Lord of Illusions City
Chapter 77 Desperate Measures
Leaving a faint sentence behind, Li Chenzhou faced the dozen or so zombies. Hearing Li Chenzhou's words, Grey Bear seemed to suddenly realize something, a flash of excitement and anticipation in his eyes, staring at Li Chenzhou without blinking.
"Poof!"
The moment he approached the zombies, Li Chenzhou held the staff with both hands, his right hand shaking, the tip of the staff knocking on the head of a zombie to his right front, instantly turning it into a rotten tomato. Then, with force from his left hand, the butt of the staff stabbed out like lightning, pushing away the zombie closest to him, whose arm was less than five centimeters away.
At the same time, Li Chenzhou's body slid, the long staff swept up from below, and a zombie's jaw was smashed to pieces with a cracking sound. Although it wasn't dead yet, it was estimated that it would never be able to chew any food again in its life, perhaps becoming the first zombie in history to starve to death.
"Ka-da!"
Seeing Li Chenzhou's movements, Grey Bear's eyes went straight. He didn't even notice the gun in his hand falling off the roof of the car and sliding downwards.
Li Chenzhou ignored him, his figure still flashing among the zombies, killing them at a rate of about two every three seconds. In less than half a minute, all dozen or so zombies had fallen to the ground, even the one whose jaw had been smashed was finished off, spared from the suffering of hunger...
After the battle, Li Chenzhou looked down at his left arm, where a zombie had scratched him just now. Of course, because of the combat suit, he was not injured.
But that was the ability of the combat suit. If he had been wearing ordinary clothes, that scratch would have meant death for him...
"The gap... is that big?"
Shaking his head, Li Chenzhou looked at the sky and smiled wryly.
If it had been him last night, facing these dozen or so zombies, he would have used the overwhelming staff shadows, and the battle would have ended within three seconds.
That was because he had just received that stream of light from Li Yingning at the time, which was equivalent to possessing all of Li Yingning's combat consciousness, like a drill sergeant possessing him.
Although his physical attributes were definitely not comparable to the drill sergeant, it was more than enough to deal with those mutated creatures that didn't even have enhanced zombies.
Moreover, Li Yingning's combat style was completely skill-based, absolutely unwilling to waste any effort. In the state he was in yesterday, the long staff would take the lives of several insects with it almost every time it fell to smash a zombie to death.
In that state, the longer Li Chenzhou fought, the more experience he absorbed. And because he risked rushing out of the mine, he gained enormous benefits.
Until all the mutated creatures turned into corpses, Li Chenzhou looked at the mess and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat!
His greatest reliance after rebirth was naturally the killing system, but another point was his combat experience, which he was so proud of. After all, that was what he had accumulated from countless life-and-death experiences in his previous life for ten years.
Only then did he understand that his combat experience was completely on a different level from the drill sergeant's, not even comparable.
Killing, in the drill sergeant's eyes, could be completely called art—art emphasized that adding or subtracting even a bit wouldn't do, it had to be just right. And the drill sergeant's killing was the same: any more was a waste of energy, any less and the enemy wouldn't die...
That night, after killing all the mutated creatures, that wonderful state disappeared. The drill sergeant did not appear again, and Li Chenzhou did not leave immediately. Instead, he stood in the muddy mine full of corpses, carefully recalling the previous battle, consolidating it well before returning.
Of course, he knew that he had not learned all of the drill sergeant's abilities, not even reached the entry level. But at least he was much more confident at this time. But unexpectedly, after he actually fought with zombies and compared it with last night's battle, he realized that the drill sergeant's things... he really didn't even count as being at the entry level.
Looking at Li Chenzhou, who was looking up at the sky with a helpless expression, Grey Bear finally woke up. His mouth twitched, and he had a bit of an impulse to shoot Li Chenzhou to death.
Grey Bear had watched Li Chenzhou's battle from beginning to end. In his eyes, Li Chenzhou's performance in this battle seemed even more awesome than their most awesome drill sergeant in the army.
He knew that Li Chenzhou was stronger than him and faster than him. If Li Chenzhou completely crushed them with speed and strength, he wouldn't be so shocked. The key was... the strength Li Chenzhou used just now was even smaller than the full strength of an ordinary person, and the movements were not fast at all.
In other words, Li Chenzhou didn't use his advantages in strength and agility. To describe it, it was like an adult facing a group of four- or five-year-old children, simply knocking them all to the ground with one hand.
But what besieged Li Chenzhou were not children, they were a dozen or so zombies. You killed them all so easily, and then looked up to the sky with a bitter face, making a painful expression as if you were very bad... this boasting was a bit too much, wasn't it?
Li Chenzhou naturally didn't know what Grey Bear was thinking, because he really felt a bit lost, even a bit discouraged.
He knew that he was actually very strong, and he also had the killing system. As long as he didn't seek death and was careful, maintaining the caution he had in his previous life, then he would definitely live better than most people in this world, and be stronger than them too.
But now, he wasn't thinking about muddling through, because the drill sergeant had mentioned the Devourers, and they would be coming in another five years.
Although the drill sergeant only mentioned the name of the Devourers and didn't give any other information, so Li Chenzhou didn't even know what the Devourers looked like, but just looking at the drill sergeant was enough to understand how powerful the Devourers were.
When the drill sergeant mentioned the Devourers, he mentioned them in a completely normal tone, which meant that in the drill sergeant's eyes, they belonged to the same level of existence. Since the drill sergeant was so powerful, what about the Devourers?
Moreover, the Devourers were "them," which meant a group, not just one. Li Chenzhou felt that, not to mention five years, even if he had ten years, he probably wouldn't have the strength to fight the drill sergeant.
So... what about the Devourers? A bunch of Devourers?
In that instant, Li Chenzhou suddenly felt immense pressure.
Just then, Li Chenzhou suddenly saw the morning glow in the distance. The splendor that was dyed red by the rising sun and radiated vigorous vitality made Li Chenzhou suddenly smile, and he said in his heart:
"Damn it! I'm a reborn person, and I have a system. I don't care what you are, come on! I'm weak now, but I'll desperately become stronger!!!"
Looking at the long staff in his hand, which was still dripping with blood but unstained, Li Chenzhou suddenly felt much better and turned to look at Grey Bear.
"You drive, I'll lead the way!"
"Wait!"
Looking at Li Chenzhou, Grey Bear suddenly asked:
"Looking at you just now... it seems like you think your combat performance was very bad?"
"Not very bad, it was extremely bad, what's wrong?"
Li Chenzhou looked at Grey Bear somewhat inexplicably and asked...