Seeing Ji Shiyou in danger, Wen Qingtian and the other two were also startled, but could only watch, unable to rescue him.
Even if they were by Ji Shiyou's side, it would be useless. That zombie was level six.
Furthermore, it was of the most offensive metal element. Their highest level was only three, and they absolutely could not withstand the golden spear formed by the zombie.
Just then, the golden spear, which was about to pierce Ji Shiyou's chest, paused, then disappeared.
The zombie let out a howl, covering its head with both hands. A pained expression appeared on its previously vacant face.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tian Shang sent out vines and pulled the terrified Ji Shiyou to her side.
Bu Zhi and Wen Qingtian each supported Ji Shiyou by an arm, and the four of them quickly retreated outside the gate.
Looking back inside, they saw Ba Jiu already fighting with that zombie.
It turned out that when the golden spear touched Wen Qingtian's body, Ba Jiu's mental power transformed into steel needles and fiercely pierced the zombie's brain.
The zombie, suddenly attacked and caught off guard, dispersed its metal element, causing the golden spear to vanish.
However, it quickly recovered and, seeing its prey escape, was about to pursue when Ba Jiu blocked its path.
"Ba Jiu is actually fire-elemental?"
Seeing Ba Jiu, who was fighting the zombie, emitting flames, Tian Shang exclaimed. She only now realized Ba Jiu's attribute.
"He should be dual-elemental, mental and fire. When he saved me just now, Ba Jiu must have used his mental power to attack that high-level zombie."
Ji Shiyou, the academician, had recovered his senses and explained his deductions to the others.
"I wonder if Ba Jiu can defeat that zombie. Should we go up and help?"
Looking at Ba Jiu's small body, which was only as tall as the zombie's thigh, Bu Zhi's face showed concern.
"According to my estimation, that high-level zombie should be level six, but Ba Jiu has already advanced to level seven.
Even if the opponent is metal-elemental and has strong offensive capabilities, Ba Jiu should be able to suppress him.
Our levels are too low, and going up would only cause trouble. Ba Jiu would have to be distracted protecting us, so let's not go over yet."
With Ming Yue absent, Ji Shiyou was the backbone of the group, so they all listened to him and did not go to help, only watching the battlefield intently.
They saw Ba Jiu push forward with both hands, and countless fireballs appeared.
The attack range not only enveloped the high-level zombie but also covered forty to fifty ordinary zombies.
As the fireballs flew, those ordinary zombies turned into ashes, leaving only crystal cores scattered on the ground.
Although the high-level zombie did not die immediately, it was burned black all over, and the flesh on its arms and thighs was charred.
Its clothes had all turned to ash, and it knelt on the ground, panting heavily, clearly severely injured.
"Ba Jiu is mighty."
"Well done."
"Brother, I love you!"
"Ba Jiu is awesome!"
The four stood outside the gate and instantly became Ba Jiu's true fans, forming a temporary support group, shouting slogans.
Hearing the encouragement from his teammates, Ba Jiu turned his head. A smile appeared on his cool little face. Everyone knew it was Ba Jiu's unique smile.
"Ba Jiu, be careful!"
Just as Ba Jiu turned his head, the high-level zombie opened its mouth wide and inhaled forcefully.
The crystal cores on the ground were sucked into its mouth, then chewed and swallowed. A golden light then emanated from its body.
The golden light flashed and disappeared. Now it had grown to over three meters tall, its muscles bulging, making it even more imposing.
Its entire body gleamed with golden light, as if forged from metal, like a mecha warrior.
The high-level zombie walked towards Ba Jiu. With every step, it left a deep footprint on the tiled ground.
Ji Shiyou and the others, standing outside the gate, felt the ground shake and loudly warned Ba Jiu.
The originally level six high-level zombie, having devoured the crystal cores of its own kind, had advanced to level seven, the same as Ba Jiu.
Fireballs could no longer harm it, and its mental power could only briefly pause its steps. It quickly reached Ba Jiu.
It raised its right arm, and a golden hammer the size of a human head appeared, swinging towards Ba Jiu.
Ba Jiu's small body was instantly sent flying, landing heavily before Ji Shiyou and the other three.
The zombie did not give up and directly walked out of the gate towards them.
Ming Yue, with the speed of wind, traversed the logistics base, avoiding groups of zombies.
Following the information provided by Wen Qingtian, she arrived at the innermost part of the base, where there was a three-meter-high perimeter wall.
Above it was a one-meter-high barbed wire fence, separating it from the logistics base, making it seem like another world inside.
Ming Yue circled along the base of the wall and found that the area enclosed by the high wall was several thousand square meters, with only one entrance.
The huge black gate was locked, with large characters spray-painted in red paint: "Warehouse Area, No Unauthorized Entry."
No zombies were seen wandering around. It seemed this place was too secure for zombies to enter, and they could not sense any human presence, so they had given up.
Just then, Ming Yue suddenly heard gunshots from inside the wall. The distant zombies, hearing the sound, immediately converged towards this area.
Ming Yue pointed her hand, and a whirlwind immediately appeared beneath her feet, lifting her higher and higher until she was above the wall.
Inside was a simple warehouse assembled from aluminum composite panels, occupying most of the yard. On one side were several rooms, presumably for living.
Life supplies were placed in front of the door. In the open space, more than a dozen zombies in camouflage uniforms lay on the ground.
The bodies had rotted, all with fatal headshots, killed by a single shot. They were likely soldiers who had turned into zombies and were eliminated by their comrades.
The gunshots came from inside the warehouse. Ming Yue controlled the whirlwind and landed on the roof of the warehouse.
She pried open a gap in the metal roof with her bare hands and looked inside. The warehouse was empty, with nothing in it.
Ming Yue widened the gap and jumped down, discovering a hole in the ground on one side of the warehouse.
"A high-energy ability user has entered. Are they also here for weapons?"
Looking at the hole, Ming Yue was a bit puzzled. This should be the entrance to the arsenal that Wen Qingtian mentioned.
The original five-inch-thick metal door had been melted into a large hole by someone's ability, so Ming Yue concluded that someone from outside had entered.
Because if it were the people guarding this place, they would definitely know how to open it and would not have used such a violent method to break in.
Fearing that the weapons inside would be taken by someone else, Ming Yue hurriedly jumped in. Inside was a long passage.
It was particularly spacious, and the surrounding walls were cast from metal, making them incredibly sturdy.
At this moment, dense gunshots could be heard from the end of the passage. It seemed that person had not yet succeeded and was engaged in a fierce battle with the guards.
Ming Yue concealed her aura and ran inside. Along the way, she saw corpses in camouflage uniforms. They were not zombies, but human corpses.
"Wasn't it just one person?"
The dead bodies on the ground had various fatal wounds. Some were killed by wind blades, some by lightning strikes.
Some were even killed by swords. Ming Yue couldn't help but suspect that more than three people had entered.
Because Ji Shiyou had once said that ability users were at most dual-elemental, except for Ming Yue, as she used witchcraft, not abilities.
Ming Yue inspected quickly because her purpose for coming here was to collect weapons.
Just as she was about to move further inside, a hand grabbed her pant leg.
"Leave quickly, it's dangerous."
A "corpse" came to life, spoke a sentence to her with effort, and then closed its eyes.