Chapter 172: Apocalypse: Zombie Era (11)
In a short period of time, the once spacious main road was filled with wild grass. Although this area wasn’t within the designated safe zone of the base, there were still a few scattered zombies walking in the overgrown grass.
Now, most of their rotting flesh had already fallen off, and they were exposed to sunlight all day long. The remaining skin on their bodies had turned black and shriveled. Because of this, most zombies were as thin as sticks, blending into the overgrown grass, moving slowly. If one wasn’t careful, they would be difficult to spot.
“Bang!”
During this silence, a gunshot suddenly rang out in the distance. The slow and stiff zombies immediately raised their heads upon hearing the sound. It was as if they had been injected with chicken blood, rushing through the grass towards the source of the noise.
Their commotion disturbed the rabbits that were originally quiet in the bushes. Although these zombies didn’t eat any creatures other than humans, it still annoyed the rabbits, causing them to jump up in dissatisfaction and kick the zombies that had disturbed them.
These rabbits were about half the height of a person, with large bodies. With a single kick, they could directly crush a zombie’s skull. When one zombie fell, the remaining zombies didn’t even notice the commotion around them. They continued forward, covered in black flesh, heading in the same direction.
Since the apocalypse, all creatures in the world had evolved. Flying in the sky, walking on land, swimming in water—compared to them, humans, who occasionally possessed abilities, had suddenly fallen from the top of the food chain.
If they ate animals, they couldn’t overpower them. If they ate plants, the plants grew taller than humans and possessed various special abilities. Either they were poisonous upon contact or shot seeds like bullets before anyone got close. Moreover, some plants directly attracted passing humans or animals, entwining them while alive, dragging them underground, treating them as fertilizer and nourishment.
In addition, there were zombies, which didn’t eat anything other than humans and spread the infection. Humans were surrounded and outnumbered, making it a brutal situation.