Chapter 141: Cooperation

At this moment, Lin Dong was still lying low at home, living a very cozy life amidst this cruel apocalypse, casually tinkering with his phone while having nothing to do.

"The shelter's food warehouse was attacked by a thousand zombies. Thanks to the hard-fought battle by the Awakened ones, they successfully evacuated in the end with no casualties."

A glance was all it took for Lin Dong to spot this news.

"Even the shelter has been attacked..."

After pondering for a moment, he immediately figured out where the horde of a thousand zombies came from, because in Jiangbei City, aside from himself, no other Zombie King possessed that kind of military strength.

The shelter's announcement could be considered good news.

There were quite a few comments below.

"Awesome! This is the first time... there are zero casualties."

"I feel like Cheng Luoyi is getting stronger and stronger. She is simply the light of humanity!"

"I am carrying the banner for Sister Cheng!"

"I heard Sun Xiaoqiang performed the best this time and killed the most zombies. The shelter even rewarded him with two apples..."

"......."

Lin Dong found these comments quite amusing as he read them.

The zombies from Binhai City had first come to his territory and then proceeded to attack the shelter.

Clearly, they had their eyes on Jiangbei City and would not let the matter rest easily.

It seemed...

peaceful days wouldn't last much longer.

A new storm had already arrived!

........

On the other side, after being dormant for over a month with no significant movement, Ye Jian re-established contact with headquarters. Following several rounds of discussions, he welcomed a new ray of hope—he had obtained a "secret weapon."

The G-Virus!

However, the G-Virus was not meant to be injected into zombies, but rather into humans. Yet... it would not induce human evolution.

Instead, after injection, humans would transform into biochemical monsters!

It was rumored that those monsters were even fiercer than zombies, with brutal and bloodthirsty temperaments. It was considered a "forbidden drug" among humans, one that would never be injected unless absolutely necessary.

Moreover, this G-Virus was still in the experimental stage, and it was hard to predict what specific mutations would occur.

Headquarters had allocated it to Ye Jian precisely to conduct experiments and observe the effectiveness of humans resisting zombies after being injected with the G-Virus.

"This thing... is truly a double-edged sword!"

Ye Jian pondered silently, figuring that if things went wrong, he might end up destroying himself...

Right now, he needed suitable experimental subjects.

However, within his own company, there were hardly any ideal candidates. If he were to inject survivors or Awakened ones and turn them into powerful biochemical monsters, he would most likely suffer a backlash.

Yet, as Ye Jian thought about it, a certain organization quickly came to mind.

Black Scorpion!

The members of this group were utterly unhinged, acting completely without a bottom line, and could all be said to be total perverts.

Only perverted people deserved perverted things!

In fact, ever since Lin Dong's rise led to the decline of Tech Corporation, Ye Jian had harbored intentions of cooperating with the Black Scorpion organization.

Because in the apocalypse, the Black Scorpion organization spread like a tumor, and its members were not weak in combat. Their current growth could no longer be underestimated.

Of course, Ye Jian knew that Black Scorpion had no bottom line, and he feared being backstabbed by them.

Yet, facing an unsolvable Zombie King,

he was willing to take that risk.

Furthermore, he could use the "Human Evolution Serum" as a bargaining chip. Interests would always be the crucial factor in maintaining a stable relationship!

"Go help me contact the Black Scorpion organization," Ye Jian said.

His female assistant frowned in deep thought.

"Director Ye, have you really thought this through?"

"Mm, I've thought it through..."

........

At the edge of Lin Dong's territory, there was an "unofficial member" who was currently thriving and making a name for himself, frequently bringing up one particular event—the Great Battle at the Riverbank!

"I'm not boasting to you, but in that battle, we were simply unstoppable. We went on a wild killing spree, beating the opposition so hard they couldn't fight back at all."

Big-Ears was currently bragging to some nearby minor factions.

A zombie next to him piped up.

"I reckon your job was just to make the 'wild' noises?"

"How is that possible?"

Big-Ears stared wide-eyed, showing fierce defiance. "I am a Zombie King in my own right, of course I was in charge of the actual slaughter!"

"Who did you kill?"

"I... obliterated the enemy's hope!"

Big-Ears thought for a moment and declared.

The surrounding zombies listened, feeling it sounded very impressive, but it still seemed to have no practical use whatsoever...

Big-Ears continued.

"Those who can participate in that kind of battle are no ordinary corpses. The White Bone Zombie King unleashed his true skeletal form at the end, and he was terrifyingly fierce, but in the end, he was still taken down by me and Boss Lin Dong!"

"Awesome! Incredible!"

The crowd of zombies was filled with admiration.

Big-Ears was immensely pleased with himself. Among the surrounding minor factions, he enjoyed quite a high reputation and had practically become the boss of the "unofficial members"...

"If there's a chance in the future, I'll put in a good word for you and help you join Boss Lin Dong's zombie horde."

Big-Ears said.

The other zombies were half-believing, thinking to themselves: did Lin Dong even officially take him in???

Right at that moment, Big-Ears' large ears twitched slightly.

It was as if he had caught a faint trace of sound.

"Eh? The opportunity has arrived..."

Big-Ears stopped bragging to the zombies and pressed his ear directly against the ground. With his hind legs twitching, he slid away rapidly down the street ahead.

The zombies behind watched the shadow of his departing rear end, filled with curiosity.

"Hey? Don't leave yet, tell us more about what happened..."

........

When Big-Ears got down to work, he was still very conscientious.

Sounds within a radius of two kilometers could practically be gathered entirely into his ears.

He seemed to have caught the sound of human voices.

As Big-Ears tracked the source all the way, the sound grew clearer, to the point where he could even hear their conversations.

"Underground..."

Big-Ears made an immediate judgment.

At that moment, in the underground tunnel not far away, a group of people was indeed walking—they were none other than the members of the Black Scorpion organization contacted by Ye Jian.

There were five people in total in this group, three men and two women.

The leader was a young man with a slender figure, pin-like short hair, and a lip ring, instantly giving off the vibe of a delinquent punk.

"Tech Corporation is giving us stuff this trip, we've struck gold."

"The zombies in Jiangbei City are simply too strong; they've driven them to the point of cooperating with us."

Said a young man with thick lips.

Another person beside him nodded.

"That's right, that Zombie King is bizarre enough; his territory can literally be called a human restricted zone!"

"Then... won't we be discovered by him coming here?"

One of the girls knitted her brows, consumed by worry.

"No..."

The buzz-cut leader waved it off nonchalantly.

"Didn't Tech Corporation say so? That Zombie King's subordinates are crows that fly in the sky. It's very safe for us to walk underground; we won't be discovered."

"Oh, that's good then!"

The girl's heart settled slightly as she nodded.

The path where the five of them walked was pitch black, having once been a subway line. Of course, it had long since been abandoned, and with hardly any zombies around, it was indeed quite safe.

The voices of the few echoed through the empty corridor. What none of them knew was that those sound waves were traveling along the walls all the way up to the surface ground, entering a pair of large ears.

"Hehehe, I've earned a merit! I've earned a merit!!"