Damn zombies, how dare they disguise themselves as humans!

Cold-blooded?

Luo Tian stared at Wang Xiulan, whose face was contorted with madness.

He really couldn't understand this woman's thought process.

From the moment a child contracts the virus and shows mutated symptoms, it means they are already dead and will eventually become a monster.

Killing a small monster, is that considered cold-blooded?

But Luo Tian still raised his hand to signal to the squad leader and several soldiers beside him: "Don't shoot, the sound of gunfire is too loud, use a knife to deal with it."

In order to find Wang Xiulan, he smashed chairs and shouted beforehand. He had observed the number and distance of the zombies outside and controlled the force and volume to ensure that he would not attract the attention of zombies further away.

But gunshots are different; without a silencer, they're too loud.

Besides, he was only facing an ordinary woman and a small zombie that hadn't fully mutated yet, so there was no need for a gun.

The squad leader was clearly aware of this as well. It was just an emergency response. After Luo Tian reminded him, he didn't insist. He waved for the soldiers to put down their rifles and, along with several other soldiers, took out their personal knives.

The blade was still stained with dark blood, left from the process of escorting the crowd, slashing at zombies, and clearing out the few zombies on the second floor earlier.

"The child is infected, and if we don't get rid of him, we will all be in danger."

The squad leader raised his military knife and glared angrily at Wang Xiulan: "Final warning! Put the child down right now! Otherwise, if we accidentally hurt you, don't blame us."

"You beasts! Beasts!"

Wang Xiulan wouldn't listen to a word, fiercely protecting the child and shouting angrily, "He hasn't changed! Maybe he'll pull through? He's still alive, and you're all so indiscriminate, even harming such a young child! You're all beasts! Beasts! You dare touch him and see what happens!"

"We're just doing this to protect..."

"This woman is also infected with the virus; she's not thinking straight. Why are you wasting your breath talking to her?"

Luo Tian interrupted the class monitor who was trying to persuade him and rushed over first.

But at almost the same time, the child in Wang Xiulan's arms suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes as white as those of the zombies outside, without any pupils.

And after opening his eyes, he instinctively bit Wang Xiulan's shoulder hard.

"ah--"

Wang Xiulan screamed in agony.

The intense pain made her instinctively let go.

"Whoosh!"

Luo Tian, ​​who had originally aimed his dagger at Wang Xiulan, immediately turned it towards the little boy.

Although Wang Xiulan is the mission target, ordinary people are easy to deal with.

In comparison, the mutated zombie boy is clearly a greater threat.

"Pfft!"

The dagger struck accurately, accompanied by a whistling sound.

But perhaps this little brat was a bit special; his head was tilted slightly, causing him to avoid a fatal blow.

It fell to the ground from Wang Xiulan's arms and immediately crawled on all fours, bypassing Luo Tian and rushing straight towards the crowd that was retreating in panic.

Furthermore, they crawl at an extremely fast speed, far exceeding that of slow-moving zombies, and even surpassing that of normal humans.

Hurry up!

Upon seeing this, Luo Tian did not hesitate and immediately activated the skill.

The amplification of speed increased his speed exponentially, making him as swift and unstoppable as lightning.

The moment the little boy leaped up and lunged at the crowd, he grabbed his right leg and simultaneously slashed at it with the dagger in his hand.

"Sizzle—"

The dagger went from bottom to top, all the way to his head.

The tiny body, which had just leaped into the air, suddenly fell softly to the ground.

Only then did the squad leader and several soldiers arrive belatedly, carrying their sabers, staring blankly at the body that had been split in two on the ground.

Then, they all stiffly raised their eyes to look at Luo Tian, ​​as if they had seen a ghost.

Everything happened so fast that it almost dazzled them.

But this is the effect of the 100% speed boost from the Swiftness skill.

Just like a normal person, it takes 13 to 15 seconds to run 100 meters.

The doubling of speed reduces the time to just over 6 seconds, making short-distance sprints feel like flying.

After a long moment of stunned silence, the class monitor finally asked instinctively, "Who...who exactly are you?"

Luo Tian ignored it, or perhaps didn't even notice it, his gaze fixed entirely on the little boy's corpse. He muttered to himself, "Moving so fast, it's not an ordinary zombie. Could it be some kind of mutant?"

He muttered something to himself, then stopped dwelling on it and turned back to walk towards Wang Xiulan, the person in question.

But as soon as Luo Tian reached Wang Xiulan's side, he was stunned again: "The infection spread so quickly? It's only been a short time?"

Wang Xiulan, who was lying on the ground, was convulsing violently, and her eyes were turning deathly white at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye.

This is a sign that you are about to turn into a zombie.

The crucial moment was that only a dozen seconds had passed. That mere dozen seconds of mutation time was countless times faster than the mutation speed of a normal zombie.

Seeing that Wang Xiulan on the ground was gradually stopping her convulsions and about to lie still, Luo Tian could only put aside his doubts, bend down and strike her head through.

The system notification sounded in my mind as I eliminated the target.

Similarly, Luo Tian didn't rush to check. He left as soon as he completed the task to avoid any unforeseen complications or changes.

"Um... young man, I'm sorry, I misunderstood you before. This time, I'm very grateful to you. On behalf of all the survivors here, I thank you for saving my life."

Seeing Luo Tian turn and walk away without a word, the squad leader who followed spoke up again, his attitude much more respectful than before. After all, Luo Tian was so capable, and most importantly, he had saved their lives. His tone was filled with clear gratitude and lingering fear: "This woman was hiding in the crowd with this zombie in her arms, and it was quite special. Not only did it move quickly, but it also infected people very quickly. If it weren't for you, if it had attacked us suddenly in the middle of the night in this crowded space, all of us dozens of people would probably have been wiped out. Just thinking about it now makes me shudder."

"Didn't you check anything after we came in?"

Luo Tian stopped at the bottom of the stairs and looked at the class monitor beside him: "With so many people, there might be some who have been bitten by zombies."

"I was careless."

The squad leader sighed: "We really didn't expect that. We had our men clearing the way and covering the rear all the way, and we even lost several comrades for it. We didn't let them come into contact with the zombies at all. Who would have thought that the child that this woman named Wang Xiulan was holding would be bitten beforehand?"

At this point, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "By the way, young man, how did you know that child was infected?"

I saw it by accident when I got up to pee in the middle of the night.

Luo Tian gave a perfunctory reply.

The reasoning is far-fetched and full of loopholes. Since they saw it, why didn't they warn them or take action directly? Why did they instead look for Wang Xiulan?

But Luo Tian didn't give the squad leader time to continue asking questions. After speaking, he waved his hand and said, "I have to go first. Take care. Don't forget to check again to see if any of the people you are protecting have been bitten by zombies and are hiding it, so that we don't repeat the same mistake. If it happens again, no one will be able to save you."

……

On a rooftop somewhere in the city,

Luo Tian, ​​who had just come up, locked the top-floor iron door behind him.

The reason for choosing to rest in such a place each time is naturally for safety reasons.

After glancing around, Luo Tian sat down on the edge and first opened the target file.

Name: Wang Xiulan

Gender: Female

Age: 38

[Identity: A widow living at home]

[Level: C]

[Event: The hiding of a child bitten by a zombie in a hideout triggers a special mutation that will kill everyone in the hideout.]

[Behavior: Overly maternal, utterly foolish.]

[Commentary: Foolish people should just bring disaster upon themselves; why drag a whole bunch of others down with them?]