36: Chapter 36 The Terrifying Power of Infantry Artillery

The small outer platform was only about half a square meter. In the moment Chen Ze felt dizzy, his body had already leaned out, and it looked like he was about to fall completely.

"I'm dead for sure this time!"

A thought of despair instantly surged into his mind. The sensation of weightlessness gripped his limbs fiercely, and he couldn't stop himself from falling down the building.

Countless zombies on the ground raised their rotting heads one after another. Hoarse roars rose and fell, and mouths dripping with saliva opened wide, revealing grim fangs, as if they were already waiting to devour him alive.

At the critical moment, Wang Yalan summoned a burst of ferocity from who knows where; she threw herself forward, her arms tightly hugging Chen Ze's legs.

Her upper body hung outside the platform, and her entire weight pressed almost entirely onto Chen Ze's legs. This sudden resistance caused Chen Ze's downward momentum to jolt to a halt.

"Mr. Chen!"

Wang Yalan shouted loudly, her voice somewhat shrill due to nervousness and fear.

But after all, she was only a woman with limited strength. Even though she was using every ounce of her strength, she still couldn't stop Chen Ze from sliding down.

"Chen Ze! I... I can't hold on much longer!"

This call brought Chen Ze completely back to his senses. He opened his eyes wide. At this moment, the Brute Force Zombie's hands had almost brushed past his hair, the foul wind it brought up making him feel nauseous.

On the edge of life and death, Chen Ze unleashed an unprecedented desire to survive. His three-dimensional attributes, reaching as high as 20 points, activated, and he forcefully steadied his body against the uneven outer wall of the Blockhouse.

Immediately after, he hooked his hands into the crevices of the outer wall and pushed hard, his entire body actually climbing upward rapidly like a gecko.

Seeing that Chen Ze had momentum to climb upward, Wang Yalan, from who knows where she got the strength, hugged Chen Ze's legs tightly again, pulling upward with all her might.

With their combined efforts, Chen Ze finally climbed back onto the platform. He collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath, his heart beating violently in his chest, as if it were about to burst through.

"Huff... huff... Yalan, th-thank you..."

Chen Ze said, panting for breath.

"Mr. Chen, d-don't be polite. We have to... survive together."

Wang Yalan was also too tired to speak a complete sentence. Sweat had soaked through her clothes, sticking to her back.

However, the crisis had not been resolved.

The Brute Force Zombie outside seemed to sense Chen Ze's escape and attacked the Blockhouse even more crazily.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The loud bangs shook the Blockhouse, making it sway, and a series of notifications came from the system.

[Warning, Fortress is under attack, current durability 221/261]

[S-Rank Talent Tycoons Armor activated, maximum durability +8, current durability 221/269]

[Warning, Fortress is under attack, current durability 178/269]

[S-Rank Talent Tycoons Armor activated, maximum durability +8, current durability 178/277]

...

It must be said that the speed of the E-Class Mutant Zombie's passive was indeed fast. In a short time, the maximum durability of the Blockhouse was already approaching the 300 mark. If it had relied on ordinary zombies, it would never have had this speed.

But at this moment, Chen Ze had no mood to pay attention to this. After narrowly escaping death earlier, he no longer dared to underestimate that beast outside.

"Damn it, if a tiger doesn't show its power, do you really think I'm a sick cat!"

Chen Ze decided not to hold back any longer and used his strongest trump card—the Type 92 Infantry Gun!

He quickly went down to the second floor. The observation window here was perfectly level with the head of the E-Class Mutant Zombie.

The latter saw Chen Ze and immediately let out an even more intense roar. Its two millstone-like hands slammed into the observation window. In an instant, the ground shook, and gravel flew everywhere!

"Good, good, good! Good beast! I want to see if your head is tougher, or if my cannonball is stronger!"

With a thought, Chen Ze directly used the system space to move his big baby over.

Suddenly, a military green infantry gun appeared, its cold barrel emitting a frigid aura, as if demonstrating against the E-Class Mutant Zombie in front of him.

Chen Ze did not hesitate at all. His hands operated on the infantry gun like phantoms; opening the breech, loading, closing the breech, and aiming—the series of actions were smooth and fluid.

This gun was Chen Ze's ace in the hole. He had already figured out how to use it over the past two days, specifically to ensure he wouldn't be caught off guard at a critical moment.

Moreover, the zombie's huge head was right in front of the observation window, so there was no need to deliberately aim, which greatly reduced the difficulty of the operation.

"Go to hell!"

He roared and pulled the firing lanyard hard.

Instantly, the Type 92 Infantry Gun let out a deafening bang. The muzzle spewed a dazzling flame, and the special cannonball shot out like a meteor, slamming straight into the Brute Force Zombie's head.

"Boom!"

The cannonball hit accurately. In an instant, flames shot into the sky, and the huge roar made one's eardrums ache.

The powerful shockwave generated by the explosion was like a surging wave, sweeping outward from the zombie's head as the center. The surrounding air was compressed to the extreme, emitting a sharp whistle.

The Brute Force Zombie's head shattered instantly in this violent explosion like a fragile bubble, with brains and bone fragments splattering everywhere along with black, filthy blood.

Its massive body was knocked backward several meters by the powerful impact force and slammed heavily onto the ground, creating a deep crater, and the surrounding ground was cracked by the tremor.

Chen Ze and Wang Yalan were pushed back a few steps by the shockwave, their ears ringing.

When the smoke and dust dissipated slightly, the scene before them made both of their throats go dry from shock.

They saw that the observation window, which originally only allowed one person to pass through, was now completely deformed. The surrounding walls were pitted from the explosion, and brick and stone fragments were scattered all over the ground.

And that Brute Force Zombie, whose huge, majestic body had originally been imposing, was now lying not far away. Its head had completely disappeared, and black blood was still bubbling from the stump of its neck. The charred marks on its body were shocking, and the surrounding ground was full of overturned soil and gravel, a complete mess.

"This power... is just too terrifying."

Wang Yalan's voice trembled slightly; even now, her ears were still buzzing from the shock.

Chen Ze took a deep breath, trying hard to recover from the shock.

"Damn it! Finally dead!"

[Ding, congratulations on killing the E-Class Mutant Zombie Brute Force Zombie, reward 1000 survival coin!]

[Ding, congratulations on becoming the first survivor in this region to kill an E-Class Mutant Zombie, reward 500 survival coin, obtained title: Emerging Sharpness!]

The rewards had arrived! And it also triggered a region-wide announcement.

Chen Ze couldn't wait to check. A bronze-colored medal came into view.

Medal: Emerging Sharpness

Attributes: Increases drop probability by 6%, adds +10 to all attributes.

(The increased attributes cannot be used for upgrade evaluation, only for attribute improvement!)

"Haha! It's a medal!"

Chen Ze's eyes lit up. In his impression, it seemed he was the only one in the whole region who had obtained one before, and this second one had fallen into his hands.

The appearance of the new medal was more exquisite than the previous one. The bronze surface glowed with an ancient luster. The edges of the medal were carved with fine patterns, and in the middle was a pattern of a sharp sword piercing a zombie's head, lifelike, as if declaring his glorious achievement of killing an E-Class Mutant Zombie.

Not only that, but the attributes were streets ahead of the previous one.

The drop probability had doubled, and it also added an extra 10 points to all attributes.

You have to know, many survivors currently probably didn't even have 10 points in their attributes. Such a bonus could be called an artifact at this stage!

He hung the "Emerging Sharpness" medal on his chest, and the previous "first blood" medal automatically returned to the system space.

His attributes also reached a new height.

Survivor: Chen Ze

Level: 1

Strength: 20+10 (Reached limit, please upgrade character level)

Agility: 19+10 (Slowly increasing...)

Constitution: 20+10 (Reached limit, please upgrade character level)

Ability: None.

Evaluation: F+, attributes have reached the E-Class threshold, but without breaking through the shackles, he is still a noob.

Upgrade requirement: All attributes reach 20, one E-Class beast core of any attribute.

With the medal's bonus, Chen Ze's attributes skyrocketed. Even though he hadn't upgraded yet, his rating had already reached F+.

As long as he waited for midnight to pass and the e-rank purified water to take effect, he would be able to upgrade directly, and his rating would probably be able to improve again by then.

(Note: e-rank purified water completes attribute increase at 0:00 the next day!)