"Why are there so many zombies?"
Chu Hong Trinh and the others peeked outside, and the first thing they saw was a shocking sight.
Before, there were only three scattered zombies, but they were all dealt with.
Not long after they were captivated by the "Zombie Illustrated Guide," so many zombies had gathered outside.
And the commotion just now was unexpectedly from a large zombie among this horde, which was constantly destroying the parked vehicles outside.
The vehicle was like a toy, being kneaded at will.
If they hadn't seen the "Zombie Illustrated Guide," they really wouldn't know what kind of zombie this was. But now they knew that the huge zombie was a Tyrant.
The guide recorded a very terrifying zombie, especially its flesh scythe, which was extremely sharp. Steel was as fragile as paper in front of it.
"Shh, don't talk, don't make a sound."
Chu Hong Trinh asked the group to be quiet and absolutely not make a single sound. No one could guarantee whether the iron gate blocking them could stop the Tyrant.
He hoped the zombies outside were just passing by and would disperse on their own after a while.
Ton Tuan didn't pay attention to the situation outside. He sat in front of the radio equipment, carefully tinkering with it, hoping to contact someone from the outside world. Of course, he had never fantasized that he could contact the Hoang City Sunshine Shelter with the radio equipment.
That was impossible.
Even buying a lottery ticket had a higher probability than this.
The other survivors in the tunnel also gathered in groups of twos and threes, squatting in corners, listening to the chaotic noise outside. The whole group was a little nervous.
But besides this nervousness, there was a kind of hope. This hope appeared in their hearts after seeing the "Zombie Illustrated Guide."
...
Tan Group Base.
"Boss, the situation in various places is a bit strange recently. A large number of zombies seem to be guided and are moving towards one place."
Professor Kim looked at the boss in front of him. His form was truly terrifying. If he had to choose again, he believed the boss would definitely not want to become like this.
After all, he was neither human nor ghost. His entire body had merged with this base. Just looking at him felt very scary.
"Did a certain type of zombie appear, causing a zombie tide?"
Tan Linh had long since accepted his current form and didn't even have any regrets. Although his current form was not perfect, he had been researching all along, which was to absorb the best genes and dissolve the inferior genes in his body.
This kind of experiment was feasible, but the process would take some time.
Professor Kim said, "I don't know. The cause has not been investigated yet."
"If you haven't investigated, don't you know to continue investigating? Do I still need to teach you such a simple thing?"
Tan Linh shouted. His irritable temper made Professor Kim a little helpless. Currently, he was the only one who could stay by Tan Linh's side. There was no way; he was already tied to Tan Linh on the same rope.
"You can rest assured of my work. I will definitely investigate the source clearly."
Professor Kim swore an oath to guarantee it. The situation of the zombie tide was not uncommon, and it was not even worth being surprised about. It was just that the scope of this zombie tide was a bit widespread.
The coverage area was very large, and it was everywhere. The reason for this was definitely not that simple.
In his opinion, there must be something big about to happen.
Tan Linh said, "Tell me, where is the limit of evolution?"
He hadn't studied this aspect much. All along, he had been providing money and people. Professional matters should be left to professional people. Professor Kim was a professional he had hired for a high salary.
"Boss, theoretically, evolution has no limit. It can evolve indefinitely. That's the theory, but in reality, the medium required for evolution is getting stronger and stronger. This point is not easy to say."
Professor Kim answered honestly.
He knew the boss's evolution situation, and it was also one of the few special evolutions he knew of. It could absorb high-quality genes and replace the inferior and wrong genes in the body.
But in the process of evolution, the required high-quality genes must be getting better and better. In the current situation, how many high-end, high-quality genes could there be?
This was something to be concerned about.
"What do you mean, it's hard to say? I've been raising you until now for this moment in the future."
Now Tan Linh didn't think about fighting Lam Pham head-on. He knew he was not qualified. If he met Lam Pham now, he wouldn't even know how he died.
He had plenty of time to wait and was not in a hurry at all.
The one who could live to the end was the winner.
As for that Aberrant organization, he looked down on it completely. Don't look at how arrogant that group of people seemed, always provoking Lam Pham. But he would put it out there.
Lam Pham could be provoked countless times, but if the Aberrant organization was discovered, it would definitely be defeated by Lam Pham in one go.
In Tan Linh's eyes, the Aberrant organization was just an existence jumping around on the brink of destruction.
...
In a desolate place, a building was leaning.
Chung Hong, the Poisonous Thorn, stood on the roof of the building, frowning, looking at the dense zombie tide army in the distance, kicking up dust.
"What's going on? Why would there be a zombie tide gathering together for no reason?"
This was the second zombie tide she had seen in this period of time.
It wasn't that she hadn't seen them before,
but they were not so frequent.
This was not a zombie tide formed by accident. Something must have happened.
But she didn't know what on earth was going on.
"Could it be that some kind of terrifying zombie has appeared, causing the zombie tide to form and head into the distance, like a human pilgrimage?"
Chung Hong stared into the distance. The number of zombies gathered together was at least in the tens of thousands.
Among them, there was no lack of terrifying evolved zombies.
As an Aberrant, she could make normal zombies not discover her, but some evolved zombies could see her. Don't think that her current strength was very strong. If she fell into such a zombie tide, she would definitely be stirred up until not a single hair was left.
She had the idea of following, wanting to see what on earth was going on.
But this situation was still relatively dangerous.
It would be very troublesome if she was discovered.
After a struggle of thoughts, in the end, curiosity defeated reason. She jumped down from the leaning building, got on her motorcycle, and after waiting for a certain distance from the zombie tide, she followed behind. This was currently a relatively good method.
Even if she was discovered, she could still have a safe enough distance to escape.
At this time, not only did Chung Hong see the zombie tide.
Even Thoi Tieu Phi encountered the same zombie tide. Suddenly, the large-scale movement of zombies was definitely not because the zombies had nothing to do and were wandering around.
There must be a high-level zombie leading them.
Irrational normal zombies would also wander, but they had a fixed range. They would wander in a repeated cycle within this range. Unless they were led by a high-level zombie, normal zombies would not gather with other zombies and eventually form a zombie tide.
Currently, the only thing that Thoi Tieu Phi valued was the Creator.
The strength of a Creator-level zombie was very strong, and it was an existence that could take his life. He had never put other zombies in his eyes.
Looking at the departing zombie tide,
Thoi Tieu Phi didn't think much and followed, also wanting to see what kind of situation had caused such a commotion.
...
A distant road.
"Perfect, truly perfect. My charm is truly that great."
Cuong Ban Linh Nhat was extremely excited.
He kept looking for Creators, persuading them to launch an attack on the Hoang City Sunshine Shelter and destroy the last pride of humanity.
He admitted that he didn't have the ability to destroy Lam Pham.
But he was eloquent and knew that when his own strength was insufficient, he could seek help from elsewhere. The strongest zombies were the Creators. If one Creator was not enough, then two, three... the more the better.
At this moment, he stood there alone, surrounded by ten Creators.
There were Creators the size of mountains.
There were also Creators the size of normal zombies.
"Great Creators, we can no longer let the human Lam Pham continue to evolve. His existence has truly threatened us."
"I implore you, Great Creators, to create a perfect home for us zombies and wipe out the humans who have always resisted us."
"Here, I hope you can take action."
"Please."
Cuong Ban Linh Nhat knelt on the ground with a thud and kowtowed to this group of Creators.
Kowtowing was a very light job for him.
If it could be solved by kowtowing, then it wasn't a problem at all. If he could get this group of Creators to act, let alone kowtowing, he would bite their toes without hesitation.
If he hesitated even for a moment, he would consider himself to have lost.
The many Creators looked at Cuong Ban Linh Nhat with cold eyes. Even though they were all zombies, Cuong Ban Linh Nhat still felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, shivering and trembling.
Reptilian Creator: "I've seen the 'Zombie Illustrated Guide' among humans. It does record that human. He recorded us zombies as specimens, which is indeed a capital offense."
Scaled Creator: "We shouldn't give humans a chance to continue evolving. The abilities of Awakeners rely on our zombie crystals to improve. These disgusting guys use our crystals to improve their abilities and then use them to hunt and kill us zombies. We can't let them live."
Bloated Creator: "And there are zombies who have defected to that human, looking for the locations of Creators for him, defeating them one by one, causing a huge impact on us. Such traitors must also die."
Mutated Creator: "Eat his flesh and blood, delicious flesh and blood. I am already hungry and thirsty. I really miss the taste of an Awakener. It's truly delicious to the extreme."
"Humans are just our food. We came here to destroy that human."
"Haha... how terrifying it is for ten Creators to gather together. It's more than enough to destroy this world. I'm really looking forward to seeing what kind of state that human will be in when he sees us descend."
The voices of the Creators echoed majestically.
They gathered together, more like a feast of demons. If any human saw such a scene, they would be scared until their whole body was cold, trembling, and feeling as if the apocalypse had descended.
Cuong Ban Linh Nhat, kneeling there, was very at ease.
His mood was very good.
It was good that they had talked it out. To be able to gather this group of Creators to act together was a fortunate thing.
He really didn't believe that with ten Creators here, they couldn't kill the other party.
What's more, it wasn't just ten Creators who came, but also countless zombies, among which there were many terrifying evolved zombies, and even huge zombies tens of meters tall.
These zombies all had extremely strong destructive power.
Cuong Ban Linh Nhat was amazed in his heart. Damn it, the land area was large enough, and the population was large enough. It was really easy to evolve terrifying zombies.
Now was not the time to go to Hoang City and report to the Sunshine Shelter. They needed to wait for the zombie army to arrive. For these Creators, they gathered together and didn't attack each other because they had already said that they had a common goal, to destroy the Awakeners among humans.
After all, a Creator eating a Creator could optimize its own genes,
and thus become stronger.
...
The next day.
"Let's go, there are no more zombies outside."
Chu Hong Trinh had been paying attention to the situation outside. The dense zombie tide was really terrifying. Just looking at it gave one a very terrifying sense of oppression.
Fortunately, they were separated by an iron gate, which gave them a sense of security.
He approached Ton Tuan and saw that Ton Tuan was still tinkering with the radio equipment, trying hard to contact the outside world. But it was a pity that it was useless from beginning to end.
"How is it?"
Chu Hong Trinh asked casually. He didn't expect to be able to contact anyone outside. If he could, Ton Tuan would have been excited and shouting long ago.
"Still no way."
Ton Tuan shook his head, his expression a little disappointed.
"It's okay, take your time. We've been here for so long, we're not in a hurry."
Chu Hong Trinh comforted him. They were all companions who had gone through life and death and were trustworthy of each other. The appearance of the "Zombie Illustrated Guide" was to greatly increase their chances of survival and give them a kind of hope.
If they hadn't obtained the "Zombie Illustrated Guide," they would still be surviving here as before.
Ton Tuan said, "The guide has a satellite phone number that can contact that place. Do you want to try finding a satellite phone? If there's a phone, then all problems will not be problems."
"Satellite phone? Don't think about it. Where can we find a phone in the place we're staying? Unless we go to the city to find one. You know the situation in the city. There are zombies everywhere. I think we'll be dismembered by zombies as soon as we get there." Chu Hong Trinh hurriedly vetoed it, feeling that Ton Tuan's idea was truly wishful thinking.
He didn't even dare to think about it.
Ton Tuan said, "I know the principle, but you've seen it too. The zombie tide appeared, wave after wave. Have you ever thought that these zombies might have all come from the city? The city is now an empty city."
This was what he thought. After all, zombies couldn't appear out of thin air.
They must have cleaned up a place.
Where were the most zombies? That would definitely be the city closest to them.
"But what if it's not?" Chu Hong Trinh said.
Ton Tuan said stubbornly, "What if it is?"
Chu Hong Trinh: ...?
He looked at Ton Tuan and blinked. He felt an indescribable sense of dread. Why did he have to be so stubborn? He just couldn't listen to him. This was a pure risk. He might get into trouble.
"Do you think what I said makes sense?" Ton Tuan felt that his thoughts were right. It must be so. The passing zombie tide came from the city.
There would be no mistake.
Chu Hong Trinh shook his head. "I feel that what you said might not be very reasonable."
"No, I believe what I said. If you don't believe me, let me go out and take a look. I'll drive straight into the city and take a look around. Besides, we don't have many supplies. They won't last long. We have to go out and find some supplies, right?" Ton Tuan just wanted to see. Some risks were worth taking. If it was really as he thought, then everything would not be a problem.
Chu Hong Trinh said, "But it's too dangerous."
"Some risks are necessary. Besides, I'm not going in. If there are a few more zombies around the city, I definitely won't go in," Ton Tuan said.
Hearing these words, Chu Hong Trinh lowered his head and pondered.
"I feel we can give it a try." At this time, a short-haired girl came over. Her name was Tran Yen, and she was a trustworthy companion of theirs here.
"You also think we can give it a try?" Chu Hong Trinh looked at her.
Tran Yen said, "Yes, I think we can give it a try. There's nothing worse than now. If it's really as Ton Tuan said, then aren't we saved? Everyone is saved."
The survivors staying here, besides them, there were also old and young. Their self-protection ability in the apocalypse was the worst, and they couldn't play any games of revival. They needed their protection.
Although they seemed to be a burden, for them, this feeling was very good. That kind of protection, the feeling of guarding their compatriots, filled them with the enthusiasm to live on.
In the end, Chu Hong Trinh agreed. Since that was the case, then let's give it a try. It might work.
A total of four people went out. Besides the three of them, there was also a middle-aged man with better driving skills. Even if they were surrounded by zombies, they could still escape with their exquisite driving skills.
The car outside the door was damaged. The passing zombies were very irritable and just kept hitting the car.
Fortunately, after checking other vehicles, there was one that could be started.
This was an unexpected joy.
"Are all the things brought?"
"Brought."
"Alright, let's go."
A dilapidated sedan in the apocalypse carried hope and headed into the distance. Ton Tuan, in the car, was praying in his heart, hoping that the zombies in the city had all left, leaving an empty city would be the best.
This way, they could find what they wanted in the city.
...
"So many zombies?"
Thoi Tieu Phi stayed in a hidden place and looked into the distance. The dense zombies made his scalp tingle. He really didn't expect that so many zombies would gather.
It made his heart pound.
As far as the eye could see, even from a great distance, he could smell that special smell on the zombies.
"Ugh, ugh..."
"Ugh, ugh..."
The low roars gathered together, the sound shaking the heavens. Anyone who entered the range of the sound would definitely be scared pale. To be able to stand firm was an incredible thing.
Thoi Tieu Phi observed the dense zombies at the scene.
Don't mind the normal zombies. He found that there were many evolved zombies, among which many were very terrifying evolved zombies.
"What?" Thoi Tieu Phi's pupils suddenly shrank and dilated. His gaze was locked on the distance. If he wasn't mistaken, that group there was definitely a Creator, and it wasn't just one Creator.
"What do these Creators want to do by gathering here?"
Thoi Tieu Phi followed the zombie tide here and really didn't expect to see these things.
He didn't dare to be careless and even prepared to escape at any time. Faced with one Creator, he was confident of surviving. But faced with so many Creators, let alone surviving, even escaping would be a happy thing.
Thoi Tieu Phi gradually slowed his breathing, really worried that his breathing was a little loud and would directly startle this group of Creators. Then the result would not be wonderful at all.
"No matter what they want to do, it definitely has nothing to do with me. Even if it does, with my current situation, it's impossible to influence these Creators."
He kept retreating, creating an extreme distance from this zombie tide. It was enough to be able to sense the movements of this group of zombies. Later, he still wanted to know where this group of Creators was going.
If a Creator discovered him, he would definitely run faster than anyone else.
At this time, Chung Hong, the Poisonous Thorn, who had also followed, also saw the scene before her.
But she had completely knelt.
Her whole person was dumbfounded.
Her mentality was not as strong as Thoi Tieu Phi's. When she saw normal zombies, she was very normal. When she saw evolved zombies, she was still very normal. It wasn't until ten Creators appeared in front of her that she was completely dumbfounded.
Even though she wasn't face to face with the Creators,
that sense of despair completely enveloped her.
Chung Hong's hands were on the ground, panting heavily. Even her pupils were about to burst.
"So scary, how could such a scene appear? Didn't they say that there are also conflicts between Creators? Who can deal with such a lineup?"
Her whole body was trembling violently.
But at this moment, thud, a hand fell on her shoulder. The sudden scene scared Chung Hong and she wanted to attack, but she was stopped by the other party.
"It's me."
Chung Hong saw the other person clearly and suddenly let out a sigh of relief. It turned out to be Thoi Tieu Phi.
"What are you doing here?" Chung Hong asked.
"I encountered a zombie tide and followed to see. I didn't expect so many Creators to gather here. I don't know what their purpose is," Thoi Tieu Phi said.
"So scary. This zombie force is enough to destroy everything."
"That's what they say, but if it's against Lam Pham of the Hoang City Sunshine Shelter, I think they might not be qualified."
"You think so highly of that person?"
She admitted that Lam Pham was very strong and could hunt and kill Creators. But now, in front of them, there were not only ten Creators, but also countless zombies, among which there were unimaginably evolved zombies.
This force was extremely huge. No matter how strong he was, there would be a time when he would be exhausted.
Thoi Tieu Phi said, "You haven't seen that person with your own eyes. When you see him with your own eyes, you will understand. He is as unfathomable as an abyss. Even just facing him, your heart will not be able to help but want to tremble."
"But didn't you always want to surpass him? If he's so strong, are you confident?"
"Confidence is not about talking, but about doing. Who knows if you're confident without doing it? In our current situation, there's no turning back. We can only continue to evolve."
Chung Hong agreed with what Thoi Tieu Phi said. It was true. They had no way back. They could only go all the way. They were all Aberrants. As for what the future situation would be, no one knew.
But at this moment,
there was movement at the scene.
The zombie army began to act. A series of low roars erupted, echoing throughout the world.
The ten Creators rose from the ground and walked side by side in an orderly manner, heading into the distance.
"They're on the move."
Thoi Tieu Phi said softly, his expression a little solemn. He wanted to follow this zombie tide and see what on earth they were going to do.