Sickly Girl Doesn’t Die in Zombie Simulator 187

Chapter 187: Codename “Gold”

“What…the…fuck…?”

As the green-haired man watched in horror, the distant golf course was suddenly covered in scarlet points of light, like a shimmering curtain of stars descending from the sky.

Beneath this dazzling starlight…

This curtain of red starlight seemed to be covering something on the back slope of the golf course.

But because of the late hour and the hazy moonlight, they couldn’t see what was happening on the distant golf course.

The green-haired man quickly reacted, grabbed a walkie-talkie from a nearby subordinate, pressed the transmit button, and yelled:

“It’s that damn Eileen again! She went ahead to pull this stunt and scare us! Turn on the UV searchlights! Now!!!”

Eileen’s “magic” was easy to dispel. It was all just illusions created with blood crystals, almost real enough to be mistaken for the genuine article. High-powered UV searchlights could dissolve almost eighty percent of her blood crystal tricks.

After hearing the green-haired man’s roar, most of the others reacted.

So it was a false alarm…

But many, after realizing it was a false alarm, didn’t feel much relief, but more anger.

Along the way, that Eileen had repeatedly pushed them to the brink of madness, but they couldn’t do anything about her.

Because they couldn’t beat her.

Now they couldn’t wait to turn on all the high-powered UV searchlights.

If this huge spectacle was really Eileen’s doing, then the searchlights would make her lose a lot of Blood Crystals, enough to make her furious.

“Click, click, click—”

The sounds of buckles and buttons being pressed came from several jeeps, and everyone’s vision was enveloped by several dazzling white beams.

It was like someone suddenly turning on a flashlight in a pitch-black dungeon.

These were their modified, ultra-high-powered hybrid searchlights, based on military searchlights. Each searchlight was even equipped with a dedicated 15-kilowatt generator.

The original carbon arc light source had a maximum range of 21 kilometers, but after they added ultraviolet light, the range was reduced to 14 kilometers.

Although the maximum range was greatly reduced, with the ultraviolet light, they could rely on these powerful weapons to roam at night, unafraid even of hordes.

After the searchlights were turned on, the scattered subordinates quickly gathered, two people per light, adjusting the angles. The vehicles also started up, their headlights aimed at the golf course.

They were less than ten kilometers from the golf course, a distance definitely within the searchlights’ reach.

But as the searchlights moved upwards, illuminating the object covered by the red starlight, the man standing on the roof of the bus looked puzzled.

What… was that?

Just as he thought it was all Eileen’s prank, what the searchlights revealed silenced him.

He wasn’t silent because of the thing’s appearance, but because he had seen a smaller version of it.

Or rather, its remains.

Under the beam of the searchlights, a giant insect was perched on the slope of the golf course.

It was the giant insect they had blasted earlier, magnified almost ten times.

Even from nearly ten kilometers away, its mountain-like size made him feel an immense pressure, a primal fear of the colossal creature rising from within him.

The searchlights seemed to have disturbed the giant insect.

Under the light, the insect’s three pairs of black wings, like long swords, rapidly unfolded to their limit, the filaments connecting them to its body now visible.

Facing the bright light, it slightly raised its head and spread its wings, striking a threatening pose, like an insect preparing to attack.

“Holy shit…” The green-haired man gasped, instinctively taking a step back.

A creature of this size… no, a creature of this size that could still stand, they were definitely no match for it.

Even if the giant insect had no evolutionary abilities, just its physical charge would cause heavy casualties.

“Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!”

The green-haired man quickly shouted into the walkie-talkie, then slid down from the roof of the bus, grabbed the frame, and climbed in through the open window.

In this situation, he didn’t care about the unclean interior of the car anymore.

“Hurry! Drive!”

After getting into the car, he stepped on the mucus and brain matter, quickly walked to the front, and yelled at the bus driver.

“O-Okay.”

The driver, ignoring how many people hadn’t gotten on yet, started the bus and slammed on the accelerator.

“Roar—”

The bus roared forward, then the steering wheel was violently turned, and the bus made a nearly sideways U-turn at breakneck speed, its tires spewing black smoke.

The roar of the bus engine alerted everyone. They quickly turned off the generators, started their vehicles, or jumped onto the doors of the bus as it passed, quickly following the lead bus in its escape.

On the lead bus, the green-haired man went to the back and looked out through the metal grille.

The jeeps carrying the searchlights hadn’t turned yet, their beams still fixed on the giant insect.

He could clearly see that the giant insect hadn’t flown up, nor had it chased after them. Instead, as if guarding something, it simply spread its wings, raised its forelimbs, and stood there without any sign of pursuit.

But soon, the insect slowly crouched down and retracted its wings. It lowered its head, seemingly communicating with something on the other side of the slope, out of sight.

Seeing this, the jeeps finally turned, their searchlights no longer aimed at the giant insect, which was once again hidden by the red starlight and darkness.

And the searchlights on the turning jeeps now shone directly at him.

It was as if someone had thrown several flashbangs in front of him, and for a moment, his vision was filled with white.

“Damn it! Turn off the searchlights!!! You bunch of idiots!!!”

Being repeatedly tricked, coupled with the fear of encountering the monster and the “super deluxe military high beams” of his idiot teammates, made the green-haired man’s blood pressure skyrocket.

Even after the searchlights were turned off, lingering spots danced in his vision.

If it weren’t for his Awakened physique, that direct, close-range blast of light would have probably blinded him.

After almost a full minute, his vision slowly recovered. Looking at the taillights of the vehicles ahead and the darkness at the rear of the convoy, the green-haired man, Peter, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He took out a pack of cigarettes he had grabbed from the supply truck, tremblingly pulled one out, fumbled for his lighter, and after several tries, finally lit it.

After taking a deep drag and exhaling, Peter felt his heightened emotions gradually calming down.

Damn it… wasn’t this supposed to be a low-risk escort mission, with the only danger coming from the Headshavers?

Hadn’t the mission issuer clearly stated that the B-rank zombies and most of the other zombies in Milwaukee had been eliminated, and that it was safe to pass through?

Why was there such a huge insect blocking the road?

He even began to question the authenticity of this mission.

Although a high-ranking member of the Hand of Freedom had vouched for it, and even if it turned out to be a fake mission, they would still pay out the reward after verification, but he almost lost his life going back and forth. This wasn’t something that could be resolved with a mission reward.

And, what puzzled Peter the most now was… where was Eileen?

It had been almost three hours since they shot down the flying insect, and Eileen had also disappeared for about two and a half hours.

If Eileen had really gone ahead of them, then in these two and a half hours, she would definitely have known about the danger ahead and come back to warn them.

Although Eileen was a bit crazy, and her behavior often made people’s blood pressure rise, her strength was truly formidable, and she wouldn’t ignore her teammates, otherwise, Peter wouldn’t have teamed up with her.

In fact, most people who teamed up with Eileen were looking for a powerful fighter, and her pranks were like the side effects that had to be endured when using a powerful item. Just bear with it and it would pass.

After all, no one would refuse Blood Crystals and a B-rank bodyguard.

But just as Peter was trying to find a way to contact Eileen, the walkie-talkie in his hand suddenly rang.

“Buzz… Captain! Captain… buzz… behind us!!!”

The voice on the walkie-talkie was chaotic and noisy, without any standard terminology, only the panic and fear that could be felt even through the device.

“What happened?!” Peter pressed the walkie-talkie while looking towards the back of the convoy, trying to find the source of his teammate’s panic.

But there was only darkness behind them, and Peter saw nothing…

No, wait…

Peter noticed that the tiny red stars behind the convoy were almost the same distance away as what they had seen earlier.

They hadn’t gotten further away from the red starlight despite driving at full speed. Instead, the red “Color Out of Space” was closely following their convoy, even closing in.

“FUCK!”

Peter threw the lit cigarette butt to the ground. The burning ember hissed as it landed in the puddle of mucus and extinguished.

That damn thing was following them!

He didn’t tell the driver to speed up, because he knew that the current speed had already reached the limit of this bus – the driver was even more anxious than he was.

“Thump, thump, thump…”

He climbed out of the window, stood on the roof of the bus, bracing himself against the wind, and faced the rear of the convoy.

The road back was basically a long straight road. This was a chase with nowhere to hide. If they were caught, they were dead.

He had to stop this from happening.

Standing on the roof, feeling the strong wind against his back and the red stars flickering closer and closer in the dark sky ahead, his breathing became rapid.

There were two “stars” at the forefront, the brightest, probably the eyes of that giant insect.

The rest were probably smaller flying insects like the ones he had destroyed.

Don’t worry… if they’re all those small flying insects, then I can still escape… they’re extremely afraid of fire. I could even kill one without using my full strength, making it struggle painfully before dying.

I have the absolute advantage against it.

Peter kept repeating these encouraging words in his mind, trying to steady his trembling hands and calm himself.

He was only one mission reward away from being promoted to B-rank… only one step away from becoming someone superior, how could he fall here?

“Crack, crack—”

In the howling wind, he slowly raised his right hand, the skin on his entire right arm twisting as if melting.

His heart beat rapidly. Even through his clothes, he could see the light emanating from within and the immense energy contained within. This was definitely not the blood crystal purity that an ordinary C-rank could match.

The energy from his heart surged through his blood vessels to his right arm, which had melted into a fleshy pillar. His wrist had become a hollow hole, his hand completely absorbed into his arm. Scarlet, bulging veins wrapped around the fleshy pillar, frantically pumping blood crystal energy into it.

His entire arm, under this high-intensity energy transmission, began to emit white smoke, even the surrounding air distorting from the heat.

“Haa—!”

He steadied his right arm with his left hand and roared at the darkness ahead.

“Boom—”

With his roar, a blazing “pillar of fire” erupted from the “muzzle” of his right hand.

The high-pressure flames rapidly expanded after leaving the muzzle, reaching a diameter of almost five meters.

The scorching blood-red flames illuminated the night sky, surging towards the “air” behind.

Soon, under the illumination of the firelight, he saw the giant creature less than a thousand meters behind the convoy.

The noise from the rapid movement of its legs was completely masked by the roar of the convoy’s engines, so Peter hadn’t noticed the monster approaching.

Seeing the surging flames and the bright red object at the tip of the flames, the rapidly running monster clearly paused and abruptly shifted its body to the side, flapping its wings.

“Buzz—”

The sound of the giant insect’s rapidly vibrating wings was even louder than the roar of the cars, reaching a terrifying decibel level that momentarily deafened anyone who heard it.

The bright red object, trailing flames, barely grazed the giant insect’s abdomen… it had dodged…

Seeing the giant insect dodge, a smile appeared on Peter’s lips.

It worked.

“BOOM—!”

The fiery red meteor, as it passed the monster’s abdomen, suddenly brightened like a small sun. After a not-so-loud explosion, it became even brighter.

The temperature around the slowly falling “sun” rose sharply, and the entire monster’s abdomen was burned and cracked open, even the outer shell cracking and reverting to its mycelium form.

As if exceeding some limit, the giant monster suddenly exploded in mid-air before it could even fall to the ground after dodging.

Countless pieces of “flesh and blood” from the explosion splattered on the ground, forming separate patches of mycelium that wriggled and converged, quickly moving away from the flames.

Even the convoy could feel a scorching heat wave, let alone the center of the explosion.

“Hahahaha!!!”

Seeing the unexpectedly effective result of his full-powered attack, Peter laughed wildly.

As long as there was sufficient countermeasure, it wasn’t impossible for a C-rank to defeat a B-rank, no matter how strong it was. It was still a carbon-based lifeform, and fire was super effective against almost all carbon-based lifeforms.

If it wasn’t effective, it was because the temperature of the flame was too low.

The “sun,” slowly falling from the sky like a white phosphorus bomb, was getting further and further away from the convoy. It seemed that just one all-out shot was enough to completely stop the other party.

“Click—”

He took out a small Polaroid camera from his tactical waist bag, took a picture of the scene in front of him, and then put the photo and camera back into his bag.

He would go back and directly ask the Hand of Freedom to arbitrate this mission. After the Hand of Freedom sent people to investigate and collect evidence, he wouldn’t have to complete the mission and could still receive the full reward.

His promotion to B-rank was just around the corner. In the future, he wouldn’t have to worry about robbing things. Robbing others was much easier than doing missions himself.

Just as Peter was fantasizing about his carefree life after being promoted to B-rank, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

The giant monster had exploded, but the red starlight surrounding it didn’t fade at all, but was approaching his convoy at an even faster speed.

Were those its offspring or subordinates… it didn’t matter, he would just blow them all up!

To avoid any accidents, Peter directly took out a Blood Crystal from his waist bag and stuffed it into the hole in his right hand.

The veins in his right hand bulged again. He supported his right hand with his left hand and looked ahead.

“Huh?”

Peter froze for a second.

In front of him, the originally red “stars” began to change color from bottom to top, from dark red to brilliant gold.

After the starlight turned golden, it erupted with a loud roar, the huge noise even more terrifying than the sound of the giant insect flapping its wings just now.

“Buzz—!”

In almost the blink of an eye, Peter saw countless golden streams of light coming towards him. By the time he reacted, the streams of light, like real meteors, with the momentum of a volley of arrows, directly covered his convoy, completely penetrating almost every vehicle.

“Dri… gu—” Just as Peter was about to say something, he found that he couldn’t speak at all. He reached for his throat with his left hand, only to find that it was already covered in blood.

His throat, he didn’t know when, had been pierced, along with his spine.

He didn’t even feel the pain before he completely lost control of his body.

“Thump—”

He fell flat on the roof of the car, his eyes staring straight at the fireball in the distance.

From the explosion of the fireball to him being pierced, the fireball still hadn’t completely fallen.

In just a few seconds, he had completely lost.

And it wasn’t until his spine was shattered that he saw what had attacked him.

It was a golden flying insect with spikes on its head, its overall shape like a drop of water, only about the size of a thumb, but its speed was so fast that even he, a C-rank, didn’t have time to react.

“Shing—”
“Thump—”
“Thump—!”

The bus had already stopped, and the other vehicles behind had completely lost control, some overturned, some crashed into each other.

A well-trained team of Awakened led by a C-rank was completely destroyed in less than a second, without even seeing the enemy’s appearance.

He didn’t know how long he lay on the ground, waiting to die in the firelight, when he heard footsteps.

He desperately wanted to turn his head and look in the direction of the footsteps, but he couldn’t even ask for mercy or help, his throat had already been pierced.

Soon, he didn’t know if it was an illusion, but along with the footsteps, he also heard a… no, two girls’ voices.

Had he already gone to heaven?

Or had he gone to hell, and the souls he had wronged had come to seek revenge?

As his consciousness gradually faded, he noticed that one of the girls was crying, and her voice was relatively loud, but she wasn’t speaking English, it seemed to be some language he didn’t understand.

Soon, he heard the footsteps gradually approaching him.

So he wasn’t dead yet…

The massive blood loss had already made his limbs and consciousness cold, and he couldn’t even tell if he was dead or alive.

“Tap, tap…”

Two pairs of feet stopped in front of him. In a daze, he could see a pair of slender legs wearing white socks and small white canvas shoes in front of him.

And another pair of equally slender, slightly pale bare feet beside them.

“Is it him? (Chinese)”

“Woo… it’s him! (Chinese)”

“Buzz—”

Before the green-haired man could understand what was happening, he heard a buzzing sound beside him.

Then, as if something was lifting his head and pulling his body up slowly, his vision gradually rose, his legs still weakly kneeling, until he was level with the two “people” in front of him.

Peter had originally been prepared to die peacefully, but the moment he saw that figure, he was completely awakened by the terrifying pressure and appearance.

It was like being doused with a basin of ice water on a drowsy winter day, feeling a chill from the inside out.

The white-haired girl standing on the left, with tears in her eyes, looked relatively normal, and the way she was holding the other girl’s arm could even be said to be very endearing.

But the girl on the right had a completely different appearance and temperament.

The girl’s face was expressionless, her long golden hair draped behind her head, and her sapphire blue eyes looked at him emotionlessly. At first glance, she looked like an ordinary little girl, just with a cold and stiff face.

But after she heard what the white-haired girl beside her said and nodded slightly, her neck began to bulge.

Two huge tentacles, thicker than her arms, emerged from the deltoid muscles at the junction of her neck and shoulders, draped behind her like a long shawl.

The tentacle on her right shoulder emitted a brilliant golden light, which couldn’t be blocked even by the translucent mucus wrapping it.

And the one on her left shoulder was a completely black, fat tentacle full of holes like a lotus seedpod, forming a stark contrast.

The girl with the strange tentacles on her shoulders, after seeing his terrified gaze, tilted her head slightly.

It seemed that she was thinking about how to kill him.

“Rip—”

Suddenly, a blood line appeared in the center of the blonde girl’s face, and then the blood line quickly spread from the center, like the zipper of a backpack being pulled open, and her face split in half, retracting into her hair like eyelids.

A huge black eyeball, directly connected to the spine, was revealed. The slightly protruding red pupil with bloodshot eyes in the smooth vitreous body was calmly looking at Peter, who could no longer breathe.

It seemed that it had figured out a method.

Under Peter’s horrified gaze, the huge black tentacle with dense holes on the girl’s left shoulder reached towards him, wrapped around his neck, and stopped by his mouth.

“Buzz—”

Countless flying insects buzzed under the holes, and red flying insects covered in mucus emerged from inside, crawling along the tentacles to Peter’s face, and drilling into his body one by one along his seven orifices.

“Thump—”

The white flying insect that was carrying Peter’s shoulder and flying behind him released its claws, and Peter’s body was thrown to the ground like a rag.

The girl with the strange tentacle cloak on her shoulders and her entire face occupied by an eyeball walked towards the convoy.

At this time, many people noticed this scene, but they didn’t even have the courage to resist.

Not to mention the two strong B-rank auras, even without the B-rank, just the blonde “girl” standing there alone, they wouldn’t dare to act.

At this time, the blonde monster, holding the cute white-haired girl who didn’t seem to have any aversion to her appearance, was searching among the fallen crowd.

Soon, the blonde girl came to a C-rank Awakened who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead. The huge black tentacle hole on her left shoulder vibrated, and she spoke in American English with a buzzing sound.

“Which organization are you from?”

The Awakened lying on the ground knew that he couldn’t hide anymore, but he didn’t dare to raise his head. He just lay on the ground, his face towards the ground, and replied tremblingly: “Hand of Freedom, sir.”

“Then please tell them that there will be a business deal coming to the Hand of Freedom soon, codenamed JIN.” (T/N: Jin = Gold)