Chapter 4 The Power of a General

Wang Tanzhi thought to himself, but the zombie werewolf was different. It wouldn't consider whether a player was chuuni or not; it only recognized strength.

As a gatekeeper-level Boss with limited intelligence, the zombie werewolf actually abandoned the prey within easy reach and turned around, focusing intently and vigilantly on the two approaching targets who were still some distance away. This clearly indicated how formidable those two were.

From their way of addressing each other, Xiao Tan guessed that they were [Peerless General Pan Feng] and [Thousand-Man Slayer Hua Xiong] from the team. Since the players were separated at the beginning of this scenario, and the names and titles were no longer displayed above their heads (only name, level, and survival status were visible in the team list), Xiao Tan didn't know their titles and couldn't guess their strength based on that. But since these two had taken the initiative to save him and dared to speak so boldly, they must be confident in taking down this Boss.

"G-Generals," Xiao Tan said rather awkwardly, "There are many blood wolf zombies down here. Why don't we lure this little Boss up… Ah!" He suddenly opened his mouth wide and exclaimed in shock as he finished his sentence.

Don't worry, he wasn't bitten. Although five or six zombies from the parking lot behind him were closing in, they hadn't reached Xiao Tan yet. Actually, there was no need to pay too much attention to those monsters, because they were blocked by the horizontal railing... Due to their low intelligence, they couldn't climb over or crawl under, and were stubbornly pushing against it with their ribs...

The reason Xiao Tan exclaimed was because he saw an unbelievable scene.

He saw General Pan leaping high into the air, his Mountain-Splitting Axe raised above his head. His body plummeted, the axe blade falling diagonally. It didn't seem fast, but the angle and motion of his attack were enough to make the massive zombie werewolf unable to dodge.

The monster howled and swung its claws to block. But the moment Pan Wushuang's weapon struck the monster's arm, it suddenly accelerated. The axe blade flashed with a cold light, swift as lightning and fast as a meteor, severing the arm and drawing blood, cutting it in two with a single stroke.

The zombie werewolf's giant arm was cut off and flew away. Before it could even utter a scream of agony, Hua Xiong's spear had arrived. This strike was even faster, too fast to see clearly. As blood bloomed, the monster's knee was pierced.

Its left arm was severed by the axe, and its right knee was pierced by the spear. The zombie werewolf's body was already top-heavy, with its upper body being significantly larger. These two strikes immediately caused it to lose balance and fall to the right, crashing heavily to the ground.

The next second, a cold light was reflected in the wolf's eyes. With a *bang*, the Mountain-Splitting Axe chopped into the ground, splashing a spray of blood. Then, a wolf's head rolled slowly down the slope of the road…

Xiao Tan was completely stunned. These two had taken down a small Boss in three moves. How powerful was that? It was hard to imagine that they were only two levels higher than him.

"Ah—" The low growl of the blood wolf zombies behind him brought him back to his senses.

Xiao Tan turned his head and saw that dozens of zombies had gathered behind the railing. In the darker depths of the parking lot, there were countless shadowy figures.

"Little brother, how about we go back to the surface for now?" Pan Feng asked.

Xiao Tan immediately replied, "Okay, okay… Let's find a place without monsters first." He hurried upwards, passing by the zombie werewolf's headless corpse and couldn't help but glance at it again…

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Feng Bujue, after leaving the "base," was also heading towards the Aleph Corporation building. He knew that he was more likely to find his teammates there. At this time, he only hoped that Xiao Tan and the other two players wouldn't blindly enter that building and die before he arrived.

He wasn't in a hurry to rescue Dr. Ashford from the main quest. To be honest, it didn't matter if that doctor died, because the system had never said that the doctor's death would mean the scenario's failure. This was a team "survival" mode. Only when all the players were wiped out would the scenario fail. The death of a plot character would at most increase the difficulty of the scenario or change the ending of the story.

Feng Bujue had already killed about fifty blood wolf zombies by himself. In fact, he could have killed more if he wanted to, but he had spent some time doing various "experiments" to test the monsters' reactions.

After all this, his Shooting specialization had risen from F to E, but his Fighting specialization was still E. It seemed that stepping to a dance-like rhythm and using two non-weapons to shave the monsters' heads couldn't raise his Fighting ability to the D level. He needed to adjust his thinking.

Feng Bujue couldn't help but think of Si Yu Ruo Li again, of her clean, swift, and graceful movements. He certainly couldn't do those movements now. Maybe when he could, his Fighting specialization would reach D.

Of course, fighting those slow, crab-like monsters wouldn't allow him to develop that kind of skill. He would at least have to fight monsters of equal strength, or even stronger, to have any further chance of improving his Fighting specialization.

Right now, Feng Bujue's top priority was to find a way to put on the [Echo Armor]. At this moment, he also knew that it wouldn't be easy to raise his General specialization to C, but he should be able to try to raise his Equipment specialization to D, since it was only one level away.

Along the way, he kept thinking about how to use the scenario's freedom to gain more significant benefits, and he bypassed monsters whenever he could. Soon, he was approaching the Aleph Building, and estimated that it was only a few blocks away.

At this time, Feng Bujue noticed that there were more blood wolf zombies around him, and… he saw some dead zombies.

So, this guy went to perform "autopsies" on the zombies… He first squatted next to a corpse, looking at the smashed head and the liquid that had flowed all over the ground, carefully observing the wounds, and even slightly examining the other wounds on the corpse, acting like a detective investigating a murder scene.

"Hmm, was it knocked out with a baseball bat…" he murmured. "One hit from the front, and then two more from the side and behind… Could it be Xiao Tan…" He stood up, picked up a pipe wrench, and casually smashed a monster that had approached him to the ground, stepping on its chest and knocking through its head with two bangs.

"But baseball bats seem to be a pretty easy weapon to find. That 'Really Hard to Name' guy seems to have several of them." He thought, "I can't rule out the possibility that the other two players are also using baseball bats as weapons."

Thinking this, he walked forward. Before he had taken a few steps, he saw seven or eight corpses lying in the distance, close together, all with their heads severed. Moreover, those heads were still moving. Since they had no windpipes, they couldn't make a sound. The severed heads were just opening their mouths, their jaws constantly making chewing motions.

"Hmm… he probably didn't do this…"