CHAPTER 44: CHAPTER 44 TRAINING THE ARCHER

Before setting out, to ensure nothing went wrong, Lin Yi still had Xiaochuan put on Professional armor.

"Not bad at all..." Melanie, the black girl, sneaked a glance at Xiaochuan, her voice as soft as a breeze, as if afraid of being overheard.

Lin Yi’s gaze fell on Xiaochuan, this young man of average height and slender build.

Even holding a bow and arrow, dressed in black armor, he didn’t exude any masculinity.

"What exactly does she see in him? I’ll never understand young people these days..." Lin Yi muttered to himself helplessly.

He reached out, pulled Xiaochuan along, and stepped into the real world.

Upon arrival in reality, Lin Yi looked around.

Then, he pointed at a zombie that was slowly approaching the two of them, teasing Xiaochuan, "Go ahead, your dream lover is watching."

"Okay, boss!" Xiaochuan took a deep breath and drew an arrow.

A moment later, there was a "whoosh" sound.

The arrow hit the zombie’s left eye perfectly, causing it to stagger a few steps before falling to the ground, dead on the spot.

"I did it!" Xiaochuan was so excited that his face turned red, and he nearly jumped up.

Lin Yi sighed and reminded him not to get too complacent.

After all, this was the apocalypse, where even a slight carelessness could cost one’s life.

"Understood, boss!" Xiaochuan nodded vigorously, though a hint of indifference still showed on his face, clearly still immersed in the excitement from earlier.

Lin Yi shrugged, said no more, and let him go retrieve the spoils and arrows.

"Melanie, report the situation," Lin Yi asked the second monitor operator through the earpiece.

"Boss, at three o’clock, there are two zombies slowly approaching, everything else is normal!" Melanie, the black girl, responded swiftly, clearly fully immersed in her role.

"Understood, report any danger or anomalies to me immediately."

"Understood."

Lin Yi took his hand off the earpiece and continued leading Xiaochuan along the street towards the Sacred Heart Cathedral.

With Lin Yi’s guidance and field clearing, Xiaochuan quickly dispatched two more zombies.

The young man was exhilarated, his self-esteem swelling: "Boss, these zombies don’t seem so scary after all!"

Lin Yi smiled subtly and unobtrusively took the bow and arrow from Xiaochuan’s hands, giving him a One-handed Sword instead.

He then pointed to a lone zombie twenty meters away, gesturing for him to go and show what he could do.

The moment Xiaochuan saw the zombie’s ferocious face, his body involuntarily shivered.

But recalling his previous success against the zombies, he mustered up his courage and stepped forward.

However, as the distance closed, his steps slowed, until finally, he stopped, unable to take another step forward.

At twenty meters, the zombies didn’t seem that terrifying;

at ten meters, they were a bit nerve-wracking; at five meters, they were downright ominous.

At one meter away...

Looking at the zombie’s distorted, deformed features, eyes reduced to two black holes teeming with maggots...

Xiaochuan was so terrified that he turned pale, stumbled backward in panic!

"Ah—ugh..." He screamed, quickly running back to Lin Yi, and started vomiting hard.

Clearly, the euphoria of victory had long disappeared without a trace.

Lin Yi patiently waited for him to regain composure, then handed him a Level 3 bow, speaking earnestly: "No matter when or where, never underestimate any zombie... You’re almost Level 2, just kill a few more..."

At this moment, Xiaochuan adjusted his attitude too, looking very earnest and serious: "Okay, boss!"

But just then, Melanie’s voice came through Lin Yi’s earpiece: "Boss! There’s a big zombie hidden in an apartment building fifteen meters away!"

Lin Yi immediately stopped and asked, "Got it, is it acting alone?"

"No, it’s with four regular zombies. Looks like an ambush..."

"Zombies are setting ambushes now, huh? Things are getting interesting..." Lin Yi stroked his chin with interest, his eyes showing a hint of thrill.

Meanwhile, Xiaochuan, at the thought of fighting a mutant zombie, was trembling all over with fear.

In the whole shelter, besides Lin Yi, only Xiaochuan, the surveillance operator, knew the mutant zombies best.

When they first entered the shelter, the boss was chased by a mutant zombie, and he saw it all clearly through the camera;

As the shelter developed, he witnessed the boss grappling with the mutant zombies through the camera too;

Until the thrilling scene at the apartment camp with Blaise when the boss chased down and killed a mutant zombie! He saw that through the cameras as well!

One could say, Xiaochuan watched Lin Yi grow stronger and also witnessed the terrifying strength of mutant zombies.

And now, just after realizing his strength, the boss wanted him to go kill mutant zombies!?

Xiaochuan looked terrified: "Boss, maybe we should..."

"Don’t worry, I just want to test if the Level 3 bow can kill it, I’m here, you’ll be fine." Lin Yi said, as an assault rifle appeared in his hands.

"But..."

Xiaochuan just started to speak when Lin Yi began walking towards the apartment.

He kept going, not stopping until he was about to pass the apartment—

Crash!

Suddenly, a wooden door was smashed open, and a nearly 3-meter-tall zombie leaped out.

Behind it, four regular zombies followed, charging madly at Lin Yi.

Unfazed, Lin Yi aimed his assault rifle at the mutant zombie’s knees and fired a barrage.

The powerful impact sent the mutant zombie crashing to the ground, allowing Lin Yi to sweep horizontally with his gun.

The four regular zombies were instantly blown to bits by the bullets.

The mutant zombie stood up, suddenly leaping forward like a fierce tiger ready to pounce.

Lin Yi reacted quickly, flicking his hand, the Black One-Handed Sword appeared in his hand, and he leaped up, though he was slower, he struck first.

Swish! Swish! Two sharp sounds cut through the air.

When Lin Yi landed and posed coolly with one knee on the ground, holding his sword, the mutant zombie crashed heavily to the ground.

"Awooo!" The hulking zombie roared in anger, attempting to stand up again.

But unfortunately, its legs had long been severed.

Seeing that the hulking zombie still tried to crawl towards him, Lin Yi didn’t hesitate and pinned it to the ground with his sword.

Seeing it could no longer cause damage, he turned to the pale-faced Xiaochuan and said, "Try using the arrow to finish it."

"O...okay, boss..." Xiaochuan, still shaken, nervously nocked an arrow and shot, but missed entirely...

"Again!" Lin Yi encouraged.

Xiaochuan nocked another arrow, this time hitting the mutant zombie’s elbow, but the arrow couldn’t penetrate its tough bone.

"Aim for the head, or the ears and eyes!"

Xiaochuan nocked an arrow once more, successfully hitting the mutant zombie’s eyeball, but the arrow just stuck briefly before falling out.

Lin Yi crouched down to inspect, finding the mutant zombie’s eye was only scratched, with no actual damage done.

So, he signaled Xiaochuan to get closer.

"This bow isn’t powerful enough! Pull the bowstring tighter! Shoot another arrow..."