Hoang City Sunshine Shelter.
"This place is truly a paradise on earth in the apocalypse."
The brought-back mercenary was captivated by the scene before him. This was the beautiful life he had been dreaming of. Thinking that he could live in such an environment in the future,
his heart was very excited, with an indescribable sense of elation.
"Yes, this is the result of everyone's joint efforts," Lam Pham said.
The mercenary said, "I must integrate into such an environment in the future."
Lam Pham smiled and said, "I think you can definitely integrate into such an environment. Follow me, I'll take you to a place."
"Alright."
The mercenary followed behind Lam Pham with a heart full of joy. The other party's seemingly not-so-tall back gave him a strong sense of security. This was probably the aura released by a strong person.
Not long after,
the mercenary stared blankly at the building in front of him, his speech even stuttering a little. "That... brother, where is this?"
If he wasn't mistaken, the characters on the main gate seemed to be "Hoang City Prison."
Why come here for no good reason?
He wanted to stay in the area just now. That was the place where survivors should live. Everything was so beautiful, everything was so comfortable. He believed in his ability to adapt and would definitely be able to adapt to the life there very quickly.
Lam Pham said, "This is the Hoang City Prison. When Officer Hoang was still here, the prison was not needed, because Officer Hoang wouldn't care too much about you. You were either qualified or you accepted punishment. After Officer Hoang left, I didn't have the right to exercise punishment, so unqualified survivors are all staying in the prison to receive reformation. I believe that as long as you receive reformation well, you will definitely have a beautiful future."
Mercenary: ...
He couldn't quite accept it and looked at Lam Pham with pitiful eyes.
How he wished the other party would be lenient with him because he was so pitiful and not let him stay in prison.
Unfortunately... his innocent eyes were directly ignored.
Chu Duong came over, a very bright smile on his face. "Welcome, new member. Brother Lam, what's this guy's background?"
"A mercenary," Lam Pham said.
"Oh, a mercenary, huh? Let me see..." Chu Duong chuckled, his expression a bit wretched.
Mercenary: ...
Lam Pham said, "He is a member of the Aberrant organization. He has repented and mended his ways. I brought him back and am now handing him over to you."
Chu Duong said, "Don't worry, I will definitely make him receive reformation well."
He was relatively at ease handing the unqualified person over to Chu Duong. Under his management, the prison's operation was very stable, and these people undergoing reformation all had great changes.
All of this was obvious to all.
"Keep it up." Lam Pham patted the mercenary's shoulder and then turned to leave.
After Lam Pham left, Chu Duong's expression gradually became serious.
The mercenary said with a silly smile, "Brother, when will I be reformed? Don't worry, I will definitely cooperate."
"Shut up!" Chu Duong shouted angrily. "Listen up, I am the warden here. Wipe that smile off your face. You're lucky to be here. You're also lucky that Officer Hoang isn't here and Brother Lam is kind, letting you keep your life. But don't think you can rest easy just like that. In the Hoang City Prison, you must atone for your past actions."
During this period of being the warden, Chu Duong's temperament had undergone a world-shaking change.
He had the prestige of a leader.
The mercenary was flustered by what Chu Duong said.
He was just smiling a moment ago, and as soon as Lam Pham left, his face changed instantly. Wasn't this process a bit too fast?
As the mercenary entered his cell,
the surrounding prisoners had long been accustomed to this.
A newcomer often meant that they, as old prisoners, had a new game to play.
...
Nighttime.
Lam Pham was on the phone with Tan Linh.
"I heard you destroyed the last remaining branch of the Aberrant organization."
Tan Linh, who had fused with zombies and was completely unrelated to humans, deliberately called to inquire when he learned of this matter. In his words, there seemed to be a hint of excitement.
"I didn't destroy it. I just found them and had a little chat with them. We couldn't come to an agreement, so they blew up the base," Lam Pham said truthfully.
Tan Linh said, "Haha, interesting. I think they're about to be driven crazy by you. But what you're doing will not only not defeat them, but will instead stimulate their endless fighting spirit. One day, you will see to what extent they can go to take revenge on you."
Lam Pham said, "No, it's not that I drove them crazy, but that they drove themselves crazy. Your current situation is not good in my eyes. Do you want to meet me? I think we can have a good chat."
Tan Linh: "Do you think I'm a fool? Just tell me how many people you can deceive with this kind of trick. Have a good chat? I'm afraid that if I meet you, I'll be beaten to death by you. But it's okay, I think we can meet soon. I have already made great progress. That kind of progress is absolutely beyond your imagination, hehehe..."
After saying this, one could hear how excited Tan Linh's mood was.
It was as if he really wanted Lam Pham to look forward to it.
Lam Pham shook his head and directly hung up on Tan Linh. He felt it was a pity. He knew that no matter how he communicated with Tan Linh, it would be useless.
For Tan Linh to tell him his location, unless the world was about to explode,
it was absolutely impossible.
He leaned back in his chair, looked at the ceiling, and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
A moment later,
he came to the balcony and looked at the night view of the street. He had done what he should have done. He added some content to the "Zombie Illustrated Guide," which was about the Aberrant organization.
He hoped that the survivors who picked up the "Zombie Illustrated Guide" could see the content inside and thus know the danger of the Aberrant organization.
They should never continue to foolishly think that all survivors now are very friendly.
In fact, many survivors are very dangerous.
...
The next day.
A very remote place from Hoang City.
"The Creator is hiding in this goddamn place. Isn't he a bit too stingy?"
Cuong Ban Linh Nhat was in an oil well that had been abandoned for who knows how long. The factory here had not been demolished, but it was rusty and mottled, and its desolate appearance showed that it had been abandoned for a long time.
Cuong Ban Linh Nhat had a very small mind.
The scenes of being humiliated by Lam Pham were always remembered in his heart and could never be forgotten. He knew that with his own ability, it was definitely impossible to take revenge.
He didn't grasp it during his peak period, let alone now that he was crippled like this. Even the Tyrant, which he didn't even put in his eyes before, could knead him at will. What good could there be?
The disappearance of Phuc Dao made him very bewildered.
His hometown had disappeared.
He didn't even have a place to start when looking for help. There was no way, he could only search in this country. Fortunately, the land here was vast and the resources were abundant. There were many zombies, and the number of Creators was not small.
But he couldn't search near Hoang City.
That place was relatively dangerous.
"Great Creator, where are you?" Cuong Ban Linh Nhat shouted around.
He had to show his friendliness and not let the Creator think he was an intruder. After all, any Creator had a sense of territory.
Rustle!
There was movement around him. It was obvious that there were zombies peeping at him.
"Hello, Great Creator. I have no ill intentions. I have something to say," Cuong Ban Linh Nhat said with a very low posture. After all, he was about to meet a Creator. Even if he wasn't Lam Pham's opponent, it would still be very simple and easy to kill him.
Not long after,
he met the Creator hiding here.
When he saw this Creator, Cuong Ban Linh Nhat was very surprised. The Creator in front of him was different from the Creators he had seen before. His whole body was oily and greasy, and there was a viscous black liquid flowing from it.
It looked like crude oil.
At the same time, he found that this Creator had a tentacle, connecting to the ground, continuously absorbing crude oil.
"You tiny little zombie, what do you want from me?" The Creator stared at Cuong Ban Linh Nhat, feeling the weak energy fluctuations of the other party's crystal. It was very weak, and he didn't even put the other party in his eyes.
Cuong Ban Linh Nhat was called a tiny existence by the Creator, but he wasn't angry at all. His expression was very calm.
"Great Creator, I hope you can use your mighty power to help us ordinary zombies. We have been driven to a dead end by humans," Cuong Ban Linh Nhat said respectfully.
The Creator said, "What nonsense are you talking about? We zombies have an absolute advantage over humans. Humans have been driven to a dead end by us. It's not bad that they can still live."
Hearing this, Cuong Ban Linh Nhat instantly understood. The Creator in front of him was probably hiding here all along and hadn't been in contact with the outside world. Naturally, he didn't know about Lam Pham from the Sunshine Shelter.
"Great Creator, things are not as you think. A heretic has appeared among the humans. He is an Awakener with very strong strength. He has been clearing out zombies and has already cleared a large area. At the same time, there are also Creators who have been captured and killed by him. We zombies are in dire straits. I hope you can stand up and seek hope for the zombies. Only you have such ability."
Cuong Ban Linh Nhat spoke with passionate enthusiasm, and his whole body exuded a kind of power.
The Creator who was constantly absorbing crude oil was stunned by Cuong Ban Linh Nhat for a moment.
He felt a sense of vast passion.
"There's such a human?" The Creator was very shocked.
"Yes, he has always existed."
"Alright, in that case, then tell me his location. I think I should let him know what true terror is."
Cuong Ban Linh Nhat was secretly happy. He didn't expect it to be so smooth.
Of course, just one Creator was definitely not enough. Recalling the previous Creators, it was clear how miserably they died. So he could only find more Creators.
Only when the number reached a certain level could he feel at ease.
Otherwise, he would not go to Hoang City.
"Great Creator, I hope we can wait a little longer. There are too many helpers among the humans. It might not be enough with just us. I hope to gather more Creators and launch a final attack on the humans, to let them know who is in control of the world now."
Cuong Ban Linh Nhat knew that some Creators now had conflicts with each other.
They were just eating each other.
But in the current situation, to deal with Lam Pham, they had to be united. Otherwise, it was absolutely impossible to be Lam Pham's opponent.
He originally thought he would have to coax the other party.
He didn't expect the Creator in front of him to be much easier to talk to than he had imagined.
He didn't say anything more.
Instead, he agreed with his way of thinking.
This was a very good start.
Then, Cuong Ban Linh Nhat left this place and continued to search for Creators. He had lofty aspirations and goals, which was to form a huge Creator team and launch a fierce attack on the Sunshine Shelter.
...
A southern city.
Lam Pham was cleaning up zombies. The streets were full of wandering zombies. As the apocalypse progressed, the number of evolved zombies was gradually increasing, while the number of normal zombies had not changed.
There were still many normal zombies with bad genes.
Even after such a long time, they still couldn't become evolved zombies.
At this time, Lam Pham walked into a shop. He held a rag and wiped the table. The dust was very thick. It had been too long since it had been cleaned. Such a city was completely abandoned, without a trace of life.
He picked up a bottle of water and walked to the door, looking at the distant street where zombies were roaring gloomily.
He tilted his head back and gulped it down.
He threw the empty drink bottle into the trash can.
"Time to get to work. The future of the city, let future generations handle it."
Frostmourne's frost covered the cement ground with a thick layer of ice, continuously spreading into the distance.
The current battles were not as intense as before.
Everything was very calm.
The frozen zombies maintained a certain posture, their vibrant life force frozen. Even if they wanted to resist, they had no ability to resist.
Lam Pham carried his sword and walked slowly forward. When he passed by a frozen zombie, he stopped to look a few times and touched it lightly. He could feel a bone-chilling cold.
Crack!
Crack!
The ice statue shattered and turned into ice shards that fluttered to the ground.
The number of zombies in a city was huge. Basically, no survivor dared to say that they could clean up all the zombies in a city with their own personal strength.
But at this moment,
a zombie he had never seen before appeared in his sight.
"A new type of zombie, my luck isn't bad."
The technique he used when he encountered a new type of zombie was to take a picture, test the other party's ability, and then record it in the "Zombie Illustrated Guide" so that more people could know the types of zombies. As for seeing a strange zombie and not knowing its situation, and rashly attacking, leading to trouble.
He walked towards the new type of zombie.
"Hey, hello." Lam Pham waved at the new type of zombie and greeted it.
According to past situations, a new type of zombie would definitely attack him like a mad dog. But something unexpected happened. This new type of zombie just glanced at him, then shifted its gaze and walked forward.
"What's going on?"
A surprised expression appeared on Lam Pham's face. This situation was very rare.
The zombie in front of him was not too deformed and was not much different from a normal zombie. But its eyes were different. Its pupils were not grayish-white, but completely black, as if it had no pupils.
He followed behind this zombie.
The surrounding zombies saw Lam Pham and all let out low roars and rushed towards him.
"So irritable."
Faced with this group of charging zombies, he casually swung Frostmourne to reap them.
Splatter!
Splatter!
The zombies' heads were directly separated and rolled on the ground. But this situation did not affect the new type of zombie walking in front.
At this time,
the new type of zombie walked and stopped, and it specifically went to streets with many zombies. Of course, this situation did not make Lam Pham have any other ideas. He just wanted to see where this zombie was going.
Normal zombies had no fear.
Don't look at how strong Lam Pham seemed. But in the eyes of normal zombies, he was just delicious blood and flesh that could fill their stomachs.
So the result for this group of normal zombies was a dead end.
"Where on earth are you going?" Lam Pham muttered to himself as he followed behind, a little confused about the other party's situation.
Just as he was doing this, the new type of zombie stopped and stood in front of an internet cafe.
Deep Love Internet Cafe.
The new type of zombie walked into the internet cafe and actually went straight to the counter, sitting there without any movement.
This internet cafe looked a bit dilapidated, with a sense of age. In the internet cafe industry, it was about to be淘汰.
Lam Pham saw a plastic board pasted on the wall. He wiped away the dust on it. On the plastic board was a photo, and below the photo was written "Network Administrator." He compared it carefully. The photo was exactly the same as this new type of zombie.
"He's still working even after becoming a zombie?"
This reminded him of Officer Hoang, the firefighter, and other special zombies.
But that wasn't right.
Those zombies maintained their beliefs in their hearts. Did the new type of zombie in front of him also maintain the belief of going to work?
But even if Officer Hoang and the others hadn't evolved, they still had reactions in their most primitive stage and would react to external movements.
The new type of zombie in front of him had no reaction at all.
This made him feel puzzled.
"Hello, can you hear me?" Lam Pham waved his hand in front of it, hoping the other party would have some reaction, even just blinking a few times would be good.
As expected, the new type of zombie had no reaction at all.
It just sat there blankly, its black eye sockets staring at the powered-off screen.
Lam Pham took out his camera and aimed the lens.
Click!
Click!
He took a picture of the other party's appearance and saved it in the camera.
Then he took out the satellite phone.
He called Professor Ha.
The call went through.
"Little Pham, what's wrong?"
"Professor Ha, I met a strange zombie in a city. It doesn't have any waves. Its eye sockets are all black. And it doesn't attack humans. I greeted it, and it didn't react at all. I followed it all the way. When it was still human, it was a network administrator at an internet cafe. Now that it has become a zombie, it still comes to the internet cafe to work."
"Is it that magical?"
Professor Ha on the other end of the phone was really a little shocked.
The most important thing was that the other party would not pay attention to external movements, but would live according to its own past habits. What was the reason for this?
If it was aggressive towards humans, then no matter what, its threat level would be huge.
"Yes, it's very magical. I think if all zombies were like it, then it would be a very fortunate thing for humans."
His greatest hope was that zombies could be a little friendlier.
What's so good about eating people?
It's too cruel.
It wasn't their will to become zombies, but if they could be a little friendlier and not pose a threat to humans, he would be very willing to coexist peacefully with them.
After all, this world was very inclusive.
Professor Ha said, "The principle is that principle, but it's very difficult to reach that situation."
"Yes, I understand. I'll take this zombie back later and let Chuc Thanh take a look at the situation. I don't know what kind of zombie this is."
It was good that there was Chuc Thanh at the Sunshine Shelter. When he encountered an unknown zombie, he could let him take a good look.
"Yes, that's good too."
Professor Ha understood the effect of Chuc Thanh's ability. After his ability was enhanced, Chuc Thanh saw even more. Sometimes, in terms of research, he also had to consult with Chuc Thanh.
He hung up the phone.
Lam Pham looked at the new type of zombie still sitting there, who was also the network administrator, Khau Kiet.
"I'll take you back to the Sunshine Shelter later. Don't worry, you're not a threat to humans. We won't hurt you. We just hope you can cooperate a little," Lam Pham said.
Khau Kiet still sat there.
Lam Pham went forward and grabbed Khau Kiet's wrist, wanting to pull him up. But he didn't expect that Khau Kiet would actually show resistance, as if he didn't want to get up and wanted to continue to stick to his post.
But how could his strength resist Lam Pham?
"It'll be over soon. It's okay, don't be afraid."
Lam Pham pulled Khau Kiet outside, then directly hugged him in his arms, leaped up, and sped towards Hoang City. Khau Kiet, in his arms, struggled and let out a low roar, as if to say...
I want to go back, I want to go back to work. Let me go quickly, or my salary will be deducted.