(2) Base's Battle (2)

But in their eyes, that kind of zombie, which required a tank to destroy, had its head chopped off by the opponent with a single sword strike, just like dealing with an ordinary zombie.

Moreover, in the past, to deal with this type of zombie, they had lost many comrades-in-arms; one tank was even cut in half by that zombie's scythe-like hands.

At this moment, their mouths hung open.

It was as if they were watching an incredibly unbelievable scene.

At this time.

Lam Pham wielded Frostmourne, rapidly reaping the surrounding zombies. No matter what type of zombie appeared before him, it was easily dispatched by him.

"Terrifying, there are even Predators."

He saw Predators, walking like animals with tails. This type of zombie gave forty points, enough to prove its formidability.

For this type of zombie to appear near the base, even fully armed soldiers would probably find it difficult to deal with.

Moreover, it wasn't just Predators.

There were all sorts of chaotically evolved zombies; it was simply a gathering of evolved zombies.

"Tyrant Zombie."

"Mutated-type zombie."

"Hybrid-type zombie."

"Heavens, why are there all kinds of zombies?"

Lam Pham, while hunting, showed a grave expression. He had been constantly hunting zombies in Hoang City, and many evolved zombies had no chance to evolve before being killed by him.

But the zombies outside had developed steadily, able to continuously evolve towards their ultimate forms.

Encountering this situation.

It further solidified his idea of quickly clearing out the zombies in Hoang City, and then taking some time to clear out the external zombies. He absolutely could not let the zombies continue to develop.

He worried that even more terrifying existences would appear among the zombies, and if he couldn't deal with them then, what should he do?

Although such thoughts were somewhat like borrowing trouble.

But some things had to be considered in the worst-case scenario.

At this moment, a huge shadow loomed over.

He looked up and unexpectedly saw a colossal zombie about five to six meters tall.

"New species."

Lam Pham didn't kill it immediately but increased his speed, eliminating the surrounding zombies to form an absolutely safe zone.

He aimed his camera at the colossal zombie.

"Cooperate a bit, let's take a photo."

Lam Pham was still very confident in his photography skills. Progressing from a newbie to a master was all about looking more, shooting more, and thinking more.

Click!

Click!

Lam Pham pressed the shutter, permanently capturing the zombie before him in the camera.

The colossal zombie swung its fist, while Lam Pham nimbly dodged, taking photos from the side, front, and various other angles. After confirming he hadn't missed anything, he swung Frostmourne, and with a light slash, severed the colossal zombie's head.

The massive head fell in an extremely graceful arc through the air, finally landing on the ground, bouncing, its grey-white eyes wide open, as if it couldn't understand until death why it had so little face.

[Killed Tank]

[Points +30]

The points were much higher than a Tyrant Zombie's. It was indeed a very troublesome zombie. If an ordinary person encountered this type of zombie, it would be truly difficult to deal with.

The scene of him just hunting the Tank.

Similarly left Captain Loi and his men dumbfounded.

The zombie that had pushed them to the brink was this very type of zombie. Tank cannon shells bombarded it, and even if they hit, they didn't cause much impact.

But who could have thought that such a zombie would be killed so easily?

Gradually.

The number of surrounding zombies decreased.

The seemingly large number of zombies was really not enough in Lam Pham's hands. For Lam Pham, being able to see zombies he had never seen before was a good thing; he could record the zombie species comprehensively and perfect the zombie picture book.

Finally.

Lam Pham noticed the zombie that Captain Loi and his men had seen earlier.

"Hmm? A clearly very weak zombie is actually being supported by these zombies that I thought were very difficult to deal with. It seems this is a very special zombie."

Without thinking, he picked up his camera and photographed the scene before him.

Of course.

The next thing was to photograph it alone.

"Ooh ooh..."

Predators, Hybrid-type zombies, Tyrant Zombies, and other zombies roared at Lam Pham.

Among them, the Tyrant Zombie had the least presence, being pushed to the periphery, but it still pretended to be very fierce, roaring angrily.

"Come on then."

Lam Pham beckoned to them. Roaring wouldn't solve anything; only fighting could.

As this group of zombies rushed over.

Lam Pham's hand holding Frostmourne trembled slightly. With a whoosh, blood splattered. The rushing zombies were directly cut in half by him. As miserable as you could imagine, that's how miserable it was.

Finally, the zombies around the base were completely wiped out by Lam Pham, leaving only the frail zombie standing before him.

"You are very different from other zombies. Although you don't have a large body, I still feel you are very different."

Lam Pham spoke while holding his camera, circling the zombie in front of him and taking pictures.

The frail zombie stared at Lam Pham. Its eyes were not greyish-white; within its pupils, red light flickered. In front of Lam Pham, it picked up a zombie from the ground, easily pried open its head, took out a crystal, and gnawed on it.

As it gnawed, it seemed to gain some kind of energy.

The frail zombie's withered outer skin regained vitality and began to expand continuously. The sudden change actually made Lam Pham look quite surprised; he hadn't expected there to be this kind of zombie.

The new-type zombie roared at Lam Pham, but halfway through its roar, suddenly, the new-type zombie seemed to have received some kind of shock and retreated.

"Is it afraid of me?"

He sensed that when that creature roared at him, there was an eruption of ferocity, but immediately after, it was as if it had seen something terrifying and directly retreated.

Could it be...

This reminded him of Dong Gia's ability, which was to predict impending events.

"Do you really have such an ability?"

He bent down, picked up a stone from the ground, aimed at the new-type zombie's right thigh, and just as he was about to throw it, the new-type zombie instantly retracted its leg and retreated further back.

Bang!

The stone hit the ground, creating a pit.

"Indeed, you zombie can predict impending events. But if it's just predicting impending events, it doesn't seem to warrant so many evolved zombies supporting you."

"Do you have any other abilities?"

Lam Pham said to it.

He didn't care if the other party could understand.

What he should say, he definitely had to say.

The new-type zombie was wary of Lam Pham, yet it retreated in fear. From beginning to end, it never thought of confronting Lam Pham in any way.

Lam Pham stuck Frostmourne into the ground, stomped his foot, and instantly appeared in front of the new-type zombie, swinging his fist. With a thud, it hit the new-type zombie's abdomen.

In an instant, the fist's force pierced through, directly blasting a bloody hole in the new-type zombie's abdomen.

"Your prediction might be able to predict others, but it's useless in front of me."

Lam Pham smiled.

The bloody hole in the new-type zombie's abdomen was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"It possesses a recovery ability similar to a Hybrid-type zombie. I wonder if it can regenerate severed limbs."

Thinking of this.

He instantly appeared in front of the new-type zombie again. The zombie wanted to run, but unfortunately, its speed was too slow. Lam Pham grabbed its arm, and with a crack, directly broke it.

"Ooh ooh..."

The new-type zombie roared. The broken arm actually grew back.

"Such comprehensive abilities, a collection of advantages. Is this the perfect evolutionary path for zombies?"

Lam Pham muttered to himself.

Just as he was thinking about these things.

The new-type zombie roared, the surrounding ground trembled slightly, and many cracks appeared, while many crushed stones floated up.

"Possesses psionic ability?"

Lam Pham gasped. What a terrifying zombie, simply a freak.

He pulled Frostmourne from the ground, aimed at the new-type zombie's head. The new-type zombie, which was preparing to fight Lam Pham to the death, seemed to have predicted what was about to happen.

It actually turned and fled into the distance.

Perhaps for the new-type zombie, no matter what it did, the predicted outcome was always a dead end.

Lam Pham rushed towards the new-type zombie.

Instantly, with a whoosh, sharp bone spurs emerged from the new-type zombie's back, as if wanting to impale Lam Pham. But with a crack, those bone spurs shattered directly upon touching Lam Pham's body.

Lam Pham grabbed the new-type zombie by the back of its head and slammed it hard onto the ground.

"Don't run. Running away is not good behavior."

Lam Pham looked down at his clothes, very helpless. What a pity, the clothes bought for 19.9 yuan actually had several holes torn in them.

Frostmourne pressed against the new-type zombie's neck. The cold, sharp aura terrified the new-type zombie so much it didn't dare to move.

Did it predict what would happen next again?

Splat!

He severed the new-type zombie's head.

[Killed Fusion-type Zombie]

[Points +70]

"Fusion-type?"

Such a name made Lam Pham feel extremely strange. From this name, one could imagine, could it be that this type of zombie's abilities were not its own, but obtained from other zombies?

Just like how Officer Hoang could enhance himself by gnawing on other zombies, the only difference being that this type of zombie could absorb the abilities of other zombies?

These were all his speculations.

He really didn't know the specific situation.

As for the points reaching seventy, that could only mean that the harm level of this type of zombie was truly unimaginable, even more terrifying than the Lord zombie he had hunted.

He cut open the Fusion-type zombie's head, searching for the crystal.

He found that this zombie's crystal was multi-colored, with about four different colors intertwined.

"Truly magical."

He looked at the scene, all zombie corpses as far as the eye could see, quite a number. Then he walked towards the base.

Arriving at the base entrance.

He knocked on the door.

"Anyone here? Please open the door."

He clearly could have jumped in.

But he just didn't want to jump in.

This was a base. Rushing in recklessly would be wrong behavior. He had to get their permission.

After waiting for a moment.

The base door opened.

"Hello, my name is Lam Pham. I came from Hoang City. I'm a citizen." Lam Pham greeted with a smile.

It was just that he found these people looked at him as if they had seen a ghost.

Could it be that his actions just now made them feel it was unbelievable?

Inside the base.

"You said you followed the transport plane here?"

Captain Loi looked at the young man before him, then thought of the zombie situation outside. Honestly, he still hadn't reacted. If he had to say, he felt this was like a dream, a dream that was hard to wake up from.

Lam Pham said: "I saw the transport plane airdropping things, and I saw the letter you left. Knowing your situation, I followed the transport plane all the way here. Seeing you surrounded by zombies, I knew your situation might not be good, so I could only help you clear the surrounding zombies first, and then communicate with you."

Lei Dung Chi: ...? 

His comrades: ...?

Followed the transport plane?

The distance from here to Hoang City wasn't close.

He could follow all the way here?

Lam Pham saw they were still a bit dazed, stepped forward, and shook Captain Loi's hand, "Captain Loi, you've all worked too hard. You've been fighting against the zombies all this time, thinking of bringing us survivors a stable life. If only I had known about you earlier, those respectable soldiers wouldn't have been killed by zombies."

Captain Loi said: "It's our duty. Sacrifices are very normal. Although the situation is dangerous, our spirit is not to retreat, not to fear bloodshed and sacrifice. If even we retreat, then there would truly be no hope."

Lam Pham said respectfully: "Captain Loi, you are all good."

Captain Loi looked at Lam Pham. What he just said had no other meaning, just wanted to say that they were willing to fight the zombies, so sacrifices were acceptable.

Thinking of Lam Pham's situation just now, he had a lot to say, but for a moment, he didn't know what to say.

"Captain Loi, what are your plans next?" Lam Pham asked.

Captain Loi said: "Clear out the zombies."

Even though so many people had died, his thoughts remained unchanged. Even if they fought down to the last man, they would not give up.

Lam Pham said: "Captain Loi, why don't you go to the Duong Quang shelter? We have many survivors there, and we have connections with the three major bases. Everyone has been working hard to fight against the apocalypse. If Captain Loi and your men join, I think our chances of winning will be even greater."

Thinking of those battle armors, if Captain Loi and his men each had a battle armor, and each battle armor absorbed nineteen crystals, that would definitely be very powerful. Even if they encountered a Tyrant Zombie, they could use human wave tactics to kill it directly.

"Okay." Captain Loi agreed without hesitation.

Lam Pham thought of the crystals from the evolved zombies outside, "Captain Loi, you all pack your things. I also happen to want to go pick up the crystals in the heads of the zombies outside. These are very useful."

Captain Loi knew that some zombies had crystals in their heads, but they hadn't conducted in-depth research on crystals, always relying on firepower to fight zombies.

"I'll have someone help you," Captain Loi said.

"Thank you," Lam Pham said gratefully.

For Lei Dung Chi, he found that this incredibly terrifying young man seemed to be a very good person. How to put it, he clearly had such powerful strength, yet he desperately tried to live like an ordinary person. 

And Lam Pham, who was collecting crystals, was in an even better mood.

He hadn't expected that among the remaining hundred or so soldiers, there would actually be medics, engineers, and signalmen. Especially these signalmen, they re-ignited a little idea in Lam Pham's mind.

Could there be a network?

He had no other intention, just wanted to experience the joy of surfing the internet.

Captain Loi had everyone move things onto the transport plane. Some soldiers, having heard what was just said, deliberately ran outside, just wanting to see what the situation was really like.

When they saw the ground littered with corpses.

They were truly and thoroughly dumbfounded.

When they learned it was the work of just one person, they were even more stunned, standing rooted to the spot, unable to recover for a long time.

After all, their thinking was still stuck in the mindset of ordinary people.

Suddenly, a person who shouldn't exist in ordinary thinking appeared. The impact on them was still very great.

"Brother Lam, what are these crystals useful for?" a young soldier asked curiously.

"No need to call me Brother Lam, just call me Lam Pham."

"Alright, Brother Lam."

Just kidding. For this young soldier, it was admiration for the strong. He had personally witnessed the situation just now; that was simply not something a human could do.

Calling the other party Brother Lam was from the bottom of his heart.

Lam Pham said helplessly: "Crystals can strengthen metal objects and can also enhance Awakened ones. I know you're a bit confused about the concept of Awakened ones. It's okay, wait until we get to the Duong Quang shelter, I'll give you some books, or let you see some Awakened ones, then you'll understand."

The young soldier looked at Lam Pham.

He hadn't expected crystals to be so useful.

Very quickly.

The transport plane took off.

Lam Pham didn't take the transport plane but still ran wildly all the way. For a transport plane, it could land on any wide road.

Duong Quang shelter.

When Co Hang saw Lam Pham return with a group of people, his expression was extremely excited. He hurriedly met with Captain Loi, saluted, and introduced himself.

He had immense respect for the actions of Captain Loi and his men.

After a simple exchange, Co Hang's eyes reddened again.

Over ten thousand people, and in the end, only over a hundred remained. This battle against the zombies was truly too brutal.

"Co Hang, there's nothing that can be done about it. Don't think too much." Captain Loi patted Co Hang's shoulder, then looked at the surrounding situation, "I didn't expect there to be such a good shelter in the apocalypse. It's really not bad. For ordinary people, this is the only place to rest."

Co Hang said: "This is all Little Pham's doing. Without him, there would be no shelter to speak of."

"I know, I saw his strength with my own eyes. It's just that I've always wondered, why can a person be this powerful?"

"Awakened ones. The apocalypse brought despair to us humans, but at the same time, there is hope, and that is the Awakened – abilities that surpass ordinary people. We have several Awakened ones here. It's just that we still don't know how to become an Awakened. It might depend on individual physique."

Co Hang explained to Captain Loi.

With a group of regular soldiers, the safety of the shelter would be even more guaranteed. At least in terms of daily patrols, there was still a difference between ordinary people and soldiers.

Captain Loi muttered to himself, repeating the words "Awakened ones."

From the outbreak of the apocalypse until now, coming to Duong Quang Residential Area, he hadn't felt calm for a long time. Before, he was always in a state of mental tension, always thinking about the zombie situation outside.

The first thing he did every day when he woke up was to check outside.

He knew before that it was impossible for them to completely clean up the zombies with their numbers.

But even so.

So what?

He still had to do it.