Free Web NovelChapter 43: Chapter 43: Mutated Zombie! Loudspeaker Lure Trap
Lu Feng was utterly speechless to see a horde of zombies camping his game entry point.
’There’s something seriously wrong with this picture.’
Lu Feng remembered the zombie he’d seen earlier and immediately shifted the perspective on his game screen.
A moment later, a shocking scene unfolded before his eyes.
The zombie from before was also walking toward the shop. As it approached, the other zombies actually started making way for it.
That’s right. The zombies were making way for it.
The zombie entered the shop and looked around, as if searching for him.
’This is incredible. It’s like this zombie has intelligence.’
Unable to find him, the zombie stood motionless inside the shop, as if waiting for him to reappear.
’Then again, maybe it isn’t so intelligent after all.’
An intelligent creature would have left after seeing its prey disappear.
’Who would think that prey, having escaped a trap, would be stupid enough to walk right back into it?’
Lu Feng immediately pulled out his phone and logged into the official website for *After the Apocalypse*, hoping to look up information on the zombies.
But the game’s database didn’t mention this type of situation at all. There was only one simple description for zombies: "Some zombies will evolve for certain reasons and become more intelligent."
Seeing this, all he could do was curse the shitty game company for cutting corners and not bothering to make the monster profiles more detailed. freewebnoveℓ.com
All he knew for now was that this zombie had definitely mutated and become smarter; otherwise, it wouldn’t have known to set up an ambush like this.
Lu Feng glanced at the game screen again. Seeing that the zombies showed no signs of leaving, he refused to believe that they would all stay put.
But when he woke up the next day and looked at the game screen, he couldn’t help but sigh.
That zombie was still in the shop with the dense horde of zombies. He really wanted to ask it: ’Buddy, are you for-real smart or just faking it?’
’Is it really planning to just lie in wait until I walk in to my death?’
Lu Feng was completely exasperated. Fortunately, he soon received a call from his cousin.
He hurriedly answered, "Cousin, I need gas canisters, and they have to be full!"
With this many zombies packed together and camping his entry point, it would be a shame not to greet them with a few gas canisters.
"Uh, more gas canisters?" Yang Ming was taken aback.
"Get as many as you can—the more the better. And I need the old kind, filled to the brim!" Lu Feng added.
’This stuff is useful. I’ll definitely need it again in the future.’
Yang Ming couldn’t help but ask, "Xiaofeng, what do you need so many gas canisters for?"
"Cousin, it’s hard to explain," Lu Feng said quickly. "Just know that I have a use for them!"
"Alright!" Yang Ming didn’t press the issue. He continued, "I’ll have someone get on the gas canisters right away. By the way, Chen Bo and I are back from selling the Gold. The money has been transferred to you and should be in your account any minute. We’re at the tea house now. Want to come over?"
"Sounds good. I happen to have another batch of goods on my end!" Lu Feng replied with a smile. After hanging up, he retrieved the new bag of Gold from his inventory space and headed out.
Just as he got in the car, he received a notification that 2.55 million yuan had arrived in his account.
After deducting the 3.9 million yuan he’d invested in the tea factory, his available funds were now over 5.5 million yuan.
Meanwhile, Yang Ming hung up the phone, and Chen Bo, who was sitting next to him, asked, "How’d it go? Is Young Master Feng coming over?"
Yang Ming nodded. "He said he’s bringing another batch of goods."
"Another batch?" Chen Bo’s eyes instantly lit up.
’This means more money for us.’
’Could there be any better news?’
’Sticking close to Young Master Feng was definitely the right move.’
A Panamera stopped outside the Qingfeng Tea House.
When Lu Feng entered the tea house carrying a duffel bag, Chen Bo spotted him and immediately rushed over to greet him with the utmost enthusiasm.
"Xiaofeng!" Yang Ming also greeted with a smile.
"Let’s talk in the office!" Lu Feng said, carrying the duffel bag directly upstairs.
Yang Ming and Chen Bo immediately followed.
Once in the office, Lu Feng opened the duffel bag, revealing the Gold inside. "Cousin, take a look at this Gold."
Yang Ming nodded and went to get the electronic scale.
Chen Bo, meanwhile, took out a gold testing kit to confirm its authenticity. He then worked with Yang Ming to weigh it all.
Chen Bo said, "Young Master Feng, this batch of Gold comes to 2,851,421 yuan. We can pay you in full this time."
"Mm!" Lu Feng nodded.
Shortly after, another 2.85 million yuan-plus landed in his bank account. With that, his available funds now exceeded 8.35 million yuan.
At that moment, Yang Ming said to Chen Bo, "Chen Bo, take this Gold back for now. We’ll rest for a day before going out to handle this batch of gold jewelry."
"Okay." Chen Bo nodded, packed the gold jewelry back into the duffel bag, then carried it downstairs and left with a few of his men.
Yang Ming then called Ah Lin, Ah Pao, and the other four men who had gone with them into Lu Feng’s office.
Naturally, it was time to split the money again.
This time, Yang Ming transferred 50,000 yuan to Ah Lin and Ah Pao, who had shares, and 10,000 yuan to each of the other four men who were on salary.
This batch of Gold was larger, so naturally, they earned more.
Lu Feng wasn’t stingy either. He took out 200,000 yuan as an extra bonus for their hard work. Since this no-cost business was so profitable, he was naturally more generous.
Lu Feng hadn’t forgotten the main issue. He said to Yang Ming, "Cousin, don’t forget about the gas canisters. Get me a few for now, and we can gather the rest over time."
"Mm!"
Yang Ming was very diligent about the things Lu Feng asked for. By the afternoon, he had already brought over a few gas canisters, asking, "Xiaofeng, about how many more gas canisters do you need? I need to know so I can have people keep getting them!"
Lu Feng said without thinking, "The more the better. Even if you get dozens, it won’t be too many!"
"That many?" Hearing this number, Yang Ming was incredibly curious. What on earth required so many gas canisters? But curiosity was one thing; he didn’t press for answers. After handing the gas canisters to Lu Feng, he left.
Lu Feng, on the other hand, moved the gas canisters to the apartment he had rented and then turned his attention to the game screen.
The zombie was still there, surrounded by a dense crowd of other zombies. He couldn’t tell if his impression of the zombie’s intelligence had been a mistake, or if it was truly determined not to give up until it got him.
’Whatever, it’s already dead.’
He twisted open the valves of two gas canisters, and then, with a thought, entered the game.
Almost as soon as he appeared, the zombies noticed him. They grew agitated and lunged at him.
Lu Feng didn’t hesitate. He fully opened both canisters, pointed the valves at the ground, and then instantly exited the game.
Back in his apartment, he looked at the game screen. Having lost his trail, the normal zombies quickly quieted down, but the strange one was still roaring, even more agitated than before.
Lu Feng waited a moment. When he figured enough gas had escaped, he took out a lighter. With a thought, he entered the game. The instant he appeared, he flicked the lighter and threw it, and with another thought, he was out of the game again.
In that instant, flames rapidly spread through the shop. A moment later, a deafening explosion once again echoed through the Department Store.
The terrifying blast wave tore through the zombies’ bodies as if they were rotten wood. They were destroyed in dense rows, cut down like stalks of wheat.
In the Qingfeng Tea Shop, Lin Jiao, Xu Bin, Chen Tao, and Chen Hao all shot to their feet.
They didn’t need to think to know what had caused such a commotion. Only their mysterious boss could pull something like this off.
When Lu Feng returned to his apartment, he was instantly flooded with a stream of notifications:
[Congratulations! You have slain a Level 2 Mutated Zombie. +100 EXP!]
[Congratulations! You have slain a zombie. +5 EXP!]
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[Congratulations! You have slain a zombie. +5 EXP!]
[Congratulations! You have leveled up!]
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[Congratulations! You have slain a zombie. +5 EXP!]
’So it really was a mutated zombie.’
That single explosion had actually leveled him up. He once again felt that wonderful sensation of leveling up as he pulled up his character attribute panel:
Character: Lu Feng
Sex: Male
Level: 5
Strength: 8 (Average Human: 5)
Agility: 8 (Average Human: 5)
Stamina: 8 (Average Human: 5)
Spiritual Power: 0
EXP: 150/1600.
In other words, that one blast had killed over one hundred zombies.
A moment later, Lu Feng entered the game again with a thought. The entire shop was a wreck. Besides the marks from the explosion, there were severed limbs and remains everywhere, as well as a viscous, red-and-white substance splattered all over.
The sight was enough to make anyone want to vomit.
The mutated zombie hadn’t dropped any loot. Besides, he could no longer tell which head had belonged to it anyway.
Given the circumstances, he was in no mood to search for the mutated zombie’s crystal core, so he immediately left the shop.
Just as he walked out, footsteps rang out.
It was Lin Jiao and her group, coming down to investigate.
"Boss!" Lin Jiao hurried forward, but then she saw the scene inside the shop. The gruesome sight made her feel a wave of nausea.
It was the same for Xu Bin and the other two men.
Although they had killed plenty of zombies, it was the first time they had ever seen such a scene of carnage—a place so covered in severed limbs it looked like it had been through a meat grinder.
Lu Feng didn’t want to stay here any longer. He led the group back to the Qingfeng Tea Headquarters and asked the four of them, "How has it been? Any luck scouting the gold shops these past two days?"
Lin Jiao shook her head. "We’ve basically scouted all the areas on the sixth floor and above, and we haven’t found any new gold shops. As for the floors below the sixth, there are too many zombies, and we were worried about the remaining Mutant Beast, so we haven’t explored there."
Lu Feng nodded.
’In that case, I’ll have to find a way to lure out the remaining Mutant Beast and deal with it first.’
The solution was simple: as long as he made enough noise, he was confident the Mutant Beast would be drawn out.
Of course, the "noise" he had in mind wasn’t a momentary explosion from a gas canister. A beast might be drawn to the sound, but if it was more than four floors away, it would have no idea where the blast came from after the fact.
However, it wasn’t hard to create a sustained noise. The classic movie trope of luring monsters with a loudspeaker trap would do the trick.
He happened to have only used two of the gas canisters his cousin had delivered.
The next moment, Lu Feng suddenly disappeared from the spot, right before the astonished eyes of Lin Jiao and the other three.
As soon as he was back in his apartment, he rushed out to a nearby supermarket. He bought a large loudspeaker capable of recording and playing music, as well as two megaphones.
Back at his apartment, he connected the loudspeaker to his phone and downloaded the song "Soaring Freely." He then recorded a clip of the song’s chorus.
