Chapter 122: Small City

Chapter 122: Small City

Previously, when 'interrogating' the corpses in the prison.

One of the corpses mentioned that Chen Jinlong might have awakened an ability.

At that time, Wu Heng still doubted the authenticity of this information.

After all, he had consumed corpse cores himself, and the effect was not significant, while the side effects were very obvious.

Without an antidote, the chances of viral infection were extremely high.

Awakening an ability, on the other hand, was purely based on luck.

But the abilities Chen Jinlong displayed clearly indicated he had already awakened.

His luck and ruthlessness made him more suited for this apocalypse.

"Kill him!"

Watching Chen Jinlong jump out of the window, Wu Heng spoke directly.

Bagdong took a step forward and leaped after him.

At the same time, the Big-Head Skeleton controlled the skeleton warriors outside, starting to encircle Chen Jinlong's position.

They hadn't intended to let him go before, and now it was even less likely to let him escape.

A large number of skeletons closed in from all directions.

Chen Jinlong's face looked even worse.

He shifted position, trying to escape toward a place with fewer skeletons.

But after just a few steps, the skeletons, as if knowing his thoughts, blocked his way ahead.

More skeletons wielding cleavers stepped forward, one by one.

They surrounded him, gradually shrinking the encirclement.

"Damn it! What the hell are these monsters?" Chen Jinlong continued to curse.

Bang bang~!

The shotgun slung on his back was swung to the front, and he fired two shots at the front, instantly shattering two skeletons.

The gunshots acted like a signal.

All the skeletons started to charge.

The sound of rattling bones filled the air.

Shit~!

Chen Jinlong cursed again and threw the gun at a skeleton.

He kicked off with his feet.

Like a swift leopard, he quickly charged into the weaker part of the skeleton group.

His fists swung continuously, knocking down several skeletons in a row.

It was clear that Chen Jinlong still had some combat skills, and his combat awareness was slightly more advanced.

After a brief skirmish, he knocked down all the skeletons surrounding him.

This was something an ordinary person could manage.

Suddenly, a strong sense of crisis surged in his heart. Chen Jinlong instinctively ducked to the right, and a skeleton's iron-gray fist brushed past his ear.

The wind whistled.

An expert!

Bang~!

Just as this thought surfaced in Chen Jinlong's mind, the second punch landed on his abdomen.

Puh~! Blood mixed with bile spewed from his mouth.

His body flew backward, crashing into a group of skeletons behind him.

Seeing countless cleavers about to fall on his head, he quickly rolled to dodge.

He saw the iron-gray skeleton rushing at him again.

Chen Jinlong gritted his teeth and squeezed into the middle of the cleaver-wielding skeletons.

He intended to forcefully break through a path.

Bang bang~!

At this time, Wu Heng arrived with his group.

Seeing Chen Jinlong breaking out, Wu Heng fired two shots at the skeleton group.

The bullets passed through the hollow skeletons and hit Chen Jinlong's body.

Blood splattered, and two bloody holes appeared in his chest.

Chen Jinlong glared at him fiercely, the red threads on his body becoming denser. At the bullet wounds, the muscle tissue wriggled, slowing the bleeding.

"Kill him!" Wu Heng continued to order.

Thud thud thud~!

The Big Guy and the Second Big Guy lowered their heads and charged up.

The skeleton group ahead instantly cleared a path.

With a bang, the Big Guy slammed into Chen Jinlong, sending him flying to the ground.

Immediately after, the Big Guy and the Second Big Guy followed up, not giving him time to get up. Their iron-gloved fists hammered down.

Like pile drivers, they pounded with a bang bang sound.

"Let's talk… cough… talk!"

"It was my fault…."

"I give up, I give up, spare me… just this once."

Chen Jinlong kept shouting, trying to communicate with Wu Heng's side.

But no one responded.

He never stood up again.

Soon, amidst the hammering sounds, the experience prompt appeared.

Indicating that Chen Jinlong had died.

Wu Heng told the Big Guy and the Second Big Guy to stop. Any more, and he'd turn into mush, making it impossible to summon as a skeleton.

"Have the skeletons clean up the battlefield. Kill anyone holding weapons." Wu Heng ordered directly.

Clatter!

The skeletons scattered again, spreading throughout the prison area.

They began transporting corpses and scavenging scattered weapons and ammunition.

With Chen Jinlong dead, the entire prison was conquered.

The remaining people hiding would eventually be found by the skeletons.

As soon as the sound of battle rang out, they would be besieged by the skeletons.

...…

The skeletons dispersed.

Wu Heng returned to the building where Chen Jinlong had been.

From a distance, he saw Li Yanhong standing downstairs, with a woman lying on the ground in front of her.

"Can she… still be saved?" Li Yanhong asked.

This woman had been dragged down from the fourth floor by Chen Jinlong, used as a cushion to break his fall.

Her chest was collapsed, and blood kept gushing from her mouth and nose.

Judging by her condition, she likely wouldn't survive.

She looked to be in her twenties, quite young.

Dark red whip marks were visible on her exposed skin.

She had suffered a lot while alive.

Blood kept spilling from her mouth as she lay on her back, her eyes looking at the two of them.

She showed no fear of the surrounding skeletons, her eyes reflecting helplessness, confusion, and a sense of release.

Many emotions were contained in her gaze—silence, complexity.

Wu Heng walked over and gently touched her collapsed chest. The injury was too severe.

It was likely that her ribs had pierced her internal organs.

Even in the modern era, it would be hard for her to survive.

Wu Heng sighed, feeling a bit reluctant. He took out a healing potion and said, "Drink this potion. Whether you live or not is up to you."

He pried her mouth open and poured the potion into her mouth.

The woman, while still vomiting blood, tried hard to swallow.

It seemed she didn't want to die either.

"Get her a room, see if she can make it till dawn," Wu Heng said.

Li Yanhong nodded and had a skeleton carry her to a room on the first floor to settle her down.

...…

The sky gradually brightened.

Skeletons dressed in leather armor, holding drawn pistols, replaced the guards at the wall. They stood like statues, motionless, with hollow eye sockets staring forward.

The entire prison remained quiet.

While cleaning the battlefield, gunshots occasionally rang out in some places, but they quickly stopped.

Corpses, along with weapons, were dragged here.

The open space on the cement ground was piled with corpses, and the air was thick with the smell of blood.

Wu Heng first focused on Chen Jinlong's corpse.

He directly cast [Raise Skeleton].

Necromantic magic enveloped the body, the flesh falling away to reveal white bones.

[Skeleton Warrior (Level 7)]

[Level: 7]

[Attributes: Constitution 17, Strength 16, Agility 14, Intelligence 12, Perception 11, Charisma 5.]

[Traits: Hollow Bones, Basic Soul.]

[Proficiencies: Brawling Mastery (Basic), Weapon Mastery (Basic).]

[Ability: Burst Potential.]

[Burst Potential]: Temporarily enhances the body, improving physical state and reducing pain and negative effects on oneself.

Chen Jinlong's stats seemed rather average.

Level 7, the same as Barson.

His stat panel was much simpler.

Apart from having slightly higher stats, there was nothing special.

But it matched the characteristics of people from this world.

The ability [Burst Potential] was likely the awakened ability that suddenly increased his combat power.

This ability seemed to temporarily enhance his combat strength.

It seemed to have some usefulness.

"From now on, you'll still be called Chen Jinlong. Stand aside for now!" Wu Heng said.

The skeleton of Chen Jinlong walked out of the rotting flesh and stood to the side.

Wu Heng took out an iron rod and searched through the decaying flesh but found no corpse core.

It seemed that the death of an ability user did not result in the dropping of a corpse core.

There was nothing to regret.

If ability users dropped corpse cores.

That would have been terrifying.

After converting Chen Jinlong, Wu Heng continued to use [Battlefield of the Dead] to convert the remaining corpses into skeletons.

There weren't many corpses, less than a hundred in total, all converted in one go.

And through ' Speak with Dead,' it seemed there were only a little over a hundred people in the prison.

After this, there likely weren't many left.

...…

In a room resembling an office.

Wu Heng found a layout map of the prison.

The entire prison was divided into three areas.

The prisoner area, the guard area, and the functional area.

The prisoner area included the dormitory buildings, solitary cells, dining hall, medical room, library, cultural and recreational rooms, and labor reform rooms.

The guard area was all office spaces, dormitories, and the armory and ammunition depot.

The functional area included the garage, warehouse, generator room, transformer room, boiler room, and water pump room, among other buildings.

Looking at this layout, Wu Heng was somewhat surprised.

The living conditions in this prison seemed better than what he had before.

Everything was so complete.

They even had their own generator room and water pump room.

It was like a small, independent city.

No wonder the searchlights here were on.

Wu Heng glanced at the map and confirmed the location of the armory.

He led the skeletons straight over.

The ammunition depot had been damaged, and an old-fashioned lock had been replaced at the entrance.

Wu Heng had a skeleton smash it with a fire axe, then entered the room.

Opening the weapon cabinet, Wu Heng's eyes gradually widened.

Inside the cabinet, there were still over two hundred rifles and submachine guns left.

Including the ones collected from outside, they now had over five hundred weapons in total.

"This trip was definitely worth it."

After collecting all the firearms, he led the skeletons to the ammunition depot.

Similarly, they broke the lock and entered the room.

Boxes of ammunition were stacked against the wall, reaching half a man's height.

Wu Heng opened one, and an uncontrollable smile appeared on his face.

These would be enough for quite some time.