Chen Nan was scared and almost cried when he saw the corpse mountain and the blood sea on the plaza. My God, what happened here?

Shen Xun widened his eyes and looked at Shen Shian. His eyes were full of pride and marvel, “An An, you are great.” Worthy of being the human he fancy.

Shen Shian fetched three large bags and three pairs of rubber gloves from his backpack, and took out six aromatherapy pills. Each person received two to plug their nostrils. “I haven’t collected the crystal nuclei, so let’s start collecting now. Pay attention to the surrounding environment when collecting. Don’t stay too far away from each other.” Then he asked Chen Nan again, “How about your feet? Can you hold it?”

After recovering from the shock, he nodded immediately, “No problem, I feel much better.” He did feel better, and he did not know whether it was a psychological effect or an evolution of his physique. He was rescued by Shen Shian from the second floor of the bookstore in less than half an hour. Not only did the pain in his ankle was greatly reduced, even the swelling was reduced visually.

“That’s good. Your powers are exhausted. First absorb more crystal nuclei to replenish it. No matter how much you pick up, it will be yours.”

No matter how much he picked up, it was his. The zombies were solved by Shen Shian. Without waiting for Chen Nan to refuse, Shen Shian patted him on the shoulder twice, “A strong group is formed by strong members. Collect quickly, there are still many zombies in the county. It will be dark soon.”

Chen Nan swallowed the words back, and no longer tried to argue. He took a bag and chose a place to start immediately.

Although only the mutated zombies had crystal nuclei in their brains, it was not difficult to find them. First, the mutated zombies had a distinctive feature compared to ordinary zombies, that is, they were less rotted and easier to identify; The proportion of mutated zombies in the corpse mountain was extremely high, even  the probability of picking up crystal nuclei with eyes closed was more than half. What’s more, almost all zombies had their skulls cut off by Shen Shian, and they only needed to reach out to know if the crystal nucleus was there.”

Shen Shian and Shen Xun started from three or four meters away from Chen Nan, and the child was excited, “An An, let’s compete, who collects the most crystal nuclei wins.”

“Ok.”

“If I win, will you let me soak in the hot spring?”

“Dream on.”

The dog was not discouraged. After the winner’s prize was replaced with sweet potatoes, his spirit was still high. He quickly tried to collect as many crystal nuclei as possible. Soon Shen Shian could only see his butt sticking out.

There were too many zombies, and the bloodstains accumulated were more than an inch thick, and they were scattered everywhere. But there was obviously no way to care about it so much. Shen Shian glanced at the bloodstains, and he was secretly thankful that his boots were waterproof.

He didn’t pay much attention to the battle with the zombie army. At this time, he found that many zombies were not that rotten and also had more fresh and tragic signs of being eaten on the body. Many of them had weapons tied to their belts or calves. Obviously, these were similar to Shen Shian and the two, they were dressed as survivors on the road.

From entering the county to the present, Shen Shian could be sure of two things

First, zombies with abilities have evolved wisdom.

Second, zombies with abilities could control other zombies.

Reconnecting to the empty streets of the county where they had just entered, he could make the following speculation: The power zombie{n1} led its army of zombies, and set a trap for the survivors passing by the county. The safe and empty street would reduce the survivors’ vigilance and it would lure them into the plaza step by step. If they accidentally fall into the trap, unless there was a person like Shen Shian who defied the nature order or a super strong military force, they could only become a snack for the zombie army and eventually become one of them.

Note1: The zombies with abilities will be called power zombie

Even Shen Shian was afraid that the number of zombies in the county was far more than those on the square. He saw at least five or six thousand during his search for Chen Nan with the child, and the area they passed was not even one tenth of the whole county.

So, why didn’t the power zombie control all the zombies in the county to deal with Shen Shian?

According to Chen Nan and Shen Xun, when they found zombies wandering on the road near the off-road vehicle, it was almost exactly when Shen Shian and the zombie army were fighting, so Shen Shian guessed that the power zombie could indeed control ordinary zombies, but there was a limits on quantity, range or accuracy. For example, when a power zombie sent a relatively simple instruction to ordinary zombies “Hide away from the main road”, it could control a large number of zombies, which may not include the entire county; but when the power zombie gave a very complicated command of “Take turns killing that man”, the number of zombies it could control was greatly reduced, and the upper limit was estimated to be the number of zombies on the plaza.

When controlling the zombie army to fight Shen Shian, the ability of the power zombie to control zombies was greatly weakened, so other zombies would wander to the streets and siege the off-road vehicle according to their instincts.

Shen Shian had to be thankful that if the power zombie had evolved a little higher, the number of zombies that could be precisely controlled should be doubled. If that was the case then neither he nor Chen Nan could leave here alive. Probably only the dog would be safe and sound, the zombies were not interested in him anyway.

Chen Nan devoted himself to picking up the crystal nuclei. As he picked up the crystal nuclei, he went closer to Shen Shian. With some concern on his face, he said, “Brother Shen, say, will there be other power zombies?” They could control thousands of zombies to attack strategically. Just the thought of it made people shudder. Wisdom was the greatest advantage humans had over zombies. Do they even lose this advantage? The more terrible he felt, the more he admired Shen Shian, who even succeeded in getting rid of ten thousand enemies, amazing.

Shen Shian shook his head, “There should not be.” One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers. The county plaza was the best place to ambush survivors. If there were other power zombies, it was impossible to give up this place to the one. And the zombies on the street were all disordered, not like being controlled by another power zombie.

Chen Nan breathed a sigh of relief, but soon spoke again, “There are too many zombies in this county, and the proportion of mutated zombies was also outrageously high.”

Shen Shian furrowed his eyebrows. This was where he was confused.

A few days ago, when he stopped at a rest stop on the road, the proportion of mutated zombies was less than one-tenth, but the proportion of mutated zombies in the zombie army on the square actually increased to about three-quarters, even the zombies chasing Chen Nan was as high as one-quarter. Was the speed of zombies evolution really so fast or was there a reason why the evolution of zombies in the county was faster than usual?

In addition to the ratio of the mutated zombies, the total number of zombies in the county was also shocking. Shen Shian speculated that there were less than 50,000 zombies. But the total resident population here was only 30,000. Why was there such a large number of zombies? Was it related to the food festival written on the banner? Was there any survivor in the county? What happened here?

None of these questions could be answered at present.

While the three of them collected crystal nuclei, it was already dark, but at this time, the heavy rain that had stopped for a long time started to fall again.

Shen Shian tied a knot on the bag that Shen Xun used to hold the crystal nuclei and carried it on his shoulders sideways. “Go, first find a place to hide from the rain and spend the night.” There were many crystal nuclei, roughly estimated at about 7,000. Shen Shian originally planned to directly enter the space, but after thinking about it, he still didn’t do it. He was sure that Chen Nan was trustworthy, and he already regarded the other party as a partner who he could trust his life with, but the space was too complicated. He had to consider it for a long time.

Chen Nan also carried the bag with crystal nuclei back, and declined Shen Shian’s suggestion to help him. It seemed unbelievable, but his foot seemed to be completely healed. Does absorbing crystal nuclei not only supplement the power, but also improves the body’s healing ability?

There were too many zombies on the streets around the plaza, and the three dared not to stay for too long. Going out along the direction of the main road, they prepared to spend a night outside the county. However, the rain was really heavy, and it was heavier than at noon. Before going too far, the three of them were drenched from head to toe like drowned rats. Their visible range was also less than three meters, and the worst thing was that a group of zombies was chasing them under the cover of the rain.

When the three of them were fighting in the heavy rain, they cut a sorry figure. Then there was a sound of metal and the iron gate of a shop facing the street was suddenly lifted from the inside, and the orange fire in the door was very eye-catching in the heavy rain. A teenager who looked at most 16 or 17 years old bent down and beckoned them from under the iron gate, “Hey, hurry come in.”

Shen Shian and Chen Nan looked at each other, nodded, and rushed over with the child in his arms.

The three had just entered the door, and the iron gates had been closed again.

After the teenager who let them in locked the last lock, he seemed to be relieved, turned and smiled at the three, and then he extended his hand, “Hello, my name is Liu Fangzhou.”

Shen Shian put down Shen Xun, raised his hand, and shook it, “Shen Shian.”

While looking at his surroundings quietly, he looked at Chen Nan’s ankle and gave him a wink. Chen Nan immediately realized that and he moved the entire weight of his body to his right foot, and lifted up his left foot with slight pain.

His acting was good, and the teenager soon noticed, “Oh, is it a foot injury? Hurry up, sit down and rest.”

“Thank you.” Chen Nan thanked, pulling up his trousers and showing him the red and swollen ankle. It was to prove that the foot injury was true, and the second was to prove that it was not bitten by the zombie. “I ran too fast when I avoided the zombie before, and I accidentally sprained it.”