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Capítulo 5: Chapter 5, upgraded _1

Stomp, stomp, stomp!

The sound of countless footsteps echoed throughout the hallway.

Given the number of residents in the complex, it was impossible for there to be this many zombies.

Unless all residents were living in the hallways.

But clearly, this was not the case.

The only explanation was that the external doors were left open, allowing zombies from outside to swarm into the building.

Damn it!

Wu Heng cursed his luck; he actually ran into this kind of situation.

He immediately turned around, planning to withdraw with his skeleton warriors to the rooftop.

But as he was turning, his steps halted.

The corridor was narrow, his skeleton warriors could actually have the upper hand here.

Besides, he would have to clear this area sooner or later. The next hallway might not be safe either.

If worse comes to worst, he could retreat to the rooftop and blockade the metal door.

After quickly assessing the situation, he felt that they could give it a shot.

More pallid, grotesque zombies pushed and shoved as they surged forward.

Wu Heng wasted no more time in hesitation and decisively ordered, "Attack."

The skeleton warriors began their charge.

Crunch...!

A kitchen knife pierced through a skull, and a zombie immediately dropped to the floor.

But more zombies were also surging forward. They clawed, pulled, and bit, using all their available methods to tear their target to shreds.

The skeleton warriors kept swinging their weapons, hacking at the incoming zombies.

The hallway was narrow, only allowing a few zombies to attack side by side.

In the chaos, some zombies fell off the railing or were trampled underfoot, struggling to rise.

The roars of the zombies, the sounds of tearing and hacking, and the ashen bones snapping echoed continuously in the hallway.

"I must learn some long-range skills when I have the chance."

Wu Heng stood behind the skeletons, thrusting his short spear and muttering to himself.

This close combat was too exhausting.

Many zombies fell during the fight, trampled to death by the zombies behind them.

The chaos was escalating.

Meanwhile, the number of skeleton warriors was rapidly diminishing.

Wu Heng felt a pang in his heart.

After all, he had to watch as his skeletons were continuously torn apart, their bones scattered everywhere.

Wu Heng stopped the energy-consuming act of thrusting his spear and started using his Bone Manipulation Skill.

New skeletons began to rise amidst the ongoing battle.

No commands were needed. They automatically threw their punches and plunged towards the zombies.

The battle intensified, with the combatants surging and receding like two clashing ant swarms.

Both sides pushed and pulled, relentlessly attacking each other.

Wu Heng, positioned behind his troops, began to break out in a sweat.

In previous battles, he could find time to rest and recover.

But this time was different. Using the Bone Manipulation Skill continuously and intensively was pushing him to his limits.

Sweat soaked his body as if he was suffering from kidney deficiency, and a throbbing pain coursed through his brain.

The matter had once been discussed in the tavern in Black Stone Town.

The frequent spell-casting of mages can particularly drain their spiritual power.

Overexertion physically only leads to muscle injury, which can be healed over time.

However, mental exhaustion can result in severe consequences, such as dementia, or even a vegetative state.

[Your level has increased to Level 2, Intelligence +1, Constitution +1, Spiritual Power slightly increased.]

The notification rang out in his ear.

Leveled up.

Just when Wu Heng felt he was reaching his limit, the alert suddenly sounded.

The stabbing pain in his brain eased slightly for a moment.

"Time to go all out."

At this point, the skeleton warriors have reached the third floor. All they need to do is reach the first floor, close the door, and they would be safe.

He continued giving orders, "Attack with everything you've got."

Crash!!

The skeleton warriors crazily charged toward the fight. Their kitchen knives sliced and bare skeletons forcefully pushed the zombies back.

As for Wu Heng, he quickly returned to the rooftop with a few skeleton warriors by his side.

His eyes quickly scanned the construction materials, then pointed to a blue iron sheet and ordered, "Pick this up."

One of the skeleton warriors obeyed, holding the iron sheet onto the rooftop's edge.

Under Wu Heng's command, they threw it off the roof.

Bang-crash!!

The iron sheet hit the ground, creating a loud noise.

Like a signal flare, all the zombies nearby ran towards it in a frenzy.

They trampled and scrambled over the blue iron sheet.

Wu Heng quickly returned to the hallway. As expected, there were considerably fewer zombies below.

"Quick, move forward."

The skeleton warriors continued to charge down the stairs, the battle escalating rapidly.

They advanced and finally reached the door.

Several skeletons rushed outside to distract the horde while the others closed the building entrance.

Bang, bang, bang!!

Zombies were furiously beating against the iron door, creating a loud hammering noise.

After killing the remaining zombies in the corridor, the skeletons moved in more debris to barricade the staircase door once again.

Luckily, the zombies clearly lacked intelligence.

After pounding on the iron door for a while and noticing no movement from within, they gradually dispersed, lured away by other sounds.

They stopped their merciless assault on the poor green door.

Wu Heng sat inside a room, leaning forward and gasping for air.

The situation had been quite dangerous just now.

Thinking back, it was a close call.

Thankfully, the staircase door was still blocked-- otherwise, things could have become difficult.

After resting for a while, he felt slightly better.

The corridor was filled with corpses and fragments of bones.

He had no intention of using his Bone Manipulation Skill right now.

After all, the door was already blocked. There would be time the next day, when he felt better, to come back and summon the skeletons.

He stepped over the corpses and started clearing out the remaining zombies in the houses one by one with the remaining skeleton warriors, while also scavenging for supplies.

...

Inside a room on the third floor.

Wu Heng held a black motorcycle helmet, inspecting it meticulously.

The room's owner must have been a motorcycle enthusiast. There were many things related to motorcycles, along with various outdoor equipment.

Climbing rope, portable lights, and more essentials were also present.

The object that captured his interest the most was the solid helmet in his hands.

It had a full-face design, complete with a transparent plastic windscreen that could protect his eyes and mouth from blood splatter during battles with zombies.

The material seemed to be composite, very robust, and the helmet's weight was still tolerable.

He took off his leather hat and replaced it with the helmet to test it out.

The helmet felt good. Although it was a bit stuffy, he could tolerate it for the sake of safety.

He put his leather hat on the Sword-wielding Skeleton.

After packing up anything he could use, he left the room to continue scavenging in the next one.

Dusk.

After returning to Black Stone Town and having a quick meal, he went to bed.

He had exhausted too much spiritual power today and decided to rest instead of practicing with the spear.

...

The next day, around noon.

Zombie World.

Wu Heng had spent the entire morning converting all the bodies in the building's staircase into Skeleton Warriors.

It took several hours to transform and rest intermittently.

At this moment, the rooftop was filled with skeletons.

Armed with kitchen knives and hammers, they presented an imposing sight.

He counted fifty-two Skeleton Warriors in total.

There were fewer than expected, considering the number of zombies they had killed. The transformation had only yielded this many.

The Sword-wielding Skeleton had leveled up to 2.

[Attributes: Constitution 10, Strength 13, Agility 8.]

Strength had increased by one point, with no other changes.

The increase seemed to make no difference.

But a small increase was better than no increase at all. He hoped the attributes would add up with more leveling up.

Normally, more should have reached level two, but the skeletons kept dying in battles.

The rest of the Skeletons, mostly a new batch summoned from the ground in the morning, had zero experiences.

Leveling up these skeletons was proving to be a challenging task. He needed to carefully plan things out.

He should prioritize developing a few higher-level ones first.

After distributing a kitchen knife to each new skeleton, Wu Heng opened his own attribute wo panel.

[Name: Wu Heng]

[Occupation: Necromancer]

[Level: 2 (550/900)]

[Attributes: Strength 9, Agility 11, Constitution 13, Intelligence 15, Perception 10, Charm 12.]

[Skills: Bone Manipulation Skill]

He had also leveled up to 2. His constitution and intelligence had increased.

It was a little better than the skeletons', but not by much.

Indeed, there was an improvement, but it felt as though there was none.

The effect was almost imperceptible.

After resting and mostly recovering his spiritual power and energy, he stood up again.

He put on the motorcycle helmet, pulled down the face shield, and gave the dull command, "Follow me."

Clattering!

A group of over fifty skeletons followed him, forming an eerily impressive entourage.

He approached the iron door of the third building.

Using the bronze key, he quietly unlocked the door.

A cold, rotten smell seeped through his face shield and into his nostrils.

The interior of the staircase was eerily quiet, with a few broken corpses on the ground.

Seeing the corpses on the floor, Wu Heng frowned.

Dead zombies?

Could zombies be killed?

Were there survivors?


Capítulo 6: Chapter 6, Habit in Life_1

Survivors?

The sight of the mutilated zombie bodies in the staircase flashed the idea by his mind.

However, after observing carefully, he quickly dismissed the notion.

The ghastly state of the zombies didn't look like the work of humans, but rather seemed as though some beast had torn it apart.

Scratch marks exposing the underlying material were visible on one of the entrance doors.

As though there was still a beast or monster lingering in the hallway.

"Dammit!"

Wu Heng cursed once more.

The hallway door was left ajar yesterday, and an unknown beast had shown up today.

Turns out, his own apartment was the safest.

Clang~ Clang~ Clang~!

Suddenly, a violent shaking resonance surged from the staircase handrails.

The sound quickly spread across the entire hallway.

As though something was non-stop pounding on the staircase handrails below.

A sense of tension rose again in Wu Heng's heart.

Gripping his weapon tightly, he whispered, "Let's go, downstairs."

Wu Heng walked in the middle, leading the way downstairs.

Leading the way downstairs.

The sound of the skeleton's feet hitting the ground is drowned by the violent collision against the railings.

It didn't attract any enemies.

Continuing onwards, there were several more destroyed zombies with ripped limbs are scattered everywhere.

Wu Heng did not release his Bone Manipulation Skill, choosing instead to see what was happening downstairs.

By the time they reached the fourth-floor platform, the source of the noise banging against the railings was apparent to be below them.

He rearranged the position of the skeletons, came to the step, and peeped down at the third floor.

There was a mottled Golden Lion Zombie, its front limbs clutching onto the railing, shaking its waist violently.

Just like a beast in heat, venting its excess energy on the railings.

"What's going on?"

Even animals can get infected?

Moreover, how would there be a lion in the staircase?

As Wu Heng looked at it in amazement, it seemed to sense something too.

The frantically shaking lion zombie suddenly stopped, turned its head to look in this direction.

The shriveled lips revealed sharp tusks; shredded flesh hung from the corner of its mouth.

This isn't some lion.

It's that Teddy owned by one of the building's occupants.

The only difference was that its size had increased several folds, and with its yellow fur coat, there wasn't much difference from a lion.

Even after becoming a zombie, it can't break the habit of wagging its waist everywhere.

Woo~Roar!

The Teddy zombie let out a roar, and charged upwards directly.

After recognizing it as Teddy, the tension in his heart eased considerably.

Seeing the zombie Teddy about to charge, Wu Heng took two steps back, ordering, "Kill it."

Swish~

The Skeleton Warriors charged forward, weapons raised.

The zombie Teddy bounded forward, suddenly sprung its legs, used the wall to gain momentum and directly leaped over the oncoming skeletons.

In one step, it landed on the turn platform.

Waving its dog-like paws, the Skeletons in front were flung away, it bit the skull of one, shaking it furiously.

The powerfully built body rampaged through the platform, toppling the Skeleton Warriors and rolling down the stairs.

Next, Teddy lifted its head, looking towards Wu Heng at the back.

It leaped again, charging straight at Wu Heng.

Wu Heng's face turned, he held up his round shield at an angle, the next second a massive force slammed into the shield, his body uncontrollably flew backwards.

He rammed into the wall behind, then rolled down the stairs, his helmet clanking on the steps.

The zombie Teddy intended to attack again, a sword swung towards its head, thwarting its move.

Simultaneously, the surrounding skeletons also responded promptly, a few clung onto Teddy's back, holding its body tightly, while more wielded kitchen knives chopping randomly at it ignoring what part they were hitting; fur and flesh kept falling.

Like a lion, Teddy began to struggle with all his strength, thrashing about like a sticky rice ball covered in white bones.

Wu Heng quickly stood up and straightened his helmet.

With a wave of his hand, several skeletons appeared to shield him once more.

Bang~crash!!

Zombie Teddy suddenly slammed into a nearby wall. The intense collision caused the skeleton attached to his body to scatter.

Immediately, he sprang up again, his target still Wu Heng.

"Damn it!"

Swearing, Wu Heng quickly dodged to the side. Simultaneously, he bent low with a crouching step, accumulated strength and jabbed the spear forward.

The spear training had yielded some benefits.

The spear hit Teddy in the chest from the side, sinking into the putrefied body.

At the same time, a force transferred to his wrist and the spear slipped out of his grasp.

Teddy landed elegantly, the spear still lodged in his chest. The spear stuck into the ground, pierced right through his chest and left forelimb with a thudding sound.

Deep red, viscous blood flowed from the wound.

Wu Heng leapt down a whole set of steps backward, continuing, "Don't stop, go kill it."

The Skeleton Warriors surged forward once again.

A damaged body couldn't deal a fatal blow to Zombie Teddy, but the spear piercing through his chest and forelimb did affect his movements.

Unable to support his body with his left forelimb, his movements were uneven.

Teddy slowed down, but the assault from the Skeleton Warriors became fiercer.

Relentlessly hemming and assaulting him, his body was covered in wounds.

When his entire body was submerged by skeletons and the sound of chopping meat rang continuously, the system notification quickly followed.

[Experience gained +42.]

[Summon entity - Skeleton Warrior, experience +20.]

Wu Heng lifted his face shield, disregarding the stench in the air and breathing deeply.

He never would have imagined that a teddy bear could mutate into such a form.

Genetic mutation, or some sort of devolution?

That's how it was written in the novels, but whether it was one of these two, he wasn't sure.

Regardless, Teddy had become a lion.

He was trapped in the hallway; otherwise, with such a massive body, it would have wreaked havoc everywhere, bringing disaster to many species.

Zombie Teddy's combat ability far outstripped that of a regular zombie.

To be able to charge and crash amidst a crowd of skeletons, his strength was undoubtedly extraordinary.

The most terrifying aspect was that he seemed to possess some intelligence.

Otherwise, he wouldn't keep repeatedly trying to attack Wu Heng.

If all zombies possessed intelligence, could they still be called zombies or would they be a new sentient species?

He couldn't figure it out.

But that sort of outcome would not be good news for him.

This fight served as a reminder for him.

In addition to increasing the number of skeletons, he also needed to enhance his own strength. Otherwise, if he were killed, having many skeletons wouldn't be of any use.

After catching his breath, he stepped forward to pull the spear out of Teddy.

He activated the Bone Manipulation Skill.

Summoning a large beast-like skeleton was something he was quite looking forward to.

[The summoned entity exceeds the summoner's capacity, instability factor increases...]

As the Bone Manipulation Skill was released, a notification appeared.

Before Wu Heng had a chance to react, he could feel his spiritual power being rapidly drained.

This made Wu Heng's complexion change.

Ordinary corpses usually stood up instantly.

The corpse of Zombie Teddy in front of him, however, required a lot more spiritual power. Plus the instability factor mentioned in the notification made him worried.

He couldn't afford to summon something that would attack himself.

That would indeed be a catastrophe.

Soon, the corpse of Teddy began to change.

Flesh and blood melted like hot wax, and a canine skeleton slowly stood up. The ghastly white bones were even more thickset, and within the empty eye sockets, a strange pale-blue ghostly flame flickered.

[Skeleton Hunting Dog (Level 5)]


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