Chapter 137: Chapter 135, Gnawing Bone_1

The cacophony of footsteps echoed heavily.

Hordes of zombies poured out from the commercial street, charging into the main road, hissing and howling, rushing towards the position of the skeletons.

In a blink of an eye, it was crowded.

Damn it!

Wu Heng cursed under his breath, his face turning grim.

The sound of the battle had attracted those zombies.

On one side was a rat swarm, and now there were also zombies to contend with.

If they weren’t careful, it could become dangerous.

“There are also zombie dogs here,” Li Yahong continued.

Wu Heng held onto the body of the car, raising his head to look in the other direction.

Five Mutated Dogs were watching from afar.

They loitered around, seemingly contemplating whether or not to join the fray.

Wu Heng’s brow furrowed instantly.

To his left was the rat swarm, on his right were the Mutated Dogs, and right before him lay the undead horde from the commercial street.

Great!

If it weren’t for the fact that zombies lack intelligence, he’d have suspected that the three sides had set a trap to lure him in.

“What should we do? Shouldn’t we back off!” Li Yahong seemed slightly frantic.

Those who have survived the Zombie World, understandably, have their mental strength upgraded.

But facing the current situation still induced a sense of fear—it felt like being surrounded.

The rear was currently enemy-free, they could still escape by car, but they would have to leave some of the skeletons behind.

“Don’t panic!” Wu Heng said, turning his head to the Big Head Zombie, “Have the spear-wielding skeletons form a Spear Array to face the horde.”

Unlike Li Yahong, Wu Heng didn’t believe that he was going to lose.

The mass of zombies and rats emerging from the alley only appeared to outnumber them.

The number of skeletons had surpassed ten thousand.

If he kept his cool, defeating these adversaries shouldn’t be a problem.

Rustle!

The skeleton horde began to move.

The Skeleton Warriors clad in brown armor, wielding long spears, moved quickly to the front.

Arranging themselves in neat rows, they crouched slightly, lowering their centers of gravity. Their spears were pointed forwards.

Like a wall of brown bristling with iron needles.

Thud, thud, thud~!

In the blink of an eye, the horde crashed into the Spear Array.

The sharp sound of punctures filled the air.

The spear-wielding skeletons were ceaselessly thrusting their spears.

Piercing the bodies of the zombies.

“Have the skeleton dogs stand by,” Wu Heng said. He then looked at the Beastman Skeleton armed with a sniper rifle in the troop, “Lieyi, get on the roof and keep an eye on the Mutated Dogs. If they approach, shoot them down.”

The agitated skeleton dogs immediately calmed down, squatting and wagging their tails on the ground.

Skeleton Lieyi climbed onto the roof, holding his sniper rifle securely and watchfully eyeing the wavering Mutated Dogs on the other side.

These Mutated Zombies were different from regular zombies—they would run away at the first sign of danger, making them quite tough to catch.

So, he couldn’t attack them directly now. It was better to wait for them to get closer, to ensure he could take them all out.

With all the orders given, the situation had temporarily stabilized.

Wu Heng turned his attention back to the swarm of rats.

Rats, the size of wild cats, were climbing and gnawing in the ribcage of the skeletons. The cracking sound of breaking bones rang constantly in their ears.

When he was younger, he had read a novel.

It was about a rat plague. The rats consumed all the food and started to prey on humans. The humans tried numerous methods to exterminate the rats, but all failed. In the end, they were forced to abandon their city and leave.

Back then, he thought the story was an exaggeration—how could rats ever defeat humans?

But now that a similar situation had unfolded before his eyes, he truly understood how formidable the rats were.

As Wu Heng surveyed the battlefield, his brow furrowed tightly.

The swarm of rats was dense, and using the number of his skeletons to kill them off wasn’t a viable method.

He went over all his skills and all available attacks, thinking about how to exterminate the rats more efficiently.

He didn’t want to rely on the quantity of his skeletons to finish off the rat swarm.

“We brought a few spare oil barrels in the car,” Li Yahong chimed in again.

“Quick, take it out.”

Li Yahong opened the car door, bent over, reaching into the rear seats of the truck. She passed out the gasoline-stuffed soybean oil drum, barrel by barrel.

Five barrels in total.

Not much in quantity, but it should be enough to block a side of the road.

She tightened the lid of the soybean oil drum and handed it to the spectating ‘Big Guy’, saying, “Go, throw these barrels into the rat crowd, spread them out.”

Big Guy picked up a soybean oil drum with one hand and threw it out directly.

With a thud, the full oil drum knocked down a few rats. Simultaneously, the barrel shattered, and gasoline splashed all over the rats and the ground.

Thud, thud, thud~!

Following that, one oil drum after another was thrown out, scattering into the rat crowd.

A large group of rats, dizzy from the blow, started to hiss angrily at the front.

Wu Heng saw that it was about time.

He lifted his hand, aimed at the sky above the rat crowd, and cast a Fireball Technique.

The orange-red fireball flew to mid-air, exploded with a bang at a certain height, and dispersed like fireworks. Several streams of flames fell into the rat crowd, igniting the gasoline.

Whoosh~!

A flame larger than the ‘Grease Skill’ instantly covered the rat crowd, spreading across the entire street.

The wave of fire, like a collapsing furnace, carried scorching roasts.

The air began to distort from the burning.

Squealing~!

The rats swallowed by the sea of fire began to struggle and hiss, issuing piercing screams.

The great fire continued to spread in the direction of the rat crowd.

The densely packed rats chasing after them didn’t stop spreading.

The rat crowd, frightened by the fire in front of them, began to scatter and flee, retreating into the shops behind them, vanishing into the private rooms.

Only the rats swallowed by the fire were left, still struggling non-stop, gradually losing their resistance.

Whoosh~!

Seeing the rat crowd retreat, Wu Heng also breathed a sigh of relief.

These things are really troublesome.

…

Thud~!

Suddenly, a gunshot sounded.

Wu Heng turned his head and saw Lieyi had already pulled the trigger.

A ‘horse-like’ black back dog in the distance had a hole pierced through its forehead, staggered a few steps, and then fell to the ground.

The several others who were tearing at the skeleton’s Mutated Dog were stunned on the spot.

They looked around in terror, wanted to turn around, and flee in the distance.

Bang, bang, bang~!

The gunshots sounded again, the bullet piercing through the bodies of the mutated dogs.

At the same time, several skeleton dogs rushed out from the team and charged towards the mutated dogs.

The mutated dogs not yet dead showed their panic, wanting to escape. Bang, bang, bang~, the gunshots rang out again.

Their bodies were pierced by bullets.

The skeleton dogs charged up to them and began to tear madly at the bodies of the mutated dogs.

Wu Heng continued to look towards the direction of the Zombie World business street.

The zombies were still rushing towards them continuously. The rat crowd’s retreat didn’t bring about any changes.

In front of the spear-bearing skeleton, a trench made up of bodies had gradually piled up.

The attacking zombies, instead of charging from the front, began climbing over the trenches and jumped down from the slanted top.

They threw themselves into the forest of spears.

Standing in the back watching the battle, Wu Heng continued to order, “Big Guy, Second Chunk, you go clean up the zombies too.”

The two giant skeletons, wearing iron armor, charged directly out.

Like raging bulls, they rammed right into the crowd of zombies.

Their arms swung like pendulums, throwing out large groups of zombies, scattering them everywhere.

Wu Heng once again confirmed the direction of the rat crowd, and seeing there was still no movement, he continued to order, “Move forward.”

Clatter~!

The crouching spear-carrying skeleton warriors stood up, climbed over the pile of bodies, and continued to advance in the form of the Spear Array.