Proofreader: Prof Zhu Yuan

“That’s not surprising. The zombies got upgraded. Humans with superfunction can be upgraded, and so can zombies. The color of the nucleus represents the attribute of the zombie. For instance, red represents fire, blue represents water, and so on. A transparent nucleus means that the zombie has no attribute as yet. In the future, the zombies will also have superfunctions.”

Yun Che didn’t seem to be surprised. Actually, he had expected this as soon as he saw the snow last night. Judging from the size of the nuclei Leng Yehan had found, the zombies were all at level 1. Zombies at level 0 were sluggish, and their eyes were cloudy. They could easily get rotten, the fetid smell of which could spread far and wide. Also, the nuclei in their heads were all transparent, with no attributes at all. For zombies at level 1 or 2, they were faster, stronger and more tenacious, and their eyes were white. Their nuclei differentiated into a variety of attributes. When the zombies reached level 3, they would be able to fight with superfunctions and could not be hurt by ordinary weapons.

“What’s the use of this?”

Xing Feng somehow sat down with a golden nucleus in his hand. They had already known that there were nuclei in zombies’ heads, but they had no idea of their uses. It seemed that Leng Yehan and Yun Che knew their value and had already collected them for a long time.

“Maybe you can make some jewelry out of it and give it to some girl.”

Yun Che gave him a naughty wink. Then he beckoned to Leng Yehan to put the nuclei away: “Let’s have breakfast. We will deal with this when we arrive at the base.”

“Ok.”

Noticing that Xing Feng was deep in thought, Leng Yehan immediately stopped talking.

Although Lingjiang was not a big city, it was located between the provincial capital and the municipality, and thus played a pivotal role in connecting the two. Lingjiang River traveled across the city, and on one side of it was Wanan District. The security base was right in this district. Many years ago, the district was packed with traditional houses. Despite the gradual modernization in recent years, there was still a great amount of arable land. The district was backed by Longmen Mountains, and was taken over by the army stationed deep in the mountains since the doomsday. The founding of the security base was a joint effort by the army and the municipal government.

“There were four bridges across the river at first. When the doomsday came, two were bombed out by the military, and only Bridge One and Bridge Four were left. Now we are closer to Bridge One, but there are many survivors and zombies on it. Besides, the other end of Bridge One is far from the security base, and the traffic there is bad. Bridge Four is in the faraway suburb and there are less zombies, but we have to travel a lot to get there. We will either cross the whole city or detour around it, but the detour will probably last till the afternoon or evening. I myself think walking across the city is better. How about you guys?”

After breakfast, Xing Feng spread the map on the table. Yun Che took a casual look at it: “Well, let’s cross the city.”

He had been to the Southwest Base in his previous life, but that had been quite a long time since that doomsday. At that time, the other side of the river had already been well-equipped, and they would be secure once crossing the river. Things were different now, however, for only several days had passed since this doomsday. Besides, they had better arrive at the base as early as possible for the sake of safety, so he would not risk detouring around the city till evening.

“Great. I can take this chance to practice.”

Lu Haixuan, the only member without superfunctions, waved his knife. He would not allow himself to be the weakness of the team although he had no superfunctions.

“I can’t wait to kill.”

Zhan Yafei, who seemed to be tender and delicate, said with a murderous look on her face. Zhou Zeyu said nothing, but he rested his elbow on Leng Yehan’s shoulder. Everyone was prepared, and they were supporting Yun Che in their own way.

“Ok. Deal.”

Xing Feng put away the map and asked: “Who wants guns?”

“Guns? Give me one.”

Xing Feng was really a generous sugar daddy, but only Yun Che replied in the affirmative. Others were either students or housewives before the doomsday, and they knew nothing about guns. Unfamiliar guns would only get themselves flustered, so they preferred familiar knives. Besides, to some extent, slicing up zombies with a knife was more entertaining than a simple shot.

“Is there anything that you can’t do?”

Xing Feng joked. He took a gun out of the space and handed it to Yun Che. There were explicit curiosity and inquiry in his eyes.

“I don’t know either. Why don’t we have a try some day?”

Apparently, Yun Che didn’t know how to spell the word “modest”. He pocketed the gun anyhow, then he took out the strap to tie Chen Chen to his chest. Yun Yao stopped him: “Let me take care of the baby. My superfunction is not suitable for fights.”

Yun Yao also wanted to fight, but she had to admit that her superfunction was too limited. From the experience of crossing Huai City, she knew well that crossing a city was a toughie. Taking care of the baby was the only thing she could do for them.

“Cheer up, sister! Believe me, water-system superfunction can also be amazing. You just need more practice.”

Yun Che continued tying. Then he put on a raincoat, wrapping Chen Chen and himself together.

“Let’s go!”

“Alright.”

Yun Yao gave up and took out her knife. Xing Feng beckoned to Yang Huaien and another guy, and the two promptly dashed out with sub-machine guns in their hands. The other two stayed close to Xing Feng to protect him. Now Yun Che knew why Xing Feng was known as the weakest captain in previous life. He took four subordinates altogether, and half of them were to protect him. He was always well-protected and didn’t fight at all, so he was absolutely weak in the eyes of others.