Chapter 34

After confirming Lin Xinghai's ability, Fang Tianhe, due to the urgency of time, immediately ordered the team to set off.

Lin Xinghai felt quite disappointed about this, as during his breakthrough, quite a few zombies had come to interfere and were all eliminated.

A rough count showed there were more than thirty of them!

What he lacked most now was blood qi. Without it, he always felt a bit uneasy.

But no matter what, he couldn't voice this reason.

In the end, he could only follow orders and set out with the team again.

Back in the car, Lin Xinghai occasionally fired a few shots to kill a couple of zombies, finding it quite leisurely. So he continued to ponder the mysterious perception.

Soon, he discovered another wonderful use of perception: it could detect zombies in advance!

Basically, within a hundred meters, if a zombie appeared, he could sense it, though he couldn't determine the number or the exact location of the zombies.

However, he could roughly judge the strength of the zombies. The feeling from ordinary zombies and advanced zombies was completely different.

"Brother Yang, since your genetic optimization is higher, can your perception be used as a weakened version of a zombie detector?" Lin Xinghai couldn't help but ask.

"How could that be! People like us, who have only broken the first genetic lock, can only use perception to assist in close combat, and it's already good if we can sense an enemy's killing move in advance and dodge it."

"To use perception to detect zombies, you need to break the third genetic lock, which only the team leader and deputy leader can do."

"But even so, their perception range doesn't exceed 100 meters, and it's still a very vague perception." Qin Yang patiently explained to Lin Xinghai.

Lin Xinghai: ???

"At least I didn't reveal any information." He felt relieved and a bit excited.

According to Qin Yang, his current perception was almost on par with those who had broken the third genetic lock.

He guessed this was related to the 100 points of blood qi he spent to break through.

Unable to continue discussing perception, Lin Xinghai shifted the topic to abilities.

Qin Yang's explanation was as patient as ever.

Soon, Lin Xinghai learned that abilities were divided into three major categories:

Basic abilities, ordinary abilities, and rare abilities.

Basic abilities enhance fundamental attributes.

Whether it's his extreme speed ability, Roger's immense strength ability, or Wu Yan's petrification ability, they can all be considered basic abilities.

Abilities like Shen Han's frost ability are considered ordinary abilities.

Only abilities like Xu Haishui's werewolf transformation and Fang Tianhe's sky-splitting ability are considered rare abilities.

It's worth noting that the line between ordinary and rare abilities is actually quite blurry, mainly depending on their power.

If Shen Han's frost ability were strong enough, no one would object to calling it a rare ability.

Unfortunately, even with the enhancement from the mecha, her ability can only freeze a mutated zombie for an instant, less than half a second, and certainly not cause significant damage.

...

Just as Lin Xinghai was listening intently, under Fang Tianhe's command, the team stopped again.

"What's wrong?" Lin Xinghai instantly became alert, but neither his perception nor the zombie detector found anything amiss.

"The team leader probably wants to leave the Iron Corpse here," Qin Yang said.

"Huh? Why bring it here deliberately?" Lin Xinghai was a bit confused.

"The surface is so desolate, do you know how zombies survive? They eat anything, including the bodies of their own kind."

"The bodies of mutated zombies are a great supplement for other zombies."

"The place where we just fought is so full of blood, it will definitely attract a large number of zombies. If we hide the mutated zombie there, the chances of it being exposed would be much higher."

"But the density of zombies in this area has clearly decreased a bit, making it a good place to hide the corpse. Come, let's go help." Qin Yang explained as he jumped out of the car.

Lin Xinghai hurriedly followed. By this time, Fang Tianhe had already used the mecha to place the Iron Corpse on the ground.

The other mercenaries gathered around, holding white spray bottles and began spraying something on the zombie's body.

"That's plastic spray. When the mist touches an object, it quickly adheres and forms a plastic film, which can isolate all odors from the corpse." Qin Yang explained before Lin Xinghai could ask.

Lin Xinghai nodded, seeing that everyone was already very familiar with these tasks.

They worked together, spraying different parts of the body. Despite the Iron Corpse's large size, it would take less than a minute to complete.

Some people went to pry open the door of a nearby warehouse, clearly intending to place the Iron Corpse inside.

As Lin Xinghai approached, looking at the huge corpse that was taller than him even lying down, he felt a strong sense of oppression.

The keratin layer on its body looked uneven and very rough, but only upon closer inspection did he notice that each protrusion was abnormally sharp and pointed.

It was easy to imagine that without a mecha, fighting such a large creature in close combat would be like facing a giant porcupine, leaving no place to start.

Moreover, although the Iron Corpse is known for its defense, it doesn't mean it lacks offensive power. Its claws, which are half a meter long, are the best proof.

The more Lin Xinghai looked, the more he was shocked, feeling that this mutated zombie was terrifying, and this was not just his imagination.

As he got closer, his perception kept reminding him that if this thing were alive, a single claw could easily take his life.

Suddenly, Lin Xinghai felt a surge of inspiration and opened the system panel, wanting to use the detection skill on the Iron Corpse.

But he wasn't sure if the detection skill would work on a corpse.

However, the system proved to be reliable.

The next moment, the system panel displayed information.

Name: Iron Corpse

Constitution: 1083 points

Strength: 872 points

Speed: 631 points

Note: Thick keratin layer can reduce 50% of damage.

Lin Xinghai instantly drew in a sharp breath.

He rechecked the numbers several times, confirming he hadn't read them wrong, and the sense of pride he had felt instantly vanished.

He now had a more direct understanding of what the apocalypse was.

If humans didn't have mechas, they would be powerless against these mutated zombies.

Next, Lin Xinghai neither helped nor left.

He just stood there, dazed, watching everyone work.

Once the Iron Corpse was covered with plastic film and moved into the warehouse, and the door was welded shut, the task was complete.

The team set off again, and their speed clearly increased.

However, during the rest of the journey, Lin Xinghai sat silently in the multi-purpose off-road vehicle.

Qin Yang found this a bit strange but didn't ask.

After all, Lin Xinghai had just broken through and awakened his ability, and he might be carefully experiencing his current state.

Thus, the team moved forward for about 20 minutes and finally reached their destination.

In their field of vision appeared a complete oval building.

On the outer wall, the seven large characters "Spacecraft Research Institute" shone brightly in the sunlight.

"We've arrived!"