Apocalyptic Farmer

Su Yu glanced at Liu Hao, and only after Liu Hao nodded did she hand the S-level zombie scanner to Li Yanan.

Li Yanan took the scanner and immediately fixed her gaze on the red dot in it. As someone who had studied high-end instruments, she couldn't immediately figure out the principle behind the scanner.

Curious, she carefully examined the scanner in her hand. "What...how does this work?"

How did Liu Hao know the underlying principle? It was just a newbie gift pack from the system.

However, he still replied, "It's based on the energy released by the zombies, I suppose."

"That's not the point." Liu Hao paused. "Right now, we only have one second-tier crystal core left. If we want to get stronger, we have to keep hunting second-tier zombies."

Su Yu and Su Miaomiao looked at the center of the cloud warehouse in the distance, their hearts trembled, and they exchanged a glance.

Su Yu said, "I feel like we've been noticed."

Hearing this, everyone felt a chill run down their spines. Liu Hao asked, "A Tier 3 zombie?"

"Yes." Su Yu nodded. "It's warning us not to approach its territory."

"I feel the same way," Su Miaomiao said.

hiss!

The fact that two SSS-level ability users said these words at the same time caused everyone to gasp in shock.

Looking at the crowd eager to become stronger, Li Yanan thought of a solution and blurted it out.

"Why don't we go to Hangzhou with the army? There are plenty of Tier 2 zombies there, and there aren't any Tier 3 zombies yet."

Her scheme was already out in front of everyone.

Liu Hao smiled faintly. Li Yanan reminded him that the zombies in Nanjiang City were already surrounded and difficult to hunt, but the surrounding cities were not so difficult.

"Go back and refuel, we're going to Yangcheng to hunt zombies."

Li Yanan's lips twitched. This Liu Hao would rather go to the neighboring city to hunt zombies than go to the provincial capital to join the army...

This left her feeling utterly helpless.

Suddenly, her walkie-talkie rang.

"Director Li, the Happiness Base has been incorporated into the organization. Please provide further instructions."

Her eyes lit up immediately; when one door closes, another opens. She quickly asked, "Where's Ding Cheng?"

"Ding Cheng has run away."

Liu Hao heard it all clearly. He hadn't expected Ding Cheng to run away, nor had he expected the army to work so quickly and have already completed the incorporation of the Happiness Base.

But where did Ding Cheng go?

It should be noted that Ding Cheng's superpower is SSS-level metal control. Even though he has joined the army, Liu Hao will not let someone who hates him live.

But his disappearance was like a thorn stuck deep in Liu Hao's heart.

If Ding Cheng is hiding there, preparing to ambush me, this would be a huge threat, even more terrifying than a level three zombie.

Li Yanan sighed and rubbed her forehead in exasperation. Her mission this time was to recruit SSS-level superhumans into the army, but the people at the farm disagreed, and Ding Cheng had run away. How was she supposed to explain this?

She pressed the intercom and replied, "Arrange for us to assemble in the provincial capital."

After speaking, she put down the walkie-talkie, handed the S-level zombie scanner back to Su Yu, and looked at Liu Hao, as if asking what to do next.

Liu Hao was wondering whether he should use the Z-20 attack helicopter again. Although the big guy was very convenient, it could only fly for 4-5 hours.

It takes 3 hours to get to Ancheng from here, and you have to refuel at the Ancheng base before you can use it again, which is rather impractical.

However, he couldn't go in here, and the two SSS-level ability users said that this place was an insurmountable territory, which left Liu Hao at a loss for what to do.

"Let's go back to the farm first, then drive to Ancheng." Liu Hao was going to Ancheng not only to hunt zombies, but also to see if there were any more employees to choose from.

After all, the system's tasks also include increasing the number of employees and awakening a second superpower.

These all need to be moved to new cities to continue their development.

But if he goes to Ancheng, he probably won't be able to come back anytime soon. Liu Hao felt that things were gradually getting out of control.

All of this was caused by the birth of this Tier 3 zombie.

We'll kill it sooner or later.

For now, let this Tier 3 zombie swagger around here. Once my team is full of Tier 2 Perfected Ability Users, I'll figure out how to deal with this troublesome zombie.

What they didn't expect was that the third-tier zombie had already noticed the armed helicopter and remembered their scent.

In a small open space in the center of the cloud warehouse, a Tier 3 zombie gazed at the helicopter in the distance. Its green pupils were no longer empty, but rather slightly puzzled.

It raised one of its six hands and pointed in the direction of the helicopter.

If Liu Hao and the others saw this scene, they would definitely be terrified and turn pale.

Those movements, those eyes—they probably possess the intelligence of an eight-year-old child.

As the group drove their WZ-20 helicopters back to the farm, the girl on the motorcycle arrived at Beicheng Times Square in Nanjiang City.

She saw that the tallest building across from Times Square had collapsed, and the last glimmer of hope in her heart began to slowly fade away.

The tallest building she had ever seen since she was a child has already collapsed. Will anyone still have any properties in the neighborhood behind Times Square?

Moreover, she sensed that there was a place in the northern suburbs that she absolutely should not go, as it exuded a strange and dangerous aura.

Lin Xier took a deep breath and drove the motorcycle into the residential area behind Times Square.

Ding Cheng, who was behind them, also drove the Jeep into the residential area.

The community is mostly inhabited by ordinary zombies, with only one or two Tier 1 zombies. The rest of the zombies have been gradually moved away. The once warm and cozy community is now filled with bloodstains and the remains of corpses, resembling a living hell.

Lin Qier glanced at Ding Cheng, then turned around and took out a butterfly knife. As a second-level ability user, first-level and ordinary zombies were like ants in front of her. She fought her way up to the third floor of the residential building.

The door was open, and she felt a vague unease.

Sure enough, as soon as she entered the room, she saw two swaying zombies.

She froze for a moment; the zombies in front of her were her parents.

By this time, they had long since become mindless walking corpses, with bite marks on their bodies, festering skin, and cloudy, white eyes. Gone was their former kindness, gentleness, and tenderness.

Lin Qier had actually been prepared for this, but when she actually saw this scene, she didn't know how to face them.

Is it a zombie, or a parent?

They turned their heads, their cloudy, whitish eyes fixed on Lin Qier. The next moment, they revealed a fierce glint in their eyes, took a step forward, and pounced on the dazed Lin Qier.

Sharp nails pressed against her neck, and her father opened his mouth to bite off Lin Xier's flesh.

At that moment, Lin Xier forgot to resist.

"Dad...Mom..."

Om-!

A flash of lead-gray light severed the zombie's arm and neck, tearing the two zombies apart.

With a thud, the limbs of the two zombies fell to the ground, and the mother's arm fell to Lin Xier's feet.

Ding Cheng strode forward, his tone tinged with confusion: "What are you standing there for? Don't you know this is a zombie!"

Lin Qier slowly raised her head, her eyes reddening, and choked out, "They are my parents!"

"Why did you hit me!"

"Wouldn't it be better to let them kill me?"

Upon hearing Lin Xier's words, Ding Cheng was at a loss for what to do. He had never dealt with boyfriend-girlfriend matters before, so he opened his mouth but then closed it again.

Lin Xier's tears flowed uncontrollably. She squatted on the ground and began piecing together her parents' bodies with her hands.

She broke down in tears, while Ding Cheng simply retreated to the doorway, looking at the residential area outside with a complex expression.

Parents? They must be dead.

They haven't contacted me since the apocalypse.

Ding Cheng is not from the city, but grew up in the countryside. His father is a farmer, but he is very harsh and often beats and scolds his mother and himself.

And the mother, after being beaten, would then beat herself.

Ding Cheng turned to look at Lin Xier, who was trying to calm herself down, and thought to himself: Hehe... I'm so envious.

Suddenly, in the center of the cloud warehouse in the northern suburbs, a third-tier zombie roared, and immediately all the second-tier, first-tier, and ordinary zombies that had gathered launched the first wave of zombie horde towards the entire Nanjiang City, with the cloud warehouse center as the core!