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Chapter 278 - 278 Zeus Shield Company

Chapter 278: Chapter 278 Zeus Shield Company

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If the fifteenth-level monster area sees scant human activity, then the twentieth-level monster area can certainly be considered forbidden to current players.

Song Jian treaded carefully on the street, fearful of attracting the attention of the beasts that lurked there. He was there to find the last Polymer Analyzer, not to hunt monsters and level up.

According to the mission map, the last Polymer Analyzer should be on the 13th floor of the Zeus Shield Company building, as marked. That floor held a laboratory specifically designed for the research of Gauss weapons.

By the time Song Jian reached the area indicated on the map, the enormity of his task dawned on him. An 18-story building now lay before him, still bearing the name of the Zeus Shield Company even after all these years.

The building had been abandoned many years prior, and had clearly seen some turmoil since. At the seventh floor, an explosion had blown a massive hole, surrounded by charred marks. It had likely been the epicenter of a raging fire, turning the glass windows into layers of pitchblack.

Just then, an enormous zombie, towering over three meters high, appeared before the opening, casting its view downwards.

This behemoth was draped in heavy armor, which almost entirely enveloped its body, leaving only the red eyes and mouth visible.

It held a Gatling-style weapon in its right hand, with a bullet chain stretching from the ammunition box on its back to the weapon itself.

“LV20 Zeus Shield Guardian (Elite), Vitality Points: 2800/2800, Spirit Points: 300/300, Characteristics: Ultimate Defense, Ultimate Attack, Skills: Firepower Suppression,…?”

Looking at the creature’s attributes, Song Jian frowned slightly. The creature had somehow managed to hide its characteristics. Only monsters above the tenth level were capable of this, but he was only seven levels below this one.

The Zeus Shield Guardian gave Song Jian a chilly look, then resumed its path, disappearing back into the seventh-floor opening.

“A level-20 elite boss…” Song Jian’s heart sank. He wondered how many more such creatures loomed in this massive building, considering a single piece of task equipment now seemed harder to obtain.

At that moment, silhouettes of monsters appeared on the first floor of the building. These significantly larger-looking zombies appeared equipped with simple protective armor and Uzi submachine guns. Each of them had a unique appearance – some had gray fur covering their bodies, others wore dark green scales, and one even trailed a long tail behind it.

“Level-20 ordinary monsters, Gene Zombies?” Song Jian frowned, finding the situation somewhat tricky.

“Anyway, I have to give it a try and see if I can lure them out one by one and kill them. If it doesn’t work, I’ll have to resort to Morphing into Dark Cloud and flying there,” said Song Jian, looking up towards the top of the building.

Morphing into Dark Cloud would easily allow him to reach the thirteenth floor. However, if a fight breaks out, the clamor would definitely attract monsters from other floors, making Song Jian face the entire building of monsters with just a single attack. What’s worse, the Morphing into Dark Cloud skill would then be in the cooling period, leaving him no option but to fight without the chance to escape.

Battling floor by floor would be somewhat time-consuming, but much safer). Soon enough, a Gene warrior spotted Song Jian as he approached the front door of the first floor. The Gene warrior rushed towards Song Jian, looking like the legendary werewolves with sharp fangs and two hands that had turned into wolf claws, bearing nails over a foot long that glittered with sharp, metallic light.

LV20 Gene Zombie (Ordinary), Vitality Points: 1400/1400, Characteristics:

Super Recovery, Skills: Claw Assault

“Its speed greatly exceeds that of the fifteenth-level monsters…” Sword Jian frowned slightly and directly activated his “Rapid Sword” skill, charging towards the monster.

Only in this way could he keep up with the rhythm of the Gene Zombie.

Broken Wing Dance!

The Crimson Fire Heart Ape Sword in Song Jian’s hand effortlessly tore through the zombie’s protective clothes, slashing a wound more than three feet long on its body.

However, Song Jian saw the wound healing astonishingly quickly as he withdrew his sword. In just a few seconds, there was no trace of it. The numbers “+2, +3, +2” floated in green above the Gene Zombie’s head.

Song Jian was taken aback and immediately accelerated his attack.

Whoosh, whoosh-

The first two attacks of the Broken Wing Dance landed on the Gene Zombie, and the third attack overpowered the beast’s claw assault, knocking it into a state of suspension in mid-air. Song Jian waved his sword, causing three Sword Silks to appear out of thin air. With a “sh- sh- sh-“, they pierced through the Gene Zombie’s body.

“Roar-”

The suspended Gene Zombie roared defiantly, its hideous face distorted in rage. The bloodthirsty gleam in its crimson eyes seemed to declare a fight to the death against Song Jian.

“Fight to the death? You wish…” Song Jian scoffed coldly. With a flick of his left hand, a three-meter-long silvery sword light shot out, piercing directly through the creature’s forehead and protruding from the back of its skull.

In an instant, the monster’s vitality dropped significantly. This attack had inflicted critical damage, substantially weakening the monster.

Thump!

The body of the Gene Zombie fell to the ground. In just a few moments, it had recovered over sixty Vitality Points. Startled, Song Jian observed that the greater the damage it suffered, the faster it seemed to recover.

“I can’t drag this out. I have to take it down as quickly as possible, or I’ll fall into its rhythm!” With this thought flashing through his mind, Song Jian decided to use his newly acquired sword technique.

Spiritual Sword Control Technique!

His Spirit Points dropped a notch as an ethereal long sword condensed above Song Jian’s head, thrusting towards the Gene Zombie. At the same time, Song Jian’s own long sword did not idle, continuously hacking at the monster’s body. The Sword of Spirit pierced the monster’s chest in an instant and disappeared. The Gene Zombie suddenly started to tremble, clutching its head tightly with both hands.

Ahhh-

A shrill scream came from the Gene warrior, resembling a howl of a wolf. Bloodied snakes seemed to ooze out of its seven orifices.

Startled by the monster’s reaction, Song Jian instinctively retreated, a light blue 150-point damage amount floating above the monster s head.

“just 150 points of spirit damage, huh? The Sword Silk inflicted at least close to 400 points of damage earlier, and you did not react much. So, why the big fuss now?” Song Jian wondered. Seeing the monster rolling on the ground, clutching its head in agony, Song Jian hurriedly advanced, slashing his swords at the monster and drained its last bit of vitality.

Looking at the monster’s body slowly burning to ashes, Song Jian frowned slightly, staring at the Spiritual Sword Control Technique in his skill bar and recalling the minute details of the just-concluded battle.

“Something’s up!” Song Jian thought to himself.