Chapter 107: Save the Savior (13)
Chapter 107: Save the Savior (13)
After Ren Zhu was dazed for a moment, he firmly overthrew Mao Gancao and Gou Jianfei’s conjecture. He thought that while he and Yi Xiao, same as the entire ability user team of the Yuan City base, were very likely key figures in saving the apocalypse, the Savior would be the key point for the entire world; neither he nor Yi Xiao had that key point. Therefore, they shouldn’t be the Savior.
If he speculated following the key points and got rid of all interference, what was most important was the meteorite that brought the virus and the zombies infected by the virus. Although ability users were relevant and important entities, it was impossible for ability users by themselves to destroy the apocalyptic virus that had destroyed the entire world; at the most, they could kill all the zombies. But as long as the virus existed, the apocalypse would not end.
Therefore, ability users could be taken out of consideration unless an ability user had a way to eliminate viruses, such as a virus-destroying ability. That sort of person would definitely be a candidate for the Savior. After that, there were those crazy researchers. As long as they could find a way to cure the virus, they would also be the Savior.
“…Just look for these aspects,” Ren Zhu said softly. At any rate, he had to stay in this world for a lifetime; who knew when the Savior would suddenly appear in front of him? Besides, he still cared about the third-level psychic zombie. Zhao Tianfu had used a very strange descriptor for the zombie, “neatly dressed.” A zombie was already without its own thoughts, how could it be neatly dressed?
“Ah, everyone look quickly, there seems to be a mass of something in front?”
The sudden exclamation of Song Qiang, sitting by the bus window, was comparatively loud; it woke up everyone who was already tense and sleeping poorly. They all looked in front of the bus.
Liu Mingqing had the best eyesight; he looked seriously, then couldn’t help but suck in a breath, “Don’t slow down, charge through!!
“All ability users, use your abilities! Protect the bus!!”
At almost the same time as Liu Mingqing spoke, everyone inside the bus moved. Quickly, there were three levels of protection outside the bus and the speed of the bus became twice as fast. With a practically indomitable will and momentum, they charged into the crowd of zombies in front.
From the window, Ren Zhu could see the ferocious and distorted faces of the zombies. The sound of their nails scraping on the window: skreeee: was extremely grating on the ears. However, this wasn’t what made people feel the most anxious. What did was that the zombies seemed to have completely set themselves on their bus; even if they broke through these several hundred zombies blocking the way, the zombies would follow closely behind the bus, howling loudly. It seemed that they were unwilling to give up, even if they didn’t win.
This sort of behavior had not been seen before until now.
“Are they using different methods and abilities to besiege us?!” Zhou Yun asked, incredulously. “They seem to have their IQ and own ideas! Am I seeing this wrong?”
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“You’re not seeing it wrong. You see next to that flame-shooting zombie is a wind ability zombie. The combined effect of those two is simply 1+1 is greater than 2! Did these zombies eat the fruit of knowledge?”
Although everyone’s expressions were nervous, no one was in a frantic condition. Furthermore, many people directly opened the windows and began launching their attacks. Humanity’s nature is to live in groups, therefore people coming together can boost each other’s courage. It was evident at this time that everyone’s courage was not small.
Suddenly, in the center of this city, Ren Zhu felt a different existence. He abruptly turned his head to look toward a place, then he heard Yi Xiao’s voice beside his ear, “That third-level psychic zombie.”
Ren Zhu nodded, “So, he is controlling a lot of zombies to kill us? Is he the next zombie king?”
Jiangshi King Yi completely disagreed that there were other kings in this world and gave a laugh.
Ren Zhu only responded after a while. He didn’t look at the zombie king, he looked at Yi Xiao in shock and said, “Can you speak? This laugh sounds a bit effeminate…”
Jiangshi King Yi then pinched him hard on the butt. The shocked Teacher Ren almost jumped up and shouted ‘Scoundrel!’
“You, you, you…” For several lifetimes, you weren’t such a scoundrel, even when you were that rancorous Qin!
Jiangshi King Yi did not respond to him, he just looked at the situation inside the bus and said, “Don’t speak more, people are about to be controlled.”
Ren Zhu’s heart jumped, he rapidly looked at the situation of the people inside the bus. He then found that many people’s breath had become unstable and a ferocious expression had begun to emerge on their faces.
He called out, “Everyone quiet down! We need to work together as one to resist the zombies! Come on, we’re the best!”
As soon as Ren Zhu finished speaking, Lei Long, Old Ding, and the others who had never heard him speak had goosebumps rise all over their bodies.
Crew Cut stroked his arm and roared, “Can you not be so corny?! Jeez, I’ve got goosebumps all over!”
Ren Zhu pursed his lips, but before he could speak, the displeased Mao Gancao said, “Shut up, ignorant human! Our dage’s ability is also psychic! Did you really not notice that your whole body has been filled with vigor and fighting spirit?! And I felt a little out of control just then but now I’m almost calm.”
After Mao Gancao said this, everyone felt the change in their current mood. Then, their startled expressions changed. They all weren’t fools, it was very easy to imagine what could have happened just then.
“Everyone be careful, anyone who is unable to persevere must cry out. That third-level psychic zombie must be near us. How do you think that mid-sized base was breached? Everyone must not lower their guard,” pointed out Lei Long. Everyone felt cold in their hearts, but the speed at which they killed zombies sped up.
Not long after, there was the sad and shrill cry of a zombie from outside.
The sound seemed to have some kind of magical power to make people anxious and irritable. When everyone heard this sound, they all gained some measure of stiffness. Then, an uneasy feeling came from the bottom of their hearts. The sound became more and more frequent and the mood of everyone inside the bus was nearing the breaking point.
“Shut up! What are you shouting? That voice is so unpleasant, how do you have the nerve to shout? Give me five minutes standing with your mouth shut!!”
When everyone could no longer bear it, Teacher Ren opened the window and directly shouted outside. Then, the world was quiet. The mood of those inside the bus also relaxed, they suddenly discovered that they liked this sort of quiet world.
Then, they heard Ren Zhu’s voice, “Everyone did wonderfully. Right now, we can rest for a little bit in a calm and quiet state of mind. We’ll be able to arrive at our destination quickly.”
The brutal mood that had been provoked just now was suddenly replaced by Ren Zhu’s calm; his soothing voice seemed to calm them down. This time, no one doubted Ren Zhu’s ability.
“Now I want to sing a peaceful song. I feel very calm and steady,” suddenly said an injured aunt.
Then everyone laughed together.
“As expected dage, you need a psychic ability user to appear to face off against a psychic ability zombie!”
Ren Zhu smiled, “It shouldn’t be able to catch up with us again.”
Everyone nodded, “Of course, even if it did catch up, we wouldn’t be afraid.”
Ren Zhu did not say any more. He had a rather strange feeling, that the third-level psychic zombie would not catch up with them because it already knew it could not achieve its objective, and so it would not keep working toward a futile goal. This was just his feeling and conjecture, but Ren Zhu felt that it should be correct.
But, if his conjecture wasn’t mistaken, then he shouldn’t call that third-level psychic zombie “it,” but instead “he.” This time, he actually did want to see that third-level psychic zombie and see if he really did have his own thoughts and intelligence. And these thoughts and intelligence, were they his own, or did they slowly develop?
“…” No way to know.
Ren Zhu said no more. The rest of the journey was comparatively smooth. At a little past eight in the morning, they arrived at the second of the suddenly destroyed mid-sized bases.
This base looked even more ruined than the previous base. At least the buildings of the previous base had, for the most part, remained in one piece; some facilities, equipment, and food could be found and used. However, this mid-sized base looked like some frightful, insane things had beaten it into a wreck. The wall of the base was heavily damaged, more than half of it had collapsed. When the bus drove into the base, they saw that many of the buildings had met with devastating damage.
“This doesn’t seem like the work of zombies,” Fatty Jin furrowed his eyebrows. “Zombies don’t typically smash and loot.”
“But it can’t be human infighting either, right? If it was human infighting, the buildings in this base wouldn’t be so completely destroyed, right?”
“No, look at this mark, it looks like it was caused by a zombie’s ability and nails! Christ, did this base pop the zombie king’s chrysanthemum?! So he had the zombies destroy it so frenetically?” Crew Cut shouted while studying the area, his appearance seeming quite strange.
Then Old Ding next to him laughed, “Yeah, not only did this base pop the zombie king’s chrysanthemum, it also stole the zombie king’s wife, so the zombie king led the zombies to take turns.”
Everyone, “…”
Teacher Ren coughed twice, “You two, there are still underage children here. Please pay attention to choosing words in a civilized manner. Don’t speak so carelessly.”
Crew Cut and Old Ding hadn’t heard something like this in over ten years. On hearing this, the two found it very funny and turned to look at Ren Zhu.
Crew Cut laughed, “Teacher Ren, at this time, you’re still so serious? Come punish me, teacher! I’ll just do whatever and say whatever~”
Everyone, “…” This behavior was really calling for a spanking.
Teacher Ren smiled, “Okay, go run ten laps around the main square and then shout, ‘I will not use obscene language any more.’”
Crew Cut, “???
“Hahaha, are you playing with me?”
Before Crew Cut stopped laughing, he couldn’t stop his body from being controlled to run around the square. Even if he firmly clenched his jaw shut, he couldn’t stop himself from yelling while running, “I will not use obscene language any more! I will not use obscene language any more! I will not use obscene language any more! I will not…”
Everyone, “!!!” They silently took a step back, thinking over if they had done any uncivilized behavior. Ah, very good, they hadn’t.
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The author has something to say:
Teacher Ren: Let’s all be civilized, saving the apocalypse depends on everyone!
Everyone: Still be civilized in the apocalypse…mn, let’s be civilized!
Even if it’s Christmas, there are no days off. Humph.