Liang Xi quickly came forward to help Xia Chi treat his injuries, but Bai Lixin could tell that Liang Xi’s strength was also running low.
On the entire battlefield, in just a short five minutes, the players with abilities had gradually become exhausted from their previously unstoppable momentum, and they began to retreat one after another.
The zombies, on the other hand, under the leadership of a special zombie, were advancing in an orderly manner, and the situation on the battlefield had already quietly turned around.
The battlefield was ever-changing. One moment you might have the upper hand, and the next moment you might become a dead soul under the knife.
It was not a solution to just rely on their abilities. Despite their strength, they had no choice but to bow their heads under the opponent’s cockroach-like swarm tactics.
Bai Lixin jumped onto the earth wall and found that the zombies who had been “killed” by the light arrows earlier had once again awakened and were standing unsteadily.
The escape system reminded again: [Zombies can no longer be considered normal life. What keeps them alive is the crystal nucleus inside their bodies. Only by destroying the nucleus can zombies be completely killed. The crystal nucleus of a zombie is generally located in its head or mid-chest position. The weird zombie you just fought can function without a head, so its crystal nucleus is likely located in the mid-chest position. However, relatively speaking, the majority of crystal nuclei are in the head, while those in the mid-chest position only account for one-thousandth.]
The cries of players echoed around him. Bai Lixin’s eyes, which were even brighter than the starry sky, swept over the crazy zombies, and then settled on the special zombie at the rear of the zombie horde.
Compared to the other mindless zombies that only knew how to kill, the special zombie was quite unique.
It still maintained the general form of a human, but its head was more elongated and its limbs were more slender.
The special zombie was also wearing clothes. Although it didn’t have that much killing intent in it’s eyes, it was full of indifference.
It was the leader of this zombie frenzy. As long as it was controlled by the his ability, he could then control the chaotic zombies.
Song Yuantian and his team in the distance also noticed Bai Lixin and rushed over.
Bai Lixin stood on the earth wall and looked down, noticing that Xia Chi’s face had already recovered quite a bit.
“Liang Xi, thank you,” he said.
Liang Xi shook his head, panting with his hands on his knees, “It’s nothing.”
Xia Chi: “I just asked my system a moment ago. The weakness of these zombies is their heads. Just shoot them in the head, and they’ll be done for. Sister Cancan, that one wearing clothes is their leader. Try attacking it.”
“Okay, got it.” Li Cancan once again pulled out her golden light bow and tilted it upwards. Ten light arrows flew out in perfect formation, with nine hitting the heads of the zombie soldiers in front and the other flying straight towards the special zombie at the rear.
As the light arrow was about to pierce the special monster’s head, it simply grabbed it with force, and the beam could no longer move forward.
Li Cancan’s expression changed as she pulled the bowstring to “shoot” again.
“Wait,” Bai Lixin stopped Li Cancan’s action. “Save your energy and don’t kill it.”
Li Cancan asked, “Why?”
“Every zombie follows its orders. The system said earlier that zombies don’t have intelligence. They continuously kill and attack. Even if we kill the leader, these zombies will not stop attacking as long as there are humans. Killing is their instinct.”
“Oh, then what should we do?” Xia Chi asked.
Bai Lixin glanced at Xia Chi. Don’t you have a plan? Why don’t you use your “flash if inspiration”?
Bai Lixin said, “Protect me, and I’ll rush to the front and control that zombie with my skill. Then I’ll make all the zombies retreat through it.”
“Okay, we’ll join too,” Song Yuantian said weakly once he walked up and heard Bai Lixin’s plan.
“Okay, I’ll leave everything behind me to you. I will use all my power on the skill, and use the remaining energy on movement. As for those zombies attacking me…”
“Brother, don’t worry. Leave them to me. You need to be careful too. If you feel weak, retreat immediately.”
Bai Lixin stretched his muscles, and the next moment he rushed out like a meteor, breaking the silence of the night.
All the players retreated to save their lives amidst the zombie frenzy, but there was one person who went against the tide in the zombie frenzy.
He sometimes ran on the top of the zombie’s heads, sometimes shuttled through the ugly and terrifying monsters.
The monsters were angry and excited by his intrusion. They rushed towards Bai Lixin one by one, some baring their teeth, and some extending their blood-stained claws.
But Bai Lixin remained “unperturbed” in the face of such a terrifying army.
The screams that made the players tremble with fear were like lightning and thunder in the storm to him. He was the rose that bloomed brilliantly in the face of the storm.
When the hand of a zombie was about to grab Bai Lixin’s leg, an arrow pierced through its head in an instant.
Another zombie with red eyes ran over, but its body was suddenly pierced from the ground by a spike.
In the distance, seven or eight people closely watched the monsters’ every moves and kept activating their abilities to ensure the youth’s unobstructed progress.
The players then realized that the youth was not fighting alone.
After a while, with the cover of Xia Chi and others, Bai Lixin was only one step away from the special zombie.
Suddenly, a loud bang echoed in his mind, as if his entire brain was about to explode.
Bai Lixin clenched his teeth and forcefully expelled the noise in his mind, immediately locking eyes with the special zombie, who was revealed to also possess psychokinetic abilities.
‘Very well, let’s see who has the stronger psychokinetic control – you or I,’ Bai Lixin thought to himself.
Pouring all his strength into the activation of his charming ability, he charged towards the special zombie with a fearless attitude, causing the zombie to panic and become disoriented.
Another zombie, which had been guarding the special zombie, rushed over to protect it upon seeing the attack, but Bai Lixin kicked it away with a swift blow, and in the next second, arrived in front of the special zombie.
The special zombie, who probably had never encountered a human being face-to-face before, was momentarily stunned by the terrifying human who had suddenly overpowered it, and its large eyes were completely filled with the image of Bai Lixin.
The youth pinned the special zombie beneath him and coldly stated the final outcome: “You lost.”
In the next second, the special zombie’s mind was suddenly struck by an irresistible order: [Order all zombies to retreat and leave this place.]
The special zombie numbly looked up at the youth who was close enough to touch, feeling as though it was floating on a cloud, while the youth’s voice continued to echo in its mind. In front of the zombie, the youth’s image became taller, more imposing, and even adorned with a golden border.
He had transformed into a god.
The special zombie felt as tiny as an ant on the ground, crawling on its knees and losing even the courage to meet his gaze.
Trembling with fear, the special zombie nodded reverently and said, “Yes, master.”
Mind control was incredibly exhausting, especially for Bai Lixin, who had just got the ability and had gone head-to-head with the special zombie.
After completely controlling the special zombie, Bai Lixin finally let it go, sat on the ground, and breathed heavily to recover his strength.
Meanwhile, the special zombie let out a strange cry, and as the sound echoed, the countless zombies that had been attacking suddenly stopped in their tracks.
The zombie army, numbering in the tens of thousands and under the command of the special zombie, slowly withdrew from the battlefield.
Xia Chi and his companions hurried over to Bai Lixin’s side, and Liang Xi used healing magic to help him recover.
As the green light enveloped him, Bai Lixin suddenly felt his strength gradually returning from the soles of his feet.
With the help of Xia Chi, Bai Lixin stopped Liang Xi from continuing the treatment. “That’s enough. Take a rest. I don’t want to see the doctor pass out before the patient,” he said.
Liang Xi stopped the treatment and, with the help of Zhou Guang, managed to stand still, forcing a weak smile. “One treatment is really exhausting. I need to figure out a way,” he said.
After a brief moment to catch their breath, the group finally had the energy to observe their surroundings.
Not far behind the battlefield was a huge mobile vehicle. The body of the vehicle was completely gray, but it was covered in the blood of many zombies, making the lower part of the body look dirty.
There were several large black characters engraved on the gray body of the vehicle, spelling out “Noah’s Ark”. But instead of a ship, it was more like a city, as trees and buildings were visible from their viewpoint.
The ark was at least a hundred meters tall and had tracks, rollers, and energy thrusters at the bottom, enabling multiple modes of transportation. The rollers alone were meters high.
“Fuck, this thing is huge.”
“By the way, the system said to go to the ark after repelling the zombie wave. Should we go now?”
“Hurry up, this is a battlefield, and I don’t want to stay here for a moment.”
“I’m injured and need treatment.”
“Brother, what’s wrong with your legs? You are so good at talking, come on, let’s hurry up to the ship.”
Only a few players died on the battlefield. After all, they were all players above level 300 with some experience in breaking through levels. Most of them were just bitten or scratched.
They enjoyed the joy of a brief escape and helped each other move towards the ark.
When passing by the zombie corpse, Bai Lixin was attracted by something shiny.
He picked up the thing and found it was a shiny diamond-shaped pure black crystal.
[Ding! Congratulations to the player for discovering the zombie crystal nucleus.]
[The zombie crystal nucleus can provide energy for zombies and is the energy source for their continuous activity. However, it can also serve as a supplement to the abilities of an ability user. After eating the crystal nucleus, you can quickly recover your physical strength. When the crystal nucleus is consumed to a certain extent, your abilities may also evolve.]
[It is the most precious thing inside a zombie, so please cherish it. However, the purity of the crystal nucleus in your hand is low. After all, the recent zombie wave was just an attack by F-level zombies, so the crystal nucleus is not so precious.]
Bai Lixin looked at the ice-cold black crystal on his fingertips. [Can you tell the purity of the crystal nucleus from its color?]
Escape System: [Yes, the worst is black, and from best to worst, they are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. There are also very precious transparent ones, and I heard that the most precious ones are the rainbow-colored ones. If you were a zombie, Master Bai Lixin, your core would be rainbow-colored!]
Bai Lixin: [……]
Sister, do you know that flattery can backfire?
Players above level 300 have good observation skills. Not only Bai Lixin, but other players around also discovered the existence of the crystal nucleus.
These players were stunned for only a few seconds, but then began to search for other crystal nuclei carefully. It seems that they all received prompts from their personal systems.
Even the player who was just cursing and screaming in pain didn’t complain anymore and joined the team to search for the crystal nuclei.
In fact, thinking about it, they knew why. The copy said that it was the strength and the resistance of the strength. Only by becoming stronger can they have a chance to survive until the end.
The efficiency of nearly two hundred people in picking up the crystals was fast, and within five minutes, the crystals on the ground were all picked up. Some people returned with full load, some had only a few in their hands, and others had nothing at all.
Only when there were no crystals on the battlefield did the players continue to move to the ark. When they were about to reach the ark, a small square door on the wall of the ark opened.
The players saw the door open and became excited.
“The door is open. Looks like we have to go in there.”
“Hurry up and get in. The monsters are dangerous. It’s safer inside.”
“Yes, but how do we get in?”
“Hey, anyone there? Hurry up and let us in.”
As the players worried about how to get in, an arrow with a diameter of one meter suddenly shot out from behind the door, plunging deeply into the ground.
The menacing arrow fell in front of two players who were supporting each other. If those two players hadn’t reacted quickly, they would have been shot through.
The two players looked at each other and immediately began to curse loudly at the dark hole.
“What the hell? Is there something wrong? Don’t you see that there are people outside? Or are your eyes too small?”
“Died in the hands of zombies, almost died in the hands of humans, damn it.”
While the two were cursing, the rope connected to the arrow swayed twice, and the next second, several people wearing protective suits and carrying large knives on their backs slid down the rope.
As soon as they landed, one man stood out with a scanner in his hand.
“Sorry, for safety reasons, we need to scan whether you are infected with the virus or not.”
A player asked, “How can you tell if someone is infected with the virus?”
The man said, “Generally, those who are bitten or scratched by zombies may be infected with the virus, but not always. So we need to scan.”
With that, several men raised their scanners, “Please stand next to me if you are an ability holder who has been bitten or scratched by zombies. The others stand on the other side.”
There were quite a few players who were bitten or scratched, and they looked at each other. One of them asked cautiously, “What happens if you find out that I am infected with the virus?”
The man replied, “Once you are infected with the virus, you will quickly lose your mind. There is not much danger to ordinary humans, but an ability holder who has become infected will still retain their ability. If you are not killed at that time, it will pose a great threat to humanity.”
“For the sake of all humanity, and for Blue Star, if you are infected with the virus, I will have to eliminate you. If you cooperate, I will award you the ‘Contributor Medal’ and hang your photo in the hall of greats. But if you do not cooperate, I can only regard you as a zombie that poses a threat to humanity and forcefully eliminate you.”
The faces of the crowd suddenly changed, and all the joy they had just experienced after surviving the attack disappeared in an instant.
The man quickly scanned the first player with his scanner, and without surprise, a dangerous red light flashed, along with the words “[infected]” appearing on the screen.
The player’s face turned pale, but before he could say anything, the man swiftly drew the knife from behind his back. Some didn’t even see how he wielded it before the player’s head was separated from his body.
The other players’ faces became even more grim.
“No, it shouldn’t be like this!” One player suddenly yelled out, “Isn’t there an antigen? As long as we find the antigen, we can be saved. You can’t execute us before we have even mutated!”
