Yang Chang lay on a small boat by the pier, looking at the once bustling city now so quiet. A hint of nostalgia appeared on his face. If possible, he would still prefer to stay in the safe and carefree society of the past. Although sometimes he had to face the difficulty of finding a job after graduation, it was still much better than the precariousness of the present.
After a busy day, Yang Chang leaned on the boat and said to Yang Ye, "Sir, do you think we can really defeat the zombies?"
Yang Ye heard the question and began to answer without hesitation, "Defeating the zombies is certainly not a problem, it's just a matter of time. Even tank-type zombies cannot truly stop tanks, especially under various powerful firepower. The zombies' human wave tactics are useless."
"But zombies can mutate," Yang Chang continued to ask.
"So what if they mutate? Humans also evolve!" Yang Chang said disdainfully. "Other animals in the direction of evolution or mutation are all about enhancing physical strength or endurance. Only humans evolve their brains. Therefore, in just millions of years, humans have become the masters of the Earth. As long as other animals do not evolve their brains, they will never be able to defeat humans."
"But aren't zombies infected and mutated based on humans? Will these zombies have intelligence?" Yang Chang continued to ask.
Yang Ye spread his hands helplessly and said, "If you ask me, I don't know. I'm not a biology student, so I can't explain it clearly to you. Speaking of which, since there's nothing to do, it's better to get some rest quickly. If the会长 returns, we'll be busy."
Hearing this, Yang Chang also felt very tired. He had been busy all day, rescuing more than five thousand people back to the base. These people, with their families, not only took food with them but also brought all their gold and silver jewelry, as if they believed that they must carry some money with them when they went out. Most amusing was a self-proclaimed novelist, who carried half a bag of rice in one hand and a laptop bag in the other, saying, "This is my livelihood, I can't leave it anywhere."
Yang Chang inquired carefully and learned that this was an online novelist whose performance was not good. The manuscript fees he earned were barely enough to make a living. The more he talked, the more helpless the author became, sighing, "It's too difficult to get ahead in online novels now. If you write realistically, it's easy to get censored. If you try to skirt the lines, you'll be targeted. Historical novels always have people nitpicking, so you can only write fictional novels, which is good for everyone."
Yang Chang had nothing to say about this, as he didn't read novels, so he didn't care about this guy's complaints. Moreover, he would have very little chance to write novels in the future.
At this time, in a residential area near the pier, Ren Jing and his group were making a fire in a room, cooking the vermicelli they found on the road today. To prevent the firelight from being seen outside, all the windows were covered with cloth. Ren Jing found a chair and sat by the fire, saying nothing.
The others also sat around the fire, all falling silent. This morning, they used the combat team as bait to attract zombies and finally escaped from the rooftop. After much thought, the most dangerous place was the safest place. Therefore, Ren Jing led his people to an apartment building in a residential area near the pier. All the doors here were opened, and zombies lay dead everywhere, clearly cleaned by Shen Feng, so there would be no surprise attacks by zombies here.
Looking at the flickering flames, Ren Jing was filled with regret. He didn't understand why he had chosen to betray them before. He already held great power by following the Self-Help Association. The combat team, as the strongest part, had always been the core of the Self-Help Association. But after betraying them, in just one morning, he was surrounded by zombies, then abandoned everything and came here, now reduced to eating only vermicelli. To avoid being discovered by people at the pier, they had to cover the windows.
Zhu Yan didn't care about these things. Seeing that the vermicelli in the pot was ready to eat, she picked up her chopsticks and started to scoop out the vermicelli, saying as she scooped, "You guys eat quickly too. How can you have strength if you don't eat enough?"
Ren Jing glanced at the woman and immediately felt his hands itch. He really wanted to slap her. If it weren't for this woman's instigation, how would he have betrayed the Self-Help Association? If he hadn't betrayed them, he would still be the leader of the combat team of the Self-Help Association.
Ren Jing had witnessed the terror of the Self-Help Association during the day. At that time, there were ships of all sizes around the pier, and thousands of people were being organized to transport supplies to the base in Hezhou. It could be said that after a day's effort, the strength of the Self-Help Association had greatly increased. Now, the Self-Help Association could truly retake Luzhou!
The other evolved individuals also began to scoop out vermicelli. When they were in the combat team, they could eat whatever they wanted every day. At worst, they could eat rice and pickles. Now they had to eat vermicelli. In just one day, the gap was so obvious. It could only be attributed to the unpredictability of life.
Zhu Yan ate vermicelli while looking at Ren Jing and asked, "Where are you planning to go in the future? If our goals are different, then we should go our separate ways."
"Go our separate ways?" Ren Jing sneered when he heard this. "Do you think I'll let you leave? You caused me to fall into such a predicament, and you still want to leave so easily? I think I can kill you with a single blow right now."
"I was just kidding," Zhu Yan immediately cowered when she heard Ren Jing's threat. She was an ordinary person and couldn't withstand Ren Jing's attack. Now that she had no means to threaten Ren Jing, she naturally wouldn't dare to object.
Ren Jing looked at the people around him and said in a deep voice, "For now, we'll hide and bide our time. If there's a chance in the future, maybe we can rejoin the Self-Help Association."
"How is that possible?" The evolved individuals around were stunned. "If the people from the Self-Help Association find out we betrayed them, they probably dream of killing us. How can we possibly rejoin?"
Ren Jing continued, "As long as we disfigure ourselves and change our names, and temporarily don't reveal our identities as evolved individuals, we can gradually gain the trust of the Self-Help Association."
The evolved individuals fell silent for a moment. They were all thinking about the feasibility of this plan. It seemed that if they didn't reveal their identities, they could indeed do this.
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After night fell, Shen Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the distant Yangtze River. It seemed that this adventure was worth it. The zombies were still continuously attacking the buildings, and the pier had already rescued many people. With the addition of these people, the base's manpower was temporarily sufficient.
Shen Feng stood on the rooftop, looking down at the zombie horde below, paying special attention to the small zombie sitting on the shoulders of the strong-type zombie. Shen Feng had already determined the role of this zombie. It had little combat power, but it could command other zombies.
Shen Feng's target was precisely this small zombie. A zombie with command ability was extremely terrifying. The more than four hundred people in the combat team had experienced long battles, but they were tightly surrounded and had no power to resist. It should be known that these four hundred people were already half the combat strength of the combat team, but under the command of the small zombie, these four hundred people couldn't even break through. It was clear that to defeat these zombies, the first step was to destroy their command system.
At this moment, Shen Feng also felt a bit lucky. The intelligence of zombies was never particularly high. This was because the commanding zombie below had clearly never heard the saying: "To shoot a person, first shoot his horse; to catch a thief, first catch its king!" Shen Feng's plan was a decapitation strike. As long as the zombies' command was disrupted, the remaining zombies could be defeated one by one.
However, carrying out a decapitation strike was also a very difficult task. First of all, there was the problem of escape. Beside the commanding zombie, there were at least a dozen mutated zombies. Killing the commander among so many zombies and escaping safely was simply a fantasy.
Shen Feng only knew of one person who had accomplished such a feat, and that was Xin Qiji. But Xin Qiji also led people to charge together. Shen Feng couldn't imagine anyone who could decapitate the enemy general alone.
"Today, I will try what others cannot do," Shen Feng said excitedly, looking at the zombies below, and quietly drew the long sword at his waist.
Meanwhile, inside the building, Li Minghua was organizing the combat team members for battle. The college students who had been brought along had also begun to join the fight. From the situation, it was only a matter of time before the zombies broke through the building. Everyone had reached the top floor of the building, and only a little over fifty people had survived. The rest had all been bitten to death and eaten by zombies.
Li Minghua had been fighting all day. Although his body was still fighting, he was at the end of his rope. He felt extremely tired and wished he could lie down and sleep. But thinking of dying at the hands of zombies, he could only muster his spirits and lead the remaining people to continue resisting.
"Hold on! The会长 will definitely come to save us," Li Minghua shouted with a hoarse voice.
Although Li Minghua knew that the会长 would most likely not come. With so many zombies here, even if the会长 brought people to rescue them, they would not be able to break through the zombie encirclement.
Thinking about the battle that took place during the day, Li Minghua felt even more distressed. He thought that as long as they could block the zombies on the first floor, but unexpectedly, the zombies started stepping on their companions' heads to climb up, and broke through the windows from the second floor. The combat team had no choice but to retreat to the third floor. Later, the third and fourth floors were also breached by zombies stacked up. When they left the academy today, there were more than five hundred people, but at this time, there were less than fifty people left, and these fifty people were about to die, which was truly painful.
Just then, someone suddenly spotted a figure on the distant rooftop and quickly shouted, "There's someone on the building over there!"
Li Minghua turned his head and saw that the figure in the distance was holding two long swords. Although he couldn't see clearly who it was, who else could it be holding two swords besides the会长? Immediately, Li Minghua's eyes welled up with tears, and he murmured, "The会长 has come to save us, the会长 has come to save us!"
At this time, the bright moon was high in the sky. Shen Feng leaped from the rooftop with his long sword, heading straight for the mutated zombie horde below. The strong-type zombie heard the wind and quickly looked up, but only saw a figure falling. Then, Shen Feng thrust out his sword, and the strong-type zombie carrying the small zombie on its back was immediately pierced through the chest by the long sword.
Shen Feng looked at the small zombie on the zombie's shoulder and swung his other long sword, cutting off one of the small zombie's arms on the spot. Then, before the small zombie could escape, Shen Feng drew the long sword from the strong-type zombie's chest and stabbed it into the small zombie's abdomen.
From the moment Shen Feng landed to killing the strong-type zombie and cutting off the small zombie's arm, only a breath of time had passed. At this time, the other mutated zombies had not even reacted.
The small zombie, pierced through the abdomen, was not dead yet. It opened its mouth and let out a sharp cry. Shen Feng was very close to this zombie. After hearing this sharp sound, he felt a suffocating discomfort, as if he had the urge to kill. This sound was extremely penetrating. If the sound were any louder, Shen Feng suspected he might be deafened by it.
And after the sharp cry, all the surrounding zombies lunged at Shen Feng. Even the mutated zombies all attacked Shen Feng. It seemed that the small zombie had issued an order, so the zombies turned their attention and began to attack Shen Feng.
Shen Feng drew the long sword from the small zombie's abdomen. Facing the attacks of the surrounding zombies, a cold smile appeared on his lips. Then, a whirlwind rose around him, and he used "Hurricane Eye." In an instant, all the surrounding zombies were blown away, and only the heaviest tank-type zombies took a few steps back and were not blown away.
Shen Feng sheathed his left-hand sword, then grabbed the commanding zombie by the back of its neck, leaped onto a street tree, then leaped onto the rooftop, and ran towards the distant pier without looking back. The captured small zombie had no ability to resist and immediately began to scream, causing the other zombies to come and save it.
However, Shen Feng's speed was very fast. After using "As the Wind Follows," only speed-type zombies could follow him from a distance, while other zombies couldn't catch up. Shen Feng ran away, and saw the zombie horde attracted to the street. He suddenly had an idea, and it seemed he could use the zombie in his hand.
The dense zombies on the street seemed to have heard the command and turned their heads towards the distant pier. Such a vast zombie horde filled the nearby streets, like ants in a nest. It was impossible to count how many zombies were there. But these zombies had only one goal: to catch Shen Feng, who had taken their leader. At this time, the zombies around the granary were all mobilized and were all heading towards the distant pier.
The zombies besieging the building also gradually dispersed, and finally, Li Minghua, who was hiding on the rooftop, survived. He looked at the receding tide of zombies and suddenly felt fortunate to have survived. He never expected to survive in the end, and the会长 had indeed come to rescue them!
"We survived!" Li Minghua said with a hoarse voice, and then leaned against the wall, unable to stand up anymore. He was very tired and just wanted to rest well.