Base.
Blood stained the ground, and severed limbs were everywhere. The once bustling base of Awakened had suddenly turned into a human purgatory. If anyone were to come here and see the scene, they would definitely not be able to help but vomit.
The scene was too bloody and cruel. If one took a slight breath, their nostrils would definitely be filled with the smell of blood.
"Demon, you are a demon."
In the open space of the base, Kieu Uy fell paralyzed to the ground. There was a hole in his neck, and a large piece of flesh and blood had been viciously torn off. His eyes were filled with horror as he looked at the guy in front of him.
He really didn't expect that the person in charge, who looked like an ordinary person, would be so terrifying. The other party had been hiding his own terror all along.
Kieu Uy thought of the words Quy Thu Nguyet had said to him.
He hadn't taken it too seriously.
Now it was really too late for regrets.
"Haha."
Professor Kim's younger brother, Kim Phu Thien, had a cold smile at the corners of his mouth, his eyes gloomy, staring intently at the increasingly weak Kieu Uy. In his eyes, the other was already a dead man.
He muttered to himself.
"Brother, your experiment was a success. The thing you made is far from simple. Its ability is beyond your imagination."
Kim Phu Thien clenched his fists tightly.
His whole body was filled with power.
This was not just perfecting one's own genes, nor was it just not needing external supplies. After injecting the serum left by his brother, he could already steal the other's awakened ability.
By gnawing on the other's flesh and blood, he could obtain their ability. Every time he gnawed on an Awakened, he could feel the genes in his body evolve, thus creating the genes for that ability.
Strength!
Speed!
Control!
Camouflage!
Corrosion!
...
And so on, all kinds of abilities gathered in one body.
Now he was confident that he had become the most perfect creature.
In the past, the base's records had only mentioned Lam Pham, saying that he was evolving in the direction of a god, and that any Awakened had the chance to evolve to this level.
Of course, this was something they had just made up.
But now, Kim Phu Thien had chosen to believe it. That's right, he was now evolving towards a perfect divine creature, gathering countless abilities in one body.
He saw a bright path, and at the end of the path was a god.
"Are you not dead yet?"
Kim Phu Thien bent down, a smile on his face as he looked at Kieu Uy, "The base has no value of existence anymore. It's all over. Do you think you can control everything by controlling the base? Wrong. Your vision is really too small."
Kieu Uy: gurgle, gurgle, gurgle...
He wanted to speak, but the fresh blood had already flowed back, blocking his throat, leaving him with no chance to speak.
Finally, the light in his eyes gradually dimmed and dissipated, completely bidding farewell to this world.
"Haha."
Kim Phu Thien looked at the human purgatory before him and couldn't help but laugh. The road was still long. He needed to find more Awakened, especially those with relatively special abilities. He needed such abilities to enhance his own strength, and thus evolve into the most perfect individual.
He picked up the satellite phone that Kieu Uy was carrying.
"I knew it. She came here to remind you, but you didn't take it to heart."
He opened the satellite phone. There were two numbers inside.
He dialed one of them.
Soon, someone connected.
"Hey, is this Lam Pham?" Kim Phu Thien spoke.
"This is Quy Thu Nguyet. You're not Kieu Uy?"
"Oh, wrong number. You're not the one I'm looking for."
Click!
He hung up the phone.
Then he dialed the second number. Beep, beep, beep... calling.
And somewhere else.
Quy Thu Nguyet looked at the satellite phone in her hand, "Old Pang, something might have happened at the base."
Pang Vien was startled and said, "What do you mean? Was that Kieu Uy on the phone just now?"
"It wasn't Kieu Uy, but another stranger," Quy Thu Nguyet shook her head, thinking of all kinds of possibilities, but she couldn't think of who it was. If there was one thing that was a problem, it might be the guy who had avoided them. "I'll call Lam Pham. We have to figure out the situation."
Quy Thu Nguyet hurriedly called Lam Pham.
It didn't go through.
The other party's line was busy.
Quy Thu Nguyet thought of a possibility, that the other party was calling Lam Pham.
...
At this moment.
Lam Pham had already brought them back to the Sunshine Shelter. First, he let Vuong Khai arrange a place for Vien Vien to stay, and at the same time, instructed him to take Vien Vien to Dr. Hang and Dr. Tran's place later to check on her psychological condition.
Then he returned to the Hoang City Prison.
Chu Duong saw Brother Lam bringing two strangers over. A single glance told him they were not good people.
The strong man and the yellow-haired man were very proactive, swearing to reform well in prison, and to absolutely obey commands and education.
This surprised Chu Duong a little. My goodness, they were really proactive enough.
When dealing with this kind of person, the process would be much simpler.
When he learned that they were Mutators, Chu Duong narrowed his eyes and sized them up. The two of them looked a little nervous, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
They could only smile awkwardly, trying to convey the signal that they knew their mistakes and would change to Chu Duong.
In other words, "Big brother, don't look at us as if we're not good people. In fact, we are developing in the direction of good people. No matter what, you have to give us a chance."
"We are very obedient, very obedient."
The satellite phone rang.
Lam Pham let Chu Duong handle it, then answered the phone.
"Hello, this is Lam Pham from the Hoang City Sunshine Shelter. May I ask where you are?"
The same routine as usual.
The first thing he said was to ask for the other's location.
"Haha..."
"Who are you?" When Lam Pham heard this sinister laugh, he knew things were not simple. The person on the phone was definitely not an ordinary person.
"My name is Kim Phu Thien. I'm sending you my greetings on behalf of my dead brother."
"Your brother is?"
"Professor Kim, who worked for the Tan Group. Do you know him?"
Hearing this.
Lam Pham understood. He didn't expect Professor Kim to have a younger brother. The meaning of his words was very clear. The one who had come was not friendly and wanted revenge.
But why hadn't the other party come to Hoang City to find him? It must be because he felt his own strength had not yet developed to that level, so he wanted to lie low and develop, and then seek revenge on him after his strength had been enhanced to a certain level.
"I know. He followed Tan Linh and did a lot of bad things, harming many people. I'm very sorry, they have already received the punishment they deserved. I hope you can restrain your grief."
"Restrain my grief? I don't care about restraining my grief. I want you to restrain your grief! Just you wait for me!"
Click!
He hung up the phone.
Lam Pham sighed. Trouble was here again. The other party had said these things to him, so he must have made all the necessary preparations and had absolute confidence. If he didn't have such confidence, he definitely wouldn't have come to him now.
Just as he was thinking.
The phone rang.
He answered the phone.
It was from Quy Thu Nguyet.
"Yes, he called me. He said he's the younger brother of Professor Kim from the Tan Group," Lam Pham told Quy Thu Nguyet what had just happened.
On the other end of the phone, Quy Thu Nguyet pondered for a moment, "Something might have happened at the base."
Lam Pham's expression grew a little solemn, "I'll go take a look."
"Okay."
He hung up the phone.
Lam Pham headed in the direction of the base.
...
Base.
The sandstorm covered everything, making it seem extremely quiet.
Lam Pham had not yet arrived inside. Seeing the situation inside, he already knew something had happened at the base. The thick smell of blood drifted out. Anyone with a slightly sensitive nose could smell it.
He walked to the side of the wall, jumped up, and landed on the wall. When he saw the scene inside, his eyes widened. The base had once gathered many Awakened.
Although they were not willing to go to the Sunshine Shelter, each one of them was a living person.
And now... where were there any living Awakened?
They had all become corpses lying on the ground.
Severed limbs were countless.
Fresh blood was sprayed everywhere.
He jumped down from the wall, landed on the ground, lifted his foot, and the sole of his shoe was already stained with thick, sticky blood. There were no survivors on the scene. He walked on, checking the corpses one by one.
He found that the necks of these corpses had all been bitten, the flesh and blood a mangled mess, with missing flesh.
"Professor Kim's younger brother, could he have turned into a zombie?"
The wounds on the corpses told everything.
Just as he was thinking, Quy Thu Nguyet's call came. The timing was perfect. It was clear that she knew Lam Pham would have arrived during this period of time.
"Did something happen?"
"Something happened. Everyone is dead. No one is alive. The scene is a bit terrifying. Professor Kim's younger brother, Kim Phu Thien, is very cruel."
On the other end of the phone, Quy Thu Nguyet sighed.
She couldn't reply for a long time.
She didn't know what to say either.
Then, she thought of something and hurriedly said, "The base has cameras. Maybe the other party didn't destroy them."
"I'll go take a look," Lam Pham walked into the building.
The base's cameras were indeed not damaged. He skillfully opened the stored video. In the rewinded image, the Awakened at the base were living their daily lives.
They probably never thought that death was already near.
But in an instant, a figure was seen smashing through the glass and flying out of the building. After falling to the ground, he couldn't get up, clutching his neck, his expression very painful.
Then Kim Phu Thien appeared on the screen, tilted his head, looked at the camera, and revealed a sinister smile, then rushed towards the alarmed crowd.
In an instant, the scene was tragic and terrifying. Severed limbs were thrown everywhere.
This was a true massacre.
No Awakened on the scene was his match. They could only become fish on a chopping block, to be ruthlessly slaughtered.
Lam Pham, watching the screen, clenched his fists tightly, his eyes firm, "I must find him. I absolutely cannot let him continue to develop like this. His ferocity exceeds anyone I know."
He took the equipment and left the base, rushing back to Hoang City.
In the room.
Lam Pham showed the screen recorded by the camera to everyone.
Everyone stared at the image without blinking.
From the beginning of Kim Phu Thien's hunting, the people watching the image couldn't help but gasp. Even after the video ended, everyone was still unable to come to their senses for a long time.
"Holy crap! He's so vicious!" Chuc Thanh couldn't help but exclaim, "Brother Lam, his situation is very special. I discovered that after he gnaws on an Awakened, he will plunder the other's ability."
Swish!
Swish!
Swish!
Everyone looked at Chuc Thanh in unison.
"Are you sure?"
In Lam Pham's opinion, if this was really the case, then it would be truly terrifying. A fusion-type zombie could gnaw on its own kind and obtain the other's high-quality abilities.
But that was a zombie, and now the one with this ability was a human.
Chuc Thanh swore, "I'm sure. My ability has been enhanced. Even just watching the video, I can see that every time he gnaws on an Awakened, he will gain a new ability. And when he gnaws on an Awakened with the same ability, his existing ability will also be enhanced."
Co Hang exclaimed in admiration, "Isn't that too incredible? How on earth did he do it? He's simply a BUG in the apocalypse. It's hard to imagine."
Lam Pham said, "His appearance is not a good thing for Awakened. I just don't know if zombies and Mutators are useful to him. If they are still useful, then Awakened, zombies, and Mutators are his source of power."
Quan Hao said, "Brother Lam, I think he's most afraid of being discovered by you right now. He must be thinking of lying low and developing, enhancing his strength, and then seeking revenge on you."
Lam Pham said, "I really hope he can come to me sooner."
If he couldn't find the other party and just let him develop outside, who knew how many more people would die at his hands.
Captain Lei said, "The appearance of zombies in the apocalypse is already very troublesome. Now these guys have appeared. If it wasn't for you, Lam Pham, creating this safe place for most survivors, then this apocalypse would truly be full of despair for many people."
Lam Pham never thought that creating a safe shelter was his credit.
Everyone thanked him.
He also thanked them.
Because of their appearance, he would not feel lonely, and it made him deeply understand that this world was still beautiful, and all disasters were short-lived.
"Brother Hang, please help me print out the picture of Kim Phu Thien in the video," Lam Pham said.
"Okay, no problem."
Co Hang knew Lam Pham's technique. He loved to put strange and bizarre things in the illustrated guide to give the survivors who were still living outside a reminder.
At night.
The bright moon and sparse stars.
Lam Pham worked secretly, mainly on the introduction of Kim Phu Thien.
[Extremely Dangerous Individual]
[Name: Kim Phu Thien]
[Identity: Human? Zombie? Mutator?]
[Specific situation: Younger brother of Professor Kim from the Tan Group. For unknown reasons, he has a special ability to gnaw on Awakened and plunder their abilities. Whether zombies and Mutators can be plundered is temporarily unknown. Ferocious and cruel, he massacred more than ten Awakened at the base. Survivors who encounter him must be careful...]
Lam Pham looked at the content he had written.
He nodded with some satisfaction.
It was written in enough detail.
The choice of photos was relatively clear. After looking at them a few more times, one could definitely firmly remember the other's appearance in their mind.
"I want to expose you."
This was Lam Pham's thought.
Thinking about it, it was also quite domineering.
He printed out countless copies of the "Zombie Illustrated Guide," and the first page was information about Kim Phu Thien. As long as someone picked it up, they would definitely be able to see it.
Then he added the content he had collected during this period to the "Zombie Illustrated Guide" as usual.
The originally thin illustrated guide, under his efforts, gradually gained thickness. If the apocalypse really ended in the future, the illustrated guide could definitely become a symbol.
When a new era comes in the future, it might even become a national treasure.
...
A few days later.
The butcher Trinh Thien Hao's residence.
An organization liaison appeared. The quiet environment made the liaison a little uncomfortable. When he came before, he could see a group of bodyguards staring at him with guns, and also the pet that Trinh Thien Hao kept.
To be honest, he felt that Trinh Thien Hao's personality was a bit twisted.
A perfectly fine woman was actually kept as a pet. He didn't know what he was thinking. Anyone else would have definitely loved and cherished her. After all, women in the apocalypse were very rare.
They had gradually become a precious species.
"Huh, something's not right," the liaison walked to the door and frowned. He kicked open the iron door and saw the situation inside. His face changed dramatically. Those bodyguards had all become corpses. "Something happened..."
He hurriedly walked into the villa.
In the dining room, the surroundings were empty. The butcher Trinh Thien Hao had been turned into ice shards by Lam Pham, scattered between heaven and earth, without even a trace left.
But his careful observation revealed a handprint on the table, already sunken in. This detail showed what had happened here at that time. Although it looked like there were no signs of a fight, the bodies of the bodyguards outside showed that something had really happened here.
The liaison contacted the headquarters. After a while, he connected with the headquarters.
"Reporting the situation, the butcher Trinh Thien Hao has probably been killed. The organization has once again lost a perfect Mutator. Report complete."
"Received. Continue with the operation."
"Yes."
The liaison frowned and pondered. He increasingly felt that the situation was very wrong, especially since the organization started to be curious about the Hoang City Sunshine Shelter, things had started to happen one after another.
One after another, perfect Mutators died.
Nguy Ung's death should be related to Hoang City.
Now Trinh Thien Hao's death should also be related.
Otherwise, besides the Hoang City Sunshine Shelter, who else would have this kind of ability?
The liaison went to the wine cabinet, poured himself a glass of red wine, sat in the seat that only Trinh Thien Hao could sit in, propped his legs up on the table, leaned back in the chair, swirled the wine glass, and looked at the scenery in the distance.
"You're very leisurely."
Just then, a voice came.
The startled liaison's face twitched slightly. After seeing the person who had come, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, "How did you get here?"
Chung Hong smiled and said, "I came to find Trinh Thien Hao. Oh, where is he? And who killed those guys outside? Don't tell me you killed those people and have been waiting here for a few days."
The liaison said, "What are you joking about? How could I have killed them? Trinh Thien Hao is already dead. I just arrived."
Chung Hong was very surprised and said, "Impossible. How did he die?"
"Who knows? Maybe it was done by the people from Hoang City."
"Any evidence?"
"No, but besides the people there, who else would have this kind of ability? Damn it, to be honest, since I learned about Hoang City, I knew that its existence was bound to be a thorn in our side. Just you wait and see, even the Tan Group was destroyed."
The liaison knew about the Tan Group.
It was also an organization that studied zombies.
Their methods were not much friendlier than their Mutator organization.
If the Mutator organization wanted to truly dominate the entire apocalypse, it had to go head-to-head with the Hoang City Sunshine Shelter. Otherwise, this was an obstacle that could never be bypassed.
"Why don't you take a look at this?"
Chung Hong threw the "Zombie Illustrated Guide" onto the table.
"It's not like I haven't seen it. What's there to see?"
The liaison glanced at it casually, not very interested. The "Zombie Illustrated Guide" was no secret. According to the number of guides issued by Hoang City, it couldn't be said that it was everywhere in the country, but it was definitely not a rare item. As long as one wanted to find it, they could still find it.
"Just take a look. It's the latest version. I just picked it up. The content on the first page might be very relevant to us."
Chung Hong leaned against the wall, very curious to see what kind of expression the liaison would have after seeing the content inside. When she first saw it, she was also very shocked.
The liaison looked at Chung Hong, really a little curious. His curiosity had been piqued by her. He flipped to the first page and saw the content inside. His casual expression instantly became solemn.
"This..."
The liaison stood up abruptly, a little disbelieving, "How could there be such an existence? Gnawing on the flesh and blood of Awakened can plunder their abilities, and even stack and enhance them. How is this possible?"
Chung Hong spread her hands and said, "Who knows? I believe the situation described in the 'Zombie Illustrated Guide' is true. At least from the beginning, none of the content recorded inside has been false."
The liaison said, "So you suspect that Trinh Thien Hao's death might have been done by this guy?"
"It's not impossible. He's a madman. Anyone with this kind of ability would probably go on a killing spree, wishing they could kill all the Awakened and Mutators in the world," Chung Hong said calmly.
The liaison said, "Are Mutators also useful?"
Chung Hong said, "Who knows? Isn't it recorded in the illustrated guide? Zombies and Mutators are still unknown, but I feel it's very likely. This kind of restrictive situation is not very reasonable."
The liaison pondered. This was a big deal, enough to affect the evolution of the entire apocalypse. No matter who encountered this kind of existence, they couldn't maintain their own composure.
The headquarters would definitely be very eager to know where the other was, capture him, and then use him for research.
Chung Hong saw that the liaison was still in a daze and couldn't help but remind him, "I think this matter is very necessary to inform the headquarters. This is very important information for the headquarters, even more important than the matter of Hoang City. If the headquarters can figure out the reason, what is Hoang City? What is Lam Pham?"
"That's right," the liaison agreed.
Chung Hong said, "Then what are you still dawdling here for? Hurry up and go. I have to rest here. Since Trinh Thien Hao is dead, then I'll take over this place."
The liaison didn't leave, but hurriedly took out his satellite phone and began to notify the headquarters.
Chung Hong narrowed her eyes slightly. She didn't expect the liaison to not go to the headquarters, but to think of contacting them directly. It seemed that it was a bit difficult to know the location of the headquarters.
She couldn't act too obviously.
Otherwise, it would be easy to be discovered.
The liaison contacted the headquarters and rattled on about the situation in the "Zombie Illustrated Guide." He didn't say that Chung Hong had discovered it, but directly said that he had discovered it himself.
To so openly take the credit for himself, only the liaison could do such a thing.
After a brief exchange.
The headquarters hurriedly cut off the signal.
"Phew..."
The liaison looked at Chung Hong, "Sorry, I didn't say you told me."
"It's okay. It's not a big deal anyway," Chung Hong said.
The liaison looked at Chung Hong in surprise, "I didn't notice just now. Now that I look, I find that your evolution progress is really fast. You're much stronger than when I saw you before. How many times have you unlocked your gene chain?"
Chung Hong had a smile on her face and didn't answer.
Evolving fast?
Nonsense.
Of course it's fast. Don't you see who I'm cooperating with? The benefits I've gained would scare you to death.