Not far away.

Song Wenwen squatted on the ground, holding her head in her hands.

Shivering.

The turbulent brainwaves left her momentarily stunned.

A deep-seated fear made her extremely uneasy.

Song Ning sat in the car, staring in shock at Leng Yebai's direction. He could feel the energy fluctuations emanating from Leng Yebai.

Despite being only a fifth-tier ability user, Song Ning felt that Leng Yebai's aura was three points stronger than that of the base chief.

When did Leng Yebai become so powerful?

Bai Xizhu rubbed her head vigorously.

If she had known it would turn out this way, she wouldn't have given the hibiscus leaf to Zhang Yiming, or she would have given it to him secretly, without letting Leng Yebai follow!

It was clearly his own decision, so why is Zhang Yiming arguing with Leng Yebai?

"I regret it."

Zhang Yiming said something inexplicably, his voice very calm.

He regretted it.

Why did he give up?

Xiao Zhu trusts humans too much now. In the future, she dies at the hands of human researchers, yet she still thinks about cooperating with the human research institute.

Human research institutes should not exist.

The zombie king, Zhang Yiming, and Zhang Yiming's memories merged into this body, causing Zhang Yiming's mind to become restless.

Paranoia, mania, depression and other negative emotions are all intertwined.

Zhang Yiming could suppress his resentment and face everything with a warm and sunny expression.

But Zombie King Zhang Yiming is not an option.

He had endured so many years of apocalyptic life without her, a life worse than death.

As soon as he heard even the slightest hint that Bai Xizhu wanted to cooperate with the Human Research Institute, he couldn't control himself and suppress his feelings of resentment.

A frenzied emotion flickered in Zhang Yiming's eyes.

In that instant, Zhang Yiming even wanted to destroy all human research institutes and all security bases.

He was right beside her, protecting her, and no one could bully her.

Those eyes were incredibly deep, completely devoid of their former warmth and sunshine.

The violent elements in Zombie King Zhang Yiming's memories were amplified infinitely, and the fear of losing everything was laid bare before him.

With his negative emotions amplified to an extreme, Zhang Yiming had lost all pretense, and the murderous intent in his eyes was almost tangible.

At that moment, he truly wanted to kill Leng Yebai.

Leng Yebai stood in front of Bai Xizhu and whispered, "Go to Song Ning's place."

Bai Xizhu didn't move.

Black flames erupted from Zhang Yiming's body, resembling a black fire dragon, ready to rush towards Leng Yebai at any moment.

The purple lightning on Leng Yebai's body grew increasingly intense, threatening to strike Zhang Yiming at any moment.

Zhang Yiming made the first move.

The black fire dragon transformed into streaks of fire snakes, rushing forward to attack Leng Yebai.

The black flames that rushed towards us were not scorching hot, but were accompanied by a chilling wind.

Zhang Yiming's flames are always a normal bright yellow. Black flames contain zombie viruses and are too sinister to use.

Zombie King Zhang Yiming has always used black flames, devouring flesh and blood, and unleashing all his ferocity in destroying safe bases.

In that instant, Zhang Yiming could no longer distinguish whether he was the present him or the future him.

Purple lightning and black flames collided, turning into a powerful energy storm.

A powerful shockwave erupted from the point of impact.

It stirred up the snow on the ground.

The zombies within a ten-mile radius suddenly fell silent, ceasing their devouring of flesh and blood, and stood trembling in place.

This applies to both ordinary and high-level zombies.

"stop!"

Bai Xizhu looked at Zhang Yiming and Leng Yebai, who were locked in combat, took a deep breath, and an invisible force of control suddenly acted on them.

Leng Yebai knew it was Bai Xizhu, and allowed the control to act on him.

Zhang Yiming seemed to have lost his mind, his eyes were bloodshot, and as the control force was applied to him, black flames shot towards Bai Xizhu.

"Zhang Yiming!"

Leng Yebai was the first to react, standing in front of Bai Xizhu and unleashing lightning from his fingertips to meet her attack.

The lightning didn't condense in time enough to completely neutralize it, and some of the black flames burned directly onto his body.

Leng Yebai groaned, and a layer of frost rose from his body, enveloping the black flames and extinguishing them.

"Zhang Yiming!"

Bai Xizhu increased the pressure in her hands, forcing Zhang Yiming, who was on the offensive, to take a step back.

Zhang Yiming's bloodshot eyes were momentarily stunned.

"Does it hurt?"

Green light emanated from Bai Xizhu's fingertips and quickly landed on Leng Yebai's abdomen.

The black flames burned a hole in the down jacket. Fortunately, Leng Yebai reacted in time and the flames did not burn his skin, but the powerful impact caused his body to suffer a heavy blow.

"It doesn't hurt, it's okay."

Leng Yebai grabbed Bai Xizhu's hand, preventing her from continuing to heal, and pulled her behind him.

"Which Zhang Yiming are you?"

Leng Yebai frowned; he could sense that Zhang Yiming had been in a state of frenzy just now.

He remembered what Fan Liping had said: Zhang Yiming was different from before those few days; his brainwaves were very unstable.

Is it because of the fusion of memories?

"I'm sorry, I..."

The murderous aura emanating from Zhang Yiming vanished instantly. He didn't answer Leng Yebai's question, but looked helplessly at Bai Xizhu, a hint of panic flashing in his eyes.

Just now, an inexplicable sense of irritability and violence had filled his mind, accompanied by intense fluctuations of various obsessive emotions.

For a moment, he didn't know what he was doing or who he was fighting.

All I want to do is kill the enemy.

Zhang Yiming's heart sank to the bottom.

This is a zombie.

Zombies are emotionless killing machines; no matter how much they try to control themselves, there are times when they lose control.

He thought that as long as he restrained himself from devouring flesh and blood, even if his blood was black, he could be like a normal person.

But... he just attacked the person he wanted to protect the most.

Is this the price of becoming a zombie?

"There are good people and bad people. Just like there are good zombies and bad zombies. It's normal for you to be worried, and I'm worried too. If you don't do something because you're worried, you'll only become more and more hesitant."

Leng Yebai extended his right hand towards Zhang Yiming and continued,

“It is indeed hard to accept what happened in the past, but we cannot live in the past. The present is different from the future. You, me, Xiaozhu, grandpa and grandma are all different.”

Different ideas can shape different futures.

"Do you think you're incompetent and unable to change the future, so you choose to back down?"

Zhang Yiming stared at the fingers in front of him, his eyes dim.

Yes, he felt incompetent and not good enough.

They chose not to let Bai Xizhu follow a path similar to the future.