20: Chapter 20 Parasitic Fungus Vine

A dozen bizarre zombies instantly spotted Wang Ting's squad, opened their bloody mouths to reveal pitch-black teeth, emitted hoarse low growls from deep in their throats, and then rushed toward them in a sprint.

"Open fire!"

Feng Bo reacted decisively, and everyone took the high ground of the hillside at the very first moment. The rifles in their hands flashed with the light of gunfire, and they began attacking the zombies to prevent them from charging over.

The sound of gunfire rang out one after another, and the falling bullet casings clinked against the ground, kicking up small patches of smoke and dust.

The bullets instantly landed on those bizarre zombies, riddle several of them with holes in an instant as they collapsed heavily to the ground and twitched continuously.

The remaining zombies still rushed over rapidly, their frantic postures making one's blood run cold, and in the blink of an eye, they were less than ten meters away from the squad.

"Block their forward direction!"

Although Feng Bo was nervous in his heart, he also breathed a secret sigh of relief.

Although a distance of ten meters was not long, it was enough for them to complete suppressive fire.

Just as he thought, the crossfire sealed off the path of the zombies' charge. The bullets pierced through their skulls and vital points, knocking them all down to the ground when they were still two or three meters away from the crowd.

'There's a problem!'

Wang Ting tightened his grip on the rifle in his hand, his vigilant gaze sweeping across these zombie corpses and the small pile of corpses, still not daring to lower his guard in his heart.

The collection prompt was for the Parasitic Fungus Vine rather than zombies, and he had noticed earlier that a few zombies had simply been pierced through the chest and abdomen before flopping down to the ground.

You must know that the chest and abdomen positions were never the vital points of zombies.

Thoughts flashed rapidly through his mind; this group of zombies had major problems, and the so-called Parasitic Fungus Vine was extremely likely to be inside these zombies.

He gripped his rifle tightly, aimed at the zombie corpses, moved his footsteps, and quietly stood in a safe position.

"Brother Feng—"

Wang Ting's words had just left his mouth when suddenly, from a zombie not far from Feng Bo that had just been knocked down, there came a sound of tearing flesh, resembling disembowelment.

A large amount of blood gushed out from the zombie's body, and the dark blood stained the ground red, looking like smeared blood-red paint.

Feng Bo's expression changed. The next moment, a monster composed of countless green vines ripped open the zombie's belly, crawled out of the flesh-mangled abdominal cavity covered in filth and blood, and then fiercely charged toward him.

Catching sight of such a cluster of monsters out of the corner of his eye, Feng Bo was terrified. He instinctively raised his rifle, intending to shoot down this monster.

However, before he could even fire, the spiky vine shot over fiercely, hitting his rifle barrel with a snap, and the rifle was knocked to the ground by a huge force.

The monster was almost face-to-face with him at this moment, its sharp teeth and vine tentacles within arm's reach.

His face turned pale in a flash, his whole body seemed to fall into stiffness, and at this moment he also saw the monster's true appearance.

This was a green vine cluster with a body length of about seventy to eighty centimeters.

Huge plant rhizomes formed its core body. It had no eyes, but it grew a huge and sharp mouth filled with layers of jagged, sharp teeth.

The entire vine body had a total of four strong and thick walking-leg vines, covered with thorn-like barbs. In addition to the walking-leg vines, its body was also covered with wildly dancing, snake-like tentacles, and each tentacle vine could extend for a distance of about one to two meters.

The flailing tentacles had already wrapped around Feng Bo's forearm, seeing that bloody mouth about to bite toward his head.

If such a huge mouth and sharp teeth bit down solidly, I'm afraid his entire head would be mashed into pieces like a watermelon.

He had been attacked suddenly and hadn't been able to react in time. Now that his arm was entangled and the Parasitic Fungus Vine kept approaching, his pair of feet seemed to have grown roots and couldn't be lifted at all.

A huge force came from behind him, grabbing the collar of the back of his neck, and his entire body was yanked behind someone in an instant, rolling down fiercely.

This yank allowed him to dodge the walking-leg vine attack of the Parasitic Fungus Vine.

The vine tentacles of the Parasitic Fungus Vine continued to extend, having no intention of letting Feng Bo go at all.

At this moment, a flash of blade light suddenly lit up. The machete at his waist had been drawn out by Wang Ting, and with a fierce swish, he severed the dancing, outstretched vines of the Parasitic Fungus Vine.

[Collection progress for low-level anomaly Parasitic Fungus Vine: 35%]

The prompt indicating an increase in collection progress flashed past.

Wang Ting was not distracted to look at it at all. At this moment, his eyes were fixed tightly on the Parasitic Fungus Vine that had fallen to the ground.

Those vines he had severed thrashed on the ground like long snakes, oozing thick green juice like blood.

The rifle in his hand aimed at the core position of the Parasitic Fungus Vine, and with two bang-bang shots, he directly blasted it apart, cleanly and neatly resolving this Parasitic Fungus Vine.

[Parasitic Fungus Vine collection progress 100%, obtained 100 monster points]

At this time, unusual movements also came one after another from the bellies of the other zombies that had fallen to the ground.

Vines pierced through their pale bellies, ripping open the entire abdominal cavity and even the chest cavity directly, spilling blood all over the ground.

One Parasitic Fungus Vine after another charged toward the crowd, their nimble walking-leg vines plunging into the ground, and every leap covered a distance of two or three meters.

In just a few breaths, they rushed in front of the Guard Team at an extremely fast speed, their ferocious features clearly visible.

Their volume was smaller than zombies, and their figures were like ghosts. Even though the Guard Team continuously shot with rifles, it was still difficult to directly hit their cores.

The scene instantly became dangerous, with rolling sand and dust. The Parasitic Fungus Vines broke through the sand and dust, rushing right into their faces.

The Guard Team widened the distance, attacking while retreating. However, the distance between the Parasitic Fungus Vines and them was not far to begin with, and in a short time, they only managed to hit the cores of four or five Parasitic Fungus Vines, knocking them down to the ground.

Relying on their swift surprise attack, the remaining seven or eight Parasitic Fungus Vines rushed into the team in the blink of an eye.

Roars sounded along with the screams of the Guard Team members. Wu Wei on the far right didn't have time to dodge before he was entangled by a Parasitic Fungus Vine over most of his body, its ferocious big mouth biting toward his head.

He struggled desperately to dodge, but was bitten on the shoulder by the mouthful of sharp teeth. His flesh instantly became a blur of blood, and under the intense pain, his rifle slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.

He had no choice but to struggle to tear at the vines of the Parasitic Fungus Vine, but the strength of this small-sized Parasitic Fungus Vine was extremely terrifying. Under the huge strangulating force, Wu Wei's arm snapped and broke with a sound.

Wang Ting's expression turned solemn. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Wu Wei's miserable state, swept across the entire battlefield, and also discovered that the situation was not looking good.

Seven or eight Parasitic Fungus Vines were attacking closely; three members had already been entangled like Wu Wei, and the remaining members were also dodging the Parasitic Fungus Vines' attacks in a flustered manner, barely resisting their attacks.

"Wang Ting, quick! Hurry up and save people!"

Seeing clearly who had saved him, Feng Bo immediately shouted loudly, veins bulging on his face, his eyes wide with anxiety. He knew deeply that only Wang Ting had the best martial arts skills and could step forward to save his teammates.

And he himself rolled up from the sandy ground, immediately pulling out his own machete and hacking toward the Parasitic Fungus Vine entangling the Guard Team members on the side.

Wang Ting was even faster than him, striding toward the nearest teammate. At this time, the sandy ground on both sides rustled as two Parasitic Fungus Vines unexpectedly targeted him first, rushing over quickly with walking-leg vines. In a flash, with a flying pounce, they went straight for his face, and the tentacle vines shot over, wanting to bind him directly.

Wang Ting's left arm was entangled by the vines of the Parasitic Fungus Vine, and its sharp barbs tried to pierce into his skin.

Yet unexpectedly at this time, a scorpion-armor-like chitinous substance appeared beneath his skin, blocking the sharp barbs.

'Mere barbs want to break my defense?!'

A flash of sharpness crossed his eyes. The muscles in his arms bulged, erupting with immense strength. He grabbed the terrifying tentacle vine, pulled it tight, and with a machete in one hand, hand raised and blade falling, he directly split the Parasitic Fungus Vine into two halves.

Another Parasitic Fungus Vine approached quickly, wanting to jump onto his back and bite off the back of his neck in one go. But Wang Ting had already noticed, turning around with a single slash to swiftly execute and kill it.

Having successively slain two Parasitic Fungus Vines, Wang Ting's intent to kill had been aroused, his movements becoming increasingly fierce as he strode toward his teammates' direction.

He and Feng Bo charged from left and right, pouncing directly on the teammates closest to them. Hand raised and blade falling, like cutting melons and vegetables, they quickly finished off the Parasitic Fungus Vines.

The remaining three or four Parasitic Fungus Vines seemed to sense danger, quickly burrowing underground to widen the distance.

Xiang Nan, Ren Chuan, and the others seized the gap, immediately raising their rifles to fire in a sweeping motion. The bang-bang-bang sound of gunfire rang out, and bullets directly pierced through the bodies of the Parasitic Fungus Vines, completely leaving them behind.

Urgent footsteps approached. Zhao Hu brought the main force to provide reinforcement, and seeing the situation on the scene, his expression also changed abruptly.

"Save people first!"

The Guard Team members who came to reinforce immediately rushed to the side of the wounded, holding down the bleeding wounds to buy time for the team doctor.

Zhao Hu himself strode to the front of the zombie pile, half-squatted down, lifted a section of vine tentacles with his gun muzzle, and stared fixedly at the corpses on the ground as well as the remains of the Parasitic Fungus Vine with sharp eyes.

"Are these new monsters hunting the creatures around here? Be a bit careful when you dissect these monsters, I'm afraid there might be other things."

"Wang Ting, take the people from Team 1 to search around, and be careful that these monsters might still exist nearby. I'm worried that the Infinite Building has descended."

Wang Ting's martial arts skills were witnessed by him. In the entire team, only he and Wang Ting were warriors who had broken their limits once, so even though Wang Ting was a newcomer, he still handed the task of leading the team over to him.

Hearing Zhao Hu suddenly call his name, Wang Ting raised his head to glance at him, then said, "My experience is not enough; I want Dong Hu, Ren Chuan, Xiang Nan, and those few."

"Take them."

Zhao Hu didn't hesitate at all. He said, "Your squad go to the east side to look for traces, and leave the western direction to me and Li Jinming. Everyone else stay here, guard the vehicles well, and watch out for those monsters making a counterattack."