Zhang Xiaohou's face turned blue from holding his breath too long .
He finally exhaled a mouthful, as he would lose consciousness if he did not breathe .
The zombie in front glanced at Zhang Xiaohou confusingly, as if it was completely unaware of the guy that had somehow appeared behind it .
The zombie lowered the rusty saber, and did not attack Zhang Xiaohou .
Meanwhile, the zombie behind Zhang Xiaohou completely ignored him, and continued to roam aimlessly . It would glance into the distance at times, or lower its head, trying to find the arm it lost yesterday .
"Phew~!"
Zhang Xiaohou let out a relieved sigh . The others could feel their legs cramping because of the tension, and they almost fell to the ground .
The trick worked!
Neither the skeletons nor the zombies attacked them . They were simply glancing at the humans who were uttering the foul breath in confusion . However, these Undead did not possess any intelligence . As long as the thing was not alive, it was meaningless to attack them . Maybe they were just stinky?
Captain Qin Hu raised his head without saying a word, signaling the group to continue forward in formation .
The group quickly gathered . They were still alert at the start, afraid that something would go wrong . However, as they walked past the Undead at very close range, the zombies would only groan at them in warning for straying too close, without lunging at them . As such, they began to lower their guard .
"If we knew about this trick all along, why would we still be afraid of the Undead?" Wang Tong seemed elated from the success .
"These Ash Garlics are extremely rare . You might find them on the black market, but there won't be many . The chief has spared us some of their stock they had saved up . . . " said Shi Shaoju .
"Either way, it's good that we don't have to fight those things . Once we locate the bodies of the scouting squad, we'll go back at once," said Bi Lu .
"It seems like us talking won't attract their attention, either . . . "
The group realized that it was fine talking in front of the Undead . As long as their breath was covered by the foul scent of the Ash Garlic, the Undead would not notice their presence .
However, everyone began to panic slightly as they continued along the journey across the vast land . Every few steps would lead them to a few more Undead . . .
The density of the Undead had completely surpassed their estimation . Every one hundred square meters would have one or two Undead roaming around . By that standard, the whole area would be showing as bloody red on the electronic map!
As they proceeded, they suddenly saw a group of several dozens zombies ahead . . .
The zombies were stacked together like a wall, standing right in the path they were heading in . The zombies slowly dragged their bodies along, uttering unpleasant cries .
Before any living thing captured their attention, the zombies would simply roam around aimlessly, like walking corpses .
"Let's just walk past them . They won't attack us anyway," Wang Tong led the way with a smile .
However, when Wang Tong was less than twenty meters away, the group of zombies suddenly turned around and stared at Wang Tong with bloodshot eyes . . .
Wang Tong was stunned!
The zombies began to scream and charged in Wang Tong's direction .
As the zombies sprinted across the land, it swept a huge cloud of dust into the air!
"Quick, the Ash Garlic!" yelled Shi Shaoju .
Luckily, Wang Tong reacted fairly quickly . He took out an Ash Garlic and munched it .
The effects worked fairly quickly . Wang Tong was almost knocked out by his own foul breath .
The zombies were right in front of Wang Tong, yet they suddenly lost their target and came to a stop . They simply stared at one another in a foolish manner .
A moment later, the zombies returned to their aimless roaming as if they had forgotten why they were running in the first place .
Wang Tong stood in the middle of the zombies, having almost wet his pants in fear .
As everything returned to normal, Wang Tong finally burst out cursing, "This stinky thing only lasts for such a short time?"
"We don't have a lot of the Ash Garlics, and it seems like they don't last long either . We have to make use of the time," said Shi Shaoju with a frown .
Since the effect of the Ash Garlic ended for Wang Tong, it would be the same for everyone . The others quickly took out an Ash Garlic and ate it . . .
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The cold moon hanging high up in the sky shone down, observing the moving dead .
The land was cold but restless, as the Undead who had overslept would rise from the ground and roam aimlessly like a homeless scavenger .
When there was nothing alive for them to feed on, the Undead would pick up stuff or dig things up from the ground . The broken limbs they found would always come in handy . Occasionally, they would dig up a burial pit and found themselves a nutritional habitat . Spend a few years there, and they might even evolve into stronger Undead . . .
Along the journey, the group had witnessed the vicissitudes of life . They had no idea why these things would even exist in their world .
A tide suddenly erupted ahead, sweeping the black soil into the air, fairly shocking under the moonlight .
The tide was dragging dead bodies, torn clothes, and zombies that happened to be in the area forward .
The whole ground began to vibrate, as an Undead with a body as strong as an ox crawled out from the hole . . .
The Undead poked out of the soil, revealing sturdy muscles as impenetrable as armor plates .
Its limbs were thick and sturdy . It had four limbs in total, and somehow two of them had were fused with hatchets stained with blood . The other two were like long sabers . It was no different than a meat mincer when it started to swing the weapons!
"It's the Hatchet Corpse General!" blurted out Wang Tong in shock .
"Has it been following us around?"
"Or perhaps we were still inside its territory all along!"
The group of eight subconsciously backed off when they saw it . The Corpse General was the actual reason they almost got wiped out in the first place, and now, the giant creature had appeared once again .
"Don't panic, we've eaten the Ash Garlic, it won't notice us… right, don't move, stay right where you are . The chief has mentioned that the Warrior-level Undead have good hearing, they can tell if we are Undead based on our movements . So don't move, and you'll be fine," said Shi Shaoju .
The group clearly remembered the chief's warning . They turned into statues, staring at the Hatchet Corpse General in astonishment .
Zhang Xiaohou did not move his gaze . He realized that the Undead's head was gone, but as he took a closer look, it did not seem like it was beheaded .
The others were aware that the Hatchet Corpse General looked slightly different than before, but none of them made a noise . God knew if talking would attract the Hatchet Corpse General's attention .
The sound of something digging its way up from its flesh was heard .
An out of proportion head slowly stuck out from the neck of the Corpse General .
Disgusting black hair stained with blood appeared first, clumping on the Corpse General's neck .
A head appeared after, which looked the same as a human's .
Finally . . .
The head turned one hundred and eighty degrees, revealing a face covered in blood and ichor, but most importantly full of gall and hatred!
"Why . . . why . . . why did you leave me!?" its mouth opened, shrieking hateful words .
The group could feel their scalps exploding on seeing this . The head that had popped out from the Hatchet Corpse General's body was the dead Battlemaga, Jia Xi!
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