“Roar—!”
The pathogen, bound by chains, let out a deafening roar filled with pain and fury, a sound that could almost shatter glass! Its entire body erupted with power like a volcano, attempting to break free from the deadly restraints.
The dark red patterns on its skin glowed brightly, and the two complete Slash marks on its brow also shone, as if recharging.
It tried to resist the a-level metal chain, but how could it possibly break free from these unbreakable shackles?
The chains screeched under the immense force, yet remained completely still.
Zuo Feng's eyes were cold; he gave a sharp tug with both hands, and the chains instantly tightened. The pathogen's roar grew sharper, its muscles twisted and deformed from struggling, and the dark red patterns flickered with light.
Zuo Feng snorted coldly and his gaze fell upon the alien's chest, where a wound had been torn open by a-grade metal. It was slowly healing. Zuo Feng's eyes narrowed slightly; these Slash Zombies actually possessed self-healing abilities!
Zuo Feng couldn't help but be secretly alarmed. They could hide, possibly possessed intelligence, and had self-healing capabilities.
With only two Slashes, their attack and defense were even stronger than four-bar Zombies. The danger posed by these Slash Zombies was simply too high.
Having already restrained this Slash Zombie, Zuo Feng's gaze shifted around, and soon, his eyes widened in shock.
He saw that all the surrounding pathogens had been decapitated by Ying Xingxing and Ying Yueyue, and dark red blood mist permeated the air.
But what was terrifying was that these decapitated pathogens were not completely dead; countless flesh buds wriggled at their severed necks, and their headless bodies were still frantically attempting to attack.
Even the fallen heads, at their necks, had flesh buds growing wildly.
Soon, countless flesh bud tentacles grew wildly, twisting and dancing like octopus tentacles. They actually propelled the heads to move at high speed, no longer growing new bodies, but continuing to attack as these eerie individual entities.
Zuo Feng's heart sank. The vitality of these Zombies far exceeded imagination. After decapitation, they became two independent attacking units. The flesh bud tentacles were as agile as living creatures, carrying the heads around to search for targets, and the attacks from the headless bodies were even more ferocious.
Ying Xingxing and Ying Yueyue seemed extremely curious about this sight and did not directly use their ultimate killing move, Life Drain.
Ying Xingxing and Ying Yueyue's speed was too fast; these Slash Zombies simply couldn't catch their figures and could only passively take hits.
Soon, several fallen heads turned their targets towards Zuo Feng, and the flesh bud tentacles instantly accelerated, shooting towards him like missiles, carrying the heads.
Zuo Feng snorted, swinging his fists, and directly sent the incoming heads flying.
Zuo Feng's eyes were sharp. These Slash Zombies were too bizarre. He wanted to see how much damage they could withstand and whether they could be completely eliminated.
“Ying Xingxing, Ying Yueyue, cut off their legs!”
Ying Xingxing and Ying Yueyue moved at his command, their figures flashing like lightning through the Zombies, their wings precisely striking the legs of each Zombie.
With a series of crisp sounds, the Zombies fell to the ground, flesh bud tentacles twisting wildly. The shock in Zuo Feng's eyes deepened.
These Zombies quickly adapted; the flesh bud tentacles rapidly spread to form new supports, dragging their crippled bodies to continue attacking.
Most terrifyingly, the severed legs also transformed into independent attacking units. A bloody gash opened on the thighs, and countless flesh buds wriggled within the gash, rapidly forming numerous small, sharp, blood-colored fangs.
Zuo Feng gasped. What kind of creatures were these Slash Zombies? How did they do it?
“Ying Xingxing, Ying Yueyue, cut off their arms!”
Ying Xingxing and Ying Yueyue acted again, their wings slicing like blades, and the Zombies' arms were severed with a resounding snap.
The severed hands fell to the ground, flesh buds rapidly enveloped them, and countless flesh bud tentacles grew wildly from the cut surfaces, instantly forming new attacking tentacles. The severed hands crawled around like small monsters, and their palms split open into gaping bloody mouths, filled with sharp fangs, emitting low growls.
As for the torso, a gaping bloody mouth also split open on the abdomen, and as it opened and closed, countless blood-colored fangs gleamed with cold light.
Zuo Feng's heart grew heavier. The regenerative abilities of these Zombies were simply incredible; each cut seemed to activate an even stronger attack power within them.
How could such Zombies be eliminated?
“Ying Xingxing, Ying Yueyue, cut it into nine pieces for me!”
Zuo Feng pointed to a Zombie torso and ordered in a deep voice.
He wanted to see if, after being cut into nine pieces, it would become nine attacking units.
Ying Xingxing and Ying Yueyue's wings intertwined, cold light flashing, and the Zombie torso was instantly cut into nine pieces.
The fragments fell to the ground, flesh buds spread wildly, and each piece of flesh rapidly wriggled, actually turning into nine independent attacking entities. Small flesh bud tentacles twisted like snakes, and a bloody gash opened in the center of each piece, with roars rising and falling.
At this moment, the bound Zombie had completely evolved to three Slashes.
The heads of the other Zombies had also evolved into two Slashes, their flesh bud tentacles thicker, and their attack power greatly increased.
In the monitoring room, Da Mi Tao, Xiao Mi Tao, and Professor Yan looked at each other, their eyes filled with horror. The data on the screen flickered wildly, showing that the Zombie evolution speed far exceeded expectations.
“The data fluctuations of each individual entity are abnormally intense! The strength of the segmented individuals is the same as before they were segmented! And all of them are still continuously evolving! This is impossible! How can this be! This completely defies common sense!”
Professor Yan shouted in alarm in the monitoring room, his face full of dread.
In the isolation room, Zuo Feng's eyes were cold. The abilities of these Slash Zombies were simply like a nightmare.
“Ying Xingxing, Ying Yueyue, use Life Drain!” Zuo Feng ordered in a deep voice. He dared not let Ying Xingxing and Ying Yueyue continue cutting; he could only try to extract their life force.
Ying Xingxing and Ying Yueyue's wings glowed with a milky white light, cutting through two more torsos. This time, wherever the light touched, the Zombie torsos rapidly withered, the flesh bud tentacles instantly shriveled, and the roars ceased abruptly, turning into two withered torsos that did not continue to transform into independent attacking units.
Zuo Feng stared intently at this change, a sigh of relief escaping his heart.
But in an instant, Zuo Feng's eyes narrowed slightly. He saw that the segmented attacking units actually quickly reassembled and pieced themselves back together, restoring themselves into complete Slash Zombies.
As for the torsos from which life force had been drained, those two Zombies actually pieced themselves together into two Slash Zombies without torsos.
Zuo Feng's eyes flickered. After being cut, they became independent entities, and these entities could quickly reassemble into a whole.
It seemed that Slash Zombies did not split infinitely, but possessed some mysterious mechanism that allowed them to split for a certain period, but the time should be limited, and they needed to reassemble when the time was up. In that case, the threat would be greatly reduced.
“Ying Xingxing, Ying Yueyue, use Life Drain! Except for that one and the bound one, kill all the rest!” Zuo Feng pointed his finger at a Slash Zombie.
Cold light rose again, milky white light enveloped the wings, and the Zombie torsos cut by the wings withered one after another, the roars gradually fading. Only the bound Zombie and the designated Slash Zombie remained in the isolation room.
Zuo Feng said to the monitor, “Da Mi Tao, bring another a-level metal chain!”
The reason Zuo Feng wanted to keep one more was to figure out the true mechanism of the Slash Zombie's splitting.
Da Mi Tao quickly brought the chain, and Zuo Feng personally stepped forward, tightly wrapping the chain around the other Slash Zombie.