BC Chapter 140

Chapter 139

As she moved, Yao Jinglin tore off the now cumbersome tactical vest and, along with Lin Xiang, flanked A Yan from the left and right.

The two were well-versed in how to disorient an opponent in a multi-on-one situation. Whether it was punches, palm strikes, chops, or kicks, their attacks were perfectly synchronized, not too early, not too late. After only a few exchanges, A Yan was already struggling to cope, overwhelmed by their attacks.

“So, people like you also resort to dirty tricks. Today is truly an eye-opener!” Although they had only exchanged a few blows, A Yan could already foresee his defeat. Lacking combat experience, he was no match for these two battle-hardened women. The arrogant expression on his face had long disappeared, replaced by a frown of indignation.

However, Yao Jinglin and Lin Xiang, focused on their goal, were unaffected by A Yan’s goading. Before the mutated zombies could reach them, they combined their strength to kick A Yan, sending him flying backward. He crashed heavily against the wall of the building, then slid down, temporarily unable to retaliate.

Yao Jinglin and Lin Xiang knew they couldn’t allow A Yan and the zombies to encircle them. Therefore, they tacitly and instinctively chose to deal with the erratic teenager first. For either of them alone, gaining the upper hand against the boy wouldn’t be too difficult.

But the main problem now was the lurking zombies, who would recklessly try to interfere, diverting their attention and preventing them from fully concentrating on their respective enemies. Eliminating one source of interference became the optimal solution at this moment.

After temporarily dealing with the boy, the two stood facing each other, ready for action. The two incredibly fast mutated zombies had already sprinted close. Unlike humans, the mutated zombies had no preparatory movements for their attacks and showed no signs of stopping. Reaching close range, the mutated zombies, like monstrous spiders, heavily stomped on the ground and leaped, pouncing on their respective targets…

Knowing that the mutated zombies were not to be trifled with, Yao Jinglin had already drawn her military knife. Using the blade to protect her forearm, she gripped the handle tightly, her eyes focused. Finding an opening, she thrust her hand into the zombie’s exposed gap, deflecting the zombie’s charge to the side. Her other hand, holding the knife, bent her forearm, pulling the knife toward her chest, the blade swiftly sliding towards the mutated zombie’s neck.

However, mutated zombies were different from ordinary zombies. From previous combat experience, they had gradually developed a sixth sense for the threat of death. So, as Yao Jinglin’s blade was about to strike his neck, he suddenly twisted his body, forcibly changing his posture in mid-air without any leverage. However, simply doing this wouldn’t be enough to completely avoid Yao Jinglin’s knife. The sharp blade still cut into the zombie’s shoulder, though it did avoid a fatal blow.

Although Yao Jinglin had already made some basic guesses about these mutated zombies, she truly felt a sense of dread after experiencing combat with them.

Often, interactions between people may appear to be physical confrontations, but they contain many important mutual probes. Like Yao Jinglin at this moment, although she seemed to be waiting with great caution for the mutated zombie’s attack, she wasn’t actually using her full strength to deal with the zombie’s attack. Instead, she was constantly observing with a searching gaze and a thoughtful expression as she dodged.

In the constant probing exchanges, Yao Jinglin was surprised to discover that the other party was consciously imitating her fighting style. And unlike her and Lin Xiang, who were gradually beginning to feel fatigued, the mutated zombies seemed to have been injected with an excessive amount of stimulants, growing braver and fiercer in battle, with increasing speed and faster reactions. It was as if the two zombies were using her and Lin Xiang as their sparring partners.

Due to the special nature of her work, Yao Jinglin, who usually spent most of her free time training her physical fitness and explosiveness, had always been confident in her strength and combat ability. But when she discovered that the already agile mutated zombies were still constantly evolving and upgrading, her heart was shaken for the first time.

She knew that this virus could modify the human body and that there was a small probability that it could allow ordinary people to gain combat power many times greater than ordinary people in a short period of time, like Lu Ziming, whom she had encountered before.

But she hadn’t expected that the virus’s transformation would be more drastic and thorough in the bodies of zombies than in the bodies of living people.

The virus had completely turned these zombies into uncontrollable, extremely destructive killing machines that only understood slaughter. And the mutated zombies were the best of this group, or perhaps it could be said to be the optimal solution extracted from a messy and disorganized calculation draft.

Just as she was still calculating the pros and cons in her mind during the battle, a thin, dark shadow flew from a distance, directly disrupting her and the mutated zombie’s fighting rhythm. One end of the dark shadow heavily impacted the mutated zombie’s ribs, completely knocking his thin body to the side…