Jin Chuyu and the others quickly reacted as well, rushing to the Magic Bus window where Chu Jiangyue stood.
"I’ll count down from three, two, one, then we’ll all attack together. Don’t give it any chance to dodge."
The Zombie King is somewhat intelligent. If it realizes they’re trying to kill it, it might launch a desperate counterattack.
"Got it!"
Everyone responded in unison, understanding the strategy perfectly.
After confirming everyone heard her clearly, Chu Jiangyue began the countdown:
"Three!
Two!
One!"
As Chu Jiangyue shouted "one," the vine in her hand had already been released.
At the same moment, everyone else targeted the Zombie King’s position, with Jiang He’s Space Condensation technique proving infallible once again.
It was thanks to Jiang He’s ability that they could consistently and precisely aim for the zombies’ heads.
Indeed, after they struck the Zombie King this time, its wounds didn’t immediately heal as they had before.
Green blood oozed from its body, and only after a long while did the wounds finally stop bleeding.
Nonetheless, the Zombie King’s intimidating presence visibly diminished.
Chu Jiangyue realized that the Zombie King had exhausted most of its energy.
As long as they didn’t let it absorb energy from other zombies’ Crystal Cores, they could achieve their goal of killing the Zombie King today.
"Magic Bus, hit the Zombie King out of the zombie horde!"
Since they couldn’t go outside, they pinned their hopes on the Magic Bus.
"Understood!"
Chu Jiangyue wasn’t sure why, but she sensed a hint of excitement in the Magic Bus’s acknowledgment.
The Magic Bus, disregarding the Zombie King’s state, charged towards it relentlessly after receiving Chu Jiangyue’s order.
Finally, it successfully knocked the Zombie King out of the zombie horde.
Discovering it had been pushed out of the horde, the Zombie King realized it was too late to summon them back.
Chu Jiangyue and the others were waiting for this moment. As soon as the Zombie King was displaced, they unleashed a barrage of colorful superpowers upon it.
"Ho!"
"Ho!"
"Ho!!!"
The Zombie King couldn’t articulate its words, its desperate attempts to speak evoking a sense of pity.
But Chu Jiangyue gave it no chance to talk, conjuring two thick vines that pierced through its head and heart.
Without the reinforcement of its formidable strength, the Zombie King was no different from an ordinary zombie.
With two "squelch" sounds, the sound of something penetrating flesh, the Zombie King’s cries weakened.
"Is it dead?"
"Let’s wait and see. The Zombie King has evolved some intelligence; what if it’s pretending to be dead for a final counterattack?"
Although a counterattack would likely still end poorly for it, if it managed to grab someone, it could achieve a one-for-one exchange, which wouldn’t be a total loss.
Fortunately, thanks to Chu Jiangyue’s caution, no one left the vehicle.
『Little Fox, can you check?』
As Chu Jiangyue couldn’t determine with her eyes, she asked Little Fox for a scan.
「Master, after multiple scans, it’s confirmed that the Zombie King shows no signs of life.」
The Zombie King, having evolved into a new human species, indeed had vital signs.
Now that Little Fox detected no life signs, it verified that the Zombie King was truly dead.
Throughout this battle with the Zombie King, even Chu Jiangyue couldn’t keep track of how long it lasted.
Now that it was finally dead, Chu Jiangyue exhaled deeply.
She sank into the Magic Bus’s seat, her body utterly depleted of energy.
After such a prolonged period of intense focus and superpower usage, once she relaxed, Chu Jiangyue realized the extent of her exhaustion.
"Magic Bus, take us back."
With the Zombie King defeated, the remaining High-level Zombies and ordinary zombies were much easier to manage.
Once the Magic Bus returned them to the Jianglin Hotel, Chu Jiangyue instructed the sentries to bomb the zombie horde outside with laser guns.
"Boss Chu, Brother Shen, are you guys okay?"
Lin Xuyuan and the others noted that since the Zombie King’s death, Chu Jiangyue and Shen Zhigui had not moved from their seats.
"We’re fine, just a little drained. We’ll be alright after some rest. You guys can get off first; we’ll catch up in a bit."
Chu Jiangyue shook her head, gesturing for Lin Xuyuan and the others to disembark.
The truth was that Lin Xuyuan’s group wasn’t in great shape either, but not as severely as Chu Jiangyue and Shen Zhigui.
"We’ll head out first then. If you need anything, just let us know."
Both nodded, understanding their own physical conditions well.
As Lin Xuyuan and his group disembarked, they spread the news of the Zombie King’s death.
Cheers erupted intermittently within the Jianglin Hotel.
Having rested a while on the Magic Bus, Chu Jiangyue and Shen Zhigui began feeling better.
"Let’s head out, staying here won’t help us recover much."
Responding to Shen Zhigui’s suggestion, Chu Jiangyue nodded slightly.
Supporting each other, they descended from the Magic Bus.
People waiting outside the Magic Bus lifted them up cheering before they realized what was happening.
At first, Chu Jiangyue was taken aback, but upon noticing it was the guests from Jianglin Hotel, a smile crept onto her face.
However, this celebration was brief, and soon everyone rejoined the frenzy of killing zombies.
Meanwhile, Chu Jiangyue and Shen Zhigui retired to their rooms, descended into deep sleep, and only emerged once fully recovered.
Upon waking, they found that the zombie horde outside Jianglin Hotel had been completely eradicated by the hotel guests.
Everyone was outside, cheerfully collecting Crystal Cores.
Chu Jiangyue remembered when she killed the Zombie King, she had extracted Crystal Cores from both its head and heart.
Reflecting now, the difference between the Zombie King and other zombies was probably the presence of a Crystal Core in its heart.
Chu Jiangyue didn’t trade those two Crystal Cores; instead, she placed them in two transparent glass boxes, having Chu Jiangyang display them as decorations in the lobby.
Anyone entering the lobby could see these unique Seven-color Crystal Cores.
Getting close to the Seven-color Crystal Cores revealed the immense energy contained within them.
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With the Zombie King defeated and the zombie horde besieging Jianglin Hotel dealt with, the hotel entered a new wave of business.
Chu Jiangyue’s account saw Gold Coins returning at a visible speed, allowing her plans for a safer route to progress rapidly.
Eventually, after two months of relentless effort, Chu Jiangyue finally received feedback from the construction robots she had dispatched earlier: