Chapter 15

“Tear…”

The young man's pants were torn by the zombie's sharp claws, and several deep wounds on his calves were also scratched, leaving him with blood. The man's face suddenly turned pale.

The zombie licked the flesh and blood brought back by its claws, as if it was tasting something delicious. When it looked at the young man again, its scarlet eyes became more excited, revealing a desire to devour the person in front of it mouthful by mouthful.

The flesh and blood of people with special abilities are extremely attractive to zombies.

The young man was naturally aware of this. Facing the zombie's eyes, he was still unable to move and could only shout in fear: "No! Yaoyao, you can't do this!"

"Help me! Someone please help me!"

As he spoke, he swung the weapon in his hand and slashed fiercely at the zombie's claws that were extended again.

When the young man was scratched by the zombie, someone noticed it and the crowd suddenly became panicked again.

"Ahhh! There are zombies!"

"Why did a zombie suddenly appear?!"

"Help! Zombies are eating people!"

Many people fled in all directions again, while some picked up weapons and rushed forward.

Obviously, even though the apocalypse has been here for quite some time, some ordinary people still don't have the courage to face it, and are still so scared that they turn around and run away when they see zombies. Some people dare to pick up weapons and wield knives to fight those man-eating monsters.

Wan Shiwen, who was talking to Gu Qi at the time, naturally noticed this scene. She no longer cared about reminiscing about the past and hurried forward to help.

The fireball flew towards the zombies.

Unfortunately, the zombie dodged the fireball very nimbly and tore off a piece of flesh from the young man.

The flesh and blood of psychics are a great tonic for zombies. The higher the level of the psychic, the more nourishing it is, and it can also improve their strength.

Gu Qi then removed the restraints, a mocking look flashing in his eyes.

It turns out that you won’t feel pain unless the knife falls on your body.

When the zombies did not harm him, the young man "lovingly" raised his lover who had turned into a zombie, and even controlled the mutant earthworms to prey on humans to feed it.

She was constantly fed with flesh and blood, and the young man would sometimes feed her some crystal cores. The zombie became stronger and stronger with his feeding, and coupled with the increasingly strong desires fed with flesh and blood, the backlash now occurred.

And what about young men?

When the zombies hurt him and licked his flesh and blood, he raised his weapon without hesitation. It was obvious that he thought himself was more important.

Raising zombies was just a self-gratification for him. Gu Qi lowered his eyelids slightly to hide the emotions in his eyes. This young man could no longer be called a human being.

From the first time he fed humans to zombies, from the first time he treated other people as prey and as food to feed zombies, he had already lost the most fundamental thing about being human.

There are many beings in the apocalypse who have lost their humanity and become worse than beasts. Especially as the apocalypse lasts longer, social order collapses, and all kinds of demons and monsters shed their human skins.

When he saw the young man quietly reaching out and trying to push Wan Shiwen, who came to save him, towards the zombies, Gu Qi suddenly understood how Wan Shiwen and others became zombies in his previous life.

She is indeed quite capable and has a vigilant personality, but she is not as vigilant when facing her "own people".

After resolving some of his doubts, Gu Qi stopped standing by and watching.

A vine wrapped around Wan Shiwen's waist and pulled her to the side. At the same time, a water arrow that everyone had seen not long ago pierced into the zombie's eyebrows, directly taking its life which had just been promoted to level three.

Yes, just now, the zombie that was on the verge of promotion directly advanced after eating a lot of flesh and blood of the young man.

Level three zombies are more difficult to deal with than level two zombies. Even though Wan Shiwen is experienced, it is still difficult to fight her. With the help of the young man, she fell into the trap and almost lost her neck in the zombie's mouth.

It is worth mentioning that after Wan Shiwen noticed the young man's movements, two fireballs appeared at the same time, one hit the zombie and the other went towards the young man.

The power of these two fireballs that consumed all of Wan Shiwen's supernatural powers was naturally not low.

It's a pity that the zombie that was upgraded to level three didn't feel any pain after being hit by the fireball, only a little black mark. If Gu Qi hadn't taken action, she would probably have died.

The fireball that hit the young man did cause considerable damage to him, burning his right arm into a bloody mess, even the bones were charred black, and a faint burnt smell could be smelled. It looked like the bones would break if touched, so it was obvious that his arm was useless.

"You take a rest first." After Gu Qi said this to Wan Shiwen, the vines wrapped around her and handed her to the short-haired girl.

The young man stared at the zombie lying on the ground in a daze, his eyes wide open, unable to believe what he saw.

"Yaoyao!" He shouted in pain after coming to his senses, ran quickly towards the zombie's body, knelt down, picked up the other party, and stretched out his hand as if he wanted to touch the zombie's face.

"Chi..."

Another water arrow pierced into the zombie's brow, and instantly brought out a clean and beautiful crystal core that floated into Gu Qi's hand.

The young man paused and looked at Gu Qi with hatred in his eyes, as if he wanted to cut him into pieces.

I just don't know whether he hated Gu Qi for killing the zombie named Yaoyao, or hated the other party for taking the crystal core before him.

Gu Qi felt it should be the latter.

But the young man naturally showed the former. As for what he was thinking in his heart, only he himself knew.

"You bitch! I want you to be buried with Yaoyao!" The young man roared madly, and invisible supernatural energy spread from his hands to the surroundings.

Gu Qi naturally noticed this energy and roughly guessed what the other party wanted to do.

When Gu Qi discovered the connection between the mutant earthworm and the young man, as well as the other party's little actions that he had previously thought no one knew about, he already knew what the other party's special abilities were.

It's a psychic ability, but it's not the same kind of psychic ability as the previous beast-like zombie, but rather a psychic ability that tends to control mutated animals.

In the past, people called this type of psychic ability users animal tamers. They could tame mutant animals and control them for their own use.

However, the young man in front of him has more than just the ability to control mutant animals. His energy can also attract mutant animals, which he might consider a call.

Gu Qi did not rush to take action.

Instead, she hoped that the other party could attract some mutant animals so that she wouldn't have to look for them everywhere.

He is not the only one who can tame and control animals.

Wan Shiwen warned, "Be careful, it might be a scam!"

Seeing the unconcealable calculation in the young man's eyes, Wan Shiwen felt that the other party's ability might not be the detection ability he had mentioned before.

If her special powers had not been exhausted, Wan Shiwen would have wanted to burn the young man to death immediately.

At first, she thought, like everyone else, that the zombies had sneaked in. She was a little confused at first. She had clearly checked the surroundings and made sure there was nothing else, so how could there be a zombie that slipped through the net?

But now, combined with the place where the zombie appeared and the name given by the young man, it is obvious that this zombie was secretly hidden in the car by the young man, and the lover he mentioned was not a human at all, but a man-eating zombie.

Seeing that Wan Shiwen was a little anxious and worried, Gu Qi gave her a reassuring look, telling her not to worry too much.

Understanding the meaning in Gu Qi's eyes and thinking of the strength displayed by the other party, Wan Shiwen's worries were slightly relieved, and she held down the hand of her companion who was about to do something.

Seeing that Wan Shiwen didn't say anything else, the others beside her also stopped and stared at the two of them with their eyes, holding their weapons tightly in their hands.

Wan Shiwen stared at the situation over there intently, fearing that something unexpected might happen.

When he saw the young man's happy expression, he couldn't help but tighten his grip on his companion's hand.

People with keen hearing are the first to notice something unusual.

Something is approaching, and there are quite a few of them.

As those things got closer, the others in the convoy also noticed that the ground beneath their feet seemed to be shaking.

The young man was smiling, and Gu Qi also smiled.

What a coincidence, she had seen the thing the young man brought not long ago.

Although it was not what she wanted, it was good that these mutant rats were lured here, saving her the time of looking for them.

As soon as he discovered the group of mutant rats, Gu Qi set his sights on their crystal cores.

You know, the energy contained in the crystal core can also be converted into spiritual power for her. If used well, they can even replace the role of spirit stones at certain times.

Although the number of these mutant rats has decreased compared to when Gu Qi first discovered them, their overall strength is much stronger than before.

Gu Qi was not surprised by this.

Xiang Haoyu and his companions who were being chased obviously did not have the time to pick up the crystal cores, so where would the crystal cores of the dead mutant rats go?

Naturally, they were eaten by the living mutant rats, along with their corpses, which resulted in the mutant rats that Gu Qi saw now having higher overall strength than before.

Especially the leader of the mutant rats. When I saw it in the afternoon, it was only level two, but now it is already level three and almost level four.

Not only Gu Qi discovered this, but Wan Shiwen and others, as well as the young man, also discovered it.

Wan Shiwen and the others' expressions suddenly turned ugly, while the smile on the young man's face became more arrogant.

"Give me that bitch... uh... cough cough cough..."

Before he could finish his words, a ball of water flew into his mouth, choking him and causing him to cough uncontrollably.

Gu Qi smiled and said, "I'll wash your stinky mouth for free, no need to thank me."

"You... cough cough..." The young man was about to say something harsh, but was greeted by another bigger ball of water.

Now he didn't dare to speak again. He just glared at Gu Qi fiercely and glanced at the other people in the convoy with sarcasm. The meaning in his eyes was extremely obvious.

Not only did he want the mutant rats to bite Gu Qi to death, but he also wanted the rest of the team to be buried with him.

The young man's smile only lasted a second.

Before the mutant rat could get close, it was strangled by the weeds that suddenly grew wildly under its feet.

Without exception.