Apocalypse: Mad Necromancer’s Troops

Chapter 80, Return of the Big-Head Zombie for Revenge

 

So many zombies?

 

Wu Heng glanced at the skeletons within the residential area.

 

Could there be more than I have?

 

"Where did you see them?" Wu Heng still asked.

 

"At my shop, there were so many zombies," Xiaoxiao said.

 

Wu Heng didn't really manage her much; aside from going out to clear zombies, he let her roam around on her own.

 

Otherwise, she just played with a few skeletal dogs; after all, as a ghost, there wasn’t much danger.

 

"Let me take a look!"

 

Xiaoxiao merged into his body, and the scene immediately appeared.

 

The narrow road was already crowded with a dense horde of zombies.

 

Leading the pack was a whole row of zombies, with various metal tools like shovels and knives hanging from their bodies, clattering as they moved.

 

Following behind them was the horde, drawn by the noise.

 

Damn!

 

Seeing this, Wu Heng was also surprised.

 

How did this many zombies get drawn here in this way?

 

He had just gathered so many skeletons and hadn’t even had time to level up, and now he had to face so many zombies!

 

He replayed the scene in his mind.

 

In the center of the horde, Wu Heng saw a familiar figure.

 

A grotesquely oversized head, moving slowly, and occasionally swaying side to side under its own weight.

 

"It’s that one? It’s coming back for revenge."

 

This Big-Head Zombie was etched in Wu Heng's memory; it was the mutated zombie that controlled the horde outside the hospital.

 

According to Li Yanhong, it was called a Commander Zombie and could control a certain number of zombies.

 

But the horde that Xiaoxiao saw far exceeded the number that the Big-Head Zombie could control.

 

It must have controlled some zombies to create noise, leading the horde here.

 

This thing isn't dumb!

 

Using such a method.

 

Releasing Xiaoxiao again, Wu Heng said, "Go get Li Yanhong from the auto repair shop."

 

"Oh, okay!" Xiaoxiao spun around and quickly flew away.

 

Soon, Li Yanhong’s voice came through the walkie-talkie, "You called for me?"

 

The walkie-talkie has a limited range, so it couldn’t reach the residential area from the auto repair shop; she had to come to the intersection to connect.

 

"Yes, wait for me outside the residential area."

 

"Okay!"

 

Outside the residential area, Wu Heng met Li Yanhong. She was wearing work gloves and an apron.

 

It looked like she had been working when she was called out.

 

Wu Heng walked over and said directly, "The Big-Head Zombie we let escape last time is bringing the horde here."

 

Hearing this, Li Yanhong’s face instantly turned serious.

 

"What? How, how is that possible?"

 

The idea of zombies seeking revenge was something she had never heard of before.

 

"It's already at the Fuheng Silver Shop to the east. In about half an hour, you’ll be able to see the horde from the rooftop."

 

Li Yanhong was thoroughly panicked, her hands even trembling, "That close already!"

 

At the same time, she cursed her bad luck.

 

Just when they were getting a few days of full meals, now a zombie horde was coming.

 

She turned to go back and prepare to escape but then remembered Wu Heng and quickly turned back to ask, "What should we do?"

 

Wu Heng thought for a moment and said, "Have your people prepare gasoline barrels. You don't need to worry about anything else. If we can’t stop the zombies, I’ll buy you time to escape."

 

Blindly fleeing would be very dangerous too.

 

Blocked roads, the horde drawn by cars, and some mutated zombies were all potential threats.

 

So, avoiding a blind retreat was preferable.

 

But there was no other choice now, so she quickly agreed, "Alright, I’ll go prepare."

 

.........

 

The ground vibrated slightly, and the dense, chaotic footsteps grew closer.

 

The steaming hot road was filled with a black mass of zombies, closing in.

 

Seeing it with his own eyes was different from seeing it through Xiaoxiao’s perspective.

 

The horde was dense, numbering in the thousands at least.

 

Wu Heng glanced at the skeletons in front of him, feeling speechless.

 

Was he lucky or unlucky?

 

Lucky that he had transformed all the corpses before the horde arrived; unlucky that the horde came right after the transformation.

 

Would he lose his skeleton soldiers again?

 

"You stand here, you over there..." Wu Heng began adjusting the positions of the skeletons.

 

"Spears forward!"

 

Swish, swish, swish!

 

All the spears pointed forward.

 

Wu Heng also stood at the back of the formation, waiting for the horde to approach from the distance.

 

.........

 

On the rooftop of a residential building.

 

Two men, pale-faced, lay on the rooftop, cautiously watching below.

 

They were survivors from the northern cultural center. They had come here to scavenge some supplies, thinking it was safe, but hadn’t found much before getting trapped.

 

Although the zombies hadn’t noticed them, the dense horde below and the overwhelming stench still made them feel suffocatingly tense.

 

All the zombies were moving in the same direction, as if they were an organized and disciplined group.

 

They realized that there was no way this area could be safe, not with the horde gathered like this.

 

"What’s with these zombies? Why are they all moving in the same direction?" a bearded man stared at the horde below.

 

"Could there be a survivor camp, and the zombies are attacking it?" The other man, younger, wearing black-rimmed glasses, speculated.

 

"I remember there’s a repair shop with survivors nearby. Could they have attracted the zombies' attention?"

 

"But that wouldn’t draw this many!" the glasses-wearing man continued.

 

"Wait, what’s that over there? Why does it look like a group of bones?"

 

They looked towards the direction the zombies were heading.

 

At the end of their line of sight was a group of skeletons, no less in number than the horde.

 

Armed with weapons, facing the zombies.

 

"Damn, not only are there zombies, but now there’s a bunch of skeletons too. What the hell is going on in this world?"

 

.........

 

On the street.

 

The horde trampled over wrecked cars, entering a frenzy.

 

Roar~!

 

Amid the roars and howls, they began their charge forward.

 

The horde, like a spreading flood, instantly filled the entire street, rushing towards the skeleton army.

 

The sound of running was chaotic, and the howling was deafening.

 

The foul stench permeated the surroundings.

 

Wu Heng looked ahead with a stern expression. As the horde got closer, he cast 【Grease Spell】 as usual.

 

Then he threw out a source of fire.

 

Whoosh~!

 

A massive flame erupted, instantly engulfing the frontmost zombies.

 

But more zombies bypassed the flames and attacked the skeleton formation from both sides.

 

Boom~ Crash!

 

The horde crashed into the skeletons like a tidal wave, toppling the front row, instantly overwhelming them.

 

But the skeleton army began to fight back.

 

Spears and cleavers stabbed and slashed continuously, killing one zombie after another.

 

Wu Heng stood at the rear, casting 【Witchcraft Arrows】 to kill zombies.

 

The horde started climbing the walls, forming human pillars, which then crashed into the skeleton ranks.

 

Both sides engaged in fierce combat.

 

Severed limbs, shattered bones, and bloody heads flew everywhere, splattering against the walls on both sides.

 

In the midst of the intense battle.

 

Xiaoxiao flew back from the side of the horde.

 

"Uncle, I found that big-headed monster." After saying that, she merged into Wu Heng's body.

 

The shared vision appeared.

 

In a building in the distance, the Big-Head Zombie stood by a window, looking out, with over a dozen zombies in the room.

 

"So there you are..."

 

Wu Heng looked at the rooftop of a nearby building, then pointed towards the distant residential building.