In the heart of Rongcheng city, a large hole appeared in the ground. From this three-meter-wide opening, numerous zombies emerged, over thirty in total, all of them mutated. Most were earth-digging types, a few were speed types, and one was a brute type!
In the city center, the ground on the street suddenly subsided, and then more than thirty zombies erupted from beneath. This immediately caused immense chaos in the city. Everyone had thought the crisis from the zombies outside the city had been resolved, so they had returned to the streets, looking for work. After all, once a war ended, the army no longer provided food, and people needed to resume production quickly to support themselves.
However, no one expected over thirty zombies to emerge from underground. Some people nearby couldn't dodge in time and were immediately bitten by the zombies. Some were killed on the spot, while others turned into zombies. In an instant, the street descended into chaos.
At this moment, zombies continued to emerge from the hole, all mutated. The big-headed zombie king appeared last, crawling out from underground. Its eyes flickered with intelligence as it surveyed the surrounding tall buildings and the many people fleeing. It then let out a sky-piercing roar, a piercing shriek that carried far. Many people nearby felt their heads buzz, even suffering from headaches.
The city's army also reacted swiftly, advancing towards the direction of the sound. The appearance of zombies within the city would undoubtedly affect people's movements and could cause panic. If another stampede occurred, it would result in even greater losses.
When Shen Feng arrived at the city center, he was immediately shocked by the scene before him. He saw hundreds of ordinary zombies walking on the streets, their clothes clean, indicating they had been recently infected!
"In just over ten minutes, the number of zombies has grown this much?" Shen Feng muttered to himself.
Previously, Shen Feng had never imagined that the infection rate of zombies could be so high. The zombies he encountered before had only one purpose when they bit: to eat flesh! Zombies considered humans food, their primary target. Under the zombies' jaws, there was rarely any spread of infection!
But now, with the guidance of the zombie king, these zombies were targeting humans for infection, aiming to expand their ranks!
Shen Feng stood atop a tall building and saw that the mutated zombies were at the center of the ordinary zombie horde, with the largest-headed zombie being the zombie king. Shen Feng leaped from the rooftop, using "As the Wind Follows" to accelerate himself, landing directly in the zombie swarm and charging towards the zombie king.
Upon seeing Shen Feng's arrival, the zombie king immediately ordered the surrounding zombies to attack him. However, Shen Feng had activated "King of Wind's Barrier" and "Eye of the Hurricane." In an instant, all the surrounding ordinary zombies were blown away. Shen Feng charged forward, directly attacking the zombie king, who was protected by the mutated zombies.
Shen Feng held a steel longsword in his hand, officially produced and guaranteed for quality!
Shen Feng charged out, cutting down an earth-digging zombie that stood in his path. These zombies, aside from their digging speed, had little combat ability, so Shen Feng could eliminate them with a single strike. The other mutated zombies also reacted and moved closer to Shen Feng, attempting to block his advance.
Now, Shen Feng was a fourth-tier ability user, his strength and speed far surpassing these first and second-tier mutated zombies. As he struck, a scene of effortless victory unfolded before the eyes of the onlookers. Nearby residents watched from their buildings and breathed a sigh of relief, believing that the city's zombies would eventually be dealt with.
However, just as Shen Feng was killing the surrounding mutated zombies one by one, his walkie-talkie suddenly crackled to life. Shen Feng quickly retreated, answered the walkie-talkie, and said, "I'm killing the zombie king, we can talk about other matters later!"
Shen Feng had already made a deal with General Xie. As long as he could kill the zombie king and protect the safety of the people, he could take his family and leave! Therefore, Shen Feng's only desire at this moment was to complete the mission, take his family to Luzhou, and then live a quiet life there.
Unexpectedly, the voice from the walkie-talkie said, "Shen Feng, I am now ordering you to retreat immediately. The army will handle the rest. Furthermore, you must absolutely not kill the zombie king. We need to capture the zombie king alive, not kill it!"
Hearing this order, Shen Feng was stunned. He looked around and realized that both ends of the street were already guarded by the army, and these soldiers were standing with loaded weapons. It was clear that the army had already gained control of the situation.
Shen Feng asked with some reluctance, "Then what about my previous conditions? We had an agreement, why are you breaking your word?"
Xie Bateng's voice came from the walkie-talkie, and he said breathlessly, "Shen Feng, I will never go back on my promise to you, but the most important thing right now is to obey orders. Return immediately and do not interfere with the laboratory's plan!"
Shen Feng finally relented. Using "As the Wind Follows," he left a trail of afterimages on the street and walls as he arrived behind the army at the street's end. There, he saw an annoying person!
Shen Feng saw a man in a suit holding a walkie-talkie. Shen Feng remembered that the day before Yu Renshu left him, she had been with this man. This indicated that Yu Renshu's departure was likely connected to this man. Shen Feng glanced at the man from head to toe, then turned away.
Zhang Guangyao, of course, didn't care about being observed. His mission was to perform crucial tasks at the right moments, regardless of whether those tasks were right or wrong. He only cared about one thing: whether the mission could be successfully completed!
Subsequently, Xie Bateng, panting heavily, appeared at the scene and found Shen Feng, saying, "When the laboratory people heard about the appearance of a zombie king in the city, they specifically requested to capture the zombie king alive. Therefore, the army has changed its plan. Please be understanding."
Shen Feng nodded and said, "As long as I can take my family away, there will be no problem. My only concern is whether the army can capture the zombie king."
Xie Bateng shook his head helplessly and replied, "Before this, zombie kings that appeared on the battlefield were never captured alive because, once they appeared, they were immediately targeted by missile strikes. Because of this, a living zombie king is the most precious. If we can understand how the zombie king commands zombies, we might be able to develop specialized weapons to lure zombies!"
Shen Feng leaned against a car, holding his longsword, and said, "I captured a zombie king over a month ago, but I killed it casually. In terms of combat ability, the zombie king shouldn't be particularly powerful. It all depends on how you plan to capture it!"
At this moment, Xie Bateng suddenly asked, "Shen Feng, do you possess a potion that can turn people into ability users?"
Shen Feng's face showed confusion, and he asked, "Do I? How come I don't know?"
Xie Bateng didn't press the matter further. After all, he only suspected it and had no concrete evidence to prove that Shen Feng possessed such a potion, so he waved his hand and said nothing.
The soldiers guarding both sides of the street opened fire, and countless bullets were shot at the zombies. The zombies began to fall to the ground one by one. The ordinary zombies were instantly eliminated. The mutated zombies could withstand a few more hits but couldn't survive under the sustained barrage of bullets.
Hundreds of zombies were quickly reduced to a dozen or so. The rest were killed. In the end, the city was still humanity's stronghold. Even if the zombie king had reached the center of Rongcheng, the number of zombies was too small to pose a threat to humans.
The zombie king quickly led the remaining mutated zombies into a nearby office building. The people inside had already fled, so not a single person could be found within the building.
Xie Bateng looked at the office building, which was surrounded by soldiers, and muttered to himself, "Why did the zombie king enter Rongcheng? How did it appear? Why didn't it run? What is the reason? I can't understand it!"
Xie Bateng liked to put himself in others' shoes, not to empathize, but to understand the enemy's thought process. If he were the zombie king, the best course of action would be to escape quietly, not to dig a tunnel into Rongcheng. This was a terrible choice, as it made it easy to be killed.
At this moment, personnel from the communications department also arrived. A soldier quickly said, "General, according to investigations, the zombie king entered Rongcheng from underground in the eastern district. When the eastern district was bombed yesterday, the zombie king hid deep underground and thus was not burned to death. It then spent an entire night to enter Rongcheng."
Xie Bateng nodded and looked at the office building, saying, "Then we can only wait until the zombie king is captured to understand its purpose. It wouldn't have entered Rongcheng just because it was lost, would it?"
Meanwhile, the zombie king, along with over a dozen mutated zombies, entered a deep room within the office building. Here, they didn't have to worry about being hit by bullets, and they were temporarily safe.
A cold glint flashed in the zombie king's eyes. It then pointed at the brute-type zombie and then at a speed-type zombie beside it.
Under the zombie king's command, the brute-type zombie immediately threw a punch, piercing the speed-type zombie's chest. The speed-type zombie died on the spot.
Afterward, the brute-type zombie cracked open the speed-type zombie's skull. The zombie king grabbed the brain and began to eat it raw. This scene was witnessed by many mutated zombies around, who could only stand still, unable to make any other moves.
After eating the speed-type zombie's brain, the zombie king's hands suddenly grew bone spurs from the knuckles of its backhand. These long bone spurs were only possessed by second or even third-tier speed-type zombies!
Then, the zombie king looked at the other mutated zombies. It killed the brute-type zombie and ate its brain, gaining powerful muscles. Then it killed a tank-type zombie and ate it, its entire body swelling and accumulating fat. Finally, the zombie king ate the brain of a sprayer-type zombie and gained the ability to spray acid!
Now, the zombie king was different. It possessed the body of a tank-type zombie, the limbs of a brute-type zombie, the bone spurs of a speed-type zombie, and the ability to spray acid! If Shen Feng saw such a zombie king, he would probably widen his eyes in disbelief. Who said zombie kings had no combat power? The current zombie king's combat power far surpassed that of ordinary mutated zombies! It was like a Digimon undergoing a fusion evolution!
No one had expected that the zombie king, which had always lacked combat power, could now gain the strength of these mutated zombies by eating their brains. The current zombie king was a species no one had ever seen before!
Outside the office building, soldiers had surrounded the area layer by layer. Many soldiers carried weapons like fishing nets and ropes. Their objective was not to kill the zombie king but to capture it alive.
Television reporters also arrived at the scene, standing at a distance with cameras, filming the combat situation. The reporter was explaining the current situation: "As you can see, inside the office building behind me, there are many zombies, and most importantly, the zombie king! Previously, the army had never captured a zombie king, so there was no opportunity for research. Now, an opportunity is before us. We must consider if this is the only chance we will ever have!"
The television station broadcast the army's attempt to capture the zombie king live. Many people watched this scene on television and began to speculate whether capturing the zombie king for research could help solve the zombie crisis in the future.
However, at this very moment, on the sixth floor of the office building, a window suddenly shattered, and a giant monster flew out, leaping five to six meters before landing heavily on the ground. And this monster was actually holding a weapon!