Deep in the Living

Chapter 16 Suppression
Crackling~
The flames produced by the alcohol continued to burn on the surface of the corpse.

Strangely enough,
The zombies did not react at all to the fire, such as using the pond nearby or rolling on the ground to put out the fire.

The four of them also realized this. Perhaps because the ritual was interrupted, the zombies before them did not even have the most basic biological instincts.

However, the pus flowing out from under the zombie's skin can effectively suppress the fire. It is impossible to burn it all out using the flame brought by alcohol alone, but it will have some effect more or less.

At present, the zombies' most important sense of smell is affected by the thick smoke caused by the burning flesh. For a moment, they are unable to locate the specific positions of everyone and are currently looking around.

The squad leader gave a thumbs up to Anna who threw the Molotov cocktail, and also gave an eye signal to the two people at the gate to cooperate with her to attack the zombies from the front and back.

The squad leader and Anna arrived at the left and right sides of the zombies almost at the same time, attacking them from both sides.

A sword and an axe,
The physical training provided by the twelve years of compulsory education and the combat skills acquired through after-school tutoring allowed them to naturally attack the theoretically weakest neck.

It was also because of the two people's approach that the zombie smelled the scent of a living person again, and its seemingly stiff body reacted immediately.

Ding!
The loud sound of metal colliding spread from the top of the mountain.

[Front]: The zombie actually stuck its head out and bit the axe that Anna was swinging from the front.

Even though the axe blade cut the zombie's cheeks to a certain extent, it was eventually bitten tightly and was difficult to pull out.

[Back]: The squad leader at the back successfully chopped the opponent's unprotected back of the neck with the sharp blade.

But the sword blade only cut the skin, the depth of the cut was less than two centimeters.

Between the skin broken by the sword blade, one can even clearly see the dark cervical vertebrae, which seem to have some kind of hardened properties. The metal collision sound just now was caused by the blade hitting the cervical vertebrae.

The monitor's thoughts spread rapidly in his mind, and he came to the conclusion:

"As expected, this zombie can achieve "partial hardening". The same thing happened when Rody and I played mixed doubles before. Once I distracted him, Rody was able to saw off his arm relatively easily."

If you fight alone, you have almost no chance of winning.
Multiple people attacking from both sides can make things easier.

Fortunately, we didn't let this zombie complete the entire ritual, otherwise he might have gained systemic hardening and various inhuman abilities. 』

The zombie did not sit still and wait to die. Taking advantage of the opportunity to bite the axe, he immediately swung out his remaining arm, trying to tear the woman in front of him apart.

Anna's biceps exerted force suddenly, and the axe was pulled out of the zombie's mouth along with three teeth.
She quickly dodged and retreated, only a hair's breadth away from being pierced by the black nails. Seeing the black claws passing in front of her, Anna was so scared that she was sweating profusely.

Just as the zombies were attacking Anna, Gao Yuxuan arrived.

With two deft fingers, he took out a silver needle and stabbed it into the back of the zombie's head quickly and accurately.
One and a half inches above the hairline, in the depression between the trapezius muscles on both sides.

Ding! The sound of metal collision was heard again. The back of the zombie's neck and the entire back of its head were completely hardened, and even a sharp needle could hardly penetrate.

But Gao Yuxuan's eyes revealed absolute confidence.
He held the silver needle with his right thumb and index finger, and made a pushing gesture with his left arm to accumulate strength.

He suddenly exerted force and struck the tail of the silver needle with his palm, similar to hitting a nail.

Make sense,
Given the thickness of the silver needle and the hardness of the back of the zombie's head, if Gao Yuxuan slapped it hard, the silver needle would definitely pierce Gao Yuxuan's palm in the reverse direction.

But when the palm of the hand touches the bottom of the needle, a crisper hammering sound is heard.

Ding!
The precise and heavy palm strike allowed the silver needle to penetrate another two centimeters, and it felt like it was about to break through the hardened layer.

Moreover, this pure silver creation seemed to have a certain inhibitory effect on evil spirits. The silver needle inserted under the skin kept vibrating and thick black mist emanated outward.

The zombie itself also felt the "pain" and was about to turn around.
The second palm strike was more powerful.

Click~ The whole silver needle seemed to break through some kind of limitation and penetrated almost three inches.

【Fengfu】

In Gao Yuxuan's view, the essence of zombies is also the human body, and the meridians in their bodies still play corresponding functions.

The needle penetrated Fengfu and touched the medulla oblongata.

The zombie's body shook violently and almost collapsed.

The squad leader at the side saw the opportunity, quickly adjusted his position and swung his sword! The sword tip brushed Gao Yuxuan's face and fell on the zombie's neck again.

Swish!
As expected, the slashing no longer made the sound of metal colliding.

The sharp blade cut into the neck smoothly, causing substantial damage. However, the zombie itself was still hard, and the blade stopped completely after cutting about 1/2 of the depth of the cervical vertebrae. It was not easy to completely decapitate it.

Gao Yuxuan also took out the second silver needle and prepared to give him an injection on the temple.

suddenly,

The weak instinct in the zombie's body was activated by death, and the Yin energy in his body quickly surged up and accumulated at the location where the silver needle was inserted!
The silver needle that was deeply inserted into the Fengfu acupoint was pushed out in the opposite direction by a strong black gas at such a fast speed that fortunately Gao Yuxuan moved in advance, otherwise he would have been pierced through the face by the needle.

The acupuncture points were no longer restricted. The frantic zombie turned around suddenly, and its dark fingers drew terrifying black lines in the air.

The squad leader reacted very quickly and immediately took swift steps to evacuate.
Gao Yuxuan, who was almost sticking to the zombie's back, did not have much space to dodge. He could only take a step back and raise his arm to block it, but his arm was about to be torn apart by the sharp claws.

Ding!
Gao Yuxuan fell heavily two meters away.
Scattered on the ground were some pieces of clothing torn off by the zombies' claws, as well as a few pieces of skin structures without any blood stains.

What was revealed beneath Gao Yuxuan's torn sleeves was not human flesh and blood, but a gleaming metal structure.

His entire left arm seemed to have been modified or even completely replaced, which seemed to be the main reason why he took a half-month leave from school.

The squad leader stared at Gao Yuxuan on the ground and said, "The prosthetic arm is surprisingly useful, and your attack is also extremely effective, Xiao Gao.

If we do the acupuncture again, maybe we can chop off that guy's head~ This time, Anna will do it, my strength is still a little weak."

There was no time to rest. The flames on the zombie had basically been extinguished, and half of its body had been burnt black.

There is no time to wait, danger is about to strike.

However, the first to attack was not the zombies, but Anna on the other side.

She didn't hold an axe in her hand, but instead took a wrestling posture, lowered her body's center of gravity, and rushed towards the target in one step.

The zombie immediately smelled the approach of a living person and quickly swung out his only remaining arm, trying to tear the other person into pieces completely.

shuh~
The five black lines left a gap in front of him.

Anna, who should have been hit, dodged the attack by ducking down in an instant.
Snap! A pair of powerful arms hugged the zombie's body.

After these head-on confrontations, Anna has collected enough combat information, and she is 100% confident that she can dodge the opponent's monotonous arm attack.

And the most important point is that no matter how hardened the zombie's body is, its weight will not exceed that of a normal person by much.

【Hug and throw】

With a perfect turn and throw, the zombie's body was lifted up and thrown heavily to the ground, with its face buried in the soil.

At the same time, Anna also pressed the zombie down, trying to restrict its behavior as much as possible.

However, even Anna, who is 187cm tall and weighs 90kg, showed an ugly expression during the suppression process. She could clearly feel that there was an invisible force surging in the zombie's body, and she was afraid that she could not suppress it for long.

Almost at the same time,

A silver needle was inserted into the same acupuncture point from top to bottom again, and this time the silver needle was pushed in with just one palm.

Anna immediately shouted when she saw this:

“Wenwen! Cut it quickly… I can’t hold it back any longer!”

The squad leader had previous experience in chopping, and she was not sure that she could chop off the zombie's head in a short time. It would take at least 4 to 5 times, and the position of each chop could not deviate.

However, she seemed to see something out of the corner of her eye, and the corner of her mouth twitched slightly. The sword that was originally about to chop at her neck changed its path and stabbed vertically to another place.

Swish!
The vertical blade pierced through the zombie's palm and inserted into the ground, further securing it.

"Wenwen, what are you doing!?"

Just when Anna was puzzled, someone suddenly walked up to her.
Because she was leaning over the zombie and was in a lower position, when she looked up, the person in front of her looked particularly huge.
Maybe it's because of the perspective.

Perhaps it was the visitor's body shape and the way he held the knife.

Maybe it's some unique temperament.
At this moment, Anna seemed to remember a slasher movie she watched with her friends one weekend.

(End of this chapter)