Apocalypse: Modifying Everything, Building an Iron Fortress

Chapter 17: Did This Zombie Take Drugs? Why Is Its Head So Hard?

“Jarvis, calculate how long it will take for the zombies outside to rush to the door.” After deciding on a course of action, Jiang Cheng spoke again, addressing Jarvis.

“Sir, approximately seventeen seconds!” Jarvis replied.

Seventeen seconds …

That’s too little time, but fortunately, it’s not too pressing for him.

“The electric rolling shutter takes at least ten seconds to close, which means that after opening the iron gate at the first-floor stairwell, I must deal with the eight zombies inside the supermarket within seven seconds!”

Jiang Cheng quickly calculated in his mind.

He was confident he could handle eight zombies in seven seconds.

However, to be on the safe side, he turned to Liu Yuqing and said, “When I open the iron gate on the first floor later, don’t worry about anything else. Just go and close the electric rolling shutter. Leave the zombies to me.”

“Okay, got it!”

Liu Yuqing, who had been watching Jiang Cheng while he communicated with Jarvis, blushed when he suddenly turned around, and she quickly looked away, agreeing to his instructions.

Jiang Cheng gave her a suspicious look but didn’t think much of it and said, “Let’s go!”

“Okay!” Liu Yuqing lowered her head slightly and followed him.

A little over a minute later!

The two of them carefully descended the stairs to the first floor, arriving at the iron gate.

Jiang Cheng pulled Liu Yuqing along and pressed themselves against the wall at the first-floor stairwell, cautiously poking his head out to observe the exact positions of the eight zombies through the iron gate.

To avoid alerting them prematurely, he didn’t shoot the zombies through the gate with the nail gun.

Instead, he quietly unlocked the gate with a key, then gestured a countdown of three, two, one to Liu Yuqing before suddenly pulling open the gate and charging out together with her!

Clatter, clatter—

“Hrrr … Hrrr …”

“Grrooo …”

At that moment, the noise from the gate being pulled open instantly attracted the attention of the eight zombies inside the supermarket. Their bloodshot eyes stared at them, their mouths dripping with filthy blood, and they snarled as they charged towards them with terrifying ferocity.

In addition, some of the zombies outside the supermarket also noticed the commotion and began rushing towards the supermarket.

Seeing this, Liu Yuqing panicked inwardly, but to avoid holding Jiang Cheng back, she bit her lip and suppressed her fear, following Jiang Cheng’s earlier instructions and quickly rushing towards the button that controlled the rolling shutter.

At the same time!

Jiang Cheng, who charged out with her, held the nail gun in his left hand and a short knife in his right. Facing the eight ferocious zombies, he fearlessly advanced to meet them.

Pfft, pfft—

Jiang Cheng raised the nail gun in his left hand, aimed at the zombies’ heads, and repeatedly pulled the trigger, firing nails that instantly killed the two zombies at the front.

“Hrrr …”

The next moment, a zombie got close, and Jiang Cheng swiftly swung the short knife with his right hand, using his tremendous strength to instantly decapitate the zombie that was lunging at him.

His left hand didn’t stop either, and he continued pulling the trigger, taking down two more zombies.

At this point, the remaining three zombies almost simultaneously lunged at him. But Jiang Cheng remained calm, retracting the short knife and delivering a powerful kick that sent the middle zombie flying.

Then, he leaned back to avoid the attacks of the other two zombies.

Pfft, pfft—

In an instant, Jiang Cheng twisted his body and raised the nail gun, pulling the trigger repeatedly to blow the heads off the two zombies that had missed him and were now behind him.

By this time, the zombie he had kicked had already gotten back up and was charging at him from behind.

Without even turning his head, Jiang Cheng flung the short knife backward.

Pffft—

The next moment, the short knife accurately struck the zombie’s head, killing it instantly!

“Amazing …” Liu Yuqing, who had witnessed Jiang Cheng’s zombie-clearing prowess, couldn’t help but feel her eyes widen in shock, a trace of astonishment flickering in her beautiful eyes.

Although she had seen Jiang Cheng deal with those people upstairs earlier, his moves just now were even more decisive and effortless than before.

“Hurry! Press the door button!”

Jiang Cheng pulled the short knife from the zombie’s head and shouted towards Liu Yuqing, who had reached the door, while quickly moving to support her.

Beep—

The moment Jiang Cheng’s voice rang out, Liu Yuqing raised her hand and pressed the door button on the wall.

Clatter, clatter …

The rolling shutter at the supermarket entrance made a loud noise as it slowly descended.

At this moment, a few zombies outside had already rushed over, now only about two meters away from the door.

Liu Yuqing’s face turned slightly pale; she could even smell the foul stench emanating from the zombies.

“They’re really fast!”

Pfft, pfft, pfft—

Seeing this, Jiang Cheng, who had reached Liu Yuqing’s side, took a deep breath and quickly pulled the nail gun’s trigger, killing the zombies that had gotten within range.

He then instructed Liu Yuqing to push a row of shopping carts near the door outside to block the zombies’ advance.

“Hrrr … Hrrr …”

At that moment, three zombie roars suddenly echoed from inside the supermarket.

“Zombies without cell phone signals!”

Fortunately, Jiang Cheng reacted swiftly and immediately instructed Liu Yuqing, “Keep using the shopping carts to block the zombies outside. I’ll handle the ones behind us!”

The number of zombies originally attracted to the outside of the store wasn’t many—only seven or eight—but now, at least forty to fifty zombies had heard the noise and were rushing over.

However, those zombies were still some distance away, and with the shopping carts blocking them, they wouldn’t be able to reach the door in time.

Without the threat from those outside, Jiang Cheng was free to turn around and face the three zombies inside.

These three zombies consisted of a thirty-something female zombie dressed in office attire, a nearly sixty-year-old elderly zombie, and a tall, burly man standing close to two meters tall, who looked particularly tough to deal with.

There weren’t many nails left in the nail gun, but Jiang Cheng didn’t hesitate, pulling the trigger repeatedly to fire off the remaining nails.

Pfft, pfft, pfft—

However, something unexpected happened. The first two zombies were fine, as the nails from the nail gun pierced their heads, killing them instantly.

But the last one, the two-meter-tall burly man, only had half the nail embedded in his head.

It couldn’t penetrate his skull and therefore couldn’t kill him!

“Did this zombie take drugs? Why is its head so hard?”

Jiang Cheng frowned but didn’t waste time pondering. He swiftly stepped forward and delivered a powerful kick, sending the zombie crashing to the ground. In the next moment, he followed up with the short knife, driving it through the zombie’s eye socket to finish him off.

Clang!

At that moment, the sound of the rolling shutter hitting the ground echoed from behind him.

“Phew … it worked!”

Turning around to confirm that the door had successfully closed, Jiang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, he just needed to take care of those seven on the fifth floor to complete the final step!