—”So, you mean these…Oh, these zombies are all solved by Xiaohai? Is he a voice ability user?”
Ji Yao looks at the bloody scene. A few scattered zombies still have the same body as described by Gongsun Jing. Multi-headed zombies, many different-faced zombie heads with many noses, eyes, and mouths squeezed into one face, and other zombies—including the unimaginable 50 multi-faced zombie—are all cut into unequal pieces by Meng Hanghai’s scream.
Ji Yao has vomited several times. Now he is holding Liu Zhan weakly. He can’t believe that there is such a terrible creation in the world.
Liu Zhan shook his head and pointed to Bluetooth, “Brother Hou said that the child can’t absorb the red crystal energy, so it can be seen that he is not a voice-ability person.”
As for what kind of ability he is and when he has it, they currently don’t know.
Meng Hanghai, who was already in a coma, couldn’t give them the answer—yes, they don’t know if the ability burst out too suddenly or the energy was exhausted. Meng Hanghai, the life-saving hero of Gongsun Jing, and the other two fell to the ground after that heartbreaking scream.
Li Xuanyuan was the first to rush back when Qiao Daye was harvesting zombie nuclei here. It’s not that he doesn’t worry about Meng Hanghai’s situation, but that if he doesn’t dig away the nuclei, some zombies that have not yet died can still use their abilities to attack. Seeing Li Xuanyuan arrive, he didn’t say a word, he handed over the crystal nucleus to him, and went back to see Meng Hanghai by himself.
Then came Hou Ying and Su Fenghe, both of whom were frightened. Hou Ying only hurriedly took a look. After understanding the whole story, he went to see the situation of Meng Hanghai and Wang Hehe. After that, Jiang Tao and his team, who did not notice the abnormality and collected materials from the third and fourth districts, returned as scheduled.
After the incident, Li Xuanyuan re-investigated the safety of the steel plant, while Jiang Tao was ordered to go to the first district to retrieve the materials that were not retrieved. Originally, Jiang Tao planned to go directly with his team. As a result, Ji Yao had already vomited out the dinner overnight and turned pale. Liu Zhan was very curious about the reason for the zombie’s mutation, and he had to find out, so he went with Su Fenghe, who had recovered from the shock.
In the evening, Hou Ying didn’t make dinner. Several people ate some compressed biscuits, and they didn’t rush to pick up the materials they brought back today and surrounded the still unconscious Meng Hanghai, there was a moment of silence.
After a long while, Gongsun Jing said, “Xiaohai’s physical function is normal. His current state is similar to that of Ah Zhan when he was in a coma, but… I vaguely feel that his current situation is more like the evolution of abilities than stimulating abilities.”
The implication is that Meng Hanghai has always had abilities in him, but it’s not clear whether he knows it or not.
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Hou Ying looked at the white-faced Meng Hanghai, and couldn’t bear to say, “It’s fine if he’s okay, we can talk about other issues when he wakes up.”
That’s all they can do now.
Seeing that several people stopped the topic again, Liu Zhan timely said, “Now then let’s talk about these kinds of mutant zombies. We used to think that the zombies would not attack and eat each other until they were killed by a headshot, but now this conclusion is obviously overturned.”
“There are two points that can be determined from these mutant zombies. One is that the crystal nucleus has the same color, and high-level zombies can fuse with low-level zombies. In the case of level 3 metal zombie and level 4 sound zombie, I suspect that the higher level zombie can command and control the lower level zombies. From the example of mutant zombies, this guess should be true. Another point is that the five-element ability zombies have the largest proportion in the zombie group, and no matter what the base number is, most zombies of that type can be fused by advanced zombies, while zombies with other abilities are not so compatible.”
They seized 64 zombie crystal nuclei from the mutant zombies, of which one of the 50 five-element crystal nuclei was a third-level crystal nucleus, and the rest are all level 2 fusion nuclei.
If Qiao Daye didn’t open the door of the warehouse this time, they have reason to believe that in time, the 49 secondary nuclei, which were originally fused from dozens of zombies of the first level five-elements ability, will be gradually swallowed by the third level nuclei. It’s hard to say that they won’t raise a level 4 zombie at that time.
Everyone else looked at Liu Zhan with “you are really awesome” in their eyes.
Since the mutant zombie attack happened, even Hou Ying has no mind to think about it. But Liu Zhan has already analyzed the truth, there was an undisguised excitement in his face.
He sees the terrified Ji Yao and can still laugh, he continued to say slowly, “I have another guess. A little more than a month from the end of the world to now, the zombies in the open place outside have not changed, but the zombies trapped in the warehouse have fused. I think the reason for this difference is energy. Locked in the warehouse, they lose some kind of energy source that can be supplied to them from outside, so they can only draw from each other. It’s worth noting that this energy source can be absorbed by even ordinary zombies, and ordinary zombies at least have some energy, otherwise, the zombies with abilities in the warehouse won’t devour them.”
Ji Yao, who vomited the worst, listened to his analysis and remembered those mutant zombie faces with nostrils, eyes, and mouths, his face turned green. He’s about to form an intensive phobia about those, so he complained weakly, “Ah Zhan, can you stop talking? I promise I won’t lock the zombies together in the future. Please stop.”
Liu Zhan said with a serious face, “Do you think this question is not important? You are wrong. If my guess is right, zombies scattered outside can stably obtain energy to meet their own needs through some channels without the supplement of human flesh, zombie body, and crystal nucleus. Then we must find out the source of this energy! Is it in the air or somewhere else? Can we also use this natural energy body? Or maybe we can find a way to kill the zombies and end the apocalypse by finding out the source?!”
Everyone was in awe. When Liu Zhan made an impassioned statement, Wang Hehe whispered, “Are you the son of our dean?” The same research maniac.
Hou Ying heard it and felt funny, he patted Wang Hehe’s head, and said to Liu Zhan, “At present, we don’t have the conditions to study this situation. Let’s wait until it is stable. I’ll try to sort out the energy content of the fused nuclei later.”
Liu Zhan nodded again and again, but couldn’t sit still so he got up to compile his findings into a report.
Hou Ying couldn’t laugh or cry. When he saw him leaving, he said to several people, “Then let’s take a break today.”
He looked at Qiao Daye, who’s very dejected, and said with a smile, “Lao Er, you and Gongsun have worked hard today, so are you, Xiaohe. I’ll watch over Xiaohai. All three of you go to rest and adjust yourself to the best condition. Brother Tao, Xuanyuan, we are still going to leave here on time tomorrow as originally planned. It’s up to Lao Su and Ji Yao to take care of the car’s supplies together.”
As for Liu Zhan, he must not be able to recover from his research for a while, so let him go.
At dawn the next day, two heavy trucks loaded with goods and materials rumbled away. What they didn’t know was that a few days after they left, a team of ability users had collected all the things that could be used in the industrial park, and discovered the existence of a team of ability users capable of sweeping zombies in the entire industrial park. After they returned, they immediately reported the situation to the top management of Yecheng.
After leaving the industrial park, Hou Ying and his team drove all the way to the first stop mark.
After settling at the stop, Li Xuanyuan led the team back to clean up the zombies on the road. The zombies with hearing and speed abilities following the heavy trucks were the first to bear the brunt.
At the first stop, they spent three days clearing the zombies on this section of the road, which is nearly twice as short as the original five-day plan. This is mainly due to Li Xuanyuan’s old skill of using the zombie crystal nucleus as bait to lure and kill the zombies with the same attribute.
Originally, Hou Ying did not approve of such a risky approach. Who knows how many zombies of the same ability will be attracted? Who can guarantee that there are no abilities in these zombies that exceed their level? However, after Li Xuanyuan’s investigation on the first morning, he found that the zombies with abilities did not make him feel threatened, this method was reluctantly adopted, and it’s very useful!
Here, they also found a serious problem, that is, livestock and poultry can be infected by zombie virus and will become zombies. In addition, these cats, dogs, chickens, and ducks still retain their pre-apocalyptic characteristics. Wang Hehe was almost bitten by a zombie dog guarding in a residential building, while the chickens and ducks who looked very comfortable in the chicken shed also launched a fierce attack after being approached by the greedy Qiao Daye and others.
Although no abilities have been found in livestock, for the time being, these things are much more difficult to deal with than ordinary zombies.
After cleaning up the threat, they began to collect materials in this section of the town. Different from industrial bases such as industrial parks, in residential areas, they have more materials available. The most surprising thing is that they have collected tons of rice and a lot of condiments from every household. As for fruits, vegetables, and meat, even if there is a refrigerator to keep them fresh, they have become moldy and rotten.
There is also a gratifying harvest, that is, solar panels! The use of solar energy is very popular here. Almost every family with better conditions will buy one.
It’s cheaper for them!
Although household-type generators consume less fuel, they can’t stand the loud sound of the engine at night. It will always attract some hearing zombies or other zombies. Although they are no match for them, it’s really not a good way to keep going at night. The replacement of solar panels can not only reduce the workload of the night watchman but also reduce many risk factors.
However, it’s impossible to take all of these solar panels because they take up space, so they took ten solar panels according to the headcount, and placed them on the top of the second heavy truck for charging.
Once, Hou Ying was on night guard duty before. When he woke up at noon and was walking down a ladder, he was accidentally flashed in the eyes by the solar panel, resulting in him stepping on air and slipping down two steps. Wang Hehe who saw him fall screamed with shock. The palm of his hand was cut but thanks to the fast healing ability of ability users, his hand was quickly healed. But his face was lost.
They set out again and arrived at the second stop step by step.
At this stop, they faced the population of a county-level township. The area of this township is not small. They set three stops here. This one is in a small village with open terrain. As soon as they get off the bus, they have to clean up the zombies before they can stop.
As they kept moving forward, collecting materials and accumulating crystal nuclei, they found that the proportion of human survivors is really too small. If you hadn’t witnessed it with your own eyes, it would be really hard to believe that there would be no survivor in a place with a population of one or two million.
And most of the zombies outside are still at the first level, the number of second-level zombies is extremely small, and the third-level zombies have never been seen. After Hou Ying and Liu Zhan deeply analyzed the reasons, they suddenly realized that maybe it was because they drove all the way from Jianghai service area to kill zombies, but did not take out the crystal nucleus, which made the energy of that place leak seriously and caused the proportion of level 2 zombies in that area to be larger than that outside.
It’s just bad luck. They clearly understand that if it wasn’t for the metal ability zombie and the accident that made them be stranded in the service area, they would not have found the magical effect of crystal nucleus and could not have risen to the current ability level in such a short time.
The level of the zombies is too low, allowing them to pass all the way to the fifth stop.
The accumulation of more and more first-level nuclei can not meet the energy that Li Xuanyuan and others’ ability is needing, which makes their ability difficult to advance, making people anxious. And when they are struggling to find Level 2 or 3 zombies, Hou Ying puts forward a crazy suggestion.
—Feed the zombies with the first-level zombie nucleus to obtain the second-level nucleus.
The mc is so smart ! I like him😚💕
Translator-san,thank you for translating this chapter ! I hope you have a great day ☺️
You are awesome Yingying! 👍…..oh Qiao Daye baby is okay thanks author for keeping him alive I thought he will be died.
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
Ohoo~ Xiaohai’s ability is in the attack type with large range attack.
So relieved that they are all okay.