He pulled out the building hammer.
Shawn placed two blocks on the spot and used the remaining wood in his backpack to upgrade both blocks to be sturdier.
He tiptoed onto the two sturdy blocks stacked on top of each other.
This was a common early-game tactic in "seven days to die"—the combat platform.
Composed of two simple wooden blocks, it could just barely keep Walkers at the very edge of their attack range.
"But with this many, the combat platform won't last long."
Shawn suddenly turned his head, looking towards the ventilation area that was close at hand.
He saw that Walkers were still pouring in continuously, and he didn't know how many Walkers had accumulated in the ventilation area.
"No, I have to go back, I'll be sandwiched into a Walker meat sandwich if I stay here!"
There was no time for hesitation, so Shawn immediately made a decision!
He stomped hard on the spot, and like a leopard, he leaped, directly hanging onto the three-meter-high ceiling.
The ceiling was fitted with rows of long-tube incandescent lights, and outside the incandescent lights hung a long row of metal frames with holes.
Shawn's fingers were tightly interlocked, gripping the metal frame firmly.
No matter how the Walkers roared below, Shawn ignored them completely, only moving forward.
After walking for a distance, the end of the horde was still out of sight.
Looking down, Shawn saw several swollen, pale bodies directly below him.
They wandered among the horde, seemingly unaware of Shawn's actions.
But this scene made Shawn's heart suddenly contract!
"They're all Exploding Walkers; if they discover me here..."
Shawn couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle when he recalled the Exploding Walker whose head he had personally chopped off with a machete not long ago.
When an Exploding Walker self-destructs from the inside out, all the blood, flesh, and bones beneath its skin will spread in all directions at an extremely fast speed.
Given the number of Exploding Walkers below at this moment, plus Shawn's suspended position above them.
If the Exploding Walkers exploded, Shawn would likely be impaled by countless spikes, literally pinned to the ceiling, unable to move a single inch.
Moreover, Shawn's current position was directly above their spines; once they self-destructed, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Hiss--" Shawn gasped, taking a cold breath.
Just thinking about it made his scalp tingle, and a chill began to spread from his back to his limbs.
"Gently... gently..."
Shawn tried to slow down his hand and foot movements, accompanied by his 'thumping' heartbeat, he tried to continue moving towards the path he came from, without attracting attention.
But Shawn had only moved two steps when he heard that overlapping 'rustling' sound again.
A little familiar...
This was Shawn's first thought.
He tried to raise his head and look forward; the sound came from the front, and it was getting closer!
Shawn looked up, and a 'Walking Corpse Centipede' composed of 7 or 8 Walkers was rapidly moving forward, clinging to the ceiling's metal frame, just like Shawn.
The moment the 'Walking Corpse Centipede' came into view, Shawn's pupils couldn't help but constrict.
At their speed, they would reach Shawn in at most 5 seconds.
And at this moment, Shawn had not yet left the 'Exploding Walker's' damage range, and there was a massive horde of Walkers below him!
This was a recipe for his health bar to be emptied!
Shawn secretly thought, 'This is bad.'
But at this very moment, in his current position, he couldn't stop the 'Walking Corpse Centipede' from advancing.
"What to do... what to do?"
Cold sweat streamed down Shawn's face; even with his maxed-out strength, he felt somewhat powerless in such a situation.
Even if Shawn had enough strength to smash any Walker's head with one blow.
But with Shawn's Lv24 stamina, it was completely insufficient to resist such a large wave of Walkers.
A horde of this level, just one bite from a single Walker, would be enough to tear Shawn apart and devour him.
Not to mention, within the horde, there were also those special Walkers...
"Damn it, I'll risk it!"
Seeing the 'Walking Corpse Centipede' getting closer and closer, not even giving Shawn time to think.
Shawn steeled his heart and directly pulled out a box of opened strong liquor from his system backpack.
These were supplies obtained from the small town east of the Farm, but only a portion was drunk at a banquet, leaving almost an entire box untouched.
Shawn threw the entire box towards the Exploding Walkers' eyes; the strong liquor smashed onto the heads of the ordinary Walkers, instantly shattering into pieces.
The strong liquor began to spread, and fragments of the bottle embedded themselves into the Walkers' skull bones.
Shawn pulled out a lighter from his system backpack, then stomped hard with his left foot, using the momentum to leap into the air to his right, avoiding the 'Walking Corpse Centipede' while turning around.
At that instant, the lighter in Shawn's hand was thrown out.
The moment it touched the Walkers, raging flames instantly ignited!
It seemed to be an instinctive reaction caused by the burning.
The bodies of the 'Exploding Walkers' clustered together suddenly swelled up, and it only took about 2 seconds from start to finish!
Bang--!!
Bang--!
Bang, bang, bang--!!
Explosion sounds rang out one after another!
In Shawn's vision, all the bone spikes from their self-destruction pierced into the 'Walking Corpse Centipede' that had just happened to wander above them.
The leading Walker of the Walking Corpse Centipede was directly pinned to the ceiling!
Shawn also managed to grab the metal frame above his head before falling, temporarily steadying himself.
"Phew--" Shawn let out a breath.
As he clung to the metal frame, the moment his muscles began to strain.
He felt a piercing pain coming from his left shoulder—a glancing bone spike had embedded itself there.
The infection spread so quickly that within these few seconds, the blood flowing from Shawn had already turned reddish-black.
Shawn gritted his teeth, took two Antibiotics from his backpack, and popped them into his mouth.
He endured the agonizing pain of the bone spike piercing him, maintaining his posture, wanting to continue moving forward.
But just at that moment, a beast-like roar came from behind him.
The 'Walking Corpse Centipede' struggled; they actually abandoned their head directly, like a gecko shedding its tail.
The second Walker became the head, and in an instant, it changed direction and approached Shawn!
"I'm your father, why are you chasing me like this!"
Shawn couldn't help but curse, but the 'Walking Corpse Centipede' came even faster!
Speed seemed to be their pride; all six arms exerted force simultaneously, pulling the metal frame Shawn was gripping tightly, making it sag considerably.
The Walker acting as the head directly wrapped its arms around Shawn's calf, poised to bite down!
Shawn's hairs stood on end; like a predator with tensed muscles, he used his core and lower body strength, forcibly dragging them down from the metal frame, and with a 'thud,' they crashed into the horde on the ground.
Interrupted by Shawn, its head tilted, and it bit down on Shawn's leather boot.
This bite, surprisingly, didn't pierce through.
But then, they clung to Shawn's calf like a plaster, climbing up.
Shawn's pupils constricted!
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