Infinite Ebullience-Chapter 24 - 17 Shadow Barbie Part 2

24: Chapter 17 Shadow Barbie (Part 2)

24: Chapter 17 Shadow Barbie (Part 2)

The afternoon sun shone on Tang Zheng, carrying with it a lingering salty sea breeze unique to the Los Angeles West Coast.

He had an urge in his frantic sprint to find a lounge chair and bask in the sun.

But he quickly discarded the luxurious thought, rushing into the underground cement ramp before the zombies could react.

As he walked slowly down, the air seemed to cool without the sun’s touch.

Tang Zheng widened his eyes, scanning the surroundings.

He liked this open space, even if needed to dodge, he had plenty of room to move.

About fifty meters down the ramp, Tang Zheng arrived at the underground parking lot.

Looking at the luxury cars of various brands — Hummers, Rolls-Royces, Bentleys…

He suddenly realized that they were all abandoned.

This realization was incredibly pleasing to him.

He unhesitatingly walked up to a Hummer H3.

Just as he leaned in to have a look, a zombified child’s head banged against the glass, trying to bite him.

There was also a middle-aged white man in the driver’s seat of the Hummer, scrabbling fiercely at the glass and making a grating noise.

They must be father and son.

After this incident, Tang Zheng began to search with great caution.

There weren’t many zombies, so he felt at ease and decided to practice his shooting.

In the underground parking garage, even if the gunshots were loud, the number of zombies they could attract would still be limited.

He safety-checked the gun, unlocked the firing switch, cocked the handle, loaded a bullet into the chamber, and started looking for unlucky zombies.

In less than ten seconds, a zombie dressed in a suit spotted him and started to jog toward him. freewebnσvel.cøm

“Stay calm, shoot when it gets within five meters.” As the zombie got closer, Tang Zheng whispered to himself, pulling the trigger decisively.

His first shot was a success — or it could be said that it was nearly impossible to miss with a shotgun.

With a bang, half of the zombie’s body was turned into a sieve and was knocked back by the stopping power of the bullet, rolling on the ground.

Upon hearing the gunshot, several nearby zombies started to slowly run towards him.

Tang Zheng calmly ran to a hotel bus nearby, climbed onto the roof using his hands and feet, and began to slowly aim downwards, using the zombies surrounding the bus for target practice.

With each gunshot, a zombie’s head would be blown apart.

In a short time, the bus was splattered with brain matter and fresh blood.

Chunks of flesh were flying everywhere.

At the sight of this gruesome scene, the initial excitement of handling a gun for the first time began to fade, and Tang Zheng started to feel nauseated.

The smell of gunpowder in the air became somewhat irritating.

After a few minutes of rest, he jumped down from the roof of the bus and slowly continued to patrol the underground parking garage.

He needed to ensure there wasn’t any danger lurking.

It took more than an hour to ensure there were no zombies in the underground parking garage, which covered more than three thousand square meters.

Tang Zheng’s next goal was the zombies in the backyard.

He planned to clear them out — after all, keeping them around would be a potential threat.

Upon reaching the garage entrance, he took out his dog leg knife and started hitting the ground with it to attract the attention of the zombies.

But seconds later, a series of eerie female laughter filled the air.

“What the…” Gun in hand, Tang Zheng looked around but found nothing.

The creepy laughter was heard yet again, this time extremely close.

Surprised, Tang Zheng’s hair stood on end.

He instinctively pressed himself against the wall at the entrance of the parking ramp, prioritizing his safety from rear attacks.

The laughter continued to ring out, seeming to constantly shift in direction, but always centered around Tang Zheng.

This entity seemed in no hurry to attack, treating Tang Zheng like a plaything.

“This is obviously a zombie, can it be invisible?” He raised his gun, and without hesitation, shot at the direction of the laughter.

A gunshot echoed, seemingly hitting nothing.

However, the laughter turned into a piercing scream as an entity lunged towards Tang Zheng at an alarming speed.

“Damn it.” Without thinking, Tang Zheng quickly retreated, simultaneously cocking the handle to load a bullet and shooting towards the area in front of him.

He fired off all six rounds, creating a barrage of bullets.

The invisible zombie finally appeared after being grazed by a barrage.

It was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, dressed in silk suspender pajamas adorned with black spots.

Every movement she made exposed her cotton panties and belly button, but Tang Zheng was in no mood to appreciate it.

Her face was pale, her body stained with blood, especially around her mouth which seemed to be chewing on something.

This was a Shadow Barbie zombie, possessing a special ability to turn invisible.

Her figure was extraordinarily slender and weak, but her strength and speed were second to none.

Just in the blink of an eye, she pounced on Tang Zheng again.

There was no time to reload his shotgun, Tang Zheng held up his M870 with his left hand to fend off the Shadow Barbie’s onslaught, and hastily pulled out his heavy dog leg knife with his right hand, aiming a ferocious slash at her blonde haired head.

Whoosh, the zombie girl deftly jumped to the left to dodge his slash, and then pounced again.

“Damn fast.” Seeing that he missed, Tang Zheng immediately withdrew his knife and slashed again in continental move, but the zombie girl dodged again, her chilling laughter echoing again.

Tang Zheng’s back was clawed by the zombie girl.

Thanks to his protective suit, he was unharmed, but the close call still scared him cold.

He knew that if this continued, he would surely be toyed to death by the highly agile Shadow Barbie.

Gritting his teeth, he backed against the wall and then held out his left hand to block when she pounced again.

As expected, driven by instincts, the zombie girl bit down on his arm.

Tang Zheng took this opportunity to use the force of the Shadow Barbie’s momentum and fiercely swung his left arm towards the wall.

With a loud bang, he slammed her into it.

The zombie girl’s bite was startled loose and her hands scrambled wildly, but Tang Zheng paid no heed.

He held her down with his arm while his right hand, clutching on the dog leg knife, thrust it mercilessly into her neck.

Then he stirred the blade and horizontally slashed, nearly severing her slender neck.

Blood immediately gushed out, drenching Tang Zheng.

“Damn, she is still alive, what a stubborn vitality.” But with most of her neck severed, Shadow Barbie lost control of her body, her hands fell down, and her struggle weakened significantly.

Tang Zheng cursed and dealt the fatal blow.

Seeing the zombie girl dead for good, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the ground.

After checking that his protective suit was still intact, he felt a sudden surge of gratitude.

If not for it, he would have been dead several times.

However, he did not fancy the prospect of more hand-to-hand combats with zombies.

If he kept on in this reckless manner, his protective suit would definitely break.

“Idiot, how could I forget to use the Furious Queen?” After taking some rest, Tang Zheng slapped his forehead in sudden realization of his stupidity.

He had forgot to use his newly acquired ability.

Well, it’s not too late.

There were still many zombies waiting to be dealt with in the backyard.

As Tang Zheng was about to stand up and leave, he glanced at the body of the Shadow Barbie and smiled.

There was a golden seed, with a glowing miniature Jupiter.

It seemed that his adventure was worthwhile.

Besides accomplishing his set mission, he even got extra rewards.

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