The villa area established on the outskirts of City T is now significantly different from before. Tall city walls were partially constructed before winter, while the remaining portions were heightened and fortified after a team returned from a nearby arsenal with a large supply of heavy weapons as the weather gradually warmed up.
Unfortunately, during the team’s return journey, they encountered a group of mutated animals. These animals followed them all the way to the vicinity of the base and stubbornly circled around, refusing to leave.
In the post-apocalyptic world, vast areas of green plants had died and withered. Who knows how these mutated animals managed to survive? And how did they grow so large, one by one? Could it be that these creatures, similar to zombies, needed to consume humans to survive? Or perhaps they simply survived by feeding on zombies?
For safety reasons, the survivors in the villa area had to give up some of the buildings within the community and take a temporary step back, relying on planting potatoes in the remaining open space to sustain themselves.
Unlike the personnel responsible for security and defense, the tycoons from various industries in the depths of the community, although concerned about the sudden “neighbors” outside, still focused on other priorities.
Even the research scientists they had hired, who had an unwavering passion for their work, would occasionally divert their attention to studying the abnormalities in these mutated creatures. However, their research was only meant to help broaden their perspectives on their original research topics.
“Did we already send the mutant dog we obtained last time to them?” The owner of a certain villa casually asked when he heard the bodyguard reporting the situation.
“Yes, it has been sent.” After the bodyguard finished answering, he asked in a worried tone, “Mr. Zhang, what about those mutated animals surrounding the community now…”
Mr. Zhang waved his hand, his expression not as tense as his subordinate’s.
“We don’t need to worry about those animals for now as long as they don’t actively attack us. Let them conduct tests and determine if there are crystalline cores inside those animals, if they can be utilized, and whether their meat is edible. Otherwise, it’s completely unnecessary to waste ammunition on those animals at the moment.”
The bodyguard hesitated for a moment but nodded in response, “Understood.”
Although he was concerned about the combat capabilities of those mutated animals, Mr. Zhang was right. Those animals were not like zombies. While they also attacked humans, they wouldn’t relentlessly surround the perimeter wall without achieving their goal. They were more like ordinary pre-apocalyptic predatory animals, attacking humans solely for food purposes.
Of course, in this aspect, the behavior patterns of zombies and mutated animals seemed to have no significant differences. The biggest distinction between the two lay in the fact that zombies never seemed to get full.
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The vast majority of cities in the country have welcomed the footsteps of spring. As the weather gradually warms up, the small and large bases that temporarily evaded the onslaught of zombie hordes due to their distance from the cities are now being visited by mutated animals as they move from south to north.
Fortunately, many bases were originally established on the foundations of various military districts, as the apocalypse struck too suddenly. These military bases couldn’t be located too deep in the mountains and forests, so most of the bases didn’t experience the threat of these mutated animals right away, especially those established in relatively prosperous areas.
Similarly, the majority of scattered survivors and civilian bases that remained in the cities after the apocalypse are unaware of the existence of mutated animals.
In a certain school in City T, only four survivors remain in a base that used to have a relatively large number of people. Among their companions, some died before last winter due to the escape of their comrades and the burning of supplies, while others perished in internal blame and disputes that occurred afterward.
Several others met a tragic end during the harsh winter, where food was severely scarce, and they resorted to cannibalism.
At this moment, the four remaining individuals sit huddled in different corners of the room, their ears filled with the deafening cries of zombies outside the building. Their eyes show only confusion, and they appear to look almost no different left from the living dead.
They no longer have any attackers with supernatural abilities among them, as all the combat-oriented individuals perished in the previous conflict between comrades.
Two factions fought each other to mutual destruction, which ironically benefited these four people. They found the bodies of their fallen comrades afterward and, taking advantage of the cold winter weather that preserved the meat, managed to survive until now.
But now, as the weather warms up, the attacking power of the zombies outside has become even stronger, and they have long lost the motivation to survive. Naturally, they are unaware of the occasional dark spots crossing the sky in City T or the occasional mysterious conflicts in the corners of the city.
In some other parts of City T, in places where Wei Xuan used to rely on Du Hang’s non-human-like nose to detect potential survivors, there are actually hidden survivors. However, their numbers are even scarcer, and some residences only harbor one or two individuals. Many of these people miraculously made it through the winter and welcomed the arrival of early spring.
However, their movements are even more cautious than those in the small bases within the city. They rarely venture outside during the day, making it even more unlikely for them to notice the fleeting presence of mutated animals in the city.
When Wei Xuan woke up, he was momentarily confused about the time because he vaguely remembered that it was still bright outside when he fell asleep, and now the sky seemed bright as well.
“I can’t possibly have just woken up after falling asleep, right?” He murmured softly, his voice hoarse. Wei Xuan reached out to grab the alarm clock on the bedside table – 10:30.
So it should be at least half past ten in the morning, right? Not the morning after tomorrow?
Wei Xuan figured that he must have stayed up late and been busy all day yesterday, which is why he slept for so long. He rubbed his eyes, yawned, and then received a good morning kiss from Du Hang.
“There’s so much to do today.” It seemed that Wei Xuan finally felt a sense of peace and reassurance in their unique and unconventional relationship after being able to sense Du Hang’s true feelings. So he gently caressed Du Hang’s face, with his arms around his neck, and instinctively nuzzled against him.
If Du Hang were a normal person, or if he could react like a normal person, Wei Xuan’s actions at this moment would be an invitation in the early morning. Unfortunately… he was not normal.
Even though he wasn’t normal, Du Hang could clearly perceive the slight difference in Wei Xuan’s actions compared to usual. So the feedback that returned to Wei Xuan’s mind was the increasingly warm and comforting feeling that Du Hang brought to him.
It was like some kind of peculiar cycle, originating from one of them and repeatedly colliding between the two, making the atmosphere between them increasingly intimate.
After enjoying their closeness for a while, Wei Xuan finally got out of bed and freshened up. After breakfast, as he prepared to start his busy day, he noticed the bloodstained pajamas that had been stuffed into a bag. They were completely unrecognizable.
“Did I really spend so long outside yesterday wearing pajamas?! And I didn’t catch a cold today?!”
He had been carried outside by Du Hang while still in a daze, and he had been wearing these blood-soaked pajamas until the mutated rat was completely burned. The weather may have gotten warmer now, but it was still quite cold! At that time, he was so mentally stressed due to the frequent unexpected events that he didn’t even notice the cold… Now that he thinks about it, it’s truly a miracle that he hasn’t caught a cold or gotten sick.
Reflecting on the incredible strength that instinct can exhibit when under intense stress, Wei Xuan carried the two bags of clothes downstairs. He would have to burn these clothes separately later, as they were completely irreparable, and he didn’t need them anymore.
But now, he had other things to take care of.
He temporarily set aside the items that needed to be burned, and then Wei Xuan and Du Hang put on raincoats and rain boots. They hung fully charged batteries, thermos flasks, water buckets, and ladles on the intact bodies of several zombies they encountered as they walked out of the community, forming a team.
The water stored at home was clean and treated, so Wei Xuan only needed to rinse off the bloodstains on the streets. There was no need to use those precious water resources. Melting regular snow water would suffice.
They collected relatively clean snow from the nearby streets and filled the buckets with it. Using the thermos flasks, they melted the snow, and then the zombie team carried the buckets.
Wei Xuan and Du Hang, who had learned to use the ladles, sprinkled the melted snow water to wash away the blood stains on the ground.
The city’s sewage pipes were not functioning well anymore, as they would get clogged and flooded with even a small amount of rain.
Fortunately, they were only cleaning a small section of the street this time, so the drainage pipes were still useful. Before long, the condition of the streets looked much better.
After confirming that the remaining bloodstains on the street would not affect their future lives, Wei Xuan filled the buckets with snowwater again and, accompanied by the long chain of zombies, returned to the community.
He temporarily placed the buckets of water in a location where the zombies wouldn’t accidentally kick them over, and then he took out two large bags of snowflakes.
Wei Xuan, with Du Hang by his side, started walking and feeding the many zombies in the community.
So Zoo keeper now.
exactly my thought, too XD
With him feeding all of them, it’s like he’s running an animal rescue, but for zombies
Big job but somebody…okay only he would think to do this. Pfft! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣
I’m wondering if these things are visible by the satellite?
Also! Tiny zombie queen, I wish you could learn how to co-exist with humans too!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING AWESOME!!!
…did he remember to clean off his zombie neighbors? The big one especially since we know he was covered in blood. I’m worried their cute pink sheets are all covered in bloodstains.
I think if Zombie Queen meets Wei Xuan’s household zombies she will be in shock
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A great creation of zombies has begun~~~
Thanks for the chapter! Zombie keeper
If they get attacked again, I can picture the zombies instinctually going to clean the neighborhood— “Clean, Clean, Clean” the zombies chant collectively as they dump ladles of water on the street, bonus points if they just keep missing the spots