That meant the Six-Slash Zombie's strength was already evident, on par with an Eight-Horizontal-Bar Zombie.
Moreover, the loss crystals of ordinary zombies, including mutated zombies, were dull gray, but the Slash Zombie's loss crystal was blood-red, which very likely indicated that its strength was even greater than that of an ordinary Eight-Horizontal-Bar Zombie.
Everyone looked at each other, their hearts filled with shock.
Da Bai Tu was extremely efficient, and in less than ten minutes, she returned to the site with Tiegada, carrying the zombie bound by A-grade chains on its shoulder. Everyone held their breath, their eyes fixed on it.
At this moment, a second slash mark had appeared on the zombie's brow, and faint patterns had begun to emerge on its body. The speed of this zombie's evolution, in just a few minutes of travel, left everyone speechless.
Tiegada stood in the center of the area, and with a gentle shake, the zombie on his shoulder lightly dropped from him, landing steadily on the ground.
The zombie's eyes were slightly closed, and its body trembled slightly, presumably due to the oppressive aura of Tiegada.
A Slash Zombie actually showing fear, this surprised everyone again and was another new discovery.
Everyone held their breath, their eyes fixed on the Slash Zombie as it slowly opened its eyes.
In less than forty minutes, this zombie had completely evolved into a Six-Slash Zombie, with a complete sixth slash mark clearly visible on its brow.
The speed of its evolution shocked everyone; although they were prepared, hearing about it and seeing it with their own eyes were vastly different, and for a moment, everyone felt a sense of unreality.
Perhaps due to Tiegada's suppression, this Six-Slash Zombie behaved extremely quietly. After evolving to six slashes, it no longer trembled, but it was clearly extremely wary of Tiegada, standing motionless in place, not even daring to growl, as if afraid of displeasing Tiegada.
Everyone looked at the scene, unsure whether to laugh or sigh. This Six-Slash Zombie took bullying the weak and fearing the strong to the extreme, showing such docility in front of a powerful being, which made people not know whether to laugh or cry.
Zuo Feng watched the docile Six-Slash Zombie, a thoughtful expression in his eyes.
At this moment, the zombie's state was almost identical to that of the zombie that transmitted unknown biological information in the isolation chamber before. Zuo Feng was certain that this newly catalyzed zombie was transmitting some kind of information again.
Zuo Feng shook his head, unable to determine the content of the information. No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't decipher those unknown messages, so Zuo Feng could only temporarily set it aside.
With Tiegada's suppression, the subsequent experiments were much easier. After repeated testing, everyone gradually grasped the characteristics of this Six-Slash Zombie.
Firstly, the Six-Slash Zombie could not split indefinitely. If its severed flesh or limbs were smaller than a certain volume, they would not be able to survive independently and would slowly wither and die.
This volume could not be precisely measured, but it was roughly estimated that if the severed flesh weighed less than ten catties, it would not be able to survive independently.
But this was already extremely terrifying, because the physical quality of a zombie that had evolved to six slashes already far exceeded human imagination; a piece of flesh only the size of a fist already weighed about ten catties.
This meant that even fist-sized limb fragments could transform into independent individuals, individuals with the strength of an Eight-Horizontal-Bar Zombie.
Secondly, once these independent individuals formed, if they could not reassemble within half an hour, they would gradually weaken and die. This could barely be considered good news among a lot of bad news, at least indicating that these splinters were not infinitely existing.
Otherwise, that would be terrifying, but half an hour was already fatal enough for a battle.
Then there was the combat style of these splinters, all relying on their gaping mouths for biting, and those octopus-like tentacles for entanglement and attack.
The tentacles were tough and flexible, their power comparable to the attack strength of an offensive Eight-Horizontal-Bar Zombie, and even slightly surpassed it in some aspects.
The experiment concluded, and everyone looked grimly at the incomplete Six-Slash Zombie that had reassembled in the arena. Although it behaved very quietly, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.
Because the abilities it displayed were too horrifying; if it couldn't be killed in one blow, then in a split state, its strength could at most be equivalent to dozens of Eight-Horizontal-Bar Zombies attacking simultaneously.
However, one good thing was that they seemed unable to split actively; only when severed flesh or a corpse reached a certain weight would it split. This was the only limitation.
The most terrifying point was that the Slash Zombie simply had no fatal weakness!
Zuo Feng held a blood-red eight-line zombie crystal in his hand, his face solemn. This loss crystal was taken from inside this Six-Slash Zombie.
But even after losing its loss crystal, this zombie remained alive, and its strength did not decrease in the slightest.
This indicated that its core life system had been completely mutated, and the loss crystal was merely a part of its power, not its lifeline.
Zuo Feng vaguely felt that perhaps the blood-colored keratinous patterns covering its entire body were its true life core.
But those patterns covered its entire body, deeply embedded in its muscles and bones, like a product of some exoskeleton fused with flesh.
Moreover, destroying only a part of it simply could not cause fatal damage.
Even during observation, it was found that there seemed to be a mechanism of self-repair and energy conduction between those patterns; as long as a part of the complete pattern network remained, it could slowly recover damaged parts.
This ability completely subverted everyone's understanding of zombies, and it also weighed heavily on Zuo Feng's heart, because he knew that facing such a monster, even ordinary powerhouses who had lit eight lotus seeds might not be its match.
Currently, apart from the attack methods of the complete zombie, other aspects of the experiment had been basically understood. However, this incomplete Six-Slash Zombie was clearly not the best experimental subject; a more complete zombie was needed for further observation and testing to truly grasp its limits and full range of abilities.
"Ying Xingxing, kill it!" Zuo Feng commanded, and Ying Xingxing immediately rushed towards the Six-Slash Zombie without hesitation. Her figure flickered like a ghost, her bat wings glowing with white cold light, instantly closing in on the zombie.
Without any hesitation, Ying Xingxing's bat wings fiercely slashed, her bat wings carrying the power of life absorption cutting through the Six-Slash Zombie's body, only severing it at the waist after five consecutive slashes.
However, the anticipated complete termination did not occur. The two severed sections of the body began to violently writhe, and the blood-colored patterns on its surface rapidly flickered with an eerie red light, as if some energy was flowing through them, constantly counteracting the erosion brought by the power of life absorption.
This process lasted for nearly ten minutes before finally stopping. Blood-colored tentacles slowly extended from the cut surfaces of the two severed bodies, intertwining and merging, gradually reassembling into a complete body.
Although the process was slow and accompanied by low growls, the Six-Slash Zombie stood up again, its eyes blood-red.
Zuo Feng's gaze was solemn, shocked that this Six-Slash Zombie could withstand Ying Xingxing's fatal blow; this regenerative ability was simply terrifying.
However, Zuo Feng keenly noticed that the Six-Slash Zombie's aura was significantly weaker after this regeneration, and the blood-colored patterns on its body were no longer as bright as before, faintly showing dullness and instability.
This indicated that Ying Xingxing's attack was not completely ineffective; one blow was just not enough.