Corpse Domain

With a thought from Lin Dong, a domain spread outward from him in all directions.

This was Lin Dong's awakened ability: Corpse Domain!

With his current strength, the domain only covered around ten meters. Without realizing it, he enveloped Su Xiaorou, who was mopping the floor nearby.

Su Xiaorou's body immediately stiffened. As though suffering from sleep paralysis, she stood rooted to the spot, unable to move. Her delicate body began trembling, as if she had been thrown into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, while overwhelming fear spread through her.

This showed just how greatly Corpse Domain suppressed humans!

"W-what... what's happening?"

Su Xiaorou had no idea what had happened. With a glance from the corner of her eye, she discovered that Lin Dong, who had been sitting on the sofa watching television, had strangely vanished.

Where was the boss?

Another ability of Corpse Domain was concealment.

But that was not all.

At that moment, everything around Lin Dong was veiled in red. The once-solid walls had become illusory, rippling like the surface of water.

When he reached out and touched one, his palm actually passed through the wall.

Then he moved forward.

Lin Dong's entire body passed through it. He had crossed through the wall from the living room into the kitchen.

Of course, no one else could see this bizarre scene at all!

Another ability of Corpse Domain was allowing Lin Dong to ignore terrain, pass through walls or objects, and even tunnel underground.

Within this terrifying Corpse Domain, if Lin Dong wished, he could take someone's heart out through their flesh!

"What a powerful ability..."

Lin Dong silently marveled. It could kill and preserve his life—it was practically perfect. Who could withstand a Zombie King that could turn invisible and pass through walls?

However, this ability counted as a spatial power and consumed mental energy, so he could not use it indefinitely.

As Lin Dong passed through the wall into the kitchen,

Su Xiaorou in the living room left the domain's range. She collapsed to her knees and panted heavily, feeling as though all her strength had been drained away.

"What exactly happened? Where did the boss go?"

Just then, Lin Dong pushed open the living room door and walked in from the kitchen.

"Th-this..."

Su Xiaorou's eyes widened.

The boss had clearly been sitting on the sofa just now. How had he come in from the kitchen instead?

It was far too bizarre!

A sense of unease spread through her heart.

"Boss, what just... happened?"

"Nothing."

Lin Dong answered lightly. As he continued evolving, his language ability had completely recovered. He spoke fluently, and his voice was full of magnetism.

From his appearance, he was no different from an ordinary human.

"Oh..."

Su Xiaorou responded, not daring to ask any further questions.

She continued mopping the floor diligently.

Over the past half month, Lin Dong's three Zombie Underlings had also grown much stronger.

Tank had grown larger.

He was now over two meters tall, with muscles bulging all over his body like small hills.

He looked exactly like a miniature Hulk!

The Female Zombie had become even faster. Lin Dong had personally seen her spot a human who had gone out in search of food and pounce like a gust of wind.

Her two sharp bone claws left afterimages as they swung.

She disemboweled the person.

The Female Zombie's movements greatly resembled a character from the King of Fighters fighting game—Iori Yagami!

So Lin Dong gave her a name as well: Little Eight!

The only particularly bizarre one was Doctor Zombie. Not only did he enjoy dissecting humans and taking out their organs to eat one by one,

but lately, he had become perverse enough to dissect zombies too. He would often grab a zombie, cut open its stomach, or dismember it, leaving all kinds of "parts" scattered everywhere.

It was worth mentioning that

these three Zombie Underlings had recruited quite a few underlings of their own.

They already possessed the potential to become Zombie Kings and could command other zombies.

Whenever they had nothing to do, they gathered near the building.

During this time, Lin Dong let them move about freely, essentially raising them free-range and allowing them to grow wildly.

Lin Dong also discovered a problem.

The zombies on the streets now ran much faster. Most of them were faster than normal humans, no longer as stiff as they had been when the apocalypse first descended.

Clearly, they were all evolving.

The zombies had begun an evolutionary frenzy and were growing stronger and stronger.

"I wonder what's happening on the human side?"

Lin Dong sat on the sofa, took out his phone, and began gathering information.

Because the humans still alive

could still send out signals.

As soon as he unlocked his phone, a push notification caught Lin Dong's attention.

"Tech Biotechnology Corporation has formulated the Zombie Elimination Plan."

"Eliminating zombies?"

Lin Dong had heard of this company. It specialized in researching viruses, genes, and the like. It was extremely powerful, at the forefront of global technology, and very famous.

It was like the Umbrella Corporation from the movie Resident Evil.

Tech Company was multinational and had a branch in Jiangbei City.

Lin Dong was somewhat curious. What was this Zombie Elimination Plan?

He tapped into it and took a look.

"Our Tech Company has developed the biological weapon 'Pursuer One,' which can effectively eliminate zombies. It will soon be mass-produced and deployed across various departments."

There was also an image beneath the text.

The so-called "Pursuer" was actually an artificially created bioweapon, nearly three meters tall. He carried a Gatling gun in his right hand, with ammunition belts wrapped all over his body.

A massive iron hammer was strapped to his back.

His enormous head was covered in stitch marks, with centipede-like scars all over it. He looked vicious and terrifying.

Lin Dong's assessment was: He wasn't even as good-looking as a zombie...

He had better not come provoke him.

As Lin Dong scrolled down, there was another statement from Tech Company.

"All major companies have now established shelters. Survivors may come to them, and our company will protect your safety."

Many survivors commented on this message.

"Tech Company is awesome. As expected of the forefront of global technology—they're still alive even in the apocalypse."

"Don't go to Tech Company's shelters! They only want to use humans for live experiments. They won't protect us at all."

"Could it be... that Pursuer One was modified from living humans?"

"That's right. If you're able to, everyone should go to the official shelters!"

"..."

The comments came in all varieties, and Lin Dong stopped reading.

Shelter had nothing to do with him...

However, the next piece of news was extremely useful to him.

It had been released by an official shelter.

"After testing, some humans' bodies are evolving. They can run one hundred meters in six seconds and deliver a punch with one ton of force. According to experts' analysis, the source of this power comes from a 'Brain Core' growing inside the skull."

"If you feel an itch in your skull, it is very likely a sign that you are about to evolve."

As expected.

Humans had begun changing as well, but so far, no one appeared to have awakened an ability.

The "Brain Core" mentioned by the experts would become a Crystal Core once it developed to a certain extent. Only then would supernatural abilities awaken.

Evolution happened bit by bit.

No one could suddenly gain supernatural abilities.

That would be unrealistic...

Lin Dong felt that, with his abundant supply of flesh and blood and the countless amounts of energy he had absorbed, whether among humans or zombies, he should have been the first to condense a Crystal Core and obtain an awakened ability!