294: Mysterious race

“The Seat of Wang’s mount is actually a Fifth-level Infected,” someone on the ground said, their eyes filled with awe and envy.

A Level Five, and an S-rank Fifth-level Infected at that. The highest level for humans in the world right now is only this level.

“What level do you think the Chairman Wang herself is?”

Everyone knew that Chairman Wang was an A-rank Talent Holder, and experience stones were much easier for her to obtain compared to S-Rank Talent Users.

“At least Level Five.”

“If Chairman Wang’s Talent could break through to S-rank, I wonder how much more formidable she would become.”

“Let’s leave here quickly, lest we get caught in the aftermath.”

Hundreds of people began to evacuate rapidly.

Surging waves rolled, and countless fireballs fell, killing an unknown number of Infected. But… Chairman Wang’s gaze was solemn; looking out, the Corpse Tide seemed endless. Recalling the estimated number, her heart trembled.

Suddenly, a gigantic mutated Infected rose from the distant Corpse Tide. Its body was over a dozen stories high, covered in bone spurs, and its dark red eyes stared at Chairman Wang, grasping a few small figures in its hand and throwing them into its mouth to chew.

“Fifth-level Infected,” Chairman Wang thought, her heart heavy. Just as she had expected, such a terrifyingly numerous Corpse Tide definitely contained many powerful Infected.

However, she felt a strange aura from this Infected, an aura that didn't seem to come from an Infected. This Infected gave her an odd feeling, as if it wasn't… a human transformed.

The bone-spurred Infected’s mouth still had human legs twitching. With a flick of its long tongue, the blood remaining on its mouth and the food that had spilled out were all swept clean.

Its gaze fixed on Chairman Wang, as if admiring its food.

But at this moment, the four swirling clouds, seemingly having accumulated enough power, finally erupted!

Like a natural disaster, tornadoes descended from the vortexes, stirring up wind and clouds. The four vortexes merged and repelled each other, like a meat grinder, sweeping towards the Infected.

The Infected on the ground were like ants, sucked into the Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water vortex, instantly exploding into a bloody mist.

In just an instant, over a thousand Infected died.

Seeing the vortex, the bone-spurred Infected took a step. Dense skeletons emerged from the ground, like undead. At this, the number of Infected not only didn't decrease but became even more terrifying.

What exactly is this thing? Seeing that the opponent wanted to destroy the Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water tornado, Chairman Wang no longer held back and launched an attack.

The power of water and fire formed two pythons, intertwined, and strangled towards the bone-spurred Infected.

The bone-spurred Infected’s eyes flickered with a glimmer of intelligence, and it actually opened its mouth and spoke human words: “Human, you are quite good.”

Chairman Wang’s heart instantly felt cold. Had these Infected evolved to this extent?

No! Chairman Wang frowned. Fifth-level Infected had appeared in other parts of the world, but these Infected were completely consumed by bestiality and slaughter, and she had never heard of a Fifth-level Infected possessing intelligence.

But what was going on with the Infected in front of her?

This scene was not only happening here but also in other parts of the Corpse Tide. When the Fifth-level mutated Infected spoke, everyone’s hearts turned cold.

It must be known that intelligent Infected and unintelligent Infected were two completely different concepts.

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Wu Zhenhai exclaimed in shock, cursing: “Damn it, what the hell is this thing? How can Infected have intelligence! I’ve never heard of a Fifth-level Infected anywhere having intelligence!”

Chen Pingliang, holding a tentacle-like shadow in his hand, said: “No, something’s not right. How do I feel like this thing doesn’t quite resemble a human transformed?”

“If it’s not a human transformed Infected, what kind of Infected is it? Besides, if it’s not human, could it be a ghost! Why are we so unlucky? The Infected in this Jiangcheng City must have eaten something good!” Wu Zhenhai’s body had greatly enlarged, almost as big as that flesh-mutated Infected. His body, over a dozen stories high, punched down, tearing through surrounding tall buildings.

Wu Zhenhai was no longer an ordinary B-rank Talent Holder, but an A-rank, and had even consumed a strange treasure. Ordinary A-rank Talent Holders were like chickens and dogs in his hands.

Moreover, the armor on Wu Zhenhai was an S-rank extraordinary item, so even when facing the extremely bizarre and terrifying flesh Infected, he could engage in close-quarters combat. With one punch, flesh flew everywhere, and with one stomp, countless ordinary Infected on the ground were crushed into paste.

Chen Pingliang’s body, like a shadow, gradually elongated and finally disappeared. Every time he reappeared, a sickly green black dagger would slash open a wound on the flesh Infected.

But even so… the flesh Infected’s entire body of flesh wriggled, recovering in the next second.

“Humans, you… cannot kill me.” The flesh Infected grinned, seemingly mocking them.

“You are not Infected,” Chen Pingliang’s heart sank slightly.

“What exactly are you things?!”

“Of course we aren’t Infected, heh heh, ignorant and foolish humans.” The flesh Infected sneered.

Its body of flesh turned into strips of meat, coiling towards Wu Zhenhai, actually trying to swallow him into its own body!

“Come, join our race, and you shall open the door to eternal life!”

...In a direction where the Corpse Tide was spreading to the northeast, Ye Zhixia’s scorching rain of light fell on the Infected, like sulfuric acid, stripping away flesh and exposing pale white bones. Thousands of Infected wailed, but still frantically spread outwards.

“You are not human,” Ye Zhixia’s eyes were cold.

“I was never human to begin with.” The mutated Infected in front of her did not have a gigantic body. Its body, about a zhang tall, had fleshy bone wings, and the bones on its head were twisted, bending like flames, resembling hair, yet they were incredibly hard, seemingly possessing high resistance to mental attacks.

Ye Zhixia was a healing-type Talent User, originally a pure healing Talent User. But after consuming a Mystical Art, her Talent carried unparalleled purification power. For humans, it was a panacea; for Infected and Pollution Beasts, it was like sulfuric acid. Once touched, they would be dissolved.

The terrifying purification power would turn them into a puddle of pus, completely free of contamination.

Similarly, because she was a healing-type, Ye Zhixia was more familiar with the human body. When her rain touched the Infected in front of her, she knew that this thing was definitely not a human transformed!

“Human, your Talent truly naturally counters my race, so today, you will absolutely not leave here alive.” The bone-winged Infected grinned, its wings vibrating, and instantly disappeared from its spot.

However, in this rain, nothing could escape Ye Zhixia’s perception. Just as those sharp claws were about to tear her apart, Ye Zhixia suddenly looked up, and two tears actually fell from her eyes. Yet, it was these two seemingly ordinary tears that made the bone-winged Infected let out a strange cry.

“How is this possible! You actually mastered the seven highest Mystical Arts of those damned guys, Guanyin’s Tears!”

The bone-winged Infected shrieked, its originally arrogant and disdainful eyes turning to panic. Its wings flapped as it frantically fled, but those two seemingly slow tears, as if piercing through space, instantly landed on its wings. In the bone-winged Infected’s terrified gaze, its proud bone wings melted away like ice and snow.

Ye Zhixia grabbed the opponent’s head, pouring mental power into it, wanting to find out what race these things were Infected from.

The bone-winged Infected suddenly sneered: “I admit, you are very strong. If those damned guys knew, they would definitely fight over you. But what of it? You, with just yourself, still want to pry into my race!”

“This Jiangcheng City, and even a thousand li nearby, will certainly become the land of my race’s revival! No one can stop us!”

The bone-winged Infected’s eyes flickered with madness, and its body ignited with black flames. Ye Zhixia frowned, still probing into the opponent’s mental sea with her mental power. She had to know what these things were! Xingyao Base could not suffer heavy losses at the hands of these guys.

A piece of information flashed across Ye Zhixia’s eyes, but at this moment, the bone-winged Infected had already transformed into a strange black mark, firmly imprinted on the back of Ye Zhixia’s hand.

“Human, I have sown a curse with my bloodline. In the future, you will be caught in my race’s endless pursuit! Until death!”

Ye Zhixia looked at the back of her hand, patted it in disgust, thinking it was some powerful ultimate move. Was that all? What a pathetic way to die.

“I must inform Chairman Wang of the news as soon as possible.”