Perhaps too much killing tonight.
The moonlight was faintly tinged with a dark red, casting through leaves and branches into the dense forest, making it unusually dim.
Zhang Tianbao sat on the ground, leaning against a tree.
Sweat covered his head.
It was from exhaustion.
More so from excruciating pain.
Suddenly!
His left calf was blackened, the surrounding area charred.
At the center of the wound, flesh and skin were completely carbonized, like a roasted pork chop.
The leg bone was faintly visible.
The bone was also black.
Facing the gasoline bombs dropped from the sky, although he had pulled two zombies in front of him as shields, he couldn't make it a completely sealed barrier.
His calf had been splashed.
"Qin Feng!"
"Qin Feng!"
He clenched his fists, looking at his severely injured leg.
Once, his calf was white and tender, but now it was in this state.
Was it crippled?
Everything.
Was owed to Qin Feng!
This time, it had failed again.
The key point was that this operation made him realize that facing Qin Feng's "bombers," even with an army of a million zombies, was meaningless – the more the numbers, the more experience points were delivered.
"Last time..."
Suddenly!
He remembered something from the past.
Back then, the intelligent zombie legion was trapped by Qin Feng's design, and he escaped through a sewer.
Later, a few kilometers away, he encountered the intelligent zombie again.
The intelligent zombie had an arm severed.
But that was it!
Weren't there napalm bombs?
Why wasn't the intelligent zombie burned to death?
And!
After Qin Feng's bombing earlier, he then used the dark giant bird to survey and target Level 5 mutants for a one-on-one kill.
What did this indicate?
Whether it was the Level 4 intelligent zombie back then,
or the Level 5 mutant.
They could withstand the napalm bomb bombardment!
Now.
Ordinary zombies had reached Level 3.
Once they evolved again, all zombies would be Level 4.
By then...
Napalm bombs would be completely ineffective!
Qin Feng was strong?
Indeed!
But no matter how strong he was, let alone facing a million zombies, even ten thousand zombies... if he stood still and let them cut him, he would be worked to death.
The reason for the failure of this operation.
The fundamental reason was not Qin Feng's combat power.
It was the napalm bombs.
Once the bombs posed no threat...
"Qin Feng!"
Zhang Tianbao grinned, revealing a sinister smile, like a vengeful spirit: "Wait... you just wait for me!"
...
Yan Mountain.
The hunt was not over.
The napalm bombs manufactured in a week were insufficient to annihilate a million-strong army.
Many zombies had escaped.
From the northeast.
To the southwest.
This arc exceeding 200 degrees could be ignored.
These directions led to cities, and at this stage, various cities were zombie strongholds.
But!
To the north and northwest lay the Yan Mountains and Taihang Mountains.
There were a large number of survivor bases.
Qin Feng's base was also there.
Tens of thousands of zombies entering brought immense hidden dangers.
Zhou Haiyang was busy.
He used the dark giant bird to scout from high in the sky, guiding his companions.
His other companions were also busy.
Using the information feedback from Zhou Haiyang, they pursued the zombies that had fled into the mountains.
The zombies were too many.
Too scattered.
For this reason, Xiao Ruoruo, Tang Xiaoying, Old Bird, and others with strong individual combat power were split into teams.
They formed several small groups with the second team and Luo Daqing's people.
Qin Feng acted alone.
With his speed, he was faster on his own.
Of course, chasing the fleeing zombies was not just about saving survivors.
It was also about acquiring crystals.
And it was about tempering.
After all, it was the first time they had completely dispersed Team One, with everyone fighting independently.
...
In the mountain ridges.
Several zombies were wandering.
Having escaped, they were no longer running wildly but walking slowly.
Swish!
Spatial blades cut through the air, leaving trails of afterimages.
Several headless zombies fell softly.
Their heads were collected into the dimensional space.
Caw!
Just then.
A sharp bird cry echoed from high above.
"This way!" Qin Feng shouted, looking up.
"Captain!"
The dark giant bird landed, and Zhou Haiyang looked anxious: "There's a survivor base... being attacked!"
Attacked?
The zombies that fled into the mountains last night numbered at least thirty to forty thousand.
Tang Xiaoying led two battle teams.
They could only intercept a small portion heading towards their own base, numbering no more than two to three thousand in total.
More zombies had already entered the mountains.
Some were scattered.
Others had temporarily formed groups.
"Let's go!"
Qin Feng leaped onto the bird's back.
This was a good opportunity to expand the base!
...
Ten kilometers away.
Outside a small air-raid shelter, a fierce battle was underway.
"Hold the line!"
The leader was a man in his thirties.
A silver light flashed in his eyes.
Then.
A miraculous scene unfolded.
Several rocks weighing hundreds of kilograms floated into the air, smashing the first dozen or so zombies.
Some had broken bones, others were directly crushed to death.
His name was Hong Jingxian.
Before the nuclear explosion.
He was a firefighter.
After the nuclear explosion.
He fled to Yan Mountain.
And using his professional rescue knowledge, he established this survivor base, gathering many survivors.
Later, when the zombie outbreak began.
He gradually discovered the secret of crystals, and he and many people in the base became ability users.
Now.
He was a Level 3 ability user.
The base also had over twenty Level 2 ability users.
Behind him.
More than twenty people were attacking with all their might.
Unfortunately...
The power of Level 2 abilities was too limited, making it difficult to damage Level 3 zombies.
Even for Hong Jingxian, a Level 3 ability user, how many could he deal with?
The zombies were too many.
There were one to two hundred!
For a short time.
They temporarily held their ground by utilizing the long-range capabilities unique to their abilities and their defenses.
But!
Their mental energy was rapidly depleting.
If this continued, it was a dead end!
Suddenly!
A bird cry was heard.
"Telekinesis isn't used like that."
Whoosh!
A figure descended from a giant bird with a ten-meter wingspan: "When encountering a large number of zombies and unable to kill them all, the best way to use telekinesis is to throw them out – use zombies to smash zombies!"
Hong Jingxian was stunned.
Right!
Small stones had no lethality against Level 3 zombies.
Large stones...
Hundreds of kilograms each!
Throwing giant stones consumed mental energy completely differently from throwing zombies!
The heavier the object controlled, the greater the consumption.
"Thank you!"
Hong Jingxian shouted, "You should leave quickly, or else... you won't be able to!"
"Haiyang, continue patrolling."
Qin Feng flicked his hands.
Two spatial blades appeared.
Now.
With his level increasing, his total mental energy had significantly increased, allowing him to use spatial blades for extended periods.
"How about... I join too?" Zhou Haiyang chuckled sheepishly.
Qin Feng remained silent.
Zhou Haiyang immediately summoned his dark beasts.
Birds were good at flying.
But their combat power was inferior to beasts.
A spatial shield in front.
Two spatial blades followed closely behind.
As Zhou Haiyang launched his attack, Qin Feng had already charged into the zombie horde, beheading more than a dozen zombies in an instant.
"Holy crap!"
Hong Jingxian was instantly dumbfounded.
Damn it!
Is this a bulldozer?
So strong!
Regaining his senses, his mind suddenly moved, and he threw several zombies out – towards Qin Feng!
Zombies were unable to gain purchase in the air.
They couldn't change their posture, making them no different from moving targets.
Splat!
A spatial blade swung.
The thrown zombies were beheaded in mid-air!
"Not bad, you can generalize and understand cooperation." Qin Feng was somewhat pleased.
But!
As Qin Feng joined the battle, and the situation instantly reversed...
On the other side.
A fatal crisis was encountered!