True Apocalypse Game

"Hurry, get out of here! Or it’ll be too late!" the Angie Symbiote shouted, its face filled with shock, all its previous composure gone.

Shen Feng waved to Reyes and Colin. The two immediately ran back to the front of the Toyota pickup, looking at Shen Feng with tense expressions.

They too had felt the strange magnetic field that had just appeared, and the malevolence it contained.

They had also seen the figures of the zombies that appeared above.

Shen Feng took out the remaining blocks of C4 and a few grenades and handed them to the two men. "First, set these up at the entrance... Also, dig the brains out of those two zombies, make sure they’re intact. If it’s too difficult, just take the whole heads. And find some large batteries and wires."

The two didn’t understand, but they subconsciously obeyed Shen Feng’s commands and quickly got to work.

"Get me out of here! That monster will devour us all!" the Angie Symbiote said rapidly, its face fraught with anxiety.

"What is the Hannibal Symbiote?" Shen Feng asked, his expression impassive as he put his mask back on. At the same time, he stuck the last two blocks of C4 to the door leading from the underground mall to the parking garage.

The name immediately reminded him of Hannibal the Ogre from the classic film *The Silence of the Lambs*.

Angie quickly explained, "There are hundreds of Symbiotes living in Mexico City, and the most evil and powerful among them is the Hannibal Symbiote. It uses its field to devour and assimilate other Symbiotes. A few months ago, it was like I used to be, with only a few hundred component bodies. Now it has over ten thousand! And it’s very similar to a Divine Apostle—it loves to torture the living. If it catches you, you’ll be tortured until you’re begging for death."

Shen Feng immediately thought of the Mike Robot he had encountered during the Gray Tide apocalypse. He then asked:

"If it can devour other zombies, wouldn’t all the zombies in Mexico City be its component bodies? No, it should have taken control of the whole world by now."

The Angie Symbiote continued:

"It doesn’t devour zombies. The brain structure of a Symbiote’s component body is slightly different from that of an ordinary zombie. Hannibal devours the will of the Symbiote. It weakens other Symbiotes, then takes the opportunity to assimilate them. And I am at my weakest right now!"

As the Angie Symbiote spoke, a pained expression suddenly appeared on its faces. The nine zombies that composed it all began to wail, clutching their heads with their mangled arms.

Shen Feng could also feel it—the powerful magnetic field enveloping the area was beginning to resonate, trying to influence the Angie Symbiote before him!

The sound of tens of thousands of people shouting in unison came from above the underground mall:

"Hee hee hee, I didn’t expect to find you here, Angie. You seem much weaker... Don’t resist. Assimilate with me. We will become me, and you will gain even greater power, feel what a god feels..."

"Shut up..." the female zombie of the Angie Symbiote muttered viciously. "I am just me. I am not any..."

Before she could finish, all nine bodies of the Angie Symbiote began to tremble violently, their eyes rolling back to show the whites.

Then, one of the zombies opened its eyes again. It looked at Shen Feng with some curiosity and said:

"Who are you? A living person?"

Its tone was clearly different from the Angie Symbiote’s. It was obvious that the Hannibal Symbiote’s will had seized control of this zombie.

Then another zombie opened its eyes and looked over.

Clearly, it wouldn’t be long before all the component parts of the Angie Symbiote were completely taken over and controlled by the enemy!

Shen Feng snorted coldly. He took a Sacrificial Stone from his backpack, held it in his hand, and used the electrical waves from his Silicon-Based Brain to activate the stone’s reaction.

In the next instant, a torrent of violent magnetic turbulence erupted from the Sacrificial Stone fragment, spreading outwards. The two recently possessed zombies let out a frenzied shriek as their connection to the Hannibal Symbiote’s consciousness was severed instantly.

The Angie Symbiote fully recovered and quickly said to Shen Feng:

"Go, get me out of here! Please!"

Just then, Reyes and Colin finished their preparations. Each carrying two ordinary zombie heads, they came before Shen Feng and said:

"Mr. Shen, we’ve planted enough explosives at the entrance. What’s next?"

They had seen the tens of thousands of zombies above the underground mall, and the sight made their skin crawl. They had no idea what to do.

The ferocious roars from the tens of thousands of zombies just now had terrified them, making them wish they could leave this place immediately.

This was a Symbiote that even other evil Symbiotes feared!

"Get in the truck. We’re leaving through the underground garage." Shen Feng took one last deep look at the entrance before jumping into the pickup’s bed, standing among the nine mangled zombies that made up the Angie Symbiote.

The autocannon was out of ammo, but he still had a grenade launcher on him.

Reyes and Colin, as if granted amnesty, scrambled into the truck, started the engine, and headed for the underground garage’s exit.

The engine roared. Ahead was the gate to the underground parking garage. With a loud BANG, the pickup smashed through the gate and sped down the ramp toward the garage.

Hearing the roar of the engine from below, the Hannibal Symbiote above the underground mall realized its prey was escaping. Tens of thousands of zombies let out a crazed howl and poured into the mall like a tide, chasing after the vehicle.

These zombies were clearly much stronger than the Angie Symbiote’s component bodies; the outlines of their muscles were faintly visible. In the blink of an eye, thousands of zombies had already rushed into the underground mall, heading for the parking garage ramp.

Reyes could see the pursuing horde in the rearview mirror and immediately stomped on the gas, surging forward.

Seeing that the first few zombies had already crossed the mall and entered the ramp, Shen Feng smirked and pressed the detonator for the last few blocks of C4.

"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!" A series of explosions erupted. The C4 and grenades detonated together, instantly destroying both the entrance and exit of the underground mall. The escalator was blown apart.

Hundreds of zombies were caught in the blast, blown to pieces. Many more were crushed into meat paste by the collapsing escalator!

In an instant, hundreds of zombies were completely annihilated, and many more were heavily wounded.

"Bastard! Angie! You dare to resist me! I will devour you completely!" the tens of thousands of Hannibal Symbiote zombies roared, venting their fury as they pursued even more frantically.

But the bombs still weren’t powerful enough. It wasn’t like in the movies, where concrete beams would collapse and block the passage.

Shen Feng couldn’t help but sigh at how misleading movies were. He casually tossed the detonator aside and began bombarding the pursuing horde with the grenade launcher.

"THUMP! THUMP! THUMP..."

The grenades shot from the muzzle like acorns, exploding behind them and blowing the frontmost dozens of zombies to bloody bits. The horde’s advance slowed for a moment.

The leading zombies at the front could now clearly see the pickup, the Angie Symbiote, and the other people on it. They roared:

"Angie! You’re teaming up with the living? Hahaha, thank you for the offering! I will sacrifice them to the Divine Apostle Shen Feng and win his favor!"

Hearing this, Shen Feng felt a little weird. He pulled the trigger again, and the last grenade shot out, blowing the loudest-shouting zombie into a mist of blood.

Tossing the heavy grenade launcher aside, Shen Feng turned and slapped the roof of the cab. He said:

"Drive south! Get out of the city!"

"CRASH!" The pickup smashed through the barrier arm at the garage exit and hit the street, beginning to race madly south along the road.

Meanwhile, the Hannibal Symbiote’s zombies from the mall and the surrounding area converged, forming a terrifying long dragon as they sprinted in pursuit of the pickup.

These zombies had clearly undergone some mutation and were extremely fast. The pickup, on the other hand, was constantly blocked by wrecked vehicles and obstacles in the city ruins, unable to pick up speed.

In the blink of an eye, the foremost zombies had closed the distance to less than ten meters from the pickup!

That terrifying and immense Thought Field had once again enveloped the pickup!

Shen Feng picked up an automatic rifle that had been tossed in the truck bed, planted a foot on the face of one of the Angie Symbiote’s zombies, and began firing controlled bursts at the horde behind them.

"BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG..." The crisp sound of gunfire echoed through the city ruins. Zombies in the horde behind them were hit repeatedly, but it didn’t have much of an effect.

Getting a headshot from a bouncing vehicle was too difficult. And if they were hit in the body, even if a hole was blasted through them, these zombies could still get back up and continue the chase.

The Angie Symbiote said dejectedly:

"We can’t escape. If I were at my peak, I might have stood a chance. But now, it’s impossible. When Hannibal hunts, he always encircles his prey. There’s bound to be another ambush ahead... Also, could you please move your foot off my face?"

Shen Feng’s face was grim. He emptied the rifle’s magazine, quickly scanned the surroundings, and said:

"You can’t escape. We can still get out of here. He’s after you."

The Angie Symbiote froze, then instantly understood that he intended to throw it off. It hurriedly said:

"Hahaha, what do you think Hannibal would do if he knew you were a Divine Apostle from another world, and an extremely weak one at that? He would hunt you down like a madman! You are the perfect offering to sacrifice to Destructive Shen Feng!"

Shen Feng nodded in agreement and said meaningfully, "Which is why he won’t find out. And you won’t be assimilated."

Just then, a wrecked vehicle appeared on the road ahead, blocking the intersection. The pickup swerved sharply onto another street.

The road ahead was much clearer, and the truck’s speed increased. However, it was a dead end. The horde had placed numerous barricades around, forcing them straight ahead.

But Shen Feng actually smiled. He was very familiar with this road.

This was the road to that fried chicken joint.

He slapped the roof of the cab again and shouted:

"Back to the fried chicken joint! Ram right through!"

The pickup sped on, quickly reaching the end of the road. With a CRASH, it smashed right through the window and into the building.

The horde sprinted up behind, roaring in unison:

"Angie, you can’t escape! Let’s see where you run to now!"

On the other side of the fried chicken joint, more of the Hannibal Symbiote’s zombies were already waiting, forming a pocket to trap them.

Now at the final stage of the hunt, the Hannibal Symbiote became much more cautious. It didn’t rush in, but instead shouted from outside:

"Angie, surrender! Merge with me! We will make a sacrifice to Destructive Shen Feng, and together, we shall attain eternal life!"

But it waited for a moment and heard no movement from within. Just as it was about to charge in, it heard the united voice of the Angie Symbiote reply:

"Sigh... Come on in, Hannibal. I give up."

The Hannibal Symbiote’s bodies glanced at each other. The front few dozen component zombies acted in unison, rushing into the fried chicken joint.

The back kitchen door of the fried chicken joint was wide open. It quickly found the armory inside. Seeing the room fully stocked with guns, ammunition, and an armored vehicle, it froze.

What surprised it even more was that all nine of the Angie Symbiote’s mangled bodies were now piled in the pickup’s bed, surrounded by explosives and reeking of gasoline.

The smell of gasoline filled the armory. Several large oil drums were tipped over on the floor, GURGLE GURGLE, steadily pouring out gasoline. The floor was covered in a finger-thick layer of it.

The young girl zombie and the professor zombie of the Angie Symbiote each had a lit cigarette dangling from their mouths. Seeing the Hannibal Symbiote appear, the nine component zombies spoke in unison:

"Free will never submits, Motherfucker."

Then, they spat out the burning cigarettes.