Once again, heavy snow was falling, completely covering the entire world in a blanket of silver.
The arrival of this heavy snowfall once again buried the various small and large pits in the T City.
Some zombies, possessing intelligence beyond the usual, had found useful tools and containers in their daily digging operations, amassing a considerable amount of food for themselves. So, while this heavy snowfall had some impact on them, it wasn’t too significant.
Aside from these few intelligent zombies, the ordinary ones either fell “asleep” on the spot when the snow arrived, temporarily forgetting their hole-digging activities, or they returned to their usual digging spots when they felt “hungry.” They once again cleared the snow in front of them and continued their great excavation.
At the city’s edge, a convoy slowly approached the center of T City, braving the snowstorm. They had deliberately chosen to travel on this snowy day, carrying essential supplies and all the ammunition from their base, carefully avoiding most of the mutant creatures lurking on the outskirts of the city.
With the cover provided by this heavy snowfall, they hoped to mask the noise of their convoy and the sounds of battle, allowing them to enter the city and secure a relatively safe base. This location would not only help them evade the increasing number of powerful mutant creatures outside their original base but also ensure there weren’t too many zombies in the vicinity.
After all, they were entering the city during a time when the number of zombies that could detect their presence was limited. Once they settled in and eliminated the nearby zombies, their days would be much better than staying in their original location.
The vehicles rumbled forward, heading towards the city, and many among them hadn’t left their base in a long time. While they had been self-sufficient in their original base, the growing number of people turning into zombies inside and the increasing presence of mutant creatures drawn by the scent of human life outside had made it less and less safe.
If they didn’t change their way of life soon, they might be completely trapped in their original base, even if everyone turned into zombies.
“Hey?” The person responsible for monitoring the outside suddenly exclaimed, making the driver nervous as well. “What’s going on? Is there something outside?”
“…It’s zombies, I think?” The person muttered uncertainly, then picked up the radio to report to the cars behind, “We’ve spotted some figures in the direction of the city, and they look like zombies…”
The driver breathed a sigh of relief and continued to approach the city at the same speed. In this frozen wasteland, what else could there be besides zombies? Even though they hadn’t entered the city in a long time, they could still analyze the approximate behavior of zombies based on their previous encounters. Especially in the last two years, there had been occasional reports of people bringing a string of zombies near their base.
Hearing that there might be zombies in the city, the people in the other vehicles also perked up, preparing their abilities and checking their weapons.
Just then, the person monitoring the road ahead widened their eyes, straightening up and trying to peer through the layers of snow with binoculars.
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“What’s going on? Explain!” A voice came through the radio, and it sounded equally nervous.
The scout had already stood up from their narrow seat. “Stop the car, stop the car! The whole team, stop the car! They’re coming out!”
Before long, even the people in the other vehicles could clearly see that from the direction of the city, there were figures leaping and running out, black silhouettes moving with incredible agility.
They moved swiftly, jumping far beyond what a normal person could achieve, and they were dressed in thin clothing despite the heavy snow. Their agile movements, combined with their emotionless faces, made it evident that they were neither regular humans nor individuals with special abilities!
Everyone’s hearts raced. It had been a while since they had entered the city, and although they had previously ventured in to retrieve supplies, they hadn’t engaged in large-scale zombie combat for quite some time.
They had mentally prepared themselves for unexpected situations when they set out this time, but they never imagined that the circumstances they would encounter would be so… bizarre.
Initially, upon seeing zombies heading their way from the city, the people in the convoy thought of picking up their weapons to resist and completely eliminate the zombies before continuing deeper into the city. However, in just a few blinks of an eye, they realized that the number of zombies emerging from the city was increasing and becoming denser.
“My God… There must be over a thousand! What’s the deal with these zombies?!”
The convoy consisted of approximately ten vehicles with around forty people in total, and there were also several compartments filled with zombies. Under normal circumstances, they could easily handle three to five hundred ordinary zombies with their abundant firepower. But facing this many… everyone’s faces turned paler than the snow outside.
In the center vehicle, Mr. Zhang, who had been observing the situation outside, relaxed his furrowed brows and chuckled. He picked up the radio in front of him and said, “Prepare yourselves, all teams. Prepare to inject the virus.”
Yes, they had made various preparations before entering the city. After three years of research and exploration, their understanding of the zombie virus had gone deeper than that of even the large military bases. However, despite all their efforts, they did not find a reliable method to preserve human memories during the transformation into a zombie.
Although there had been instances in their base where individuals had successfully retained their memories after turning into zombies, it seemed to be a very rare occurrence. It appeared that if humans wanted to retain their consciousness, they could only rely on sheer luck, without any other reliable methods.
So, their plan was to move into the city. At least here, even if they all turned into mindless zombies, they could coexist peacefully with ordinary zombies, without worrying about being attacked by mutant creatures outside.
Before their journey, every vehicle and person was equipped with the zombie virus. If they encountered a situation they couldn’t handle, those who had not yet fully transformed would inject themselves with the virus, immediately turning into zombies.
After the transformation, if they weren’t attacked by the others, it would be up to the companions whose body temperatures had dropped below twenty degrees, who wouldn’t be targeted by the zombies, to open the vehicle doors and release those who had become zombies.
After that… it would be a matter of fate. Some might be lucky enough to live with their own zombie family members. Others with worse luck would become ordinary, mindless zombies.
The people who had already given up were now either composed or resentful, but they had all abandoned resistance and were ready to inject the zombie virus at a moment’s notice.
Just then, something unexpected happened once again. The group of approaching zombies suddenly came to a halt, standing in a row about twenty meters away. Their dark figures stood out starkly against the white snow, and they emitted an imposing presence.
Suddenly, all those zombies opened their mouths, and the people in the vehicles heard a bizarre chorus of shouts, mixed with some indistinct voices… no, they were audible! Despite being somewhat obscured by the wind and the zombies’ shouts, those voices were still discernible— “Get out, get out, get out…”
The people in the cars were left dumbfounded, staring blankly out of the windows, then after a while, they exchanged bewildered glances.
“Th-those… are people, right?” They should be able to speak… they must be humans, right?
A voice suddenly came over the radio, and it sounded a bit shaky, a voice familiar to everyone in the convoy – one of the leaders from their own base. “Did you all hear what they said?”
“Well, it sounded like ‘get out’?”
There was a moment of silence over the radio. Before the group could react, one of the zombies nearby bent down, grabbed a large clump of snow from the ground, and with a swift motion, hurled the snowball at the unfortunate car’s window.
“A thud,” and a large splatter of snow exploded on the car window.
“Thud, thud, thud…”
“Get out, get out, get out…”
The combination of the thuds and the eerie “get out” left everyone in the convoy dumbfounded and bewildered. They genuinely just wanted to find a new place to live! They had even prepared to become zombies and peacefully coexist with these zombies! Why were they being chased away? Could it be that these zombies now had a strong territorial sense and wouldn’t allow outsiders into the city? Wait, something seemed off about this situation?
“Retreat!” a command came over the radio, snapping the dazed group back to their senses. They immediately turned the steering wheels and drove away from the city.
Once the newcomers had left, the group of zombies turned back to the city, grumbling as they went. Too many intruders – such a nuisance! After chasing them away, they had to return to their respective territories. Such a hassle!
After a while, unable to see any traces of the zombies and only faintly discerning the outlines of buildings in the city, the unfortunate individuals gathered together, wearing deeply troubled expressions.
“What on earth is going on?”
“They seem to consider the city their territory now…” a voice filled with sorrow.
“Sigh, if only we had known that the zombies would develop territorial instincts so quickly after gaining intelligence, we would never have come out.”
The group exchanged helpless glances and sighed repeatedly.
“Wait a minute!” one person suddenly exclaimed loudly, and when everyone turned to look at him, he pointed tremblingly toward the direction of the city.
“Even if they have territorial instincts, there are still so many of us! How can they possibly not come after us to eat?!”
The group once again looked at each other in surprise, then turned their gaze to the medical expert among them who specialized in zombie viruses.
The expert rolled his eyes, “How should I know? I’ve been researching the zombie virus all along, I’ve never studied zombie behavior patterns. That’s not my expertise!”
Technically, that’s not my area of expertise, Pfft!!! Thanks for the triple update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣❤️
They’re not welcome anymore even though they’re prepared to turn into zombies…Now, they’re homeless LOL