Chapter 594 - 506: Abilities of the Black Fog (Bonus - for Featured Status)

"Bozai, you’re getting cocky, alright, let me see you show off... huh?"

Before Zhang Su finished speaking, a mass of black mist appeared in the corner of the office building. Due to the dim light, the others couldn’t see it, but his brows furrowed and he said solemnly, "Stop fooling around, it’s here!"

Everyone looked in the same direction.

At this moment, a staggering figure appeared next to the office building. The zombie was a male before death, his clothes were severely damaged, but it could be vaguely identified as a security uniform. Considering where he appeared, it could be roughly determined he was the night shift security guard of a restaurant.

"Why does it seem like the most basic zombie in Plants vs Zombies, can’t it run?"

"Hey, idiot, run a few steps, quick, hahaha..."

Someone couldn’t help but taunt as they watched the black mist zombie stumble forward, even putting down their weapon, picking their nose, and teasing it, not feeling threatened at all by this zombie.

Qi Xiaoshuai had already caught his breath, swallowed a bit, and pointed across, "I ran back and forth two or three times just for this piece of crap. Damn, it’s so slow and can’t follow people, if you run far it’s lost, a purely useless zombie!"

Slow speed, poor tracking ability, as a zombie, it was indeed a bit useless, probably couldn’t even fight for a hot piece of food and would be lucky to get some scraps off the bone, but can it be judged as non-threatening based on just these two points?

Obviously not.

The black mist zombie swayed left and right, its head bobbing on its neck. Compared to the guys running before, it seemed like it was crawling. Coupled with the black mist shrouding it, it looked like a black slime slowly wriggling in the dim light.

If it had any strengths, it would be the black mist around it that made people wary. Leaving those aside, it was just a crippled zombie...

Zhang Su didn’t join in the jeering with the others, he was using his exceptional eyesight to observe the black mist zombie. Unfortunately, after watching for a long time, nothing unusual stood out, just as he was about to speak, something strange happened!

A zombie corpse was on the path of the black mist zombie, and when the mist got close, it seemed the corpse got gently pushed aside by the black mist, as if the zombie on the ground was not dead and had moved voluntarily to make way for the black mist zombie.

This discovery stirred Zhang Su’s heart. The specific function of the black mist was unclear, but he saw something unusual, which was at least something of a discovery.

"Brother Su, I think this thing is kinda cutely stupid, why don’t we capture it for Dr. Fu to research?"

Chen Hanzhou walked to Zhang Su’s side, suggesting again not to kill it.

"Research?"

If anyone else had suggested this, Zhang Su wouldn’t feel much about it, but not Chen Hanzhou, not at this moment.

It’s not that he trusted that Sakura woman too much, but after Chen Hanzhou gained special abilities, Zhang Su had relevant worries, worried that one day something unusual would occur.

If it hadn’t snowed today, even if Chen Hanzhou showed a bit of abnormality, he wouldn’t pay too much attention. But as fate would have it, it snowed today, making him overthink.

Zhang Su had many thoughts in his mind. Logically, they should capture it alive and take it back for research, but at this moment, he just didn’t want to fulfill Chen Hanzhou’s wish.

He took a deep breath, shook his head slightly, and said, "We don’t know how to subdue it, approaching rashly is too risky, let’s solve it first!"

"Don’t rush..."

Chen Hanzhou hurriedly waved his hands to indicate everyone to wait, then said to Zhang Su, "Brother Su, what if I go up and test its ability, I’ll be careful and there won’t be any problem, is that okay?"

Except for Zhang Su, no one saw the black mist push away the corpse on the ground; they mostly thought the zombie kicked it away.

"Like hell you can! Can’t you see how eerie that black mist is? You can’t take the risk, Old Tan, take it down first!"

Zhang Su didn’t plan to waste time. Chen Hanzhou was clearly very interested in this zombie, and as for the source of this interest, he was temporarily unsure, but he certainly couldn’t let Chen Hanzhou succeed.

However, the zombie was indeed worthy of research, so they could try to keep it alive for now.

"Got it!"

Tan Huajun took the order; she didn’t have as many questions as Chen Hanzhou. Her previous work had long accustomed her to following orders. Upon hearing the command, she tilted her head to aim, pulled the trigger, all in one smooth action.

Bang.

The gunshot rang out, a bullet flew.

There are many ways to interpret "take it down," but Tan Huajun understood that Zhang Su meant to disable its mobility, so the bullet flew straight toward the black mist zombie’s knee area. No matter how strong a zombie’s defense is, the kneecap is vulnerable, and a rifle bullet is enough to destroy it.

Everyone was waiting to see the zombie fall, but after the gunshot, the scene they imagined didn’t occur. Everything was calm, the zombie was still walking, and everyone was watching.

???

"Missed?"

Those not from the Yama Corps all wondered this simultaneously.

Yama Corps members didn’t doubt Tan Huajun’s marksmanship. They had complete trust in her ability, especially given such a stable shooting environment, there was no way she had missed!

"Damn, Brother Su, this damn thing isn’t afraid of bullets?"

Lu Yubo pointed across with a twisted expression, deeply believing his future mother-in-law’s capability.

"With those skinny arms and legs, this 5.8 mm bullet should have shredded it to pieces..."

"Yeah, how could it be totally fine!"

"Watch closely!" The others were debating when Ju Mumio, with a serious expression, pointed ahead: "The black mist around it can push away the corpses on the ground!"

She was the second person after Zhang Su to discover the special effect of the black mist.

"Huh? Is it really that sci-fi?"

"Oh man, it seems to be true, I thought it had kicked it away."

"Damn, what is this black mist really?!"

This discovery made most people’s hair stand on end.

Zheng Xinyu looked at Zhang Su with an odd expression, as if asking, you with such good eyesight, couldn’t you see it?

Zhang Su didn’t speak, of course he saw clearly, not only had he seen the black mist push away the corpses, but he also saw the bullet stuck within the black mist, about a foot in, just spinning there beautifully!

"The black mist isn’t a phantom, it’s a damn defensive shield!"

Zhang Su spoke gravely, shutting down the speculative discussions.

Everyone looked at Zhang Su with shocked expressions, seemingly asking, is it true?

The black mist zombie ignored the humans’ discussions, it continued to move leisurely and detachedly, making its way toward Lego Mall bit by bit.

The truth was quickly verified when a large zombie corpse was pushed aside by the black mist, causing everyone to gasp in shock, as if the air around the Fire-breathing Zombie wasn’t cold anymore...