Chapter 276 The Cold-Stricken Macaw...
The spray hissed as it hit Wen Qing, instantly filling the air with a pungent odor of rotting entrails mixed with the stench of a corpse.
After the smell dissipated slightly, Lu Nange shook the spray can: "Zombie odor camouflage agent, effective for six hours..."
Before the words were even finished, everyone took three steps back in unison, their faces filled with resistance—[Is this something we're allowed to know?]
Lu Nange: "All of you, come back here..."
Everyone stepped forward in unison as if they had been electrocuted.
Seeing everyone return, Lu Nange said calmly, "Sister Wenqing, spray this on, and the zombies will treat you like one of their own and won't attack you. Just wait for the right moment and shoot them in the head with your Tang sword."
Gu Wan pinched her nose and took a half step back: "No wonder this smell is so familiar and awful..."
"Holy crap! This is practically cheating!" He Zhuo exclaimed excitedly.
Ji Xian: "A cheating device."
Wen Qing's eyes lit up: "That way you won't have to worry about protecting me; I can protect myself."
"Nan Nan..." Shi Xu hesitated, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
Lu Nange: "There are still some left, I'll put them in the car for you to study."
Shi Xu nodded obediently: "Thank you, Nan Nan..."
Lu Beiye: [He looks like a big dog that just got a bone...]
Chi Yanzhou gathered cold air in his palm, silently melting a narrow passageway into the ice wall.
The group kept their heads low and filed in.
The boots made a soft cracking sound as they stepped on the icy ground.
In front of the hospital security booth, three zombies were mechanically swaying.
Frost had formed on their rotting faces before they even noticed.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Three wind blades flashed past, and the zombie's head exploded.
Before the spurting black blood could even hit the ground, it condensed into dark red ice crystals in the biting cold wind, which then clattered and slammed onto the ice surface.
The group cautiously advanced toward the main building, which faced the main gate.
Every balcony on every floor of the entire outpatient building was covered in a thick layer of ice.
Upon closer inspection, the sight becomes even more chilling—the ice is filled with countless zombies, some baring their fangs and claws, others roaring towards the sky...
Gu Wan: "They're all uglier than the last. Nan Nan, are they dead or alive?"
Lu Nange shook her head: "He's not dead..."
Gu Qi nudged He Zhuo with his elbow and pointed to the frozen outpatient building: "Look, your ATM is open for business."
He Zhuo: "Does smashing one really result in losing a crystal core?"
Ji Xian: "Smash one, and maybe you'll get a dozen..."
Shi Xu: "If you knock on just one spot, all the zombies in the entire building will be awakened. As for the number..."
He glanced at the densely packed ice sculptures: "Quite impressive."
He Zhuo: "Then what are we waiting for? We're still so young, what are we thinking about if we don't want to make money?"
Lu Nange: "Then...let's begin the door-to-door canvassing..."
Chi Yanzhou: "Everyone, step back!"
After everyone had retreated more than ten steps, Chi Yanzhou's lightning struck the ice directly.
Blinding electric light surged wildly through the ice, instantly covering the entire ice wall.
Lu Nange's wind blade followed closely behind, cutting into the crack cleaved by lightning.
"Crack—"
The ice began to crack, and fine cracks spread at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Immediately afterwards, a series of "hoarse" sounds echoed throughout the building, and the frozen zombies awoke one after another.
First floor, second floor, third floor...
Zombies fell from the shattered ice like dumplings being dropped into a pot, crashing heavily onto the hard ground with dull thuds.
But these monsters, which had been smashed to pieces, somehow managed to stand up again—some dragging broken legs, some with only half a body, and some even with their heads tilted to the back—all of them were "resurrected" in all sorts of unbelievable ways, roaring as they pounced on the crowd.
Chi Yanzhou: "Form a circle!"
The group immediately formed a defensive formation with their backs to each other.
Lu Nange, Lu Beiye, Lu Xici, Chi Yanzhou, and Shi Xu faced the outpatient building, their supernatural abilities poised to be unleashed.
The others filled in the gaps one by one, with Wen Qing holding a Tang sword in both hands at the very back.
Only a few scattered zombies staggered toward her.
She stepped forward to meet them, but the zombies ignored her and walked right past her.
Wen Qing thought to herself: [Nan Nan's zombie spray really works.]
Seeing this, Luo Xingyou and Gu Wan exchanged a glance, then turned their attention to the zombie in front of them with relief, though they still kept a close eye on Wen Qing out of the corner of their eyes...
Lu Nange was completely focused on controlling dozens of level two and three zombies.
These controlled zombies mechanically carried out commands, using their rotting hands to extract crystal cores from the heads of their fellow zombies.
Once they have filled their hands with crystal cores, they will stagger over to Lu Nange and offer them as tribute.
Seeing this, Shi Xu stopped controlling the zombies to fight amongst themselves and directly activated his mental power, aiming at the zombie horde in front of him, causing their heads to explode silently.
Although Zhizhi branched out a vine to protect Wenqing at all times, its main body remained obediently curled up in Lu Beiye's large pocket.
It glared angrily at the zombies that were delivering crystal cores to Lu Nange, its emerald green vines wriggling restlessly.
"Chirp chirp chirp!" It made a series of rapid sounds.
Lu Nange didn't understand its meaning at first.
Lu Beiye's lips twitched: "That was pretty vulgar..."
Before the words were even finished, dozens of vines shot out from the little branch like wildfire.
These vines pierced directly into the heads of the zombies on each floor, frantically pulling out their crystal cores.
The crystal cores it took out were piled up at Lu Nange's feet, and after it had collected enough, it was even arranged into the shape of a heart.
"Chirp chirp chirp!" It proudly swayed its wavy leaf crown.
[Look, Master! None of them are as capable as me!]
While controlling more than a dozen zombies, Lu Nange took a hand and rubbed its little head: "Of course, how can they compare to our little twig?"
The branches immediately curled up happily into a ball, their leaves trembling joyfully: "Chirp chirp chirp..."
[As expected, Master loves Zhizhi the most!]
Huddled inside Lu Xici's backpack, with only its beak sticking out, Gangzi, the macaw who was eating sunflower seeds, was unhappy.
It suddenly pulled open the zipper with its beak, revealing its multicolored head: "Gah! The beauty loves me the most!"
The vines immediately burst open with a "chirp chirp chirp!"
[What good are you, you piece of trash? When your master fights, you just lie there!]
Spurred on, Gangzi flapped his wings and leaped out of his backpack: "Beauty! I'm here to help you!"
But as soon as it spread its wings to their fullest extent, the biting wind made it shiver, and it instantly retreated back into its backpack: "Gah! I'm freezing! These lousy feathers... they're not cold-resistant at all!"
It buried its head in its feathers, looking aggrieved, with only its round eyes peeking at the branches.
Zhizhi flicked out a vine and "whoosh!" zipped up the backpack: "Squeak squeak squeak!"
[Don't embarrass yourself with this piece of trash...]
Gangzi: "Beautiful..."
The vines entwined tightly around its beak: "Chirp chirp!"
[The master is busy, don't cause trouble here!]
A muffled "gurgling" sound came from the backpack, and Gangzi completely deflated...
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