Pu!
Bai Ye stepped forward and pulled the Ning Shuang sword from the zombie's head, splattering foul blood.
He was thoroughly fed up with his frail body from ten years ago.
Fortunately, the T-virus was now in hand. As long as he could obtain the T-virus vaccine, he could inject it to improve his body. Moreover, the sudden appearance of the zombies had given Bai Ye an idea.
Zombies were, in essence, walking corpses, thus possessing a strong stench of decay.
However, this smell wasn't very potent if one kept a distance. The reason was simple: this was an underground base.
Constructing the base underground made ventilation crucial. Since a large number of researchers would be working here long-term, Umbrella Corporation's underground bases were equipped with an excellent air circulation system, naturally leading to numerous, interconnected ventilation ducts.
As he thought this, Bai Ye quickly entered the restroom and soon found the ventilation duct opening. After removing the grate, Bai Ye tested it, finding the space sufficient for him to crawl through.
Wriggling his body, Bai Ye began to ascend through the ventilation duct.
At each grate he passed, Bai Ye would peer down to confirm his location before continuing his ascent.
"Quickly pass the office area, the virus storage room is behind that."
Bai Ye took a deep breath and shifted his gaze forward, continuing to crawl. It was then that Bai Ye felt something sticky in his hand.
Looking down, Bai Ye found a pool of viscous liquid, carrying a faint, foul odor.
"No way!"
Bai Ye felt a sense of dread.
The next moment, a whimpering sound echoed from ahead in the ventilation duct.
"Fine!" Bai Ye sighed. "It seems bad luck truly finds you no matter how you try to avoid it!"
Just around the corner of the ventilation duct ahead of Bai Ye, a hound slowly emerged.
The hound was naturally not alive but had been dead for a long time. Due to viral infection, it had become a zombie dog. Its fur was gone, leaving its skin bare, and a section was missing, revealing bone covered in scraps of flesh.
The man and the dog made eye contact for half a second before the zombie dog suddenly lunged forward, charging towards Bai Ye.
"Ning Shuang, Sword Control!"
The Ning Shuang sword, floating before Bai Ye, instantly transformed into a silver streak of light and flew forward, piercing the zombie dog's head.
The zombie dog let out a mournful howl and thrashed against the duct walls, but it soon fell silent.
However, just as Bai Ye was about to relax, the seemingly lifeless zombie dog began to move forward again.
How could this be?
Bai Ye was momentarily stunned. Zombies were supposed to stop moving after their heads were pierced. Then, Bai Ye looked closer. The zombie dog's limbs were not moving; its body was being pushed forward by something.
Bai Ye immediately understood...
There was more than one zombie dog!
The zombie dog behind it was still running forward, pushing the corpse.
"Ning Shuang!"
Bai Ye quickly hissed, but the Ning Shuang sword, embedded in the zombie dog's head, vibrated a few times and failed to fly back.
The Ning Shuang sword was stuck!
"Is this what they call misfortunes never come singly?"
Bai Ye cursed, drawing his handgun and pulling the trigger towards the front.
Bang, bang, bang...
Gunshots rang out continuously, and blood holes appeared on the zombie dog's corpse, black blood spraying out.
But...
It was useless!
The bullets were insufficient to penetrate the corpse and hit the zombie dog behind it. Moreover, even if they could penetrate, they might not hit its head.
At this very moment...
The corpse was finally pushed to Bai Ye's front.
The ventilation duct could barely accommodate Bai Ye crawling. In this situation, Bai Ye could not turn around and could only push against the corpse with his hand.
And in that instant...
A dog's bark. From behind the corpse, a second zombie dog suddenly poked its head out and lunged towards Bai Ye's wrist.
Bai Ye reacted quickly, raising his right hand and smashing the zombie dog's head with his rifle butt, caving in its skull.
But in just a moment, the zombie dog twisted its head back, relentlessly preparing to tear into Bai Ye again.
"Ice Barrier!"
As Bai Ye shouted, the Ning Shuang sword, still lodged in the zombie dog's head, suddenly emitted a silver-white glow. Immediately, the surrounding temperature plummeted, and a thick frost mist appeared, freezing the surroundings. An ice wall that adhered to the ventilation duct thus materialized before Bai Ye.
Bang, bang, bang...
The zombie dog behind, clambering over its companion's corpse, repeatedly slammed against the ice wall with dull thuds.
"There's no other way!"
Bai Ye took a deep breath. It was difficult to advance further in the ventilation duct.
The ice wall began to grow larger, causing the ventilation duct to warp. Finally, with a loud "boom," the ventilation duct completely burst open.
Bai Ye fell from the air vent.
Upon landing, a circle of zombies immediately closed in on Bai Ye.
Bai Ye's face showed little surprise. The commotion in the ventilation duct was so loud that the zombies in this area were bound to be attracted by the noise.
Bai Ye quickly got to his feet and immediately raised his handgun, decisively pulling the trigger.
Bang, bang, bang...
At such close range, Bai Ye could not miss. With each gunshot, the zombies fell one after another.
After emptying his magazine, Bai Ye swiftly leaped onto a table, creating distance while rapidly reloading.
Concurrently, the Ning Shuang sword transformed back from the ice wall into a flying sword.
"Sword Illusion Frost Dance!"
Sword Illusion Frost Dance: Transforms the sword into frost, randomly inflicting freeze, frostbite, and slow effects on targets within a 3-meter radius.
At Bai Ye's command, the Ning Shuang sword rapidly transformed into frost and descended into the zombie horde, followed by an explosion of silver-white frost.
The surrounding zombies were instantly covered in silver-white frost, their bodies freezing, and their movements slowing down.
Bang, bang, bang...
Bai Ye seized the opportunity, raising his handgun and continuously pulling the trigger.
Blood splattered from the zombies' heads, and with the gunshots, they fell one by one.
But at this moment...
Crack!
Above Bai Ye's head, a ventilation duct grate suddenly fell, and a zombie dog leaped down, pouncing onto Bai Ye.
After knocking Bai Ye to the ground, the zombie dog opened its maw and lunged for Bai Ye's head. Fortunately, Bai Ye reacted swiftly, tilting his head. The zombie dog then bit into the ground.
And then...
Zzzzz!
A sharp crackle of electricity suddenly echoed!