rare and hard to find.

"I've never encountered such a vicious zombie before. The stench almost got me taken away by my great-grandmother," Zhang Xiaojuan complained, panting as she smeared Tiger Balm all over her temples.

Meng Botang looked a little embarrassed and rubbed his hands together. "Sorry, this is our team member's special ability. You may feel nauseous and gagging for about ten minutes. It will get much better after that."

Lu Sheng and the others: "..."

There's such a superpower?

"Similar to the scent glands on a skunk, it will actively release a high concentration of stench when it encounters danger to drive away enemies and buy time to escape."

Meng Botang pointed to a young man in the group whose face was flushed, "It has a remarkable effect in certain situations, and its influence is even greater on zombie units."

The people present: "..."

The world is truly amazing.

"What was that monster just now? I think it was hanging upside down from the ceiling, with its limbs hanging from the wall, but its head and neck were flipped over. It was really disgusting."

After regaining her senses, Zhang Xiaojuan asked suspiciously.

This zombie was unlike any they had ever seen before; its skin was wrinkled all over, and its body was swollen and enormous, yet it moved with agility.

“It’s a newly emerged zombie species. They’re fast, powerful, and very cunning.” Meng Botang took out a set of ability-enhancing agents from his spatial storage and distributed them to everyone. “Unlike ordinary zombies, they can eat their own kind in addition to living people. Moreover, they gain attribute enhancements after eating their own kind. They’re very difficult to deal with.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a series of soft sounds came from behind him.

Lu Sheng's brow furrowed, and he instinctively stood up.

In the previously empty makeshift hospital, countless twisted gray-white figures suddenly emerged from every corner, like a dense swarm of insects, rushing swiftly toward the group.

"It's... the mutated zombie from earlier!" Su Zheng shouted sharply.

Zhang Xiaojuan swiftly pulled a large bag of modeling clay from her pocket and vigorously kneaded it, then scattered a row of colorful little clay figures on the floor. "I knew this guy ran so fast, he must have gone back to call for backup!"

Mutated zombies were everywhere, and everyone present felt a chill run down their spines. An atmosphere of oppressive fear quickly spread through the crowd.

Lu Sheng raised his hand and, without hesitation, unleashed a massive electromagnetic cannon towards the dense horde of zombies.

Accompanied by the pungent smell of burning flesh, a huge crater instantly appeared in the center of the zombie horde.

But before everyone could rejoice, the charred corpses were immediately devoured by the mutated zombies nearby.

Accompanied by eerie chewing sounds, the dense horde of zombies underwent a second evolution right before everyone's eyes.

Zhuangzhuang meowed in surprise, "Oh no, these zombies leveled up so quickly!"

"Where's your fart? Where's your fart? It was just for show!" Zhang Xiaojuan grabbed the young man who had just released the stink bomb.

The young man almost cried out, "My skill is on cooldown! I can't use it again for ten minutes!"

"You're no match for this important task!" Zhang Xiaojuan gave a helpless, bitter smile.

Faced with the surging tide of mutated zombies, everyone was momentarily at a loss.

They must finish the battle as quickly as possible, otherwise these mutated zombies could level up by constantly eating corpses, and who knows what kind of monsters they might eventually create.

"Get out of here! Get to an open area!" Xu Yi made a quick decision and directed everyone to evacuate from the makeshift hospital.

In a confined space, it's too easy to accidentally injure teammates, and the speed advantage of mutated zombies will be even more pronounced here.

Everyone immediately sprinted toward the door of the makeshift hospital. Just when the exit was within reach, the door was locked by several mutated zombies!

Lu Sheng's mind sank.

Is someone manipulating these mutated zombies?!

Otherwise, given the rate at which these guys are evolving, they're far from being capable of thinking.

Without a second thought, Lu Sheng acted swiftly, gripping his longsword and severing the heads of the two mutated zombies in front of him.