43: Fat Zombie

Right after dealing with the Knocking Ghost, Lu Yang heard a huge explosion from the direction of the Train Assembly.

At the same time, the dense red dots on the Enemy Radar became even more agitated.

Through the train's periscope, Lu Yang could already see many Level 3 zombies with his naked eye.

Among them were a few strange-looking guys.

Some crawled on four legs and four arms, others had six legs like spiders, and some had snake-like tails for locomotion.

Around them, ordinary zombies would instinctively keep their distance.

Suddenly, the ground trembled slightly, and Lu Yang saw a Fat Man (fatty) zombie, nearly five meters tall and resembling a small giant, burst out of the dark mist directly in front of the train.

Its speed was incredibly fast for its size, covering dozens of meters in just a few steps.

Zombies in its path were either knocked aside or flattened.

A six-legged spider zombie, somewhat displeased with the Fat Man (fatty) zombie's domineering actions, deliberately blocked its way.

Initially, the Fat Man (fatty) zombie merely roared to drive it away, but when it realized the six-legged spider zombie ignored it, it became enraged.

It charged directly at the six-legged spider zombie, clenching its hands into fists like multi-ton hammers, and smashed them directly onto the six-legged spider zombie's head.

After flattening its head, it still felt unsatisfied, so it grabbed the six-legged spider zombie's legs and tore it apart limb by limb.

Only when its large hand dug out a dark green heart and stuffed it into its mouth did it let out a roar of excitement and charge once more towards the fast-approaching Xinhuo Train, which was causing a huge commotion.

Seeing this, Lu Yang curled his lips into a mocking smile and said, "You scared me to death."

After speaking, his tone immediately became serious: "Xiao Xin, use the Repeating Ballista to shoot it. Any of those strange-looking ones, shoot them all."

After the "Regional Cleanup: Great Escape" limited-time instance began, Lu Yang immediately built two new Level 5 Repeating Ballistas.

These cold weapons, capable of firing giant crossbow bolts over a meter long, were the most effective weapons on the Xinhuo Train for dealing with large creatures.

A super-large zombie horde of over a million strong was bound to include some strange mutated zombies.

Now was the perfect time for them to show their worth.

Because of Lu Yang's special instructions, the "first shots" of the three Repeating Ballistas on the Xinhuo Train were all aimed at the conspicuously large Fat Man (fatty) zombie.

This guy had astonishing weight and immense strength.

If it managed to break through to the backup train head, it would undoubtedly cause significant trouble.

But after being prioritized as a key target, the one facing trouble became the Fat Man (fatty) zombie itself.

The bolts fired at the Fat Man (fatty) zombie were all Level 5 giant crossbow bolts.

Even though the Fat Man (fatty) zombie had tough skin and thick flesh, with a thick layer of defensive fat on its body that other zombies of the same level couldn't break even with their lives, under the combination of a Level 5 Repeating Ballista and Level 5 giant crossbow bolts, its defense was no thicker than a thin sheet of paper.

It was easily impaled all over the Fat Man (fatty) zombie's body.

Turning it into a steel hedgehog.

Then, under Xiao Xin's delayed control, nine explosive bolts detonated simultaneously inside the Fat Man (fatty) zombie, instantly blowing it into countless fragments.

Yellow-green viscous fat flew everywhere.

Some landed near the train, emitting an intense stench.

Just a whiff was enough to make one dizzy.

If Xiao Xin hadn't noticed something was wrong and immediately activated the train's air filtration system at full power,

the Xinhuo Train would have experienced its first comical casualty.

Besides the foul odor, the yellow-green fat was also highly corrosive.

Landing on the ground or other zombies, it made sizzling sounds.

In the blink of an eye, it cleared a large area.

Lu Yang watched, filled with lingering fear.

Just now, the Xinhuo Train had not activated its ceramic acid-proof coating.

If this Fat Man (fatty) zombie had charged over, even though the other train head also had Level 3 train steel armor, it probably wouldn't have lasted long.

If it affected the power system and brought the train to a halt, that would have been quite entertaining.

Thinking this, Lu Yang no longer cared about energy consumption.

He activated all the vehicle components, both offensive and defensive, such as the ceramic acid-proof coating, psionic shield, and saw-chain blades.

At the same time, he distributed the Guardian Statues he had previously made to all the carriages.

Lu Yang placed the main statue in the Train Captain's carriage where he was.

Other occupied carriages each received a small Guardian Statue clone.

Then he had everyone start praying.

The prayer was very simple, just one sentence.

"Guardian Statue above, please protect us."

As long as they faced the statue's direction and silently repeated this prayer in their hearts,

one person could provide one point of statue energy per hour.

Even if the time was short, with the number of passengers on the Xinhuo Train, a considerable amount of statue power could be accumulated.

This way, if they encountered another strange entity, it could be put to use.

However, in contrast to the orderly situation on the Xinhuo Train, the other trains participating in the Train Assembly were in a relatively less favorable situation.

Because the Xinhuo Train had fled northwest with the Knocking Ghost, the other trains, fearing that the Knocking Ghost would come after them once it dealt with the Xinhuo Train, consciously veered their travel directions away from there.

The Ghost Princess, one of the four Level 3 trains that convened the Train Assembly, was one of the veteran Level 3 trains of Donglin Plain. Although its popularity was not as high as Gao Feng's Black Knight, it had made many friends.

The moment the "Regional Cleanup: Great Escape" limited-time mission began, she immediately began to contact familiar Train Captains, agreeing to help each other.

Because she contacted them early, many trains gathered around her.

When the Xinhuo Train left with the Knocking Ghost, she immediately issued an escape command in the regional channel.

At least a third of the trains responded and followed her, fleeing southeast.

However, these trains did not include the Black Knight and the Armed Thug.

Originally, when the Black Knight received the Ghost Princess's invitation, it was prepared to accept.

However, the Black Knight had been operating on the Ghost Train route for over half a year, and its train had acquired several strange items.

One of them was called the Divination Compass.

It could be used to perform divination by spending Soul Crystals, predicting good or bad fortune.

The accuracy was not 100%, but it was correct at least eight out of ten times.

When the Ghost Princess invited him to flee southeast together, Gao Feng immediately took out the Divination Compass to make a prediction.

This was a preparation he always made for major events.

In his opinion, if this divination yielded even a 'minor auspicious' result, he could join the Ghost Princess's escape team.

However, to Gao Feng's surprise, the divination result was a rare 'great ominous,' and the bloody characters displayed on the compass made Gao Feng's heart twist into a knot.

He couldn't understand why this team, which had gathered nearly a third of the trains from the Train Assembly, with half of them being Level 3 trains, would yield such an 'great ominous' result.

He didn't believe it and tried divining again.

Great ominous!

Still great ominous!!!

He tried divining in several different directions, and without exception, all of them were 'great ominous'!!!