A Fake Holy Mother in the Zombie Apocalypse

Lu Xingchi stood on the mountaintop, contemplating the surging tide of corpses below.

There were too many zombies. His spikes were limited. Even with more spikes, he couldn't possibly protect the entire team and clear a path through such an overwhelming mountain and sea of corpses alone.

"There's no other way but to wait," Shao Bai concluded after observing for a while.

At least they were safe for now; the zombies didn't know they were hiding here.

The battle in front of Faman City was fierce, and the special forces members were silent.

Finally, someone couldn't help but say, "Others are fighting zombies down there, and we're just sitting here enjoying the scenery?"

Someone else said, "We can't shoot; it would be a big problem to attract the zombies up the mountain."

With so many zombies below, they would turn around and climb the mountain if they discovered them behind them.

Even if the special forces members could take on ten enemies each, they were still less than a battalion in strength, just a small snack in the mouths of so many zombies.

Shao Bai told everyone to rest in place, strictly ordering, "No rash actions. Observe the situation first."

However, waiting like this, who knew what the outcome would be? The zombies, amidst the hail of bullets and shells, still didn't seem to decrease in number, piling up corpses in front of the fortress's walls.

"Their shells and bullets probably won't last much longer," a team member said gloomily.

In the past two days, Bei Nuan had heard that the entire Human Alliance was facing the same problem: a severe shortage of ammunition after fighting zombies for so long.

This wasn't a battle between two armies; it was a small fraction of humanity fighting a large majority of humanity, and that majority was armed to the teeth, with ammunition being consumed non-stop every day.

The more people gathered, the faster they were infected. Human production lines were severely damaged, supply couldn't keep up, and they were constantly depleting stockpiles.

"Is there no air support?" Jiang Fei asked.

"Recently, zombies have been gathering towards several points in the west. The fighting there is probably more intense," Shao Bai said. "The Alliance army thought Faman City could hold out for a while due to its natural advantages, but they didn't expect so many zombies to come."

Without support, it was unknown how long Faman City could last.

The zombies below were still charging non-stop, endlessly.

It seemed that continuing to wait would likely lead to the breakthrough of the blockade and the fall of Faman City.

Everyone was worried.

Bei Nuan stood up, and Lu Xingchi immediately followed suit.

Bei Nuan whispered, "I'm just going for a walk. Don't come with me."

Lu Xingchi immediately understood. Either she needed to relieve herself, or she had her own mysterious things to do.

He sat down again, instructing, "Don't go far. Call me if anything happens."

Actually, Bei Nuan didn't have anything specific to do.

It was just that the atmosphere here was too heavy and oppressive, and Bei Nuan wanted to take a short walk.

Bei Nuan strolled along the hillside in the dense forest.

The countdown for "King of Beasts" was still ticking down. In the current situation, Bei Nuan might not have another chance to use it, which was a bit depressing.

Such a good ability, just going to waste like this. Even if I turned into a small bug, I could still fly around.

Bei Nuan was lost in thought when she suddenly heard movement ahead.

It seemed like there was a figure flashing behind a tree.

Bei Nuan stopped, and when she saw what it was, she was shocked.

It was two young zombies, a male and a female, with red eyes, wandering this way. They also saw Bei Nuan at a glance.

How did they leave the main force and run up the mountain?

Bei Nuan's first thought was to take out her gun and shoot them both.

But then she realized that wouldn't work.

Although there was the sound of gunfire and cannons in front of Faman Ancient City below, the zombies might not hear the gunshots on the mountain. But what if they did?

It would be a big problem if they attracted them up the mountain.

The safest way was to lead them back to Lu Xingchi so he could silently eliminate them with his spikes.

Bei Nuan thought a lot, but the thoughts only flashed for a moment. She turned and ran.

As she ran, she looked back and saw that the two zombies were already chasing after her, groaning.

The female zombie, seeing a living person, was so excited that she tripped over an old tree root lying on the ground.

Bei Nuan gloated: Too happy, huh? You fell, didn't you?

As a result, she was too busy looking back at the excitement and didn't pay attention to her own feet. She tripped over something in the grass and fell to the ground with a thud.

Bei Nuan: "…"

Bei Nuan quickly got up and continued to run forward, but found that there was no movement behind her.

Turning her head, she saw that the zombies who had been happily chasing her had suddenly stopped, looking blank, like radar that had lost its target.

Bei Nuan: ?

They're not chasing me?

The two zombies wandered around aimlessly for a few circles, then went their separate ways in different directions of the dense forest.

Bei Nuan didn't understand why they suddenly changed their minds and stopped chasing her, but it didn't matter. It was good to be safe.

Bei Nuan lowered her head, intending to pat the dirt off her knees from the fall.

Then she froze.

Bei Nuan held her hands up to her eyes.

Her hands were still her hands, but the color of her hands looked quite wrong. They were so pale that they had no color at all, and even her nails were white.

An ominous feeling rose in her heart.

No way?

Bei Nuan immediately opened the taskbar and found a new two-hour countdown after "King of Beasts."

Bei Nuan: "…"

She desperately took out her phone, turned on the front camera, and looked at herself.

As expected.

In the lens, Bei Nuan's face was pale, and only her eyes were red. She looked exactly like a zombie version of Bei Nuan.

So zombies count as animals.

She had just "seen" the zombies and fell with them. The stupid system mistook it for "imitating them" and turned her into a zombie.

And it would last for two whole hours.

Bei Nuan wanted to cry.

After beating the system up ten thousand times in her heart, Bei Nuan wondered, Where should I go now?

She definitely couldn't go back to the special forces team.

Although Bei Nuan didn't think Shao Bai and the others would shoot her casually, and she could turn back after the time passed, it was impossible to explain to everyone if she kept changing like this.

She could only hide for now.

For two whole hours, Lu Xingchi would definitely be worried if he couldn't find her.

Bei Nuan took out paper and a pen from her space and wrote a few words on the paper against a tree trunk: "I'm fine. I'll be back in two hours." Then she used a dagger to stick the paper on the tree.

Lu Xingchi could sense the dagger and would definitely find the note.

Having left the note, Bei Nuan felt much more at ease. She took out her phone again and looked at herself again.

So this is what I look like after becoming a zombie.

Her face looked like she had applied a foundation that was more than one shade too light, and with red contact lenses, it was actually acceptable if the aesthetic taste wasn't so singular.

Such a rare opportunity to become a zombie was once in a lifetime. Bei Nuan took several selfies from various angles before continuing to consider where to go.

At this moment, Bei Nuan suddenly realized that a strange sound was emerging in her brain.

It was hard to say what it was.

It was like talking to herself in her mind, but it wasn't Bei Nuan's own thoughts at all.

The sound kept giving orders, telling Bei Nuan to go down the mountain and gather below. It didn't use specific language or words, but a kind of… sensation.

Bei Nuan thought, That's right, it's a sensation.

The sound was very strong, stirring in Bei Nuan's mind, gradually filling her entire brain, making her subconsciously want to obey.

But Bei Nuan wasn't really a zombie after all, so of course she wouldn't obey its orders. She was just pondering this strange thing.

Could this be the remote control of ordinary zombies by mutated zombies?

Sure enough, the two young zombies who had been wandering aimlessly in the dense forest reappeared. They both changed direction at the same time, like children washing their hands before eating, and went down the mountain together.

Now that the zombies recognized Bei Nuan as one of their own, they wouldn't attack her at all, which was very safe.

Bei Nuan thought for a while and followed behind them, going down the mountain together.

But they weren't easy to keep up with. The two zombies stumbled and crawled down the mountain, rushing as if they wouldn't be able to get food in the cafeteria if they didn't hurry.

Bei Nuan knew that this was because they were completely controlled by the sound in their brains, making executing the order their top priority.

After going down the mountain and out of the dense forest, Bei Nuan's heart trembled a little.

Before her was a sea of corpses that stretched as far as the eye could see, a mass of moving heads.

There were more people than watching the New Year's Eve fireworks, more people than attending the concert of the most popular idol.

Bei Nuan had never been so close to so many zombies.

Everywhere were blood-red eyes and groaning sounds. All the hairs on Bei Nuan's body stood on end.

It was like in a science fiction movie where everyone in the world was controlled by aliens, and she was the only normal person left, forced to disguise herself and walk among the people controlled by the aliens, pretending to be one of them.

There was a risk of being exposed at any time.

Bei Nuan cautiously looked around.

No "one" noticed Bei Nuan. They were all standing quietly in place, looking blankly this way and that, as if waiting for their next instructions.

Soon Bei Nuan received new instructions.

The sound in her brain told all the zombies gathered at the foot of the mountain to run forward.

Further ahead was the area covered by artillery fire. The mutated zombie was commanding the gathered zombies to charge forward.

The zombies around her received the order and rushed towards Faman Ancient City without hesitation.

Bei Nuan had never seen such a desperate charge.

Humans would be afraid when charging into artillery fire and would instinctively retreat, but zombies wouldn't.

They didn't seem to hear the deafening sound of shells, running forward through the flying flesh and blood of their companions. Even if they were missing arms or legs, they couldn't stop their advance.

Bullets poured down on the zombie horde like dense raindrops. The fallen corpses piled higher and higher, and a new batch of zombies stepped on the remains of their companions to continue charging.

The area below Faman Ancient City was filled with zombies.

The mutated zombie was letting the fallen zombies pile higher and higher, so that sooner or later, the new horde of zombies could step on this road of flesh and blood and leap onto the walls of the fortress.

Bei Nuan witnessed this scene and couldn't make a sound.

This was a living hell, a flesh and blood grinder.

After a while, Bei Nuan suddenly realized that not charging would make her look very strange in the zombie horde.

Fortunately, new zombies were gathering along the road, and soon they formed a large group again. Bei Nuan hid deeper in the crowd.

Bei Nuan was pondering something.

Where is the mutated zombie commanding the horde hiding?

One general succeeds, ten thousand bones wither. It was sending others into the line of fire, but where was it hiding itself?

Bei Nuan quietly left the zombie horde at the foot of the mountain that was preparing to charge.

The flanks were also full of dense zombies, extending to the back of the mountain, where the shells couldn't reach.

Bei Nuan suddenly saw the difference.

The further forward she went, the taller and stronger the zombies seemed to be. Bei Nuan looked particularly short among them.

This large group of zombies was all standing still, waiting for orders.

Bei Nuan suddenly understood.

The zombies slowly gathering along the road at the foot of the mountain were all cannon fodder, with the purpose of depleting the ammunition of the humans in Faman City and using their bodies to build a ladder to break through the fortress.

This group that was hiding was the real main force of the zombie army.

Sure enough, as soon as she reached this area, the order Bei Nuan received in her brain became "stand still."

So the remote commands could be divided into groups.

Under the cover of a large group of zombies much taller than her, Bei Nuan continued to drill forward in the "human" crowd.

If the main force of the zombies was here, maybe the mutated zombie wasn't far away. After all, it was safest to be protected by this kind of zombie.

Surrounding her were thousands of zombies, all with blood-red eyes, groaning and stretching their necks.

Bei Nuan tried to overcome the fear in her heart and squeezed hard towards the center of the main force in the zombie crowd.

After walking a long way, Bei Nuan suddenly felt that the information she sensed in her brain had changed.

The order she received was to protect the core area ahead.

Bei Nuan glanced at the countdown of her transformation and hurried forward.

Bei Nuan finally saw the "person" she was looking for.

This mutated zombie commanding the zombie army was very obvious.

First of all, it was guarded by many particularly tall and strong zombies, as if they formed a guard.

Secondly, the posture of this zombie was completely different from other zombies.

It was also wearing torn clothes and had blood-red eyes, but it didn't stretch its neck and groan like other zombies.

Its posture was very human-like. It was standing on the slope at the foot of the mountain, looking coldly at the movements of its army, occasionally glancing at the gathering horde, as if pondering when to send in the main force.

Bei Nuan was severely tempted.

This mutated zombie was so close and had no defense against her from behind.

At this time, taking out her gun while it wasn't paying attention, just one shot, and the zombie army would lose the brain that commanded them. The attack in front of Faman City could be broken immediately.

But the problem was, could she retreat safely after firing the gun?

This was the middle of the zombie army. With the slightest mistake, every zombie would bite her, and she wouldn't even have ashes left.

To shoot or not to shoot, that was the question.

Bei Nuan was extremely conflicted.

If she shot, she would be betting that with the death of the mutated zombie, the rest would all be fools. The surrounding zombies wouldn't understand that Bei Nuan had just shot their leader and would allow her to retreat safely.

The countdown was ticking down, not allowing for delay.

Bei Nuan struggled for a long time and finally decided to shoot.

There were so many zombie heads, and they were all very tall, so the visibility wasn't good. She needed to get closer to lock onto the head of the mutated zombie.

She squeezed forward again and finally found a good position to get the gun and magazine from her space.

Just then, there was a commotion around the mutated zombie.

Bei Nuan broke out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, she hadn't had time to take out the gun yet.

There was more than one mutated zombie.

Another one came over from the side, and it seemed to have intelligence as well.

If she had shot just now, the other mutated zombie would have noticed immediately.

Bei Nuan might not be able to kill two mutated zombies with a gun, but the difficulty was how to ensure her own safety.

There were so many zombie heads here, and she might not be able to switch the auto-aim accurately to the head of the other mutated zombie immediately after firing the first shot.

Before she could kill it, the mutated zombie might see Bei Nuan and have time to issue an order to the horde to kill her.

After all, they used remote sensing to issue orders, which was faster than anything else.

Bei Nuan stood silently in the zombie horde, studying the two mutated zombies for a long time, and felt that she still wasn't confident.

The countdown was ticking away quickly. She needed to squeeze out of the dense zombie pile. If she didn't retreat quickly, it would be too late.

Bei Nuan turned to leave, but suddenly saw out of the corner of her eye that the mutated zombie that had come later seemed to sense something and suddenly turned its head to look at Bei Nuan.

Bei Nuan felt uneasy.

She was too short and looked too weak, and it looked very uncoordinated to be mixed in with the tall and strong zombie guards.

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