Chapter 158 Crabs
Inside the city, although the foundations of houses in the pre-apocalyptic city had been raised, most of the buildings were still destroyed or submerged. Large patches of swelled plaster peeled off, and all the buildings had a yellowish tinge. Many walls still bore the salt crystal patterns formed by the evaporation of seawater.
Lu Nange's mental power detected the unusual movement.
A dozen slender black shadows swept across the shore at an astonishing speed and disappeared into the yellow-black sea with a "whoosh," leaving only a few fleeting ripples on the murky surface.
It was moving too fast; she didn't even have time to identify what it was.
The zombies wandering on both sides of the road looked like rotting corpses soaked in seawater, their pale skin swollen and festering.
It roared and pounced on the crowd.
The air was immediately filled with the stench of rotting flesh mixed with the smell of the sea.
It was so disgusting that everyone wanted to finish the job quickly.
In an instant, various supernatural lights exploded—lightning blasted open the rotting head, and wind blades pierced through the swollen forehead...
In less than two minutes, twenty or thirty zombies lay sprawled on the ground.
Zhizhi, who was always eager to collect crystal cores, turned around on Lu Nange's shoulder this time, her little vines hugging Lu Nange's neck and her little feet tucking in.
Chi Yanzhou and a few other boys picked up the grayish-white crystal core with daggers.
Continuing deeper into the dilapidated street, we encountered a group of crabs crossing the road sideways towards the sea, their shells covered in black slime.
Gu Wan: "Crabs?"
He Zhuo's eyes instantly lit up with a predatory glint: "Little sister, can I eat this...?"
"Sis, can I eat this?" Lu Beiye looked up.
The commotion startled the crabs, and a group of crabs the size of basketballs suddenly turned around, raised their pincers, and charged towards them menacingly.
Lu Nange hesitated, "Without a crystal core... it shouldn't be poisonous enough to kill someone, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the lead crab suddenly raised its body and sprayed out a stream of black foam that emitted a pungent odor.
The crowd quickly covered their mouths and noses and retreated.
Lu Nange: "It seems we can't eat it."
Once it was confirmed that the food was inedible, the group's attack suddenly became fierce.
Wind blades whistled as they slashed at the crab's leg joints, lightning struck the cracks in its shell, and fireballs ignited the black slime.
Lu Beiye and Luo Xingyou's darts and knives clanged and sparked as they hit the crab shells.
"Why is this shell so hard!" He Zhuo's earth spikes could only flip the crab upside down, while Ji Xian's additional earth spikes made a "clang" sound as they scratched a white mark on the crab's abdomen, and even the abdomen could not be penetrated.
The tendrils of a crab became entangled in the shell, their tips hardening into spikes, leaving only a string of white spots on its carapace.
The continuous "clanging" sounds of stabbing couldn't even create a crack.
Upon seeing this, Gangzi flapped its wings, and ice crystals gushed out.
With a "crack," the crab instantly froze into an ice sculpture, almost freezing Zhizhi's toes.
Gangzi flapped its wings triumphantly: "Caw caw caw!"
[How about it? Am I handsome?]
Startled by the cold, Zhizhi lashed out with her rattan whip, striking Gangzi's rump with a sharp "smack!" "Squeak squeak squeak..."
[Silly bird! Luckily I pulled them in quickly, or my feet would have frozen!]
Gangzi was whipped so hard it tumbled in the air, then flapped its wings to steady itself, squawking pitifully.
[I helped you, and you hit me! Zhizhi, you need to change your temper.]
Zhizhi: "Chirp chirp chirp..."
[You have a good temper, just bear with it!]
A parrot per tree, chattering and squawking loudly.
After all the crabs had died in a row, Zhizhi still maintained a human-like posture—two main vines forked at her "waist," pointing angrily at Gangzi in mid-air.
He Zhuo: "Gangzi, Zhizhi, stop arguing, let's go!"
Neither the tree nor the bird reacted.
"I'm leaving." Lu Nange rubbed her temples and turned to leave.
The vines immediately scurried up her trouser leg, eventually coiling into a small green ball on her left shoulder.
Seeing this, Gangzi was not to be outdone. He flapped his wings and shrank to the size of a parrot, landing on the right shoulder.
"Chirp chirp chirp!" The vines on the left shoulder waved their tips to complain.
[Master, Gangzi almost frostbitten my feet.]
"Beauty, hahaha!" Gangzi on the right shoulder popped up its feathers in protest.
[Beautiful lady, I was helping it, and it still hit me.]
Lu Nange's left and right ears were attacked by sound waves at the same time.
He reached out and grabbed the main vine of the branch with one hand, and lifted Gangzi's paws with the other, bringing the two little creatures up in front of him.
"Stop making noise." She narrowed her eyes, her voice eerily gentle: "Today we'll have parrot stew with vines."
The world became quiet instantly...
He Zhuo: "Little sister, is it really going to taste good to stew parrot with vines?"
"Smack!"
The vines whipped his wrist, leaving a red mark.
"Thump!"
Not to be outdone, Gangzi swooped down and bit him on the back of the hand.
He Zhuo froze on the spot, then slowly raised his head: "..."
Everyone crowded around to examine the injury and, finding that not even the skin was broken, burst into laughter: "Serves you right!"
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