NOVEL NEXT Chapter 58 - 58, Little East Auto Repair (Please follow. )_1
Chapter 58: Chapter 58, Little East Auto Repair (Please follow. )_1
“What the hell are you saying? Cut to the chase.” An irritated voice came through the walkie-talkie.
“It’s.Jt’s true. A group of skeletons and zombies are fighting outside, please don’t make a sound.” The man on the roof, keeping his body close to the ground, continued to explain.
“Skeletons? Where did they come from?”
“How would I know? These skeletons are way stronger than zombies. If they spot us, we areas good as dead.” The man’s voice was shaky.
There was a brief silence on the other end, then the voice came again, “Can we escape from our current location and what’s the safest route to take?”
The man’s eyes darted across the scene. After reassessing the situation, he answered, “Get to the rooftop, then head north. Be quiet and retreat.”
“Alright.”
Water Supply Management Office.
Zombies surged from every alleyway, charging towards the skeletons.
Wu Heng led the skeletons into the courtyard of the Water Supply Management Office.
Situated with their backs against the building, they began combat with the oncoming zombies.
The group of skeletons, wielding their weapons, slashed down the attacking zombies into a puddle of flesh.
Similarly, some skeletons were struck down by the zombies, turning into scattered pieces of bones on the ground.
Bawudong and Big Guy, two elite-level skeletons, initiated their assault. With each punch and kick, zombies were flung away, knocking over other zombies in their path.
Wu Heng, with magic wand in hand, unleashed Witchcraft Arrow and Grease Skill at the right moments.
Boosting his team’s firepower.
However, he only released the Grease Skill and didn’t ignite the grease.
The zombies and skeletons were tangled together in close quarters combat, making it too risky to start a fire.
[Experience gained +4.]
[Summoned creature – Skeleton Warrior, experience gained +5.]
[Experience gained +4.]
[Summoned creature – Skeleton Warrior, level increased to 4, HP+1.)
[Summoned creature – Skeleton Warrior, level increased to 5, unlocked feature: Basic Soul. Strength+1, Perception+7, Intellect+7, Charm+4.)
[Experience gained…]
As the fight wore on, Wu Heng and his skeletons started gaining experience.
Both sides were also taking increasingly heavy losses.
However, the skeletons still outnumbered the zombies, securing an advantage.
Gradually, the number of zombies started to decrease. When the last screeching zombie had its head crushed by Bawudong’s punch,
The courtyard of the water supply facility once again fell silent.
The ground was littered with approximately two hundred corpses, and Wu Heng’s side had also lost some skeletons.
But it was manageable – the losses still within acceptable limits.
They didn’t immediately move.
Instead, they examined the skeleton warrior, now at level five.
This skeleton was the first one that Wu Heng had summoned. Other skeletons had been substituted repeatedly, but this one had endured until now.
[Skeleton Warrior]
[Level: 5 (38/3000)]
[Attributes: Health 12, Strength 13, Dexterity 10, Perception+7, Intellect+7, Charm+4.]
[Features: Hollow Skeleton, Basic Soul.]
After reaching level 5, it unlocked the [Basic Soul] feature, and Perception, Intellect, and Charm appeared for the first time.
This meant that the skeleton was now in possession of a soul.
Wu Heng took a closer look at it and saw a faint blue Soul Fire in its hollow eye sockets.
“From now on, you’ll be called Maoyi.” Wu Heng gave it a name.
He had no choice. The number of skeletons was increasing, and it would be too complicated to remember intricate names.
Naming them after their weapons would make it easier to remember.
Maoyi, holding a spear, stood to one side.
Then Wu Heng turned towards the office building behind him, “Let’s go in and have a look.”
Inside, there was nothing but some tables and chairs and various bits of junk. Nothing of importance.
In one of the rooms was some large, bulky machinery – immovable and untransportable.
No valuable finds.
“Uncle, earlier I saw some people escaping from the roof over there.” Xiao Xiao flew down from the roof, excitedly exclaiming.
“People?”
“Uh huh, they were people, two uncles.”
“Let me see!”
Xiao Xiao dove back into Wu Heng’s body, and the image she had seen earlier appeared into his mind.
On the roof, two men were slowly moving north while wearing leather jackets, their arms wrapped with magazines and duct tape, holding makeshift spears fashioned from steel pipes.
They looked more like hunters heading out for a hunt.
Wu Heng shifted his gaze to their spears.
Unlike Wu Heng’s fruit knife wrapped with tape, these men had sharpened metal spearheads, which were connected to the steel pipe handles with screws.
They looked sturdier than what Wu Heng had been using.
“There were indeed survivors.” Wu Heng was surprised about how these people had managed to survive.
Xiao Xiao flew out of his body again and said, “See, there are people.”
Wu Heng nodded, and thought for a moment before saying, “Let’s follow them to their refuge and see what’s happening.”
“Okay.”
Xiao Xiao drifted in the air, and Wu Heng, after commanding the skeletons to evacuate the items from the building, headed in the direction where the survivors had escaped.
Little East Auto Repair.
“Are you sure you weren’t mistaken? Skeletons are fighting with zombies?”
The windowless room was stuffy and dim, lit by a single bulb.
A woman with a bandaged shoulder sat on the couch, questioning the three men in front of her.
The three men looked grim, one of them saying, “Yes, there were many skeletons, and they could use weapons.”
The woman’s brows furrowed further, “Skeletons can stand up now?”
Zombies could be explained with a gene virus, but standing bones were completely unexplainable.
At least with the information they’ve had access to, it made no sense.
“Maybe… the Spiritual Energy has resumed,” a somewhat younger man suggested.
No one responded.
They didn’t know how to.
After a moment of thought, another man continued, “Actually, these new breeds of monsters might not necessarily be a bad thing. Let them fight the zombies while we hide in the shadows, scavenging for supplies. Once we have enough, we can leave this place and head for the refuge.”
Another man interjected, “But what if they discover us first?”
“How could they? The place is swarming with zombies. How would they find the time to deal with us?”
“But there’s still a danger.”
The woman on the couch waved her hand, indicating the men to shut up, and continued her line of thought, “Could it be a Superpowered Man, like mentioned in the broadcast, capable of controlling skeletons?”
“Unlikely. I saw no humans. But I did spot some skeletal figures wearing leather armor,” said another man.
The woman said, “Okay, regardless if they are new monsters or superpowered men, it has nothing to do with us. After gathering the supplies and finishing the welding on the train, we’re leaving this godforsaken place.”
“Alright!”
“Go rest for now, but keep an eye on our surroundings.”
The three men nodded and exited the room.
Only the woman remained in the room. As she was about to unwrap her bandage to change it, an almost invisible figure ghosted through the wall.
Petrified, she stared at the figure, her face white with terror.
“Are you the boss around here? My uncle asked me to talk to you.”