Sickly Girl Doesn’t Die in Zombie Simulator 213

Chapter 213: System’s Fury

“Clang—!”
“Ding—!”
“Boom—!”

Every sword strike, every claw attack from A4 was deflected by the Living Weapon’s hard, black shell, only chipping off small fragments.

Finally, Lin Jiayao had A4 switch to its fists, pounding on every part of the Living Weapon’s body like a punching bag, testing the strength of each area.

The Living Weapon’s defenses weren’t quite A-rank, but its sheer size gave it incredibly thick armor.

Even when A4 found a weak point in its joints and pierced it with its sword, the resulting wound didn’t affect its movements, let alone prove fatal.

This wasn’t working… the situation in Japan must be getting critical…

Lin Jiayao looked at the massive Living Weapon and, after a moment of thought, had A4 dissipate.

A4’s high mobility allowed it to continuously engage with the Living Weapon. With unlimited Blood Crystals, it might even be able to kill it.

But this wasn’t a game; she couldn’t cheat. A4 wasn’t actually there, and Lin Jiayao didn’t have that many Blood Crystals to waste.

But this was the training ground, where anything was possible.

Lin Jiayao, hovering above and observing the scene below from a god’s-eye view, slowly snapped her fingers.

Another Living Weapon appeared before the first.

As for its weaknesses, she would let it figure them out itself.

With a thought, the jagged vertical pupils of the two Living Weapons simultaneously flashed orange-yellow. They charged towards each other, their massive legs churning, and slammed together.

“Boom—!”

The collision of the two behemoths sent tremors through the simulated surroundings, shattering the windows of the surrounding buildings. Even the waves seemed to be pushed back by the shockwave.

There were no special abilities, just pure physical combat. This kind of brutal fight was even more visually impactful.

However, the Living Weapon without human control seemed to have low intelligence. The two entangled and wrestled with each other, their movements clumsy and chaotic.

Soon, the legs of the two Living Weapons became locked together. From Lin Jiayao’s perspective, it looked like two crabs locked in a mating embrace.

It was strangely comical.

With their bodies fully entangled, they began exchanging blows with their upper bodies.

Finally, they each grabbed the other’s neck, locked in a stalemate, neither willing to let go.

Good heavens… two equally matched, artificially intelligent idiots, huh?

But the situation quickly changed.

The light emitted from their jagged vertical pupils gradually intensified, and the nearly five-meter-long cracks began to flicker with a blue light.

Was that the self-destruct ability?

“Buzz——”

The two Living Weapons almost simultaneously fired deadly beams from their cracks at each other. The two beams collided, resulting in a violent explosion, the bright light illuminating the entire sky.

“Boom——”

Both heads bore the brunt of the explosion, practically immobilizing them. Their interlocked legs loosened, and they each fell backwards.

“Crash—”

The two massive Living Weapons fell, but the one that hadn’t been battered by A4 quickly got up, its vertical pupils flashing with a blazing blue light.

The Living Weapon that had been attacked by A4 was slower to rise. By the time its vertical pupil began to charge, the other’s beam had already struck its head.

“Buzz——”
“Boom—”

The azure beam struck the injured Living Weapon’s head without any resistance. When the light faded, its head was gone.

But it continued to move, seemingly unaffected by the loss of its head.

It didn’t fire another beam, nor did it self-destruct.

Lin Jiayao speculated that the previous self-destruction might not have been a deliberate attack, but rather its body, fractured from the initial battle, couldn’t withstand the energy of firing the beam. It exploded before the strongest beam could be fired.

It had some intelligence, but not much.

The more she watched, the more Lin Jiayao felt that this Living Weapon wasn’t a sentient being. Its behavior was more like the Black Stem Fungus controlled by Lin Jiayao, following pre-programmed commands.

Lin Jiayao stopped the simulation, even freezing the smoke in mid-air.

She flew to the headless Living Weapon, looked down into its bloody neck.

Inside was shredded flesh, blood with an extremely high blood crystal concentration, and glistening, crimson muscles.

If A4 could have torn open a wound in the creature during the battle, the fight would probably have ended, as A4 could continuously devour its flesh and blood to replenish itself.

Although A4 wasn’t in Japan now, the “source” that enhanced A4’s devouring ability was.

Huayibai.

If the Living Weapon was really as Lin Jiayao thought, without its own mental power, only operating based on preset “programs,”

Then, if it didn’t self-destruct, opening a wound and putting Huayibai inside would allow Huayibai to gradually devour it.

It could work.

Following Lin Jiayao’s will, a Huayibai appeared at the severed neck of the Living Weapon and drilled inside.

Then, Lin Jiayao lifted the restrictions on the headless Living Weapon, letting it move freely.

After regaining mobility, the Living Weapon still seemed to remember the previous battle. It swayed towards the immobilized Living Weapon, its head gone, and pounded on its opponent with its fists.

Soon, under its frantic attack, the other immobilized Living Weapon was smashed to pieces, and the wound on the headless Living Weapon’s neck had completely healed.

After smashing its opponent, the headless creature stood up again, and instead of devouring the flesh and blood on the ground to recover, it crawled towards the sea according to its preset program.

It didn’t seem to notice the Blood Orb Fungus continuously devouring and multiplying inside it.

Lin Jiayao followed it back to the sea. Because she hadn’t set a seabed scene initially, the scene loaded as it moved.

It wasn’t until it reached a large pit that it stopped, lay down again, and the light in its eyes slowly dimmed.

But soon, its eyes lit up again, as if encountering an enemy, and it stood up again, twisting its body, seemingly sensing the surroundings.

As if it didn’t sense any enemies, it sat back down again, but stood up again after only a few seconds.

Good heavens, was it stuck in a loop?

Interesting.

Lin Jiayao looked at the Living Weapon, repeatedly performing the same actions due to the unexpected attack outside its programming, and couldn’t help but laugh.

Zombies were still not very good at writing programs. Having a brain and being able to think didn’t mean being able to design something logical.

And the Living Weapon was precisely such a pile of “shitty” code.

Given enough time, Lin Jiayao could find more bugs, but for now, one was enough.

She could have Huayibai tell those Awakened to let No. 5 tank the damage, while they focused on the weakest point on the Living Weapon’s leg joints. After creating a wound, they could escort Huayibai inside, and then they could retreat under No. 5’s cover.

As for No. 5, because of the system’s control, it would definitely stay at the Extraction Point and couldn’t run away.

Or she could just persuade the system to give up resisting and die early. The compensation was coming anyway, and No. 5 couldn’t beat the Living Weapon.

Lin Jiayao thought while exiting the training ground.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw her sister and Huayibai sitting in front of her, staring at her.

The person and the fungus were like lottery ticket holders nervously waiting for the results before the apocalypse, waiting for her to wake up and announce the results.

Although winning the lottery didn’t necessarily mean being able to claim the prize, what Lin Jiayao said would definitely be fulfilled.

“Huayibai, come here.” Lin Jiayao waved to Huayibai, watching as she crawled over using both hands and feet.

—

“Thump, thump, thump—”

The half-human, half-crab Living Weapon rapidly scuttled towards the giant Purple-Skinned Giant, its legs a blur of motion. It had no mouth with which to roar, but its sheer size and relentless advance were enough to inspire terror.

The No. 5 giant, standing its ground, seemed prepared for the impending danger. It watched the Living Weapon approach, slowly clenching its fists. The grinding of bone and muscle echoed ominously.

As if fueled by a deep resentment, No. 5 charged before the Living Weapon could reach it, like Don Quixote tilting at windmills.

A direct collision would have shattered its bones, but unlike Don Quixote, No. 5 knew how to slide.

At the last moment, No. 5 slid between the Living Weapon’s legs, ending up beneath its massive body. During the slide, sharp, amethyst spikes of Divine Skin Armor erupted from No. 5’s right fist, forming a spiked gauntlet.

No. 5 aimed for the center of the Living Weapon’s underbelly, planted its left hand on the ground to stop its slide, and then delivered a powerful uppercut with its right fist, smashing into the black carapace.

“Boom—!”

Shell fragments flew. The blow stopped the Living Weapon in its tracks, its massive form momentarily staggering.

As if anticipating the next move, No. 5 rolled to the side, deftly dodging between the Living Weapon’s legs.

As No. 5 escaped, the Living Weapon’s body slammed downwards, crushing a swathe of buildings. Seizing this opportunity, No. 5 stood up and punched the Living Weapon in the face.

“Boom—!”

The blow sent the Living Weapon’s head reeling, cracking the black armor on its face. A few more punches and its head would be completely destroyed.

This fluid series of attacks was no less impressive than the results of Lin Jiayao’s countless simulations in the training ground.

But this series of actions seemed to fully activate the Living Weapon’s combat instincts.

“Zzz…”

The Living Weapon’s cracked vertical pupil began to charge. It twisted its head 180 degrees, looking at the Purple-Skinned Giant behind it.

An azure beam shot out from its vertical pupil. No. 5, knowing it couldn’t dodge, raised both arms in defense. Pale purple Divine Skin Armor formed a slightly angled shield on its arms.

“Buzz——”

The azure beam erupted from the Living Weapon’s pupil, striking No. 5’s newly formed shield.

The blue beam furiously attacked the Divine Skin Armor, but most of the beam was deflected to the side, striking a nearby mountainside. The system had used No. 5’s Divine Skin Armor to create a deflecting shield, withstanding the beam.

The destructive beam gradually weakened, and the Divine Skin Armor on No. 5’s arms shattered, the dark purple hardened skin cracking and becoming a bloody mess.

Even after deflecting most of the beam, it had still consumed almost half of No. 5’s blood crystal reserves.

One more hit, and the Blood Crystals in its body would be completely drained by the Divine Skin Armor.

And the Living Weapon in front of it was already charging for a second beam.

No. 5 opened its mouth slightly. Although it didn’t speak, its gritted teeth betrayed its frustration.

“Buzz—!”

Just as the next devastating beam was about to fire, a red beam shot from the side, directly hitting the Living Weapon’s head, knocking it slightly askew.

“Buzz——”

This slight deviation caused the azure beam to miss No. 5 and blast into the nearby mountainside, leveling the peak.

“Lord Ino!!!”

A red streak of light rapidly flew towards No. 5. It was Kisaragi Mika, seemingly carrying a woman on her back.

And below this streak of light, on the land, there were several bursts of thunder.

A red lightning bolt, after several rapid changes in direction, struck the blue lines connected to the nuclear power plant beneath the Living Weapon.

A human figure could be vaguely seen in the center of the red lightning, rapidly cutting the blue lines amidst the thunder, preventing it from drawing more energy.

Help?

The system, seeming to see a chance to avoid paying compensation, seized the opportunity before the Living Weapon could turn its head and launched an attack.

“Thump—Thump—”

A left and a right hook slammed into the Living Weapon’s chest, creating two large craters and sending black carapace fragments flying.

Unfortunately, these attacks barely scratched the Living Weapon, only scraping off a thin layer of its outer shell.

For the Living Weapon, whose physical strength, power, and Blood Crystal reserves dwarfed everyone present, these chipped carapaces were thinner than slices of beef in Lanzhou ramen. Even if they attacked it all day, they wouldn’t inflict any significant damage.

If this continued, the Living Weapon would undoubtedly be the last one standing.