"The last part to be digested was the vocal cords? Was it meant to make the deceased utter a final scream? This little flower has quite a twisted sense of humor." Shen Muyu "wittyly" witnessed how a living person was hollowed out by the roots, and couldn't help but feel a little heavy-hearted.
"Strange, they've already completed the transformation, so why aren't they attacking the others? And you guys seem to be holding back in terms of attack speed and power," Shen Muyu muttered to himself as he observed.
If these zombies were fighting at the same intensity as they did with Shen Muyu, the door would probably have been smashed by now. The way they're filling in the gaps one by one is like a joke.
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"He...he's turned into a zombie..." The short woman stood behind the door, trembling, and pointed to the long-haired man who had already stood up in the corner; his face was starting to bleed.
"Hold on a little longer, I'll go and chop him down." At this moment, the bearded man took his turn to rest.
He glanced over when he heard the shout, but at the time he thought the guy was having some kind of hysteria, since zombification happens in an instant, and before zombification, he looks normal.
After the old man nodded, the bearded man cautiously moved closer to the long-haired man. Now that there was no cover, this thing could attack him from any direction, so he had to be careful.
However, his worries were clearly unnecessary at this moment. The long-haired man stood there blankly with his gray eyes, showing no intention of moving at all.
"Quickly finish this!" the old man shouted, perhaps unable to hold on any longer.
The bearded man gripped the axe tightly and charged forward fiercely. The axe, which had been sharpened to a fine point, had become dull from overuse and was stuck at the neck, unable to be pushed in.
The bearded man visibly panicked, released the axe and took a few steps back. Seeing that the long-haired man still didn't move, he stepped forward again and pulled it out with all his might.
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"Are you serious about taking half a step back?" Shen Muyu couldn't help but sing when she saw the bearded man's behavior.
According to previous guesses, the apocalypse should have arrived some time ago, so why is this guy performing so poorly, and why hasn't even a single superhuman been born among so many people?
Ignoring him, Shen Muyu randomly selected a few lucky audience members and used his mental power to investigate them. In an instant, screams of agony rose and fell.
So far, it appears that only the people in the villa where the bearded man lives have been infected; no plant roots have been found in the others, suggesting that the infection has been occurring in waves.
However, judging from this situation, if they don't unite, they'll probably all be doomed sooner or later.
Just as Shen Muyu was about to turn around and check on the long-haired man's situation again, it suddenly dawned.
In an instant, the people in the villa disappeared from Shen Muyu's mental world, and the villa returned to its previous state of being surrounded by dust.
"Master, the red dots in the villa where those two people were have disappeared, and the zombie fragments that were just cut down have also disappeared." At the same time, Little A's voice rang out.
Upon hearing Xiao A's words, Shen Muyu withdrew her mental energy, but perhaps due to excessive consumption, she felt dizzy. She closed her eyes and rested for a while before shaking her head and looking ahead.
Sure enough, the road was clean and tidy. The scattered corpses and fallen plant roots that had been lying on the ground had disappeared, and the previously collapsed ground had been restored to its original state.
"Zhan Yi, go to the third floor of that villa and see if there's anything left behind," Shen Muyu said to Zhan Yi, pointing to the villa where the bearded man was after getting off the tower.
"Oh, right, take this with you and take a picture of the third floor." Shen Muyu handed the Polaroid camera she had obtained earlier to Zhan Yi and taught him how to use it.
Shen Muyu had taken a few pictures of this thing when he was free before, but it had been hanging on the car and gathering dust. Now it's finally coming in handy.
After digesting what Shen Muyu had taught it, Zhan Yi hung the Polaroid camera around its neck and got out of the car.
Shen Muyu's mental power couldn't see the current state of the world, so he didn't use it anymore, letting it recover.
"Come out." Shen Muyu, who had returned to the driver's seat, didn't sit idle and took out the enhanced turntable that he had driven out yesterday.
The energy storage time of laser weapons is too long, which could seriously delay combat operations and must be improved.
It's called a spinning wheel, but it actually looks just like a balance scale. One end is used to hold enhancement items, and the other end is used to hold enhancement materials.
"It's so small, how are we going to put a laser weapon on it?" The pan of the balance was only the size of a palm, and there were two ropes attached to it. Shen Muyu really couldn't figure out how to put anything in there.
"Just remove the plate and place it on the amplification item?" Shen Muyu scanned it with the light screen, and a usage tutorial appeared below the introduction.
Shen Muyu took out one of the balance scales and placed it on the laser weapon. In a flash, the laser weapon was sucked in and turned into a mini version, somewhat like a plant cultivation box.
As for the items that can be enhanced, Shen Muyu currently only has the bone powder he has ground up.
Don't be fooled by the large size of those cow and sheep bones; the bone meal that comes out of the waste decomposer may weigh less than one percent of that.
A single horned sheep can produce less than half a pound of bone meal at most, while a horned cattle can produce a little more, but only about a pound.
Shen Muyu encountered very few wild beasts at the time, and in the end only obtained less than seven catties of bone meal.
The key issue is that this thing is a special item and cannot be enhanced. This backpack is really not a cheat code at all. Shen Muyu silently complained for a long time.
Actually, she had planned to trade some with the village, but there were certain customs surrounding this item in the village, so after the flesh and blood were removed, the skin and bones would be thrown into the treasure chest lake, so she didn't trade it.
Shen Muyu first took out 100 grams of bone powder and put it on the tray, but the scales did not balance.
Finally, a full 200 grams were added to achieve balance.
The moment it balanced, the bottom base lit up instantly, flashing red and green lights. Eventually, the red light occupied about three-fifths of the area, which, according to the previous instructions, should be the failure rate.
The success rate of each item is different, but once the probability is set, it means that it is fixed. Simply increasing the enhancement materials will not affect this probability, so Shen Muyu directly pressed the button below.
Two white, opaque covers completely concealed the two trays, and after a short while, a notification sound rang out.
"Enhancement successful. Laser weapon energy is now fixed, and firing range has doubled."
"It's fine, but it's not what I need for now." Shen Muyu silently added more bone meal, this time a full 320 grams to balance it out.
"Enhancement failed, enhancement materials will not be returned."
"Hiss..." Please mute the world and listen to the sound of Shen Muyu breaking down.
"Try again, I don't believe it!" Shen Muyu added another 320 grams of bone powder with trembling hands, a gesture that contrasted sharply with her firm words.
"Please! I'll succeed! I'll succeed! I'll succeed..."
Shen Muyu clasped his hands together and prayed continuously.
"Enhancement successful. Laser weapon energy is now fixed, and charging time is halved."
"Perfect!" Shen Muyu exclaimed with a smile; this was exactly what she wanted!
Although the energy storage time is still a few seconds, it is already a qualitative leap.
After the tray was removed, the laser weapon was released directly, and Shen Muyu then noticed that its appearance had also changed.
The shells that used to look like stacked toy guns have become much smoother. Although the colors are not uniform, the shades have changed, making them look much neater.
Without further enhancement, Shen Muyu put it back into her backpack. She always felt that luck was relatively constant, and the probability of failure was too high if she continued today. She couldn't afford to joke around with bone powder.