World Refresh: I Knew the Inside Info Ahead of Time
Chapter 40: Betrayal and Trust
Underwater, the situation suddenly changed. The Clawed Zombie prepared to continue forward but found itself surrounded by eight Giant Zombies.
The Clawed Zombie possessed some intelligence and now felt fearful. It couldn't understand why - every previous time it had attacked the Breeding Mutated Zombie, the opponent had sent at most three Giant Zombies. Why had it become eight today?
Against three Giant Zombies, it could kill at most two before starting to escape. How could it possibly fight eight?
Above the water, Su Letian was also stunned. He hadn't anticipated the Breeding Mutated Zombie had kept this card hidden. Was this really just a mutated zombie with ordinary intelligence? Was it practicing Sun Tzu's Art of War now?
"This is bad! The Clawed Zombie won't last long! I must notify the Prehistoric Colossus, otherwise we'll miss our chance."
Su Letian cursed inwardly. How could they possibly profit from this situation now? The balance of power had shifted, and the battle would end much faster. He hoped it wasn't too late to notify the Prehistoric Colossus.
Boom!
A tremendous sound erupted.
The monstrous beast crossed the waters, charging into the mutated zombie battlefield at impressive speed. Its massive tail swung, sending towering waves crashing high.
Three Giant Zombies that would normally give the mutated zombie trouble proved utterly helpless against the colossal tail. All eight Giant Zombies were smashed against the wall.
Crash! The massive tail shattered through the wall, causing the small building to tremble. Flesh from the Giant Zombies mixed with scattered concrete fragments, becoming indistinguishable.
The Breeding Mutated Zombie emitted a sharp shriek and turned to flee.
The Prehistoric Colossus merely lifted its leg and stomped down, instantly killing the Breeding Mutated Zombie.
The Clawed Zombie didn't run. It leaped from the water, extending ten sharp claws aimed directly at the giant beast's eyes.
The beast's wings, located on its back, flapped forward to shield itself.
Sharp claws scraped against turquoise scales, sparking brightly.
The Clawed Zombie opened its enormous mouth, biting toward the beast's wings. Its teeth were even sharper than its claws, capable of easily chewing through bone.
The wings suddenly flicked, sending the Clawed Zombie flying backward to crash heavily against an abandoned high-rise.
Su Letian, inside the building and very close to the Clawed Zombie, panicked and immediately dove into the water.
Countless bones had broken throughout the Clawed Zombie's body. Shattered bone fragments pierced through flesh at its shins, abdomen, and other areas, exposed to the air in a particularly gruesome display.
Hiss~ Roar~
The Clawed Zombie snarled at the Prehistoric Colossus, jaws gaping wide as if ready to crush the giant beast.
It tried to stand, preparing to leap toward the Prehistoric Colossus once more to tear the monstrous creature apart.
Crack~
Its body sank lower - the bones in its lower legs had shattered, with broken fragments barely supporting its weight.
A human would have long since passed out from the pain, but zombies felt no pain. It simply felt somewhat shorter with limited jumping ability.
The Clawed Zombie leaped again, this time reaching less than half its previous height. Mid-air, the giant beast's claw struck with explosive force, the powerful wind pressure hitting the Clawed Zombie's face first, causing the rotting flesh to tremble, followed by the monstrous claw descending with brutal force.
Smack!
Like swatting a mosquito, the Clawed Zombie offered no resistance, instantly smashed into the wall.
The concrete wall shattered, and the Clawed Zombie had lost all human form, becoming a pulpy mass of flesh.
The Prehistoric Colossus picked out the Supernatural Characteristic within, rinsed it several times in the water to make it appear somewhat cleaner.
After swallowing the Supernatural Characteristic on the spot, the beast's claws grew, their edges sharpening. All the teeth in its mouth transformed into triangular shapes, with two additional rows of sharp teeth emerging. When its massive jaws opened, it resembled a gigantic meat grinder.
Li Xuan raised his arm, his sharp claws slicing past the abandoned high-rise's windows, cutting through the steel window frames, scraping across concrete walls and leaving deep grooves.
He had become stronger.
In previous battles, he had relied mainly on the tremendous power from his enormous size, with his tail as the primary weapon. As for his massive jaws? He found zombies disgusting and had never used his jaws to attack them.
After the claw transformation, his main attack method could shift to using his claws.
The forelimbs of his Prehistoric Colossus form appeared relatively small compared to its overall body, but they were much larger than a Tyrannosaurus Rex's small arms, sufficient to handle most situations.
"The cooperation ends here. If you discover mutated zombies in the future, you can contact me again," Li Xuan spoke.
An Chun had witnessed the entire process of the Prehistoric Colossus brutally slaughtering the mutated zombies. The Clawed Zombie, whose individual strength could overwhelm ordinary zombies, had been kicked to death like a stray dog on the roadside.
Violent! Powerful!
While feeling envious, An Chun repeatedly told herself that she too could become this powerful in the future.
"How do I contact you?"
"What's your phone number?"
"1......, did you remember?" An Chun said.
"Remembered. I'll contact you periodically. If you can still find mutated zombies, we'll have opportunities for cooperation again. Same as this time - one share for you, one share for me. Additionally, if you find Supernatural Characteristics compatible with me, I can offer you certain rewards."
Having said this, Li Xuan turned and left, the giant beast gradually disappearing.
An Chun breathed a sigh of relief, patting her chest. "Just as I guessed - the giant beast isn't a disorderly thug. It can communicate and cooperate."
After stabilizing her emotions, An Chun paddled her boat to search for Su Letian, who had jumped into the water after being frightened by the Clawed Zombie.
She shouted across the water surface but received no response from Su Letian for a long time.
"He can't swim? Could he have drowned?" An Chun grew anxious. She approached the abandoned high-rise, removed her excess clothing, and leaped from where Su Letian had jumped into the water, diving down to search for him.
The water was murky, and keeping eyes open underwater was uncomfortable. To find Su Letian, An Chun forced her eyes wide open, diligently searching for any trace of him.
After a long time, An Chun surfaced with a strange expression.
Su Letian wasn't in the water, not even at the bottom.
Where had Su Letian gone?
An Chun turned her gaze toward where the Breeding Mutated Zombie had died. She had already suspected this possibility but couldn't bring herself to believe it.
She paddled to the target location, jumped into the water, and found the Breeding Mutated Zombie that had become a pulpy mess.
She rummaged through it repeatedly with her hands but found nothing. The Breeding Mutated Zombie's Supernatural Characteristic was gone.
An Chun returned to the surface, struggling to climb back onto the boat. The cold rain beat against her body as she tightly bit her lip, not caring that blood was flowing.
Her body trembled, both from the cold and from heartbreak.
"Su Letian! I'm telling you, bitch! I didn't scheme against your wife! You're a rotten person! You scheme against a woman who never meant you any harm! You don't deserve happiness!" An Chun screamed like a madwoman, attracting Zombie Fish. She barely managed to dodge them, scrambling frantically into the abandoned high-rise.
In her heart, she cursed Su Letian's lack of conscience over and over.
She had shared her entire plan with Su Letian precisely to eliminate his suspicions, yet he had still doubted her in the end, betraying her!
An ungrateful, treacherous snake!
Hidden in the shadows, Su Letian heard An Chun's furious shouting and closed his eyes in pain.
There was no going back. Everything was beyond recovery.
Even if he returned and gave the Breeding Zombie's Supernatural Characteristic to An Chun, there would still be resentment between them. A thick barrier had already formed between them.
Their relationship could never return to what it was before.
Gritting his teeth, Su Letian activated his transformation ability, instantly morphing into a woman.
That's right - he also possessed a transformation ability, but the transformation target was so peculiar that he had always claimed to others that he had no transformation ability.
His transformation target was his own wife!
The reason he had this ability was because while his wife was cooking rice porridge, one of her hairs had accidentally fallen in. When the darkness descended, he happened to consume his wife's hair.
"I will bring you back to life!" Su Letian swallowed the Breeding Supernatural Characteristic.
He had observed that the zombies born from the Breeding Mutated Zombie all shared characteristics with their parent. This meant he could use the Breeding Supernatural Characteristic to create someone identical to his wife.
Although the process was too shameful to mention, he was willing to endure it!