Rebirth of MC Chpt 102 - 202 (unedited translations)

Chapter 118: Acquiring the materials

A combat boot pushes off the wall, the other rising in a scissor-kick, steel-toed shoe smashing into a zombie's lower jaw and sending it staggering backwards. A handful of bullets riddle the body of the undead, only for it to shrug the injury off. Brandishing its claws, it attacks again.

"Little Yuan." Long Zhanye's eyes narrow as he flings his hand out. Like an arrow shot from a bow, the sword flies forward, piercing through the zombie's torso, pinning it to the wall behind.

Three coin talismans strike the undead. Ear-piercing shrieks ring out as the zombie struggles to free itself even as it burns in a golden blaze.

A scarlet crystal rolls to a stop before Huo Zaiyuan's feet. Bending to pick it up, he absently comments, "That's the fourth. One more remaining."

"The evolved zombies in this building...the latter is stronger than the previous one..." Qin Jun frowns as he reloads his rifle.

["It's only customary that each enemy gets stronger the further in you go. This one was the small BOSS. The last one is most probably the big BOSS. Our target is still moving around on the seventh floor, with no indication of coming down."] Li Qing jokes as he reports their current situation. ["Be careful with this one."]

"Un. Just focus on the activity in the main building," Long Zhanye grunts in acknowledgement before beckoning to the others.

Still in formation, the party of five make their way up to the seventh level.

When the set foot on the stairs leading upwards, they realise something strange. Starting from the bottom of this stairs, there are absolutely no traces of human remains or debris on the floor. Besides a layer of sand and dust, this floor is especially clean compared to the bottom levels.

["Everyone, take caution. That zombie is retreating!"] Watching the blue figure on screen deliberately inching backwards, Li Qing warns.

Typically, zombies who notice the presence of living humans will immediately throw themselves towards their preys without care for anything. However, this one acts contrary to what is expected, retreating instead of attacking.

Long Zhanye gestures over his shoulder. Qin Jun and Lu Yi move forward to stand beside him, forming a front line as they round another bend. Hou Yong and Huo Zaiyuan follow behind, the latter clutching a couple of talismans in favour of his firearm.

The seventh floor is very dim, the Boston Ivy crawling down the walls completely covering every available window. The only source of light comes from sunlight filtering through the various cracks in the walls, illuminating the darkness enough so that one can make out a vaguely humanoid figure standing in the middle of the long hallway.

At a glance, the figure doesn't look like an undead. Clad in long-sleeved hoodie and trousers with the hood pulled up over its head, one cannot see its face clearly.

The strange zombie remains motionless, actions mirrored by Long Zhanye's party. They certainly aren't going to lower their guards here.

Both parties in a deadlock, the stilted and tense silence continues until the zombie abruptly moves. But it doesn't leap towards the humans, instead spinning on its heels and fleeing through a window.

Long Zhanye blinks, then rushes over to the window it jumped out of only to see a figure springing up from a crouch, running away at high-speeds, leaping over houses and obstacles in its way.

["That...zombie actually ran away."] Li Qing voices his disbelief.

"Since it fled, then we don't need to bother ourselves with it. Quickly, retrieve what we came here for and leave this city." Long Zhanye glances one last time in the direction that strange undead vanished to, then turns around and promptly snaps out orders.