25: Chapter 25: The Mutant Attending Physician Makes His Debut

With her voice,

a burst of extreme freezing energy erupted around Zhang Man, Lin Momo, and the three ordinary girls, controlled with pinpoint precision.

"Crackle, crackle, crackle—"

Under this terrifying low temperature, the moisture in the air froze almost instantly.

In the blink of an eye.

Three massive ice shields, two meters tall and half a foot thick, crystal clear and emitting a bone-chilling cold, stood firmly in front of them like three impassable Walls of Sighs!

These weren't ordinary ice blocks, but [Extreme Cold Ice Shield] condensed and highly compressed by an S-rank talent!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Almost at the same moment the ice shields formed.

The nurse zombies attempting a sneak attack slammed violently into the ice shields with terrifying momentum and sharp bone blades.

However, the scene of the ice shields shattering, which they had anticipated, did not occur.

The bone blades, capable of slicing through steel, only left shallow white marks upon striking the ice shields, not even kicking up much ice debris.

What was even more terrifying was this:

The [Extreme Cold Ice Shield] not only had astonishing defensive power but also came with an incredibly perverse counter-attack freezing effect!

The moment those bone blades made contact with the ice shields.

"Snap!"

A violent burst of extreme freezing energy, like a festering sore, spread wildly up the nurse zombies' arms along the bone blades.

In just an instant.

The zombies' already stiff arms were instantly frozen into solid ice sculptures, stuck firmly to the ice shields, unable to be pulled free no matter how hard they tried!

"Hiss—!"

The frozen monsters let out terrified screeches, twisting their bodies desperately in an attempt to break free from the restraint.

But the extreme cold not only froze their arms but also spread through their blood toward their hearts.

The situation was instantly reversed thanks to Qingxue's masterful and precise crowd control!

"Well done, Qingxue."

Seeing this, Su Chen couldn't help but let a flash of undisguised appreciation cross his deep eyes.

Such fine-tuned control over S-rank elements wasn't something just anyone could achieve; it required extremely high combat intelligence and keen insight into the battlefield situation.

Su Chen certainly wouldn't let the excellent combat opportunity Qingxue had created for him go to waste.

"Thunderclap Step!"

Accompanied by a piercing thunderous roar.

Su Chen's figure, like a bolt of purple lightning, instantly tore through the dim hall.

His tall, upright frame cut a domineering arc through the air as he lunged directly into the group of nurse zombies frozen to the ice shields.

"Die."

Su Chen's cold, emotionless voice became the final note these monsters would hear in this world.

He gripped the [explosive combustion iron staff] emitting a dark red glow with both hands, exerting force from his waist.

Utilizing the terrifying momentum of the Thunderclap Step, the iron staff swept out like the Grim Reaper's scythe, carrying an unstoppable, violent force.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three dull thuds, like watermelons exploding, rang out almost simultaneously.

With Su Chen's strength exceeding human limits and the micro-explosive high temperature of the iron staff.

The heads of the three frozen nurse zombies were smashed to pieces as if they were fragile glass balls!

Red and white brain matter mixed with charred flesh splattered everywhere—an instant kill!

Having lost the support of their heads, the three headless corpses slid powerlessly to the ground, falling completely silent.

With the death of these three monsters, the remaining blade-nurse zombies seemed to sense the terror of this man, Su Chen.

They let out uneasy hisses, gave up on surrounding Zhang Man, and actually turned to climb along the surrounding support pillars, attempting to escape back into the shadows on the ceiling.

"Trying to run?"

Su Chen sneered.

Just as he prepared to pursue, a cold voice, filled with perfect tacit understanding, came from behind.

"Train Master, leave the three on the right to me."

Qingxue had already withdrawn the ice shields at some point.

Her beautiful eyes sparkled with confidence, and she lightly swiped her fair, jade-like hand in front of her.

"Frost Chains!"

Three deep blue chains condensed from extreme freezing energy, like three dragons emerging from the sea, struck first despite launching later, moving at an extremely tricky angle.

They wrapped directly around the ankles of the three nurse zombies preparing to climb the pillar, then yanked them violently downward.

"Bang!"

The three monsters were forcibly pulled from the air and slammed heavily onto the ground. Before they could even crawl up, the extreme freezing energy had already frozen their lower bodies firmly to the floor.

On the other side.

Su Chen didn't even look in Qingxue's direction, because he knew this woman would absolutely not disappoint him.

He kicked off the ground with both legs, launching himself toward the last four monsters like a cannonball.

"It's over."

The burning iron staff traced four deadly, fiery red trajectories in the air.

After a few muffled "bangs."

This group of fast, assassination-proficient Bronze-mid-grade mutants was completely slaughtered by Su Chen and Qingxue in a perfect display of coordination, as easily as cutting vegetables.

The entire outpatient hall returned to a deathly silence once more.

Only the thick, acrid smell of burning flesh in the air and the severed limbs scattered on the floor told the tale of the brief yet extremely dangerous battle that had just occurred.

Su Chen propped the iron staff on the ground and slowly turned around.

His deep, cold eyes locked accurately onto Qingxue's cold, beautiful eyes from several meters away.

Their gazes met in the dim hall.

There was no verbal exchange, but in each other's eyes, they saw an indescribable tacit understanding and appreciation that could only exist between strong individuals.

Su Chen didn't linger among the severed limbs, simply snapping off the sharpest, undamaged bone blades from the dead blade-nurse zombies and tossing them into his system backpack.

"Train Master, your movement techniques are becoming increasingly elusive."

Qingxue walked to Su Chen's side, a trace of imperceptible admiration in her cold eyes.

Although her [Extreme Cold Ice Shield] had played a crucial role in crowd control, without Su Chen's thunderous, reaper-like strike, completely dealing with these fast monsters would have certainly come at a significant cost.

"Your ice shield wasn't bad either."

Su Chen praised her without hesitation, his deep gaze lingering for a moment on Qingxue's beautiful face.

"It seems that 'in-depth research' in the medical carriage the other day really improved your mental power control."

Hearing this obviously teasing remark, two red clouds instantly flushed across Qingxue's cheeks.

She bit her moist red lips and rolled her eyes at Su Chen, but she didn't refute it, instead showing an indescribable hint of coquettishness.

"Alright, clean up the battlefield and stay alert."

Su Chen set aside his joking mood and waved his hand.

"The monsters in this place are clearly more organized than the wild monsters outside; those nurse zombies just now were like puppets controlled by some higher existence."

Hearing Su Chen's analysis, the women felt a chill in their hearts, and the slight relaxation they had felt from the victory vanished instantly.

Under Su Chen's leadership, the team continued to advance deeper into the hospital.

Since the elevators had long been paralyzed, they could only climb up level by level along the stairs, which were stained dark red by dried blood.

Along the way, they encountered a few more small waves of zombie and mutant dog attacks.

But with Su Chen's overwhelming strength and the tacit cooperation between Qingxue and Zhang Man, these small fries were unable to stop their advance.

About half an hour later.

The assault team finally reached the top floor of this outpatient building.

At the end of the corridor was a double door made of thick explosion-proof glass and alloy.

Above the door hung a dust-covered sign—[Advanced Special Pharmacy].

"Train Master, this door seems to be locked from the inside."

Zhang Man stepped forward and pushed hard, finding the alloy door didn't budge.

"Also, the scratches on this door are so deep; it's like something was frantically destroying it from the inside."

Su Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, a dark golden light flashing deep within his pupils.

Under the hidden perception of [Omni-Modification], he could clearly feel that behind that heavy alloy door hid a terrifying energy fluctuation, extremely violent and heart-palpitating.

"Back off."

Su Chen commanded in a low voice, having the women retreat to a safe distance.

He didn't waste effort trying to break down the sturdy alloy door, but instead pulled the Bronze-top-tier [thunder-fire roarer shotgun] from his backpack.

"Click."

The crisp sound of the bullet chambering was particularly jarring in the dead-silent corridor.

Su Chen took a deep breath, and the mental power within his body instantly boiled, pouring madly into the gun body.

"Open up!"

Su Chen held the gun with both hands, aiming the thick, violent, high-temperature barrel directly at the lock of the alloy door.

He pulled the trigger without hesitation!

"Boom—!!!"

A terrifying boom, like a thunderclap on flat ground, instantly tore through the silence of the entire top floor!

Violent purple lightning and thousand-degree crimson flames intertwined into a torrent of destruction, slamming fiercely into the heavy alloy door.

The explosion-proof glass, capable of withstanding light explosives, shattered instantly. Under the terrifying power of the thunder-fire shotgun shells, the alloy door was blown open, leaving a hole over half a meter in diameter!

However.

Before Su Chen and the others could see the scene behind the door.

"Roar—!"

A terrifying roar, deafening and seemingly capable of tearing a person's soul apart, suddenly erupted from the hole!

Immediately after.

"Vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom—!"

An extremely piercing sound of a chainsaw, like countless giant wasps flapping their wings simultaneously, rang out wildly.

The alloy door, which had already been blasted with a hole, was instantly sliced into pieces of scrap metal by some extremely sharp weapon from the inside!

"Bang!"

Accompanied by metal debris flying everywhere.

A terrifying monster, so massive it induced despair, charged violently out of the pharmacy like an out-of-control heavy armored vehicle, carrying a nauseating scent of blood!

[Warning! Highest Level Red Alert!]

[Encountered Silver-mid-grade BOSS—Mutated Chief Physician!]

It was a humanoid monster over three meters tall.

It wore a white coat stained dark red with blood, and its entire body was covered in various IV tubes of different thicknesses and eerie needles.

Fluorescent green unknown liquid flowed through these tubes, continuously injecting into its body, causing its already rock-hard muscles to swell to an extremely exaggerated degree.

Most spine-chilling of all was this:

The monster's abdomen had actually split open completely, forming a massive, blood-thirsty mouth filled with fangs, inside which one could even see undigested severed limbs.

And its right arm had completely mutated into a two-meter-long, frantically spinning giant flesh-chainsaw!

The teeth of this chainsaw glinted with a chilling, armor-piercing cold light.

Its pitch-black eyes, lacking any whites, had extremely poor vision, but through keen smell and hearing, it instantly locked onto Zhang Man, who was standing in the front.

"Die... all of you, die!"

The Mutated Chief Physician let out an incoherent roar, waving that two-meter-long giant chainsaw, and barreled toward Zhang Man like a mountain of flesh.

Wherever the chainsaw passed, the corridor's hard concrete walls and support pillars were cut open with deep gashes instantly, as if they were made of paper!

Facing such terrifying momentum.

Zhang Man, who had just taken the enhancement potion and was brimming with confidence, had the bravery deep in her bones completely ignited.

"I'll fight you to the death!"

Zhang Man roared, and her B-rank talent [Steel Body] fully erupted.

She gripped the heavy, hundred-pound giant fire axe with both hands, and instead of retreating, she advanced, swinging it fiercely toward the frantically spinning chainsaw!

"Clang—!"

A sound of metal clashing, loud enough to burst eardrums, exploded.

Amidst sparks flying everywhere.

Zhang Man's Steel Body, capable of withstanding attacks from Bronze-grade monsters, appeared so vulnerable before the terrifying strength of the Silver-mid-grade BOSS and the armor-piercing effect of the chainsaw.

The giant fire axe in her hands had more than half of its blade sliced off by the flesh-chainsaw the instant they made contact!

And that overwhelming, terrifying impact force traveled directly along the axe handle, slamming fiercely into her chest.

"Pfft—!"

Zhang Man spat out a large mouthful of blood, her entire body sent flying like a kite with a broken string, slamming heavily into the wall more than ten meters away.

"Sister Man!"

Lin Momo screamed in terror, tears instantly welling up in her eyes.

"Don't panic!"

Su Chen's voice was like a calming anchor, instantly steadying everyone's nerves.

In his deep, cold eyes, there was not a hint of fear, but rather a raging battle intent.

"Qingxue, freeze its legs! Mo Mo, cast all the buffs on me!"

While issuing the command, Su Chen's hands moved like lightning, pulling the recently collected zombie bone blades and a discarded refined steel battleaxe he had traded for at the black market from his backpack.

"System! Omni-Modification Fusion!"

On the life-or-death battlefield, Su Chen multitask, and his SSS-rank talent [Omni-Modification] instantly erupted!

Blinding silver light gathered in his hands.

[Ding! Detected high-concentration toxin bone blades and refined steel battleaxe!]

[Omni-Modification fusion successful!]

[Congratulations on obtaining the Bronze-top-tier two-handed heavy weapon: guillotine battleaxe!]

[Weapon effect: Extremely heavy. Comes with powerful 'Tearing Bleed' and 'Heavy Strike Knockback' effects! Has an extra damage bonus against heavy armor/large units!]