I have an Apocalypse City

Chapter 46: The Zombie Leader

Translator: 549690339

The player who first created a safe house set an example for everyone—through his death and the destruction of his safe house—that mainline missions need to be taken seriously;

This deterred a few gamers who originally planned to construct safe houses: to withstand the attacks of all monsters within a kilometer, the defense level of the safe house had to be over 1000, and in addition, a substantial number of defense buildings were needed. This would entail a significant consumption of stone and timber resources, something that was astronomically expensive for beginner players;

“Just collecting enough materials to build a safe house seems far from sufficient.” As Song Jian stared at the wreckage of the wooden house, a thoughtful expression crossed his face;

At that moment, Song Jian spotted a humanoid monster among the horde, more than two meters tall and covered in purple-black scales, slowly retreating into a residential building amid a group of mutant zombies;

Song Jian eyed on the monster, an Elite Level boss. It had a severe gash around its waist when it had charged the wooden house, losing a fist-sized portion and shattering many of its purple-black scales. Moreover, the boss had been injured by a wooden spike trap, its entire right foot had been blown apart, splitting into two halves, and there was over a foot-long wound on its thigh, oozing a black-green liquid;

This Elite Level boss named “Zombie Overlord” at Level 5, with only about 60% of its vitality remaining, with a “continuous bleed”, “defense reduction”, and “movement disadvantage” status, was now at its weakest;

The only challenge was that around this boss there were constantly about fifty or sixty mutant zombies protecting it.

‘Til give it a shot. The brave die of overeating, the timid die of over hunger. If there’s a chance, 1’11 off this boss. If not, 1’11 retreat!” Song Jian gritted his teeth and slowly approached the direction of the boss;

The chances of regular monsters dropping equipment was extremely low. They mostly dropped material which, even if sold in stores, was worthless. To command a good price, it had to be crafted into a finished product. But learning the required skills and recipes entailed a huge expense, which players probably couldn’t afford at the moment;

As Song Jian approached the tall building where the boss was hiding, he suddenly found that several players, like him, were planning to take on the injured boss;

“Isn’t that Wang Qiang, the leader of the Green Wolf Gang?” Song Jian squinted, looking ahead. In the moonlight, he saw a familiar face amongst the group;

“I remember. He’s now just a plain commander, gravely wounded, lost an eye, and yet he’s already amassed so many followers. Impressive skills”, Song Jian quietly trailed behind this group, careful to observe;

After watching for a while, Song Jian found out that the leader of the Green Wolf Gang, Wang Qiang, seemed to be someone else’s lackey now. Although his injuries had improved a lot, his blind eye hadn’t recovered;

“Boss, I saw it clearly. That Elite boss is seriously injured and its right leg is crippled. Our men can definitely kill it,” Wang Qiang whispered to a man beside him;

Li Dong sneered at Wang Qiang, a guy who was blind in one eye and reputed to be a gang leader… Now? He was worse off than ever. Without his assistance, this fellow would probably starve to death in the game;

“Qiang, once a gang leader, do you know why you’ve fallen this low? It’s because you treated your brothers’ lives like nothing. Regardless of how crippled that boss is, it’s still a boss. With us not even having a single skill, how can we fight it? In the end, aren’t we risking our lives?” Li Dong coldly said with a laugh, “Chasing insignificant profits and forgetting important duties. If 1 were like you, our White Tiger Gang would collapse sooner rather than later.” “It’s true, Boss is just. We willingly serve under Boss because he is so just!” A slender man with dyed yellow hair said, a full smile plastered across his face;

“The Boss is just, the Boss is just!” The crowd started to chant all together;

“Alright, alright, 1 declare, this attack on the boss is the first guild event for the White Tiger Gang. If we pull it off, I will treat you all to Galaxy Entertainment City—food, drinks and baths!” Li Dong shouted loudly.

“Great, the Boss is just. He’s nothing like those trashy gangs that only care about their own gains, regardless of their brothers’ lives!”

“Yes, yes, it’s important to follow the right person!”

Wang Qiang’s face turned ashen. Beneath his lowered gaze, a flash of violence sparked in his eyes. Since when could this kind of small fry step all over his head and shit on him?

Li Dong gave Wang Qiang, who was silent, a quick look and felt unreasonably happy. He waved his hand and said, “Okay, we’re all brothers here. No need for unkind words. Let’s move fast, kill that boss and then we can talk about rewards!”

A bunch of people made a mad dash toward that high-rise, but a few minutes later they ran out even faster, bobbling in fear;

“Boss, I’m poisoned, infected. In half an hour, if 1 don’t get an antidote, I’ll turn into a zombie. Boss!”

“Boss, Er Gou didn’t come out. My blood brother Er Gou didn’t come out. Please, go save him, save him!”

A team that originally had seven or eight people was reduced to two or three in just a few minutes. Those left bawled and screamed. Holding his arm, Wang Qiang’s face held a dejected expression. Giving Li Dong a sidelong glance, he slowly began to retreat;

“While nobody is noticing me, I should escape!” Wang Qiang thought to himself. At last, he slipped away from the team quietly under the cover of darkness;

The White Tiger Gang was essentially finished. Of the three to four people who managed to escape, one was bitten by a zombie and infected; without a Detox Elixir, it would be certain death for them;

The remaining were Li Dong, a teenager around 16 or 17, who seemed to be still in high school, and a man who was crying like a baby over the death of his top brother;

This assault was first suggested by Wang Qiang when he spotted the injured boss. Now that they were facing a big defeat, Li Dong was definitely going to take out his anger on him. Taking advantage of the chaos now, Wang Qiang could still escape. But if they calmed down later, they would probably make him the first target;

“Where’s Wang Qiang? Where’s that scum run off to?”

As expected, Li Dong, looking unpleasant, saw that the boss had not followed them out. He was so cross he yelled out, “It was him who instigated us to kill that injured boss. He got so many of our brothers killed. I’ll kill him!”

“Boss, that traitor ran off as soon as we came out.” The man bitten by a zombie whined miserably, “Boss, I’m injured. I left have only half an hour. Can you give me some money to buy the Detox Elixir?”

Hearing his words, Li Dong was taken aback;