I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 964 - 960: Strange Intonation

Chapter 964: Chapter 960: Strange Intonation

Tang Ye’s shout startled Xu Haishui, who then turned his gaze toward the direction Tang Ye was looking. Since Tang Ye did not move, Xu quickly headed toward that spot, his arms turning silver and flowing like water. Soon, they transformed into a pair of arm blades emitting a cold, silver light!

"Come out!"

With a roar, Xu Haishui swung his arm blades before even seeing anyone, the sharp blades unleashing a streak of cold light as they sliced through the air. With a "crack", the corner wall was instantly halved. Xu skidded to a stop and turned to look down the street beyond the corner, but saw nothing. He couldn’t help but look back at Tang Ye with a puzzled expression.

"President, what did you see? There’s nothing here." Meanwhile, Tang Ye had already reached the corner. He frowned and looked down the street, which was completely empty except for the blindly wandering silver-armored corpses. Every step they took made a "thud thud thud" – a silent sound of metal striking the ground. Their feet seemed like large iron hammers, bringing destruction to whatever part of the ground they trod upon.

Tang Ye was also frowning, his face showing confusion. He hadn’t actually looked directly at this area; he had only glimpsed someone seeming to poke their head out from the corner, peering at him, and then he had subconsciously looked over.

"Could I have been mistaken?"

"President, there’s no one here. Maybe you really did see it wrong."

Tang Ye shook his head and said, "No, I did see someone just now, someone definitely was here."

As he spoke, he stepped back, turning his head around to scan the area cautiously. From the moment he saw someone peek around the corner to the time he moved to that spot, only three seconds had passed. Three seconds were neither long nor short, but for someone to vanish without a trace in such a brief period indicated that the person must be quick, and to escape within his reaction time, the stranger’s abilities must be quite formidable.

Yet he was uncertain what level of strength they possessed. It was likely a zombie, given that the City Center had been overrun by the silver-armored zombies. Any human daring to walk here, even a Level 7 New Human, would get entangled with a horde of silver-armored zombies for quite some time.

It could only mean that the one who had peeked out at him was a zombie, and not ruling out that it might be at the same level as himself. If it was a Level 6 or Level 5, then it was certainly one of the speed-type evolved zombies.

"President, a zombie capable of escaping your line of sight in an instant is exceedingly rare in South China. I haven’t detected any zombie above Level 5 around here. To elude your perception, unless the stranger had already fled Longyang City just now, how could it be possible? If they truly possessed such speed, why would they flee at all? You must have been mistaken, President. As for the anomaly that occurred here among the horde, there might’ve been some chemical reaction we can’t understand. Anyway, it’s resolved now, and I think we should head back."

"Yeah, alright," Tang Ye nodded, deciding to agree with Xu Haishui’s reasoning.

"It must have been my mistake; what kind of powerful being could evade my senses?"

Murmuring uncertainly to himself, Tang Ye left the area with Xu Haishui. However, as they walked, he occasionally glanced around suspiciously, as if he doubted that an eerie presence was lurking in some unseen corner, watching him.

It wasn’t until he reached the United District’s quarantine zone that Tang Ye finally stopped scrutinizing his surroundings. The sky was still gloomy, and without a reliable way to tell time, neither Tang Ye nor Xu Haishui knew what hour it was. In the dark environment, the light beams from the tall anti-zombie walls seemed to bring a bit of warmth.

Inside the United District, the lavish lights shone as brightly as any city before the Apocalypse.

The great doors of the anti-zombie wall opened quickly, and under the watchful eyes of thousands of soldiers, the two men walked into the United District. The doors then shut behind them, locking the darkness outside once again. Unnoticed by Tang Ye, as he and Xu Haishui had entered the United District, a blurry figure had suddenly slipped into the crowd of soldiers.

Among the soldiers lining both sides, one of them suddenly trembled. The hand holding the gun twisted abruptly, as if part of a video playing in fast forward. His eyes momentarily took on a strange look.

First terror, then dullness. His mouth opening and closing, he seemed to want to say something to his comrade beside him, but was unable to utter a single word. His comrade quickly noticed his odd behavior and came closer, asking, "What’s wrong with you?"

The dazed look in the soldier’s eyes puzzled his friend, who shook his shoulder and asked again, "Are you alright? You’re not sick, are you?"

As he finished speaking, the soldier’s gradually diffused pupils suddenly refocused, transitioning from dullness to normalcy. He appeared somewhat stunned, gazing at his comrade in front of him for a long time before responding, "No, no, I’m fine, just a bit of a cramp in my leg."

"A cramp?" The comrade cast a suspicious glance at his legs. Cramp? Both of them were New Humans with robust bodies, unlikely to suffer from the petty ailments common in their former lives as Old Humans.

Since their evolution into New Humans, they hadn’t experienced cramping in a long time.

"Yeah, yeah, it’s pretty unbearable, I didn’t dare move..."

"Oh, okay then." His comrade nodded, feeling something off about his friend’s voice but couldn’t quite put his finger on it in the moment.

But the way he had acted was nothing like someone suffering from a cramp. It was more like the appearance of someone dead, especially his eyes – even in pain, one wouldn’t adopt such a deathly expression, would they?

"Well, if you’re feeling bad, ask Old Bian for leave. Don’t push yourself."

"Mmm..." The soldier was slightly dazed, his expression complex as he looked at his concerned comrade, feeling a warmth he hadn’t experienced in a long time.

Perhaps the sudden show of care had caught someone accustomed to a cold environment off guard.

"Thank... thank you."

"Hey, don’t be like that."

A word of thanks sent a chill down the comrade’s spine, the strange feeling inside growing stronger, but unable to pinpoint its source. All he could do was wave his hand and leave as though escaping.

After a while, watching Li Henian, the highest authority in the United District, and his trusted followers disappear into the distance, he ran up the anti-zombie wall. It was only then that he understood what had been wrong with his friend all along.

It was his intonation! Though the voice was as rugged and resolute as any man’s, the intonation seemed to be that of a little girl’s manner of speaking.