Assassination

"Keep going?"

The corners of Lin Dong's mouth lifted slightly. He felt this was indeed a good idea—they should continue hunting human awakeners and obtain Crystal Cores to replenish their energy.

He hadn't had enough "cherries" yet...

Besides, Lin Dong preferred hiding in his little nest and hated being disturbed. The best way to keep others from coming after him was to go out and kill them all!

So Lin Dong gave Little Eight an order, telling her to go out and search for traces of human awakeners.

Little Eight was fast enough to be a qualified swift scout.

"Hehehehe~~"

Little Eight gave an eerie laugh, swiftly left the nest, and vanished around a distant street corner.

Night fell.

Darkness shrouded Earth. Jiangbei City's power grid had collapsed, and even the streetlights no longer worked. Everything was now completely black.

In the ink-black night, savage zombie roars and the howls of mutated monsters often rang out, while bloody slaughter played out without end.

Lin Dong stood by the window at home, gazing outside.

Zombies possessed extremely powerful night vision. Even from the twentieth floor, he could take in the detailed street scene below.

At that moment, a ghostly figure darted into the building.

Little Eight had returned.

"My King... I found a group of humans. They're hiding in Dafa Supermarket, guarding a warehouse. There are more than a dozen awakeners among them, wearing the same uniforms as those people from today."

Little Eight reported.

With her current intelligence, she was already comparable to a ten-year-old child. As long as things were not too complicated, she could express them clearly.

More than a dozen awakeners...

Wearing the same uniforms...

Lin Dong did not need to think long to know they were from Tech Company. In this apocalypse, no other faction wore standardized uniforms.

They were guarding the supermarket warehouse, so they had likely found a huge stockpile of supplies and were trying to figure out how to transport it back.

In this apocalypse,

transportation was absolutely a problem. After all, not everyone had storage space.

"Let's go take a look."

Lin Dong said simply.

Little Eight immediately grew excited. Her mouth split nearly to her ears, revealing a huge, eerie grin...

Night was the best time for zombies to hunt.

But this time was different from before.

The zombies made no sound. They silently followed behind Lin Dong as they headed toward their target.

The zombie horde was like ghosts melting into the darkness.

Inside Dafa Supermarket, there were more than two hundred humans. Over a hundred of them were ordinary survivors, while the rest were Tech Company employees.

There were twelve awakeners among them.

The large warehouse here held supplies worth hundreds of millions, enough to feed over ten thousand people. It was clear how important this was to them, and they could not afford any mistakes.

"With so much stuff, when are we ever going to get it all back? There are only two hundred of us. We'll be exhausted to death just moving things."

A young man standing guard at night complained.

The person beside him took a drag on his cigarette and blew out a cloud of smoke.

"Who cares? We'll just wait for the higher-ups to send people. We've got food, drinks, cigarettes, and alcohol. We'll just keep guarding the place."

"The main thing is... we can't go back to the company. Being out here never feels safe."

The young man felt deeply uneasy.

The person beside him laughed.

"No way. Don't tell me you're worried zombies will get in? We have twelve awakeners here. If zombies come in, they're just throwing their lives away."

"Yawn! Let's hope so..."

The young man yawned. It was already late, and he could not help feeling sleepy. "Brother Nan, give me a cigarette too. I need something to wake me up."

What they did not know was that more than a thousand zombies had already surrounded the supermarket. They stood silently like wooden stakes, yet their eyes grew increasingly savage, like evil spirits in the dark!

At a single command from Lin Dong, they would charge without regard for their own lives!

"So many awakeners..."

Sensing the human auras inside, Lin Dong suddenly felt that a frontal assault was not the right move under these circumstances.

He himself would be fine.

The problem was that his underlings could easily suffer heavy losses.

The ones he had brought out today were all Elite Zombies capable of understanding commands and obeying orders...

So Lin Dong decided to act first this time.

He would find an opportunity to assassinate several awakeners.

Then launch the full assault.

He immediately told his underlings to wait where they were and walked forward alone. With every step, his figure blended into the darkness until it slowly disappeared...

Using his Corpse Domain ability, Lin Dong passed directly through the wall and entered the supermarket.

He moved soundlessly, like a ghost.

I need to be careful too...

Lin Dong looked around. There were twelve awakeners here, and even if he fully unleashed his Zombie King Domain, it could only last five minutes.

If they bogged him down with a rotating battle, things might become troublesome.

Following the human auras, Lin Dong slowly moved forward. Though he stood in darkness, he could see the surrounding scene clearly.

The first floor of the supermarket was an area selling gold and silver jewelry, gems, diamonds, and the like.

In the apocalypse, these things were utterly useless. They were simply sitting there now, untouched by anyone.

Lin Dong continued forward and reached the first-floor lobby.

The sounds of human breathing were clearer here, and he could even hear faint snoring.

Glancing over, Lin Dong saw dozens of people sleeping on makeshift bedding on the floor. Most of them had already fallen asleep.

Of course, some were still awake, playing on their phones. The faint glow of one screen illuminated a bald face.

He had lost all his hair and was still staying up late?

Large supermarkets like this were equipped with generators, so it was normal for them to be able to use their phones...

Lin Dong did not disturb them, because they were all ordinary survivors.

Besides,

he had already locked onto his target—a separate room not far away.

There were three auras inside: one awakener and two women.

Lin Dong silently walked over.

Using his Corpse Domain ability, he passed straight through the wall.

The room had originally been a shop, but a bed had been moved inside and it had been converted into a bedroom. The air was filled with a lewd scent.

A young man and two women lay on the bed. They were all completely naked, without a stitch of clothing.

There was no need to guess what had happened.

In this apocalypse, awakeners had naturally become highly sought after. Countless women willingly threw themselves at them.

Moreover, they faced savage monsters every day and endured immense psychological pressure. They did not know when they might die, so they cared far less about chastity and were more willing to indulge themselves.

Lin Dong drew a dagger and thrust it straight into the young man's forehead.

To avoid making any sound,

he used his Corpse Domain ability to pass through the skull and scramble the man's brain. With a flick, a Brain Core flew out.

Clearly, this awakener was relatively low-level and had not yet condensed a Crystal Core.

Lin Dong was not picky.

He popped it directly into his mouth. It still tasted like a "cherry."

The two women remained deeply asleep, showing no reaction at all. They must have truly been too exhausted earlier.

If they wake up later and find themselves sleeping beside a corpse, they'll probably be terrified...

Lin Dong was rather considerate of women. To spare them that fright, he used the drawn dagger to stab each of them through the heart.