"Do you understand!" Lin Yuan saw Wu Tian staring blankly, thinking she hadn't heard.
"You're going to face the Night Demon alone?!" Wu Tian's eyes were almost in tears. "No, I'll throw the Molotov cocktails, you get the shield. I'm more accurate than you!"
Lin Yuan was stunned and quickly responded, "Oh my dear auntie, what time is it? Listen to me. You'll need to provide ranged support with your bow and arrows later. If you throw Molotov cocktails, what will I do standing here?"
"Alright, then you must be careful to dodge."
As they spoke, they reached the rooftop door. Lin Yuan and Wu Tian, seeing it open, rushed forward.
The commotion below grew louder.
They were catching up.
As soon as they reached the rooftop, Lin Yuan looked to the left. Three Molotov cocktails stood neatly, with lighters in front of them. Just in case, Wu Mengyao had placed three lighters. Lin Yuan, without a second thought, picked up the one made with alcohol.
Holding the lighter, ready to unleash his attack, the Night Demon's voice grew closer. The first thing Lin Yuan saw was a dark green tentacle, dotted with specks of large black spots. Upon closer inspection, he realized these weren't black spots, but clusters of wriggling mouths.
As soon as he saw the tentacle, Lin Yuan lit the paper towel soaked in alcohol at the mouth of the Molotov cocktail.
He threw it before the zombie even emerged.
The Molotov cocktail traced a beautiful arc through the air, hitting the charging zombie squarely. In an instant, flames erupted on the zombie's body.
This startled the zombie. Feeling the terrifying heat, it quickly secreted some mucus to cover the burning alcohol. But how could Lin Yuan let it succeed? He threw another Molotov cocktail, this time with oil, and then another, again with oil.
Immediately, the entire stairwell platform was engulfed in flames, and a smell like roasted mushrooms wafted up.
The Night Demon's entire body was covered in mucus. Secreting this mucus consumed a lot of its energy. It had to quickly get out of the sea of flames, then chew and swallow the two food sources above, skin and bones!
Seeing that the three Molotov cocktails couldn't kill the Night Demon, Lin Yuan quickly pulled Wu Tian over and held the wooden shield in front of him.
"Old Wu, shoot arrows from behind me into it. This zombie is so troublesome, the fire on its body is almost out."
Hearing this, Wu Tian drew her bow and shot. Knowing the location, and in such a narrow space, she could hit the target even with her eyes closed.
But fate was not on their side. The Night Demon's tentacles were like phased array radar, intercepting the incoming arrows. For those that penetrated its flesh, the tentacle's surface twisted, breaking the arrows, and then expelling the arrowheads wrapped in mucus.
Perhaps angered by Wu Tian's arrows, the Night Demon charged forward, not caring if it was still on fire, and thrust its tentacles straight at Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan immediately noticed the sharp spikes emerging from the tip of the tentacle and quickly blocked the tentacle's path with the wooden shield.
With a bang, Lin Yuan was almost sent flying. He staggered back several steps before blocking the tentacle.
Damn it, it’s so strong, my hands are numb.
Seeing that a frontal assault was not working, the Night Demon changed the direction of its tentacles to attack Wu Tian, who was behind Lin Yuan. It wanted to suck out the brains of this annoying insect!
However, Lin Yuan had already anticipated this attack method. It would be strange if its tentacles weren't used this way.
He quickly used all his strength to brace the tentacle against the wall of the rooftop structure.
The restrained tentacle immediately began to secrete mucus to create lubrication to escape, but Lin Yuan had already raised his axe high.
This made the Night Demon, which was preparing to attack Wu Tian, who had three arrows stuck in her head, change its mind. This tentacle was its pride as a Night Demon. Even if it could be repaired after being severed, its path to evolution would not be so easy. Besides its mutated organs, it also had some inherent enhancements. Not to mention the hardened fungus that wrapped its head like an iron bucket, its hands also grew 2-3 cm claws.
Hearing the whistling sound that could be heard even through the motorcycle helmet, Lin Yuan's eyes were firm. Although he didn't know if the helmet could block the zombie's claws, the axe in his hand still fell heavily.
If he swung, there was a chance to live. If he didn't, they would all die.
At this moment, Wu Tian also shifted her arrows, which were aimed at its neck, towards its hand.
But the arrows, switched to a new target at the last moment, were a little slow. Just as they were about to miss its palm by a hair's breadth.
"Bang!"
A loud noise echoed nearby, startling the Night Demon, causing it to retract its hand, allowing Wu Tian's arrow to hit the bullseye!
A gunshot?!
There was no time to think about who dared to fire so openly without a silencer. From the moment its hand recoiled, it had lost.
The felling axe had already slammed down. Although the tentacle was protected by mucus, the immense force had smashed the impacted area into a pulp, even creating a pit in the cement floor.
The zombie had just recovered from the loud noise when its tentacle signaled a fracture. Although it had no pain sensation, the rich nerve tissue within the tentacle caused its entire body to convulse.
Fortunately, the C-type mutated virus strain hadn't evolved them into invincible beings. Thanks to nature's supreme evolutionary logic, there were no perfect creatures.
At this moment, a short arrow shot past them and hit the Night Demon's neck, embedding halfway. Without time to think, Lin Yuan followed up with an axe and a spear, and the Night Demon's head fell off.
The remaining headless corpse naturally slumped down powerless.
Finally, it was killed.
The two leaned on their weapons, gasping for breath. Only then did they turn to see who had fired the short arrow.
At the entrance of the sentry post, Wu Mengyao, wearing the women's helmet Lin Yuan had given to Wu Tian, held a crossbow in her hand.
"Wu Mengyao, you!" Wu Tian was so angry she almost died. She wanted to curse but had no strength left.
"Sister, if you were both eaten by the Night Demon, do you think it would spare the remaining humans in this building?" Wu Mengyao parted the face shield of the helmet, her eyes filled with tears, but she said with a smile.
Wu Tian panted for a moment and then slumped to the ground, extending a fist towards Wu Mengyao.
This action confused Mengyao. What did she mean, was she going to hit her?
"Fist bump, why are you sticking your face over here?" Wu Tian said weakly.
Under the awning, a gentle breeze blew. The two sisters acknowledged each other, a fist bump as proof.
"Hey, let me get one too." As the atmosphere reached its peak, Lin Yuan sneakily shuffled over and bumped fists with the sisters.
"That's impressive, Mengyao. You've even made a crossbow. Where did you get the materials?" Lin Yuan looked at the crossbow in Wu Mengyao's hand and gave her a thumbs-up, very surprised.
"I bought the materials a long time ago. I didn't make it when I was at school. I was planning to make it during summer vacation, but then the apocalypse happened," Wu Mengyao said crisply, wiping away her tears.
Lin Yuan: ...
Good heavens, she bought it a long time ago? Did she make it to shoot some troublemaker at school?
Children these days are truly terrifying.
"Bought it a long time ago? Did Mom see you and beat you?" Wu Tian felt that her mother wouldn't allow her child to make such a weapon.
"I'm not making guns, why would Mom beat me? Besides, I told Mom it was for a handicraft practice class, and she didn't bother with it."
Wu Tian: ...
Our mom is really laid-back!
But Wu Tian didn't ask why she made it, as this girl was just fond of such things.
After resting for a while, Lin Yuan and the others finally recovered some strength. They got up to check the stairwell.
The fire in the stairwell had gone out. The zombies below hadn't followed them up. Could they have been blocked by the barricades? No way, no way, are they that stupid?
Frowning, Wu Tian said, "It seems the zombies haven't come up yet. Let's wait a bit longer. After all, someone fired a shot just now. Based on the sound, it should be a modified 92. I shot targets with it in college, and the sound was very similar."
"Fortunately, there was that gunshot, otherwise my head might have been sliced open several times and turned into a zombie," Lin Yuan said, still feeling some lingering fear.
"Let's observe for a while, see the zombies' movements, and then make a plan."