Chapter 75: For The Greater Good
Neha remained blissfully unaware of the disaster at the naval base. Her own army kept charging ahead.
It didn’t matter that the initial army had halved by the time they reached their destination. The remaining half wasn’t in great shape either.
Five hours of tireless hiking even tested the resolve of the chosen. Forget about the unawakened, as they were left to turn into husks. None of them had the strength left to move, but Neha didn’t care about that.
She had them whipped into shape until they turned into obedient dogs. They were needed for a purpose, and Neha would have them fulfill it.
"What happened to this place?" Min asked, voicing everyone’s thought.
The Carmel Valley they remembered was a place for the well-off. However, all they saw was a bottomless pit.
The buildings had disappeared into a massive crater filled with zombies. In the middle of it all was their target, the zombie king, or the Headless, which it was until it evolved.
However, it wasn’t like the Headless they saw back at the college.
The one they saw back then was barely six feet tall. But the one before them was easily twice that tall. That was when it was sitting on the ground.
Yet, there was more. Strange vines appeared out of the creature’s spine, which were buried into the ground. Similar vines were connected to the backs of the walkers’ heads.
To state it simply, the Headless was a tree, and those tendrils were its roots looking for nutrients.
"What is it doing?" a chosen asked.