I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 976 - 973 Comfortable

Chapter 976: Chapter 973 Comfortable

"This thing is..." Bai Huipeng was somewhat puzzled. This stone, which resembled human muscle tissue, looked somewhat creepy, but he couldn’t see what use it might have.

"I don’t know what this is called either, but it can give you the ability to control the silver zombies. When you’re in danger, you can command those silver zombies to help you."

"This... Is this really so miraculous?"

Bai Huipeng’s face was filled with surprise and disbelief. Possessing such an object before the Apocalypse would mean walking horizontally in power. Such an artifact, if it were anyone else, let alone showing it to others, it would be impossible even to let a second person know about it!

Yet Tang Ye just said he would give it to him, and he did. This deeply moved Bai Huipeng. In the Apocalypse, what is most precious isn’t how loyal you are to others, but whether your loyalty can earn the other person’s complete trust and not let down your own devotion.

Encountering someone who trusts you absolutely is a great fortune in life!

Bai Huipeng looked at Tang Ye and couldn’t speak for a long time. He genuinely didn’t know how to describe his feelings, only that the decision to betray Zhang Han and follow this man was the most correct one he’d made in his life.

"You can try it out when you get to Longyang City. If those zombies aren’t abnormal, you can command other zombies as well. But for now, it seems that only the silver zombies can be commanded. Just be more cautious with the ordinary ones."

As Tang Ye spoke, the image of the silver zombies he mentioned emerged in Bai Huipeng’s mind. Silver zombies were rarely seen, and who had ever heard of silver zombies? But Bai Huipeng had genuinely seen them. Before the Qinshan Base was renamed to Shiwuguan Base, a Level 6 Power Type Evolutionary Zombie had attacked Li Songhua’s headquarters. Those infected there all turned into zombies with silver skin harder than steel and were indestructible.

If that was the type of zombie, then this stone-like piece of muscle was incredibly precious! It was very likely that Li Henian was able to establish "peace" with the zombies by relying on this stone.

"President, this is too valuable. Maybe you should take it back." The more he thought, the more Bai Huipeng realized the treasure’s worth, feeling it burning in his hand. If he lost it, even dying a thousand times wouldn’t be enough of a penalty!

Furthermore, inadvertently, Tang Ye had shared his secret with him. Humans simply couldn’t establish peace with zombies; all of it stemmed from this stone. This made him even more aware that Tang Ye now saw him as a trusted confidant, but it also made him very uneasy.

"It’s fine. You can take it with you and just return it to me later. I wouldn’t want to lose a general because you had to fulfill a promise made to someone else."

"Yes, Marshal."

Hearing Tang Ye’s words, Bai Huipeng felt a sigh of relief, and was further moved. Now he truly was the Marshal’s confidant, a completely trusted one.

After a short conversation, Bai Huipeng left with the stone that felt incredibly heavy in his hands. Its function, as described by Tang Ye, seemed extremely precious. In Bai Huipeng’s mind, it was an object so rare that it might not exist anywhere else in the world; it was something you could stumble upon but not seek out. What he didn’t know was that this was simply a piece of flesh from Tang Ye’s body, containing a fragment of his own consciousness.

This kind of object, he could create hundreds of them in minutes, and its function could be said to be against the heavens; it could control all zombies below Level 7. With it, one could command tens of thousands of zombies. For such a treasure, if anyone harbored the slightest greed and quietly took it for themselves, they could live comfortably in the Apocalypse.

By giving this object to Bai Huipeng, Tang Ye was killing two birds with one stone. If the other party didn’t swallow this "stone" for themselves and returned it intact, then Tang Ye could affirm a subordinate’s loyalty to him. At the same time, such a great treasure given away casually would have a significant impact on the person’s innermost feelings, greatly improving their loyalty to the point where they might even be willing to die for him.

But if Bai Huipeng took this "stone" for himself, then Tang Ye would be able to completely see through a person.

Afterward, the death of Nangong Ming quickly spread throughout the United District. However, the residents seemed to have long anticipated such an outcome. The remnants of the Old Mercenary Guild were unable to escape from the Peace Party, and many had predicted such an ending, so there was not much surprise. It simply became a topic of conversation over meals.

In an ordinary, isolated office area within the Central United District, a military supply officer wearing a Peace Party uniform moved the last stack of supply orders onto his desk to sign his name. He didn’t pay attention to the contents, focusing only on one particular place.

By chance, he noticed a supply order from Jiuge. The troops there had been repeatedly victorious, and the remarks suggested that the deputy president’s army had pushed Akam into a corner and would soon be able to aim their guns at Jiuge’s Deep Luo Group. The only problem was that there were too many addicts in Jiuge, and before the Apocalypse, all the Peace Party soldiers had strong anti-drug sentiments, showing no tolerance for narcotics and burning them. However, with the approach of war, the addicts in Jiuge had lost their source of drugs.

The craving for drugs by those addicted and in desperate need of them could be compared to the desperation for air after holding one’s breath for forty seconds. Their physical need for drugs was so intense that they even lost their fear of death. Many addicts formed groups to resist the Peace Party, which was a problem that the Party had to respond to. Thus, the Peace Party’s southern expeditionary force had to direct its slaughter towards those addicts first, which increased the need for resources.

Nevertheless, it seemed inevitable that Jiuge would fall, and the Peace Party would gain greater control in South China. As a member of the Peace Party, he would enjoy ever-increasing privileges, which made him very comfortable.

The voices of the people talking outside were quite noisy, mostly from the soldiers passing by. Most of their conversations were about beautiful girls they had seen here and there, a topic he often heard but didn’t find irritating. On the contrary, he liked this noisy atmosphere, finding it as comforting as the sound of rain outside the window while sleeping.

After signing and stamping the supply orders one by one, he always considered himself to be a lucky person. No matter where he lived, he could enjoy a comfortable life and skim a little extra off the top for even more comfort.