Chapter 277 – He Has a Strong Right Hand

“Bang!”

The moment the giant claw came crashing down, a barely visible circular Energy Shield suddenly appeared, centered on Lin Tianxiang.

With a diameter of five meters, it completely shielded him and Ling Mo along with the others.

The giant claw struck the Energy Shield with a thunderous sound, as if hitting a steel plate.

Lin Tianxiang trembled all over, his face pale. He turned around and unleashed a burst of fire from his Silenced Submachine Gun.

The Zombie with the giant claw moved swiftly, constantly attacking the Energy Shield while deftly dodging the bullets.

Occasionally, it was hit a few times, but it didn’t seem to have any effect on the giant claw Zombie.

“This Zombie is incredible. Its reflexes are so fast.”

Ling Mo’s eyes widened. Even with his keen observation skills, he struggled to track the Zombie’s movements.

Several times, the giant claw Zombie flickered past Ling Mo’s field of vision, and he could barely make out its form.

It was lying prone on the ground, its upper body propped up, with one arm significantly more muscular than a normal person’s. Its long nails, resembling steel needles, were at least a foot long.

Using that claw, it could easily grab onto walls, suspend its body in mid-air, or swing away.

Ye Lian and the three girls watched the Zombie in amazement. The peculiar appearance of their kind piqued their intense curiosity.

“While I have its attention, you guys…”

Lin Tianxiang had just started to issue a serious instruction when he noticed that Ling Mo and the others weren’t paying attention to his fierce battle with the giant claw Zombie at all.

“Hey! Can you guys stop watching me get beaten up so calmly?” Lin Tianxiang growled in frustration.

“Sorry, I got engrossed. This Zombie looks pretty funny,” Ling Mo extended his Psychic Tentacle and said, “Besides, your Energy Shield can last quite a while, can’t it?”

“That’s against ordinary Zombies! This one’s so strong, I can only hold on for another two or three minutes at most!” Lin Tianxiang was already sweating on his forehead.

“Lame endurance…” Ling Mo smirked, narrowing his eyes as he focused his Psychic Power.

After several enhancements, his neural reaction speed had increased dramatically. Not only were his senses much sharper, but his Psychic Tentacles had also become more agile.

A few Psychic Tentacles extended close to Lin Tianxiang’s Energy Shield, like a spider waiting for its prey.

“Gotcha!”

Ling Mo instinctively clenched his fist, and the Psychic Tentacles immediately captured the giant claw Zombie as it charged again.

Although the variation zombie was powerful, it had a severe intelligence deficiency, making it extremely vulnerable to Psychic Power.

“How can you be so engrossed in such a dangerous situation! Think of a way to deal with this variation zombie already…”

Before Lin Tianxiang could finish his sentence, Ling Mo snapped his fingers.

The giant claw Zombie, which had been relentlessly attacking the Energy Shield, suddenly plunged into the water with a splash. Before it could get up, Ling Mo’s Tang Sword pierced its heart.

“I…”

Lin Tianxiang stood there, mouth agape, unable to believe what he had just witnessed.

A one-hit kill, executed so casually…

The monster that he couldn’t kill with a gun had been taken down by Ling Mo with a single strike…

“This Zombie has undergone partial mutation, with its right arm enlarged and covered in muscle,” Ling Mo said as he crouched down to examine the giant claw Zombie.

Ye Lian glanced down and asked, puzzled, “But why… only the right hand?”

This question made Ling Mo ponder for a moment, while Xia Na suddenly said, “Because he’s male, and a young one at that. So… he has a strong right hand!”

“Oh!” Li Yalin immediately nodded in realization, “Just like Ling Mo?”

“Hey, this sentence is redundant!”

Ling Mo then turned his attention to the lower half of the giant claw Zombie: “No wonder it can only crawl on the ground. Body imbalance is one issue, and muscle atrophy in the legs is another.”

Lin Tianxiang finally snapped out of his daze and, after giving Ling Mo a frustrated look, said, “A deformed mutation, I guess. After all, it’s a Virus, so any mutation is possible.”

After walking another hundred meters or so, they came across several more bodies, including members of Team Tom and defeated variation zombies.

Xia Na tugged at Ling Mo’s sleeve and said, “The variation zombies down here, just by their appearance, seem much more deformed than the ones we saw earlier in the Square.”

“Seems like it! If their deformities indicate their strength, that means the ones down here are all elites?” Ling Mo nodded thoughtfully.

Soon, they had finished searching this area. Moving forward meant entering the train cars.

The steel serpent now looked like a passage to hell. Even Ling Mo felt a chill down his spine.

Ling Mo stared at the train cars from a distance, then turned to Lin Tianxiang and said, “We still have ten minutes. Should we go check it out?”

“Check it out?”

Lin Tianxiang’s confidence had been completely shattered by the giant claw Zombie, and now he hesitated, “Even though you guys are strong, I always feel like following you means I might get sold out at any moment…”

He wanted to say more, but a muffled sound suddenly came from the other side.

“It’s Vice Captain Chen and his team!”

Lin Tianxiang flinched, turning excitedly towards the sound, “Something must have happened! Let’s go check it out!”

He adjusted his glasses and ran towards the direction of the noise, gun in hand.

Ling Mo also gripped his Tang Sword, waved to Ye Lian and the three girls, and followed closely behind.

Before leaving, he couldn’t help but glance back at the train doors.

In the silent Subway Station, many sounds were amplified by the peculiar environment.

Although they were using Silenced Submachine Guns, the sound of bullets hitting objects was still very clear.

A series of chaotic splashes echoed from the darkness, and soon Zhou Guocheng emerged from a corridor, carrying Chen Youdong on his back.

As he ran, he waved frantically at them, “Run! We just pissed off a dozen Zombies!”

The team members following him occasionally turned to fire a few shots, quickly closing the distance.

Ling Mo squinted at their rear, and his heart skipped a beat.

“Holy crap!”

A dozen variation zombies of different shapes were chasing them relentlessly, and the team’s gunfire was only providing temporary deterrence.

Seeing the distance between the two sides growing shorter, the leading variation zombie suddenly hunched its waist and leaped forward like a frog!

It directly tackled a team member who was about to shoot, opening its mouth to an exaggerated extent.

“That’s beyond what a normal person can do, right?” Lin Tianxiang exclaimed in horror.

As it lunged down, a crisp “crack” sound was heard.

The team member watched in terror as his Submachine Gun, used as a shield, was bitten in half. Taking advantage of this moment, he scrambled up and escaped with the cover of his teammates.

The variation zombies quickly closed in. One, using its hands to cling to the wall, jumped into the crowd, landing right beside Ye Lian.

Ye Lian swung her arm back, and simultaneously, Ling Mo’s Psychic Interference struck. The zombie hadn’t even regained its balance before collapsing.

The rest of the group fell into chaos as more variation zombies charged in, scattering the team entirely.

Relying on their superior strength, Ling Mo’s group managed to retreat into a corner despite the variation zombies blocking them. Two team members retreated with them.

When silence returned, only the sound of their heavy breathing could be heard.

The strength of the variation zombies rekindled their fear and dread of the unknown monsters.

“What do we do now?” a team member asked.

He directed his question to Ling Mo. Earlier, they had only played a supporting role, with the real force being Ling Mo and Ye Lian and the three girls.

Ling Mo frowned and said, “I can barely try to detect if anyone is nearby… But returning to the rendezvous point now isn’t wise. Let’s move towards the train cars and see how things go.”

“Yeah, heading back might lead us to more variation zombies…” the team member nodded thoughtfully.

Returning to the rendezvous point meant passing through the route they had just been chased on.

The variation zombie corpses could have attracted more monsters by now.

At this moment, another voice spoke up, “Return to the rendezvous point. That’s an order. Are you going to listen to Captain Xia or this outsider?”

Ling Mo looked up and sneered internally, “Big Guy, what a coincidence.”