C148 The Mutated Zombies Attacked and Everyone Struggled for Their Lives!(2)

Jiang Feng and Xu Rou, both well-trained as a soldier and a police officer respectively, rolled away in sync, narrowly dodging the mutant zombie's lunge.

Tang Bing was fighting for his life, gasping for air. Despite his speed, he was no match for the mutant zombie's strength. Trapped by its tongue, escape seemed impossible, especially since his hands were bound, preventing him from grabbing a weapon from his virtual backpack.

"Bing!" Zhao Dagang saw the peril Tang Bing was in while Jiang Feng and the others were downed by the mutant zombie. He rushed over with his mace to rescue him.

With a hiss, the mutant zombie flung its tongue, hurling Tang Bing behind itself as a shield, then spread its arms to confront Zhao Dagang.

"Bang!" Zhao Dagang's mace crashed into the mutant zombie's head, breaking through to the skull but failing to damage the nerves beneath.

The mutant zombie's massive hands clamped around Zhao Dagang's waist, hoisting him toward its gaping mouth.

"Let him go, you monster!" Jiang Feng and Xu Rou charged from opposite sides, their crowbars striking the mutant zombie's head in rapid succession.

The mutant zombie let out an enraged roar, flinging Zhao Dagang aside, then pivoted to face Jiang Feng and Xu Rou.

"Ouch!" Zhao Dagang hit the wall hard, collapsing onto Liu Chen. Seeing Liu Chen's pained grimace, he quickly stood up, rubbing his aching waist, "Sorry! I didn't mean to!"

Liu Chen, clutching his injured nose, curled up into a ball, writhing in pain.

As Tang Bing's struggles grew weaker, Jiang Feng and Xu Rou's anxiety spiked. They coordinated their attacks from both sides, but the mutant zombie's speed and strength were overwhelming. Even with their martial arts training, they couldn't take it down, and its skull was impenetrably hard, impervious to their blows.

Zhao Dagang, through gritted teeth, forced himself to stand. Turning to see Qin Mengli and Liang Hui frozen in shock, huddled together and shaking, he bellowed in frustration, "Are you just going to watch Bing die? Foolish women!"

Qin Mengli and Liang Hui were shivering, tears streaming down their faces uncontrollably.

"Bang!" At last, Zhao Dagang, realizing that Tang Bing couldn't hold out much longer, decisively whipped out the handgun he'd been concealing and took aim at the mutant zombie's head.

The creature let out a pained howl as a bullet hole appeared in its tough skull. Yet, it didn't die instantly. Instead, it kept grappling with Tang Bing, growling as it lunged for Zhao Dagang.

Zhao Dagang fired again and again, desperately trying to hit the zombie's head.

The mutant zombie wailed in agony with each hit. In a fit of rage, it swatted Zhao Dagang away, sending him tumbling down the stairs.

The sudden gunfire left Jiang Feng, Liu Chen, and Xu Rou stunned. They couldn't believe the simple-minded Dagang had a gun! Where on earth had he gotten it?

But there was no time for questions. Tang Bing's struggles were growing fainter, his eyes rolling back. They had to act fast or he'd be strangled alive by the zombie.

Liu Chen was helpless, his leg broken from an earlier fall, unable to stand.

Jiang Feng and Xu Rou frantically swung their crowbars, striking the zombie's bullet-riddled skull, finally making some headway.

The mutant zombie, driven to madness, flung them aside, crashing them into the wall.

Xu Rou got the worst of it, her head colliding with a solid vase, leaving her dazed and unable to get up.

The formidable mutant zombie had taken down the strongest members of both teams, and Tang Bing was on the brink of death.

"Bang!" In a burst of courage, Qin Mengli, who had been huddled in fear, saw Tang Bing nearing his last breath and pulled out her hidden gun.

Though she missed the zombie's head, her shot struck its tongue, precisely where Jiang Feng's crowbar had hit. The tough, elongated tongue snapped, and Tang Bing, nearly choked to death, was flung away, crashing heavily to the floor.

The tongueless zombie unleashed a furious roar, lunging viciously at Qin Mengli, intent on devouring her.

Frozen in shock after discharging her weapon, Qin Mengli stood motionless, like a wooden statue, helplessly watching the mutant zombie's gaping, bloodied maw approach.

In the nick of time, Jiang Feng dashed forward, tackling her to the ground and narrowly avoiding the zombie's lunge. He snatched the gun from Qin Mengli's grasp and swiftly rose to his feet, firing five rapid shots at the mutant zombie's head.

The creature staggered backward with each hit, but after the fifth shot, the gun clicked empty. Jiang Feng's eyes darted to Zhao Dagang as he bellowed, "Gun! Now!"

Zhao Dagang, in agony from tumbling down the stairs, struggled to rise. Ignoring his pain, he mustered all his strength and hurled his handgun upward.

Jiang Feng caught it deftly mid-air, spun around, and unloaded several more rounds into the mutant zombie's skull until that gun too ran dry.

Incredibly, the mutant zombie's life force was horrifyingly robust! Despite the numerous bullets that had perforated its skull, leaving a grotesque, bloody mess, it refused to die, its neural functions seemingly intact.

Jiang Feng was seized by the creature, unable to break free this time.

This is it, I'm done for! As the mutant zombie's grip tightened, Jiang Feng shut his eyes, bracing for the end.

But then, "Puff, puff, puff!" The zombie's head jerked as blood sprayed.

Held captive by the zombie, Jiang Feng watched in astonishment as Tang Bing, grimacing yet determined, fired his silenced pistol repeatedly. Jiang Feng couldn't help but wonder about their team—where on earth did they get all these guns?

Once Tang Bing caught his breath, he popped a painkiller and sprang to his feet, gun in hand, and resumed firing.

Six shots later, the mutant zombie, now incensed, flung Jiang Feng aside and lunged at Tang Bing.

"Bring it on!" Tang Bing shouted, pivoting and sprinting toward the corridor's end.

The mutant zombie pursued him with unyielding ferocity, its roars echoing incessantly.

As Tang Bing sprinted, he deftly reloaded his weapon, spun around, and with his left hand, hurled a grappling hook skyward, snagging a steel bar on the ceiling. With his right, he raised his gun and took aim at the mutant zombie's head, unleashing six rapid shots that sent it reeling, nearly toppling it over.

Once the creature regained its footing, it let out another roar and lunged at him. Without hesitation, Tang Bing clutched the rope, leaped over the railing, swung around the corridor, and landed squarely behind the zombie.

He swiftly reloaded again and, as the mutant closed in, fired another six shots into its head.

Stowing the hook, he spun on his heel and dashed down another stretch of the corridor, simultaneously swapping magazines.

This intense sequence played out several times, with Tang Bing expending over thirty bullets before he finally shattered the mutant zombie's skull, severing its neural pathways.

[You have slain Mutant Zombie Type E, earning 800 experience points!]

[You have leveled up!]

[It's finally dead!]

Tang Bing was soaked with sweat, utterly drained from the encounter.

This mutant zombie was a nightmare, nearly leading to their annihilation. And to think, he had been fighting it with just a handgun, a far cry from the zombies he'd faced before!

The beast had clearly survived two massive explosions, its body nearly charred to a crisp. The thought alone underscored its formidable strength.

He hastily searched the fallen creature.

[You have obtained the perfect-quality stock of an assault rifle.]

[You have obtained 150 rounds for the assault rifle.]

[You have obtained the legendary-quality barrel of an assault rifle.]

[You have obtained the perfect-quality Drow Hunting Knife.]

[You have acquired the blueprint for an iron helmet.]

[You have acquired a cake cooking recipe.]

[You have acquired an energy drink.]

[You have acquired a hamburger.]

Incredibly, he had secured both the stock and barrel of an assault rifle, the latter of legendary red quality no less! Regrettably, without the blueprint to craft the assault rifle and with parts missing, the idea of assembling one would have to wait.

The loot from a BOSS was always exquisite. Indeed, the tougher the BOSS, the richer the rewards!