Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 270 Those Five Boys

He Yan looked down at his skin and bones, his hands devoid of any color. No, these could no longer be called hands; they were clearly claws.

He didn't dare to think about what his face and eyes looked like anymore.

The culprit who caused all this turned his head and looked north; those bastards were still waiting for him to take the kids over to replace them.

Replace them?
Why would they want to replace them? Their mothers have already been bitten to death by him.

Thinking of this, He Yan's frustration and anger dissipated by more than half.

Those guys, relying on their superior physical strength, acted like friends when they were alone with him, but in reality, he had to do whatever they said. Once, he even overheard them saying that if it weren't for his sister working at the management office, they wouldn't even bother with him.

It's as if he wants to pay attention to them; if no one else were playing, he wouldn't bother with them at all.

To think about such things at a time like this only shows that He Yan is still just a seventeen-year-old spoiled boy. It's fortunate that others don't know what he's thinking, or they'd be speechless.

Seeing that Lan Junliang's words had affected He Yan, Li Si wiped away his tears and was about to quietly move forward a few steps to find an opportunity to save Xiao He.

Although being scratched by a zombie means she can't escape infection, at least she can't be bitten again, because she's very afraid of pain.

But at that moment, the little girl, who had been calmly held in front of him, turned her head and looked up at He Yan. Her pure eyes were like a clear pool of water. When she looked at He Yan, there was neither fear nor disgust in them, only sympathy and pity.

After all, in her view, being infected and turning into a zombie would mean death, but wasn't this person just like herself? He was already dead.

He Yan looked down and met the girl's gaze for a few seconds. His body's original thirst for blood seemed to be suppressed by her gaze. He resisted the urge to swallow and slowly released his grip on her shoulders.

The child was only a few years younger than him and had no grudge against him, so why did he kill her?
Nearly three years into the apocalypse, the fact that He Yan still has this thought can only mean that he has been too well protected by his family. What used to be a flaw has now become a strength.

He has never taken a life, let alone killed a child.

He looked down at Xiao He, then slowly backed away. He turned around and was about to run north when he had only run about ten meters when a gust of wind suddenly came from behind him, followed by a force that hit his lower back. His body flew forward uncontrollably and finally crashed heavily to the ground with a thud.

Does it hurt?

Of course, he couldn't possibly feel that way. Even as he was about to get up, a sharp blade slashed past his side with a clang. Turning his head, he saw that the clothes on his right arm were torn, revealing a shallow mark on his skin.

skin?

No, it could no longer be called skin; it was black with a yellowish tinge, resembling both copper and iron. But strangely, blood would still flow out after it was cut, if that dark liquid could even be called blood.

"Hey, this zombie has actually been messed up."

Old Sheng stomped hard on He Yan's back, pressing him so hard he couldn't even get up. He tapped He Yan's arm with his long sword, making a clanging sound; it was as hard as copper or iron.

Damn it, what the hell did those guys inject him with?
His mind remained clear, his body as stiff as iron, but his face was half-rotten and reeked of a foul stench.

He couldn't fathom how utterly depraved one must be to develop such a harmful drug.

Lan Junliang breathed a sigh of relief the moment he saw Lao Sheng appear. He wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and was about to step forward to explain to Lao Sheng the changes He Yan underwent in the short period of time after turning into a zombie.

However, before he could get close, he saw the person who had been curiously tapping the zombie with a knife a moment ago suddenly swing the knife and slash at its neck.

The words he wanted to shout got stuck in Lan Junliang's throat, making his face turn red.

"Well, thankfully my neck isn't that stiff."

With this one strike, Lao Sheng severed half of the zombie He Yan's neck. He Yan, who had been struggling to get up, could only lie on the ground like a crooked-necked chicken, twitching his limbs and struggling in his death throes.

"Let you leave in a more comfortable way."

Although this guy is special, they don't have the habit of studying zombies. After all, Old Huo already had a report on what a zombie virus is.

This boy named He Yan was nothing more than a test subject, injected with the zombie virus, and then released into Pengcheng to cause chaos.

No matter what kind of drug it is, once we find that laboratory, we'll destroy it all and prevent it from existing.

Old Sheng raised his hand and swung his knife, but at that moment, the zombie that he had been stepping on and was about to die suddenly burst out with unexpected power. It used its arms to support its body and pushed off his restraint. The instant his foot left Old Sheng's back, it suddenly lunged forward.

Without hesitation, Lao Sheng followed immediately, his usually carefree face becoming unusually serious.

This thing actually has such explosive power?

What shocked him even more was that the zombies that got up and ran away were no less fast than him, a speed-type ability user. Although they were not far behind him, they could not catch up with him immediately either.

It's obvious that this is a zombie with speed-based superpowers.

It not only has speed, but also power.

Recalling its body, as hard as copper and iron, Lao Sheng suspected that this thing even possessed metal-type superpowers.

In other words, besides being a zombie, it also possesses three types of supernatural abilities.

Damn it, what are those bastards trying to do after developing this drug?

If they capture enough ordinary people, they can inject them all with this drug.
Thinking of this possibility, Lao Sheng's eyes darkened. He suddenly accelerated, leaped up, and slashed at the zombie's neck, which was half-attached to its body and had its head tilted on its shoulder.

Clang!
The cut missed slightly, colliding with the zombie He Yan's shoulder, producing the same metallic clanging sound.

After this attack, the zombie, which felt no pain, did not slow down and quickly distanced itself from Gang Laosheng.

However, this time Lao Sheng didn't rush to chase, but instead prepared to attack from behind.

Having calculated the route and arrived at the stone tree ahead of time, when the zombie He Yan just appeared in sight, he only glanced at its whole body before focusing his attention on its tilted head. Then, he darted out and swiftly and accurately chopped off its neck with the long knife in his hand.

His head rolled off his shoulder, but He Yan's legs continued to run forward out of inertia until he had run more than twenty meters before he staggered and collapsed to the ground. His head rolled a few times on the ground behind him, and finally lay still with its gray eyes wide open.

At the same time, at the entrance of the North Gate, five boys, covered in dust, walked to the stone gate, knocked on it, and said to the soldiers on guard inside, "Hello, we are the group that left the city earlier. We were trapped in Gaocheng because of the heavy rain, and we just escaped from there today. Please open the gate and let us in."

Were you trapped outside again, and only just got back now?

The last person to say that has now turned into a zombie.

The young soldier didn't move. Not only did he not move, he also used his walkie-talkie to notify the patrol team outside the city not to come back for the time being and to avoid the five people.

"Brother, we really do live there, in the No. 32 residential area. Our family lives in Building 8. He Ningzhu from the management office is our sister, really. You can call and ask if you don't believe me. She's the one who registered us when we left the city. My name is..."

The people outside were shivering from the cold, eager to get into the city and go home.

Unfortunately, the young soldier remained unmoved and ignored them completely.

The knocking on the door lasted for about ten minutes, then suddenly stopped. Not only did the knocking stop, but the talking also ceased.

The young soldier felt something was amiss, turned around to look at a specially designated spot, and then his eyes widened in surprise.

He took two steps back, called over his comrade on the other side, pointed outside the door, and then turned and ran towards the duty room.

"Team Leader Shi, Team Leader Shi, five more zombies have arrived outside. They're the same five who went out and didn't come back. They turned into zombies shortly after they reached the door. Yes, they didn't open the door. Okay, I got it."

"Captain Qiao, Captain Qiao, calling Captain Qiao. Five zombies have arrived at the North Gate. He Yan, whom you had me watching, turned into a zombie half an hour ago. He also possessed three types of superpowers and was still conscious. Now? He's been killed by Captain Shi."

As the young soldier reported the incident, the five boys at the door initially froze, unable to speak, then trembled uncontrollably, and finally stood motionless as if they had all been put on pause.

But another soldier, watching through the video screen inside the door, clearly saw that the faces of the men almost instantly lost all color, turning ashen and lifeless. Then, veins bulged from their necks, covering their entire faces. Even as the veins spread across the faces of two of them, half of their faces were visibly rotting.

The faces of the other three were not rotten, but they were not much better off, and one of them had lost an eyeball for some unknown reason.

Yes, it's like when an eyeball that was originally in its socket suddenly rolls out without warning, leaving a dark, eerie hole.

Even the young soldier, who considered himself well-informed, couldn't help but swallow hard.

He had seen zombies before, even at the very beginning of the apocalypse, but he had never seen anything like this.

Turning living people into zombies through artificial means is utterly inhumane!
The process of the five people turning into zombies took about ten minutes, and then...
The other soldier who went to inform others has returned, and all fifteen guards on duty are in place. They stand inside the heavy stone door, their eyes fixed intently on the five zombies.

I don't feel much of a sense of crisis, but I'm really itching to go out and chop them down.

However, the Stone Team had given orders that they were not allowed to open the door without permission, so naturally no one dared to disobey the order.

Not long after, Shi Jiashu arrived, accompanied by Jiang Minglang and Bai Li, who was heavily pregnant.

After the heavy rain, several children fell ill, and Cheng Siyun was so busy that she didn't even have time to eat.

Bai Li was delivering food to Cheng Siyun at the orphanage and also took Zeng Mei there for a medical check-up.

The hospital, which isn't far away, had a doctor who visited yesterday; two of the children were diagnosed with pneumonia. Before the apocalypse, this disease wasn't a big deal, but now, in this post-apocalyptic world with extreme medicine shortages, forget about recovering quickly; just not getting worse is considered lucky.

When the children were admitted to the orphanage, they were all skin and bones, with extremely poor physical condition. To put it bluntly, let alone pneumonia, even a common cold could very well kill them.

Cheng Siyun spent a month taking great care of them, but it only brought some improvement. It would take at least six months for them to recover to a healthy level.

After all, even if it's a fix, it's not something that can be done overnight.

But getting sick before they've fully recovered is practically a death sentence for them.

Bai Li understood this, so she brought Zeng Mei along.

Zeng Mei, who possesses self-healing abilities, was severely injured during a kidnapping by You Junyan's men. As she healed herself, she awakened her healing abilities.

It's also possible that the two are complementary, but she was too well protected before, and since she didn't go out, she wouldn't get injured. The minor scratches she usually got didn't serve as training, so she never had the chance to awaken her healing ability.

Zeng Mei cured the lung inflammation of two children and then saw several others with colds and fevers. Afterwards, she and Bai Li had just left the orphanage when Jiang Minglang's car passed by the gate.

Bai Li's green ivy has the function of tracking and investigation. Although the zombies have been brought under control, the instigators are still outside the city. Today, they want to find them in one fell swoop.

Qiao Fei had been wandering around outside the city for the past few days, and he hadn't come away empty-handed. He had almost figured out the pattern of those people's move and had also marked out an area.

Even without the zombie outbreak today, Jiang Minglang would have taken Bai Li and Qiao Fei out of the city tomorrow to kill those disgusting bastards.

Now five more have appeared outside the city, also citizens of their city, and teenagers of seventeen or eighteen years old.

Jiang Minglang suspected that they might have already arrested a lot of ordinary people, just waiting to pull off a big operation like this.

Before he arrived at the city gate, Lan Junliang had already reported that He Yan was conscious when he first became a zombie, and that his body would become stronger as the time he spent as a zombie increased.

In other words, He Yan, now a zombie, will have his superpowers awaken one by one. No, it can't be called awakening; it's just that after a certain period of time, the drugs take effect in his body.

Therefore, if He Yan, who has turned into a zombie, is not killed in time, he may grow into a super-powerful zombie with several different types.

Fortunately, He Yan was previously just a clueless and useless teenager who didn't know how to use his superpowers. Furthermore, his previous admiration and fear of people like them led him to run away rather than fight upon seeing Lan Junliang.

Otherwise, based on the three types of supernatural abilities he displayed, Lan Junliang might be dead by now.

But what if this drug were used on people with superpowers or those with strong combat abilities?
Wouldn't that make us invincible?

good night!