Chapter 832: Mentor and Friend, Yet Also the Killer
Chapter 832: Chapter 832: Mentor and Friend, Yet Also the Killer
The temples of the Zombie King are no harder than those of ordinary zombies.
Sharp nails easily pierced the Zombie King’s temple, then touched something hard.
It was the Crystal Core of the Zombie King.
For a moment, the vacant expression on Xiao Song Zombie’s face paused.
Fragments of images echoed in its mind.
In these images, a person’s face gradually overlapped with the face of the Zombie King, now devoid of its Crystal Core, on the ground.
Xiao Song Zombie stared blankly at its own palm.
A slightly purple Crystal Core lay quietly in the decayed hand, and the aura inside made it feel very familiar.
The wise mentor of its life.
Or a long-lost dear friend.
The decayed face twitched slightly, feeling as if it made a wrong decision, yet not understanding what this wrong decision meant.
Was it wrong?
But if it didn’t do this, what else could it do?
"Roar..."
Xiao Song Zombie let out a low growl, not knowing what emotions suddenly surged in its mind, nor their origin.
An overflow of emotions with nowhere to release.
It wanted to recall something, yet didn’t want to think about anything.
Where is the answer?
Xiao Song Zombie lowered its head and saw the Crystal Core in its hand.
Without intentional absorption, the slightly purple Crystal Core started to release superpower.
Holding the Crystal Core, Xiao Song Zombie became the primary beneficiary.
A vast amount of energy began to pour into Xiao Song Zombie’s mind, accompanied by increasingly complete memories.
Xiao Lan Zombie glanced at Xiao Song Zombie, who was absorbing the Crystal Core, but didn’t disturb it. Instead, it also took out a Crystal Core and began absorbing the superpower.
As the Crystal Core turned to dregs, the wounds on Xiao Lan Zombie’s body instantly became as smooth as new.
The large piece of missing flesh on her face was fully replenished, returning to a white, tender face.
Her blue dress turned somewhat black and purple, contrasting with the fair skin like an illumination.
Xiao Lan Zombie subconsciously frowned; although she couldn’t smell the decaying aura, she still loved cleanliness very much.
Ignoring Xiao Song Zombie, who was absorbing superpower, she turned and headed to a nearby clothing store to choose clothes.
Must be beautiful before seeing Xiao Qunqun.
"Hoo-hoo――"
A zombie-specific sound came from Xiao Song Zombie’s chest cavity.
The energy from the slightly purple Crystal Core in the decayed hand completely turned to dregs and was blown away by the wind.
The decayed flesh on Xiao Song Zombie’s face began to scab, and even a white skin the size of a nail appeared on the forehead.
Its eyes were fixed on Captain Zhu’s corpse for a long time without moving.
Finally, a heavy sigh rose from its throat.
Xiao Song Zombie reached out and dragged Captain Zhu’s corpse aside.
It hadn’t yet completely transformed into a Zombie King, and to reach the level of Xiao Lan Zombie, there was still a long way to go.
As long as it stayed by Zhang Yiming’s side, these were just a matter of time.
Its limbs were not yet agile. It managed to drag Captain Zhu’s body to one side with difficulty.
Decayed hands, with some bits of flesh, began to dig a pit on the ground.
One after another, occasionally some black decayed flesh fell into the pit, making the yellow soil dirty.
Xiao Song Zombie wanted the pit to be cleaner, but couldn’t manage to clean the soil mixed with decayed flesh and black blood.
Black blood always seeped from its hand, flesh always fell off.
After digging for a long time, Xiao Song Zombie didn’t manage to dig a pit without a trace of black blood.
What lay before it was ultimately a black pit.
In the end, Xiao Song Zombie compromised, realizing it was impossible to make a clean pit.
Captain Zhu’s body was pushed inch by inch into the pit by Xiao Song Zombie, then covered with blackened soil.
Finally, the last image of Captain Zhu in the world was a small grave mound.
This mound would not be approached by any human, as it was covered in black soil, mixed with bits of dangling decayed flesh.
Xiao Song Zombie rigidly controlled its limbs, half-kneeling before Captain Zhu’s grave.
Images flashed in its mind.
It met Captain Zhu the day it joined the team after graduating from college. Captain Zhu had been in the bureau for many years, an old hand respected for his quick case-solving and kind nature.
Everyone spoke highly of him.
At that time, Xiao Song knew nothing, only passionate, becoming a responsible team member under Captain Zhu’s leadership.
Captain Zhu was a mentor in his life’s journey, a wise friend in life.
If the apocalypse hadn’t happened, Captain Zhu would have retired honorably in decades, and Xiao Song would have become a reliable existence like him.
After the apocalypse erupted, he and Captain Zhu escorted the city’s people to leave there. For everyone who survived in their team, this was their duty.
Scared, yet bravely moving forward.
Gradually, Captain Zhu changed.
The mutated rat swarm nearly killed everyone, turning their protective actions into a joke.
Only by becoming truly strong could one become the protector of a domain.
Xiao Song knew Captain Zhu had fallen into his obsession, only wanting to become that protector, regardless of justice or conscience; his choice was sole.
Xiao Song had advised him, but having guessed Captain Zhu’s thoughts, he was sent on a mission.
This mission was a death sentence.
Those accompanying him were not reliable team members, they were long dissatisfied with Captain Zhu.
Xiao Song died in the team’s indifference, and also in Captain Zhu’s scheme.
Probably after Xiao Song completely turned into a zombie, Captain Zhu started regretting his decision.
He blamed everything on those teammates, keeping himself "nurtured," feeding with flesh, wanting to turn him into a Zombie King.
Maybe for other reasons, but mostly because of deep-seated guilt.
Captain Zhu never married or had children, wanted to scheme against others, and regretted it for life, ending up in this situation.
He was Xiao Song’s wise mentor and dear friend but also the murderer who caused his death.
Complex emotions flashed in Xiao Song Zombie’s eyes, yet it still didn’t quite understand.
Since Captain Zhu had already decided to scheme against him, why did he use flesh to nurture him desperately?
Captain Zhu blamed others and never mentioned his own mistakes, as if avoiding the wrongs he committed.
Wrong is wrong, why evade.
After pondering for a long time, Xiao Song Zombie didn’t understand, just assuming Captain Zhu couldn’t bear it in his conscience, thus wanting to take him away!
After a while, Xiao Song Zombie stood up, standing in place, waiting for Xiao Lan Zombie.
It would always be an underling of the emperor, no matter how strong it became, it would never resist that trace of brainwave.
Even if ordered to remove its own Crystal Core, it would not hesitate.
This was the instinct of a zombie subordinate, an unresistable instinct ingrained in its bones.
The device once pierced into Captain Zhu lay on the black grave, lying there lonely, no one would ever pick it up again.