Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

Seeing this, the group's hearts, which had just begun to relax, tightened again, and they went to meet the zombies that were charging towards them.

Chai Jin also abandoned the heavy crossbow, which was inconvenient for close combat, and switched back to his Tang sword.

Unfortunately, I wasn't very lucky. The first zombie I encountered had hardened skin. Not only did I fail to cut off its head with my knife, but I also chipped the knife.

Chai Jin: ? ? ?

He had no choice but to resort to his fists. What did it matter if he couldn't cut through the skin? He could just smash the head flat.

With a burst of brute force, Chai Jin finally managed to flatten the hardened-skinned zombie's head into a pancake shape, and it successfully collapsed to the ground.

But by the time he looked up again, most of the other zombies had already been killed by the others.

Chai Jin pursed his lips, glanced at the Tang sword he had thrown aside, and although he was somewhat disgusted, he still picked it up, planning to ask his brother Yan to melt it down and make a more durable one for him later.

After the group killed all the zombies, only two male zombies remained in front of them, still holding their ground in the corner.

Yan Fei waved for Zhou Yang, Chai Jin, and Wandou to stay behind, while he, Shen Zechuan, and Xu Zhiyi formed a circle and gradually approached the two male zombies from three directions.

The two male zombies stared intently at them, and finally made their move when Yan Fei and the others were less than 2 meters away.

One of the zombies suddenly transformed its hands into two vines, one wrapping around Xu Zhiyi and the other around Zhou Yang and the others behind him.

Unfortunately, Xu Zhiyi's fire element is the bane of plants, and Zhou Yang and his group also had peas. So before the two vines could even entwine their target, they were burned by the supernatural fire from both sides.

Perhaps because it threatened its owner, Pea didn't breathe fireballs this time. Instead, it unleashed a huge burst of flame that burned the plant zombie along the vines, leaving Zhou Yang and Chai Jin stunned. They showered Pea with compliments.

Xu Zhiyi stared at the zombies engulfed in flames, opened his mouth, and then fell silent.

At the same time, another zombie that was heading towards Yan Fei and Shen Zechuan spat out two streams of ice from its mouth, shooting them directly at their heads.

Fortunately, both of them were agile and on guard, and easily dodged the attacks. Then, they unleashed their superpowers at the same time.

The outcome of a Level 1 ability user facing a low-level zombie is predictable. That ice-type zombie probably didn't even understand what was happening before it met its demise.

After dealing with the ice-type zombies, Yan Fei noticed that another plant-type zombie that had been burned was still not quite dead, so he promptly gave it a quick death.

After dealing with the last two male zombies, the group finally spotted a little girl zombie hiding in the corner, along with a female zombie next to her.

The little zombie looked to be no more than four or five years old, with a pale, bluish complexion, obvious bite marks on its neck, and its white tutu already stained red with blood. It had two small braids on its head, with only one pink hair accessory remaining.

Two small hands were holding the female zombie whose only remaining upper body could only make "hoarse" sounds.

The female zombie's lower body was just a step away from them, covered in bite marks from the zombies, a bloody mess, barely recognizable as human limbs, with her intestines and internal organs spilling out onto the ground...

When the little zombie saw the group of people approaching, it instinctively hugged the female zombie's upper body tightly with both hands, then turned its head and gave a fierce "ha" at the group, its protective posture was obvious.

Although she no longer remembered who the female zombie was, she remembered how the female zombie protected her, so she wanted to protect her as well.

Chai Jin glanced at the little zombie, then at the half-dead female zombie, and asked, "Which of these two is the psychic zombie?"

Xu Zhiyi glanced at him sideways: "It's obviously the younger one. Only psychic zombies here should have emotions, so that female zombie is probably her mother..."

"Ah this..."

Chai Jin looked at the little zombie and the female zombie with a hint of sympathy.

But sympathy is one thing, but those who deserve to be killed still have to be killed.

Yan Fei glanced at the two zombies for a moment and said, "Kill them. Zombies are zombies. Even if they have some feelings, it won't stop their instinct to eat people. Sending them on their way is the best way to end their lives."

After he finished speaking, two throwing knives appeared out of thin air in his hand and flew between his fingers.

Perhaps sensing Yan Fei's murderous intent, the little girl zombie suddenly put down the female zombie and stood up, launching a mental attack on the group while they were still in shock.

Shen Zechuan and the other ability users immediately felt as if their brains had been slapped. Although it hurt a bit, they could still grit their teeth and bear it. Yan Fei also temporarily stopped his actions due to this sudden mental attack.

The pea was also attacked and scratched its head with its claws in distress.

In contrast, Zhou Yang, an ordinary person, was in a much worse state. He had a splitting headache, felt nauseous, and almost wanted to smash something over his head.

Once Shen Zechuan recovered, he immediately went to check on Zhou Yang. Seeing the young man's distressed state, he was instantly enraged. He suppressed the zombie's mental attack and struck the little zombie's head with a lightning bolt.

This little zombie was probably newly evolved and had only tested its abilities on other zombies. It didn't expect anyone to be able to resist, so it didn't even try to dodge and was directly struck by Shen Zechuan. Its eyes widened and it lay there stiffly.

With the death of the small psychic zombie, the group was instantly freed from the psychic attack.

"Holy crap, do mental zombies attack the brain? That really hurts!" Chai Jin wiped the cold sweat from his brow and continued to complain, "This is just a small one. If we ran into a big one, would we just turn into idiots?"

Xu Zhiyi pondered for a moment: "This shouldn't have anything to do with the size of the zombie; it depends on its physique and level of evolution. However, this zombie seems to have only recently evolved its abilities and is already this powerful. It seems that psychic abilities are indeed very troublesome. We need to significantly improve our strength. If we encounter an even stronger one next time, we might all end up dead..."

Chai Jin: “…”

Yan Fei ignored their conversation and went straight up to the little zombie and dug out the crystal core from its head.

The group gathered around with curiosity, eager to see what the crystal core of a mental zombie looked like.

Then, the group saw a small white crystal core.

Apart from the different color and the fact that its core is slightly smaller than that of other adult zombies, there seems to be no difference.

After dealing with the small zombie, the group then delivered a direct blow to the female zombie.

Seeing the zombies all over the ground, everyone started to get ready to fight. As soon as Captain Shen Zechuan gave the order, they each found an area and started digging out crystal cores from the heads of the zombies, working enthusiastically.

In the end, the group found more than a thousand crystal cores.

Apart from the little girl's white crystal core, the ice-blue crystal core of the ice-type zombie, the green crystal core of the plant-type zombie, and the transparent crystal core with some gray cotton fluff dug out of the head of the hardened-skin zombie, all the others were ordinary transparent crystal cores.

Therefore, it seems that these zombies will evolve regardless of whether they are buried in the snow or not, indicating that the heavy snow is merely a medium for bringing the virus and does not have much impact.

On the contrary, because they are indoors, the zombies' functions are not affected by the low temperature, and their level of evolution may be even higher.