Level-5 Zombie Gorilla

The mutant pandas were already a headache, being welcomed by a flock of zombie beasts and the level-5 one, which shouldn't even have existed, in the village just added to the difficulty of the operation. Granted, no one was happy, but because of Xing Feng, Yun Che and our Super Zombie Yun Cheng, the displeasure was quelled.

*Rustle rustle*

After at least 80% of everybody's superfunction energy was recovered, the four squads vigilantly ventured into the village with Peak leading the way. Yun Cheng wasn't willing to be separated from Leng Yehan, so he, too, was at the front, therefore, the zombies made way for them. Occasionally, a few zombie beasts would attack them, but they were easy to deal with. Remember, they came here to cut down bamboos, so every time they walked past a grove, they'd stop and collect timbers. Yun Che was on alert with the air panel activated.

"Give me all the shoots."

After all the bamboos in the first 3-square-meter grove were cut down, Meng Xu took all the timbers. Yun Che took all the bamboo shoots.

"Keep moving?"

With Chenchen in the arms, Xing Feng looked back at Yun Che. Yun Che nodded, the team moved forward. Yun Che never deactivated the air panel the whole time. He'd been watching the level-5 zombie beast, but weirdly, it never moved. Judging from the air panel, it should be on the outskirts of the bamboo forest behind the village.

There were quite some bamboo groves in the village, so the team had collected a lot of timbers along the way, but not many bamboo shoots because the season wasn't right. About half an hour, they'd emptied all the groves inside the village. While they traveled, Yun Cheng would collect the crystal nuclei of any level-4 zombies detected by him. Cheng was swift and his superfunction was powerful, so no extra time was wasted. He would come back to the team in the blink of an eye. The numb crowd chose to turn a blind eye to him because astonishment had become a waste of time and energy.

"Han, hurry up, the snack is over there."

"Be careful, the level-5 zombie beast is ahead of us."

Before entering an ally, Yun Cheng walked arm in arm with Leng Yehan and said in an excitement and low voice. Meanwhile, Yun Che warned people in the front. The level-5 zombie beast still hadn't moved, which had been bothering Yun Che. He wore a somber look on the face. With Chenchen in arms, Xing Feng spared one hand to hold Yun Che's hand, silently giving him support. Yun Che looked and nodded at him silently. For some reason, he always had a bad feeling.

Roar!

"Shit!"

There came a sudden deafening roar. Zhou Zeyu and the others in the front cursed and halted. The rest rushed out of the ally and saw a giant gorilla menacingly roar at them at the entrance of the trail into the bamboo forest. It also kept stuffing his mouth with bloody meat. Before him lay a large panda whose body had been half eaten. Its mutilated body parts stenched, its guts were all over the place. The disturbing scene made everybody feel like throwing up.

"Stay on guard, everybody."

It was, after all, a level-5 zombie gorilla. Leng Yehan warned everyone and got ready for a battle by conjuring his superfunction.

"Dirty!"

Yun Cheng the mysophobic zombie covered his nose and pulled Leng Yehan back to his brother. His wide-open eyes, however, were fixed on the gorilla. Excitement and avidity filled those eyes.

Blarghhh!

The scene disgusted many. They turned away and threw up.

*Roar*

"Shit, what are you doing?"

Suddenly, the gorilla stopped eating. It beat its chest and roared into the sky. Then, something strange happened. Jiang Yuan and some other people superfunction-attacked Zhou Zeyu and Meng Gang near them. All the under-level-4 superfunction possessors in Joy and Loser started to attack their mates. It caught every level-4 superfunction possessor off guard.

Thump! Thump!

"Stop, goddammit, or I'll fight you back!"

"Hey, I don't know what's happening to me. I can't control my body."

"Me, either."

"Shit!"

Jiang Yuan defended himself as he attacked his teammates. He was so anxious, yet helpless. The doomsday had lasted for 4 months, this was the first time they experienced something like this. The level-4 superfunction possessors couldn't actually fight back, so Chaoyang and Peak people just stampeded.

"Waaaahhh! Uncle!"

Chenchen was affected, too. He burst into tears in shock after throwing a fireball at Yun Che. Xing Feng artfully knocked the boy out. "Are you OK?" He asked Yun Che.

"I'm OK. Chenchen's superfunction can't cause much damage to me."

Yun Che took the hit, only a tiny part of his clothes was burned, no major damage. Xing Feng nodded in relief. They then both looked around.

"Aaaaahhh!"

Before they could get a clear look, a scream chilled everyone. The gorilla had come over and bit the neck of someone in Joy. It swung its head, its teeth ripped a chunk of meat from the guy's neck. It then took another bite after swallowing the meat.

*Crack*

"Aaaaahhhhhhh!"

The guy's bones were broken, the sound was horrifying. As the volume of his scream decreased, he collapsed to the ground. But the gorilla didn't stop from there. Its sharp claws went straight into the guy's head and tore his skull away, then the beast feasted upon his brain.

"Zhang Wei!"

Chen Hua got red eyes when he dodged the attack from his own mates. He didn't feel awful about his death, in fact, every superfunction possessor would see every quest as their final one. What he felt awful about was Zhang Wei's body being shredded and eaten bit by bit by the zombie gorilla. Chen Hua could take the death of his man, but watching his dead body being cruelly eaten up agonized him.

"Zhang Wei…"

All Joy people cried, including those who lost control of themselves. Trails of tears came from the bottom of their hearts. Those hot and painful tears.

Peak, Chaoyang and Loser people felt awful as well. They were close, they had often gone on quests, they knew each other. It would pain anyone to watch a friend die.

*Roaaaar*

"Knock them all out!" Yun Che shouted after dodging the attack, "Cheng, blow the monster up."

Yun Che snatched Chenchen from Xing Feng and sent him into Space while everyone was busy dodging attacks. It all happened too sudden, even Yun Che and Xing Feng were caught off guard, let alone others. It was indeed a level-5 psychological zombie gorilla as Yun Che thought. And it wasn't an average manipulator, judging from the remains of the dead panda and how the under level-4 superfunction possessors lost control of themselves, the gorilla must be able to control every living creature. In case of more casualties, the gorilla must be taken down immediately. But the only one here who was 100% immune to the gorilla's mind-control and could kill it with one hit was Yun Cheng, even Yun Che, who was also level-5, wasn't capable of that.

"Damn! Move, Che!"

Thud!

Right before they were ready to knock their mates out, Zhou Zeyu suddenly realized that he, too, had lost control of his own body as he cast overwhelming tornados upon Yun Che. Others acted abnormally as well. They all attacked Yun Che at the same time.

"Che!"

The superfunction-attack from nearly 10 level-4 superfunction possessors was surely destructive. Xing Feng just left Yun Che for a moment, now he dashed toward him with full speed as he screamed his name. But before Xing Feng got close, Yun Che whooshed into the sky from the ground.

Boooom!

The ground nearly a hundred meters around where Yun Che stood a second ago was razed. Everybody was stunned by the scene. They were relieved after seeing Yun Che in midair. Thank God, he was an air superfunction possessor, so he could fly whenever he wanted as a level-5 superfunction possessor, otherwise…

"Brother?"

After taking a look at his brother who was safe and sound, Yun Cheng suddenly charged at the zombie gorilla with light balls in his hands.

*Roar*

Thud!

The zombie gorilla seemed to sense Yun Cheng's level. It first roared at him, then tried to escape, but Yun Cheng threw the light balls right at the back of its head. Almost immediately, the gorilla exploded. When it collapsed, its upper half was gone, only a fist-sized crystal nucleus remained.

Once the gorilla was dead, everybody was back to normal. They all gulped for air when kneeling on the ground. Joy people scrambled to Zhang Wei's body. The boys shed hot, grievous tears.

"Brother, rinse it. Quickly, rinse it."

Yun Cheng found a pair of gloves somewhere, picked the crystal nucleus up and ran to Yun Che who just landed. His eyes were full of excitement. At last, he got the delicious snack.

"Look how happy you are. I'll rinse it later."

Yun Che shook his head and put it into his Space. Regardless of Yun Cheng's grouchy face, Yun Che walked over to Chen Hua. Leng Yehan held Yun Cheng back in case he would disturb the mourning. Grief would fall upon every squad if one of their members had such a tragic death.

"Captain Chen, my condolences."

At this moment, even Yun Che, a smooth-tongued guy, didn't know what to say to comfort them. He just mildly squeezed Chen Hua's shoulder. Before this, who would have thought that the level-5 zombie beast was a full-on manipulator? Even though Yun Che had warned them about the level-5 zombie beast, death still wasn't avoided because it all happened too quickly.

"Thanks."

Chen Hua nodded and wiped his tears away. He asked fire superfunction possessors to burn Zhang Wei's body and put the ashes in a nice casket that he got from Yun Che scoop by scoop with his own hands.

During the whole time, the curses and sighs never stopped. Not until Chen Hua asked Meng Xu to put the casket in his Space for now did the curses eased down. But not the sighs. It wasn't the first time that Joy lost a member since the doomsday befell, but this loss surely felt the worst. They watched him being bitten to death and his brain being eaten all up but they didn't and couldn't have done anything, some were even attacking their own mates. Zhang Wei's death would leave a scar on everybody's heart.