After a brief discussion, everyone decided to head there.
After all, if what the other party said was true, it would concern the survival of human civilization, and they could even use the antidote to turn their infected friends and relatives back into humans.
As for the survival of the survivor camp and the humans within it after they left, it was not a major concern.
After all, the sturdiness of the Empire State Building was evident, and it had a large reserve of supplies. In terms of defense, Little Spider had also brought back a considerable amount of weapons and ammunition, which was enough to defend against zombie attacks.
To put it another way, even if they lost the camp, they could still turn everyone back into humans once they returned with the antidote.
The superheroes were discussing the future development of humanity, unaware that their every word was overheard by Bai Qi in the room. The precise coordinates were also learned through their conversation.
Upon learning all this, Bai Qi's lips curled slightly. He hadn't expected his unintentional actions to yield such great rewards.
Originally, Bai Qi just wanted to learn more about this world from the superheroes like Little Spider. He didn't expect to hear about survivors secretly developing an antidote for the zombie virus. From their conversation, it seemed that the antidote had already shown initial results.
Regardless of whether it was true or not, the mere mention of an antidote was enough for Bai Qi to make the trip.
Unlike these superheroes, Bai Qi didn't need to spend time settling the ordinary survivors in the building and making thorough preparations before taking action.
Bai Qi was a man of action, leaving as soon as he made up his mind.
Upon receiving the news and deciding to go, Bai Qi directly pulled open the room window, leaped out, and after a rapid descent, accelerated towards the coordinates with the aid of flight magic.
On his way, Bai Qi passed over a large zoo.
Logically, with the outbreak of the zombie plague, infected animals should be even more terrifying than infected humans. However, the reality was the opposite.
He had expected to encounter one or two zombie animals for some fun, but all Bai Qi saw were piles of gnawed-to-the-bone animal carcasses, and zombies still stubbornly gnawing at bones with no meat left.
It seemed that the quantum virus that turned humans into zombies was only effective on humans and completely harmless to other plants and animals. It was a pity that even so, the animals that were not infected by the virus did not fare any better, especially those confined to zoos, put on display daily, their wild edges completely worn away.
As the number of living humans dwindled, the zombies even resorted to cannibalism. How could they possibly let go of these live animals?
One or two zombies might not be a match for a tiger or a lion, but even ants could bite an elephant to death if there were enough of them, let alone a horde of zombies consumed by their hunger.
However, more than the skeletal remains of animals, what attracted Bai Qi's attention was the ice covering one-third of the zoo, and the colossal palace constructed entirely of ice, towering at the center of the zoo.
The exterior of this ice palace was quite wild, indicating that its creator still had a long way to go in its construction.
Driven by curiosity, Bai Qi slowed his flight speed and altitude, approaching the ice palace.
Perhaps the owner of the palace sensed Bai Qi's arrival. As Bai Qi landed, the ice gate before him slowly opened, as if welcoming his presence.
"Interesting."
Bai Qi entered the grand hall and was met with an ice figure seated on a high ice throne. Judging by its appearance, it seemed to be biologically male. The ice figure had already merged with the ice behind it; at first glance, it might not even be noticed.
Before Bai Qi could speak, the figure spoke first, "Foolish human survivor, you should not have come here. Now, you will become my meal."
With that, the grand gate behind Bai Qi slammed shut, and more than a dozen sharp ice cones appeared above his head. As the gate closed, they shot towards Bai Qi's head.
Facing the incoming ice cones, Bai Qi did not dodge. He let them descend towards his head, but alas, all the ice cones were useless. Before they could touch Bai Qi, they had already completed the entire process from ice to water, and from water to steam.
Seeing that the ice cones were ineffective, the ice figure above hesitated not at all and exerted more force. The ice surfaces on Bai Qi's left and right rapidly rose, then simultaneously attacked, squeezing Bai Qi tightly between them.
However, before the ice could seal Bai Qi for even two seconds, the large block of ice began to melt at a visible rate, from the inside out. In less than a second, it had completely melted.
After two failed attempts, the ice figure immediately prepared to launch another round of attacks on Bai Qi without any hesitation.
As for Bai Qi, as the saying goes, the third time's the charm. Letting you have two moves was already showing him respect. Since you are not capable, don't blame others.
Just as the ice figure was about to make another move, Bai Qi instantly vanished from its sight. Before it could react, Bai Qi reappeared, having already reached it, and grasped its neck with one hand.
The high temperature emanating from Bai Qi quickly melted the ice around the ice figure. However, it was unclear what this fellow was made of, as the surrounding ice melted, but this individual did not.
"A sentient super zombie."
From its words and actions, it was already clear.
This creature wanted to eat Bai Qi's flesh and referred to Bai Qi as a human survivor, so it was definitely not human. If it wasn't human and wanted to eat human flesh, then it could only be a zombie.
What surprised Bai Qi was that this super zombie not only retained the ability to control ice from its living days but could also speak to him, which was rather unusual. After all, this was the first zombie Bai Qi had encountered that could speak since arriving in this world.
Unable to withstand Bai Qi's extremely high temperature, the ice on the ice figure's body began to recede at a visible rate.
That's right, it receded, rather than melted.
As the ice figure's body transformed from ice to flesh and blood, the zombie characteristics and the numerous bite marks on its body became evident.
Bai Qi threw the super zombie, which was struggling and clawing at him while he held its throat, to the ground.
"Speak. I know you have thoughts. Tell me, what is your name, and what does it feel like to be a zombie?"
Perhaps sensing the vast disparity in strength, the ice figure, now transformed back into flesh and blood, became noticeably more docile. It stood up, suppressed the urge to pounce on Bai Qi and gnaw at him, swallowed, and said, "My name is Derek. Robert Derek."
Hearing this name, Bai Qi's eyebrows shot up. He had a familiar feeling about this name, as if he had heard it somewhere before.
It was only when Derek uttered his next sentence that Bai Qi finally understood completely.
"I am a student of Professor X."