In that moment, Song Muyuan was overrun with countless emotions, chaos reigning supreme within.
Yet Tang Ye paid no heed to what was running through his mind, and turned around.
"Come with me."
Song Muyuan nodded and followed behind Tang Ye towards the once-thriving city before the Apocalypse.
Throughout their journey, the two zombies hadn’t spoken a word. After nearly half an hour and passing through a jungle formed by evolved plants, they saw the desolate city that stood tall on the land in the distance. It was then that Song Muyuan finally broke the silence and asked Tang Ye.
"Marshal, can you kill a Level 6 zombie?"
Song Muyuan’s question appeared to be an inquiry, but in reality, he was also testing whether there was any chance he could escape from Tang Ye’s clutches if he evolved to Level 6. However, Tang Ye’s answer was like a bucket of cold water ruthlessly doused on his barely flickering sparks of hope.
"To me, a Level 6 zombie is the same as a Level 5."
Upon receiving this piece of information, Song Muyuan’s body trembled imperceptibly, clearly, his heart was now engulfed in tumultuous waves!
"Level 6 zombies are the same as Level 5 zombies..."
He repeated Tang Ye’s words in his mind and after a long ponder, he seemed to grasp the specific meaning of this telepathic message.
Tang Ye was saying he could effortlessly kill a Level 5 zombie, and he could do the same to a Level 6 zombie!
Song Muyuan looked up at Tang Ye, who was walking ahead, his eyes flashing with an extremely complex expression.
If killing a Level 6 zombie was as simple and easy as a Level 5, then how strong was he?
"Marshal, I want to know what level of zombie you are..."
"Me? Level 7!"
"Level 7?"
Song Muyuan was momentarily stunned, only now realizing the vast gap between himself and the one before him.
However, after Tang Ye spoke, he no longer paid attention to him and continued ahead, saying, "Hurry up and follow!"
"Oh, right, right!"
Song Muyuan nodded and followed Tang Ye on their way.
After half an hour, the two zombies finally arrived at Xin City, situated fifty-four kilometers away from the previous small town. At this point, Song Muyuan asked.
"Marshal, where are we going?"
Tang Ye glanced at Song Muyuan, whose expression clearly indicated he thought Xin City was their final destination, but that wasn’t the case.
"Don’t think too much. Coming here is merely to make you stronger, to evolve you to Level 6. Our destination is a survivor base."
"Going to a survivor base? But... isn’t that too dangerous? They’ll kill me on sight!"
"What’s the hurry? There are many of our kind there. However, once we get there, it’s best you don’t kill indiscriminately. That place is under my control, and there won’t be any danger."
"But if it’s all people there, and I look like this... can I become human?"
Song Muyuan obviously knew what kind of consequences his zombie face would bring upon entering human society.
"You can’t change on your own, but I have a way. However, it will take some time," Tang Ye said.
"Okay then."
Upon hearing Tang Ye had a solution, Song Muyuan relaxed a bit. To zombies, those living beings were indeed food, but once the food became powerful, the low-level zombies would become the prey.
After just entering Xin City, Tang Ye stopped and closed his eyes, seemingly doing something unknown.
A dozen seconds later, Tang Ye opened his eyes, disappointment flashing across his face.
"There isn’t a Level 6 zombie in this city. It seems Level 6 zombies are still rare."
With his senses, Tang Ye ascertained there were a total of thirteen Level 5 zombies in Xin City, a number not to be considered small. But he didn’t know if this would be enough for Song Muyuan to evolve.
"Alright, do what you have to do," Tang Ye said, turning to Song Muyuan.
Hearing this, Song Muyuan was startled at first, then looked at Tang Ye as if he had misheard.
"Marshal, you... you’re telling me to do it myself? I can’t beat them..."
Tang Ye gave him another look, and the expression in his eyes was clear. Song Muyuan was no fool, and he immediately understood.
"Alright, I know what to do," Song Muyuan said resignedly. Then he moved deeper into Xin City. As he walked, hordes of zombies began to gather around him. Tang Ye was letting him train his abilities.
However, Song Muyuan wasn’t the same as Xu Haishui or Gong Xiao. He couldn’t directly control zombies of the same level as himself. But when it came to the number of zombies he could control, smart zombies like Xu and Gong were no match for Song Muyuan.
Soon, Song Muyuan was surrounded by an enormous horde of zombies. If someone were in the sky, they would see zombies Level 4 and below from the entire city converging towards where Song Muyuan was, the numbers probably already exceeding a million.
Even zombies from other cities around Xin City began to draw close; such a terrifying scope of influence was comparable to Level 6 Water Guanyin’s hunger-induced range of influence.
After about fifteen minutes, various parts of Xin City simultaneously began to witness a spectacle: hordes of zombies attacking Level 5 zombies.
The bloodthirsty and frenzied zombies saw the Level 5s like survivors’ bases teeming with hundreds of thousands of people, rushing at them like a tsunami. At that moment, the roar of zombies bubbled up like boiling water!
Those Level 5 zombies possessed the intelligence of two or three-year-old human children. As they faced the onslaught from their own kind, they wouldn’t run away, but they weren’t as mindlessly receptive to attacks as when they were Levels 1, 2, or 3.
The counterattacks of the Level 5s, wielding their immense strength, wreaked havoc on the already devastated city, making it even more riddled with holes. The richly evolved plants and zombified flora were caught in the crossfire, pulled out in large swathes by the zombies, leaving a thick pattern of holes left by their roots.
This scene was unknown to many, but the survivors who still lived within were watching with great interest. A zombie war of such magnitude was a rare sight, akin to players preparing to raid a boss in a game, only for the boss to start fighting the lesser monsters before the battle began.
The battle between the Level 5 zombies and the horde lasted for over an hour. As the zombies that made up the tide were torn to pieces one after another, finally, a Level 5 zombie was ripped apart by the swarm, its massive body turned into countless chunks—already dead creatures dying even more dead!
They also tried to influence the lower zombies using psychic strands and high-level wills, but the horde attacking them seemed to be frenzied beyond control, impervious to the series of manipulative tactics by the high-level zombies.
However, after the Level 5 zombies were shredded into innumerable pieces by the horde, something strange happened. As soon as the Level 5s died, the swarm that killed them began to disperse, quickly heading elsewhere. Soon, a zombie that looked almost of normal human height appeared, picked up an Evolution Crystal left in the brain of one of the deceased Level 5 zombies, popped it into its mouth, and followed the horde off to other locations.
PS: Brothers, I’m sorry for not updating yesterday. I was delayed by seven or eight hours while trying to catch a flight, which was then canceled, so I was busy all night and forgot to write. I ask for your forgiveness, I ask for your forgiveness.