Smash the Supermarket

For the next while.

Lin Dong stayed holed up at home, constantly eating meat and training Zombie Underling in his spare time.

Zombie Underling improved rapidly.

It had already mastered how to use weapons, even upgrading from a machete to a crossbow.

And over these three days.

Lin Dong ate a great deal of flesh and blood, digesting it quickly and absorbing massive amounts of energy. Conservatively speaking, he had eaten at least ten cows!

His body was evolving at a rapid pace, and his physique was growing ever more formidable.

Lin Dong's skin was now as tough as rubber. When a dagger scraped across it, it left only a faint white mark.

Conventional human weapons could no longer hurt him.

"My brain is so itchy... It feels like something's about to grow..."

Lin Dong held a wineglass and rolled his neck.

This was a sign that he was about to advance from C Rank to B Rank. Once he reached B Rank, a Crystal Core would form inside his skull.

His overall strength would increase dramatically, and he would awaken an ability as well.

Every zombie possessed a different ability. Some were basic, such as rapid regeneration, super infection, or growing bone spurs. Others were exceptionally bizarre, such as hallucination, dream invasion, Mind Control, and so on.

Zombies with bizarre abilities could kill without a trace.

They gave all living creatures a terrible headache.

Lin Dong had no idea what ability he would awaken. In his previous life, he had lacked sufficient flesh and blood to support his evolution and never reached that stage. Before he could even make a name for himself, he had died halfway there...

Now, he raised his wineglass and took a sip.

His posture was exceptionally elegant.

Energy was being absorbed.

After eating flesh and blood for the past few days, Lin Dong had come to a conclusion: beef tasted best, followed by pork, with chicken coming last.

But when it came to blood, chicken blood tasted the best.

People often said someone was "pumped full of chicken blood."

After drinking chicken blood, Lin Dong's cells became more active and absorbed energy faster. Even a hint of color appeared on his pale face.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Lin Dong was sitting on the sofa drinking his "beverage" when repeated smashing sounds came from the street outside. With a zombie's keen hearing, he could easily pick them up.

"Who's doing that?"

Lin Dong walked to the windowsill and leaned over to look down at the street.

He found a group of humans, heavily wrapped up, with newspapers around their arms and tape wound over them to prevent zombie bites.

They carried weapons such as wrenches and crowbars. One of them even had a frying pan...

The burly man at the front was fat and stocky, around six feet tall and close to two hundred pounds. Holding a fire axe, he was smashing a locked rolling shutter.

Eighty! Eighty! Eighty!

The fire axe whistled through the air, throwing sparks with every blow.

The rolling shutter was at the supermarket Lin Dong had previously opened.

It was obvious.

After several days of consumption, these people had run out of food.

Left with no choice, they had risked coming out to find something to eat.

"This supermarket was stocked well before. Once we smash it open, we'll have no worries about food or drink!" The leading strongman glared fiercely as he continued smashing away, not daring to waste a moment.

Because they knew the violent impacts would definitely attract zombies.

"Brother Wang... hurry up! The zombies are coming!"

A man said in panic.

On the street, littered with mutilated corpses and bloodstains, five or six zombies had already been drawn over. Roaring, they sprinted toward them.

Some zombies, starved without fresh flesh to replenish themselves, had begun to rot. Their hair was nearly gone, making them look like webnovel authors who stayed up all night writing.

In their extreme hunger, the zombies looked ferocious and horrifying enough to make one's hair stand on end.

"Oh my god! That's terrifying!"

One man was so frightened by the zombies that his legs went weak.

The leading strongman gritted his teeth and forced out a few words.

"You hold them off first. The lock is about to break!"

"Fine! Let's fight the zombies!"

Another man roared.

He swung his crowbar and charged at the incoming zombies.

Four men clashed with the zombies. Those zombies were too low-level, their limbs stiff and less agile than humans', and their heads were smashed again and again.

Blood sprayed everywhere, and bodies kept falling.

But there were too many zombies, pouring in from all directions. Some even jumped directly from the rooftops, like dumplings dropping into a pot...

The group soon ran out of strength.

For ordinary people, lasting two minutes under full-force attacks was already impressive.

"It hurts... I got bitten! Come save me!"

The timid man from before had his palm bitten by a zombie, his face twisted in pain.

"Xiao Feng!"

The others wanted to help him, but they had no strength to spare.

And after being bitten by a zombie.

He would become a zombie too!

They could only watch as he was swallowed by four or five zombies and then torn apart.

The man's agonized screams echoed through the sky.

Upstairs, Lin Dong took a sip of scarlet liquid and watched the spectacle. He had no idea why they were wasting their effort smashing into his supermarket...

Everything inside had long been put into his storage space.

The man's screams quickly faded. Just as he was being torn apart, Brother Wang, the leading strongman, revealed an excited expression.

"The lock's open! Get inside!"

Rattle!

He immediately pulled open the rolling shutter.

Upon hearing that sound, the others seemed to hear heavenly music. Their faces lit up with joy, and they all turned and scrambled through the shutter.

But as one person ran, a half-bodied zombie on the ground grabbed his ankle.

Thud!

He immediately fell flat on his face. Anxious, he desperately crawled toward the rolling shutter.

"Brothers, quick! Help me!"

The people who had gotten inside hurriedly grabbed his arms and pulled him in with all their strength.

But the zombies behind him were already pouncing onto him one after another.

No matter how hard they tried.

They could not pull him inside.

And the fallen man's body happened to be wedged in the rolling shutter, preventing it from closing.

Several zombies also crazily squeezed through the gap beneath the door.

"Brother Wang! What do we do?"

The two men looked desperate.

The strongman swung his fire axe and smashed several zombie heads. Gritting his teeth, he said,

"We can't save him! Throw him out! We have to close the door now!"

"What? But..."

The two men looked shocked and could not bear to abandon their companion.

But they still released him in perfect unspoken agreement.

"You... save me!"

The man on the ground looked despairing. Dragged by the zombies, his body kept sliding outward, but his instinctive will to survive made him dig all ten fingers into the edge of the rolling shutter.

At that moment, the leading strongman's eyes turned red as he raised his fire axe.

He brought it straight down on those hands!

Splat!

The man's palms were severed. He immediately screamed as his body was dragged completely outside, then swallowed by the roars.

And at last, the rolling shutter closed completely with a rattle!

"Not bad..."

Lin Dong silently mused from the windowsill. He felt they had performed fairly well, breaking into his supermarket at the cost of only two deaths.

Especially that leading strongman. His final move had been very wise.

Unfortunately...

There was nothing in his store. ┓( ´∀` )┏