RLDRFH Chapter 44

There were many small workshops in the vicinity around the paper mill.

He Zizhong and Fang Hao drove around the neighborhood, and found a small workshop specializing in the production of various bamboo sticks, disposable chopsticks, and toothpicks.

Regardless of the quality of the things inside, the two of them also took the equipment to make them. As long as the dried raw materials – bamboo and wood – were available, they would be able to make whatever they wanted.

Having such equipment was a huge benefit for them. Commercial toothpicks are too thin and had no effect on zombies, so He Zizhong simply adjusted the machine and prepared it to make a batch of bamboo “bullets”. With the space at hand, such bullets can be used as a hidden weapon.

Naturally, toothpicks can’t be wasted, and can be used to deal with people like those who blocked the road before.

The two of them were like bandits entering a village, sweeping almost all the buildings they passed and could enter.

It is said that sooner or later one will encounter ghosts when walking on the night road. The original appearance of the two zombies in front of them could hardly be seen, and their limbs were as flexible as spiders. He Zizhong silently swallowed his saliva: “Be careful. It’s a mutant zombie.”

Mutant zombies had another name later on: level 2 zombies.

He Zizhong never expected that he would have the “good fortune” to meet a second-level zombie less than a month into the apocalypse. In his previous life, he only heard about the evolution of zombies after a month and a half afterwards… Well, his knowledge might not be accurate, since he stayed in his home in F city for such a long time.

And not everyone who encountered a second-level zombie can live to tell others, so it is normal if no one heard it then.

Now this “lucky” accident has fallen to He Zizhong and Fang Hao, absolutely because God saw that they were collecting things too rampantly, and deliberately made trouble for them.

Fang Hao nodded slightly, and a slender iron rod with a sharp end appeared in his hand. It looked a bit like a straightened fire hook of a coal stove from the past – indeed, it was a fire hook that was reformed after being straightened.

The two went back to the space every night to take a break and dual cultivate to improve their strength. After getting up early in the morning, they carefully studied and practiced the martial arts in the books. They chose different martial arts, and Fang Hao’s technique matched his speed. It let him move in a light and weird way, and the weapon used is a light sword. The technique is based on “thorns” with a nature of hitting with each strike and retreating immediately, which is suitable for Fang Hao.

But He Zizhong’s was different. The weapon recommend was a knife. He focused on practicing the strength of shooting and slashing, which could be easily attached with wind and gold abilities.

Unfortunately, they had not yet found suitable weapons, and could only use something similar from the pile of collected items. Fang Hao had no choice but to use a modified fire hook, and He Zizhong reused the old steel pipe.

After being released by Fang Hao, Tuanzi floated behind the two of them. Its existence was definitely anti-human, anti-gravity, and anti-nature. Such a large ball could float in mid-air! It’s totally unnatural and even more unreasonable.

“If something is wrong, enter the space immediately.” He Zizhong reminded in a heavy voice. They had beaten a lot of first-level zombies in the past two days, and the crystal nuclei were absorbed by the space (the dumpling held no attraction on the first-level crystal nucleus). This was the first time they encountered second-level zombies. What was even more annoying is that both zombies are a speed-type! It was troublesome to deal with, and he was not very certain of success.

Fang Hao nodded his head: “I am right and you are left?”

The two just confirmed their goals when the zombies launched an attack on both of them! The limbs of the second-level zombies crawled on the ground quickly, and their movements were much faster than a human running on two legs!

Fortunately, Fang Hao has a speed-type ability, and He Zizhong has long become familiar with the combat method of using wind abilities on his legs to increase speed, so they could keep up with their movements.

The black figures were astonishingly fast, wandering around them and taking the opportunity to attack their opponent’s weak points. This was the way they had been fighting since they upgraded, and it is also invincible!

Even if the target flees by car, they can follow the car at a speed far beyond ordinary zombies. Once the car breaks down was when they hunt for food!

Seeing their food fly around puzzled them – the target this time can actually keep up with their movements?

So what if they could keep up? As long as they catch them and injure them, these weak food will scream in fear, until they become slow because of the blood flowing more and more, and they will eventually die in their mouths and finally assimilate into the same kind.

With a “click”, the zombie that stretched out its sharp claws suddenly retracted its hands. It wanted to catch that human, but a hole was poked in his hand by a dark thing in his hand.

Although they can’t feel the pain, if their limbs are damaged too much, it will affect their movements. Therefore, zombies who have been promoted to level 2 will also pay attention to minimizing the number of injuries they have, so as not to affect their subsequent actions.

“Chichichi” after another, Fang Hao found the opponent’s rules of action and quickly launched an attack, but the zombie in front of him was too quick! He couldn’t pierce their heads, and could only leave small holes in their limbs and bodies that oozed disgusting liquid!

He Zizhong knows that his opponent’s speed is very fast. Although he can also use the wind ability to increase his speed to catch up with the zombie in front of him, there is a gap between wind-generated speed and real speed abilities. It was also at level two. Fang Hao’s speed ability increase is completely different from a wind ability increase. Therefore, he simply stood in place to guard against the opponent’s attack, and just turned around and stared at the opponent in place, following the opponent’s actions.

Suddenly – it saw an opportunity and slashed out with a sharp claw!

The sound of “Boom” was much more terrifying than Fang Hao’s movement when he attacked, but just like this, the zombie’s arm weakly turned in the opposite direction at an angle defying the natural law! The zombie leaped backwards suddenly.

Lifting the empty left hand, a short bamboo stick emerged out of nowhere in front of He Zizhong. The moment it appeared, it was wrapped in a layer of pale golden light, contained in a cyan airflow, and shot out. The zombie was beaten like a goddess scattered flowers.

On the other side, Fang Hao prodded the zombie’s right knee several times, and finally successfully abolished one of its legs!

The zombies suffered damage that could not be repaired in a short period of time, and the situation of both sides suddenly turned into their favor. The two raised their spirits to chase the zombies. Second-level crystal nuclei, who knew after taking it into the space, how much change it would bring?

The two zombies seemed to feel that the situation was not good. A short scream burst out their throats, and they suddenly changed directions and ran back. But their limbs were injured. At this moment, they were not even He Zizhong’s opponent in terms of speed!

Fang Hao saw an opportunity and the fire hook in his hand slammed the top of its head where the crystal nucleus was. Once a crystal nucleus was removed, the zombie would lose its mobility and die completely!

With two “chichi” sounds, the two zombies who were about to be hit by the two suddenly sped up, and flew over in a certain direction with a “swipe”!

Can zombies fly?!

Both of them were stunned, and after a closer look, they found out that at some point, the waists of the two zombies were each entangled with a grey-black weird “rope”!

“Mutant plant!” He Zizhong was shocked, and quickly stopped and reached out to stop Fang Hao.

“Mutant plant?” Although Fang Hao found that many plants in the outside world had withered and did not grow normally anymore, they had never encountered any mutant plants. Naturally, he did not know what it was.

He Zizhong looked around nervously, and found that the plant was growing in the direction where the two zombies were flying, and there was still some distance between them. At this time, it only paid attention to the two zombies. He was relieved when it left them alone.

“Withdraw, we are not its opponent.” The mutant plants in the last days are more terrifying than zombies. They not only hunt humans, but also capture zombies, mutant animals, and zombie animals for food. And because most of their crystal nuclei are located under the soil, it is difficult for ordinary people to find their cores and completely kill them.

Even a powerful fire ability could only burn part of the ground. And when they try to dig up the soil to deal with mutant plants, most mutant plants will have quietly drilled into the soil to escape and follow humans wherever they go.

They are the most patient and most terrifying hunters in the apocalypse. He Zizhong dared seek out zombies, mutated animals, and zombie animals to practice skills and hone his ability, but he was not willing to provoke these plants in any way.

“Oh.” Although Fang Hao felt a little strange, and didn’t know why He Zizhong knew that this kind of plant was not easy to mess with, but he still obediently retreated.

The two zombies were rolled up by the plant, struggling in mid-air. The plant stretched out two more branches and “touched” the zombie’s head, opening the heads up with a loud ‘puchi’. The branches came back out, leaving two dangling zombies without crystal nuclei.

He Zizhong squinted his eyes. If he didn’t send the zombies into the space, the space could not absorb the crystal nuclei in their brains. But how could he give up these two level 2 crystal nuclei to a mutant plant?

Suddenly with a “swish”, a small white shadow jumped out like a sharp sword, and shot onto a branch with a level 2 nuclei, and then jumped again after about two or three seconds. Get up, rush to a crystal nucleus! And when it left, the crystal nucleus originally wrapped on that branch was gone!!

 

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Guess who the small white shadow is!

 

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