"Father, have this." Takahashi Nayuki said.
"No, you eat it yourself."
Takahashi Yuya stroked her head, his eyes filled with affection.
The others were busy as well, opening their bags and bundles, taking out the food they had brought to replenish their strength.
However, many of their bodies had undergone mutations.
One young man had grown a tumor on his shoulder, nearly as large as his head, making him look terrifying.
This was caused by drinking polluted water while lacking clean water resources.
Beside him was a girl whose face was covered in pustules of various sizes. The large ones were as big as fists, the small ones like soybeans, and some had even piled atop one another, squeezing her eyes into narrow slits.
There were many more mutants like them, all hideous beyond belief...
Outside the village, Flared Ears paused in his "floor-dragging" posture, stopped walking, slowly stood up, and patted the dust from his large ears.
"That group has stopped. They're in the village ahead."
"Oh..."
The other zombies nodded, their savage eyes fixed ahead.
They were now far from Jiangbei City. The village ahead fell under the Provincial Capital's jurisdiction and was not unclaimed territory.
The zombies they had just cleared out were all underlings of the Provincial Capital Zombie King.
"Those humans actually hid here!" Shrimp Chaser muttered.
Mist was utterly confused. He had joined later and knew nothing about the grudge between Lin Dong and the Provincial Capital Zombie King.
"What's going on here?"
"It's a long story. We have to start with the battle of Linshan City back then. The boss and we broke through the Tech Company, wiped out the Tongchang City Zombie Tide, and even took down a Fat Butcher Zombie King along the way!"
Flared Ears said mysteriously.
"Back then?