Got It

People had always said that zombies evolved quickly, but most of the time, that was reasoning backward from the results. Very few had actually witnessed zombies evolving firsthand. This time, Wang Tao did. The speed of zombie evolution... was fucking terrifying!

Wang Tao watched with his own eyes as an ordinary-looking Sixth Order Elite Zombie directly advanced into a Seventh Order Lord Zombie!

One had to know that there was more than just one rank between a Sixth Order Elite and a Seventh Order Lord. There was at least a Sixth Order Lord in between. This zombie had effectively skipped two ranks in a row!

And it had advanced to the seventh order, something incredibly difficult—no, advancing to the seventh order was difficult for humans, but not necessarily for zombies! Wang Tao had spent an entire week advancing to the seventh order, while this zombie might not even have taken half a minute!

That was probably why those three Seventh Order Lord Zombies had not abandoned their underlings. Their underlings had a chance to become just as strong as them and bolster their strength!

"If all zombies are like this, how can humanity possibly win?"

Wang Tao felt somewhat worried, but there was an even more terrifying Magma Monster in the distance, so he had no time to dwell on it for now.

Even with one more Seventh Order Lord Zombie in the horde, it would not affect the current situation.

Wang Tao was simply keeping the zombie horde occupied, preventing it from leaving the Magma Monster's sight. He wanted the Magma Monster to keep chasing the horde and slowly exhaust its health, then see whether he could snatch the kill.

This Barren Mountain was in a good location. Its rugged mountain paths greatly reduced the zombies' speed. The Magma