Chapter 836: Humanity’s Crisis
Chapter 836: Chapter 836: Humanity’s Crisis
In his heart, Fan Liping wanted it to continue like this.
At least his family had a place to live safely.
But humans and zombies must eventually face a decisive battle, and one side will perish.
With their weak strength, it was really difficult to protect Tangtang.
"The future of the dead is foreseen, only several dozen years."
Zhang Yiming tossed out a statement and then stepped outside.
Maybe it was time to abandon his research.
The dead can never truly become human.
The fact that cold corpses can speak and think is already the greatest gift for the dead.
In the future, it will ultimately still be humanity’s future.
And it must be humanity’s future.
Zhang Yiming’s brain waves were chaotic, but his gaze was firm.
This is the only wish of the Zombie Emperor, who fought in the Sea of Corpses until now.
Fan Liping and his wife watched Zhang Yiming’s back; it seemed unusually lonely.
Even though he stood at the pinnacle of the zombies, he was the most desolate, sometimes even worse than the ordinary zombies without self-awareness.
Because Zhang Yiming’s words lacked any expression, and it was hard to discern his tone, Fan Liping and his wife couldn’t guess what he meant for a while.
If zombies fail to evolve into high rank zombies, they probably only have a lifespan of several dozen years, as their rotten flesh will gradually fall off without regenerating.
High Rank Zombies are slightly better; they can absorb crystal cores to barely maintain their original appearance.
Once the crystal cores are depleted, even high rank zombies will meet their end one day, but that day will be much later than that of ordinary zombies.
There are very few zombies capable of breeding; they cannot expand their ranks like humans.
Eventually, it will end.
"I hope humans can accept zombies and coexist peacefully."
Hu Meiling uttered a fantasy that even she found hard to believe.
"Let’s keep cleaning shoes! Dad’s shoes are dirty again; there aren’t many new shoes left."
Fan Liping rolled up his sleeves and started brushing shoes diligently.
A row of zombies stood there in the yard; they were already accustomed to the presence of Fan Liping and his wife.
Due to the brain waves of Zhang Yiming and Fan Tangtang, no zombie dared to consume the two humans before them.
"Huh huh..."
A sharply dressed zombie appeared before Fan Liping, forcing a smile that looked worse than a cry on its rotten face.
It was the Zombie in a Suit.
This guy loves cleanliness.
Despite its rotten flesh constantly staining its clothes, it persistently chose to wear neat, clean suits every day.
At first, it wore one suit each day and discarded it.
Once it got familiar with Fan Liping and his wife, the laundry tasks for the couple became heavier.
Aside from washing Mr. Fan’s dark clothes, they had to add in the Zombie in a Suit’s clothes.
"Bring me your clothes. I’ll wash them for you."
Fan Liping did not mind.
Washing one set of clothes is no different than washing two.
There’s no difference at all.
Plus, it’s sort of like their son’s "colleague," so they ought to be a bit more friendly to it.
"Huh huh..."
The Zombie in a Suit grinned, showing its black teeth.
The smell of decay emanating from it nearly overwhelmed Fan Liping.
...
By the seaside.
The frequency of waves hitting the shore had increased significantly, and the waves repeatedly rushed up the beach, leaving behind many zombie fish and some mutant sea creatures.
Occasionally, larger zombie marine creatures would be stranded on the beach.
They emitted a strong stench of decay mixed with the rotten smell of expired seafood, detectable from quite a distance.
Chunks of rotten skin fell off onto the beach.
The sea’s repeated impact on the shore would strand zombie marine creatures each time.
Instead of returning to the ocean, these zombie marine creatures were crawling inland.
Almost every coastline had become tumultuous.
Uncle Li, living by the sea, was the first to notice the anomaly.
He swiftly abandoned his house of decades upon seeing marine zombie creatures crawl out and ran away.
Each zombie marine creature had its master.
Their migration onto land was indicative of orders from the marine zombie overlord.
The sovereign of humanity on land was Zhang Yiming, beyond any doubt.
What about the zombie marine creatures?
Seems like Zhang Yiming, too, given the overwhelming power of his brain waves.
But the ocean was vast, with areas beyond Zhang Yiming’s brain wave reach.
Those regions defied him.
Just like when Captain Zhu, not yet under Zhang Yiming’s influence, dared oppose him.
Those masters had intelligence close to humans, even gathering substantial terrestrial information through zombies.
They understood that humans had developed a cure against the zombie virus, which, if left unchecked, would restore humans to their peak.
This was the outcome they feared the most.
Humans had never conquered the ocean, yet they remained the apex species within the pyramid.
Now, those oceanic creatures had begun their action.
They aimed to conquer the land and dominate the oceans.
Unwilling to be enslaved by a land-based zombie, diminishing their significance.
Powerful as they are, confident in their own power.
War between the ocean and land was imminent.
This posed a crisis for both humans and zombies on land.
For the masters of the ocean sought to become the supreme existence.
The shore gradually saw zombie marine creatures coming ashore, while the ocean becomes tumultuous with giant zombie marine creatures.
A never-ending stream of massive zombie marine creatures, including countless zombie whales and zombie octopuses.
Their size resembled giant ships, capable of crushing everything with just a slight move.
This was merely an opening move.
The truly mysterious and powerful ones remained hidden in the deepest depths of the ocean.
They were intelligent enough to know that venturing out would result in enslavement by Zhang Yiming, so they chose not to appear.
Even those dispatched zombie marine creatures could potentially face domination by Zhang Yiming, yet ocean and land creatures inherently differ.
Even if Zhang Yiming could control those massive marine zombies, there must be a limit.
And what exactly that limit is, remains unknown.
All were probing.
Zombie marine creatures from all over the world began landing, with Shanghai’s waves standing out in particular.
"All coastal safety bases, please be aware of the abnormal behavior of zombie marine creatures attempting to land. Please organize superpower users to prepare for emergencies."
A sudden message came through the communication frequency used by major safety bases.
Shanghai boasts a river and is near the shore, meeting zombie marine creatures head-on.
Thankfully, Yunhua Safety Base was in the outskirts of Shanghai, still quite a distance from the shore.
The amphibious creatures among the zombie marine creatures were the most troublesome.
Their speed and strength were unparalleled.
When the Bai Family learned about this, the Base Commander had already started organizing superpower users.
Preparing for any emergencies at all times.
But the Bai Family wasn’t included in any of the small teams organized by the Base Commander.