Chapter 264: Chapter 264: How Important?

Zhao Hai, holding the disfigured corpse, walked to the greenbelt area.

The small flowerbed once used for decoration was now overgrown with wild grass, a thick layer of green weeds covering it.

Zhao Hai easily dug a hole in the flowerbed with his bare hands and placed the corpse inside.

Zhao Hai’s movements were smooth and gentle, the soil in the flowerbed baked hard by the sun, but in Zhao Hai’s hands, it was like sand, easily excavated.

Bai Xiqin watched Zhao Hai’s fingers easily digging through the hard soil.

The fingers were long and fair, unharmed by the hard earth.

This is a body Mutant.

Mutants and Superpower Users are different.

Superpower Users mainly rely on the crystal core in their brain to release special energy for attacking enemies.

While Mutants undergo physical changes, relying mainly on muscle strength.

In short, Superpower Users are Mages, while Mutants practice Body Techniques.

In less than ten minutes, there was a small mound in the little flowerbed.

Zhao Hai stood silently for a while in front of the small mound.

Since the apocalypse began, the young brother died because of his police uniform, having sacrificed too much for everyone.

No matter what others did, Zhao Hai firmly remembered the young brother’s face in his mind.

After a long time, Zhao Hai finally turned to say goodbye to Bai Xiqin.

“Xiao Niu, squad leader, I have to go now, take care.”

Zhao Hai gave Bai Xiqin and Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming a deep look.

Tomorrow, he planned to head to the Fire Phoenix Safety Base, but today he still needed to find some supplies and a vehicle.

Traveling together would be the safest option, but he also knew, seeing Xiao Niu and the others so calmly walking on the street, that their strength was very significant.

He was witnessing for the first time people who could scare a large number of zombies to kneel down.

If he followed them, he would only hold them back.

Everyone has their own journey.

He was fortunate to have once walked alongside Xiao Niu.

Now, everyone was safe and sound, with no burdens on their mind, and that was good.

“Have you awakened a special physique?”

Bai Xiqin looked at Zhao Hai.

Seeing Zhao Hai’s bewildered and confused look, Bai Xiqin understood that he didn’t know he had mutated.

Superpower Users and Mutants are very different in the early stages.

No matter what series of Superpower, they can be easily detected.

For example, after her grandparents awakened their powers, they could see fire, water, and ice with the naked eye, thinking they had a terminal illness.

But survivors who have undergone physical mutation usually do not notice it at first.

Running a bit faster, being a bit stronger, these are hard to associate with mutation.

Most Mutants would just think that after running so much during the apocalypse, their physical condition had improved significantly.

This is also why you don’t hear about Mutants in the human ability constitutions announced over the radio by safety bases.

It’s only been a few months since the beginning of the apocalypse. It will take one or two more years for the concept of Mutants to be confirmed.

After one or two years, the gap between Mutants and ordinary people will become increasingly obvious and generally well-known.

“What special physique?”

Zhao Hai scratched his head.

He only knew he was an ordinary person.

Not awakening a superpower was his greatest regret.

In the apocalypse, having a superpower means a higher chance of survival compared to ordinary people.

He’s no different from regular people.

The only noticeable difference might be his speed and strength being slightly superior to others.

This doesn’t mean much; he is young, and being faster and stronger seems reasonable.

“I see you have great strength; if you train more, you might end up having amazing body techniques like Kai!” Bai Xiqin said earnestly.

“Really?”

Zhao Hai’s ears turned slightly red as Xiao Niu praised him, and he made a mental note of what she said.

Whether it’s true or not, it’s worth a try, because surviving as an ordinary person in the apocalypse is truly difficult!

“Yes!”

Bai Xiqin nodded affirmatively.

She seemed genuinely convinced.

It seemed very plausible.

Whether true or not, just nodding along was fine.

Even without mutation, training more would help live better in the apocalypse.

“Okay, then I can only be like Xiao Li in the future.”

Zhao Hai smiled warmly at Bai Xiqin,

Their connection stemmed from a certain anime, and Xiao Li and Kai were characters they admired for their passionate inspiration.

“It’s getting dark.”

Leng Yebai suddenly spoke up.

If he didn’t leave soon, it would be easy to get eaten by zombies.

“Then I should be going.”

Zhao Hai touched his nose and smiled awkwardly.

In the apocalypse, he always met strangers. Meeting old classmates and an ex-girlfriend for the first time, more words were naturally exchanged.

“Goodbye!”

Bai Xiqin waved her hand calmly.

“Goodbye!”

Zhao Hai waved back to Bai Xiqin and Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming and walked away.

Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming looked indifferently at Zhao Hai’s back, saying nothing.

“Uh…” Suddenly Bai Xiqin touched her lower abdomen.

A familiar feeling, familiar pain.

Every month, very punctual.

“I have something to do, so I’ll head back first!”

With that, Bai Xiqin hurriedly walked toward the bus.

Leng Yebai and Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming watched Bai Xiqin’s back. Just as they were about to say something, their eyes caught sight of the scene behind Bai Xiqin’s light blue denim shorts.

Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming awkwardly shifted his gaze and randomly walked two steps in one direction.

Leng Yebai’s ears reddened slightly, wanting to go back with Xiao Niu, but restrained himself due to Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming being there.

There were some things he needed to say, but not in front of everyone, so it was only appropriate to address it now.

Leng Yebai walked in large strides toward Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming, quickly catching up with him.

“Be careful recently; those two people might come after you again today. Don’t hurt them,” came Leng Yebai’s cold voice.

Xiao Niu’s future grandparents were determined that the Zombie Emperor had to die, so he felt he needed to mention it.

Whether to say it or not was his choice; whether to listen was Zhang Yiming’s.

If one day Zhang Yiming got killed by Xiao Niu’s future grandparents, he could rightfully say that he had warned him.

“Ha!”

Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming sneered disdainfully.

In the apocalypse, he was the Emperor.

Neither humans nor zombies had ever made him bow his head.

Many tried to kill him, and he showed no mercy to such people.

Turning them into zombies would be too kind and wouldn’t match his ruthless image.

He had countless methods to torture humans.

His favorite was slicing flesh off them bit by bit, making them watch zombies devour their flesh before they died.

Only by seeing humans suffer would the untouchable scar within him slightly ease.

“Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Those two are very important to Xiao Niu. If you hurt them, you better be prepared to be killed by her!” Leng Yebai’s face remained calmly composed.

“How important?” Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming furrowed his brows.

“More important than Bai Yifan.”

Leng Yebai replied without hesitation.

Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming fell silent for a moment and stopped speaking.

Can’t provoke them, but can avoid them!

After all, he could run very fast!

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