LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 63: I’ll Give You Two Helpers
Chapter 63: I'll Give You Two Helpers
Construction Material Street.
The street was lined with hardware stores, paint shops, and lumber yards.
The skeleton army, with their backs against the shops, defended against the tide of zombies surging toward them.
Wu Heng, under the protection of the skeletons, carefully cast 【Grease Spell】.
A large group of zombies slipped and fell, only to be trampled by more zombies coming from behind.
Wu Heng lit a rag and threw it into the grease.
Whoosh~!
Flames roared to life, engulfing the fallen zombies.
Thud, thud, thud~!
The running and roaring didn’t stop.
After a brief pause, a large wave of zombies rushed through the flames, their bodies ablaze, still charging at the skeletons.
Thunk, thunk, thunk~!
The dried, decayed bodies crashed into the spears, shoving and clawing like vengeful spirits.
The spear-wielding skeletons thrust and withdrew their weapons repeatedly, while the cleaver-wielding skeletons hacked at the incoming zombies.
Zombies fell in droves, but some skeletons were torn apart, reduced to piles of bones.
Wu Heng, hiding among the skeletons, cast 【 Witch Arrow】 at the zombies, boosting the damage of his side.
Spellcasting here wasn’t like in games where allies and enemies were clearly differentiated.
The Grease Spell could cause skeletons to slip, and the Witch Arrow might accidentally hit a skeleton.
So, Wu Heng had to keep his distance when casting.
Otherwise, one misstep could wipe out his own troops.
Bagdong, Big Guy, and other high-level skeletons were positioned in the formation to take out any zombies that broke through the lines.
The two skeletons above level 10 displayed impressive combat prowess.
Especially Big Guy, whose one swing could send zombies flying four or five meters.
Even if they didn’t die on impact, they were left crippled, crawling forward with difficulty.
【Experience gained +4.】
【Summoned Creature - Skeleton Warrior gained experience +2.】
【Summoned...】
【Summoned Creature - Skeleton Warrior reached level 5, unlocked trait: Basic Soul. Strength +1, Perception +6, Intelligence +8, Charisma +4.】
【Summoned Creature - Skeleton Warrior reached level 5...】
As the battle raged on,
Wu Heng and the skeletons quickly gained experience.
Several skeleton warriors leveled up to 5.
Unlocking 【Basic Soul】.
Amid the roaring and fighting, the number of zombies began to dwindle.
Wu Heng assessed the situation and ordered, "Attack."
Clatter~!
The skeletons that had been holding their ground charged forward.
Like a meat grinder, they crashed into the remaining zombies, their weapons raining down, slaying them all.
The last crawling zombie was killed, leaving the street silent.
The skeletons returned to their standby positions, standing motionless.
Wu Heng looked at the bodies scattered around and asked, "Xiaoxiao, where are those dogs you mentioned?"
Xiaoxiao, feeling a bit scared, clung to his shoulder and replied, "I don't know. They were on this street earlier; maybe they ran away."
Before entering the street, Wu Heng had Xiaoxiao scout ahead.
Besides the zombie horde, she also spotted two dogs—mutated canines.
But after the battle, there was no trace of them.
"Maybe."
Mutated canines have some intelligence; the fight might have scared them off.
This dashed Wu Heng's hopes of killing them for corpse cores.
He had an antidote, so corpse cores were like magic pills, enhancing his attributes.
Unfortunately, not this time.
After confirming that all the zombies were dead,
Wu Heng took Bagdong and a few skeletons into a hardware store.
The store was a mess.
Shelves were overturned, and the floor was littered with broken glass, screws, and items like kettles.
The floor creaked underfoot.
Soon, he found various tools and the metal pipes and welding rods he needed.
The store’s stock was enough for the auto repair shop to make a decent amount of weapons for him.
After searching around the store,
he found several boxes of gas masks under a shelf.
They had filters below and clear face shields on top.
The packaging indicated they were for chemical and pesticide use, filtering over 95%.
This reminded Wu Heng of Kavina’s plague doctor mask, which also filtered toxins but had the side effect of poisoning the wearer.
These gas masks seemed better.
At least they filtered out toxins without the mask itself being toxic.
There was a good supply of gas masks; he found an entire box.
"Uncle, did you find what you were looking for?" Xiaoxiao flew down from the roof, glancing around.
"Yes, and there’s quite a lot."
"Is it all this stuff?"
"Yes, it's all tools for the people at the auto repair shop."
"Oh, I see!" Xiaoxiao circled around and then asked, "What if they don’t do their job properly? Will you kill them?"
Wu Heng was taken aback. "Why do you think that?"
"What if they don’t work properly?"
"If they want food, they’ll have to work. Otherwise, they’ll go hungry," Wu Heng explained.
"What if they go hungry and still refuse to work? What will you do?"
"I doubt they’d be that stubborn!"
Wu Heng walked around the store, thinking about how to transport everything back.
He looked inside and out, finding a few three-wheeled carts on the side of the road.
The street was filled with wrecked cars, so driving back would be more trouble than it was worth.
These carts might be useful.
He had some skeletons bring the carts to the store entrance and then directed them to start loading the goods.
They filled several carts with goods, and the rest with bodies.
Once everything was handled, he had Big Guy move the wrecked cars to clear a path, and the team set off, pushing the carts and carrying the bodies.
As the skeleton army slowly moved away,
a massive, four-limbed humanoid zombie emerged from the distance.
One of its huge claws dragged along two limp mutated canines.
Its eyes followed the departing skeletons as it paced back and forth.
With a sharp claw, it crushed the head of one mutated canine, letting the blood and flesh ooze through its fingers before tossing the corpse core into its mouth and swallowing it.
.........
Xiaodong Auto Repair Shop.
"Those skeletons haven’t come back yet. Maybe they were all killed."
"Better they didn’t all die. He hasn’t given us any food yet. If he dies, who do we ask?"
"With so many zombies, even if they didn’t die, they’d have lost a lot of skeletons."
The group speculated whether the skeleton army was dead or had retreated with heavy losses.
Just then, the walkie-talkie on the table crackled to life.
Everyone froze, instinctively holding their breath.
"Xiaodong Auto Repair Shop, come to the roadside and unload the goods. Take what you need."
"Hello? Can you hear me?"
At the second prompt, Li Yahong and the others snapped out of it.
They stared at each other in disbelief.
He really came back with the goods.
She picked up the walkie-talkie. "Is everything okay on your end?"
The walkie-talkie crackled, "No issues. I’ll be there soon. Get ready. I need to talk to you."
Li Yahong’s expression changed, but she replied, "Oh, alright!"
The walkie-talkie clicked off just as the lookout came rushing down.
"Sister Hong, the skeletons are back, and they’re pushing several carts."
They quickly climbed to the roof and saw the skeletons, guarding the carts as they slowly approached.
Besides the steel pipes and tools on the carts, the most noticeable thing was the pile of charred bodies.
.........
Roadside.
The people from Xiaodong Auto Repair nervously unloaded the goods.
Their eyes cautiously swept over the skeletons on either side, their legs trembling.
Being watched by so many skeletons made them feel uneasy.
Not far away.
Li Yahong saw Wu Heng, along with the ghostly Xiaoxiao perched on his shoulder.
Seeing that he was indeed human made her feel almost unreal.
"Hello, sir. I'm Li Yahong. If there's anything you need us to do, please instruct us," Li Yahong said humbly, even bowing slightly as they met.
Wu Heng glanced at her.
She was younger than he had expected, in her early twenties, with short, slightly tanned skin, and a decent appearance. Not exactly a beauty, but she had a capable look about her.
"I'm assigning you two helpers to assist with your work."
"Ah? Oh, alright!" Li Yahong was startled, but she instinctively agreed.
"Spear One and Spear Two, follow her and help with the tasks."
The skeletons holding pitchforks walked over and stood beside Wu Heng.
Li Yahong looked at the skeletons holding iron spears, their skulls glowing with blue light.
Her legs trembled.
"S-Skeletons?"
