The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse

The stench of rot was overwhelming, even from this distance.

As the only commercial street in the district, it was where the nearby residents mainly shopped and walked around.

Not to say that everyone loved to shop, but the stores were all concentrated here.

If you wanted to buy something, you would need to come here.

But there shouldn’t be this many zombies gathered here, right?

Are they having a party or something?

No wait… Even if this was a shopping area, there should not have been this many people gathered.

It almost felt like a holiday at a tourist spot.

“It must be because of the sound system…”

Wu Heng boldly speculated.

It may not be that so many people were gathered here when the virus broke out.

Rather, after the outbreak, the street’s sound system continued to play loud dance music, attracting nearby zombies.

By the time the area lost power and the sound system stopped playing, the zombies were still roaming around.

Wu Heng couldn’t confirm his theory, but it seemed plausible.

After observing from afar for a while, and confirming that he hadn’t spotted any mutated zombies or other creatures, he decided to retreat the way he came.

Back with his skeleton army, Jianyi and Jian’er were directing the skeletons to clean up the battlefield.

The bodies were piling to one side, and the fallen kitchen knives and fruit knives were also collected, ready for the next skeleton to use.

There was no immediate danger present.

Wu Heng then turned his attention to the shops on either side.

Restaurants, fruit shops, milk tea shops, the closer to the shopping street, the more of these shops.

The entire stretch was densely packed with these shops.

But Wu Heng’s gaze landed on a shop called ‘Xinyi Advertising’.

By the look of its name, it seemed to make shop signs and billboards.

He directed Jianyi, Jian’er, Nuyi, and Nuyi’er to take skeletons to search the other shops, while he, with Basen and a few skeletons, stepped into the advertising shop.

In the middle of the spacious hall, filled with filth, were stacks of red banners and plastic advertising characters.

Wu Heng scanned around, and found several metal pipes approximately three to four meters long placed against a wall.

Iron pipes?

He wasn’t sure whether they were iron or steel pipes, but there should be over twenty of them.

These straight metal pipes could certainly come in handy.

After checking each room and the upstairs of the shop, he also found some cutting and welding tools. However, they all required electricity to be utilized and were currently not of any use.

When he confirmed that there was nothing else useful, he ordered the skeletons, “Move these pipes out.”

The shop’s glass door had already been shattered, so the skeletons carrying the iron pipes simply walked out.

Jianyi, Jian’er and a few skeletons had also returned.

The skeleton warriors behind them were wielding kitchen knives and fruit knives recovered from the scavenging.

The loot wasn’t substantial.

They decided to return to the alley where they had fought earlier.

Planning to lead the team back home.

“Carry the bodies back,” he ordered.

The skeleton warriors lifted up the bodies and followed him towards the residential area.

Back at the base of the residence.

The bodies they brought back were piled into a small hill.

Wu Heng sat nearby, looking at the iron pipes and fruit knives they had collected.

After comparing the size of the two, he taped a fruit knife to the end of an iron pipe. When it was secure, he wrapped a few rounds of wire around it for extra firmness.

Once he had completed the task, he examined it carefully.

It didn’t seem too much different from the lances they had bought.

“Jianyi, you try it,” Wu Heng offered.

Jianyi reached for the five to six meters long spear with a nod, executing a thrusting motion with it.

Thump-!

The fruit knife at the front pierced directly into a body next to them.

As he retracted the weapon, it drew out a string of blackish-red blood beads.

It seemed quite functional, the fruit knife was firm and didn’t fall off.

From all the buildings they had scavenged, they had several hundred fruit knives.

In addition to iron pipes, they could also collect some wooden sticks to assemble into these makeshift lances.

Feeling that it was worth a try, he told Jianyi, “Assemble the fruit knives and iron pipes in this way. The four of you work on this tonight.”

The only ones possessing any form of intelligence were Jianyi, Jian’er, Nuyi and Nuyi’er. The other skeletons were suitable for attacking and carrying things. Assembling things was a little out of their league, so the task was given to Jianyi and the others.

Basen had to return to Black Stone Town with him, so he couldn’t stay and help.

Jianyi understood and started to assemble more daggers and wire tapes.

Wu Heng had Basen bring over a chair. He sat in front of the pile of corpses and started to use the Bone Manipulation Skill.

The magic wand could reduce the consumption of spiritual power during casting.

However, when he used it, he actually didn’t feel that it had much effect, and he wasn’t sure whether it worked or not.

The Bone Manipulation Skill was continuously used and skeletons began to stand up one by one, slowly walking into the queue.

When dusk fell, he returned to the roof with the skeletons and also returned to Black Stone Town.

Black Stone Town.

He went directly to the weapon shop.

There were two groups of customers in the shop, and the boss and the clerks were promoting the weapons on the racks.

When they saw Wu Heng coming in, the boss greeted him with a hand signal, indicating that he should look around first.

After seeing off the previous customers, the boss, wiping his hands on his apron, came over and asked, “What are you buying today?”

“Apart from spears, do you have any other long pole weapons?” Wu Heng asked while walking around the shop.

“Yes, there are long pole battle axes and hammers here, all with good lethality.” The boss led him to the shelf and pointed to several weapons as he explained. These all looked good, but they weren’t what Wu Heng needed.

“Do you have any long pole weapons like tridents?”

“Um, our shop currently does not have this kind of weapon.” The boss answered with a frown, then after a thought, he said: “But, there is something similar.”

“Show it to me.”

“Okay, it’s over here.” The boss led him to a comer. In a wooden barrel, there was a tool with a wooden handle and four iron cones on the top.

He introduced: “Is this what you are talking about, a hay fork for handling hay?”

Wu Heng held it in his hand with a frown.

He naturally knew what a hay fork was. It was a common farming tool, one that could be seen in most villages.

Indeed, it fit his description.

“How many do you have?” Wu Heng asked.

“We probably have about five or six.” The boss replied.

“Only that many?”

“Look, we’re a weapon shop. And in the city, who would buy a hay fork?”

It seemed right. By definition, a hay fork was a farming tool and should not be considered a weapon.

“How much is the hay fork?”

“55 coppers.”

Compared to the weapons, the price of the hay fork was much cheaper.

However, it was uncertain if it would be effective against the zombies.

“I’ll take all of them.” Wu Heng said directly.

“Okay.”

The boss agreed with a smile and immediately prepared them.

Soon, he brought out the hay forks. There were five in total.

The quantity was actually not much.

“If you need more in the future, we can make another batch for you.” The boss continued.

“Not for now, we’ll see.”

After paying the bill, Wu Heng and Basen lifted the forks and walked towards their home.

When they returned home.

All the hay forks were sent to the Zombie World.

Wu Heng picked up his iron sword and started his swordsmanship practice.

After all these days, Jianyi had been his sparring partner. Autruck had provided him with instructions and corrections, but he still hadn’t unlocked the specialization of swordsmanship.

This was somewhat frustrating.

He practiced until the evening, then Wu Heng went to bed to rest.

The next day, in Zombie World.

Wu Heng came to the roof.

He saw the pipe-assembled spears on the ground. There were 22 of them in total.

The fruit knives on the tips were of different lengths, but the lengths of the pipes were roughly the same. They were fixed with iron wires.

Overall, they looked pretty good.

He selected 22 skeletons from the group and commanded, “Drop your weapons.”

The skeletons threw the kitchen knives they were holding onto the ground and stood still.

“Take this.” Wu Heng handed over the iron spear.

The skeleton reached out and grabbed the iron spear..