His Final Words Were Kind

Lin Dong analyzed the situation as well. Of all the awakened ones he had hunted, Lü Hao was probably the strongest.

An earth-type ability, combining offense and defense.

But it was time to end this...

With a thought from Lin Dong, his domain expanded to its limit. A powerful pressure descended, making Lü Hao's body sink as he nearly collapsed to the ground.

His body was severely overdrawn. He had already reached his limit.

Lin Dong flashed forward and threw a punch into his chest.

"Boom!"

The blow shattered the dirt around Lü Hao. He flew backward like a kite with its string cut, smashing through the wall behind him and flying out of the building.

"Cough! Cough, cough!"

Lü Hao lay on the ground, coughing up blood without stop. He could no longer stand. The bright light outside felt especially blinding to him.

A group of zombies was already closing in around him.

Tank was among them, tossing a head in his right hand like a ball. It was the Red-Faced Zombie King's head...

Little Eight was there too. Blood still dripped from his sharp bone claws as he wore an eerie smile and tilted his head to examine the man on the ground.

Behind them stood more than a thousand elite zombies. Having just defeated Red Face and gone through a slaughter, their excitement had yet to fade.

"Am I going to die..."

Lü Hao stared at those horrifying faces, his vision growing increasingly blurry.

He had long imagined this day would come, but he had not expected it to arrive so soon. He was about to leave this cruel world. From now on, everything would have nothing to do with him anymore. At this moment, Lü Hao looked somewhat relieved.

Then he should say a proper goodbye...

Lin Dong walked over, lowered his head, and looked at him. He found Lü Hao's gaze complicated, yet carrying a sense of release.

"Is there anything you want to say?"

"Uh..."

Lü Hao froze. He had not expected this zombie to speak. Its voice was low and magnetic, completely unlike the cold-blooded creature that had just killed people.

For some reason, he suddenly had the illusion that the one standing before him was human.

"Cough... cough. Kid, I know you're strong, but don't get cocky. Tech Company... isn't as simple as you think. They have many classified plans... plans they won't reveal to the public. Those are what truly matter..."

"Mm."

Lin Dong nodded. He had already guessed as much. Naturally, their true trump cards would not be casually announced online. The Zombie Elimination Plan and King Hunt Operation were merely meant to boost public credibility.

Lü Hao's gaze became increasingly unfocused, and he began muttering two words.

"Wraiths... wraiths... They're feeding zombies... cultivating wraiths."

A chilly breeze swept past, and Lü Hao's pupils dilated.

He had completely stopped breathing.

The surroundings fell silent. Tank stopped playing with Red Face's head and turned to quietly ask Doctor beside him.

"Hey, what did that human just mean?"

"Emmm... with your intelligence, I don't know how to explain it to you," Doctor said after thinking for a moment.

"Oh..."

Tank nodded as if he understood.

But after thinking it over, he felt that something was off.

Was Doctor calling him stupid?

Little Eight and the others came to Lin Dong's side, tilting their heads as they examined Lü Hao's corpse.

"My king, I think what that human said before dying was pretty good."

"This is called, 'When a man is about to die, his words are kind.'"

Lin Dong tossed out a literary phrase.

The surrounding zombies were even less capable of understanding it, especially Tank. But his thirst for knowledge was particularly strong.

"Huh? Boss, what does that mean again?"

"It means... if a human speaks unpleasantly, beat him until he's about to die, and then he'll start speaking nicely."

"Oh, so that's how it is!"

Tank understood this time. Having learned something new, he was delighted and treated it as a profound saying.

As expected of the boss. Everything he said made sense.

At the same time, Tank cast a contemptuous glance at Doctor beside him, as if to say... if you couldn't explain it clearly to me, that meant there was something wrong with your intelligence!

With that, the great battle came to an end.

The streets were covered in chunks of flesh, severed limbs, and broken arms. As far as the eye could see, everything was a mess.

A flock of pitch-black crows cawed as they pecked at the scraps of flesh on the ground. To scavengers, zombie meat was especially delicious.

"Let's go. We're heading back!"

Lin Dong issued the command.

"Roar—"

The zombies behind him let out savage roars. Victorious from the great battle, they were like triumphant soldiers returning from war, their hearts brimming with excitement.

They had taken down the Red-Faced Zombie King, and their territory had expanded.

From the skyscraper all the way to the park, their territory was now three times larger than before.

After this battle, Lin Dong had obtained six Crystal Cores. It was truly a tremendous haul.

Over the following days.

Lin Dong continued lying low at home as usual.

He absorbed Crystal Cores, ate flesh, drank blood, and constantly replenished his energy.

Tank, Little Eight, and Doctor had been rather busy lately, though. With their territory expanded, the three kings had recruited plenty of new underlings.

Their forces had gone from two thousand to ten thousand in the blink of an eye, and their numbers continued to grow.

Thus, Lin Dong had become a Zombie King commanding a horde of ten thousand zombies!

But he still felt that was not enough. If there were a "hundred" in front of it, it would barely be acceptable...

Moreover, those newly recruited underlings were not elite enough. They were only stationed along the outer edges of the territory.

The original two thousand elite zombies still guarded the area around the skyscraper, serving as Lin Dong's "personal guard"!

After the territory expanded.

Tank was the happiest of all. Whenever he had nothing to do, he wandered around and patrolled back and forth, becoming a regular street prowler to see whether there were any intruders or anything that had sneaked in.

When he got lucky, he could even catch a few survivors for a snack. Life was going wonderfully...

His underlings were already living so comfortably, and Lin Dong was even more carefree.

After that battle, no one dared to provoke him anymore.

And without realizing it.

Lin Dong had become humanity's nightmare!

On Tech Company's official website, the photos of Lü Hao and the others had all turned gray and white, indicating that this King-Hunting Action Squad had been completely wiped out!

Since Tech Company began its operations, casualties had been common, but a total wipeout was a first.

People paid particular attention to this incident.

"Lü Hao was a B+-rank awakened one, yet he was actually killed by zombies!"

"That's awful... an entire squad died!"

"I really don't know what they encountered."

"A Wraith Zombie, obviously! I heard a drone caught it on camera!"

"Really?"

"..."

Lin Dong scrolled down and found that there really was a photograph. Since it had been taken from very far away, it was not particularly clear.

It showed a young figure standing at the edge of a skyscraper rooftop.

A flock of crows circled around him.

It had a somewhat dark aesthetic.

The comments on the photo had already surpassed those discussing the King-Hunting Action Squad's annihilation.

"Holy crap! Is that really a zombie?"

"It feels... so oppressive!"

"It's way too blurry, though. The crows are blocking it too, so you can't see his face."

"This isn't an ordinary zombie. It's a Wraith Zombie! Who knows how many people it has slaughtered."

"Even so... why do I think he's so handsome?"