Mutated Zombies: The Glutton

The scream was sharp and brief, clearly indicating an attack by something.

Ning Yu didn't rush to summon her Crimson War Blade again, deciding to go and take a look first.

The other survivors, hearing the scream, stopped what they were doing, their eyes filled with fear.

They slowly moved towards the direction of the scream, wanting to see what had happened.

Soon they witnessed a chilling sight:

The middle-aged woman who had earlier insisted on staying here was now lying at the entrance of the store she had been searching.

Her throat had been torn open, and her head was split in half.

White brain matter mixed with red blood flowed on the ground, her body twisted as if hit by a tremendous force.

The remaining half of her face still had eyes wide open, filled with terror and unable to close in death.

The crowd had seen zombies eating people before, but never such a gruesome death.

Some were so frightened they sat down on the ground, backing away while their teeth chattered uncontrollably.

Others turned to flee, shouting as they ran:

"This... this cursed place, whoever wants to stay can stay!"

Ning Yu also saw this scene, but remained unmoved by the brutal sight.

However, she had one big question: there was no zombie in sight that could have done this.

In the small area around the middle-aged woman, there were only dead zombie corpses. So which zombie had killed her?

And it seemed to possess such great strength and biting force.

"Ugh... Ah!!!"

Another scream interrupted Ning Yu's thoughts.

It was the guy who had run away, almost reaching the first-floor stairs.

Ning Yu quickly turned her gaze, only to see his corpse, identical to the middle-aged woman's.

Throat bitten through, head literally torn apart.

However, she caught a glimpse of a rapidly moving black shadow.

It bounced around extremely quickly, then disappeared from view.

Ning Yu's pupils constricted slightly. Such incredible speed!

She couldn't even clearly see how this thing moved, it vanished from sight in just a few bounds.

What kind of monster was this?

The survivors hadn't seen what happened at all, only that another companion had died a violent death.

They all cried out in alarm, scattering like headless flies, fleeing in terror towards the lower floors.

The scene descended into chaos.

Ning Yu narrowed her eyes, feeling an unprecedented sense of crisis.

The zombies she had encountered before could run, but they certainly couldn't move like this.

To leap so far in one bound required incredible leg strength, far beyond what humans or ordinary zombies were capable of.

Those panicked survivors would likely be hunted down one by one.

Ning Yu had no time to worry about these people. Her brain was working at full speed, her gaze rapidly scanning the complex.

Her ears were also straining to catch any possible sounds.

She was trying to locate that incredibly fast black shadow from earlier.

Just then, she suddenly felt a chill all over her body, an unprecedented tension gripping her.

A large red word seemed to appear in her mind:

Danger!

Almost instinctively, Ning Yu rolled forward, spinning in mid-air to immediately summon the Crimson War Blade.

The familiar intense, agitated feeling spread throughout her body.

Her beautiful amber eyes were instantly replaced by an otherworldly crimson.

As she hit the ground, she gripped the blade and swung it horizontally in front of her.

A hideous face, moving at a speed almost indiscernible to the naked eye, bit down on the blade just inches from her!

This time Ning Yu finally saw clearly what this thing was.

Its body was covered in a hooded garment, its hands and feet like those of a four-legged animal, in a crawling posture.

Under the hood was a face twisted and disgusting to the extreme, eyes filled with visible blood vessels, no pupils, only whites.

The skin was dark gray, with multiple intersecting, writhing unidentifiable objects on it.

The mouth, split open to the ears, was filled with impossibly long teeth, all extremely sharp and densely packed.

Between the sharp teeth were bits of flesh, clearly from those poor souls from earlier.

Being so close, the foul stench from its mouth was unmistakable.

Even with Ning Yu's strong psychological fortitude, she was startled by this sight of a hell-spawned demon.

It bit down on the blade, and although it was blocked,

The tremendous force still sent Ning Yu sliding back a considerable distance.

The massive impact transmitted through the blade left Ning Yu in disbelief.

This monster, not only incredibly fast, but also possessed such immense strength.

She couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. If she hadn't instinctively blocked that attack earlier,

She would likely have been decapitated by now.

The monster, having failed its initial strike, didn't continue to pursue.

It bounded away at high speed, darting between the complex stores and disappearing again.

"Ah!!!"

A man's scream soon rang out from the distance, likely one of those who had tried to flee earlier.

This complex seemed to be this monster's hunting ground, and it didn't intend to let a single living person escape!

[Ding! Host has encountered mutated zombie]

[Preparing to issue skill to host: Detect (Low Level)]

Ning Yu suddenly heard a cold, mechanical prompt in her mind.

Mutated zombie?

Taking advantage of the monster's absence, she quickly opened the newly issued skill:

[Detect (Low Level): Can detect and provide intelligence on nearby low-level mutated zombies.]

Without hesitation, she immediately used Detect, wanting to know what this monster really was.

[Detected: The Glutton (Low Level)]

[Position: 3 o'clock direction, approximately 400 meters, vertical height difference -8 meters]

[Intelligence: Extremely fast and powerful mutated zombie, main attack methods are claw strikes and biting. Usually kills all living creatures it encounters, piling up the corpses before feasting.]

[Weakness: ??? (Skill must be upgraded to mid-level to view)]

Damn it!

The crucial weakness information couldn't be viewed.

But at least she could detect its position, allowing her to judge its general direction.

She wouldn't be caught off guard like earlier.

She immediately tried to use the Detect skill again, but received a system failure prompt:

[Skill cooling down, 5 seconds remaining]

This skill actually had a 10-second cooldown time.

She had just thought about using Detect continuously to assist herself in battle, but with a cooldown, that wouldn't work.

In this level of combat, 10 seconds could mean the difference between life and death.

This damn system really was airtight.

Ning Yu quickly took out a [Low-level T-virus immunity capsule (3 hours)] from her inventory.

This was a reward from a previous ordinary zombie-killing mission.

Looking at it, it was a small blue capsule emitting a strange fresh scent.

It had a slightly indented "T" printed on it.

She swallowed it in one gulp.

In the upcoming battle, if she were careless and got injured, she might be infected by the T-virus.

Originally, when facing ordinary zombies, she didn't need this thing at all, as those creatures couldn't even touch her.

But now, facing such a terrifying monster, she had to take preventive measures!