The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse - Chapter 103
Chapter 103: Chapter 102, they seem not to be alive_i
Thud thud thud ~ clatter clatter!
The horde of zombies rushed from the sides of the road, slamming against the sides of the car.
Even with the reinforced body, the car was still noticeably shaking.
And the rhythmic pounding noises were resounding from the car body.
Under Wu Heng’s command, the convoy accelerated again, violently breaking through the zombie roadblock and charging forward.
Cut limbs were flying everywhere, dirty blood splattering across the windshield and side windows.
Thankfully, the reinforced steel could prevent the glass from shattering. Qiangzi, the driver, held the steering wheel tightly, his body was slightly trembling with every impact.
He stole a glance to the side, and asked, “Boss, how did you awaken your superpower?”
Wu Heng was looking outside through the gaps of the steel reinforcements, and was taken aback by his question.
What kind of a nickname was that?
It seemed he had never actually introduced himself.
“You want to awaken a superpower?”
“Well, it would be false to say I don’t want to. I used to love reading science fiction novels. Awakening a superpower and having a few special abilities would be so cool,” Qiangzi answered, glancing behind him at the skeleton through the rearview mirror. “Although, it doesn’t seem quite like what 1 had in mind.”
According to the radio broadcasts, the most common changes were enhanced fitness or sensory improvements.
Such as hearing or sight.
But controlling combat skeletons, that seemed to be unheard of on the broadcasts.
At least nobody had mentioned it yet.
“The method I know of is consuming the Corpse Core, but the failure rate is extremely high. At least 80% possibility of failure.” Wu Heng shared everything he knew.
Frankly, if he didn’t have the Detoxifying Potion, there was a high probability that he would have turned into a zombie.
“Yeah, I heard that too on the radio. It said you need to have an exceptionally good constitution and a strong mentality to be successful.”
Wu Heng asked, “Were there many people on the radio who succeeded?”
“Seems so. After all, it’s a bunch of well-trained soldiers over there, not comparable to ordinary folks like us,” he switched his tone before adding, “But of course, you’re the exception. I guess in the whole world, not many can awaken your kind of ability.”
Wu Heng didn’t say much in response.
In essence, occupations and powers of awakening are not the same.
But after chatting with Qiangzi, Wu Heng had an idea.
If he wanted to nurture his own people, it wasn’t necessarily a requirement for them to awaken a superpower, they could fully undergo a job class change. Becoming a professional and learning professional skills could make them more powerful than those who awakened powers to a certain extent.
After all, in the other world, occupations had already become a tradition.
The combinations of various skills had been well refined.
However, for superpowers, it fully depended on luck to awaken, and the abilities were usually quite singular, so they couldn’t be compared with occupations.
Of course, this was only an idea in his mind.
Things about the other world must not be revealed to others.
Not even to the closest people, unless it was like Xiao Xiao and Basen who were fully tied to him, otherwise it must never be divulged.
The human heart was the most difficult thing to grasp in these times.
After the two of them chatted for a bit.
Qiangzi started to talk about some things while he was driving.
Seemingly, he was quite a talkative person.
At that moment, the walkie-talkie buzzed with static again.
“This is Big Card, seems like there are people on the roof of the building on the right? Can’t confirm.”
Upon hearing this, the convoy slowed down slightly.
“Yes, there seems to be a person.”
“Could it be another weird mutated zombie?”
Voices came from the walkie-talkies in the other vehicles.
Wu Heng was sitting in the minivan, he had already passed that particular building.
The boost in his bodily functions had enhanced his vision, allowing him to see that there was indeed a man.
He was standing on the edge of the roof, waving a red flag.
Seeing his movements and clothing, they confirmed that he was not a zombie, but indeed a survivor.
He saw the convoy and was seeking help from them.
Wu Heng picked up the walkie-talkie and said, “Slow down the convoy and prepare to stop.”
The convoy started to slow down gradually and came to a complete stop.
Wu Heng continued to order the Skeleton, “Skeleton, get out of the car and fend off the zombies.”
The skeletons inside the vehicle quickly climbed out of the vehicle.
They began to counterattack the zombies launching at them from all directions.
The sounds of combat echoed incessantly.
Wu Heng released the Ghost, Xiao Xiao, letting her float in the air.
“Xiao Xiao!”
Oh, there you are.” Xiao Xiao dropped her head from the top of the vehicle to look at him.
“Do you see that building over there? Go check if there’s any danger inside. It seemed like there was a survivor on the roof just now. Verify how many of them they are and the exact situation.” Wu Heng pointed towards the building from the car window.
Oh, alright!” Xiao Xiao nodded and flew off immediately.
Inside the hotel.
Bang-!
The door was slammed open and a man stumbled in before quickly shutting the door behind him.
The moment he locked it, pounding noises started to sound from the other side of the door.
“Brother, are you okay?” asked the girl.
The man frantically searched his body with both hands, ensuring he had no wounds.
Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
“I’m okay, I wasn’t hurt. Check if the rescue team has stopped,” he said as he started to barricade the door with chairs.
His sister, sitting in a wheelchair, moved closer to the window to peek below.
Her eyes widened slowly.
“Have they stopped?” The man continued to barricade the door with furniture from the room while calling out.
“Uh, yes, they’ve stopped.” The sister responded, then continued, “But, they don’t seem to be human.”
“What do you mean not human? They’re not the rescue team?”
“They’re not humans, they’re not alive!”
The man also leaned over to have a look, peering down from the window.
When he saw the halted convoy and an array of bone figures, his eyes widened in surprise too.
“Damn!”
On the street.
Amid the howling.
The battle was nearing its end.
Corpses covered the area around the convoy, forming a mound-like circle.
“Charge!” Wu Heng ordered from within the car.
Whoosh-!
The defending skeleton soldiers began to initiate a charge.
Jumping over the corpses, they advanced on the remaining zombies.
A flurry of slashing and stabbing took down the remaining enemies.
When the last zombie fell, the entire area fell silent once again.
“Clear the battlefield and move the corpses to the side of the road.”
The skeleton soldiers started to move again, clearing the bodies to the edges of the road.
At this moment, Xiao Xiao flew back into the minivan.
Hovering in the air, she reported, “Uncle, there are two living people in that building.”
They were indeed survivors.
“Any danger?” Wu Heng continued to ask.
“None, there are just some regular zombies in the building, no other monsters.”
“Let me see.” Wu Heng let Xiao Xiao enter his body and immediately saw what she had seen.
From Xiao Xiao’s perspective, there were indeed no signs of any mutated zombies.
In one of the rooms on the second floor.
A man and a woman were looking out of the window.
After confirming there was no danger.
Wu Heng looked at the darkening sky outside the window, picked up the walkie-talkie and said, “There’s a hotel on the right with survivors inside. We will take shelter there tonight and continue our journey tomorrow morning..”
