Chapter 866: It’s Really Hard
Chapter 866: Chapter 866: It’s Really Hard
"It’s really hard."
Leng Yebai heard Bai Xiqin’s words and did not retort, instead, he solemnly nodded his head.
A certain Zombie Emperor is indeed a manipulative individual, and Leng Yebai expresses great disdain for him.
Yet, it’s undeniable that during the apocalypse, he truly endured a lot.
The bicycle continued to ride toward the innermost area.
The decaying atmosphere grew increasingly rich, and they encountered more and more zombies.
Amidst some ordinary zombies, there were interspersed a few High Rank Zombies.
These High Rank Zombies had received instructions from even higher-ranked zombies, controlling the ordinary ones and calming them down.
The orders executed by zombies are absolutely loyal; they only obey zombies with higher brainwave frequencies than their own.
One layer after another, not a single command was deviated.
Except for occasionally being glanced at by a High Rank Zombie, the ordinary zombies didn’t spare them even half a glance.
Sometimes, a zombie would emit a series of growls from its chest, but soon it would quiet down again.
No attacks, only silence.
They seemed remarkably well-behaved.
Bai Xiqin’s eyes flashed slightly.
Such well-behaved zombies would certainly lead some survivors to believe that zombies might not be entirely irradicable.
If a foolish captain seized the opportunity to attack zombies, true peace would likely remain elusive.
While zombies could precisely transmit orders.
Humans could not.
Captain Zhang’s orders might be conveyed to the base commanders of each safety base, but there was no guarantee everyone would heed him.
Even if Captain Zhang beat them to tears, they wouldn’t necessarily fully carry out his orders.
This is the difference between human survivors and zombies.
Humans are too intricately minded, with strong self-awareness; simply being told not to do something doesn’t mean they won’t do it.
Bai Xiqin remained silent, and Leng Yebai guessed Bai Xiqin’s thoughts.
He glanced at the High Rank Zombie controlling the ordinary zombies and said,
"After an oceanic baptism, the zombie creatures are still massively numerous; human survivors cannot entirely overcome them. The captains should understand this truth."
If those captains acted out of ignorance and attacked zombies, they would truly become zombie fodder.
The Human Survivor Alliance wouldn’t lend assistance; this was agreed upon from the beginning.
Zhang Yiming is capable of annihilating all zombies, but upon execution of this plan, zombies would go mad.
Then the ones facing threats would be human survivors.
Moreover, Zhang Yiming is a Zombie Emperor, while zombies are beginning to evolve.
Some zombies behave more like humans, and some even give birth to zombie babies.
This is a new species that cannot be exterminated.
Even though Zhang Yiming is a Zombie Emperor, he cannot defy an entire species’ plans; having a strong brainwave doesn’t mean he can obliterate the entire species.
It would be better to unite and cooperate; as long as Zhang Yiming is around, he can ensure humans do not attack zombies, and zombies will not attack humans.
Establishing two safety zones, letting zombies fend for themselves, is the most peaceful path seen in Captain Zhang’s envisioned future.
"This is already the best arrangement."
Bai Xiqin thought of Captain Zhang.
The zombified Captain Zhang increasingly resembled Zhang Yiming.
They silently suffer the harm brought on by instincts; no one can truly empathize with their pain.
Perhaps centuries, millennia later, no one would remember the goodness of zombies.
The history books might merely scribble a few lines, stating that during this time, a very notorious plague prevailed, which humans eventually overcame, with civilization enduring...
"Once the safety zones are established, the area where zombies exist could truly be called the Immortal Country!"
Leng Yebai suddenly said.
Since reality saw the emergence of mutant animals akin to those recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Bai Family started to delve into the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
The perplexing text nearly wore out their dictionary, and they gained a certain understanding of the mythical plants and animals described within.
Besides the birds, beasts, insects, and fish, they were particularly attentive to the records of the Immortal Country.
The Immortal Country is documented in the Great Wilderness South Scripture within the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
Immortal, literally meaning ageless and deathless.
Humans could never rival time; as time passed, wrinkles would appear, and their bodies would hunch.
No matter how good the cosmetics, they could never maintain eternal youth.
Only the legendary immortals could resist the passage of time.
And to date, what humans see, zombies can be considered immortal existences.
With sufficient energy, they would forever retain their original appearance; the rotten flesh hanging on them would never die.
Once humans and zombies are separated into two large safety zones, the third and fourth human generations may not witness zombies’ true appearance.
Those children who have never seen zombies might, by piecing together various information, likely envy the zombies’ ageless and deathless bodies!
After many years, could the zombie safety zone be called the Immortal Country too?
Earth has existed for billions of years, while humanity has been proliferating for just over twenty thousand years.
In the endless timeframe, various civilizations fleetingly come and go.
Who knows if similar circumstances might replay on the same terrain?
"Once the safety zones have been established, won’t we ever be able to see Xiao Ming, Xiao Lan, and Tangtang again?"
Bai Xiqin felt a slight reluctance thinking of these Zombie King friends.
Zombies lacking self-awareness wouldn’t care about the two large safety zones; everywhere it’s just long, hollow stares anyway.
But High Rank Zombies are conscious.
They’re ageless and deathless, spending long eras accompanied only by decayed flesh, dying only when energy runs out.
It’s no different from imprisonment.
If every zombie’s good or evil could be known, Bai Xiqin could fully accept allowing those who don’t consume flesh nor harm humans into the human safety base.
...But clearly, that’s unrealistic.
The human survivors couldn’t accept it; for zombies, it would also be torture.
Smelling flesh but never being able to eat it is excruciating.
Hearing Bai Xiqin’s words, Leng Yebai murmured slightly and said, softly,
"There’s still time to be together, if possible, talk to him more often!"
"He" refers to Zhang Yiming.
This was the first time Leng Yebai suggested to Bai Xiqin that she should talk to Zhang Yiming more.
One glance revealed the loneliness of the long years awaiting him.
As the Emperor among zombies, Zhang Yiming was destined to be the last zombie to perish.
For Zhang Yiming, this was the cruelest sentence.
These are futures that are clearly foreseeable.
Zhang Yiming knows it, Captain Zhang knows it, and everyone can guess it.
Yet the plan is set in motion, as no one can devise a perfect solution.
One volunteers to fight, the other volunteers to endure.