"Damn, they’re definitely scared because they know we’ve called for reinforcements!"
"Our elite team, equipped with modern technology and mutated zombies, and even transforming zombies of their own kind, probably sensed the smell of death!"
"Those who know what’s best should come and submit, just like 003 pledging loyalty to our Celestial Horse Island, haha!"
The people gathered around the cars felt emboldened upon hearing Zhang Su and Wu Lue’s conversation. If the enemy is afraid, there must be a reason for their fear, and everyone began bragging naturally.
Zhang Su noticed 004 squatting motionless between the ridges, turned to Duan Wuhu, and asked, "Right, I’ve been meaning to ask, is it controlling the distance between you both? Have you tried approaching it actively?"
"Once we tried to detonate a bomb, Xiaozhao and Xiaolu drove close to 004, but it appeared to be in a coma at the time. They got within a hundred meters without reaction, but when Xiaowu was just about to use a drone to drop bombs, it immediately responded, swinging a big brick to smash the drone. We analyzed that it might be pretending!"
Duan Wuhu recounted the previous encounter briefly.
"Pretending..."
Zhang Su did not deny this assumption, but found it a headache. The more 004 learned, the harder it was to deal with, making his challenge mission even more difficult.
"It was definitely pretending; Zhuzi and I were almost in front of it, and it didn’t react at all. Then, it suddenly jumped up without warning and threw stones at the drone, scared the hell out of me!"
Lu Yubo complained on the side; he broke into a cold sweat at the time.
"So, you haven’t tried getting close under normal conditions?"
Zhang Su rubbed his chin and continued asking.
"No."
"Certainly not..."
They all shook their heads, thinking to themselves, who would dare.
"In that case..." Zhang Su felt he seemed to grab something key, but still couldn’t figure it out. After pondering, he said to Wu Lue, "Luezi, can you use the drone to drive it towards us?"
"Oh? We usually drive it away, haven’t tried driving it closer. Let me give it a try!"
Wu Lue said, controlling the drone to circle in the air, approached 004 from behind, and made a dive.
"Holy..."
As the drone dove, 004, initially motionless on the ground, moved its slender arms when it got within a certain range. A head-sized clump of soil was thrown skyward, aiming at the drone.
"Is this damn thing a reincarnated catapult?"
Wu Lue couldn’t help but spit, already thinking about equipping the drone with hot weapons after this encounter, otherwise, it’s too passive!
Despite the harsh words, he continued using the drone to drive it. After four or five attempts, 004 took further action, jumping several steps towards the church, getting within about a hundred meters, but then bounced back the next instant...
"Damn it!"
"Hover and monitor!"
Zhang Su shook his head, patted Wu Lue’s shoulder, then turned around to the crowd and said, "If it doesn’t come, we’ll go directly. Anyone not wanting to go?"
"Me! No, wait... Not wanting? That’s wrong, I want to go..."
Liu Yao got excited, didn’t even listen clearly to Zhang Su’s question, and raised his hand to express, making a fool of himself.
Zhang Su glanced at the jesting Liu Yao, saw the determined expressions on everyone’s faces, so he said, "Since everyone wants to go, let’s head out!"
No more nonsense, Zhang Su directly strode to the truck with the Fire-breathing Zombie, but suddenly remembered there were outsiders, turned to Shen Linrui and others: "Captain Shen, it’s up to you!"
This time, without grand speeches, everyone silently walked toward the vehicles they came in, Hong the Fourth followed Duan Wuhu onto the truck without any hesitation.
"Captain Shen, should we...?"
Zhou Haiquan awkwardly looked at the Celestial Horse Island People boarding, activating, and starting the vehicles.
"Squeak, squeak!"
Before Shen Linrui could express, Flash somehow jumped onto his shoulder, gesturing towards 004’s direction.
"Flash says it wants to join the battle... I also think we should participate. With Dragon Head Camp gone, King Yama invited us, we’re likely to join Celestial Horse Island in the future, shouldn’t we show something?"
Shen Linrui frowned at the brothers beside him.
"Then let’s do it!"
"Yama Corps is almost launched into a full-scale attack, with tanks and mutated zombies, even revealing cards capable of communicating with zombies. Frankly speaking, we’re like lost dogs, what’s there to think so much about? Let’s go!"
"Right, right, collaboration is key, cooperation for win-win, collaboration leads to better rewards!"
The remaining members of Dragon Head Camp made their decision quickly, jumped back into the cars, and followed the convoy heading north.
"Luezi, any reactions from 004?"
In the car, Zhang Su couldn’t see 004 due to the terrain, so he asked Wu Lue.
"Yes, it’s getting a bit restless but doesn’t seem to want to run!"
"Good, let’s charge ahead!"
With a command, the convoy accelerated.
A three-kilometer journey would take just three to four minutes even for the slowest heavy tank.
Sssss, clack clack...
The sound of tires rubbing echoed, white mist swirling in the cold air, vehicles and tanks fanned out in a semi-circle on the road and field, their tracks crushing dry soil crusts, kicking up dust.
The convoy confronted 004 from a hundred meters away.
As Zhang Su led everyone off, 004 became restless, sensing something. But as the convoy reached within a kilometer, it calmed down and now seeing a group of Skinny monkeys standing not far away, it opened its elongated jaws, letting out a hoarse roar!
People began to disembark; Zhang Su didn’t rush out. Instead, he leaned on the steering wheel, gazing at 004 in the distance.
The last time he saw it in person was the night of the Cyan Dragon Corps’ destruction, the fire-bathed 004 left an indelible impression, its terrifying combat stance etched in his mind.
Seeing this dreadful figure again, possibly due to better preparation and knowing its current poor state, even up close it didn’t seem as terrifying.
"As long as you don’t run, I’ll definitely end you!"
Thinking of this, he leaned down to open the password lock panel beneath the dashboard, but right at that moment, time-space lock activated, a line of subtitles appeared in his mind.
"Hey, hey, damn..."
Zhang Su naturally knew what this meant and felt happy at heart. But when he tried to shift to a more comfortable position, he found himself trapped in a very narrow space by an air wall, unable even to straighten his back...
Previously, after Duan Wuhu reported the situation to him, he spent several times alone pondering, wondering why such a serious problem couldn’t activate the challenge mission?
Turns out it wasn’t impossible, but the timing wasn’t right until facing 004 directly for the challenge mission to appear!
[Special Challenge:...]
"Special Challenge?"
Just seeing the first few words of the caption, Zhang Su furrowed his brow; anything tagged ’Special’ is unusual, he quickly read further.
[Special Challenge: Capture Transforming Zombie: S-level. Kill Transforming Zombie: A-level. Dispel Transforming Zombie: B-level. Sixty-minute time limit, Accept/Decline]