TSIAGBICATMWI Chapter 59

Chapter 59: Awakening Abilities

Having devoured the steamed bun and water in one go, Lu Yunzhou, numb with hunger, didn’t feel any different. He just sat there, blankly staring at the group of zombies shrieking and trying to rush him.

He didn’t know how long it had been when the iron gate behind him slowly opened, and the iron bars blocking the zombies rose in sync. Lu Yunzhou instantly reacted and reached for his axe, but couldn’t find it?

Looking down, the small passage was empty. Where was the axe?

No need to think, someone had taken it. They really wanted to drive him to his death!

Without time to feel dejected, he tumbled out headfirst. The zombies that had crawled out followed closely behind. Lu Yunzhou braced himself and ran forward desperately.

He thought he was fast because he was giving it his all, but his speed was no better than yesterday because his exhausted and hungry body wouldn’t allow it.

The bare ground lacked even yesterday’s cage. Without any means of fighting back, he could only race against death. Whether he outran it was fate.

Outside the arena, the same three people from yesterday were leisurely munching on melon seeds and watching the show. But Lu Yunzhou didn’t even have the strength to look up.

He ran until his lungs felt like they were exploding, his mouth was full of a metallic taste, and his ears were ringing. He didn’t know what death felt like, but he thought it couldn’t be more painful than this.

His legs felt as heavy as if filled with lead. The moment he fell, he thought, “Finally, these days of enduring pain and hunger are coming to an end. That’s good!”

With a heart resigned to death, he still instinctively closed his eyes and raised his hands to block when the zombies pounced on him.

A few seconds passed. Shouldn’t the zombies have pounced already?

A burst of blue-purple lightning flashed, and the zombies that had pounced were repelled, convulsing as they fell to the ground.

The three people upstairs saw the scene of the lightning repelling the zombies before he did. Chen Xin excitedly got up, even knocking over the plate of melon seeds. His tongue tied, he stammered, “Quick~! Quick! Quickly report to my uncle.”

Chen Xin liked to constantly mention the word “uncle” to make it clear that he could do whatever he wanted in the base without anyone daring to interfere or resist. A single slip-up, and he could be taken away by his so-called uncle, Doctor Cheng Xie, on some pretext and used for human experiments.

Many people in the base had heard rumors that Doctor Cheng Xie was using live people to feed zombies under the guise of research. It was terrifying.

Equally shocked, the Tall and thin one was the first to regain his senses, slapping the Short one on the head. He said sternly, “What are you spacing out for? Hurry up and go!”

The Short one covered his head aggrievedly, muttering under his breath as he left. He was clearly just as much a lackey as the Tall and thin one, so why did he always order him around? This damned snake, one day he would get rid of him and push him to feed the zombies.

Lu Yunzhou felt a tingling in his hands. Opening his eyes, he saw a pile of zombies lying on the ground, twisted into difficult poses and convulsing.

Was this a newly emerging dining ritual among zombies?

Who cared? Now was the time to run! He scrambled up and ran headlong, his feet as if divinely aided, moving as swiftly as the wind, leaving the zombies far behind.

As he ran, Lu Yunzhou finally realized something was wrong. A strong joy filled his heart, and his adrenaline soared. He felt like he could run another fifty kilometers.

Cough, cough! Not running anymore. With an emergency brake, he turned around to face the chasing zombies. He stretched his fingers, trying to exert force forward. Several sparks of lightning shot straight into the zombies’ heads, and the five or six zombies in front were neatly decapitated.

Lu Yunzhou was overjoyed. With a few swooshes, he wiped out all the zombies, not even refraining from electrocuting their corpses for fun.

Lu Yunzhou looked up, meeting Chen Xin’s gaze. Chen Xin was so frightened that he took a step back. Lu Yunzhou reached out, wanting to give him a jolt. It must have been this fatso who took his axe!

Huh? His arm stretched out, then retracted. He stretched it out again, then retracted. Chen Xin didn’t lose a single hair.

Lu Yunzhou’s lightning didn’t have that much range. It dissipated halfway. He angrily put down his hand, took a few steps back, and tried to jump up the wall. The smooth wall had no indentation, not even a single point to grip.

Although he had awakened his ability and his body had undergone tremendous changes, he was still unable to fly out of this pit without a foothold.

Seeing Lu Yunzhou reaching and retracting, jumping around like a clown, Chen Xin knew what he wanted to do, but he clearly didn’t have the ability!

Relieved, he changed his cowardly demeanor, puffed out his chest, raised his head, and looked down at Lu Yunzhou imposingly.

Of course, all of this was just his self-aggrandizing fantasy. In reality, he was just a lump of fat wiggling around.

Chen Xin’s eyes, squeezed into slits by the fat, shone with a cruel and angry light. He said lightly, “Since he’s awakened, let’s give him some difficulty. Release another hundred zombies and let me see what level his ability is.”

The Tall and thin one carefully chose his words, advising softly, “He just awakened, and he just exhausted a lot of his ability. If we release so many zombies at this time, won’t he be devoured alive? … The main thing is, it will be difficult to explain to Doctor Cheng Xie.”

Chen Xin acted as if he were something special, saying arrogantly, “What’s there to be afraid of! That’s my uncle, who needs to explain anything?”

Then, as if he had thought of something, his tone suddenly changed, lowering his voice and acting tough. “Besides, ability users can’t be infected. Can’t you just drag him out before he gets devoured alive?”

Then, he put on his official airs and gave orders in a pretentious tone, “I’m assigning this task to you. Keep a close eye on him. If he’s gone, I’ll hold you responsible!”

The Tall and thin one bargained with him, “Can you release a few less? Too many and it’ll be hard for me to snatch him from the zombies’ mouths!”

Chen Xin’s eyes narrowed, and he said softly, “Are you haggling with me?” Without waiting for the Tall and thin one to answer, he raised his voice and roared, “Didn’t you see him trying to attack me just now? If I don’t show him some color, he’ll think I’m made of mud!”

The Tall and thin one didn’t dare to speak, bowing his head and listening to the scolding, inwardly complaining, “Not made of mud, made of food.”

A rice bucket, relying on a distant “uncle” title to bully and act like a tyrant, he even picks on a prisoner.

No one had ever heard that Doctor Cheng Xie was his biological uncle, only that once he had called Cheng Xie “uncle” in front of everyone, and Cheng Xie had happened to respond. After that, he used Cheng Xie’s name to bully others and snatch food everywhere.

People didn’t dare to offend him and always swallowed their anger. He used this to gather a few lackeys and became a street hooligan.

It’s best not to let him see you holding anything in your hand on the road, otherwise, even if it’s dog poop, he’ll snatch it to smell whether it’s fragrant or foul, and if he’s not satisfied, he’ll kick you.

It’s certain that he has some connections above, otherwise, this easy job of watching the show wouldn’t have fallen to him.

The key is that this job has a lot of power. Basically, he can quietly drag anyone he doesn’t like to feed the zombies on any pretext.

And others have nowhere to complain.

People all cater to him, afraid to provoke him.