The sky in the space gradually darkened. Inside, the TV was turned on, showing variety shows downloaded before the end of the world. The young couple watched and chatted while eating. Although it was only the two of them plus a white ball, they were extremely satisfied with the warm coziness of being in the bamboo building.
“It’s almost time to go back. Let’s go back to the base in two days.” He Zizhong fished out some cooked noodles from the hot pot. The soup in the hot pot was made of bones specially cooked by Fang Hao. The broth is very rich in flavor, and it is already full of fragrant flavor without any seasonings.
“Okay, let’s go back and rest for a while and then go out to explore. Let’s go deep into the city this time? Let’s see if those zombies have reached level 4.” Fang Hao nodded and took out a dumpling. He made several different fillings today – all of them were specially adjusted when making dumplings and wontons in the past, and they tasted good.
In the base, most of the crop seeds from the pre-apocalyptic world were planted and regrown, and the taste also changed a lot. In simple terms – it’s even more difficult to consume.
But even after the food becomes unpalatable, it can’t withstand people’s enthusiasm for the New Year. Even ordinary people will find a way to get some flour and make some dumplings to eat.
In the space, and in the remaining human bases, everyone spent their first and most difficult New Year in this apocalypse.
The biggest difference from before the end of the world is not the quality of food, but that no one will set off firecrackers and fireworks during the New Year.
Before the end of the world, firecrackers are set off to bid farewell to the old year, in an attempt to drive away the “Nian”1Nian = year, and also a type of beast/ghost and bring peace and joy to one’s family.
But after the end of the world, excessive noise will attract real beasts – re: zombies.
For their safety, no one mentioned this matter and no one had the spare time or materials to do such things. Gunpowder is better used in weapons, and can be used to kill multiple zombies.
The New Year passed quietly. Big and small changes were taking place across various bases, such as the A city base. “That team”‘s forces was slowly and silently growing, but other forces were not. There was almost no way for them to expand, and they could only hold on to each other to avoid being annexed. Fortunately, Yan Xin did not have the idea of swallowing the entire base in one go.
There was still no news about the Song family father and father. It was as if the pair and the set of equipment in their hands had disappeared into thin air.
All bases began to suffer serious water shortages at the same time, which made the status of the water abilities, who weren’t paid much attention, improve a lot. During such times, clean water can only be obtained with these users’ help.
What made everyone’s heart sink even more was that the zombies who were wandering outside began to move again.
“Kill it! Kill it!” Tuanzi scurried around the sky and the ground with excitement, flying around a zombie.
He Zizhong sighed helplessly. Using wind to hide his breath, he approached the zombie. But who knew that the zombie seemed to have detected him and swiped at him.
With a “chi”, the zombie’s wrist as pierced by a sharp three-edged thorn. It was Fang Hao!
“I knew it. Zombies are not so easy to deal with after they reach level 4.” He Zizhong shook his head. Although this zombie still couldn’t smell him, he can detect his movements and move to stop him.
“It’s okay, we can still manage.” Fang Hao “floated” back, avoiding the blow of the fourth-level zombie. He Zizhong took the opportunity to swing his knife! Although the zombie dodged in time, it still had a wound on the back of its head that was enough to break through the skull!
“Yay! Open the lid!!” Tuanzi previously heard what He Zizhong said when he opened a soda pop for Fang Hao in the space, and silently recorded the words “open the lid” down. It rushed to the back of the zombie’s head. With its speed, size, lack of smell, and not appearing lethal, the zombie didn’t find any trace of it. It just ‘patted’ the back of it’s head, and the crystal nucleus was sucked out by the old man!
“… Do we still need to bother with fighting zombies in the future?” He Zizhong and Fang Hao looked at each other.
Of course not.
Tuanzi is very interested in everything it can eat, particularly those that are rich in nutrients. The pair began to grow lazy with how Tuanzi acted. For example, Fang Hao entered a group of zombies, scurrying around and hitting each of them in the back of the head. After He Zizhong used his elusive wind ability to shield his breath, he used the wind blade to mix in the gold-type ability to do the same. After these craniotomies, the couple can easily flash back to space, and let Tuanzi go collect the various crystal nuclei.
Of course, when they encounter level 4 zombies, it will require more work. But even the most difficult zombies can’t resist this perverted pair with lightning speed. Anyway, no matter what method or who made the shot, they can always cut a knife in the head of the zombies. As long as the zombies can’t automatically recover, Tuanzi can always suck the crystal nuclei out of such a wound.
One day, after the two of them cleaned up another level 4 zombie, after Tuanzi returned to the space with the crystal nucleus in his mouth, the two looked at the faint white mist forming outside the window. They couldn’t help sigh. “The space is about to upgrade again.”
“What now? Return to the base? Or fight more zombies? ” Fang Hao asked, subconsciously shaking He Zizhong’s arm.
“Let’s go to the urban area first. We’ll return to the base after collecting most of the required crystal nuclei, and return when the upgrade is almost completed.” He Zizhong thought about it. They were currently deep in the urban area, and it will waste a lot of time if they want to travel so far next time.
“Okay, let’s collect more level 4 crystal nuclei, and level up the space when we return to the base.”
Level 5 space… it’s exciting to think about.
While He Zizhong and his wife went deep into the city to harvest crystal cores, the various teams in the base seemed to detect some ominous signs all over the place – “Is this… another zombie tide?! ”
It’s been more than half a year since the last zombie wave in September. The climate has shifted from the dry season to the rainy season again, and a new zombie wave has gradually formed.
The bases now have previous experience, and began to prepare in an orderly manner, blocking those zombies who arrived sooner at a distance outside the walls. But after these zombies, more and more zombies of various colors emerged… This is no longer a world dominated by first-level zombies!
In the south of A city, near a distant coastal city, in a small prison base surrounded by a sea of zombies, everyone in the base was yellow and skinny. The people standing on the fence were yawning boredly. Although their small base doesn’t have enough food due to the scarcity of land, because no zombies can enter their base, nothing could threaten their survival apart from the lack of water during the dry season… And their compatriots.
Yes, compatriots.
There are only a few thousand people at most in this small base, and now there are less than a thousand people alive. In addition to the sick, some were starved to death. Others were attacked, killed, and eaten alive by their compatriots.
Because most of those killed were old, weak, sick, and disabled, especially young children who were unable to fight back, it didn’t cause any major problems – anyway, no one pursued it. Aren’t the dead, dead?
There are even some people who wait for others to starve to death, for a chance to kill and eat them after dying of illness…
Now, the people in this base have no other extravagance other than living. The zombies outside can’t attack, and they can live for a day longer…
Deep below the small base, in a closed room that has long been without electricity, on a bed in the middle, the sound of clicking suddenly echoed from the abdomen of a human-shaped object. There was a “click” and a small sticky hand stretched out, followed by a “thing” with blood-red eyes the size of two human heads.
“Hungry— Hungry—”
The scream sounded from the base. Those hearing the sound stared blankly in the direction the sound came from. A man fell on the ground, while his body…
“What’s that?”
“Z, Zombie?!”
“Ability users, ability users, come! Zombies, there are zombies here!!”
Screams sounded one after another, and the panicked people looked towards the small body which vanished in a flash. When it reappeared, another person fell down again, his throat ripped by its sharp teeth.
The people did not dare open the gates and escape. Outside is an endless sea of zombies. These people had no ability to resist. After being locked up in the base for so long, those with abilities even forgot how to use them to attack the target, and those ordinary strong people are all weak and starving.
They can only hope, hope that this little devil eats slowly. It’s best it has no interest in other people after it’s full…
One after another.
The belly of the little zombie is actually not big, but it has a good appetite. It can completely eat up two adult men a day on average. After learning the appetite of the zombie isn’t too big, the people in the small base tried to hide as far as possible since they couldn’t beat this guy. They didn’t dare go out, nor do they want to die!
So on the second day, after discovering the zombie was about to eat, someone simply pushed out someone he didn’t know. Isn’t it just two people a day? There are still many people… As long as it eats other people first, they may be able to live to the end. If during this period, a high-level ability user like the one who came to the base last time passes by, maybe they can saved!
From two a day, it gradually increased to three, then four… In less than a month, the prison base was completely destroyed.
After all the humans in the base were dead, the zombies surrounding the small base suddenly screamed in unison. A small black dot jumped from the wall and landed on the neck of a tall third-level zombie.
Their king has come.
They will be invincible.
They will be the masters of this new world.
In case you’re wondering, that base being described = the prison base HZZ and co visited 10-20 chapters back.
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