Qin Shi Lei thought for a moment, then had Xiao Qiang descend another hundred meters.
He replaced the Blood Soul in his hand with a refined short bow.
Silver Dragon!
Two seconds later, an arrow wrapped in lightning streaks shot towards the zombie king on the ground.
A black energy ball suddenly appeared in the zombie king's right hand. With a wave of its hand, it threw the energy ball at the arrow.
The energy ball accurately hit the arrow and, with a hiss, both vanished.
"Roar!"
Under the zombie king's roar, the Tyrants picked up stones the size of fists from the ground and hurled them forcefully at Qin Shi Lei in the sky.
Xiao Qiang flapped its wings vigorously, easily dodging the stones.
The stones continued to ascend for nearly a hundred meters before falling powerlessly.
Truly Tyrants with astonishing strength.
Seeing that it could not do anything to the high-flying Qin Shi Lei, the zombie king turned and walked towards the cave on the grassland.
It peered down for a while, then stood up and walked towards the small mountain to its left.
It was then that Qin Shi Lei noticed a cave at the foot of the mountain emitting a soft white light.
Could the zombie king have been attracted by this cave?
When did this cave appear?
He clearly remembered that there was no such glowing white cave when he first entered the valley.
Could it have only just revealed itself due to the spatial rift?
Even from three to four hundred meters away, Qin Shi Lei could still feel a faint pull from the cave.
"Could there be some treasure inside the cave?" Qin Shi Lei wondered to himself.
The thought of the zombie king potentially obtaining treasure from the cave made Qin Shi Lei anxious.
Just then, the white light from the cave flashed. The zombie king, which had just stepped into the cave, seemed to be struck by immense force and was sent flying backward in mid-air.
Even with its bone wings flapping frantically, the zombie king could not stop its retreat. It flew out twenty to thirty meters before tumbling and crashing into a millstone-sized rock before finally stopping.
"Heh, so this cave has some kind of protective array or something."
Qin Shi Lei watched the disheveled zombie king and rejoiced in his heart.
Following this, the zombie king summoned its subordinates to charge the cave.
Without exception, they were all repelled by the white light emanating from the cave.
"You just wait."
Seeing that the zombie king could not enter the cave for the time being, Qin Shi Lei turned and flew back towards Crane Mountain District.
When Qin Shi Lei returned to Luyang Bridge, the heavy rain had finally stopped.
The sky cleared, and the smell of blood and gunpowder that filled the air had also diminished.
"Qin Ge, why are you injured?"
Zhang Xiaoli rushed forward anxiously upon seeing Qin Shi Lei in a sorry state.
Only then did she notice his left arm hanging limply. She learned that his forearm was fractured.
Heal! Heal! Heal!
Zhang Xiaoli cast three healing skills on Qin Shi Lei in succession.
An Qian also took out a splint and secured Qin Shi Lei's forearm.
Qin Shi Lei tried to move his left hand and felt a significant improvement, but he didn't say anything, letting An Qian do as she pleased.
He then briefly recounted the events in the valley.
An Qian's pretty face turned cold, and she said sternly, "Qin Shi Lei, next time you lure out the zombie king, let it experience being ganged up on too."
Zhang Xiaoli also said, "Let's beat it up until its face is covered in a mess."
Qin Shi Lei nodded in agreement.
Not for revenge, but for the white-glowing cave in the valley, Qin Shi Lei felt it was necessary to lure the zombie king away.
However, how to lure it away was a problem.
And if he lured it away, how to successfully kill it was another challenge.
"You all be careful, I'm going to earn some crystal cores and level up before I come back." Qin Shi Lei glanced at his personal panel and found that he was close to leveling up again.
Three days ago, he had already leveled up to Black Iron Three Stars. Now, his experience was more than three-quarters of the way, and with a little more effort, he might reach Black Iron Four Stars tomorrow.
There were many zombie corpses outside Luyang Bridge, but even more living zombies.
Coupled with the constant artillery fire from the defense line, there was no opportunity to dig for crystal cores.
He had to go elsewhere to kill zombies and earn crystal cores.
Returning to Villa Number Five, Qin Shi Lei had Mu Ziping find five members of the 007 Legion.
Then, they went to the Chiyuan River behind the villa.
There were two speedboats that he had already prepared.
Qin Shi Lei led the five subordinates and drove the speedboats to the opposite bank.
They soon found a suitable place to disembark and landed in the guard post area.
This was a riverside residential complex. Because it was some distance from the Chiyuan River bridges, there weren't many zombies inside.
Qin Shi Lei took out his short bow and began to quickly shoot and kill the zombies inside.
His subordinates were responsible for cracking skulls and digging out crystal cores.
After clearing out the zombies in the residential complex, he took out a large piece of bloody crocodile meat and hung it high on a tree, playing music on the tree.
With the combination of sound and flesh, more zombies soon ran out of the buildings in the complex, turning into Qin Shi Lei's crystal cores once again.
"It's easiest to kill zombies following the commander." one of the team members remarked.
"You're wrong. It's not that killing zombies is easy, it's that we don't have to do anything."
"The commander kills zombies alone, and the five of us dig crystal cores. We're almost unable to keep up with the commander's speed, which is really embarrassing."
"If the doomsday game had achievement titles, the commander would definitely be wearing the invincible title of Zombie Terminator."
The others chimed in in agreement.
After grinding for a few hours in the complex and nearby streets, Qin Shi Lei finally earned enough crystal cores to level up. He then led the team back to Villa Number Five in the speedboats.
After the ten people left, Qin Shi Lei held the crystal cores in his hands and absorbed them.
When An Qian and the others were replaced by Zhang Qiang, Qin Shi Lei's side flashed with white light, and he coincidentally leveled up to Black Iron Four Stars.
Feeling the power surging through his body, Qin Shi Lei felt his strength had increased by at least thirty percent.
"Qin Shi Lei, are we going to deal with the zombie king now?" An Qian asked.
"I have two skills that haven't recovered yet. Let's talk about it after today," Qin Shi Lei replied.
Then, he took out dozens of bronze treasure chests and opened them with An Qian.
After opening all the treasure chests, there was only one red item, which yielded several relatively practical items.
Pure Water Manufacturing Machine (Green): Produces one cubic meter of pure water per hour, consuming one level one crystal core. (Two units in total)
Ice Shield (Green): Forms an ice shield in front of the user, lasting for ten minutes. (Two units)
Explosive Fireball (Green): Launches an explosive offensive fireball. (Three units)
Healing Potion (Green): Can heal internal and external injuries. (Three bottles in total)
Frozen Sphere (Green): Releases an ice ball at the target, which can freeze them. (Four units in total)
Substitute Doll (Red): When the holder receives a fatal attack, the Substitute Doll will bear the attack for the holder. It turns into powder and disappears after being activated.
Nice!
Although the Substitute Doll had some limitations, it was still an excellent life-saving item.