Giant Zombie-like Creatures

Night.

A two-story auto repair shop.

A man stood before a second-story window, a crossbow in his hand. Whoosh—a faint sound of air being pierced rang out, and an arrow punched through the head of a zombie wandering in front of the door.

"Nice."

The man wore a baseball cap; his name was Xu Zeyang.

An amateur marksman, he liked to spend his free time at private shooting clubs practicing with bows and crossbows. While he was far from professional, he was still much better than the average person.

There were two zombies wandering in front of the door.

They were a bit too close.

He loaded another bolt, aimed at the remaining zombie, and lined up his sights on its head.

Biu!

Squelch!

Another arrow perfectly pierced the zombie's skull, black blood splattering and dissolving into the darkness.

"Done. Two little zombies, easy as pie." Xu Zeyang tipped his baseball cap and turned to look at the other three people in the room. "We've cleared out most of the zombies wandering the nearby streets, but the ones inside those shops are a real pain to deal with."

They had been holed up here for a while; it was their base of operations.

Engaging zombies in melee combat was truly dangerous—the risk was extremely high. A single moment of carelessness could lead to being tackled by a zombie.

Therefore, a ranged archer like him was quite valuable. Clearing out surrounding zombies was just a matter of biu-biu, one arrow per kill.

"Let's not worry about those for now," said Old Mao, who was balding.

In this place, the first floor was used to park their Steel Beast, while the second floor was where they lived.

"I've rationed the food; it should last us about seven more days. Water is fine for now; the water plant hasn't cut the supply yet. Under normal circumstances, it should have been shut off long ago. I suspect someone might be holding down the fort over at the water plant," said a short-haired woman.

They didn't dare move around recklessly. The number of zombies in Huang City was far greater than they had imagined.

The ones wandering the streets weren't the most terrifying; what scared them most were the zombies hiding inside shops when they went out to scavenge for supplies.

They were fast and strong.

The space they had to maneuver was very limited, and Xu Zeyang's archery skills hadn't reached the level where he could land headshots in a panic.

Although they could use blades to decapitate zombies, the difficulty was high. A slight deviation, and the outcome was easy to imagine.

Therefore, scavenging for supplies was literally risking their lives.

Even with firearms in hand, to be honest, they didn't dare fire them casually. The noise created was too great and easily attracted zombie hordes. Once surrounded, it was a dead end.

During this time, they had encountered some survivors.

They had gone mad.

They had completely lost their minds just to stay alive. They had also run into groups of illegal gangs—people who committed every evil imaginable, snatching supplies others had worked for, and killing for profit.

It wasn't that Huang City had run out of supplies.

It was that places with supplies were often dangerous. Everyone was a person from the modern era; their physical fitness certainly wasn't as formidable as one might imagine, and encountering even a single zombie was hard to handle.

But robbing others was much easier.

There were also those who were very unfriendly toward women, with many giving in to their animalistic urges and committing atrocities. Even if the victims resisted, it was useless. In this apocalypse where laws no longer existed, who was there to stop them?

Of course, some had no choice but to rely on men, letting them do as they pleased just to find themselves a protector.

Suddenly.

BOOM.

A thunderous roar echoed out.

The four of them turned pale with shock. They quickly rushed to the window, crouched down, and peeked out to observe the situation.

They discovered that the explosion and flames were coming from a building not far away.

They knew that illegal gangs were holed up there—six people in total. They had crossed paths before, and one could tell from their eyes that those guys were insane. Fortunately, they had the protection of their Steel Beast and the surrounding zombies, which kept those people from daring to do anything blatant against them.

"What happened?"

"I don't know, but it's definitely not good. With a commotion this big, I bet all the zombies in the vicinity are going to be drawn here."

ROAR!

ROAR!

The sound of shattering glass followed.

Zombies from all directions surged out of the darkness.

Seeing this, Xu Zeyang's face turned deathly pale.

"What the hell, man? Who the hell is crazy enough to cause such a ruckus? Look at the pitch-black night—it looks like there are zombies everywhere."

The short-haired woman frowned deeply. "It must be them. With an explosion of that magnitude, it was probably a gas leak."

"This..."

The crowd fell silent. What kind of zombie could force them to do something so incredibly stupid?

Any group that had managed to survive until now and still actively harmed others had long since adapted to the apocalypse.

They certainly knew how to avoid zombies; it was absolutely impossible for them to fight zombies head-on.

Just as they were exchanging words, a deafening roar echoed through the air.

"Ah... help, help me!"

"Damn it, what kind of monster is this? How is this even possible?"

In the darkness, several figures sprinted out from a gloomy alleyway.

The man running at the rear had a face twisted in terror. Before he could even react, a giant zombie, standing a full two meters tall, appeared behind him and swatted him against the wall with a single blow.

His head collided with the wall.

Squelch.

His skull shattered instantly, blood painting the wall crimson.

The giant zombie had arrived.

This zombie was massive, its shoulders hunched high as if stuffed with two balls of flesh. Its arms and thighs were thick and rugged, wrapped in black, bulging veins. It was hideous, terrifying, possessed immense strength, and had explosive power.

Chen Fei was running at the very front. Who could have expected to encounter such a monster? Since the apocalypse began, he had quickly adapted to the situation after his initial nervousness.

He was even a little excited.

For someone like him, a chaotic world was paradise. On the second day of the apocalypse, he had killed his neighbor upstairs. There was no real reason; back in peaceful times, the neighbor had called the police because he was drinking and making noise in his apartment at one or two in the morning.

Harboring a grudge, he had been waiting for a chance to vent.

With the apocalypse here, there were no laws to restrict him.

He did whatever he pleased.

Later, he recruited five others just like him and began to run rampant. Aside from needing to dodge zombies, everything else felt great to him.

During the day, they had captured a woman, and the six of them were planning to have some fun that night. Who could have guessed that the woman would dare to resist? Fearing they might kill her and lose the chance to play with her while she was still warm, they hadn't used lethal force.

The woman had screamed, drawing zombies—and even attracting a zombie they had never seen before.

The moment he saw it, he knew it was trouble; ordinary doors couldn't possibly withstand its assault.

He looked back.

His teammates were being treated like tofu, swatted aside at will or even tossed into the zombie horde. The sight made his heart tremble with fear.

He didn't know if he would survive.

But regardless of whether he could live, even if there was only a one-percent chance, he had to try. Up ahead, there was another group. If he could lure the monster toward them, they might draw the zombie's attention.

Perhaps there would be a sliver of hope.

With that thought, he gathered all his strength, as if tapping into a power he had never possessed before. His legs moved like they were powered by engines, and he sprinted madly toward them.

Thud!

A zombie lunged out and knocked him to the ground.

"It's over."

That was Chen Fei's final thought as he hit the ground.