The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse - Chapter 188
Chapter 188: Chapter 167, Convoy Obstructed_1
The dust and smoke faded.
A giant cow appeared in sight.
Standing nearly three meters tall, its thick limbs and bulging muscles seemed formidable, its eyes were the size of fists, full of red veins, pair of giant horns, as thick as forearms, were embedded in the body of the truck.
The reinforced steel plate was dented, a great power grazing the truck and shoved it sideways for a certain distance.
Wu Heng looked at the unexpected cow.
His eyes widened in surprise.
This creature had also undergone mutation, almost reaching the size of an elephant.
Cows are naturally strong creatures.
After its drastic growth in size, its charge was evidently more terrifying.
The truck wasn’t completely overturned because of the heavy and plenty of reinforced steel plates, otherwise, it would have been a wreck with no survivors.
In the intercom.
The driver was desperately calling for help, saying the body of the truck was violently shaking and could be capsized at any moment.
“What should we do?” Li Yahong asked.
Wu Heng was about to comment.
Moo~moo moo!
From the side of the factory, there was continual mooing and the sound of hooves trampling the ground.
Sitting in the vehicle, one could clearly feel, the shaking that was like an earthquake.
Startled, Wu Heng immediately said, “Get down.”
Bang bang bang~!
Five more giant cows charged towards the stopped convoy.
Immediately, the ground shook as if heaven and earth were being overturned.
Wu Heng’s vehicle toppled to one side, and the commercial car in front spun three to four times before it came to a halt.
“Damn it!”
The vehicles, painstakingly remodeled, were overturned by the cows.
Wu Heng unbuckled his seatbelt with one hand, checked Li Yahong and Wang Ke, seeing that neither of them were injured, he picked up the intercom and said, “Don’t get out of the car.”
Then he turned to the big headed skeletons and continued to give orders–,”All skeletons attack and kill these monsters.”
Crash~!
The skeletons climbed out of the vehicle and charged directly at the mutated cows.
The mutated cows, that were constantly trying to attack the convoy with their horns,
Turned their bloodshot eyes towards the oncoming swarm of skeletons.
Bellowing to the sky, they charged.
The force generated by the stampede was like that of a moving car.
The front line of skeletons was sent flying into the air, turning into a bone rain scattering all over the sky.
The damage caused by this charge reminded Wu Heng of the cavalry.
Anyone in their path would be turned to corpses.
As Wu Heng unbuckled Li Yahong’s seatbelt, he said, “Also you guys, Big Guy, Second Chunk, Lieyi, and Bawudong, head out and help. Try to kill all the cows.” to the others behind him.
Several skeletons complied, crawling out from the upside doors.
Each picked their targets and moved towards the mutated cows.
Lieyi quickly scanned the surrounding, he climbed onto the second floor of a nearby cement building.
He set up his sniper rifle.
After quickly aiming, he pulled the trigger.
Bang~!
The deafening gunshot echoed.
In the distance, a giant cow, smothered by the skeletons, had its forehead blow open. Its body, rigid from agonizing running, suddenly went stiff.
It fell with a thud.
The surrounding skeletons immediately pounced on it.
Holding kitchen knives, incessantly hacking down at the fallen mutated cow.
It convulsed twice on the ground, before getting up again.
With filthy blood dripping from the wound on its forehead, it shook off the skeletons on its body. It’s large eyes started to focus on Lieyi on the small building, and it charged directly at him.
Bang~!
The gunshot sounded again.
This time the bullet hit the cow’s eye, went through the skull, and blew out from the back of the head.
The cow stumbled a few steps forward, its front leg collapsed and it fell on its knees.
Then the rest of the body followed suit.
The skeletons clinging onto it, hacked it a couple of times before dismounting.
They continued to attack remaining mutated cows.
On the other side, Big Guy got hold of the neck of a cow and took it down with a sweeping kick.
Then he brought up his giant fists and started to hammer on the cow’s head ceaselessly.
These giant cows had immense power when they ran.
But their overall stats obviously could not match the stats of Big Guy, a stage two mutated zombie.
After getting hammered for a while,
The cow’s eyes burst open and the entire head was concaved in.
In the location of Second Chunk and Bawudong, a similar fight was taking place.
The mutated cows were fierce, but not as intense in combat as imagined.
Indeed, only when they charged did they pose a significant threat.
The entire battlefield was filled with a dense army of skeletons, killing the mutated cows in all directions.
Amidst the gunshots and high-level skeletons undermining them, the cows were continually falling and dying.
After Bawudong crushed the skull of the last mutated cow,
The chaotic scene finally restored its calm.
After having Xiao Xiao checked that the blue factory was safe, with no other threats left, he let ‘Li Yahong’ and ‘Wang Ke’ crawl out of it.
“Get the cars in place.”
Li Yahong nodded, instructed the rest who were in a somewhat shabby state, to lower the forklift and straighten all the overturned vehicles.
The folks from the auto repair shop were furious.
These trucks and passenger cars were their pride and joy.
They had put in a lot of effort to arm these vehicles, collecting materials for the job and burning midnight oil.
They maintained the vehicles well, yet they were hit so badly by these cows.
Everyone, especially people like Qiangzi,
Kept grumbling while they worked.
…
On the other side,
Wu Heng led several skeletons and went straight into the blue-roof factory.
There was no need to guess its function now.
This was a cattle farm.
The farmstead was vast, and within its blue-roofed building lay massive cattle pens.
Let the skeleton push open the door.
The stench was so overwhelming that it nearly made him faint.
The inside of the hangar was now devoid of danger, with each individual cattle pen filled with the corpses of dead cows.
There had to be dozens of cows here, most of which had not mutated and remained their original size.
The several ones outside must have been the mutated cows from the farm.
Wu Heng looked around and quickly withdrew.
He went on to give the command, “Remove all the corpses from inside and outside.”
The skeleton entered the blue tent, carrying out the corpses of the cows.
There were six mutated cow bodies of elephantine size, and over thirty regular cow bodies, all in decay and covered with maggots.
Wu Heng had the skeletons guard the outside of the hangar.
He targeted one of the mutated cows, casting the Bone Manipulation Skill.
The necromantic magic enveloped the corpse.
Flesh fell away, revealing a large skeleton that slowly rose to its feet.
The bovine skeleton, with its massive, sturdy horns.
The bones were sturdy, still exuding a powerful sense of strength.
Skeleton Giant Horned Cow (Level 8)
Level: 8
Attributes: Constitution 15, Strength 21, Agility 12, Perception 5, Intelligence 5, Charm 2.
Features: Hollow Skeleton, Basic Soul Fire.
Abilities: Charge, Headbutt.
Charge: When this unit is in a charging state, Agility +7, Strength +5, the effects of negative statuses affecting movement are lessened.
Headbutt: Inflicts impact damage on the target. When in charge effect, has knockback and knockdown effects.
A level 8 mutated zombie.
That is to say, the mutated cows here could very well upgrade to level two mutated zombies over time.
Not only human zombies are progressing, these animal type zombies are also advancing.
If they all reached level two as mutated zombies and launched an attack on the convoy, there’s a chance they could directly puncture the steel plate, overturning all the vehicles.
He rummaged around its head.
Found a Corpse Core amidst a swath of tattered flesh.
Though still level one, the core was noticeably larger, nearing level two.
He continued to use the Bone Manipulation Skill, causing one mutated cow after another to rise.
He obtained 6 Corpse Cores in total.
Not to mention scavenging for war trophies, the Corpse Cores alone were a huge haul.
They also compensated for the long-time absence of level one Corpse Cores.
Upon return, he could have Alchemy Skeleton increase the production of Corpse Core Potion.
He stowed away the Corpse Cores.
After drinking two bottles of Spirit Potion to recover some spiritual power, Wu Heng again cast the spell, Dead Bones Battlefield.
All of the cows rose to their feet.
Apart from the mutated cows, the regular ones were not only short, but also lacked Soul Fire, appearing stupid and dull.
At this moment, Li Yahong walked in.
Glancing around at the skeleton cows filled the ground, she told him, “The overturned vehicles have been righted, some are damaged, but that doesn’t affect normal driving.”
“Let’s go, reach the village before dark.”
“Mm.”
The two, along with the skeleton, left.
They had people bring over the truck’s steps, and the skeleton cows walked into the back of the truck along those steps.
Once everything was ready, the convoy set off again.
…
They passed through the factory area and entered the village.
Zombies appeared sporadically along the way, but there weren’t many, just a few isolated ones.
Those that lunged over were immediately crushed into bits by the convoy.
The entire village was not like a town with orderly buildings.
There was a large open space, with each household maintaining a certain distance from one another; along the way, they could even see some bungalow shops, restaurants, supermarkets, and even an internet café!
However, the number of zombies was not quite right.
This village was not badly off, there should be hundreds of households at least, but since they entered, they had only encountered a few zombies along the way.
Fewer zombies is better.
Maybe, there is a good chance that Wang Ke’s grandmother has indeed survived.
Squeak~!
The convoy slowed down again, avoiding the piles of earth in front.
“My home is just ahead,” Wang Ke said somewhat nervously.
They were about to confirm whether his family was still there, and he was starting to feel apprehensive.
Zzzzz~
Over the radio, came the voice of the leading vehicle again.
“Sister Hong, which way do we go?”
Li Yahong picked up the radio and replied, “Straight ahead, the fourth intersection.”
“Alright!”
The convoy continued to move forward, at a slow pace, watching their surroundings carefully.
…
At the same time,
In a building in the distance.
Several men were gathered, one of them holding a flashlight, looking out into the distance.
“Holy shit, Brother Zhang, we’ve got some big game incoming,” a skinny man in a leather jacket exclaimed, “Several trucks, they must carry a lot of goods.”
“Huh? People are actually coming to this little place?” another muscular man snatched the binoculars and looked ahead.
Indeed, there was a convoy, made up of nothing but trucks and vans, obviously carrying loads of stuff.
“Don’t tell me this is a rescue team?” the one called Brother Zhang wondered.
The skinny man quickly responded, “Brother Zhang, what would a rescue team do here? They can’t even save everyone in the city. I guess it’s people from some base. I heard on the radio that the ‘Flame God Shelter’ was a base established by occupying a village. They’re probably thinking the same thing. Brother Zhang, they must have a lot of resources.”
Brother Zhang continued to peer through the binoculars, pondered for a moment, and then said, “Monkey, go tell the boss and see what he thinks. The rest of us will go take a closer look at their setup.”
“Alright!”
The skinny man scampered off to the back.
The others, holding steel rods and machetes, followed him towards the direction of the convoy.
