85 This is the Apocalypse (1/2)

Chapter 85: This is the Apocalypse

Translator: _Min_Editor: Rundi

There was no powerful mutant nearby, but the reality seemed to say otherwise.

It felt like a hand had drawn the spread out zombies together to surround them.

”The zombie concentration ahead is zero, I feel like something is off.” Seeing the life detection map at the right corner of his pupil, Jiang Chen can’t help but raised his eyebrows.

Disregarding the possibility of mutant.

Zombies were not exactly dead as they still maintain some features of a live creature. For example, their understanding of survival space. The zombie's distribution was highly concentrated in the city center and spreads out in all directions from that point on. The asexually produced zombies moved outwards from the crowded city center to the rural area. In most cases, the relatively less concentrated areas would rarely produce a sea of zombies.

But the zombies seemed to have gathered together as they surrounded the entire base. The result was that after they manage to break through, the streets were empty.

Sun Jiao frowned as she was also uncertain.

”That’s right, something is off.”

However, it was futile to overthink right now as the armored vehicle broke through the sea of zombies and began to accelerate. The armored soldiers also activated the wheels on their feet and started the turbine engine behind their back. As they changed from a running stance to a gliding stance, they immediately began moving alongside the armored vehicle.

[Balance system, functional. Fu*k, I forgot to check this thing.] Jiang Chen cursed as sweat rolled down. It was functional or else it would have been problematic.

”Be careful of your surroundings, free fire.” Sun Jiao voiced transmitted through the public channel.

”Affirmative.”

The arrow like formation pushed forward, into the middle of the highway. The vehicles in the way were either pushed away or rolled over.

Their surrounding was filled with deafening silence. Other than the missile’s homing noise there were no other noises. Everyone was alert, holding the tactical in shooting position.

”Weird, there is not even a single mutant.” A soldier complained in the public channel.

”Did they hide or something?”

”Don’t be distracted, hold your position!”

”Yes!” The two soldiers immediately shut their mouth.

Could it be because of the unknown bacteria in the air?

Jiang Chen had a feeling something was not right. A bacteria that could make a bloodthirsty mutant afraid would not be as simple as it sounded.

After three kilometers, the team stopped in front of an apartment building surrounded by barbed wire.

It was an ancient building, like most buildings on the wasteland. The paint on the surface was already erased from the aftershock of the nuclear explosion, with only the gray concrete walls left. The wall had some old paint sprayed words.

Through the pitch black, a machine gun slanted against the window could barely be made out, and cloth replaced the glass on the windows.

On the roof of the building, vegetation covered in plastics to make what looked like soilless culture. This was where most of the survivor groups received their food. But in the radiation filled apocalypse, you wouldn’t expect a seed to produce a single fruit.

These fruits, with uncertain toxicology, still had a market on the Sixth Street. A lot of factories would purchase these in bulk quantities at a low price, and then sell the non-toxic ones in the luxury market. The toxic ones would be placed in extraction machines for vitamin, vegetable proteins, and other substances to produce high-quality grade A or B nutrient supply. (Compared to the nutrient supply created through the blood and fat of mutant and zombies, it was more ”tasty” and ”nutritious”.)

The situation here was similar to Fishbone Base as the zombies surrounded the building. But quantity wise, it was significantly less than the zombies around the base.

It was a frightening prospect, but not because of some zombies.

Did zombies possess intelligence? Or, was a higher intelligence controlling them?

Despite this, there was not much suspense in the battle as some zombies did not reach the critical state.

Although the zombies did possess crystals, the organic nature of their body meant that they were still regular zombies. Despite how hard they tried, they did not have the defense of the power armor.

A few gunshots finished the annoying zombies as they approached the apartment building.

There was a wooden board with some crooked words.

[Psh, what?]

”Code 01 survivor group, the life detection device indicates a total of 30-40 people,” Sun Jiao reported to Jiang Chen through the private channel.

”What does code 01 mean? That’s an ugly name,” Jiang Chen mocked.

”…I gave them the name. Survivor groups usually don’t give their home a name as the desire to expand and need for land are minimal. The goal was to survive.” Sun Jiao walked up to ring the bell and backed up.

Momentarily, the door opened as a cautious looking middle-aged man carefully stepped out.

”Who are you guys?” His face had suspense and fright written all over it. The rifle in his hands trembled as he knew his rifle could not even break their armor.