I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 1076 - 1072: Did You Kill Me, or Did I Eat You?

Chapter 1076: Chapter 1072: Did You Kill Me, or Did I Eat You?

When Lin Jie spoke these words, his face bore a hint of reluctance. For him, murdering someone in a quick and clean manner was utterly uninteresting. The phrase "kill people" sounds simple, but what are humans, really?

They are beings endowed with intelligence and emotions, their hearts are fickle, hard to fathom, and it is these qualities that lead to unpredictable reactions when different actions are taken against them. These reactions are what he, being human himself, loved to witness—because of their instability, there could always be surprises.

It’s like playing a certain game where using one’s superpower scares the NPCs, but after all, a game is just a game, and the NPCs only have a few monotonous responses. However, when you have superpowers in real life and display them in front of people, the sense of vanity one feels knowing it’s real, is something games can’t provide.

Thus, humans have many reactions and don’t behave predictably to a fixed extent. Such uncertain responses were the main source of Lin Jie’s pleasure. A quick and clean murder only offers one reaction from the victim, which is death. But torturing someone mercilessly before they die, their pain, fear, and a host of other expressions are exactly what Lin Jie craved!

For Lin Jie, killing was the most boring thing; he was a madman, and humans were just toys to him, living toys.

He also wanted to perform his most skilled dissection on Li Qingtian, but time didn’t allow it.

As Lin Jie grinned sinisterly, the dagger in his hand descended towards Li Qingtian’s forehead. In his mind, he could imagine the sharp blade piercing the woman’s brain, instantly rupturing internal tissues and the complex network of blood vessels, with blood slowly seeping out.

That warm blood, like the touch of an angel’s hand, caressing him...

While he was lost in this imagination, suddenly, a tremendous force hit him. A metal pillar flew out of nowhere and, in Lin Jie’s unguarded state, struck hard against the iron wall pieces he was bracing with his foot!

Bang!

The iron wall fragments, hit by the pillar, flew and smashed on the ground, destroying God knows how many pieces of equipment.

"They’ve arrived so soon?"

Lin Jie was momentarily stunned, quickly retreating over ten meters, while Li Qingtian also seized this opportunity to distance herself quickly from Lin Jie despite the pain in her abdomen.

"Don’t think you can run!"

Lin Jie roared, taking steps to chase after Li Qingtian, but in the next second, another metal pillar flew at him, hitting him hard. The Level 7 force sent Lin Jie flying.

"Your opponent is me!"

From the other side, Tang Ye’s icy voice came, and Lin Jie looked up toward the source of the sound to see Tang Ye standing in the distance, a pillar used to support the shelter’s structure violently dismantled beside him!

The opponent’s eyes were filled with intense malice, his murderous intent almost palpable.

Lin Jie also got up, his eyes brimming with murderous energy!

"So you’ve already arrived, hehehe... no matter, I’ll deal with you first. I wonder what your expression will be when you feel pain, hehehe, I’m really looking forward to it."

"Do you think you have the upper hand?"

"People call me a devil."

"Let’s see who the real demon is!"

Lin Jie roared, his leg muscles tensing fiercely, as the Level 7 New Human began to exert force. The unparalleled strength hadn’t even been released yet, and a violent tempest had already formed!

Almost instantaneously, Lin Jie’s figure vanished, and in the area right in front of where he had been, the steel-laden ground started to crack loudly, even breaking into countless pieces!

"Come on, let’s see whether you can kill me or I can devour you!"

Tang Ye’s eyes blazed with a bloodthirsty fierceness akin to a zombie. As he exerted force with his legs, the ground couldn’t withstand his power and instantly sank more than half a meter deep. Cracks rapidly spread out, surrounding Tang Ye with what looked like a dense spider’s web on the ground!

Unleashing the full force of a Level 7 zombie, the entire shelter seemed to be trembling slightly, and in less than a second, Tang Ye had transformed into what seemed like a bolt of lightning, charging towards the equally rushing Lin Jie!

Boom!

Crack crack~Sizzle~

The moment their formidable forces clashed, a thick orange-red lightning wreaked havoc across the battlefield, the sound seemingly ear-shattering, continuously resounding. In other parts of the shelter, people quickly crouched down, covering their ears, helplessly watching their surroundings with pained expressions.

"Is this... are they gods?"

"We can’t keep fighting like this! If those two keep going, our shelter will collapse!"

"Run! Escape from the shelter."

Watching the continuously shaking walls, people realized that staying in the shelter was no longer safe. Enduring the constant loud noises, they took their families and ran towards the nearest shelter exit. At that moment, they didn’t care whether they could exit the sealed buffer zone; their only goal was to escape from there.

With the non-human entities fighting, the shelter’s situation was precarious!

Li Qingtian, covering her ears, ran towards the distant corridor. She maximized her Level 6 New Human speed, but it was still too late. The combat between Level 7 fighters was not something Level 6 New Humans could match; every punch, every kick burst with unimaginable power. Before she could reach the corridor, the steel plates inside were shaken off by the fighters’ blows, crashing to the ground and blocking Li Qingtian’s path.

The steel plates above her head buckled with the tremors, continuously threatening to fall. Li Qingtian had no time to clear the steel plates blocking her path and had to find a relatively narrow alley less likely to collapse to hide in.

Looking up towards where Tang Ye and Lin Jie were fighting, both men’s movements were so fast they seemed like flows of light, making it impossible for Li Qingtian to distinguish between them. The higher the level of the New Human, the greater the gap between two levels, and the gap between Level 6 and Level 7 was clearly significant.

Li Qingtian was a Level 6 New Human, but she couldn’t clearly see the battle movements of Level 7 fighters, a discrepancy her own combat skills couldn’t make up for.

"This is too terrifying."

Stabilizing the fear in her heart, Li Qingtian looked at the two intertwining streaks of light and shouted, "Henian, be careful!"

The collision generated a tremendous noise, continuously drilling into Tang Ye’s ears, so he couldn’t hear Li Qingtian’s voice. However, in a fleeting moment, he saw the concern in the opponent’s eyes and, drawing strength from somewhere, parried the heavy punch coming at him. Mid-air, he swung his leg and landed a heavy blow on Lin Jie’s neck!