The battle lasted less than ten minutes before it was completely over. When Fang Zheng put down his weapon, there was not even a single zombie standing in front of everyone.
"What on earth is going on?"
Xia Shi looked around in confusion, while Cui and Tina shook their heads, but Xiao Hei gave an answer.
“These should be zombies.”
"Zombies?"
"Hey? Don't you know?"
Looking at the confused looks on the girls' faces, Xiao Hei widened his eyes in surprise.
"It often appears in movies. Humans are infected with some strange virus or parasite and then turn into bloodthirsty monsters. People bitten by them will also turn into zombies or something..."
"In their world, the dissemination of such works is strictly prohibited."
Fang Zheng shook his head. Due to the special nature of the Dark World, movies and TV shows about biochemical viruses are strictly prohibited from being broadcast. If you think about it carefully, it is understandable. Humans are forced to survive in the shelters by the monsters transformed by the protovirus outside. As a result, you are still showing a virus movie that can turn people into zombies in the shelter... Do you still want others to live a good life?
"……ah."
Hearing this, Xiao Hei remembered what Fang Zheng had said to him and others about the background of the dark world, and he stuck out his tongue a little. Xia Shi quietly stared at the corpse in front of him and said in a low voice.
"In other words... these people are like us, and they became like this because they were infected with the virus?"
“Although it can’t be compared with the original enterovirus, it’s almost the same.”
"I always feel... a little envious of them."
At this moment, Tina also came over and sighed softly. When Xiao Hei heard what Tina said, his eyes widened in surprise.
"envious?"
"Yes, isn't it something to be happy about to be able to die as a human being? Although they may have mutated due to the virus infection, they still retain their human form."
"Uh... well..."
Faced with Tina's unexpected answer, Xiao Hei didn't know what to say for a moment. Fang Zheng also smiled helplessly. Although on the surface, the children in the dark world behaved no different from ordinary children, at this moment, the difference between the two sides could be seen.
For Xiao Hei, being infected with a biochemical virus may be tragic in itself, but for the cursed children like Xia Shi, they have been infected with the protozoan virus since birth and have lived all their lives. Therefore, for these cursed children, being infected with the virus itself is not a particularly tragic thing. What they fear is the transformation into a terrible protozoan. Because of this, they do not feel miserable about the fact that humans in this world are infected with the virus and turned into zombies. They even feel a little envious...
This is the difference in values.
Shaking his head with a wry smile, Fang Zheng walked to one of the corpses, then turned on his personal terminal and began to scan and analyze it. Soon, rays shot out from the personal terminal, shining on the corpse in front of him, and began to analyze its structure and cells.
"The immune system is out of balance, a large amount of necrotic tissue is produced inside the body, and the brain has symptoms of mutation... Preliminary diagnosis is a D-class virus..."
The virus classification in Fang Zheng's personal terminal is based on the samples provided by the Zerg. Viruses that have self-awareness and can perfectly invade, infect, and melt the host are classified as Class A. Viruses like the protovirus, which will 100% cause the host to mutate and have a certain degree of safety, are Class B. As for Class D... it's just like this thing in front of you.
There are no advantages, but many disadvantages.
Of course, perhaps in the eyes of the Cursed Child, being able to maintain human form after infection can be considered its "advantage".
After analyzing the zombies in front of him, Fang Zheng also grasped the characteristics of these zombies.
First of all, they are living beings, which means that from a biological point of view, these zombies are still alive. However, their brains have been severely eroded, and they have basically lost the ability to identify enemies and friends and analyze and think. In addition, Fang Zheng also found that these zombies contain a metabolic substance that is very sensitive to light sources, which means that if these zombies are exposed to light for a long time, their skin will rot, collapse or even die.
"I feel like the zombies in this world are very similar to ghouls."
Looking at the data displayed on the terminal in front of him, Fang Zheng couldn't help but complain. Regardless of the analysis results or the appearance, these zombies are very similar to low-level beings that have been bitten by vampires. They are afraid of light and fire, have great strength, slow reaction, are contagious, and need blood to maintain their movements...
"Big brother, what you mean is that there are vampires in this world?"
Hearing this, Xiao Hei suddenly became excited, while Fang Zheng shook his head.
"No, I just said it looks like a vampire. But it seems that there are no such creatures as vampires in this world. Even if there are, it probably has nothing to do with the vampires in myths and legends."
Fang Zheng had seen real vampires and artificial ghouls in the world of the Royal State Church Knights. They were professionals, wearing explosion-proof suits and gas masks, and dared to walk around in broad daylight with shields and submachine guns. They were much better than these guys.
"Brother Fang Zheng!"
At this moment, Xia Shi's voice suddenly sounded in Fang Zheng's ears.
"I detected a communication signal!"
"oh?"
Hearing this, Fang Zheng hurriedly stood up, walked in front of Xia Shi, and looked at her personal terminal. Xia Shi immediately reached out and turned up the volume. Soon, everyone heard an unclear voice coming from it.
"...I did...did you hear me...help..."
The voice was very vague, and it was even impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman. Not only that, the interference seemed to be quite serious. Even Fang Zheng and others could only hear a few words vaguely, and the rest was the "rustling" sound of electric current.
"Is there no way to adjust it to be clearer?"
"The intercepted data stream itself is very complete. Perhaps there is a problem with the other party's communication equipment, resulting in the inability to effectively and completely transmit the information when entering it..."
"Where is the signal coming from?"
"here!"
Xia Shi stretched out his hand and pointed to the map on the personal terminal in front of him.
"Yokohama Station North Station Master's Office!"
"Leave immediately and head to Yokohama Station!"
Fang Zheng also quickly issued an order. Although he didn't know whether the person who called for help was still alive, this was the first clue they had caught since they came to this world, so they naturally couldn't let it go. Of course, if it was just a team of ordinary people, they might hesitate again and again when facing such a scene, but for Fang Zheng and others... this was not a problem at all.
In order to avoid being entangled by the zombies again, Fang Zheng and his companions did not choose to move forward on the ground this time. Instead, they chose the shortest route between two points - the straight line.
“Swoosh!!”
In the dark city at night, Fang Zheng leaped onto the glass wall of a tall building in front of him. At the same time, a figure suddenly rushed over from the other side of the glass wall, reaching out to grab the prey in front of him. But the next moment, Fang Zheng's right foot suddenly stepped on the glass wall, and with the explosion of the glass wall and the whistling wind, he flew out like an arrow from a bow, and in the blink of an eye, he crossed the street in front of him.
"Brother Fang Zheng, it's just ahead!"
At the same time, Tina, who was beside Fang Zheng, was also operating the variable wing system while reporting to him quickly. Soon, a station appeared in front of Fang Zheng. Like other buildings, its interior was extremely dim. Except for a little bit of faint light in the corridor and outside the station, everything else was shrouded in darkness.
But through the terminal, everyone could see that the life signals representing the bloodthirsty monsters hidden in the dark night were densely spread all over the station. Moreover, unlike the zombies that Fang Zheng and others had encountered before and were pretending to be dead, these zombies were roaming around, and their goal... was obvious.
Seeing this scene, Fang Zheng also decisively issued an order.
"Xiao Hei, Xia Shi, come with me to kill these annoying guys. Cui, you and Tina go look for survivors!"
"yes!"