Apocalypse: I rescued the big boss with millions of supplies

Chapter Sixty: Battle Against Zombie Crocodiles

"Zombie animals?! You're not seeing things?" Yun Cangshu's astonished gaze fell on the giant beast roaring on the water column. In the more than twenty days since the apocalypse began, they had been heading north and had never encountered any zombie animals or zombie plants. They had thought that animals and plants could not be infected with the zombie virus.

"I'm not mistaken, the description on its head is red," Qiu Ling confirmed. The color of the text he could see varied depending on the user's identity: red for zombies, green for superhumans, and blue for ordinary people.

Fu Muyu seemed to be thinking. They had traveled by water to reach Dijin City, crossing most of the Xia Kingdom. They had never encountered any zombie animals during the voyage. "It's probably because the zombies got caught in the water and were bitten by crocodiles, and the crocodiles were infected with the zombie virus."

Animals can also be infected with the zombie virus, and maybe plants too... After the torrential rain, human survival will likely become even more difficult.

“No wonder they don’t obey orders.” Shi Qing had some understanding of zombies, a species that had never appeared in the inherited memories, after this period of contact. Similar to zombies, they could still move on their own after their bodies died. Unlike zombies, however, zombies could condense energy-providing crystal cores, similar to spirit stones, in their brains.

Suddenly, the hotel began to shake more noticeably, and the rooms where everyone was located tilted, with the chandeliers overhead swaying precariously as if they would fall at any moment.

"Oh no, more than a dozen more are here, and they're ramming into the hotel." Shi Qing turned to Fu Muyu and Long Yangyang. "Should we leave?"

Looking at the dim sky in the distance, Fu Muyu realized that going forward in the rain was not a wise decision. However, the bite force of crocodiles is among the best in the animal kingdom, not to mention the giant crocodiles that have mutated. The hotel's materials probably wouldn't be able to withstand it.

"Yangyang, look for raincoats and rain boots when we were collecting supplies." When it rained for the first time, many humans turned into zombies because they got wet. Although some people also awakened into superhumans, it was clear that more ordinary people turned into zombies. For safety's sake, Fu Muyu felt that even though the mermaid gauze was impervious to water and fire, it was still better to add an extra layer on the outside to prevent it from coming into contact with rain.

Long Yangyang searched through the space and found a lot of raincoats and rain boots in the corner. At the same time, Long Yangyang also took out six pairs of rubber gloves for washing dishes in the kitchen and distributed them to everyone, trying to ensure that no one's skin was exposed to the rain.

"Shi Qing, can you summon a school of fish to pull the boat?" Fu Muyu asked.

"can."

After receiving Shi Qing's affirmative answer, Fu Muyu looked at the water level outside the window and asked, "The water level is probably around the fifth floor now. On which floor are the zombie crocodile horde?"

"From the first floor to the second floor," Shi Qing knew.

"Yangyang, see if there's anything we need to collect. Let's leave." Fu Muyu used his supernatural ability to create an ice slide that extended from their room doorway to the water's surface. Even the water near the slide was frozen into ice, making it easier for everyone to step on it.

Long Yangyang emptied the room of furniture, opened the window first, and left. She needed to go downstairs to retrieve the cruise ship from the space. "Let's go."

Shi Qing followed closely behind, followed by Qiu Ling, Bai Zhi, Yun Cangshu, and Fu Muyu at the very back.

Long Yangyang landed on the ice and saw bubbles rising at the front of the ice. She guessed that the fish summoned by Shi Qing had arrived. Long Yangyang quickly took out the cruise ship from her space.

"Hurry up and get on the ship." After getting off, Fu Muyu immediately built an ice ladder on the ice to board the ship. "The zombie crocodiles will probably chase after us once they realize we're gone."

Once everyone was on board, Shi Qing immediately ordered the fish to leave as quickly as possible.

Long Yangyang opened the downloaded map on the PAD and handed the PAD directly to Fu Muyu. She was a typical person who had no sense of direction and couldn't read maps, so she left the problem of finding her way to someone who knew how.

Not long after the cruise ship set sail, Shi Qing sensed an uncontrollable presence underwater. "The zombie crocodiles are catching up."

"Really, that's fast!" Bai Zhi exclaimed, pointing to the zombie crocodiles whose heads were above the water's surface as the distance between the crocodile swarm and the cruise ship gradually decreased.

“The fish can’t keep up with the zombie crocodile swarm,” Yun Cangshu’s pupils gleamed with a silvery light as he began to foresee, “The crocodile swarm will catch up with us in five minutes.”

Qiu Ling followed up by stating the enemy's level: "Twelve zombie crocodiles, except for the leader who has a level two water-type ability, the rest all have level one water-type abilities."

Even though the zombie crocodile's ability level is lower than everyone else's, no one will underestimate it. The speed of the zombie crocodile swarm is faster than that of a level three speed ability user, and given its massive size, its strength is probably just as formidable.

"Prepare for battle," Fu Muyu reminded.

Just as the zombie crocodile leader leaped up and was about to bite the stern of the cruise ship, Fu Muyu quickly activated his superpower, freezing the water surface. The zombie crocodile leader was then smashed onto the ice by a huge block of ice falling from the sky.

Long Yangyang conjured rose vines and pulled all the struggling zombie crocodiles that were breaking the ice onto the ice surface. Fu Muyu followed closely behind and froze the hole below the zombie crocodiles. The two worked together very well.

Apart from Shi Qing, naval warfare is disadvantageous for them against amphibious crocodiles.

"Let's go and test the fighting power of the zombie animals." Bai Zhi leaped down onto the ice and launched a huge fireball at the area with the most zombie crocodiles.

"Boom!" The zombie crocodile nimbly dodged the fireball, which landed on the ice, leaving a faint black mark.

Bai Zhi's level-three fireball ability couldn't melt the ice created by Fu Muyu's level-five ice ability in a short time. After realizing that her fireball couldn't destroy the ice layer for the time being, Bai Zhi completely let go of her inhibitions.

Qiu Ling and Yun Cangshu followed closely behind, jumping onto the ice to face the zombie crocodiles, not letting go of any opportunity to improve themselves in the battle.

The zombie crocodiles are of a lower level than them, so they don't need to worry about getting infected with the zombie virus.

Qiu Ling was still a child, but she nimbly moved among the zombie crocodiles, occasionally using the dagger in her hand to ambush them, and quickly took one down.

Yun Cangshu killed the zombie crocodile much faster. He couldn't match Yun Cangshu's speed or strength. He used his control ability to immobilize the zombie crocodile and took the opportunity to dig out its crystal core.

After advancing to level three, Yun Cangshu became more adept at controlling opponents of lower levels than himself, and the time he could control them increased from one minute to three minutes.

Of the three, only Bai Zhi, who is of the fire and strength type, actually went head-to-head with the zombie crocodile. She directly challenged the level two zombie crocodile leader.

"Boom—" Bai Zhi's fist swung towards the crocodile leader's abdomen. Unlike the level two zombie whose body was directly shattered, the crocodile leader was not injured. Instead, Bai Zhi was forced back two steps due to the huge recoil.

Such strong defense; zombies can't compare at all.