I'm a zombie, what's the point of awakening the yellow-haired system?

"Leader," Mu Qing handed over a strange device, "This is a new energy weapon developed in the laboratory. Maybe it can deal with it."

Zhang Chen took the device, a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes: "Everyone, cover me!"

He rushed out of the shelter, raised his energy weapon and aimed it at the flying monster in the air. A dazzling beam of light shot out and hit the monster in the abdomen.

"Roar!" The flying mutant beast let out a painful roar and its body began to smoke.

Zhang Chen continued shooting, and the energy beams continued to hit the mutant beast.

Finally, the flying mutant beast let out a shrill scream and fell from the sky.

"Success!" Cheers broke out in the team.

The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the dilapidated streets, and the air was filled with dust and the smell of burning. The team stopped at an abandoned gas station and prepared to take a short break. The surrounding buildings had long been in ruins, with bullet holes and cracks on the walls, and occasionally the roar of zombies could be heard from afar.

The little fangirl in the team, named Lin Xiaomo, is young, beautiful and full of energy. She wears a tight white T-shirt that outlines her slender waist and a denim skirt that reveals her long legs. She has a high ponytail that sways gently with her movements, making her look particularly playful. She always has a bright smile on her face, as if the haze of the doomsday world cannot cover her radiance.

Lin Xiaomo walked cautiously to Zhang Chen, holding a bowl of steaming instant noodles. There was a hint of shyness and anticipation in her eyes, and her cheeks were slightly flushed.

"Brother Zhang Chen, are you hungry? I made some noodles for you, eat them while they're hot." Her voice was crisp and pleasant, with a hint of coquettishness.

Zhang Chen was sitting around a shabby table with several captains, discussing the next battle plan. He raised his head and glanced at Lin Xiaomo calmly, without any ripples in his eyes.

"Thank you. Leave it there." His voice was cold and distant, as if he didn't care at all about Lin Xiaomo's hospitality.

Lin Xiaomo's smile froze slightly, but she quickly adjusted herself, put the instant noodles in front of Zhang Chen, and sat down on the chair next to him.

"Brother Zhang Chen, what are you discussing? Can I listen?" She tilted her head and blinked her big eyes, trying to get Zhang Chen's attention.

Zhang Chen frowned, obviously displeased by her intervention. He turned his head and continued to discuss tactics with the captains, completely ignoring Lin Xiaomo's presence.

A trace of disappointment flashed across Lin Xiaomo's face, but she did not give up. She gently pulled Zhang Chen's sleeve, with a hint of grievance in her voice.

"Brother Zhang Chen, please don't ignore me. I...I just want to help."

Zhang Chen finally became a little impatient. He looked at her coldly with a hint of warning in his tone.

"Lin Xiaomo, now is the time to discuss the battle plan, not the time to chat. If you have nothing to do, go help others organize supplies."

Lin Xiaomo's face turned pale instantly, she bit her lip, tears flashed in her eyes. But she quickly lowered her head, stood up silently, and left Zhang Chen's side.

Seeing this, the captains around looked at each other with a hint of helplessness and sympathy in their eyes. They all knew Zhang Chen's character. He was always indifferent to girls who took the initiative to show their affection, especially those who were as enthusiastic as Lin Xiaomo.

"Zhang Chen, you are too unkind." One of the captains couldn't help but say, "The girl is so nice to you, you should at least give her some response."

Zhang Chen sneered, with a hint of disdain in his eyes.

"In this doomsday world, emotions are the most useless thing. What we need is not love, but the strength to survive."

The captains fell silent after hearing this. They knew Zhang Chen was right, but they still felt sorry for Lin Xiaomo.

Lin Xiaomo walked aside and sorted out the supplies silently. Her eyes were slightly red, but she tried hard not to let the tears flow down. She looked up at Zhang Chen in the distance, her heart filled with complicated emotions.

"Why...why won't he just look at me?" she asked herself silently in her heart.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps in the distance, and a team member ran over breathlessly with a panicked look on his face.

"Oh no! A large group of zombies are approaching us!"

Zhang Chen stood up immediately, with a sharp light flashing in his eyes.

"Everyone, prepare to fight!"

The team instantly entered a tense state, and the team members picked up their weapons and prepared for the upcoming battle. Lin Xiaomo also quickly adjusted his mood, tightened his weapon, and a hint of determination flashed in his eyes.

"Brother Zhang Chen, I will prove to you...I am not just a girl who can only act like a spoiled child."

She took a deep breath, followed the team, and rushed towards the oncoming zombie horde.

Chapter 699 Be careful!

As the dusk deepened, the smell of blood filled the air. Zhang Chen held a modified military dagger in his hand, and every move he made was clean and sharp, full of murderous intent. His black tactical uniform was stained with the smelly blood of zombies, but this did not affect his speed at all.

"boom!"

With a gunshot, Zhang Chen accurately blew off the head of a zombie. Suddenly, his pupils shrank slightly, and he noticed a different zombie in the crowd. The zombie's movements were obviously more flexible than the other zombies, and - there was a faint blue light flickering between its palms.

"The superpower...turned into a zombie?" Zhang Chen narrowed his eyes, alarm bells ringing in his heart.

He quickly rolled over to avoid several zombies that rushed towards him, while observing the special zombie. Its clothes were tattered, but it could be vaguely seen that they were the uniforms of a certain research institute. This reminded Zhang Chen of the missing students.

"Captain! Over here!" a team member shouted, "We found the institute's logo!"

Zhang Chen rushed over quickly and saw several documents scattered next to a fresh corpse. He killed the zombies that were approaching and picked up the documents to quickly browse through them.

Suddenly, his movements stopped.

"Damn..." He clenched the paper in his hand, a trace of pain flashed in his eyes, "It turned out to be that laboratory..."

Three months ago, his three most proud students: Lin Yue, Su Yu, and Zhang Xiaoning accepted a secret mission and went to the underground laboratory in City X to investigate abnormal energy fluctuations. After that, they lost contact.

"boom!"

Suddenly, the zombie with blue light let out a scream, and the surrounding air instantly condensed into ice!

"Everyone, retreat!" Zhang Chen shouted, and at the same time a ball of fire condensed in his right hand.

Lin Xiaomo saw this scene not far away and exclaimed: "Brother Zhang Chen, be careful! That zombie...it seems to be..."

Zhang Chen gritted his teeth. He recognized her - it was one of his students, Lin Yue. She was originally an ice-type mutant, but now she looked like this.

"Yueyue...I'm sorry..." Zhang Chen said in a low voice, with a hint of determination in his eyes.

The zombie seemed to react to the voice, paused for a moment, tilted its head and looked at Zhang Chen. At this moment, a glimmer of humanity seemed to flash in its eyes.

"Woo...Teacher..." It made an unclear sound.

Zhang Chen's heart suddenly tightened. At this moment, the sounds of fighting around him seemed to have disappeared, leaving only him and this former student.

"Give me a quick death...please..."

Zombie Lin Yue said this sentence with difficulty, and then fell into a state of rage again, rushing towards Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, only determination remained in his eyes. The flames in his hands surged, and were particularly dazzling in the moonlight.

"Rest in peace, Yueyue."

A ray of hot flame pierced through the zombie's chest, and Lin Yue's body slowly fell down, but a smile of relief appeared at the corner of her mouth.

After the battle, Zhang Chen squatted beside Lin Yue's body and found a blood-stained notebook in her pocket. He opened the first page and saw the following words written crookedly:

"Teacher, I'm sorry, we may not be able to go back."

"There are traitors in the laboratory. They are studying how to transform people with special abilities into super zombies. Su Yu and Xiao Ning were taken to the third underground floor... I escaped, but... I have been infected... Please... save them..."

Zhang Chen clenched his fists, his nails digging deep into his palms. He stood up, his eyes filled with cold murderous intent.

"Wait for me, I will find you." He whispered, "As for those who hurt you..."

Lin Xiaomo, who was far away, looked at Zhang Chen's back and understood for the first time why he was so cold. That was not his innate character, but the armor imposed on him by fate.

"Brother Zhang Chen..." she whispered softly, her eyes full of heartache.

Deep in the dilapidated underground laboratory, behind a rusty iron door, is a creepy exhibition room. The dim light flickers, casting strange shadows on the walls. The air is filled with a strange smell mixed with preservatives and wax.

Zhang Chen's flashlight beam swept across the exhibition room, and he froze in place for a moment. His pupils suddenly contracted, and his breathing became rapid and heavy.

"No...impossible..."

In the center of the exhibition room, five lifelike wax figures were arranged in order. They were all wearing white lab coats and kept their final poses. Zhang Chen recognized each of them - Lin Yue, Su Yu, Zhang Xiaoning, Li Yun, and Wang Yue, his five best students.

The most heartbreaking thing is that their expressions are all frozen in extreme pain and fear. Su Yu's hand is still in the posture of releasing supernatural powers, Zhang Xiaoning seems to want to escape at the last moment, and Li Yun is in the posture of protecting Wang Yue.

Lin Xiaomo followed in and immediately covered her mouth when she saw this scene, trying hard not to scream.

"This...this is so cruel..." she said trembling.

Zhang Chen walked slowly towards the wax figures, gently touching the faces of each student with his fingers. Under the light, one could clearly see that his hands were shaking.

Suddenly, he noticed that Zhang Xiaoning's wax figure seemed to be holding something in her hand. He carefully pried open her fingers and took out a USB flash drive stained with blood.

At this moment, a distorted voice suddenly came from the loudspeaker in the exhibition room:

"Welcome to my art exhibition, Instructor Zhang. How is it? I turned all your students into permanent works of art. They are beautiful, aren't they?"

Zhang Chen's eyes turned red instantly, and a powerful energy wave burst out from his body.

"You lunatic! Get out here!" he roared.

“Hahaha…” A strange laugh echoed in the exhibition room. “Did you know? They were calling your name before they died. Especially Xiao Ning, she believed that you would come to save them until the very end… It’s really touching.”

Zhang Chen clenched his fists, his nails dug deep into his palms, blood dripping from his fingers. His voice was low and full of murderous intent:

"I swear, I will find you. I will make your life worse than death. I will make you experience all the pain they have suffered!"

"What a terrible oath," the voice continued, "but you have to get out of here alive first. Goodbye, Instructor Zhang."

Just as he finished speaking, the door of the exhibition room suddenly closed, and green poisonous gas spewed out from the ventilation duct.

"Be careful!" Zhang Chen immediately pulled Lin Xiaomo over and put a gas mask on her.

"Brother Zhang Chen, what about you?" Lin Xiaomo asked anxiously.

"I'm fine." Zhang Chen's eyes flashed with determination, "You go first, I want to take them out."

"I won't leave! I want to help you!" Lin Xiaomo said firmly.

Zhang Chen glanced at her, and for the first time, a hint of warmth appeared in his eyes: "Okay."

Chapter 700 Commander Zhao

They quickly but carefully moved the five wax figures out of the exhibition room.

Every time a body was moved, Zhang Chen's heart ached a little more.

These once lively and lovely girls have now turned into cold works of art.

When they finally moved all the wax figures to a safe area, Zhang Chen knelt on the ground and finally couldn't hold back his tears.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry..." He murmured in a low voice, "I'm late..."

Lin Xiaomo stood aside, crying silently. She finally understood why Zhang Chen closed his heart.

Suddenly, the information in the USB flash drive caught Zhang Chen's attention. He quickly browsed through the contents, his face becoming increasingly ugly.

"I found you." He stood up, his eyes flashing with coldness, "The chief researcher of the Third Research Institute in City X, Li Xiuyuan...it turned out to be you."

"Brother Zhang Chen, what should we do next?" Lin Xiaomo asked.

Zhang Chen looked at the five wax figures and said in a cold voice: "Bury them first, then..."

His eyes became terrifying: "I will let the entire underground world of City X know what the price of harming my students is."

In the darkness of the night, Zhang Chen's figure looked particularly lonely and resolute.

He knew that the road to revenge had just begun, and he would pay with blood.

A cold light flashed. The supernatural power in his body quickly operated, forming an invisible barrier to isolate the poison gas from outside.

"boom!"

Zhang Chen slammed his palm on the iron door, and the powerful energy wave made the whole exhibition room vibrate. But the door did not move at all, obviously it had been specially reinforced.

"Brother Zhang Chen, look!" Lin Xiaomo suddenly pointed at the ceiling, "The ventilation duct!"

Zhang Chen looked up, his eyes fixed. The ventilation duct was wide enough to accommodate a person. But at the same time, more poisonous gas was pouring out of the duct.

"Follow me."

Zhang Chen picked up Lin Xiaomo, exerted force on his feet, and rushed to the ceiling like an arrow. His right hand condensed a ball of hot flames, which directly melted the metal mesh of the ventilation duct.

The moment the two men entered the ventilation duct, the poisonous gas in the exhibition room had already reached the ceiling.

"Cough cough..." Even with a gas mask on, Lin Xiaomo still felt suffocated.

"Don't make a sound." Zhang Chen warned in a low voice, and at the same time took out the USB flash drive left by Zhang Xiaoning from his arms, "There must be important information in it."

The ventilation duct was pitch black, and they could only move forward relying on the weak light in Zhang Chen's hand. Suddenly, a mechanical "click" sound came from the front.

"careful!"

Zhang Chen pushed Lin Xiaomo aside fiercely, and the next second, a row of sharp metal spikes popped out from the pipe wall. Even with Zhang Chen's reaction speed, a deep wound was still cut on his right arm.

"Brother Zhang Chen, you are injured!" Lin Xiaomo was so anxious that she was about to cry.