116: Chapter 114 Conflict

Chapter 114: Conflict

The explorer team, which was preparing to escape, suddenly sensed abnormal movements from the horde of zombies behind them.

Zhang Meng, the female sniper in the team, suddenly turned her head to look. Her pupils shrank abruptly, and a look of horror appeared on her face.

Within her line of sight, the massive Vine Spider Nurse brutally tore apart several zombies and greedily devoured their flesh and blood.

Any zombies that tried to approach were ruthlessly batted away by those vine tentacles, their spines snapping and flesh flying everywhere. Such a berserk posture was simply unheard of.

Seeing this scene, Captain Tai Jin's pupils also shrank sharply, and a look of shock appeared on his face: "What is going on? How could there be such a monster in Zombie Town?"

The Vine Spider Nurse's body was covered in intertwined vines, and even its scarce fleshy body exuded the characteristics of vines, making it completely different from zombie monsters.

Although he only took a rough glance, Captain Tai Jin immediately made a judgment in his mind: this definitely wasn't a monster naturally born in Zombie Town.

"Take advantage of that monster being held up by the zombie horde. Everyone, immediately find cover, set up your sniper rifles, and prepare heavy weapons to see if there is an opportunity."

Wealth is sought amidst danger.

Captain Tai Jin's instinct wasn't to want to run away, but to want to give it a try.

Since they became the exploration team of Zombie Town, their goal was to hunt those powerful monsters, acquire more Extraordinary Cores and extraordinary materials, as well as more valuable monster materials.

This monster right in front of them, which obviously didn't belong to Zombie Town, was hunting zombies—this was the most abnormal part.

Regardless of whether this was a new projection or some other mutation had occurred in Zombie Town, the materials of such a monster were far more precious in value than ordinary Extraordinary Cores.

"Understood."

The team cooperated tacitly. With just this split-second meeting, they immediately found their respective combat positions. They quickly climbed up the buildings on both sides of the street, found window positions, and aimed their sniper rifles at the Vine Spider Nurse, which was hunting monsters.

Captain Tai Jin, Deputy Captain Huang Tianqiu, and Zhou Mengan did not climb up to the building covers on both sides, but instead hid their figures beside a dilapidated car on the street.

"It is definitely an elite individual-level monster, and it has almost reached the strength of a chieftain individual."

Deputy Captain Huang Tianqiu instantly felt a few misgivings in his heart.

Abnormal monsters of this intensity were not easy to deal with. They were only warriors who had broken their limits twice, and if they really confronted it, they might not necessarily be able to handle it.

"Captain, why don't we just sell this news to the Pioneer Army of Jumu City?"

Captain Tai Jin gave a cold snort, but in his heart, he was rather unwilling.

They knew that at this time in Zombie Town, a Pioneer Army team from Jumu City was executing a mission here, preparing to hunt even more powerful anomalies.

Their team was equipped with extraordinary beings, and they had stronger response capabilities when facing such a suddenly appearing monster, making them more confident in hunting it.

By reselling the news, they could also receive corresponding rewards, except it would be much less than hunting it alone, but its advantage lay in being stable enough.

"We have anti-material sniper rifles. Even if it is a chieftain individual, we might not be unable to deal with it. Pay attention to seizing the opportunity; it is starting to hunt again."

Captain Tai Jin revealed a greedy gaze at this moment.

If they could completely bring this monster back, not to mention purchasing extraordinary materials, even the opportunity to exchange for a Tier 2 extraordinary potion would not be out of the question.

You must know that Jumu City had absolutely no room for refusal when it came to new monsters, especially those matching Jumu City's extraordinary system.

They craved obtaining new subsequent potions that could possibly perfect the Gardener Pathway.

The Vine Spider Nurse did not notice that the team ahead had stopped. At this time, it had already found the Rifter hidden among the zombie horde and lunged forward.

Feeling the approaching danger, the Rifter immediately opened its bloody maw, its three tongues dancing out like venomous snakes, saliva splashing, and sharp teeth like blade edges, trying to force back the Vine Spider Nurse with this.

The Vine Spider Nurse ignored it and simply lashed out with those vine tentacles like a whip.

With the first whip lash, the Rifter quickly dodged, lunging forward to crawl onto the wall, hanging upside down to evade the Vine Spider Nurse's attack.

Missing its strike, the Vine Spider Nurse became even more berserk and charged straight over.

This time, the vine tentacles kept waving, blocking the Rifter's front and rear escape routes. With no other choice, the Rifter had to lunge downward with all its might.

Seeing this, the Vine Spider Nurse raised its sharp spider legs and pierced through like a spear. The Rifter was directly impaled by the Vine Spider Nurse's spider leg, its body suspended mid-air as a large amount of blood flowed down the spider leg, and the next moment it was violently flung away by the Vine Spider Nurse.

[Rifter cataloged, obtained 150 monster points]

"Fire!"

Receiving the captain's order, sniper Zhang Meng set up her anti-material sniper rifle at the window, aimed at the head of the Vine Spider Nurse, and opened fire with a bang.

The muzzle flash of the anti-material sniper rifle instantly lit up the night of this Zombie Town.

However, the moment she shot, several shadow-like crow feathers shot down, scattering into the path of the bullet's trajectory.

A clanging sound came over as the bullet actually struck the crow feathers, forcefully deflecting its trajectory. With a squelch, it hit a nearby zombie, blowing apart more than half of the zombie's body directly.

Sensing danger, the Vine Spider Nurse immediately lunged into the zombie horde, its figure obscured by the zombies. The surging zombie horde became its best barrier.

Zhang Meng's expression changed drastically. She didn't know why her bullet had been deflected. At this moment, she still wanted to find the trace of the Vine Spider Nurse, only to discover that the Vine Spider Nurse was not only using zombies as a block, but was also waving vine tentacles in front of it, making it completely impossible for her sniper rifle to lock onto its core.

The head of the Vine Spider Nurse, formed by clustered human skulls, suddenly raised itself. The hollow gazes of more than a dozen skulls instantly locked onto Zhang Meng's position, and this momentary eye contact turned Zhang Meng's face deathly pale.

A shrill roar came over, feeling like a sharp needle piercing into her brain, causing her to fall into a daze for a moment.

"Attack together!"

Captain Tai Jin had already realized by this time that it was too late for a second sniper shot, so he immediately brandished a large-caliber shotgun and rushed straight toward the Vine Spider Nurse.

Deputy Captain Huang Tianqiu and Zhou Mengan closely followed behind, also launching an assault attack toward the Vine Spider Nurse.

Only, they were not holding firearms in their hands, but machetes forged from extraordinary alloy.

All three of them were warriors who had broken their limits twice, and their charge speed was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, they knocked over a few zombies and arrived in front of the Vine Spider Nurse.

Conversely, the remaining three members of the team held rifles and submachine guns, beginning to continuously strafe the zombie horde to prevent the zombies from interfering with the actions of the three captains.

Seeing the three of them assaulting it, the Vine Spider Nurse became even more berserk. It charged straight toward them, raising its sharp spider legs like spears to attack.

Seeing the spider leg coming at him, Deputy Captain Huang Tianqiu wanted to sever one of this monster's legs first. He swung his machete straight forward, and the blade light collided with the spider leg, unexpectedly bursting out a series of sparks resembling starlight.

Deputy Captain Huang Tianqiu widened his eyes: "This monster's spider leg is comparable to special alloy."

The Vine Spider Nurse began to go crazy at this time, its vine tentacles directly lashing over.

Deputy Captain Huang Tianqiu failed to react in time and could only parry with the flat of his blade. With a heavy slam, his entire body was batted flying.

Zhou Mengan, who was nearby, wanted to sever the vine tentacles, but was slammed into at close range by the Vine Spider Nurse. Its spider leg, like a sweeping heavy spear, directly knocked Zhou Mengan flying.

Bang, bang, bang.

Captain Tai Jin fired three shots in succession, and the bullets from the specially made large-caliber shotgun poured down like a rain curtain, instantly covering its body with bloody scars, and even one of its vine tentacles was blown off.

"Damn monster, I'll finish you off today."

He strode forward. The Vine Spider Nurse flew into a rage, its spider leg flashing with a cold glint as it thrust forward with a squelch.

Captain Tai Jin originally wanted to dodge, but he didn't expect a shrill shriek to burst from the Vine Spider Nurse's mouth.

He secretly thought it was bad. He only felt his head ring with a buzz as if it had been hammered, and the spider spear directly pierced through his shoulder, nailing him to the ground.

"Captain!"

Zhang Meng had just concentrated her mind, about to continue shooting to save the captain.

But at this moment, a figure suddenly smashed through the window and directly pinned her down to the ground.

The sharp claws of the Giant Claw Night Demon pinned most of her body to the ground, its claw blades like knives, scratching out bloody trails all over her body.

The remaining three people were greatly shocked, never expecting that there was a second monster.

They immediately turned their gun barrels, wanting to save Zhang Meng. Only Zhang Meng could use the anti-material sniper rifle to strike the monster and save the team.

However, just as they turned their gun heads, a Zombie Crow flew past around them, its black feathers shooting out and instantly hitting their arms, causing their firearms to drop to the ground.

"Giant Claw Night Demon!"

Amidst her panic, Zhang Meng caught a glimpse of the monster that had knocked her down.

She was instantly startled, the hairs on her back standing on end, but she quickly calmed down and blurted out: "Are you friends from Huangyan Town? We are an exploration team from Jumu City, and we didn't mean to launch an attack."