"I don't know whether it's a parasitized zombie or a parasitized human." Shen Muyu carefully searched with his mental power but didn't find the crystal core.
"But those eyes are definitely zombie eyes." Interestingly, those gray and murky eyes didn't have any plants growing on them; to be precise, they didn't even have any facial features.
The vibrant flower seemed to want to burst out of the skin on its own. It was such a tiny wound that if Shen Muyu hadn't magnified it, he probably would have thought the flower was pasted on.
Because the flowers are relatively small, not in large clusters, they actually have a strange and beautiful quality after a while.
Extending his mental energy downwards, he saw that the zombie's body was also filled with roots, and its internal organs had all disappeared.
"Zhan Yi, don't let them get close to the door, but don't stray too far either." Shen Muyu put Zhan Yi down before the zombies could grow out of the ground, and then went up to the tower.
"By the way, Da Bai, don't go down. This thing might upset your stomach, understand?" Shen Muyu lowered his head, which was already stuck into the tower, and only went up after seeing Da Bai nod.
Although the flowers growing on these zombies don't have human faces in their stamens, their appearance is very similar to the eerie flowers I saw in the spiritual world before. Considering that they would be tainted with people's dark energy, I can't let Da Bai take the risk.
Zhan Yi stood obediently at the villa gate, but all his weapons were already turned upside down, waiting for the zombies to approach.
Shen Muyu immediately took action, his bullets hitting their mark every time, successfully passing through the skull. But this was obviously useless, as the zombie continued doing whatever it wanted.
Moreover, even if you attach your mental power, it won't work, because zombies no longer control their bodies on their own; they rely on plant roots and stems.
Shen Muyu wasn't in a hurry; she had considered this possibility before, so she immediately switched to laser weapons.
The zombie's head vaporized instantly after being hit, but its body continued to dig upwards, and soon it successfully stood up from the ground.
Shen Muyu scanned the area with his mental energy and discovered that even though the roots on top were broken, the roots on the trunk were still moving continuously.
They branched out into small branches that made contact with the trunk and easily pierced through.
In less than a second, it bloomed again with delicate little flowers, even the broken part at the neck was covered with clusters, blooming very vigorously.
One after another, many zombies crawled out, ignoring everyone else, and headed straight for Shen Muyu's territory.
At this moment, Zhan Yi had already started fighting with the few in the front row. Because of the plant roots, unless the zombie's body was shredded into pieces, this thing would keep moving.
Having no other choice, Zhan Yi adopted the tactic of dismembering the enemy into eight pieces. Once they were all broken, they couldn't get in. This way, the mission was accomplished. However, the constant gushing of corpses with scattered petals was still a test of one's physical limits.
Shen Muyu learned his lesson and stopped shooting at the head, instead aiming for the feet.
Unable to stand, the zombies crawled towards the villa, but Zhan Yi, standing at the door, severed their arms, completely rendering them unable to move.
"Did the zombies evolve, or are the later zombies just more powerful?" Shen Muyu was stunned when he saw the zombie catching the laser with its bare hands.
Because they were covered by clothes, it was impossible to see what was inside, but the newly emerged zombies were covered with flowers wherever they were exposed.
The density was so great that it covered most of the facial features, and the little beauty that was originally there had completely disappeared.
The parts of the flowers that were hit by the laser withered, but the skin underneath remained completely unharmed.
Once the laser weapon's cooldown was over, Shen Muyu quickly fired another shot.
This time, although the zombie bent down to catch it, it probably reached its limit, and its hands and feet vaporized together.
"This cooldown time is so annoying!" Shen Muyu aimed at the next victim, but because of the charging time, he had to wait more than ten seconds before he could fire again. Before, he could use a rifle to hold off the attack, but now he could only rely on his own strength to hold off the attack.
The laser beam shot out, and Shen Muyu's mental energy followed, directly imprinting the entire process of the flower catching the laser beam into her mind.
"Scattered? Interesting. I wonder if this flower has its own consciousness." Shen Muyu thought to himself as he watched the laser beam being absorbed into his body and then collectively digested by all the roots.
"It was definitely the right decision not to let Da Bai go down." Shen Muyu glanced at Zhan Yi while waiting for the cooldown to subside.
Those scattered limbs on the ground probably knew they couldn't run away, so they changed their strategy, and the flower roots and stems stretched out small branches towards Zhan Yi.
Zhan Yi was very fast, but there were too many of these things, and quite a few still got tangled up. Even when they were torn apart, they continued to wriggle inside.
However, they clearly underestimated the hardness of Zhan Yi. It was something that even a laser sword couldn't cut through, and there wasn't a single part of its body that was separated, not even the place where the energy bar was placed. It was practically a single piece.
Zhan Yi kept moving, and the branches on his body broke off one after another.
"Wouldn't a fire attack be better at this time? But we don't have any long-range weapons." Looking at the endless stream of zombies, Shen Muyu was numb. When would this ever end?
"That's right! The gas cylinder!" Shen Muyu suddenly remembered the gas cylinder she got from the farmhouse. Although they weren't allowed to take the food, there were no restrictions on this. She originally planned to put it in the cabin.
"Big White!" Shen Muyu called down, and Big White's little head immediately appeared at the bottom of the ladder.
Shen Muyu took a gas cylinder from her backpack and placed it next to it.
"Big White, throw this out, throw it into those zombie hordes." After shouting this, Shen Muyu continued to launch it. The tacit understanding between Big White and her was beyond question.
After this period of adaptation, Baymax was able to control the range of its body's changes, so it stopped once it had filled the entire space.
The original cots had been removed by Shen Muyu, so the rear compartment was quite empty.
Actually, I originally planned to leave it for Zhan Yi, but it doesn't like to lie down and only likes to stand. After fully soliciting its opinions, I just hung a rope on it so it can lean against it when it gets tired.
After Xiao A opened the car door, Da Bai grabbed the gas canister and threw it out. Thanks to his recent combat experience, he controlled the force perfectly and threw it right into the zombie horde.
Shen Muyu's bullet hit the gas cylinder directly, causing an instant explosion.
The zombie next to it flew out, and sparks burned into the flower.
Shen Muyu randomly selected one and used his mental power to check its condition. The external damage was not significant, but most of the roots inside had been burned to death. However, the fire was automatically extinguished after it secreted a viscous liquid.
"It'll be enough to suppress some of their mobility." Seeing that the zombies' movements had slowed down considerably, Shen Muyu nodded, then threw out two more in the same way.