As everyone knew, once a person was infected with the virus, they would lose their sanity and turn into a zombie monster that only knew how to eat!
So the moment they saw a living person, they would impatiently rush forward to tear and bite them.
It had completely become their instinctive reaction!
But what Meng De saw now was entirely different.
Although the eyes of these hundreds of zombies still retained the instinct to feed, they could forcibly restrain their desires.
As though they had received an order, they stood motionless where they were.
Fortunately, just as he was puzzled, the system gave him a prompt.
"A First Order Zombie has appeared!"
Hearing the system prompt, he was not actually surprised.
It had been nearly half a month already. Even Wang Yan, that shut-in with the "bearing of a savior," had awakened an ability.
So it was not impossible that zombies who had eaten large numbers of survivors would gradually evolve as well.
The appearance of a First Order Zombie that had awakened an ability was merely the beginning.
After all, zombies, like survivors, had a certain chance of awakening abilities!
And as more time passed, the more zombies fed.
The number of zombies that awakened abilities would increase, while those that had already awakened would continue evolving and growing stronger.
So it was easy to imagine that if survivors did not hurry and awaken abilities to improve themselves, they might not even have the strength to fight zombies in the future.
Then humanity's final fate would be complete extinction.
At that moment, Meng De was surrounded by a dense mass of zombies and blocked at the entrance to the gas station, yet he did not panic.
It was just that this First Order Zombie had clearly hidden itself well. Even he could not locate it at once.
"Hrrr!"
Just then, a sudden zombie roar rang out.
Unlike the roars of ordinary zombies, this one was sharper and more ear-piercing.
Meng De looked toward the sound.
"Found it!"
Under his Telepathic Perception, behind the zombie horde, in an inconspicuous corner beside a concrete pillar—
A chubby zombie that seemed to have grown sideways entered his "field of vision."
This zombie was less than a meter tall, but it weighed at least two hundred catties.
Its round body was extremely bloated. From afar, it looked like a lump of dead fat piled there.
Its clothes had long since become tattered and were covered in dried blood and unidentified foul-smelling stains.
Above a neck as thick as a thigh sat a round, pig-intestine-wrinkled face dripping with black blood. It was utterly disgusting!
Zombie: Low-Level Controller Level: Peak First Tier Awakened Ability: Corpse Flesh Rebound (C-Class) Ability Type: Enhancement Ability (an ability that develops and strengthens physical functions while retaining human form)
Meng De understood instantly. Put simply, enhancement abilities were like the tanks or berserkers from the games he used to play.
Rather than awakening abilities related to basic elements like metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, they focused more on tapping into their own potential.
They enhanced their own physical attributes! Note: Low-Level Controllers were generally zombies with abilities ranging from First to Third Tier. They could control other zombies for their own use, turning them into their lackeys.
Oh, no wonder it had gathered so many zombies.
So they had a master now!
Following a roar from the chubby zombie, the zombie horde at the entrance seemed as though someone had flipped a switch. With "hrrr, hrrr, hrrr" growls, they charged at him.
Though they were not fast and staggered as they moved, more than a hundred of them still looked imposing.
Meng De showed no fear. Holding his Tang Sword, he charged out like an arrow released from a bow.
The Tang Sword in his hand flashed rapidly, and the heads of the first few zombies to reach him flew off.
With another spinning leap, more than a dozen zombies were chopped in half, severed limbs scattering across the ground.
But these zombies were emotionless "killers." Even though he swiftly killed dozens of them, more zombies continued filling in from behind.
Before long, he was surrounded by the zombies three layers deep inside and out.
Moreover, unlike the zombies he had killed before, these zombies were more organized in their biting attacks.
If there was a hole, they squeezed through; if there was a gap, they wedged themselves in!
This was probably related to the intermittent roars from that chubby zombie not far away.
It was controlling the zombies? Meng De thought quickly.
Although he trusted in his own strength and knew these zombies were no match for him, he still decided to capture the ringleader first to save himself some trouble.
He would deal with that chubby zombie first.
Once the chubby zombie died, these zombies would be easy to handle.
More importantly, killing these zombies was meaningless! It would be nothing but pointless work and a waste of time!
With that time, he might as well go back and explore the mysteries of widows with Cheng Ying.
At that thought, his mind stirred.
"Telekinesis! Go!"
Ten Fruit Knives shot out at high speed in the shape of an arrow, fiercely flying in one direction.
Everywhere they passed, the attacking zombies collapsed in droves.
Outside the horde, the chubby zombie immediately panicked at the sight and let out sharp "hrrr, hrrr, hrrr" roars.
But it was already too late. In just a few seconds, Meng De had charged out of the zombie horde.
The blade pointed directly at the chubby zombie.
Seeing that things had gone badly, the chubby zombie actually knew to run, urgently crying "hrrr, hrrr, hrrr" as it fled.
And it was not slow. Its two-hundred-plus-catty body moved even faster than an ordinary zombie.
As expected of a zombie that had awakened an ability. Its intelligence had improved, and its physical coordination was much better too.
But compared to Meng De, it was utterly outclassed.
In the blink of an eye, Meng De caught up to the chubby zombie.
The Tang Sword slashed viciously at the chubby zombie's neck.
Clang! To Meng De's surprise, his ever-reliable Tang Sword failed to sever the zombie's head in a single stroke.
Instead, it produced a piercing collision.
A deep bloody gash was left on the chubby zombie's thigh-thick neck.
Meanwhile, a rebounding force jolted Meng De so hard that he nearly lost his grip on the Tang Sword.
Interesting!
All that fat had not grown for nothing!
He recalled the system's description of the chubby zombie's ability.
Corpse Flesh Rebound!
It seemed that the ability this zombie had awakened could rebound damage dealt to its body!
Its defense was pretty good, but damn, it was ugly as hell! "If physical attacks don't work, then I'll try my 'magic attack'!"
Telekinetic Shapeshifting!
He molded his telekinesis into the shape of a sword.
"Telekinetic Sword!"
Perhaps sensing the threat of death, the chubby zombie shrieked even more urgently.
But in the next second, the Telekinetic Sword plunged straight into its head, which was larger than three watermelons.
The terrifying force instantly destroyed what little intelligence it possessed, abruptly halting its attempt to flee!
With a boom, the nearly three-hundred-catty chubby zombie crashed to the ground.
Streams of black blood slowly flowed from its bloated body.
At the same time, a white translucent crystal fell to the ground, radiating a dazzling glow that instantly drew Meng De's attention.
"This is... a Zombie Crystal Core?"
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