Where would there be groups of survivors traveling together?
Of course, it was a terrifying horde of zombies.
Gradually, he saw the situation in the distance clearly. A shambling horde of zombies swayed as they approached, and the number seemed to be very large, at a rough estimate, at least several hundred.
"How can there be so many zombies appearing?"
Ngo Hao's eyes widened, somewhat in disbelief.
"They shouldn't be heading this way, right? Or is it that I, Ngo Hao, have a calamitous constitution? Why does it feel like wherever I go, I attract zombies? This isn't scientific."
He began to have strong doubts about his own situation, unwilling to believe that all of this was real.
His gaze remained fixed on the zombies in the distance.
His heart rose to his throat, and even his breathing began to quicken, changing with the direction of the zombies' movement.
"Please don't come this way."
"If you come, what will we use to stop you? Give us some face and take a detour, okay?"
But it seemed the more he feared something, the more likely it was to happen. The direction of the zombies was indeed heading this way.
He thought that if it really came down to it, he would start his motorcycle and lure the zombies away. But he saw that the zombie at the head of the pack seemed a bit strange. The distance was a bit too far, and he couldn't see clearly.
As the zombie army drew closer, he could finally see what that lead zombie was.
"Damn it, that looks like a Commander Zombie."
Although a Commander Zombie looked no different from an ordinary zombie, upon careful observation, one could clearly distinguish it. This type of zombie could command ordinary zombies. Even if he deliberately attracted their attention now, with the intelligence of a Commander Zombie, it might really discover something.
Thinking of this.
He scrambled and rolled up the mountain, shouting as he ran.
"Luong Tuan, Luong Tuan!"
Ngo Hao had never imagined that after just one short, beautiful night of rest, he would encounter something like this. This was not what he wanted to see.
Luong Tuan, who was repairing the wooden railings, looked up in confusion.
"Brother Ngo, what's wrong?" Luong Tuan was very confused. He felt that Ngo Hao's emotions were very flustered, as if he had experienced some kind of terrifying event. Then, a thought instantly flashed through his mind.
He couldn't help but become nervous. He quickly stood up, waiting for what Ngo Hao would say next.
Ngo Hao pointed down the mountain and said, "Quick, get everyone to hide! I saw a large number of zombies coming this way, at least a few hundred, and there are special types of zombies too!"
Clang!
The tool in Luong Tuan's hand fell to the ground. Then, without thinking, he quickly ran towards the front of the base.
"A large number of zombies are coming towards us! Everyone, get to the treehouses! Bring enough food and tools, and be ready to fight at any time!"
"Everyone, hurry up! Bring the children up!"
Luong Tuan hurriedly gave orders. The surrounding survivors, after a brief moment of shock, reacted instantly. Although they were very flustered, they maintained order from beginning to end.
Everyone hurriedly moved things up to the treehouses, and then brought the children up as well.
"Brother Ngo, now we can only leave it to fate. I hope the zombies won't find this place," Luong Tuan said.
Ngo Hao said, "Yes, the zombies are still some distance from our position now, so they won't be here for a while. I hope they're just passing by, not heading this way."
This was how it was in the apocalypse. No one knew when danger would appear by their side.
Perhaps things were fine just a moment ago, but in the blink of an eye, the situation could change, and danger would engulf them.
Luong Tuan ran a lap around the base. After confirming that everyone was in the treehouses, he hurriedly climbed into his own treehouse.
Ngo Hao followed behind him and entered the treehouse. In the room was a very long steel pipe, its tip sharpened to be extremely sharp, capable of easily piercing a zombie's head.
In an instant.
The shelter in the mountains was extremely quiet, without a single sound.
Everyone held their breath, listening to the movements outside. Even the rustling of the wind through the grass could startle their anxious hearts.
Ngo Hao observed through a crack.
There was no movement for now, nor did he hear the zombies' characteristic "Ugh, ugh" sound. The zombies were probably still on their way and hadn't arrived yet. Based on the distance he had just observed, it would take at least a few minutes for the zombies to pass by here.
At this moment, the survivors hiding in their respective treehouses had sweaty palms. Some held steel pipes, ready to fight at any time. No one was willing to face the zombies head-on, but the zombies wouldn't give them any chance either.
Once they saw fresh flesh and blood, the zombies would become like rabid dogs.
They would reveal their most ferocious and brutal appearance.
They would tear the flesh and blood they saw in front of them to shreds and devour it hungrily.
Not long after.
Suddenly.
A sound came, a concentrated rumbling of footsteps, and that "Ugh, ugh" sound that terrified so many people.
Everyone understood.
The zombies had really arrived. They were probably right outside the wooden railings now.
They swallowed hard, not daring to make a sound. Some survivors pulled their children close, whispering softly in their ears.
"Don't talk, absolutely don't talk, be good..."
The children were not completely ignorant. They knew it was very dangerous outside. They covered their mouths with their small, tender hands, their clear eyes filled with anxiety.
Ngo Hao observed the situation outside through a crack in the treehouse.
He could already see the figures of the zombies. This group of zombies was blocked by the wooden railings and hadn't broken through, just wandering back and forth outside the railings. Without any sound, the zombies would naturally not actively destroy the railings.
The lead Commander Zombie was also swaying, its face ferocious, one eye dangling, not completely fallen out, but connected by a nerve fiber. As it walked, the dangling eyeball swayed freely.
"Ugh, ugh..."
The Commander Zombie's head bumped into the wooden railings. It raised its head and let out a low roar.
As if to say... Why is there something blocking the way? Why is there no delicious flesh and blood? This is so unscientific.
Ngo Hao thought to himself, based on the current situation, when the zombies determined there were no humans here, they would most likely leave. After all, the zombies' wandering nature was not bad.
They probably wouldn't stay here for too long.
As expected, it was just as he thought.
The zombies really seemed to sense no human presence and began to slowly move away into the distance, passing through this forest and continuing towards an unknown direction.
"Phew..."
Ngo Hao let out a sharp sigh of relief. It seemed it was really a false alarm. The danger was real, but as long as they remained stable, they would surely be safe.
But just then.
Something unexpected happened.
The two captive wild boars seemed to be mating, making a low grunting sound.
"Not good..." Ngo Hao's expression changed drastically. Humans could control their voices, but animals couldn't.
The zombies, who were about to leave, heard the sound. After a brief moment of shock, they instantly roared ferociously, constantly ramming and banging against the wooden railings.
"Ugh, ugh..."
"Ugh, ugh..."
All the zombies went crazy. A little sound was enough to make them completely insane.
"Damn it, how could this happen? Does heaven really want us to go through this?" Ngo Hao felt very helpless in his heart. A cold chill enveloped his entire body. He could imagine how scared the survivors hiding in the other treehouses must be.
The wooden railings could indeed block the zombies, but when facing so many zombies.
The wooden railings could only hold them off for a little while.
Boom!
The wooden railings collapsed, and the zombies poured in frantically. The first to suffer were the captive animals.
One of the zombies grabbed a pheasant, opened its gaping maw dripping with viscous fluid, and bit down hard on the chicken's body. With a pfft, flesh and blood separated, and the chicken's intestines were pulled out, a very bloody and terrifying sight.
The two mating wild boars forgot their efforts.
They treated the appearing zombies as if they were just humans and paid them no mind, until the male wild boar, in the middle of thrusting, saw the female wild boar beneath him being dragged away and eaten on the ground. It was completely enraged.
It let out an angry roar.
It charged towards the zombies, but its attack was futile. The zombies, agitated by the commotion, became completely crazed and violent. Several zombies tackled the male wild boar to the ground.
Pfft!
Pfft!
Biting, roaring, a perfectly fine wild boar was instantly disemboweled, its organs torn out and scattered all over the ground.
Animals seemed to be immune to the zombie virus, so even if they were bitten, they would only die in the end and would not develop into animal zombies.
Ngo Hao, who had been watching all along, was deeply shaken.
The zombies' aggression was truly too strong.
So strong it was terrifying.
The survivors here, apart from him being an Awakened, were all just ordinary people. They didn't have the ability to fight the zombies head-on.
The survivors hiding in the treehouses began to tremble. They could hear the tragic screams of the animals outside. Those tragic sounds constantly bombarded their souls.
Some children covered their mouths tightly, their fear causing tears to well up in their eyes.
Ngo Hao was still waiting.
Waiting for the zombies to finish eating these animals. They should leave after that. After all, there was no more sound here.
If they were all ordinary zombies.
Perhaps it would be as he thought. The zombies would slowly leave this place. But now, there was a Commander Zombie.
In his line of sight.
That Commander Zombie was not eating the already shredded wild boar with the ordinary zombies, but was slowly swaying around, occasionally raising its head, revealing its blackened teeth, and letting out a low roar.
As if it were observing something.
There were cracks in the floor of the treehouse. The Commander Zombie's pale eyes rolled, as if it saw a moving black shadow through the cracks. And the female survivor in this particular treehouse also saw the Commander Zombie observing her from below through a crack.
The zombie's ferocious appearance deeply impacted her terrified heart.
She slowly moved her body, not wanting to make eye contact with the zombie.
Suddenly.
"Ugh, ugh..."
The Commander Zombie roared. The surrounding ordinary zombies clearly received a command. They dropped the bloody flesh they were eating and gathered around the Commander Zombie, then began to frantically ram against the tree.
"Not good, someone has been discovered!"
Seeing this situation, Ngo Hao's expression changed drastically. The group of zombies reached their hands towards the sky, clearly wanting to pull the human out of the treehouse.
"Ah, help!"
The discovered female survivor screamed for help, while holding a steel pipe, nervously looking at the ferocious and vicious zombies below. She didn't have much time left.
Either fight back, or wait for death, wait for the zombies to form a human pyramid and pull her out of the treehouse to be eaten.
Ngo Hao shouted, "We've been discovered! Get ready to fight!"
As his voice fell.
Luong Tuan pushed open the door and stood on the corridor, while tying a rope around his waist to prevent himself from falling into the zombie horde due to the inertia when piercing a zombie's head with a steel pipe.
Once something like that happened, there was basically no chance of survival.
The survivors all came out of the treehouses, made the same preparations as Luong Tuan, all tying ropes around their waists, while telling the children to stay in the rooms. They then began to kill the zombies with steel pipes.
As more and more survivors appeared.
The agitated zombies became even more crazed and ferocious, their concentrated roars echoing.
The Commander Zombie commanded the zombies, telling them not to be scattered. Perhaps the Commander Zombie also knew what to do. It actually made the zombies start to form human pyramids, constantly climbing up.
"Kill! If you don't want to be bitten to death by zombies, then hurry up and kill! We must not let them climb up!" Luong Tuan roared, using all his strength to pierce a zombie's head with a steel pipe. When he pulled it out, it was covered in viscous fluid.
But for the zombies, this situation would not scare them.
Instead, it aroused even more of their ferocity.
Pfft!
Pfft!
Facing the zombies' attack, the survivors standing on the treehouses desperately stabbed their steel pipes into the zombies' heads. Pfft, pfft, the sound of flesh and blood being pierced was very heavy.
"Ah..."
Just then, a survivor, while piercing a zombie's head, had his steel pipe grabbed by a zombie. It was pulled down hard, and due to the inertia, the survivor's body became unstable, dangling in the air.
The sudden change scared him into screaming.
Fortunately, he had a rope tied around his waist. Otherwise, if he had really fallen, it would have been a dead end.
"Be careful!" Luong Tuan reminded him.
The survivor scrambled back up, his face pale with fright, without a trace of blood. His heart was pounding, almost scared to death.
"I... I know."
The survivor hurriedly returned to the room and took out a spare steel pipe he had prepared earlier. Otherwise, without a steel pipe, he really wouldn't know how to deal with the zombies.
Ngo Hao was also desperately killing zombies, but the number of zombies in front of him was simply too many. A sense of tension always enveloped his heart.
He was an Awakened, and his strength was much greater than that of ordinary people.
Killing zombies was much easier.
But if things continued like this, when would he be able to kill all the zombies?
...
At this moment.
At the foot of the mountain.
Three survivors appeared.
"There's a motorcycle parked here, and a truck. Could there be survivors up there?" Vuong Cuong, carrying two sabers, asked doubtfully.
They were passing by and saw the parked vehicles. After investigating, they found that these vehicles were all in good condition, clearly being used by someone.
Ly Cong Vinh said, "It's really a bit difficult to meet survivors now. Too many have died. I even suspect that there aren't many survivors left. Out of over a billion people, could there be five hundred thousand?"
Vuong Cuong thought for a moment and said, "I think five hundred thousand is a bit of a stretch. I don't know if there are even a hundred thousand. Do you think we humans are really going to be exterminated by zombies? Even if by some miracle these one hundred thousand people were gathered together, who knows how long it would take to reproduce and restore the previous population."
Hearing them talk, Luong Man on the side couldn't help but laugh.
"Do you think women are pigs? Ten in one litter?"
Vuong Cuong: ...
Ly Cong Vinh: ...
They had no rebuttal to what Luong Man said.
Suddenly.
Luong Man raised her hand, signaling for silence, then pricked up her ears and frowned slightly. "I think I hear a noisy sound. No... that's the roar of zombies, and the shouts of living people."
"There are people on the mountain, and they're being attacked by zombies."
Instantly.
Vuong Cuong directly drew the two sabers from his back, ready to fight at any time.
Ly Cong Vinh also held his axe. Their principle was to kill any zombies they encountered. If they encountered one they couldn't defeat, they would flee in time, avoiding the brunt of the zombie attack.
"What do you say? Should we go up and take a look?" Vuong Cuong said.
Luong Man and Ly Cong Vinh glanced at each other.
"Let's go."
They didn't think too much. Encountering something like this, they definitely wouldn't just sit and watch.
On the mountain.
More and more zombies were being killed, but everyone was already exhausted. Piercing a zombie's head with a steel pipe seemed like an easy task, but only after truly trying it would one discover how difficult it really was.
Ngo Hao also discovered this situation. If things continued like this, the zombie corpses would pile up higher and higher. Then it would be a piece of cake for the zombies to climb up.
Suddenly.
The unexpected happened.
Another survivor, in a state of exhaustion, was pulled by a zombie and was left dangling and spinning.
"Help!"
The survivor screamed, his face pale.
Luong Tuan said hurriedly, "Hurry up and climb up!"
"Brother Tuan, I have no strength left!" the survivor cried out wearily. He looked down and saw the ferocious zombies below reaching out, trying to pull him down. Those terrifying faces scared him so much he trembled all over.
Luong Tuan gritted his teeth, threw the steel pipe aside, then intertwined his legs around a rattan vine and slowly climbed with his hands, trying to use the rattan vine to build a path to the other person.
He looked down and his heart trembled violently. Those ferocious faces were truly too scary. Then, without looking, he desperately climbed towards the other side.
Soon, Luong Tuan arrived at the other person's treehouse. He stood on his toes, trying to stabilize the spinning rope, while comforting the other person, telling him not to be afraid, not to be nervous, and that everything would be safe.
Crack!
A crisp sound was heard.
Looking up, he saw that the branch the rope was tied to could no longer support the weight and had cracked.
"Damn it!"