(2) No Matter What Happens, He Can Always Bring About a Miracle (2)

Colonel Tran's eyes narrowed slightly. It was obvious that the reason Ton Nang had given could not convince him.

Vuong Du seemed to empathize and said, "That's right. Many survivors after the apocalypse are truly terrifying, no different from beasts. Betrayal, tyranny, simply insane. I can't believe these are things our former compatriots could do."

The people around all nodded.

It was clear they had also had similar encounters or seen scenes that were a real shock to the soul.

"Colonel, he's here again."

While everyone was talking, a survivor rushed in.

Swoosh!

Everyone at the scene suddenly stood up. Their expressions instantly became grave.

From their faces, Ton Nang could tell that something had happened. It must have happened before. He just didn't know what it was that made them so serious.

Then, he saw Colonel Tran leading a group of people and rushing outside. He also followed behind.

On the metal wall.

Click! Click! Under the illumination of the searchlights.

Ton Nang, standing on the city wall, was surprised to see a large number of zombies gathered below.

"Grrr..."

"Grrr..." The roars of the zombies echoed.

He had thought that some kind of terrifying zombie had summoned other zombies to try to destroy this base. But soon, he discovered that something was wrong.

The number of these zombies was not so large as to be unmanageable.

At a rough estimate, there were at most a few dozen, mostly ordinary zombies. For him to deal with them would be a simple matter.

They couldn't possibly pose any threat.

But the reason behind this situation was worth pondering.

Vuong Du, standing next to him, cursed angrily, "Damn that Tien Dao! It's like this every time. So hateful! If we catch him, we'll have to teach him a good lesson."

"Who is Tien Dao?" Ton Nang asked.

Vuong Du said, "These zombies didn't come on their own. It was Tien Dao's doing. He's a Control Awakened. Ever since we kicked him out, he's been wanting to take revenge on us. Basically, every two or three days, he'll control zombies to come here and give us no peace."

Ton Nang frowned. There was a Control Awakened manipulating zombies to attack humans. An Awakened hidden in the dark was relatively difficult to deal with, especially a control-type. Although their individual strength was not outstanding, controlling zombies was extremely troublesome.

They could often bring great disaster to humanity.

"Why would he control zombies to take revenge on this place?" Ton Nang knew the importance of Awakened. In any base or shelter, if there were Awakened, then safety would be greatly enhanced.

Except for the Sunshine Shelter, other places always treated Awakened as treasures.

Vuong Du said, "We rescued him two months ago and let him live here. Not long after, he became an Awakened who could control zombies and helped the base with a lot of things. But maybe because he felt he was very important to the base, he got a little cocky. He set his sights on a woman, and when his pursuit failed, he wanted to use force. He was found out and taught a harsh lesson, then kicked out of the base. We didn't expect that from then on, he would keep manipulating zombies to attack this place."

"These zombies can't break through this place, but what he's doing is just to harass us, to keep us in a state of nervous tension."

After listening to Vuong Du's words...

Ton Nang's expression was very calm. He knew that this kind of situation was very common in the apocalypse. An ounce of rice nourishes a benefactor, a peck of rice nourishes an enemy.

Even if they had saved his life, the other party still wouldn't hold it in his heart.

"Clean up the zombies," Colonel Tran waved his hand.

Gunshots rang out.

The zombies gathered below were eliminated.

Colonel Tran faced the darkness ahead and shouted, "Tien Dao, you must bear the consequences of your own wrongdoings. We saved you, which can be considered a kindness. There's no need for you to keep manipulating zombies to come here."

In the distant darkness, there seemed to be someone. But it was very vague.

It was unknown if it was really him.

Perhaps he was really watching this place from the darkness. Or maybe he wasn't.

But no matter what Colonel Tran said, his voice carried through the dark night sky without receiving any response.

As the zombies below the wall were cleaned up, everything returned to calm.

Colonel Tran's expression was extremely grave. He really hadn't expected Tien Dao's desire for revenge to be so strong. He had been at odds with them for a long time.

Although it hadn't brought any substantial disaster to the base, controlling a group of zombies to come and harass them every two or three days was indeed making people anxious.

Ton Nang walked to Colonel Tran's side and said, "Colonel Tran, it's better to deal with someone like this. His existence is a hidden danger to this place, ready to explode at any time. Any person with hatred in their heart cannot be underestimated."

"Sigh, I know that too," Colonel Tran sighed, looking at the darkness ahead. Tien Dao, hiding in there, was unwilling to face them. He hid even more during the day. Finding him was extremely difficult.

Ton Nang had no intention of leaving for the time being.

He thought he would stay here for a period of time, as a place to rest his feet.

He knew that Colonel Tran and the others were still suspicious of him. If it were any other survivor who heard what he said and saw the "Zombie Illustrated Guide", they would often ask insistently how to get to Hoang City and how to contact Lam Pham.

But they didn't.

Night.

Ton Nang and Han Hieu Hieu were in a shared dormitory room.

"Hieu Hieu, do you want to stay here, or go to the Hoang City Sunshine Shelter and live a stable life?" Ton Nang asked.

He wanted Han Hieu Hieu to choose her own way of life.

If it were up to him, he would hope Han Hieu Hieu would go to the Hoang City Sunshine Shelter.

Han Hieu Hieu said, "Uncle Ton, are you going then?"

"I'm not going. I still have to look around outside." The reason Ton Nang had left Hoang City Prison was because Lam Pham was there and had wiped out the zombies. He wanted to encounter other zombies and obtain crystals to enhance his own abilities. Alone outside, he had no intention of harming anyone, but it was even more impossible for others to harm him.

"No." Han Hieu Hieu popped up from under the covers, sat on the bed, and looked at Ton Nang lying there. Her tone was very firm as she said, "Wherever Uncle Ton goes, I will follow."

Ton Nang laughed and made a ferocious face like a zombie catching someone. "If you follow me, you'll encounter a lot of zombies. They're very scary. They eat people, especially little girls with smooth skin and tender flesh like you."

"I'm not afraid," Han Hieu Hieu said, appearing very strong, not at all afraid of what Ton Nang said.

"Ha ha ha." Ton Nang hadn't laughed for a long time. In Hoang City Prison, he had always been very serious, and no one could see his gentle side, except for Ha Minh Hien. "Alright, alright, go to sleep. It's rare to have a comfortable bed to lie on. You should enjoy it well."

Han Hieu Hieu lay down happily, feeling very at ease. She knew that Uncle Ton would never abandon her.

The next day! A county town.

Lam Pham's cleanup scope was getting wider and wider.

"Grrr..."

"Grrr..."

He was in the city. There were no zombies in front of him, but the growls of zombies came from other corners.

Gradually.

The sound of dense footsteps came, the sound of running. Around the corner.

A large number of ferocious and terrifying zombies appeared. Seeing flesh and blood, the zombies appeared very crazed, their primitive ferocity completely erupting.

"Always so unfriendly. It's really a terrible thing."

The Frostmourne in Lam Pham's hand glowed with a silver light. This was a sword that had slain countless zombies, a sword full of positive energy, always accompanying Lam Pham on the front lines of clearing out zombies.

From beginning to end, it had worked hard and never slacked off midway.

"The cleanup begins. If it can make the environment better, then everything is worth it." Lam Pham never felt bored.

He swung Frostmourne. As the sword swung out, a zombie some distance away instantly shattered, and viscous blood splattered all over the ground.

[Killed an ordinary zombie]

[Points +1]

Being able to get points was a kind of pleasure in hunting zombies, just like playing a game. The only helpless thing was that always grinding the same monster would lead to fatigue.

After a while. The ground was littered with zombies.

The zombies that had been so ferocious just now had turned into corpses, lying obediently on the ground.

Lam Pham walked out of a small, dirty supermarket, picked up a can of soda, and gulped it down to quench his dry mouth.

In the apocalypse, the shops were unmanned. The goods were displayed on the shelves, looking very lonely, covered in dust. Only occasionally, when they encountered a survivor like Lam Pham, would they be lucky enough to be chosen.

Fortunately, he was not alone in the apocalypse.

He had many companions. If he were alone, anyone would have problems. He remembered a movie he had watched, "I Am Legend." The character in it began to have hallucinations and neurological problems while being alone in the apocalypse.

That kind of desire to see a living person occupied his entire brain.

Ding ding!

The satellite phone rang. He answered the call.

"Brother Lam, we're in Dong County. A terrifying big guy has appeared here. Come quickly."

The call was from Chuc Thanh. His tone was very shocked. It was clear that the big guy he was talking about had exceeded their imagination. Lao Chung's ability had already reached the 5th stage.

Most zombies that encountered Lao Chung had only one path: death.

Moreover, Diep Thien was also about to reach the fifth stage. In her long-range mode, she had extremely strong destructive power. The zombies that could withstand her were also few in number.

Ahead, more zombies were running over. The dense crowd of zombies made one's scalp tingle, but Lam Pham, who was used to this situation, appeared very calm.

"I'll come find you in a little while," he said.

He jumped. He instantly disappeared from the spot.

Only a group of zombies was left, staring blankly, their pale eyes moving in confusion. The delicious flesh that was right in front of them, how did it suddenly disappear?

Dong County.

On the roof of a building, four figures stood there, their expressions grave as they looked at a deep pit in the distance.

"That's... that's terrifying."

Chuc Thanh had never seen such a disgusting and terrifying scene.

There was a deep pit the size of a football field. There should have been a building here originally, but the building had collapsed and become ruins, integrated with the surrounding ground.

In the deep pit, there was an indescribable mass of flesh moving. It couldn't be described with specific words. It was just a mixture of bright red flesh and viscous liquid.

They were all shocked by this disgusting giant monster. They didn't even know where to start attacking such a monster.

"Chuc Thanh, what on earth is that?" Dong Giai's voice was very soft, as if she was afraid of being heard by the monster in the distant pit. When faced with an unknown monster, humans would always have a sense of fear.

Chuc Thanh said, "A Plaguebringer. A type of blob zombie formed from a mistaken evolution. It can emit a mysterious gas that attracts surrounding zombies, devouring them and constantly growing."

Dong Giai whispered, "No wonder there were so few zombies when we came here."

"Dong Giai, there's no need to whisper. It can't hear you. Even if it could, it wouldn't move. Its ability is contamination. It can grow boundlessly, devouring everything around it," Chuc Thanh reminded her.

They were hundreds of meters away from that thing. What was there to be afraid of?

"If it doesn't move, should I try shooting it?" Diep Thien wanted to use her sniper rifle to blast a bloody hole in the flesh and see what would happen.

"Don't, absolutely don't. If you break its wound, it will release a kind of poisonous gas. Its current ability can cover this entire city. Any living creature will die," Chuc Thanh interrupted Diep Thien's thought. He really didn't know why a Plaguebringer would exist. Your companions are all zombies that can run and bite. Even if the evolution went wrong, you shouldn't have grown into this kind of monster.

"Alright."

Diep Thien held her rifle and continued to watch.

At this moment.

They heard footsteps behind them. They turned their heads.

"Brother Lam." Chuc Thanh smiled. The big boss had arrived. Everything was very stable.

"What's the situation?"

Lam Pham had rushed over as soon as he received his call. This city was indeed very strange. The number of zombies was very small, but he didn't see any zombie corpses. He knew this wasn't Lao Chung and the others' doing.

Then, while jumping and searching, he saw them on the rooftop.

"It's that thing." Chuc Thanh pointed to the situation below.

Lam Pham walked to the edge and looked. He was shocked at first glance. What a strange thing.

Chuc Thanh told Lam Pham about the situation he had seen, especially that this Plaguebringer would release a poisonous gas that could cover an entire city if it was damaged by an external force. Any creature enveloped by the gas would die.

"Understood. It's actually easy to deal with, but the appearance of this kind of abnormal type is not good news," Lam Pham said.

He hoped that zombies could maintain their zombie appearance. He didn't want them to evolve into all kinds of messy forms.

Take the one in front of him, for example.

It seemed immobile, as if it couldn't bring disaster to the living survivors. But if any survivor wanted to protect the world and fight this thing to the death, using seemingly powerful firepower to leave a fist-sized wound on it, then it would cause the poisonous gas to be released.

This was not what he was willing to see.