Hoang City.
Co Hang, Chuc Thanh, Professor Ha, Lao Chung, and the others all gathered together, their eyes fixed on the zombie Lam Pham had brought back.
"This is the network administrator zombie?" Vuong Khai looked the other person up and down.
When he heard them say that Brother Lam was bringing back a very strange zombie, he was truly curious.
Now that the other party was in front of him, they observed him carefully, feeling that there was nothing special about him.
He just looked a bit dazed.
Professor Ha stroked his chin and said, "To have no interest in human flesh, what factor is influencing this? It's worth a good study."
"Chuc Thanh, take a look at this zombie's situation. Is there anything special?" Lam Pham handed the most important task to Chuc Thanh. An Information Awakener could see things others couldn't.
"Alright, let me see."
Chuc Thanh stared at the other party, observing with extreme care. "Nothing. It's just a normal zombie, not an evolved-type zombie."
Hearing this result,
everyone looked very surprised, feeling it was truly unbelievable.
How could this be?
It had no aggression towards humans, yet it was a normal zombie. If all normal zombies were like this, how wonderful would that be?
"You're not mistaken?" Lam Pham asked.
Chuc Thanh shook his head. "No, it really is just a normal zombie."
Lam Pham was very disappointed. When he encountered the other party, he thought this was definitely a rare new type of zombie. But who would have thought it was really just a normal zombie?
Professor Ha on the side said, "A normal zombie is a normal zombie. Draw some of its blood for me to study properly."
Co Hang had already prepared the syringe. He approached the network administrator zombie, aimed the needle at its skin, and gently inserted it. The network administrator zombie remained very calm, not showing any ferocious appearance due to being pricked.
"Got it." Co Hang put away the syringe filled with the network administrator zombie's blood.
Lam Pham said, "Professor Ha, I'll leave the research to you. I'll take this zombie back."
He had always followed the principle that as long as a zombie could be reasoned with and maintained a friendly attitude towards humans, he would not hunt and kill it at will.
The network administrator zombie in front of him did just that.
Therefore, Lam Pham would absolutely not harm the other party.
Co Hang and the others looked at Lam Pham, all moved by his spirit. If it were anyone else, encountering this situation, they would definitely have dealt with the zombie.
What taking it back? Just deal with it on the spot and be done with it.
Vuong Khai and Quan Hao looked at each other and both nodded heavily, so moved they wanted to cry. This was the Brother Lam they admired. Besides Brother Lam, who else could do this?
Professor Ha nodded and headed towards the laboratory with the blood sample.
Lam Pham took the network administrator zombie back to the internet cafe in the original city.
"Although you are a zombie, I won't kill you. Maintain your current friendly behavior and don't have any other ideas. Keep it up. I believe you will become a qualified network administrator."
Lam Pham made a fist to encourage the network administrator zombie. Looking at the empty internet cafe, perhaps even in peacetime, this internet cafe probably didn't have many customers.
After all, the machines were a bit old.
On the roof outside,
Lam Pham did not leave but was monitoring. Although Chuc Thanh said it was a normal zombie, he wanted to wait and see, just in case something went wrong.
For example, maybe Chuc Thanh's ability stage hadn't reached that level, and he had misjudged.
And the network administrator zombie was very good at hiding itself, pretending to be like this in front of them.
The sky gradually darkened.
Lam Pham sat on the edge of the rooftop, looking at the internet cafe below. The network administrator zombie walked out of the shop.
He looked at his watch. It was exactly six o'clock.
The network administrator zombie walked into the distance, the path being the same one it had taken during the day.
Lam Pham appeared on the rooftop, following the network administrator zombie, also wanting to see where it was going. Not long after, the swaying network administrator zombie actually walked into an old, dilapidated residential area.
"Does it live here?"
Lam Pham was very shocked in his heart. Was the network administrator zombie really just at work, just like in peacetime?
Although it sounded a bit surreal,
looking at the current situation, it was probably true.
He came down from the roof and headed upstairs. The anti-theft door on the third floor was open. The network administrator zombie lived here. Standing at the door, he saw the returned network administrator zombie sitting motionless on the sofa.
"Is it maintaining its former way of life? Coming back from work and sitting on the sofa to watch TV?"
Lam Pham guessed, and the more he thought, the more possible it seemed.
Just as he was thinking about these things,
the network administrator zombie stood up, left the living room, and walked towards the kitchen. This kind of behavior was very strange. It was not something a normal zombie could do.
He stood at the door and did not enter. No matter what, this was someone else's house. Without permission, he certainly couldn't enter, otherwise, the other party could call the police and have him arrested.
The network administrator zombie that had just entered the kitchen came into view.
It was holding a bowl and walking towards the room.
"What on earth is it doing?"
Lam Pham was very curious in his heart. What on earth was the other party doing? That curiosity made his heart itch a little.
"Hello, I'm coming in."
He shouted into the room.
There was no response, which was considered tacit approval.
Lam Pham walked into the living room. It was a simple two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment. The decoration had a certain age. He walked towards the bedroom. The door was ajar. Pushing the door open, a strange smell hit him.
The sun had not completely set, and there was enough light to see the situation in the room clearly.
The situation in the room made Lam Pham a bit dumbfounded.
On the bed lay a figure, no... it should be said, a desiccated corpse. The network administrator zombie was waiting by the bed, holding a spoon, bringing uncooked rice, one spoonful at a time, to the desiccated corpse's mouth.
Seeing this scene, Lam Pham seemed to understand something.
He had seen a wheelchair in the living room, as well as a photo displayed on the TV. The photo was a group photo of a man and a woman. If he wasn't mistaken, the relationship between the two was a couple or husband and wife.
The current situation moved Lam Pham very much. He silently closed the door ajar again and then quietly left the room.
Although the other party had become a zombie, in Lam Pham's view, the other party was definitely very happy, because it had someone it wanted to care for.
Encountering such a scene, Lam Pham did not want to disturb it.
Leaving was the greatest respect for the other party.
In the laboratory,
Professor Ha was studying the blood sample of the network administrator zombie.
It was exactly the same as all other zombies.
There was nothing special about it.
"The formation and changes of zombies, there are truly too many unanswered mysteries. I wonder how that girl Thu Nguyet is doing."
Professor Ha was busy with many things every day.
He was responsible for all aspects.
The second generation of armor had been born, and the third generation was under research. He felt that the future direction was still armor. The number of Awakeners was what it was; it was impossible for everyone to be an Awakener.
Although Lam Pham had been cleaning up zombies, the number of zombies was there. Even if all the zombies in his territory were cleaned up, there were still foreign countries. Sooner or later, they would still appear.
At night, the moon was bright and the stars were few.
Nhan Ny Ny couldn't sleep and wanted to chat with Lam Pham. She knocked on the door, but there was no response. Standing at the door, she sighed.
"Brother Lam is really getting busier and busier."
She shook her head and turned to leave.
Time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.
During this period, Lam Pham's cleaning speed became faster and faster. Many cities were already devoid of a single zombie. If any survivors fled here, they would definitely exclaim in surprise, "Where did all the zombies go?"
Logically speaking, the number of zombies in a city should be the largest. Who would believe that a situation where there wasn't even a shadow of a zombie in a city would occur?
Lam Pham had been staying at the Sunshine Shelter for a long time and hadn't gone out to clean up zombies early.
"Lao Chung, how has your ability improved recently?" Lam Pham greeted with a smiling face.
Currently, the group with the strongest awakened abilities in the shelter was Lao Chung, Dam Thanh, and the others.
They had already advanced to level six and were charging towards level seven.
"It's okay, but the speed is not as fast as before. I need to absorb the energy in the crystals slowly."
Lao Chung really missed the situation when his stage was lower.
The speed of absorbing crystal energy was very fast.
As long as there were sufficient crystals, he could improve very quickly. It was not like now, where he needed to spend a long time.
"It's okay, take your time. When your ability improves to a certain level, the energy required is huge. Naturally, it can't be as easy as before," Lam Pham said with a smile.
Lao Chung said, "The principle is that principle, but sometimes I think about it and get a little anxious."
Their ability improvement in the apocalypse was already fast enough.
It could even be said that riding a rocket was not enough.
They had never lacked crystals.
Like other Awakeners, if they wanted to improve their awakened abilities, the difficulty was terrifyingly high, especially later on. After all, the required crystal stage was very high.
And zombies with such crystals were all terrifying existences, not so easy to deal with.
"How is the repair of the signal towers?"
Lam Pham knew that Lao Chung and the others had been accompanying the signal soldiers to repair the signal towers. If they wanted to restore the former prosperity, a signal station was essential. When there was a signal, communication would be very convenient.
"It's been proceeding in an orderly manner. We have already repaired the signal towers within a radius of more than three hundred kilometers."
He found that repairing signal towers was really a hard job.
Climbing up and down.
Of course, to be able to personally participate in the cause of repairing signal towers, that sense of satisfaction was truly wonderful, with an indescribable comfort.
With Hoang City as the center, in a very large area without zombies, their actions were more convenient. At the same time, with the Zombie Emperor Vuong Tu Hien stationed in a clean city, it was another layer of security.
Lao Chung and the others increasingly felt that the apocalypse seemed to be very far away from them.
But they knew that this was because the area they were in was relatively safe. In other areas, there were still many terrifying zombies.
Lam Pham was full of hope for the future.
Everyone was working hard.
He just needed to clean up the zombies properly, and other things would naturally be done by others.
At this time,
in the residential area,
Ma Duy Vien was guarding the radio equipment. His job at the shelter was to listen to the radio signals, hoping that someone could still transmit a signal.
Although he hadn't had any gains so far,
he never gave up.
"Hubby, are you tired?" Khau Bang came in from outside, holding a thermos box containing fish soup.
Seeing the person who came, Ma Duy Vien hurriedly stood up and supported her. "Wife, don't move around too much. Be careful of the baby in your belly."
Khau Bang patted Ma Duy Vien's shoulder. "It's only been a short while. You make it sound like I can't move."
"Hehe."
Ma Duy Vien smiled foolishly.
He was very satisfied with his current life. He thanked the Sunshine Shelter and Lam Pham. If it weren't for Lam Pham, he would definitely not have such a life.
So he cherished everything he had now.
He would never allow anyone to destroy it.
"Has that signal appeared again?" Khau Bang asked.
This kind of signal had appeared a few days ago, intermittently. It felt like someone was talking, but when he listened carefully, all he heard was the hissing of static. Whether it was clear or not, it proved one thing.
That was, there were still survivors using radio equipment trying to contact the outside world.
"It has appeared. It's still the same as before, I can't hear clearly. It's all hissing static." Ma Duy Vien was anxious to death. It would be good if he could even get a few clear seconds to ask for the location.
It wouldn't be like now, where there was no useful information at all.
Just as they were talking,
"Hiss, hiss..."
A sound came from the radio equipment again.
"Hello, this is the Hoang City Sunshine Shelter. Please state your location. Please state your location."
Ma Duy Vien said hurriedly, hoping to get a reply.
"Hiss, hiss..."
"Hiss, hiss..."
Faced with this situation, Ma Duy Vien spread his hands and looked very helpless. "You see, there's really nothing I can do. Sigh, this feeling is really uncomfortable."
They, who were in happiness, also hoped that more people could be as happy as them.
Khau Bang said, "We can only hope that the other party's signal can be a little better. As long as they say the location, there will be hope."
Ma Duy Vien had already prepared to stay here.
He didn't want to miss the other party's call for help.
What if he left and the sound suddenly became clear? What should he do then? Therefore, he could only wait here.
...
A place very far from Hoang City. At the end of the road was a mountain. A passage had been dug into the mountain, but due to various reasons, the mountain had not been dug through.
The tunnel was blocked by a rusty gate.
In the tunnel, some survivors lived.
There were young and old, and their condition was generally okay. It couldn't be said to be very good, but it couldn't be said to be too bad either.
"Ton Tuan, you're at your broken toy again. What's the use of that? Who can you contact?"
Chu Hong Trinh looked at Ton Tuan, who had an instant noodle haircut, and shook his head helplessly.
"Don't say that. Maybe there will be a miracle?"
Ton Tuan shook his head. He didn't think there was anything wrong with this. In peacetime, he was a resident singer at a bar. After the apocalypse came, he was dumbfounded, feeling that the whole world had collapsed.
How could he, with his exhausted body, survive in the apocalypse?
But heaven took care of him.
He had actually lived until now.
Chu Hong Trinh said, "A miracle? What miracle could there be? Our supplies are getting less and less, and the surrounding zombies are gradually increasing. Every time we go out is a risk. If it weren't for vuong khang sacrificing himself to save us last time, we might all be dead."
As he mentioned vuong khang, Ton Tuan, who was playing with the radio equipment, suddenly stopped, a little sad in his heart.
He had the best relationship with vuong khang. Vuong khang was very righteous and treated everyone well.
That time, vuong khang could have clearly run.
But he didn't run. Instead, he fought for a chance for them to survive.
"There's some movement outside. There are a few scattered zombies wandering at the entrance," a woman came over. She was also a member here. Everyone cooperated with each other and finally survived.
Chu Hong Trinh said, "I'll go deal with them. These damn zombies are really annoying."
He picked up his weapon and left. They had been hiding here for a while and had already made some small modifications to the entrance. They could open a small hole.
When there were zombies wandering around, they could make some noise to attract the zombies and kill them.
Chu Hong Trinh, who came to the door, opened the peephole and observed the situation outside. He counted carefully. There were a total of three zombies wandering outside.
Holding his weapon, he knocked on the iron gate.
Dong, dong, dong!
A clear sound came out. The zombies wandering outside heard the movement and instantly charged over like mad dogs. Chu Hong Trinh, holding his weapon, looked at this group of disgusting zombies with great disgust. Without thinking, he directly used his weapon to blow up the heads of the three zombies.
Survivors who had lived until now were no longer afraid of hunting zombies, and their hands and feet would not tremble.
But at this moment,
Chu Hong Trinh found that when he was hunting one of the zombies, a book actually fell out of that zombie's arms.
He looked carefully.
"Zombie Illustrated Guide"?
He didn't care what it was before, but he felt that the name of this book was a bit strange.
What on earth was the "Zombie Illustrated Guide"?
After all, it was the apocalypse now, and seeing these things was still relatively sensitive.
He used a tool to clamp the "Zombie Illustrated Guide" over.
Then he sat on the side, wanting to see what was written in the "Zombie Illustrated Guide."
He opened it and looked at it very casually.
But gradually, Chu Hong Trinh's face suddenly became solemn. He looked through page after page. Some of the content inside constantly impacted his brain, and even caused a huge impact on him.
After a while,
Chu Hong Trinh's hand holding the "Zombie Illustrated Guide" was trembling.
He suddenly stood up.
He screamed.
"You guys come and see, come quickly..."
His companions who were staying here were all startled by Chu Hong Trinh. Some even directly picked up their weapons, thinking that something had happened.
Chu Hong Trinh placed the "Zombie Illustrated Guide" on the table. "Look at this. It just fell out of a zombie I killed. It records many things we don't know, and it also records a safe shelter. See for yourselves."
The group looked very surprised.
Although they didn't know what was recorded in it that would make Chu Hong Trinh so excited, they still gathered around to look carefully.
Their situation was exactly the same as Chu Hong Trinh's before. At first, they were very casual, but now they were solemn and shocked, their worldview greatly impacted.
"There's hope."
"We're saved! The Hoang City Sunshine Shelter, is that the last pure land for mankind?"
"Awakeners, there are even superpowers. Humans can become superhuman-like existences. But why aren't any of us one?"
After reading the "Zombie Illustrated Guide," they looked at each other.
They, who hadn't smiled for a long time, at this moment, a look of hope emerged on everyone's faces.
"Everyone, don't get excited yet. The most important thing for us now is how to contact that place," Ton Tuan said.
As Ton Tuan said these words,
everyone's heightened emotions instantly calmed down.
Yes, they knew, but how to contact that place?
And the place mentioned in this guide should still exist, right? After all, the apocalypse was so dangerous. Maybe it existed before, but it was hard to say if it would be destroyed by zombies.
They had all experienced the horror of zombies.
They didn't want to feel that kind of despair a second time.
As ordinary humans, they were really weak in front of zombies, and even their ability to resist was very slim.
Chu Hong Trinh pointed at the radio equipment. "Can that thing contact them?"
He looked at Ton Tuan, as if placing all his hopes on the other party.
"I don't know either. So far, I haven't contacted anyone."
Ton Tuan spread his hands. He really didn't dare to promise.
To promise casually was to bear all the hopes of the group. The shattering of hope was the most fatal. It was too easy to make people despair.
The group's pairs of hopeful eyes looked at him.
This made Ton Tuan feel an indescribable feeling.
"How about I try again? Maybe there will really be a miracle."
Chu Hong Trinh patted Ton Tuan's shoulder and said, "Try again. We've been here for a long time, so we're not in a hurry. If it really works, you'll be all our lifesavers."
The seemingly inconspicuous "Zombie Illustrated Guide" really ignited the hope in their hearts.
Ton Tuan scratched his head, feeling great pressure.
He did the radio equipment as a hobby. To have him contact people, to be honest, he really had no confidence.
But he knew that now everyone was full of longing for the place recorded in the "Zombie Illustrated Guide."
Chu Hong Trinh picked up the "Zombie Illustrated Guide" and went to a corner to continue reading it carefully. Even though he had read it once, he still wanted to continue reading.
Not only did he want to read it, but the others also wanted to read it.
They all gathered around him, talking about some of the content in the guide.
"Can humans really deal with this kind of zombie?"
"I don't care about these zombies at all. What I care about is what's written here, that Lam Pham of the Hoang City Sunshine Shelter wants to clean up all the zombies, to make the world free of zombies. Is that really possible?"
"I don't know. We've been hiding here all along and don't know the outside situation at all. We're really frogs at the bottom of a well."
"Awakeners among humans can awaken abilities and can fight against zombies. But none of us are."
"I really want to see what the Sunshine Shelter looks like."
They exchanged words, their moods very excited. It was a kind of expectation for the future.
And at this time,
Ton Tuan was playing with the radio equipment.
He hoped for a good result.
Accompanied by the hissing of the static, Ton Tuan was also very helpless. He prayed to all the gods and Buddhas in his heart, hoping that a miracle could happen to him.
Boom!
Just when everyone was full of expectation,
a loud noise suddenly came from outside.
It scared them so much their faces changed drastically. They looked at each other, not knowing what had happened.
For no good reason, how could there be a loud explosion?