Book 1 Chapter 5:Mutant Ant!
Ye Chen indifferently observed the corpses lyingon the ground. Holding the watermelon knife; he first approached the twocharred corpses to dissect them. It seemed like his luck was down, there was nomutagenic flesh among either of them.
Ye Chen did not allow the fact to disappointhim, mutagenic flesh was uncommon to begin with, only appearing at a rate ofone among ten zombies, and even that was an optimistic estimate. Soon after, heapproached the still twitching zombie and casually chopped off its neck andparted its torso.
Black blood flowed out to cover the ground,with a flash in his eyes, Ye Chen discovered a piece of mutagenic flesh the sizeof two fingertips, double the size of the piece he harvested from that littlegirl zombie. He took out a plastic bag from his belt, covered his hand with itbefore harvesting the mutagenic flesh, after which, he kept it in the plasticbag. He couldn"t quite consume it yet with it still covered in zombie bloodwhich contained harmful viruses.
With the mutagenic flesh in the bag, heapproached the woman zombie with her predominantly severed head, ripped off herclothes and sliced into her skin, completely disregarding the twin peaks beforehim. Moments later, he stood up; there wasn"t any mutagenic flesh to be foundon the woman zombie.
Ye Chen did not dawdle and took offimmediately, the explosion definitely alerted every free roaming zombie on thefloor below.
Not long after he left, multiple zombies camescampering towards the stairs below, snarling viciously. Upon discovering thezombie corpses, they glared around restlessly, noticing the scent of warmblood, they rushed up the stairs….
Ye Chen had retreated back into the room wherehe first hunted zombies, closing the door behind him, he locked the door beforetaking out the mutagenic flesh in the bag. After cleansing it thoroughly, he consumingit.
Upon absorbing the mutagenic flesh, Ye Chencould feel his physical strength soar, increasing his power by dozens of pounds,his immunity against viruses also received a boost. With his increased prowess,the watermelon knife became much easier to wield, increasing his attack speed!
But it was in vain----
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The door was being hammered from the otherside, causing it to tremble visibly.
Ye Chen furrowed his brows; he gripped thewatermelon knife tightly, approaching the peephole, he glimpsed the sight ofthree figures madly hammering away at the door. With such vicious appearances,they were definitely zombies.
Ye Chen did not panic, he backed up a few stepsand with a deep breath, he began to formulate a plan. Within moments, hehurried into the living room and began moving the two sofas around thetelevision, pushing them into a "T" formation positioned right behind the door,after which, he entered the kitchen and emerged procuring a kitchen knife andtwo frying pans. Lastly, he even brought out a mop he found in the washroom.
With his preparations set, Ye Chen released thelocking mechanism, under the unrelenting pressure exerted by the zombies, thedoor slammed open, yet it could only be forced open in a narrow crack, with thedoor jammed by the sofas, and the sofas pinned against the wall….
With only a narrow gap, a zombie forcefullysqueezed itself through with bared fangs and flinging claws, yet it could getone claw through, unable to reach Ye Chen who was standing just inches away, thiscaused it to go bonkers, snarling madly, it struggled, eyes wild withmalevolence.
Ye Chen was calm, as he gazed upon the reachingclaw, he raised the watermelon knife and hacked at it vigorously, instantlylopping of the entire arm with one strike!
If it was before, with the st.u.r.diness of azombie"s arm, Ye Chen could at most cut into half of its arm, clearly, hisstrength has improved!
With one of its claws hacked off, the zombieflew into an unprecedented level of madness, causing it to shove with increasedvigour. The sofas pinned behind the door began to creak under the intensepressure, seemingly on the verge of falling apart.
Ye Chen didn"t waste any time; he lifted themop, with its length, he could easily attack the zombie beyond its reach. Witha powerful thrust, the tip shot towards the zombie"s head striking it rightbetween the eyes, the impact caused the zombie to grunt miserably as it headwas flung backwards. Seeing an opportunity, the two zombies behind fought forthe chance to enter the gap, finally, surpa.s.sing its compet.i.tion, a zombieemerged to the forefront.
Ye Chen"s gaze was cold, repeating his earlier actions;he hacked off the zombie"s claw and shoved the mop right at its face, targetingthe eyes and mouth.
Creak-crack!
Suddenly, the sofa pinned behind the door beganto crumble under the pressure, the wooden planks snapped and aluminum alloyframe began curling inwards like a cooked shrimp. Finally un.o.bstructed, thethree zombies began pouring into the room, lunging towards Ye Chen.
Ye Chen was astonished, he didn"t realize thatsofa would cave before he was done killing the three zombies, from this, hecould tell how terrifying their combined strength was.
As the first zombie neared, Ye Chen viciouslyslammed its head with a frying pan, "clonk"; the frying pan was punctured, likea scarf, the punctured frying pan hung on the zombie"s neck. With that, Ye Chengave the handle a yank, toppling the zombie over.
When the second zombie ran close, Ye Chensidestepped it whilst slamming the mop at its waist, with a crack, the mopsnapped apart.
Ye Chen didn"t even have time to breathe beforethe third zombie came lunging from behind. He immediately dropped himself onhis back, reeled his legs in before sending out a powerful kick with both legs,impacting the zombie"s chest sending it flying. Ye Chen immediately got up,rushed towards the zombie with the frying pan scarf and ruthlessly kicked itright between the eyes.
With a pathetic groan, the zombie was senttumbling a few feet away, before Ye Chen could follow up on his a.s.sault, thezombie that was slammed with the mop had already recovered, flipping over itsbody, it pounced.
Ye Chen backed a step away, evading thezombie"s pounce, in the instant before the zombie could muster its nexta.s.sault, Ye Chen dished out a full powered slash. Like a flash, he lopped offthe zombie"s head, sending it hurtling away, now headless, the zombie begansquirming hysterically before falling limp to the ground.
Time to finish the kill!
With a frigid glare, Ye Chen dashed towards thezombie on the ground wearing the frying pan.
With a vicious stomp utilizing all his might!
Ker-splat!
With this one stomp, Ye Chen instantly crushedthe zombie"s skull into a pulp, its pasty brain matter gushed out and spewedonto the ground like the remnants of a squashed melon.
Almost at the same moment, the last remainingzombie came lunging from behind Ye Chen. In that instant, he didn"t even havethe time to turn around!
In that moment where his life hung in thebalance, Ye Chen could hear the zombie growl as it leapt, he did not turnaround, instead, he dashed forward with the zombie chasing behind him, in theblink of an eye he was already approaching the wall without any means ofescape!
The zombie once again leapt.
In the next moment, Ye Chen did not slow downin the least; instead he accelerated, running his feet onto the wall. As thoughhe could walk on walls, he dashed upwards two steps before kicking off on thefinal step into a midair backflip, slashing out the watermelon knife in hishand, plunging the blade into the zombie"s skull!
With its head slit open, the zombie trembledbefore dropping to the ground.
All this happened in just a brief period oftime, lasting a little less than a minute.
Before Ye Chen could catch his breath, hehurriedly went to shut the door before dropping himself on one of the damagedsofas. Panting exhaustedly, only after a brief respite was he able to recoverhis strength, after which he got up and approached the three zombie corpses. Ifhe wasn"t staring at their already split opened skulls, he would be having themisconception of them springing to life the moment he approached.
Ye Chen proceeded to dissect each of thecorpses, yet all of them lacked mutagenic flesh, he couldn"t help but feel thedisappointment set in. After relaxing for a while, he once again headed out,moving towards the floor below.
Whilst walking down the stairs, the fourdissected corpses remained strewn about, black blood staining the groundeverywhere.
Ye Chen stepped on places unblemished by blackblood while moving the corpses to the side, clearing a path so that if he wereto end up being chased again, he wouldn"t be entangled by these corpses whenmaking his escape.
After hewas finished, Ye Chen descended the stairs to arrive at the floor below; thisfloor was clearly more s.p.a.cious, consisting of far more rooms. There werepresidential suites, guest rooms, single rooms and many other varieties, theguest rooms alone consisted of thirty four per floor!
Walking on this floor"s corridor, Ye Chen couldhear nothing but a deathly silence, some of the rooms were ajar, some hadbloodstains covering the doors, as he neared the center of the corridor, hecame upon a mangled skull amidst a large bloodstain. He estimated that it wassome poor b.a.s.t.a.r.d torn apart by the zombies.
Ye Chen tightened his grip on the watermelon knife,trying his best to keep his nerves under control, if his palms startedsweating, it would worsen his grip. If this was still his previous life, hewouldn"t even care to look at these zombies, they were simply considered tooweak, he could very well end an entire horde with a slap! Compared to that, hewas currently still too weak, merely facing three zombies were a life and deathexperience.
After all, his current strength only amountedto half of a zombie"s.
In this long corridor were ten rooms on bothsides, among them, three doors were ajar, perhaps the slightest disturbancewould send zombies barreling out of them!
Ye Chen carefully made his way towards thefirst room that was ajar; a cold breeze could be felt blowing from behind it. Anyonewho felt it would feel their scalps numb and have goose b.u.mps all over theirskin.
Gripping the watermelon knife, Ye Chen slowlypushed open the door a little, glancing into the room from the side; heobserved that the room"s condition was pristine, not messy in the least.
Ye Chen breathed a sigh of relief; heapproached the door and glanced at the other side, thoroughly scanning theentire room. Suddenly, he spotted something that gave him a jolt, on the livingroom floor laid some bizarre black creature. It was the size of a fist, jetblack in colour, had feelers attached to its forehead and covered in a gleamingblack exoskeleton.
Mutant ant!
Ye Chen instantly recognized the ident.i.ty ofthis bizarre creature, his heart filled with both surprise and delight.
Translation Notes:
It"s pretty much inconsequential, but I haveelected to change the three sofas that Ye Chen moved around the television totwo for an easier method of visualizing the "T" formation. RIP sofas.