ATDIWR Chapter 122

Chapter 122: That Trace of Crimson, Two-Legged Sheep

Today was a cloudy day, heavy dark clouds pressed down in the air, giving a sense of ominous foreboding like dark clouds threatening to destroy a city.

Inside a villa in M Country, people nervously clutched the weapons in their hands, glancing fearfully outside the windows.

“MD.” A bulky black man with bulging muscles cursed in a low voice, “Why is today so strange? Why are these zombies so difficult to kill? They even have tactics! I haven’t killed a single zombie yet.”

“Boss, I somehow feel like these zombies are organized and disciplined.” A team member held a rifle, fired a shot out the window. The slow-moving zombie outside should have been shot dead without question. However, the reality was, the moment the bullet was about to hit its head, the zombie suddenly seemed to have been fast-forwarded, tilting its head and dodging the shot.

“FUCK! It dodged it again, how the hell is this possible!” The team member cursed, “Isn’t it just a low-tier zombie? How could it dodge the bullet I shot after attaching a Tier 5 speed ability to it!”

As Ji An’s developed intelligent optical computers flowed into various countries, more and more Power Users obtained and used optical computers through various means, training their abilities and mental strength on them. This helped many Power Users evolve and advance their abilities, and various methods of using abilities were developed one by one.

For example, previously, speed Power Users could only make themselves faster. Now, Power Users discovered that they could actually attach their speed ability to objects, instantly accelerating them.

Just now, this team member had attached his Tier 5 speed ability to the bullet. Logically speaking, shooting and destroying a Tier 3 low-tier zombie should have been entirely without incident, but the man missed, and the zombie easily dodged it.

“What the hell is going on with these zombies today?” Another team member was extremely agitated facing the zombie horde that seemed to be cheating, impossible to hit.

The members of the Annihilation Squad looked at each other, no one could figure out what was going on!

Ade hugged his daughter Mona, curled up in a corner, holding an axe horizontally across his and his daughter’s chests, and wearing a strangely shaped helmet on his head.

Seeing that the people sent by M Country’s higher-ups to protect him were truly confused by the special situation with the zombies outside, Ade, who rarely spoke, finally said, “There is very likely a Mental-type Zombie King hidden among this group of zombies!”

Every zombie group has a Zombie King. The Zombie King isn’t necessarily max level, but it is definitely the most powerful one in the entire zombie group. Abilities, like those of Power Users, vary, which leads to varying degrees of savagery in Zombie Kings.

However, there is one special case, which is the Mental-type Zombie King. Mental-type Zombie Kings evolve their mental strength and intelligence. They might be weak in the early stages.

But because they have intelligence from the moment they first turn into zombies, unlike other zombies that are in a completely dazed state initially, they are capable of camouflage and hide within the zombie horde.

Then, by mentally controlling other zombies or Power Users to protect themselves, they become the hidden kings lurking in the shadows of the zombie horde.

Therefore, a Mental-type Zombie King might not be the one with the strongest ability in the entire zombie horde, but due to the evolution of their intelligence, they might even possess intelligence higher than humans and instead manipulate other Power Users with different abilities in the palm of their hands.

Many famous zombie hunting teams have died at the hands of low-level Mental-type Zombie Kings, and almost all of them were completely wiped out, unable to even send back a final message.

The black captain couldn’t help but curse again, “Why did we run into a Mental-type Zombie King?”

A team member said, “We don’t know what tier Mental-type Zombie King it is? If it’s max level, then it’s unsolvable, we’ll all be finished here today!”

“Our boss is a Tier 7 Power User, currently the highest known tier of Power User, the same level as that mythical Gu Jinsheng from Jing Shi United Base. Even our boss can’t kill the Mental-type Zombie King, so what if it’s not max level? We still can’t take it down!”

“Why are we so unlucky? How did we encounter this one-in-ten-thousand probability?”

“It’s all because of this guy!” One of the team members suddenly pointed at Ade.

Ade pressed his daughter’s head into his arms, covering his equally skinny, skeletal daughter with his scrawny body as much as possible, so that these people wouldn’t notice his daughter.

“If it weren’t for protecting this guy, the higher-ups wouldn’t have sent us here. And if we hadn’t come to this damn place, we wouldn’t have run into the Mental-type Zombie King! This guy is dragging us all down!”

At this moment, the gazes of all the team members turned towards Ade, their eyes filled with deep hatred, as if wanting to pierce him. The little girl, clearly hidden in Ade’s arms, felt the ill will even with her eyes tightly closed. She trembled with fear but dared not make a sound, her small hands clutching her father’s clothes tightly.

“I just don’t understand, what time is it now, why are they still making us protect these scientists? He can build a spaceship to land on the moon, but what’s the use of that?”

The black captain stared at Ade menacingly, saying coldly to him, “You, go out, go attract those zombies together, we’ll use bombs to solve it.”

Ade couldn’t believe his ears, “Me? You were sent by the higher-ups to protect me, and now you’re telling me to attract zombies, are you crazy?”

“I think you’re the one who’s crazy, still not recognizing reality!” The black captain sneered, “Let me tell you the truth, the higher-ups actually sent me here to monitor you, to prevent Jing Shi United Base from contacting you.”

With the immigration requirements from Jing Shi United Base coming out, high-tech talents from every country were getting restless. Many people were even secretly contacting Jing Shi United Base through various connections.

Charles had already cut off communications between these high-end talents in M Country and the outside world, and even placed Power Users by their side.

“At this point, there’s no harm in telling you, we’ve all received orders from the higher-ups. If Jing Shi United Base contacts you, we’ll immediately get rid of you.”

Ade’s face turned pale. He held his daughter, unable to believe that the country he had dedicated most of his life to would treat him like this.

“So get out immediately right now.” The black captain shot Ade in the leg, and Ade grunted in pain.

Ade had to get up. He turned to look at his daughter, pleading in a humble tone, “Please don’t hurt my daughter, she is still just a child!”

The black captain glanced at the little girl, a malicious glint flashing in his eyes, “That depends on your performance.”

Ade finally stroked his daughter’s head with affection, saying gently, “Mona, be good, Daddy will be back in a moment.”

Mona blinked her sparkling tears, “Daddy, you must come back, I’m scared.”

The black captain impatiently said, “Hurry up, stop dawdling, or I’ll shoot you again.”

Despite his reluctance, Ade still let go of his daughter and limped out of the villa, dragging his injured leg.

With every step Ade took, fresh blood flowed from his thigh, leaving a trail of blood until Ade walked out of the villa.

The black captain kicked a team member beside him, “Go, clean up the bloodstains, don’t let the fresh blood attract zombies.”

The team member immediately went forward to deal with the bloodstains.

Fresh blood was always the zombies’ favorite. A little bit of fresh blood could trigger a zombie frenzy.

As soon as Ade appeared outside the villa, he heard the howling sounds of zombies from all around.

In just a moment, Ade was surrounded by zombies. Those zombies, stimulated by the fresh blood, frantically lunged at him.

Ade was a Mental-type Power User, and before Ji An appeared, Mental-type Power Users were actually a disadvantaged group looked down upon among Power Users.

This was solely because their physical fitness was relatively poor, their abilities were not suitable for combat, and other than enhancing intelligence, they were of little use in combat.

It was Ji An’s appearance that broke the situation of Mental-type Power Users being unsuitable for combat and pioneered the method of mental force materialization in combat.

However, precisely because this combat method was first created by Ji An, not all Mental-type Power Users are born with it; it needs to be learned later.

The primary method of learning is through studying with the intelligent optical computer developed by Ji An, but Ade was monitored by M Country and not allowed to contact the outside world, so he had no optical computer and thus no way to learn the combat method of mental force materialization.

However, it must be said that the intelligence of Mental-type Power Users is indeed high. Although Ade had not undergone systematic training, he could figure out a thing or two just by the name.

Ade had secretly practiced on his own, and while he was far from being a master, it could still save his life at critical moments.

But at this moment, none of this was useful to Ade, because Ade couldn’t use his mental force at all. He was wearing a helmet that could block mental force.

Ade, a researcher who conducted experiments, awkwardly dodged left and right among the zombies with his body unaccustomed to exercise.

More and more zombies gathered, quickly surrounding Ade. Ade was scared, but not of losing his own life. He was afraid of what would happen to his daughter if he died. Would those guys really keep their promise and let his daughter go?

Ade unconsciously turned his head to look at the villa window. The moment he turned his head, Ade saw many bombs being thrown out from the window. Those bombs flew straight towards him.

A tear rolled down Ade’s eye. He knew he was going to die. Without being able to use his mental force, how could he possibly dodge bombs that had speed ability attached to them?

However, at this critical juncture, several speed zombies actually attacked Ade simultaneously. The targets of these zombies were all Ade, and their direction was the same. Because of this, they collided with Ade, and before the bombs landed, they actually knocked Ade away.

It was as if the goddess of luck had suddenly descended from the sky. Ade narrowly escaped death and quickly got up from the ground.

Ade remembered that before the zombies knocked him away, they seemed to have grabbed his hand.

Zombie claws are very long and infectious. Ade was afraid of being scratched and quickly lowered his head to check for wounds. As a result, he found no wounds on his hand, but there was something extra in his hand.

It was an optical computer, the optical computer researched by Jing Shi United Base!

Ade’s heart pounded violently for a few beats. He raised his head and looked around. Behind him, on the roof of the villa, he saw a flash of bright red disappearing quickly like a shooting star.

If Ade hadn’t paid close attention, it might have been dismissed as an illusion. But Ade was certain he hadn’t hallucinated. He even saw golden light on that trace of red.

Ade closed his eyes and slowly recreated the image that had flashed before his eyes in his mind.

This was the power of the mental type. Ade could recreate things seen in an instant.

That trace of red was actually a piece of clothing. A bright red base, with golden five-pointed stars. That was the pattern of the five-starred red flag, symbolizing China.

Ade tightly clutched the optical computer in his hand until he felt the pain in his palm before slowly walking towards the villa.

As soon as Ade walked into the villa, he heard the black captain taunting, “You may be useless, but you’re certainly lucky.”

Ade didn’t say anything, walked over and picked up his daughter. The little girl cried and kissed Ade on the face.

The black captain didn’t pay attention to Ade anymore and turned to the team members, “Who has any food left, give it to me!”

All the team members shook their heads, indicating they had none left.

The black captain said irritably, “This damn Mental-type Zombie King, I don’t even know if it’s gone. What should we do? How long do we have to wait? I’m so hungry!”

Suddenly, the black captain’s gaze fell upon Ade and his daughter. A strange light flashed in the black captain’s eyes, “How did I forget? Aren’t there ready-made tender two-legged sheep here?”

Ade immediately realized something was wrong. He hid his daughter behind him, blocking her completely with his body, “What do you want to do?”

“What do we want to do? Don’t you know? Eat two-legged sheep!” The black captain smiled sinisterly, “Old man, haven’t you eaten human flesh before? Let me tell you, human flesh is especially delicious. Believe me, you’ll get addicted after one bite.”