Chapter 202 Mechanical Zombies
A circular halo appeared behind Julia, and two ribbons flew out.
It hit the falling object like an iron fist, and it also flew to a tree trunk not far away and slid down.
Everyone dispersed immediately.
Although they were dispersed, the formation did not change much. Porro and Xiadaiti came to the direction facing the two monsters respectively.
Only then did everyone see the specific images of the two monsters.
Dried and rotten humans, similar to zombies, but most of their skin is broken.
Part of their skin was replaced with something like metal fragments, attached to their flesh and blood.
It seems extremely weird.
The rotting green flesh gave off a fishy smell, and the metal fragments were stained with unknown dirt.
Even more disgusting.
The monster in one direction had an entire arm made of metal, with structures like floating stones on it.
It was stained with rotting pus and blood.
It was some kind of spell construct, something like it that Alka had seen before.
Andre's broken arm is something similar, but there is a big difference between the two.
"Undead?" Xia Daiti said uncertainly.
The images of these two monsters really look like zombie-like monsters, except that their bodies are rotten, their skin is broken, and there are steel and mechanical structures attached to them.
Followed by a dull sound.
Jason pulled the trigger first to test the situation.
The metal bullet quickly hit one of the zombies on the head, instantly making a small hole in his head, and the bullet penetrated the entire head.
Dark yellow and green liquid flowed out of the holes, covering his broken and hideous face.
Seeing this situation, Alka didn't wait any longer and said directly: "Attack!"
Then he pulled out the lock on his thigh and pulled the trigger.
Alka's main means of attack are silver and red cards, which are not suitable for use in such a dense forest at this stage.
So he used the rarely used gun on his thigh.
A blade-like attack composed of cold energy flew out and hit the monster's arm before the bullet.
The filthy and muddy magic power swung out from the monster's hand to block the cold blade, while Alka's bullet was blocked by the monster's metal arm.
Xia Daiti had already rushed in front of the monster and swung his silver iron fist hard.
It directly penetrated the filthy magic power, and the impact force caused the monster to retreat again and again.
A magical burst technique similar to hitting a bull from behind a mountain, which Alka first saw on Andre.
The other zombie had been torn into several pieces by Porro, who rushed forward first, and filthy liquid and body parts splattered all around.
This one was much weaker than the one Alka and the others faced.
Didn't even last a single round.
The monster with metal arms may have a strength of four spirals, while the one that Pororo and the others are facing may only be two spirals.
Facing the target that had already been eliminated by Porro.
Jason quickly changed his target according to the situation, put away his emerald shooter, raised his left hand and shot an ice bullet out from his glove.
It passed through the crowd and accurately hit the monster's lower body. The ice that formed instantly froze his legs in place.
"Roar!" The zombie monster roared, and a silver card passed through and was stuffed into its open mouth.
The sharp edge of the card directly cut off most of its head, cutting the jaw open. The entire chin almost fell off and was hanging on the head by a piece of skin.
Before Xia Daiti could launch a second attack, a scarlet spike pierced through the monster's entire chest and then lifted it up.
It was cut in half from the middle to the head, with the lower half still frozen in place and the upper half split and hung down to both sides.
The one who launched the attack was Lucilia, who appeared from the shadows behind the monster.
At this moment, the needle-shaped weapon in her hand was wrapped in scarlet energy, and the energy spurted out from the tip, forming an energy blade that was much longer than her body.
Such damage has obviously caused fatal injuries to the monster, and a large amount of smelly pus flowed out of the corpse.
A faint singing voice was heard, and a strange magic power cast a light green transparent cover over everyone's body.
"It can protect against viruses from the outside world and filter out harmful substances in the air."
Everyone nodded when they heard this, as they were afraid that the pus flowing out of the monster's body might be toxic or contagious.
Julia was very thoughtful.
Alka walked over first, and the black pus with a hint of dark green had already flowed to his feet.
Alka couldn't help but squat down to take a look, frowned, picked up the branch next to him and fiddled with it twice.
The pus was extremely viscous and even stretched out into threads along the wooden stick.
"This isn't blood? It's more like some kind of oily substance mixed into the melted flesh and blood tissue."
Compared to blood or pus, Alka felt that it was more like some kind of oily liquid, but it might be mixed with blood or pus, so it didn't look very good.
Ignoring the outflow, Alka came to the side of the corpse. At this time, the ice that froze his lower body had melted as the magic power disappeared.
The entire body fell to the ground, the upper body split into two halves, and the internal tissues were clearly exposed.
You can see that there are still some rotten organs in his body, but there are also things like pipes connecting him inside.
Looking at his metal arm, although the metal arm was connected from the shoulder downwards, the flesh and blood area was actually broken all the way to the forearm.
It's just wrapped in metal, and the metal fragments on the skin are more like growing on it than sticking to it.
There are obvious signs of growth, rather than being sewn on or glued on.
Alka gently cut the tubes in his body.
Everyone looked at Alka, fiddling with the corpse expressionlessly, and couldn't help but step back.
Is this scene somewhat unacceptable to them?
When did Alka become like this? It seems that it started when he started studying flesh puppets.
He has become largely immune to these bloody and fleshy scenes of the human body.
Lucilia and Xiadaiti even turned their heads away and began to be alert to their surroundings.
Only Polo stood there indifferently, even watching with great interest.
Jason also suppressed a certain nausea and watched with curiosity.
Juanlu was just observing. Looking at the black liquid flowing out of the pipe, he also found it a bit strange.
I watched it while suppressing my nausea.
So the black liquid in the pus inside the monster's body is something in the pipes.
"So this is a half-human, half-mechanical monster?"
After hearing Juanlu's words, Alka, who had been studying for a while, shook his head.
"No, to be precise, it's a half-undead, half-mechanical monster. The magic in his body has a taste of the undead, right?" Alka tilted his head uncertainly and asked Julia who was staring at this place not far away.
Julia nodded, confirming Alka's opinion.
“This corpse might have been quite strong when he was alive, perhaps around 5-6 spirals, his muscle tissue had that much strength.
But the undead energy that awakened him was indeed not very strong. Logically speaking, it should not have the strength of four spirals.
But this unknown mechanical structure and the black oil pipeline inside it strengthened his strength, and there is extremely strong magic in this black oil. "
To put it simply, the undead's means are not strong enough, so they use spell constructs to make up for it.
"It's a very interesting and practical design. Even though it's disgusting, it's really practical." Alka couldn't help but say.
He felt that he could use it on some of the puppet girls in the future, and he was now observing them with a learning attitude.
"But this machine and this metal skin armor are too weird."
"Why?" Jason asked curiously.
Although he doesn't understand anything, he is curious.
"This metal skin shell looks like it grew on his body. If it's a ghost, it should have been attached to him by some means, or sewn on."
"Grown up?"
Jason asked with some confusion. He didn't quite understand this.
"Yes, this metal and this flesh and blood grow together. Do you understand?"
In front of them, Alka pulled the metal piece off his skin as if he were pulling a nail off his finger.
He pulled out a large piece of skin and flesh.
Seeing this behavior, Xiadaiti and Lucilia, who couldn't help but turn their heads, frowned and showed expressions of extreme disgust.
Er, who was standing on Xia Daiti's other shoulder, also showed the same expression.
Hey hey!
Then they turned their heads in unison.
Finally, Alka came to another body and examined it.
This undead corpse is relatively complete, without any limbs like the spell construct.
Except for some metal armor on the body, there are no black oil pipes in the body.
So he is much weaker than the zombie with the metal arm.
After studying both corpses for a while and confirming that there was nothing to be gained.
Alka dragged them together and then dug away the surrounding vegetation.
Burn them with fire.
Perhaps it was because of the black oil that flowed out. It was extremely flammable and would catch fire at the slightest touch.
The billowing black smoke floated upwards like a black column.
Alka put out the flames only when they were almost burned out.
Creatures like the undead, especially those with flesh and blood, must be burned.
This is the post-processing measure highlighted in countless books. Otherwise, it is very likely that these corpses will be awakened again and continue to cause an impact.
All the previous battles were in vain.
After finishing the job, everyone moved forward again.
With the experience just now, this time everyone no longer acted according to the established formation. They were a little dispersed, but they were able to take care of their teammates at all times.
And pay attention to the top of your head from time to time.
They just looked at the tree, but still didn't know where the monster fell from.
"roar!"
When they reached a certain stage, a monster similar to the zombie appeared in front of them again.
But this zombie was cut in half, and he crawled on the ground on his hands, slowly crawling towards them.
There is a large area of metal attached to his back, and his lower body from the waist has completely turned into a spell-casting structure, but it is not complete, so he can only crawl.
The calf of the right leg was missing, and only half of the thigh of the left leg was left, exposing some metal and stone magic blocks.
One could even see the black oil inside slowly flowing out, leaving a trail as he dragged along.
A blue card flew out and exploded on his back, turning into several chains that bound him in place.
The monster struggled frantically, its head still open and roaring in the direction of A-Ka and the others.
"This monster...was hurt by someone else?" Jason asked uncertainly.
They all looked at the monster a little closer. After all, Alka used the blue card to bind him and did not attack him. He must have wanted to observe him.
Alka did come over and started observing.
The monster was still struggling frantically, wriggling towards them, but the monster's strength was probably only three spirals, and it couldn't use its full power because its lower body was incomplete.
As Alka's strength increased, his blue card also underwent a more advanced carving, making it easy for him to tie up the monster.
However, before they could get close to the monster, it opened its mouth, and a large mass of dark green stuff was ejected like a cannonball.
Jason, who had been on guard at the back, was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and a ball of ice flew out and collided with the dark green thing in the air.
The ice bomb exploded, the coldness froze the dark green liquid, and lumps of green ice fell to the ground.
It broke into several pieces and withered the plants it touched.
The silver medal passed by.
The monster's head was cut off at the neck and rolled to the side twice.
However, the headless corpse was still struggling.
"You're still alive even after your head has been chopped off?"
Jason couldn't understand why. Even if the zombie's head fell off, it should still be unable to move.
Unless someone reattaches his head or sews his head back together.
"He is not an ordinary undead zombie."
Alka said, throwing out another card, this time it was a mirror card.
It slashed through the middle and pierced into the broken neck, breaking part of the spine, and then the monster became motionless.
He walked up and kicked the corpse over, revealing the front of the monster.
The monster's chest had long been hollowed out, filled with black oil pipes, spiral metal and stone blocks.
Only then did Alka squat down with a little relief. This time he looked directly at the broken lower body of the monster.
Those completely mechanized hips and legs.
This monster's mechanization is stronger than the previous one, but its strength is much weaker than that one. After all, that one has reached four spirals and is already in the second stage.
"This leg... doesn't look like it was damaged by anyone."
After looking for a long time, Alka came to a conclusion that went against common sense.
"He destroyed it himself?" Pororo asked from the side.
"No, I mean not destroyed, but... not finished."
Alka said uncertainly.
The lower body clearly looked like it was partially made, but then ran out of materials, or the couple didn't want to make it anymore and just left it as it is.
Who would destroy this kind of mechanical structure and leave all kinds of interfaces intact, as if they were carefully disassembled?
It's obviously not finished.
But there was still something a little strange about it, and Alka didn't know why.
"He was released before he was done. Can you tell how much time has passed?"
Xia Daiti mentioned something nearby.
"Yes, probably several years ago, but not recently."
"So the person who left this monster behind has left?"
Jason heard this and said beside him.
After all, it wasn't finished, but many years had passed. Doesn't that mean that the person who created this monster on the island has left?
Or else he is dead.
Alka shook his head; he wasn't sure either.
Then a machete appeared in his hand, and he easily chopped off the monster's waist.
Looking at the flesh and blood stuck to the mechanical device, and the connected black oil pipes.
Alka's brows were twisted into a knot.
An extremely outrageous idea came into his mind.
"This thing... doesn't look like it was installed."
?
Alka's words made everyone around him look confused.
What does it mean that it doesn’t look like it was installed?
"Like..." Arka frowned. He felt that his opinion was a bit exaggerated, but he still said, "Like it grew there. No, it should have grown out."
Everyone frowned, and Julia couldn't help but say, "Isn't that too exaggerated?"
Because it totally goes against the worldview.
After all, Julia was someone who had been to the seas of two gods, and was also the protector of the sea among all living beings.
A spell construct growing out of a flesh and blood body is too strange even if it is an undead.
"Take a closer look?" Jason said.
This view is indeed a bit outrageous.
Not to mention it's unscientific, it's not even magical, and it's not mysterious either.
Alka was a little unsure of his own opinion and began to dissect it once again.
This time, even though everyone felt a little disgusted, they endured and watched to the end.
As Alka performed the dissection, he even began to narrate.
"See here? This is his intestine. Although it has decayed, you can still see that the tube grows in the middle of the intestine, and is wrapped inside and outside by the casing."
"If it was man-made, this process would be too troublesome and useless. Not to mention that the structure inside the casing is actually connected to the pipe."
"The muscles here are also connected to this mechanical structure, just like when it grew here, the flesh began to grow into metal."
As Alka spoke during the dissection, his thoughts were only confirmed.
