Rebirth in the Apocalypse: No Rebirth (Chapter 33)...
The woman's face was drooping; she could no longer be considered alive, yet she still had hair and nails.
Her long, pale hair was disheveled and covered her body. Her blue-green eyes were lifeless, and her sharp fingernails, hanging down, bore little resemblance to the nails of people from before the apocalypse.
If the horror of zombies lies in their incomplete human form, then the horror of this zombie lies in its overly complete human form.
Even in games, you know that it's okay for monsters to look scary, but it's a big problem if they look like humans.
The moment this anomaly appeared, the alarm went off instantly: enemy attack!
In an instant, everyone dropped what they were doing and rushed straight to the base gate.
Because of the base's flexible recruitment system, everyone at the base is now a jack-of-all-trades, capable of doing a little bit of everything.
They would change jobs aimlessly most of the time, but when the enemy attacked, everyone would be on the front lines.
The first to rush out were the speed-enhanced ability users. Their limbs had evolved to be as powerful as those of antelopes, and they reached the city wall in a few leaps, setting up machine guns to make up for their lack of strength.
Other superhumans also experienced varying degrees of physical enhancement under the influence of their abilities, following closely behind.
Elementalists also carry guns, but they are handguns that are easy to draw for self-defense in close combat. Compared to heavy artillery, they are the best offensive turrets.
If they were intelligent beings, seeing this dense mass of superhuman warriors, they would have long lost their will to fight.
But those who invaded the territory were clearly not intelligent beings.
The reason why that mutant zombie was so human-like yet could still be identified as non-human was because it was about 1.5 times the size of a normal human.
The mutated zombie, standing out from the crowd, raised its head and let out a series of sharp cries, attracting a surge of zombies that should have been dormant during the winter.
However, contrary to what everyone thought, she was going to drive the zombies to attack, and instead began to eat her companions' food.
Originally, zombies did not attack their own kind, but now a type of zombie has appeared that feeds on its own kind.
The low-level zombies, devoid of any intelligence, willingly offered themselves up to the mutated zombies, as if sacrificing themselves for their king.
The low-level zombies, who were already stiff and inactive in winter, collapsed to the ground after being eaten, completely losing their vitality.
After feeding, the mutated zombie faced the direction of the base. The fresh blood smelled so delicious; she wanted to eat something fresh.
This horrific sight instantly sent chills down the spines of everyone in the base. Bullets were fired without hesitation, but upon impact, they felt as if they had been injected into viscous liquid plaster rather than into living bodies.
The mutated zombie's movements were unusually agile for her massive size, instantly dodging most bullets. The few that did hit were pushed away by her wriggling body, leaving no trace.
With a leap, it crossed the wide moat. The guards on the city walls quickly took cover. The mutated zombie's palm struck the city wall, and the bricks shattered instantly.
Seeing this, the elemental ability users threw their abilities at the city walls without hesitation, causing explosions everywhere.
However, it is already a consensus that a strong body is effective against elemental types. The speed of the mutated zombie makes it difficult for elemental ability users to hit vital points in close combat, and sweeping damage is insignificant to her.
Just as they were about to gather their strength for another attack, the pale-faced man had already charged straight at the elemental ability user.
boom--
The imagined tragedy did not occur. The tank, possessing both defense and strength, stood in front of the elemental ability user and slammed the mutated zombie off the city wall.
Pan Yunxi's muscular body was slashed by the mutated zombie, but fortunately, she had a lot of fat and strong regenerative abilities, so she was fine.
He jumped off the city wall and was immediately crushed by Mount Tai.
It wasn't pressed down.
That tall man, 1.5 times the size of a human, was actually a nimble giant.
Pan Yunxi was furious. So the speed restriction setting based on body size was only applied to her!
Pan Yunxi is the one who gave birth to Pandora. She awakened a power-type ability and had naturally strong defense.
However, she focused too much on strength and lacked agility. The mutated zombie leaped behind her, and before she could defend herself, her sharp claws pierced her back again.
Pan Yunxi was furious. Taking advantage of the situation, she grabbed the mutated zombie's arm and attacked it with her other hand. However, in the process of moving, she saw the mutated zombie's face hidden by its messy hair, and her hand stopped moving involuntarily.
Wait, that's—
boom!
Taking advantage of her momentary lapse in concentration, the mutated zombie used its momentum to throw her into the frozen but still deep moat.
The other enhanced ability users had already arrived. Seeing that Pan Yunxi was struggling, they immediately swarmed forward, like a group of ants hunting a giant prey, each displaying their abilities to tightly entangle the mutated zombie's enormous body.
Previously, zombies attacked humans by virtue of their numerical advantage, but now it has become humans attacking mutated zombies by virtue of their numerical advantage. The mutated zombie, entangled by ants, roars loudly.
The human alliance, united in their efforts, attempted to sever one of the mutated zombie's arms to limit her attack power, but then they heard Pan Yunxi, who had crawled out of the ditch, shout loudly, "Wait! It's Song Yiqing! Song Yiqing!"
The person who was about to make a move was taken aback: Song Yiqing?
This name, and the deeds it represents, are known not only to the women at the Giant Shark Base, but also to everyone else in the base.
A moment's hesitation cost them the initiative. Hearing the call of the mutated zombies, the nearby low-level zombies seemed to have turned on some kind of switch, waking up from hibernation and rushing towards the crowd.
Even though Song Yiqing has turned into a zombie, she is not fighting alone. She has a special ability to command zombies.
She bent her arms back and flung the person restraining her aside.
The zombie Song Yiqing showed no mercy to the human alliance. After the human alliance learned her identity, they were unable to continue to attack her at will.
At the crucial moment, Pan Yunxi's mind worked quickly, and she shouted to her companion, "That! That! Give it to me quickly!"
Qi Ke always carried Song Yiqing's red hairband with her, and upon hearing this, she immediately handed it to the speed-type ability user so that she could take the item to him.
Taking the hairband, Pan Yunxi excitedly waved the red hairband and shouted at Song Yiqing, "Did you see that! Did you see that! Do you remember what you said back then!"
Zombies are considered to be mindless beings, but Song Yiqing, who had turned into a zombie, actually stopped moving and turned to face her after she shouted.
The crowd held their breath, watching expectantly as a miracle occurred. Song Yiqing also slowed her movements, tentatively moving towards Pan Yunxi little by little.
Just as everyone was marveling at this miracle, a figure appeared from the sky, draped in a jet-black robe, and kicked the corpse-turned Song Yiqing away.
Pan Yunxi was taken aback and turned to look at him: "Doctor, she is—"
Ye Xiqing coldly interrupted her: "Zombies don't have sight, they only have hearing and a scent perception system similar to smell. Were you not paying attention in class at all?"
Pan Yunxi: ...
As expected, after being kicked over, the zombified Song Yiqing sensed the people around her like a wild beast, without using her eyes to see or her ears to hear.
Her entire body is a sensory organ; she doesn't even have eyelids, which creates the illusion that she still has eyes from other people's perspectives.
Strangely, Song Yiqing, who had turned into a zombie, did not back down when faced with so many human allies, but after Ye Xiqing appeared, she hunched her back and turned to run away.
Ye Xiqing instantly laughed in anger. Sure enough, once advanced intelligence is developed, there will be an instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm.
But it's too late to escape now!
...
Zombies have evolved intelligence; if Ye Xiqing's parasitic plant can't evolve the ability to work in winter, then it's too backward.
The plant's vascular bundles, as delicate as capillaries, would sometimes coil up to resemble a bare human hand, serving as Ye Xiqing's prosthetic limbs.
When it spots its prey, it will instantly unfold and become embedded in every piece of the prey's flesh.
The zombified Song Yiqing could resist everything, but she couldn't resist these delicate blood-sucking threads, and could only let out a few angry roars.
The people from the original Giant Shark base gathered here without being summoned, and everyone felt heartbroken at the sight.
"Doctor, Yi Qing won't attack us, she said..."
"Don't put on a melodramatic show here. It's obvious that the process of zombification cannot be reversed by emotions."
"When will the hope that patients can overcome the physical changes through willpower be fulfilled?"
Everyone: ...
Upon seeing Song Yiqing again, everyone was so happy they lost their minds.
Over the years, they have not forgotten what happened back then. Every day, someone keeps an eye on the zombie pool to see if there are any familiar zombies.
Originally, it was just a thought to hold onto, but now that they have suddenly reunited, and Song Yiqing has evolved so much, everyone's hope has been rekindled.
"Doctor, can you restore Yiqing to her former state?"
Ye Xiqing glanced down at the corpse-transformed Song Yiqing, but said nothing.
If it were anything else, Ye Xiqing might not be confident, but she was very confident about this matter.
She suddenly remembered something and looked up at the system: "System, the original male protagonist's plot, it's not that he becomes a zombie king after he dies, is it?"
system:……
How did you figure that out?
Ever since Ye Xiqing developed the incredible technology that grants superpowers through pregnancy, it had stopped talking. But unexpectedly, Ye Xiqing suddenly asked a question that directly addressed the plot.
After a long silence, he finally spoke: "Why do you say that, host?"
Ye Xiqing couldn't help but sneer: "Because I suddenly remembered a long-standing question: what role does Luan Anchun play in this story?"
If she's supposed to be a righteous person, her character doesn't seem to fit that description.
If she's considered a villain, it's unclear why she's villainous.
Now it suddenly occurred to me, is it possible that her point of attack was killing the male protagonist?
Many plot points changed because of her arrival, but the main plot continued to unfold.
Without her, the base would only have lost someone named Rosie and gained Wang Tao, who gained "spatial abilities".
The worldview that treats women as birthing machines continues, the reality of women dying in large numbers from illness and childbirth continues, and the story of Song Yiqing turning into a zombie to pave the way for her companions continues.
Even without the superpowered drugs, Radiant Sun Base is a better base than Giant Shark Base, so the story of the women from Giant Shark Base escaping to Radiant Sun Base continues.
And at that time, they would still meet Luan Anchun first.
There are no coincidences. Luan Anchun's abilities allow her to see everything. Every woman who collapses at the base's entrance was brought back to the base by her.
So what happens next in the story?
Nothing much will change. With the male protagonist, the strongest superhuman, at Huiyang Base, they still have the confidence to refuse the Giant Shark Base.
The evil lies in the entire system. The male protagonist himself is not a bad person, but Luan Anchun doesn't want him to live.
His innocent demeanor, however, was the core of that system; as long as he lived, he was an obstacle.
If it's an obstacle, is there any other way but to die?
Giving villains a reason to turn evil and become righteous is a way to shape their character arc and increase the tension of the plot.
However, if the villain is given a righteous stance, it becomes impossible to overthrow her without pain. The author will inevitably have to give the protagonist a higher level of justice, for example, the villain's actions did not bring redemption but destruction, thus proving the wrongness of her actions.
But Ye Xiqing felt that Luan Anchun hadn't done anything wrong, either in terms of his stance or his methods, so why couldn't he win in the end?
If she can reverse the unreasonable oppression of women in the plot, women's advantages will become more and more obvious as the apocalypse unfolds. Where is the failure?
Thinking about it now, it was zombies.
The differences between men and women are compared among survivors; the biggest advantage in the world is the zombies.
Hundreds of millions of enhanced warriors who don't eat or drink can't possibly outdo those pitiful few stingy people, no matter how hard they try.
The zombified Song Yiqing evolved into something akin to a destroyer, single-handedly defeating a group of well-trained superhuman warriors. Her evolution time was even shorter than that of the superhumans.
If the evolution of zombies is so incredible, then the dominant force in this world will definitely be zombies.
They use individual women to fight against grand destiny, and then use the powerlessness of the individual against grand destiny to argue that women's resistance is wrong, right?
If you don't read the whole book, you might think that Luan Anchun is too extreme, that it's reasonable to treat women as reproductive tools, and that special measures are taken during special times.
Such a vicious design perfectly matches Ye Xiqing's understanding of the system; it's always right to speculate about it from the worst possible perspective.
But if the male lead is killed by the villain so easily, it will make him lose some of his charm. How can someone have a higher combat power than the male lead?
"So after the male protagonist died, he became the zombie king and led a horde of zombies to destroy the base. This maintained his character's strong, beautiful, and tragic personality while adding the aura of a zombie king, giving him an edge over the villain. If I were the author, I would write it this way."
system:……
Ye Xiqing's guesses were as fierce as a tiger's, and if she had guessed wrong, that would have been fine, but she actually guessed right!
The comments section was filled with laughter.
Ye Xiqing didn't know the plot, but many of them had read the original story and would know it after a little explanation.
The system's attempt to block the plot backfired, and it spoke irritably: "That's why I sent the host back to the normal timeline. Before the apocalypse, there was no solution. Once the male and female protagonists died, all that awaited humanity before the apocalypse was annihilation."
"In the apocalypse, zombies mutate faster and are stronger than humans."
"Only by returning to the past life and using the prophet to save more people before the disaster strikes can we have the resources to fight against so many zombies. The foundation of humanity after the apocalypse is already too late."
Ye Xiqing listened to the system's well-intentioned advice but didn't react much. Instead, she extracted a key piece of information: "Use the prophet to save more people?"
If the rebirth scenario involves using the prophet to save more people, then wouldn't that mean the male protagonist would also be saved, and he wouldn't turn into a zombie in the main timeline?
If he doesn't turn into a zombie, there will always be a new zombie king for the protagonist to fight.
Who is the character who is on the same side as the villain and is suitable to become the new zombie king?
Ye Xiqing looked down at the zombie-like Song Yiqing. What a coincidence.
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