amaotonovel Chapter 104 Zombie King
Chapter 104 Zombie King
Soon, Gu Nanfeng found a relatively flat open space in the nearby building ruins. He led Lu Yuan, Qin Yuan carried the unconscious doctor on his back, and Wei Cheng, although still dazed, was able to keep up with them on his own.
Once the group reached the open space, Lu Yuan successfully released the RV, and the five of them finally had a place to rest, sheltered from the wind and snow.
Once inside the RV, Gu Nanfeng expertly turned on the air conditioner and the heater that had been placed inside. Lu Yuan, who had been shivering, squatted down in the middle of the heater and finally felt alive again.
Qin Yuan settled the doctor on one of the large beds, next to a heating vent. He also brought over a heater to place there. Wei Cheng sat blankly next to the doctor, who was his only remaining comrade. He hadn't even realized what was happening yet. Out of more than a hundred people in the entire building, only he and the doctor were left.
"I still have to go back and find Lao Du." Qin Yuan was still worried about Du Wenqing. He felt that Du Wenqing was at most crazy, and he had to go back to find him and bring him back.
"See?" Lu Yuan pulled Qin Yuan back and handed him his old-fashioned touchscreen phone, only to find that the phone had been frozen and turned off. He added, "But it might take a while."
Qin Yuan took Lu Yuan's phone. He actually trusted Lu Yuan; he knew the kid wouldn't lie. But he still couldn't accept that his comrade had suddenly mutated. He just wouldn't believe it unless he saw it with his own eyes.
"Go ahead, we'll wait for you here until dawn." Gu Nanfeng could roughly guess Qin Yuan's thoughts, so he didn't stop him.
Qin Yuan was originally a soldier and also had fire-type abilities, so he was not in a big problem protecting himself. He would definitely not be at ease until he saw Du Wenqing's condition in person, so rather than stopping him from going, it was better to let him go and see for himself.
Seeing that Gu Nanfeng was no longer stopping him, Qin Yuan got out of the RV. The three snowmobiles that Lu Yuan had brought out earlier were still parked where they had stayed before. The wind and snow couldn't blow them in there, so there was no worry about the snowmobiles being buried by the snow. This made things convenient for Qin Yuan.
After Qin Yuan left, the RV fell silent again. The doctor's condition was bad; he was completely unconscious and pale. He hadn't been wearing many layers when he came out, and Lu Yuan had only draped a winter coat over him. They had ridden the snowmobile the whole way without any protection. In truth, everyone knew the doctor wouldn't survive.
“Dahua is gone, Grandpa Wang is gone… Li Nan is gone, Afei is gone too…” Wei Cheng sat by the doctor’s bedside, staring blankly at the doctor’s pale face, while counting the names of the people in the building.
Lu Yuan and Gu Nanfeng didn't know how to comfort them. They now understood that what they had encountered before was a zombie horde, countless zombies with immense strength, which quickly demolished buildings and turned the city into ruins before humans could react.
"Brother Gu, what should we do next? The satellite phone isn't working either." Taking advantage of this time, Lu Yuan told him everything that had happened during the past few days that Gu Nanfeng had been in a coma, including the fact that the satellite phone wasn't working, they couldn't contact the South China Base, and the situation of the old man in Wei Cheng's building who had a convenience store space. He told him everything without missing a single detail.
“I expected the satellite phone wouldn’t work, so don’t worry. Once we get to the port, I’ll find a way to get to the South China base.” Gu Nanfeng had already confirmed the base’s coordinates with Pei Simin, so he wasn’t worried about that. What surprised him more was the ability of the convenience store space.
The old man is definitely gone now, and that convenience store is probably reduced to ashes. It's a real pity that this superpower is gone. He guessed from Lu Yuan's narration that the old man's superpower should have been sustainable, which is a real shame.
Qin Yuan returned quickly, the round trip taking only half an hour. However, he did not go back to the RV, but instead sat alone in the driver's seat, smoking and lost in thought.
Gu Nanfeng saw through the partition that he had returned safely and finally felt relieved. It was estimated that none of them would be able to sleep tonight, so the group made do and quietly waited for dawn.
DAY107
South China Security Base
Pei Sihao woke up the morning before. He had also successfully evolved a superpower, just like Lin Yun. His offensive superpower was a water-based superpower, but he had one more than Lin Yun. He also possessed a healing superpower. After multiple studies by Team Leader Liu, it was only confirmed that his healing superpower could heal minor wounds, but it could not be effective against serious illnesses or nerve damage. It was also unknown whether it would be effective against damage caused by zombies.
Pei Sihao had just left the research institute when he encountered Pei Simin, who forcibly took him back to the Pei family's dormitory and forbade him to go out. It wasn't until the base's commander-in-chief appeared at their dormitory that Pei Sihao learned how terrible things had happened on the other side of the sea.
In fact, starting the morning before, cities across the country had begun to be attacked by zombie hordes. According to data transmitted back via satellite, almost all the cities had been reduced to ruins. Those survivors who had managed to survive for half a year were facing death again, not only from zombies but also from the cruel cold.
Besides Pei Sihao, Lin Yun, Yang Xiao, and Zhong Qiang, no one else at the South China Base has evolved superpowers yet. However, according to statistics from the four bases, almost every city has a "zombie king"-like being. They are extremely powerful and, even now in the freezing cold, are leading hordes of zombies to wreak havoc, leaving nothing but desolation in their wake.
The "Zombie King" poses a significant threat to the three inland security bases. The situation at the West China Security Base is the best, with over two hundred soldiers there having evolved superpowers. The Central China and North China bases also have dozens of superpowered individuals, so they pose little threat for the time being.
However, if each city's "zombie king" destroys its own city and then moves on to other cities to join forces, the resulting massive zombie horde will be something that none of the current safe bases can withstand.
The inland security bases have begun recruiting capable individuals with special abilities, but the current trend is that many capable people are unwilling to serve the government; they prefer to establish their own forces. In just half a month, the four major national bases have seen hundreds of bases established by individuals. Moreover, this situation is similar both domestically and internationally, and governments in various countries have almost completely lost control of the situation.
The mission assigned to Pei Sihao and his team by the South China Base was to go to X Province to find surviving superhumans and to find a way to eliminate the dozen or so "zombie kings" in X Province.
Finding surviving superhumans was manageable, and Pei Simin wasn't too stressed. But eliminating those dozen or so "zombie kings" was a bit much. His younger brother had just woken up and hadn't even figured out how to use his powers yet, and now he was going to risk his life?
As a commander, he knew that orders had to be obeyed, but as a doting brother, he couldn't bear to let Pei Sihao face danger. There were only four of them with superpowers; wasn't this just sending them to their deaths?
Pei Sihao and the other three had a good attitude. Yang Xiao had previously discovered that his agility, eyesight, and physique had all improved, and his strength was sometimes so great that he couldn't control it. After multiple tests, Team Leader Liu confirmed that he had evolved a strength-type superpower. It seemed rather useless, but it was indeed a superpower.
As for Zhong Qiang, he was even more useless. His five senses and physique had obviously improved, but after doing many tests, he still couldn't figure out what kind of superpower he had evolved.
Actually, their situations are similar to Lin Yun's. Their superpowers have probably evolved a long time ago, but neither of them has an active superpower. They are more like auxiliary or enhancement types, which are hard to describe, but they are helpful for attacking and also for their companions.
Ultimately, with no other choice, Pei Simin and his three companions, as the only team of superhumans at the South China Base, embarked on their mission. Of course, this also meant they were on their way to find Gu Nanfeng, Lu Yuan, and the other three.