The wind and snow howled, and this blizzard lasted a full three days. After those three days, the sky was still dotted with smaller snowflakes drifting down. While not as intense as the previous storm, it seemed like the snow wouldn’t stop anytime soon.
In what was once a lively residential area, now stood zombies, one after another, on the streets of the neighborhood. Unlike their usual aimless wandering, they stood still, gazing quietly in a certain direction. After these sleepless days of heavy snow, each one of these zombie underlings had accumulated a thick layer of snow on their heads and bodies. From a distance, they looked like snowmen standing erect in the ice and snow.
Even in the window of the room where the zombie couple usually resided, a small heap of ice and snow had accumulated, blown in by the wind. At this moment, the two zombies were standing by the window and beside the big bed. They weren’t climbing onto the bed to display their affection or enjoy the scenery as they usually did. Instead, they stood there quietly, just like the other zombies outside, gazing in a certain direction on the wall – the direction of the room where Wei Xuan and Du Hang lived.
In that familiar room, the indoor heater wasn’t turned on – Wei Xuan always turned it off when he went out. However, devices like the refrigerator in the house were still connected to the battery, emitting a faint humming sound to indicate they were running normally.
Wei Xuan lay quietly on the bed, his face pale without a hint of color, his lips not as vibrant as usual, appearing extremely pale at the moment. There was no movement in his chest, no sign of breathing. His upper clothing had been removed, exposing his chest, which showed no trace of blood and no sign of wounds. Other than a patch of skin on his chest that was slightly different in color from the surrounding area, there was nothing to indicate that he had suffered a gunshot wound.
At this moment, he lay quietly on the bed, while Du Hang supported himself on all fours, lying quietly on top of him, looking at him with a pair of emotionless eyes.
Yes, Du Hang lay quietly on top of Wei Xuan, not allowing his weight to press down on him at all. Their faces were aligned, their noses touching, their chests pressed against each other. The two were intimately close, with no gaps between them.
Outside the window, the heavy snow continued. Inside the room, the two figures lay quietly, unmoving, from night to morning and then to night again, with no change in their posture.
Suddenly, after who knows how long, a “thump” sound emanated from their tightly pressed chest cavities, and it was impossible to tell whose it was.
“Thump…”
“Thump…”
“Thump…”
Slow and lingering, the intervals between each thump were more than ten hours or even a whole day, yet every time, they were strong and powerful.
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“We’re here! I see it! Captain, it’s the base’s wall!” the scout called excitedly, almost jumping in the cabin.
After leaving danger, losing some members to zombification in the convoy, and nearly losing their direction in the blizzard, it was truly a miracle for this group of people to have made it back alive.
The people in the vehicles also let out sighs of relief. Since the incident of a person suddenly turning into a zombie in a vehicle a few days ago, they had been on edge. Fortunately, because of the previous incident, when one of their companions suddenly mutated, they were quickly spotted and eliminated by those in the same vehicle, preventing major harm.
But… that was one of their comrades, someone who fought alongside them, someone they relied on for life and death situations. Yet, the team that had killed that person hadn’t exchanged more than a few words these past few days.
What pained the captain even more was that those three who had mutated this time were strong members with formidable abilities. These sacrifices were a devastating blow to the already struggling team.
Battling the heavy snow, the convoy finally returned to the base. The guards at the gate were taken aback when they saw the convoy. They had thought the team would wait until the snow had completely stopped before returning. And, how come only a few vehicles remained of the team that had left so grandly? Where were the other vehicles? Could they have all been lost in the snow?!
Of course, the team on the mission wouldn’t explain anything to the gatekeepers. The news of their return quickly reached the higher-ups, and they gathered to ask about the situation as soon as the team returned.
“Where’s the Special Operations Team? Why haven’t they arrived?” In the meeting room, a group of high-ranking officials waited anxiously, unable to see any members of the team that had gone out this time. They couldn’t help but ask.
“Reporting to the commanders! The Special Operations Team is currently undergoing examination and treatment,” a soldier responsible for communication was called in to answer.
“The members of the Special Operations Team reported that during their return to the city, three individuals in their convoy suddenly mutated into zombies without any prior signs. Fearing infection from the zombie virus in the vehicle, they need to undergo examination before they can respond to questions.”
Hearing this, the people in the room couldn’t sit still, and they started discussing with their trusted aides in low voices. They knew the mission had gone poorly this time; only a fraction of the vehicles that had set out returned. At this point, they couldn’t figure out whether this was due to encountering powerful zombies or whether they were forced to separate due to the heavy snow.
After all, in the post-apocalyptic world, even satellite usage had become increasingly difficult. Receiving satellite signals and images once or twice a month was considered good, not to mention predicting weather patterns through satellite imagery. They hadn’t predicted this massive blizzard beforehand.
After a while, the people from the vehicles that hadn’t experienced any mutations arrived in the meeting room. The commander of this operation explained the course of events.
He recounted how the convoy had successfully entered the city, how the zombies’ combat abilities had inexplicably soared, how they encountered even stronger zombies when retreating, how they encountered a group of mutated creatures while escaping from the zombies, and how they took advantage of the blizzard to escape the zombie horde.
After recounting the battle, other soldiers added details about various aspects. One mentioned that while entering the city, they noticed fewer zombie heads among the corpses of zombies that had died in the previous mission. Another pointed out that the behavior of the zombies supporting the convoy from outside the city was strange.
Although a significant number of zombies charged toward the convoy, there were even more zombies hanging back, as if they were spectating or directing other zombies’ movements.
Subsequently, a scout reported that when they finally broke free from the encirclement of the zombie horde, they noticed some zombies acting differently from the others. Instead of pursuing the convoy, they deliberately left dangerous areas, concealed themselves within the horde, and sent other zombies in their place.
Additionally, the mutations in the animals they encountered were far more surprising than anticipated. They found mutated creatures around the outskirts of the city that were over six or seven meters tall.
Of course, this height was just an estimate. After all, they were in the midst of a blizzard at the time, and all they could see were vague silhouettes. The height might have been due to visual distortion and wasn’t certain.
Lastly, it concerned the situation of those three soldiers who had suddenly mutated. Except for the last soldier, who was dealt with neatly and didn’t cause any issues, so his body was brought back intact to the base, the specific circumstances of the other two soldiers’ mutations would have to wait for the soldiers investigating the situation to report back to the leaders once they had completed their examinations.
As for the soldiers who had been in the same vehicle as the zombies, they needed to undergo routine checks and be observed for a while to ensure they wouldn’t accidentally turn into zombies before they could be released.
But just these preceding issues were already enough to give headaches to the high-ranking officials at the base. Moreover, there were too many problems to attend to and worry about. Where should they even start discussing?
The people in the room exchanged glances. After the active-duty team members who came in to explain the situation set up chairs for everyone to sit down, low discussions could be heard once again in the room.
There were too many perplexing aspects, too many areas that required careful inquiry. This left them uncertain about where to begin asking questions. After much thought, the base commander finally spoke, starting with the most critical issue, “Do you think this mission might have been under unified command? Are there any specific traits about those two groups of peculiar zombies you mentioned?”
The soldier responsible for reconnaissance, who was most knowledgeable about this matter, stood up and began to speak on behalf of those who had first encountered the zombie wave from the south of the city, “Reporting to the commanders, it was already snowing when we evacuated from T City, so we couldn’t determine where those zombies were appearing from at the beginning. However, we also passed through that area when we entered the city and didn’t see any zombies from that direction!”
“So, it’s highly likely that they were either concealed in that vicinity from the start, perhaps within the snow or buildings, or they purposely circled around to the rear after the team entered the city, cutting off the convoy’s retreat?”
“Yes, that’s quite possible…”
“Wait, are you saying that there might actually be intelligent zombies among them?!”
The people in the room once again fell into a collective silence. They had only delved into one aspect of the situation relatively deeply, yet they had arrived at such a horrifying conclusion. It was…
“Are you saying that while circling around to another position in T City, the zombies with odd behavior were actually running into the city instead?” Another leader suddenly brought up another point of doubt.
“Yes!” The scout from the commanding vehicle immediately stood up to answer, “That’s what our convoy discovered when we used mutated creatures to break away from the zombie horde in the end. It’s just that it happened from a distance. Their movements were quite swift, so we only saw them leaving. Afterward, even more zombies rushed out of the city. I couldn’t clearly see where these zombies ultimately went.”
Once again, the people exchanged perplexed looks. Suddenly, someone proposed, “Could it be that the zombies that left were the ones in command? They accidentally ended up in the headquarters of the zombie command when the team evacuated, so they retreated to a safer location?”
This explanation actually seemed quite reasonable. If the zombie command truly possessed intelligence, it wouldn’t recklessly put itself in danger. This strategic retreat was the most rational explanation.
At this moment, still lying face to face with Du Hang on the bed, Wei Xuan innocently got caught in the crossfire, somehow becoming the zombie leader of T City…
REVIVE FASTER, DAMMIT!!! This makes me so anxious, I couldn’t care less about the other bases and the fairytales they are making up to fill in the gaps! Aaaaaaahhhhh…..
Thank you for the chapter.
I’m more sad that the fireball throwing crazy lady turned…if she doesn’t turn out to me a intelligent zombie I will probably cry.
Thanks for the Chapter + 1
+1 for both the anxiety and for the crazy lady
Thanks for the chapter!
Our mc hopefully will get better quickly before he’s named king of the zombies… Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️
I’m sad Cheng Ma zombified so quickly and didn’t seem to be retain her mind. What’s Bai Guangnan gonna do now???
Wei Xuan need to revive quicker or boss Du is gonna be set in that position permanently 😂
The lunatics gang one by one become a zombie when will healing torso catch up? Common, being a human is not trendy anymore 😂