I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 877 - 873: Range Influence Control

Chapter 877: Chapter 873: Range Influence Control

Hehe~

Facing the telepathic message from Tang Ye, it could only respond with a low growl, not caring if Tang Ye could understand or not. What puzzled it the most was why those zombies didn’t attack Tang Ye, who was clearly human?

On the contrary, they seemed to be terrified of him, which baffled it and shattered its previous understanding.

It understood Tang Ye’s growl and couldn’t help but chuckle, yet he didn’t answer but instead asked, "Are you an intelligent zombie? How did you become like this?" He sent the question through telepathic waves.

It understood the meaning. The combination of the words "intelligent zombie" was very familiar to it; it seemed that many people would utter these syllables upon seeing it.

It shook its head, indicating confusion.

Tang Ye’s eyes twinkled, and pointing at the pool of blood left from Brother Shi’s death, he asked, "What is this?"

Roar~

It roared, seemingly recognizing what it was and trying to describe it with a roar, but its response didn’t clearly convey to Tang Ye whether it was referring to blood or not.

"Alright," Tang Ye sighed in resignation and continued, "Follow me and feel... inside your head, is there a string?"

He pointed to his own head and asked telepathically.

The intelligent zombie tried to feel as he did and after a while, it nodded and then shook its head at Tang Ye.

"What do you mean?" Tang Ye became puzzled.

The intelligent zombie also felt baffled, what exactly did "what do you mean" mean?

"Control it, hook onto it!"

Tang Ye sent out this piece of information, but it still didn’t understand.

He wanted to ask the zombie some questions, but he first had to solve the communication issue. Just roaring all the time—even if Tang Ye were a god—he wouldn’t be able to clearly understand what each roar meant.

It was exactly as the saying went: communication is basically dependent on roaring!

After more than ten minutes, Tang Ye finally taught the intelligent zombie how to use brainwaves to communicate simply with its kind, and the moment it could, a shocked and amazed expression flashed through its white zombie eyes. It was the first time it had discovered this ability.

But at the same time, something strange happened. As if bewitched, all the zombies present started heading in one direction, except for those higher-ranked than it, and they quickly returned.

Whoosh whoosh~ Hehe! Roar!

It roared excitedly, finding the direct and effective command incredibly satisfying!

And now, it wasn’t only three zombies willing to listen to it—now many, many zombies understood what it wanted to express!

And Tang Ye was also watching with confusion.

"So this guy never knew how to communicate using brainwaves. What’s strange though, why did those three fellows obey it?"

Tang Ye remembered the scene where the intelligent zombie had controlled three Level 2 zombies using the most primitive methods. Zombie groups and human groups had significant differences, and without the will and mental control of a reliable high-level zombie, it was fundamentally impossible to command other zombies, no matter how vast the level difference!

At most, it could only make other zombies fear a high-level zombie.

With that in mind, how did it manage to command those three zombies with physical gestures and inconsistently rhythmic roars?

Watching the zombie horde reacting accordingly to the control of its mental strings on the street, deep confusion flashed in Tang Ye’s eyes.

Just as it was starting to enjoy itself, a Level 5 zombie from behind Tang Ye stepped forward and grabbed it back, and it also snapped back to reality, realizing the existence of Tang Ye right beside it.

"What are you... exactly?"

Hehe—roar.

It asked using brainwaves, a mode of communication unique to zombies. Perhaps because it was the first time it used these brainwaves, it couldn’t help but growl a few times involuntarily.

"What am I? I’m just like you, a zombie with intelligence!"

Tang Ye’s face showed an indescribable expression, which in its eyes, seemed like the kind of expression a demon from hell would reveal to its prey. Its intelligence told it that this man seemed to have a purpose, and this purpose was directed at itself.

From the beginning, when the man who had evolved three times was hanged on the hook, something felt off. But back then, it had been staggered by the pleasant shock and hadn’t considered these issues.

Now that it thought about it, everything seemed problematic!

If there truly had been a conflict within that group of creatures called humans, why hang a person in the middle of the street - just for torture?

To its knowledge, humans living here weren’t that foolish. As a zombie, it understood that seeing a human would drive a zombie into a frenzied rush to devour them!

Humans also understood this basic fact. With so many of their kind here, would someone take a huge risk just to hang a person on a crane for zombies to watch? That simply wasn’t possible!

There must be some being deliberately doing this for a specific purpose, and it seemed to be the target of that being’s purpose!

No! It wasn’t just seeming! It was certain!

Recalling these points, it took a few steps back, its ferocious zombie visage revealing a bloodthirsty hue.

"Zombies? Is that our... name?" it asked.

Tang Ye nodded, silent.

"Intelligence, does it mean within us zombies there are those who have acquired the ability to think, like me, and not just them?" It... or rather, he pointed at the other zombies that stood around looking dumb without any prey and continued to ask.

"Yes, that’s right," Tang Ye replied.

"But..." he continued to move backward, the look in his eyes growing ever more bizarre.

"But... you are human! You are not one of my kind! An intelligent zombie? I don’t need your kind of fellow. You’re deceiving me!"

After distancing himself from Tang Ye, he suddenly let out a furious roar, and all the zombies turned their gaze towards Tang Ye, issuing a collective roar. In that moment, Tang Ye narrowed his eyes, feeling an indescribable will emanating from this intelligent zombie, very similar to Water Guanyin, yet distinct.

Roar!

Roar-roar!

All over the town, there came the bloodthirsty roars of zombies. It seemed as if all the zombies in town were roused by this intelligent zombie, of course, excluding those Level 4 and higher zombies.

"High-level will? No, mental control? That’s not it either. What could it be?"

Tang Ye’s face revealed an intrigued expression, indifferent to the low-level zombies roaring at him.

The ability of this being seemed similar to that of Water Guanyin, but the difference was significant. Within the range influenced by Water Guanyin, the zombies’ craving for flesh was heightened to the extreme, giving them the ability to sense the location of their prey.

This kind of influence from Water Guanyin allowed her to use other zombies in the water to detect which parts of the aquatic environment held living creatures, thereby hunting the prey by following them.

However, this intelligent zombie was quite different; it could influence other zombies, but unlike Water Guanyin who couldn’t control them, it, however, controlled the zombies within its range of influence!