I Build a Floating City in the Apocalypse – Chapter 18

Chapter 18

“Close combat might be extremely dangerous, but if I attack from a distance with a bow and arrow, with the running speed brought by my nine Strength attribute points, these zombies shouldn’t be able to catch up to me.

So, as long as I operate properly, I can completely utilize my speed advantage to solo and kite an entire group of zombies to death, or I can directly find a suitable floor, stand upstairs, and pick off zombies one by one from a high vantage point.

But before that”

After finishing his meal, Fang Bai went directly to Unit 5 of Building 9 where he lived.

Standing by the window of the stairwell on the second floor of Unit 5, Fang Bai looked at the zombies at the entrance of the small supermarket below.

“Perhaps I can clear out this group of zombies at the supermarket first, to avoid another idiot feeding me a group of super zombies!”

The idiotic act he witnessed yesterday left a deep impression on Fang Bai, something he felt he could remember for a lifetime!

The moment he saw it, Fang Bai was completely stunned.

Even novels wouldn’t dare to write something like that!

At that moment, Fang Bai realized that novels would be criticized to death by readers if they didn’t follow logic, but reality wouldn’t.

Therefore, reality doesn’t follow logic!

Fang Bai drew his bow and nocked an arrow.

“Whoosh!”

The arrow shot out, the arrow with a metal arrowhead and carbon fiber shaft instantly piercing through the head of a zombie at the supermarket entrance. The zombie fell to the ground, dead, and a surge of experience points flowed into Fang Bai’s body.

Fang Bai looked at the increasing experience points in his experience bar, a smile immediately appearing on his face. He then picked up the next arrow.

The zombies downstairs, in Fang Bai’s eyes, were clearly just a bunch of moving experience packs.

Whoosh!

Another zombie died at Fang Bai’s hands. Shooting these zombies’ heads from the second floor was like shooting at a fixed target, without any difficulty at all.

However, after killing two zombies, these zombies discovered Fang Bai’s location, roaring towards him. At the same time, all the zombies inside the small supermarket came out and gathered under Fang Bai’s building. Fang Bai was even happier seeing this.

Because a stronger zombie emerged from the mahjong parlor.

“This zombie, one is worth five.”

Fang Bai immediately drew an arrow, nocked it, and locked onto the zombie’s temple in an instant.

Whoosh!

The arrow shot out. The zombie seemed to want to dodge, but the arrow was too fast and the distance too close. The arrow directly pierced through its brain.

“Experience points +5.”

Fang Bai muttered to himself, not stopping for a moment. The 70-pound compound bow in his hand opened and closed continuously, one zombie after another dying under his arrows.

However, Fang Bai discovered that these zombies not only knew how to dodge but also possessed a certain degree of hunting and combat instincts.

Not only would they subconsciously dodge arrows, but they would also look for other ways to get up when they found they couldn’t climb up directly.

But within a few moments, the vast majority of the zombies had dispersed, surrounding Building 9 and searching for a way to go upstairs. Only a few hid in the blind spot directly below Fang Bai, letting out low growls.

Fang Bai cursed under his breath upon seeing this.

“These zombies are really damn cunning. Could it be that their brains are still functioning?

I damn well suspect that in the future, these zombies will be able to play tricks like teaming up, flanking, and surrounding.”

As Fang Bai spoke, he suddenly stopped, looking at the zombies that were constantly flanking and searching for an entrance. Fang Bai fell silent.

“It seems there’s no need to doubt or question this.”

Fang Bai suddenly felt a sense of urgency welling up in his heart.

Zombies aren’t stupid or foolish. If zombies can reach this level, this apocalypse is probably going to be difficult to survive.

Groups of ten or dozens of zombies are fine, but what about those groups of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of zombies? How terrifying will they become?

Fang Bai glanced down. He had just killed a strong zombie and six ordinary zombies. Assuming an ordinary zombie is worth one experience point, then he roughly gained eleven experience points.

And the total experience in his experience bar was currently around twenty points, less than one-tenth of the way to filling the experience bar.

“Change jobs as soon as possible.”

Fang Bai took a deep breath and continued to draw and shoot arrows.

Although these zombies either hid in blind spots or went around looking for a way in, the zombie experience packs on the ground wouldn’t move.

Fifteen experience packs, Fang Bai cleared them all in no time, gaining fifteen experience points, bringing his total experience to around thirty-five points.

Glancing around, he found that no equipment had dropped below, only some copper coins. After confirming this, Fang Bai turned and left, without any intention of going down to collect the copper coins or retrieve the arrows.

Fang Bai was really worried that the zombies were only pretending to leave and were actually hiding in his blind spot, waiting for him to go downstairs.

Wolves had been playing this trick for thousands of years, and Fang Bai was worried that zombies would do the same.

Putting the compound bow into the bow bag, Fang Bai picked up the pot lid shield and claw hammer placed beside him. He weighed the claw hammer in his hand. At this moment, the claw hammer felt light and flimsy to Fang Bai.

Feeling it slightly, Fang Bai shook his head slightly and cautiously walked downstairs.

He reached the first basement level and returned home through the underground parking lot.

After returning home, Fang Bai first filled the portable four-tube quiver with arrows. Three tubes were filled with ordinary metal-tipped arrows, and one tube was filled with bladed three-edged broadhead arrows, a total of forty arrows.

After loading them, Fang Bai came to the window.

Now that he had the compound bow, Fang Bai had only one thought.

Grind monsters!

Take advantage of the fact that there were still many zombies now and kill monsters continuously. It would be best to reach level ten and change jobs to become a Mage in the shortest possible time!

Of course, it would be even better to collect some things while grinding monsters.

Fang Bai stood by the window and looked down. In the streets below, zombies were in groups. Before, he found them scary, but now, in Fang Bai’s eyes, they were just a bunch of moving experience packs.

And after crossing two streets, there was a police station at a crossroads. He should be able to find some things he wanted there.

After planning a route, Fang Bai carried two four-tube quivers on his back and went out to the street at the entrance of the residential area.

Placing one four-tube quiver on the side of the road, Fang Bai carried one on his back and went forward. After passing the entrance of the archery club, Fang Bai came directly to a short distance from a group of zombies.

Fang Bai hid stealthily about sixty meters away from the zombies, drew his bow, nocked an arrow, held his breath, lowered his shoulders, pressed the bow, and aimed at the strongest zombie among them.

Whoosh!

The arrow shot out!

The arrow speed of a compound bow can generally reach an initial velocity of 300 FPS, which translates to about 90 meters per second.

An arrow with a speed of 90 meters per second only needs about 0.6 seconds to cross 60 meters, and the initial velocity of the compound bow in Fang Bai’s hand should be even faster.

So the moment the whooshing sound rang out, the arrow had already penetrated the zombie’s head from its temple. This zombie had no time to react at all.

And after this strongest zombie died, the other zombies reacted, roaring and rushing towards Fang Bai.

Fang Bai picked up another arrow and nocked it on the string, drawing the bow and shooting!

Whoosh!