Chapter 332: Chapter 281: New Mutated Zombie

"Ah..."

The fierce battle was in full swing, and amidst the people of Bridge Town, a middle-aged man’s weapon fell to the ground. He clutched his face and rolled on the ground, as if something was sticking to his face, causing him immense pain, and he was desperately trying to shake it off.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried, that thing clung to him like a leech on bones, impossible to shake off, causing the man to wail in agony on the ground.

"Da Feng, what’s wrong, Da Feng! Quick, support Da Feng!"

Meng Changwei wielded a broad-backed and sharp-pointed machete with great force. Seeing his comrade inexplicably injured, he, along with a few slashes and kicks, plus assistance from other comrades, immediately dragged the fallen Da Feng to the rear.

"Boss, this zombie seems odd!"

A comrade blocking the zombie horde to create a rescue opportunity for Meng Changwei noticed the zombie that injured Da Feng, his expression tightened, and he didn’t dare to act rashly.

Howl, howl, ha!

A zombie with slightly odd behavior caught everyone’s attention.

Normal zombies raise their arms and swing their jaws at people, attempting to attack by scratching and biting, but this zombie was noticeably different. Its arms drooped and curved backward, body arched, mouth wide open as if it had overeaten and was about to vomit, and under the light, you could even see its throat!

"Get out of the way, it’s going to vomit something!"

Zhang Su saw this scene and shouted loudly at the people of Bridge Town.

The pressure on his side was significantly less, so he noticed the situation when Da Feng was attacked. When he got a clear look at the odd zombie, his heart skipped a beat!

At first glance, it was hard to distinguish the vomiting zombie from the ordinary zombie, but with careful observation or strong vision like Zhang Su’s, one would notice that the vomiting zombie’s skin was slightly different from other zombies.

Ordinary zombies have a blue appearance without special spots, but the vomiting zombie was different. It looked like it had some skin disease, with patches of differently colored spots, the color difference not too great from the ordinary skin, not easily noticeable.

When the vomiting zombie first attacked Da Feng, the spots on its body suddenly darkened, palm-sized purple blotches, just caught by Zhang Su at that moment. After the attack ended, the blotches quickly lightened and subsided, and now they were darkening again, clearly preparing to attack once more!

If the people of Celestial Horse Island were facing the vomiting zombie at that time, when Zhang Su yelled out the warning, they would have turned around and run without a second thought, or rolled on the ground to dodge. However, the people of Bridge Town, unfamiliar with Zhang Su, did not evade in time, unfortunately missing the chance to dodge!

Bleugh!

No sooner said than done, the vomiting zombie’s body curved, and a sticky purplish-green liquid spewed out of its mouth. The force wasn’t exceptionally great, just like an old lady pouring out foot wash, splashing precisely onto two men from Bridge Town without wasting a drop.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...

As soon as the mucus touched them, white smoke rose from the two men’s bodies, as if some highly corrosive substance had come into contact with a strong acid.

"Ah! No, no, no!"

"My neck, my... Ah!"

One was relatively lucky, only got mucus on his chest, right in time to be wearing thick clothes due to the cold, scrambling to take them off while running back, but unfortunately, couldn’t undress fast enough to beat the corrosion speed of the acid, eventually collapsing to the ground in convulsions.

Their companions had no time to rescue, as there were still zombies around not cleared!

The other man hit by mucus was worse off: a large portion of the purplish-green mucus sprayed directly on his exposed neck. He clutched his neck in agony, blood soon oozing from his fingers, its color changed to a dark green rather than bright red.

Unable to call for help, his eyes bulged, face contorted, as he fell to the ground twitching, clearly at death’s door.

"Xiaochao! Old Sun! Ah... Da Feng! You can’t just die like this..."

Meng Changwei squatted beside Da Feng. The first attacked, Da Feng, had already stopped breathing, his face corroded beyond recognition, as if soaked for hours in pure sulfuric acid. Before he could recover, two more were lost!

Bam bam!

Gunshots rang out, Zhang Su turned to see Tan Huajun decisively firing shots because the vomiting zombie had shifted its gaze to their side after he warned them, ready to move towards them next!

This kind of long-range attacking zombie couldn’t be left for even a moment...

Two holes appeared on the vomiting zombie’s head, its mouth open wide, it fell straight to the ground, a trail of purplish-green liquid trickling from its mouth, slowly rolling on the ground, emitting white smoke, then it stopped moving.

"Retreat, retreat immediately!!"

Zhang Su immediately issued a command, ordering the still-fighting comrades to retreat at once. At this moment, hot weapons couldn’t be used, but no one could guarantee there weren’t more vomiting zombies hiding among the remaining two to three dozen, distancing was the best option.

Orders were given decisively, and execution was without any hesitation.

In peacetime, at the camp, the usual lighthearted group showed crisis-time mental resilience not inferior to special forces, using zombie corpses as cover, swiftly retreating.

"Go, go, retreat first!"

Meng Changwei knew it wasn’t the time to be engulfed in grief, hearing Zhang Su’s shout to retreat, he immediately organized people to run back!

Seizing this time to create distance, Zhang Su focused on observing the remaining zombies; it didn’t take long because almost all the zombies’ clothing was nearly destroyed, easily revealing their skins.

After retreating a hundred meters, Zhang Su clenched his fist and said, "Stop! There’s no more of that monster, attack!"

The people of Celestial Horse Island heard Zhang Su’s order, secretly relieved, picked up their weapons, and charged again, more ferocious than before!

Although it was the people of Bridge Town who were killed just now, it equally frightened the people of Celestial Horse Island, venting all the fear in their hearts onto the remaining zombies.

Thud.

When the last zombie fell to the ground, the atmosphere was heavy.

"Luezi, Bozai, Xinyu, and Xiaoya, you guys stand guard around, report immediately if you see a zombie horde returning!"

Although only Tan Huajun fired two shots, theoretically not much impact, who knows if zombies might inexplicably return, caution first.

"Yes!"

"Understood!"

The few accepted the orders, quickly running toward the direction of the entrance.

The people of Bridge Town were in low spirits, Meng Changwei furrowed his brow deeply. Hearing Zhang Su arrange the sentry, he also stationed three brothers nearby to watch.

"Damn it, what kind of monster was that earlier? Have you seen it before, Master Zhang?"

Seeing Zhang Su approach with his people, Meng Changwei asked in anger and grief, though it wasn’t lashing out at Zhang Su, it was the anguish of losing three brothers at once.

Zhang Su took a glance at the brutally killed trio, death truly grotesque, with bare bones exposed and bizarre colors, horribly distorted beyond recognition compared to zombie bites.

He sighed and looked at Meng Changwei, saying, "I haven’t seen this type of mutated zombie before."

Meng Changwei keenly grasped the key in Zhang Su’s words, standing up urgently, "Then have you seen other types of mutated zombies?"

Zhang Su did not hide or withhold information, nodding, "Earlier, near Niuquanzi Town, there appeared a type of extremely strong defensive mutated zombie, its skin like stone, we call them Petrified Skin Zombies."