I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 883 - 879: What the Hell Are You Looking At

Chapter 883: Chapter 879: What the Hell Are You Looking At

Delusional hallucination syndrome could be considered a lifelong companion for Tang Ye, manifesting whenever he most desired something!

At its mildest, it was like intensely focusing on an object only to see it transform into what he most wanted, as if seeing a car morph into an ice cream when he craved one inadvertently.

The more severe cases involved perceiving a person in an empty space, a person only visible to the sufferer, which to any onlooker would undoubtedly mark him as a lunatic!

Yet, for the many years he had lived with it, Tang Ye had grown accustomed to this bizarre illness that appeared and vanished abruptly, not understanding why he was afflicted. He only knew that the disease had been with him his whole life and imagined that it would disappear once he became a zombie, as it was exclusive to humans.

But it did not, even after he transformed into a zombie; the disease did not leave him. It first resurfaced when he was taking Nannan to the distant north through those wheat fields, albeit lightly. And this time, he clearly saw Ning Yu’er.

"Heh... it’s all fake after all," Tang Ye scoffed at himself. Indeed, Ning Yu’er appearing here was utterly unreasonable. How could it be real? It was only possible during an episode of his illness.

Thinking so, Tang Ye looked back at Song Muyuan, who showed signs of awakening from his coma. Tang Ye walked over, quietly waiting for him to awaken.

After more than ten minutes, Song Muyuan’s hand twitched, followed by the opening of his eyelids, now covered with scales, revealing the black pupils and red eyes unique to silver-armored zombies.

At first glance, he saw Tang Ye. Just as he thought to move, the next second, Tang Ye, like a pig wildly thrashing its body after being stabbed in the neck, clutched Song Muyuan’s neck and forcefully pinned him down on the ground.

"What are you doing!"

Song Muyuan was startled by Tang Ye’s sudden move before he could even feel the vast change within him.

"You think you’re strong enough? You’re not!"

"What!"

Song Muyuan was stunned, then watched as Tang Ye summoned a Level 5 zombie, stretched out his hand, and a Level 5 Evolution Crystal appeared in his palm. Song Muyuan wanted to say something, but Tang Ye forcefully pried open his mouth and shoved the Evolution Crystal into it.

"Not enough! Not enough! I want you to evolve to Level 6!"

To make Song Muyuan stronger, Tang Ye had killed two Level 5 zombies so far, feeding him the Evolution Crystals from their brains.

This is only a small town, after all. Even though many people in various places have started evolving to Level 6 at the frontier of evolution, the highest-level zombies in the town were these two Level 5 zombies. The first Level 5 Evolution Crystal allowed Song Muyuan to leap directly from Level 3 to Level 5 if he could withstand it.

But the effect of the second Level 5 Evolution Crystal wouldn’t be as good.

With two Level 5 zombies gone, only Level 4 zombies remained.

And Song Muyuan, having evolved to Level 5 by consuming a Level 5 Evolution Crystal, clearly would not evolve to Level 6 on another Level 5 Evolution Crystal, seeing no response from him, Tang Ye smirked at him.

In an instant, the aura of a Level 7 zombie burst forth, and the zombies around Tang Ye shuddered at that moment, emitting indecipherable sounds.

Hehe~

All the Level 4 zombies were growling; although the sound of zombies was eerie and spine-chilling, this time, their calls seemed different, seemingly hiding a rhythm, filled with emotion, yet utterly indecipherable to anyone listening.

The next second, within a hundred meters around Tang Ye, an invisible force stirred, every Level 4 zombie’s head making a crisp "crack" sound!

Hu~ Roar!!

A zombie’s mouth opened to an exaggerated angle as it roared towards the sky, seemingly declaring something. However, soon, puddles of black and yellow pus covered the upper sky, and several red Level 4 Evolution Crystals floated about. Song Muyuan was dumbstruck by the scene.

Pinned to the ground, he immediately stopped moving. If he could accept Tang Ye turning from a zombie back to a human, and then back to a zombie, how could he accept this?

This is downright a superpower!

But Tang Ye did not give him any time to think. The Evolution Crystals emerging from the heads of surrounding Level 4 zombies spun around and finally moved toward Tang Ye’s palm.

"Eat them!"

Tang Ye shouted, he grasped Song Muyuan’s chin, prying his mouth open wider, and more than ten Evolution Crystals burrowed inside.

Despite being a Level 5 zombie, Song Muyuan had no ability to resist the overwhelming power transmitted from Tang Ye’s hand. At that moment, he was like a green caterpillar caught by playful children and brought into the classroom, pressed by hands on his belly, struggling in vain to break free.

This was a difference of species, and between him and Tang Ye, it was a difference of evolutionary levels!

Tang Ye watched as countless Level 4 Evolution Crystals entered Song Muyuan’s mouth and quickly dissolved. While there were not many Level 4 Evolution Crystals, they soon vanished into the seemingly bottomless abyss that was Song Muyuan.

"No evolution?" Tang Ye frowned, he had underestimated how much energy a Level 5 zombie needed to evolve to Level 6.

Song Muyuan glared at him. To be honest, he suddenly found the crystals taken from the brains of his own kind rather tasty. Although they were slightly less savory than live flesh and blood, they were still quite comforting to zombies!

That warmth was truly addictive for zombies, but it was best not to experience too much of it.

"Stop staring and get up."

Seeing that Song Muyuan had not evolved to Level 6, Tang Ye angrily ordered.

Upon hearing this, Song Muyuan quickly performed a "carp jump" and leaped up, asking, "Marshal, what’s next?"

Tang Ye glanced at him, thinking, "Is this guy getting addicted?"

He remembered that when he first killed a Level 5 zombie and took out its Evolution Crystal for Song Muyuan, Song Muyuan had been hesitant, perhaps feeling pity for his own kind. But now, there was clear anticipation in his eyes.

"Alright, come with me. Your abilities are a bit strange, I really want to see what you look like at Level 6."

"Oh~" Song Muyuan nodded but quickly grew curious again: "Marshal, how many of my own kind need to die for me to evolve to Level 6?"

"I don’t know. If we encounter a Level 6 zombie, only one needs to die, because I’ll kill it and stuff its Evolution Crystal into your mouth. But if we really come across one... heh heh, a Level 6 zombie as a pet doesn’t sound too bad."

"Evolution Crystal?" Song Muyuan thought for a moment, silently noting the term.

"An Evolution Crystal is that thing in our heads. Also, living beings have them in their heads too, but they’re not called Evolution Crystals, they’re called Evolution Crystal Cores, and there are some differences."