Apocalypse King System
Chapter 241 241: Zombie King

Liu Jianye didn't say anything directly; instead, he had his son follow him to an underground room. The two of them walked to a basement where Liu Jianye opened a projector, and images began playing on the wall.

In the footage, it showed a city in ruins, seemingly captured by some surveillance camera, but the quality wasn't very clear.

"This is information I accidentally obtained over a dozen days ago. The monitoring probes there have completely lost power now, and this footage was captured by backup power. Take a closer look," Liu Jianye's voice came as Liu Yuanbing nodded, carefully observing the situation in the video.

Inside the city with crumbling walls, a group of zombies wandered aimlessly. Suddenly, a figure in white appeared on the street not far from them.

What surprised Liu Yuanbing greatly was that this figure in white was so close to the zombies, yet not a single one attacked her.

As the figure in white walked closer, Liu Yuanbing could see her appearance clearly—a remarkably beautiful and elegant young girl.

On her head, she wore a golden plastic crown. If others wore it, it might seem out of place, but on this girl, it added a touch of grace, making her look like a true queen.

Then, the girl roared, and nearby zombies, as if hearing a command, collectively turned toward the white-clad girl and saluted.

Numerous zombies joined in the excited roar, and the sound spread further and further, as if the entire city's zombies were roaring along. The footage from the surveillance camera shook incessantly, and after a while, these excited zombies stopped roaring and howling, then headed in one direction.

Upon seeing this, Liu Yuanbing felt a tingling sensation on his scalp, as if he had suddenly understood something.

"This... This special kind of zombie, could it be the type that can control other zombies?" Liu Yuanbing's face turned extremely grim, his voice lowering as he looked at Liu Jianye, seemingly wanting to hear a denial from him.

Liu Jianye nodded. "You're right. This is the zombie king that can control other zombies."

"So... the military district is besieged by so many zombies this time, and the inexplicable roars from the zombie hordes before, all of that was under the control of this zombie king," Liu Yuanbing quickly grasped the crucial point. Several breakout attempts in the past were surrounded by large-scale zombie tides at critical moments, causing heavy losses. Otherwise, the situation wouldn't be so dire now.

Moreover, the recent indiscriminate bombing, which had achieved significant results, was significantly less effective due to the dispersal of the zombie horde.

If all of this truly indicated the presence of a zombie king commanding and controlling these zombies, it was truly terrifying.

"A sentient zombie king, Grizzly Military District is finished..." Liu Yuanbing sat on a chair, muttering incredulously, his eyes filled with unwillingness and fear.

"Get up! At this time, you are the backbone of the entire military district. How can you look so frightened? Like a toothless sick cat," Liu Jianye kicked his son, shouting with a bit of frustration.

Liu Yuanbing quickly stood up, but his eyes still carried a sense of dread.

Liu Jianye couldn't help but sigh inwardly. His son, seemingly resourceful, turned into a scared cat when faced with a real crisis. How could he still be considered a tough military man?

The son's generation was already disappointing, and even the grandchildren did not show any remarkable qualities. The only granddaughter, Liu Wanting, was quite good, but unfortunately, being a woman, she was deemed unfit for major responsibilities.

"Forget it, go outside..." Liu Jianye, seeing his son in such a state, shook his head in disappointment, waved his hand, and gestured for him to leave. It seemed that there were some things he didn't need to discuss with him.

Liu Yuanbing nodded and walked out of the basement.

"The emergence of an intelligent king has led to the plight of the Grizzly Military District. However, the result is that my grandson and son have created it with their own hands. I owe these soldiers an apology..." Liu Jianye shed tears of regret.

An older man, about the same age as Liu Jianye, emerged from behind a nearby wall and patted Liu Jianye's shoulder.

"Old Liu, don't be too sad. It's not what you wanted. Sometimes fate plays its own games..." The old man looked at his old comrade, feeling deeply moved.

In fact, Liu Jianye hadn't told his son that the zombie king was actually tolerated and created by both Liu Yuanbing and his son Liu Yu.

The perverse scientist Yang Yiping, who had once conducted virus experiments underground in the Grizzly City Research Institute, dared to use humans as test subjects only with the support of the military district. The person supporting Yang Yiping was Liu Jianye's grandson, Liu Yu. Liu Yuanbing, the father, had also played a role in supporting them. After the apocalypse, father and son had the idea of researching an antidote for the zombie virus.

Yang Yiping, once imprisoned in the Grizzly Prison as a scientist, was initially incarcerated for human experimentation. After the apocalypse, to expedite the development of a cure for the zombie virus, Liu Yuanbing and Liu Yu had released Yang Yiping from Grizzly Prison. They provided him with weapons and manpower, and a team of soldiers escorted him to an underground research facility in Grizzly City, where they worked on developing an antidote for the zombie virus.

Initially, Liu Jianye was unaware of this situation, but later, he gradually became aware of it. However, knowing that Yang Yiping was a genius in biology and virology, he tacitly allowed him to conduct human experiments to expedite the research for a cure for the zombie virus.

However, they didn't anticipate that the laboratory would be destroyed by Derick and his group later, and Yang Yiping would be killed. The entire laboratory was left with only a near-death pregnant woman.

Later, at the pregnant woman's request, Derick sent her, who had already been infected with the zombie virus, into the midst of the zombie horde, and she disappeared from then on.

The surprising result, even to Derick, was that the fetus inside the pregnant woman's belly did not die but underwent a bizarre awakening and evolution in an extremely peculiar manner.

Even when Derick invaded the laboratory initially, the fetus had already awakened consciousness, but it was too weak to be noticed by him.

After awakening, the baby continuously absorbed nutrients from the mother's body. Finally, when the baby grew to a certain extent, it broke through the mother's body and was born, turning into an extremely peculiar zombie king.

"It's this zombie. Have you seen it? In less than an hour, it transformed from a baby into an adult..." Liu Jianye said with some sorrow.

In the footage, a pregnant woman walked into a building, and shortly after, the zombie king girl that Liu Yuanbing had seen earlier appeared.

"Ah... you're confused," the old man sighed deeply. Only now did he understand the truth of the matter. Who could have imagined that what ultimately led to the destruction of the Grizzly Military District was likely their own actions.

"Confused... Haha..." Liu Jianye gave a bitter smile, his eyes filled with bitterness and helplessness, but then he became resolute.

"Old friend, I've already decided to follow these soldiers into life or death, but there are still over five thousand female soldiers in the military district. I can't let them die here in vain. I plan to send Liu Wanting and them out."

"Send them out? Where can they go now? The number of helicopters is far from enough, and there's also the risk of being attacked by zombie birds." The old man looked at Liu Jianye in confusion, not understanding his actions.

"Do you remember the man I sent Ye Feng to find before? The one with extraordinary abilities shown in the video."

"You mean..." The old man's eyes brightened. He and Liu Jianye had been old comrades for decades, and he quickly understood his meaning.

"But I remember his attitude wasn't very good last time. If the military district hadn't been temporarily attacked by the zombie tide, you would have wanted to send troops to attack him. Why suddenly think of having him come to rescue these female soldiers?"

"Circumstances change. Although his attitude wasn't good at that time, he didn't lay hands on our soldiers. Obviously, he still left some room," Liu Jianye shook his head and continued.

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