Chapter 143 The Strategic Shift of Zombie Werewolf

Thinking this way, Wang Tanzhi was unaware that the zombie werewolf operated differently. It didn't concern itself with whether players were chuuni (delusional). It only recognized strength.

As a gatekeeper-level Boss with limited intelligence, the zombie werewolf surprisingly abandoned its readily available prey and turned around, focusing intently and cautiously on the two approaching targets some distance away. This clearly indicated their formidable power.

From their mutual addresses, Xiao Tan deduced that they were the team's Peerless General Pan Feng and Thousand-Man Slayer Hua Xiong. Since the players were separated at the beginning of this scenario, and their names and titles were no longer displayed overhead (only name, level, and survival status were visible in the team list), Xiao Tan couldn't determine their titles or speculate about their abilities based on them. However, since these two had taken the initiative to save him and dared to speak so boldly, he assumed they could take down the Boss without much trouble.

"G... Generals," Xiao Tan said awkwardly. "There are many blood wolf zombies below. Perhaps we should lure this little Boss up..." He suddenly opened his mouth wide mid-sentence, exclaiming in shock.

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

The reason Xiao Tan cried out was because he witnessed an unbelievable scene.

He saw General Pan leap high into the air, his mountain-splitting axe raised above his head, his body sinking, and the axe blade falling diagonally. Though his speed didn't seem fast, his angle and movements were enough to make the massive zombie werewolf unable to avoid it.

The monster howled furiously, raising its claws to block. Unexpectedly, the weapon in Pan Wushuang's hands suddenly accelerated the moment it struck the monster's arm. The axe blade flashed with cold light, swift as lightning and faster than a meteor, severing the arm and spilling blood in a single stroke.

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

Its left arm was severed by the axe blade, and its right knee was pierced by the spearhead. The zombie werewolf's body was top-heavy to begin with, its upper body significantly larger. These two blows immediately caused it to lose balance, fall to the right, and crash heavily to the ground.

The next second, a cold light reflected in the wolf's eyes. With a thud, the mountain-splitting axe slammed onto the ground, splattering blood. Then, a wolf's head slowly rolled down the slope...

Xiao Tan was completely stunned. These two had taken down a small Boss within 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 back to see dozens of zombies gathered behind the railing, and even deeper in the dark parking lot were countless shadowy figures.

"Little brother, how about we return to the surface first?" Pan Feng asked.

Xiao Tan immediately replied, "Okay, okay... let's find a place without monsters first." He hurried upwards, passing the zombie werewolf's corpse, unable to resist glancing down at the headless monster...

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After leaving the "base," Feng Bujue was also heading towards the Ailebu Corporation building. He knew that was the most likely place to find his teammates. At this point, he only hoped that Xiao Tan and the other two players wouldn't blindly enter the building and get killed before he arrived.

He wasn't in a hurry to rescue Dr. Ashford, who was part of the main quest. Frankly, it wouldn't matter if the doctor died, because the system never stated that the doctor's death would mean the failure of the scenario. This was a team "survival" mode. Only the complete annihilation of the players would result in the scenario's failure. At most, the death of a plot character would increase the scenario's difficulty or change the story's ending.

Feng Bujue had already killed about fifty blood wolf zombies on his own. 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 increased from F to E, but his Fighting specialization remained at E. It seemed that dancing around and using two non-weapon weapons to slice off the monsters' heads wouldn't raise his Fighting ability to D. He needed to adjust his strategy.

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

Of course, fighting those slow, crab-like monsters wouldn't develop that kind of skill. At the very least, he had to fight monsters of equal or even greater strength than himself to have any chance of further improving his Fighting specialization.

Feng Bujue's top priority was to find a way to put on the Echo Armor. He knew now that raising his General specialization to C wouldn't be easy, but he should be able to try for D in the Machinery specialization since it was only one level away.

He was constantly thinking about how to take advantage of the scenario's freedom to gain more significant benefits, avoiding monsters whenever possible. Soon, he approached the Ailebu Building, estimating that it was only a few blocks away.

At this point, Feng Bujue noticed that the number of blood wolf zombies around him had increased, and... he saw some dead zombies.

So, this guy went to "autopsy" the zombies with great interest... He first squatted down next to a corpse, looking at the smashed skull and the liquid that had spilled all over the ground. He carefully examined the wounds and slightly inspected the other wounds on the body, acting like a detective investigating a crime scene.

"Hmm, was it hit with a baseball bat..." he murmured. "A blow to the front first, then two consecutive blows to the side and rear... Could it be Xiao Tan..." He stood up, picked up a pipe wrench, casually knocked down a monster that had approached him, stepped on its chest, and smashed its skull with two bangs.

"But a baseball bat seems to be a relatively easy weapon to obtain. That 'Hard-to-Name' guy seemed to have several of them." He pondered. "I can't rule out the possibility that the other two players are also using bats as weapons."

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

"Hmm... he probably didn't do this..."