Thien Ho Villa.
A figure leisurely walked on the road. The surrounding villas were extremely quiet, no sign of any anger.
"The number of zombies here is extremely low. Has it been cleared by someone?"
Lam Pham observed the surrounding situation.
Indeed, didn't see any zombies.
This was a villa area. Since the apocalypse happened until now, over a month had passed. Survivors who could live until now could all adapt to apocalyptic life, had experience in dealing with zombies, avoiding zombies.
"There's a sound ahead."
His ears were extremely sharp, able to hear many very faint sounds.
Ahead on the ground lay several fresh zombie corpses, still emitting warm air. Looked as if run over by a car; body surface still had tire tracks.
Stood before a villa's iron gate.
Rang the doorbell.
Waited.
He heard footsteps coming from inside the villa, getting closer and closer.
The door opened; it was a sweet and lovely girl.
"Hello."
Lam Pham asked with a smile. Seeing the opponent for the first time, slightly surprised. Didn't expect a girl to be so strong, actually able to persist until now. Such a situation very rarely seen.
At least since the apocalypse until now, he had never met many.
Immediately after, Lam Pham felt this girl before him had some problems. In those seemingly watery, helpless eyes, revealed a trace of a strange expression.
Thought of the terrifying human nature in the apocalypse.
He had a premonition this girl before him might have changed. Looked towards the tightly closed villa; could clearly perceive there were still people there.
"Thank you! Truly, thank you so much for coming to save us! My three sisters and I have been hiding here all along! We've run out of supplies! If you didn't come, we really wouldn't know what to do!"
The girl's expression was genuine; anyone seeing it would feel pity.
Girls who cry often very easily gain people's affection.
"It's okay."
Lam Pham smiled. A rational smile made this girl feel strange. Since the apocalypse erupted until now, encountered many survivors. Basically, survivors seen, even if looking extremely proper, their eyes would also very casually look at her, as if having strange thoughts.
The girl said weakly, "My three friends are all inside, one even has an injured leg. We can't carry her. Can you not help us carry her away?"
"Okay, absolutely no problem," Lam Pham said, extremely happy to help others. He also wanted to know, what exactly these people wanted to do. If talking about the most likely situation, just that they wanted to lure people here, do some relatively excessive things.
This kind of situation also not uncommon.
Long, long ago, he encountered survivors pretending to be victims, led him back to their home. A dwarf disguised as a child used a dagger to stab his abdomen, causing fatal damage to his clothes, thereby killed by him under self-defense.
Lam Pham walked in front.
The girl walked behind, her eyes gradually sinister, just like looking at some kind of prey.
Arrived at the door.
Lam Pham pushed open the door, walked inside. And the girl following behind took a baseball bat displayed at the entrance, held it in her hand. Taking advantage of Lam Pham not noticing her, let out an angry roar.
"Go to hell!"
Forcefully swung the baseball bat, fiercely smashing it towards Lam Pham's head.
Feeling the impact from behind his head.
Lam Pham frowned. Again wanting to self-defend? He knew the opponent had problems, but didn't expect the problem to come so quickly. Just stepped into the villa, and couldn't wait to strike him.
He directly turned around, lifted his foot, kicked towards the girl behind him. When self-defending, usually very earnest, absolutely wouldn't have any hesitation. Mercy towards the enemy is disrespect for one's own life. A little hesitation will lead to fatal problems.
Just as he turned to self-defend, two survivors hiding in a corner similarly swung their weapons, preparing to coordinate, thoroughly apprehend Lam Pham.
Seeing Lam Pham kick her flying far away, fiercely smashing against the wall, they were thoroughly dumbfounded, raised weapons frozen, unable to bring them down for a long time.
"You best think carefully. Strike me, once I enter self-defense mode, you might die."
Lam Pham's eyes indifferently looked at them.
Said a total of four girls, didn't expect still three males.
At this time.
Inside the villa, three females and three males leaned against each other, vigilantly watching Lam Pham. As for the companion outside, they also didn't know the specific situation. But looking at the situation, probably really not good.
"You tricked other survivors here, what exactly are you plotting?" Lam Pham sniffed, "There's a smell of blood here. Before I came, you also harmed other survivors. Bloodstains on the ground haven't even been cleaned properly."
Sound of footsteps came from the stairs.
The six vigilant survivors, as if awaiting something, yielded a passage, expressions changing from vigilant to respectful.
Lam Pham looked, saw for the first time, very shocked.
Zom... Zombie!
A zombie wearing floral shorts, stepping with a somewhat strange gait, slowly walked down from upstairs.
Appearance savage, corner of mouth dripping blood.
Looking at the blood's stickiness.
Should have gnawed not long ago.
Instantly, he thought of the current situation. This group of survivors lured others here, perhaps to feed this zombie. Since the apocalypse until now, he had only met Officer Hoang, the Fire Bureau zombies, and Tung Tung, who seemed somewhat rational and could understand his mother's words. Then this zombie before him was the newest special-form zombie he had seen so far.
Ordinary zombies, seeing people, would all erupt with ferocity, gnaw the flesh and blood before them.
And these few survivors lived with this zombie in the villa, yet safe and sound. What exactly is going on here?
Or is there something special about this zombie before him?
"Do you have rationality?" Lam Pham asked.
The floral-shorts zombie's pale eyes moved, as if somewhat surprised, as if not expecting the opponent would actually communicate with him. If it were any other survivor, encountering a zombie, first thing would be to swing a weapon or turn tail and run.
Absolutely no possibility of being so calm.
"Ugh ugh..."
The floral-shorts zombie growled lowly.
"Don't understand what you're saying."
Lam Pham shook his head. Very hard to communicate with zombies. From Officer Hoang, he could feel a kind of zombie energy sense, belonging to the type that, even turned into a zombie, still possessed an extremely standard work ethic, also didn't appear tyrannical.
This zombie before him revealed a kind of irritability and ferocity.
The floral-shorts zombie growled lowly at the six survivors, as if saying... Strike for me! What are you dazed for?
The six survivors heard God's voice, looked at each other. Those somewhat panicked gazes instantly became fervent, radiating a kind of faithful brilliance.
They held weapons, surrounded Lam Pham.
Just now Lam Pham indeed performed very formidably, intimidated them.
But perhaps truly a matter of faith.
"I advise you to be a bit more rational." Lam Pham advised that group. No other meaning. Anyone encountering imminent danger would warn the opponent in advance.
And his doing so also the same.
"Kill him for God!"
"God needs fresh, delicious flesh and blood, thereby leading us to walk in the apocalypse!"
This group of survivors roared angrily.
Without hesitation.
Swung weapons, rushing towards Lam Pham.
Although men and women, but in Lam Pham's eyes, when you pick up weapons to endanger others' lives, then no distinction between male and female.
Leading the charge was a female survivor. She held a gleaming cleaver, savage face, swinging the saber towards him.
Lam Pham's face normal, sighed inwardly. Survivors in the apocalypse increasingly irritable and savage. Suppressed for long, emotions erupting, indeed very terrifying.
He ignored the swinging cleaver, one punch collided with the cleaver. Cleaver fragments pierced the opponent's face. At the same time, fist landed on opponent's abdomen. Thump! Directly sent her flying against the wall. Colliding with the wall, it cracked like a spiderweb, caving in.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
The floral-shorts zombie stood in place watching.
Its pale eyes, as if showing surprise.
In an instant.
Villa very quiet. Six survivors all made intimate contact with the wall.
Fresh blood splattered like a spiderweb, adhering to the wall.
At this time.
Lam Pham looked at the floral-shorts zombie, then slowly drew Frostmourne from his back, "You belong to a special-form zombie. I think you should be very strong. To deal with you, I can be serious."
"Ugh ugh..."
The floral-shorts zombie growled lowly, moved its steps, looked as if walking towards Lam Pham. But unexpectedly, he actually passed through Lam Pham, heading towards the doorway.
Standing at the doorway, the floral-shorts zombie twitched its head, pale eyes meeting Lam Pham's.
Lam Pham was very puzzled.
This zombie truly a bit interesting. Actually didn't attack him. Could there be some reason in this?
Just as he was puzzled for a moment.
The floral-shorts zombie roared, bolted and ran, ran out the villa's iron gate, looked left and right, as if confirming direction, then fled at high speed in that direction.
If Lam Pham could see the floral-shorts zombie's perspective.
Then could understand why so.
As Lam Pham slowly drew Frostmourne, in the floral-shorts zombie's eyes, his entire body radiated an extremely terrifying danger signal, space around him even twisting.
Lam Pham walked outside. Encountering a strange special-form zombie, naturally wanted to observe clearly. Besides, this zombie's behavior not good, gave people a very tyrannical feeling. If allowed to leave and develop, very likely to cause great impact on innocent survivors.
Walked to the roadside.
Looked in the direction the zombie left. Resheathed Frostmourne on his back. Stepped forward. Swish! Chased towards the distance.
Quiet street. A floral-shorts zombie ran desperately. Its two legs continuously alternated, chasing towards the direction of the sun, like a zombie pursuing freedom under the sun, running.
The floral-shorts zombie had a trace of rationality, but this kind of rationality not comprehensive.
Could sense danger.
Had perception of raising humans.
At the same time, also had intermittent lucidity.
However, personality more tyrannical, violent, had pursuit for flesh and blood.
The floral-shorts zombie continued running quickly. Other zombies saw the floral-shorts zombie's situation, also just twitched their heads, gloomily roared a few times, continued limping and wandering, as if not clearly thinking, Why is this foolish counterpart running? Didn't even see humans.
Suddenly.
Bursts of roars erupted.
The floral-shorts zombie turned its head to observe.
That figure also chased towards him. Surrounding zombies saw flesh and blood running, excited, similarly chased.
Lam Pham caught up, ran shoulder to shoulder with the floral-shorts zombie.
"Do you really have rationality? You are evolving. Your running speed much faster than other ordinary zombies."
Lam Pham meticulously observed. Opponent somewhat different from Officer Hoang.
Officer Hoang could rely on smell to distinguish good from bad survivors.
And this zombie, compared to Officer Hoang, perhaps a bit more humanized.
Possesses ability to think.
This type of zombie very dangerous.
Zombies can evolve. With continuous evolution, abilities will become stronger.
Among zombies contacted.
Regardless of Strength-type, Speed-type, etc., brains not considered smart. Often rely on own abilities to charge recklessly. Gun-wielding survivors, good positioning, can kill this type of zombie.
Slightly more brains then Self-destructing type zombie. Won't get too close, maintain enveloping range, then will self-destruct without hesitation.
Most sinister still Monitoring-type zombie.
Will observe survivor shelters from afar. After confirming situation, then will lead a group of zombies to besiege.
Among all known zombies, Monitoring-type zombie's own ability insufficient, yet most dangerous.
Now floral-shorts zombie appeared.
Possesses certain rationality, also very tyrannical and savage. If truly matures, for other survivors, absolutely a disaster.
As a citizen of Hoang city, encountering this situation, how could he sit idly by?
"Ugh ugh..."
With his appearance, surrounding zombies continuously roared.
Joined the running brigade.
After a moment.
The floral-shorts zombie didn't run, but stood in place, staring blankly at Lam Pham. Perhaps also truly didn't expect, actually could keep up until now.
"Stop running. No matter where you run, I can follow you. Don't even think of shaking me off. As a ferocious zombie appearing, the smell on your body, for any Hoang city citizen, is a fatal temptation. Even if you run to the ends of the earth, I can also find you by smell," Lam Pham said.
Floral-shorts zombie: "Ugh ugh..."
Lam Pham: "1+1 equals what?"
Asked a math addition problem even kindergarten children understand, precisely to verify how high exactly this zombie's intelligence was.
The floral-shorts zombie growled lowly. Even though he couldn't speak, still slowly raised two fingers.
Seeing two fingers.
Lam Pham's eyes revealed shock.
Didn't expect this special-form zombie actually had kindergarten child's intelligence. This kind of verified result, for survivors, also not any good news.
Lam Pham continued asking: "1x1 equals how much?"
This is elementary school level multiplication. If he still can know, absolutely cannot keep. Special-form zombie possessing elementary school student's intelligence, still can continuously evolve, strengthen own abilities. Letting it develop outside, absolutely will become a great scourge in survivors' hearts.
Even, he could imagine, when he conquers Hoang city, the final zombie BOSS encountered might be this immature special-form zombie before him.
Grave, vigilant.
Gradually, thought of elimination appeared.
The floral-shorts zombie couldn't speak, but could feel this survivor before him had killing intent towards him. Thought of situation just now, instantly understood: this fellow before him was testing his intelligence!
He now is zombie, opponent is human.
With human urine nature (disposition), absolutely impossible to tolerate existence of zombie like him.
The floral-shorts zombie slowly raised two fingers, at the same time "Ugh ugh" growled, as if saying... See? My intelligence really not high.
Seeing current situation, Lam Pham's heart suddenly jumped.
Hiding! Concealing own intelligence! Thinking of using wrong result to confuse him!
Lam Pham felt a chill.
When a tyrannical zombie even more intelligent than Officer Hoang appears, truly very terrifying. Even if Officer Hoang encountered him, could be tricked to death by him.
At this moment.
He thought of Officer Hoang, thought of Tung Tung, thought of the Fire Bureau zombies.
Among human survivors, there are sinister, savage people.
Among zombies, naturally also sinister, tyrannical ones.
Thinking of this.
"I cannot keep you."
Pfft!
Silvery-white light flashed. A zombie head flew into the sky, then fell to the ground, bouncing.
[Kill Mutated-form Zombie]
[Points +15]
"Clearly very weak, yet 15 points."
Thought of Mutated-form zombie killed before, also only four points. Clearly, between mutated and mutated, huge difference.
Raised sword, thought of cutting open floral-shorts zombie's head. Met zombie's eyes again. Although pale eyes, but always felt somewhat strange, as if shock and unwillingness before death.
Cut open.
A black crystal rolled out.
"High-quality crystal. Indeed worth 15 points."
Lam Pham murmured to himself.
Knowing now killed this Mutated-form zombie, he finally truly relaxed a breath. Almost missed this type of zombie. Letting it develop, perhaps truly very terrifying.
Until now still don't know how this type of zombie formed.
Belongs to unknown mystery.
Put away crystal into bag. Looked around. Zombies wandered far away. Zombie horde not yet cleared. Since already here, then clean all thoroughly.
Carried Frostmourne, walked towards distance.
"Anyone here?"
Raised voice shouting.