A Fake Holy Mother in the Zombie Apocalypse

Having personally transformed into a certain animal grants the ability to control that animal.

Bei Nuan has transformed into three kinds of animals, so she might now be able to control birds and lynxes at will.

However, she can't be bothered with that right now and stands up.

Lu Xingchi is the first to realize who is responsible and turns to look at Bei Nuan.

Du Ruo also understands and is about to step forward to ask Bei Nuan, but Lu Xingchi stops her.

Bei Nuan needs to concentrate.

She has controlled the first few batches of zombies that came up the mountain, but the zombies at the foot of the mountain are still being sent up in a continuous stream.

Bei Nuan tries hard to figure out and understand how to make the zombies obey.

This function seems to be the same as how mutated zombies control the horde, a kind of remote sensing.

Suddenly, the zombie horde that Bei Nuan had just frozen wavers for a moment, and some of them bare their teeth at Bei Nuan and the others again, ready to pounce forward.

It is estimated that the mutated zombies at the foot of the mountain realize that something is wrong and issue more severe attack orders to them.

Bei Nuan refuses to believe it.

After all, mutated zombies are just zombies in this world. The King of Beasts is the world's god – a cheat given to her by the system, and there is no reason to lose to them.

Bei Nuan concentrates and reissues instructions to the zombie horde.

Sure enough, Bei Nuan's instructions easily suppress those of the mutated zombies, and the zombie horde stops moving again.

Bei Nuan turns her head and asks Lu Xingchi, "Should we go forward or backward?"

While the zombies are still under control, they must seize the time to decide what to do next.

Backward means retreating, back to the highway behind them, to look for entrances elsewhere along the blockade. Forward means entering Faman Ancient City.

Despite the mountain of corpses and sea of zombies between them and Faman City, Lu Xingchi glances at the zombies controlled by Bei Nuan and firmly answers, "Forward."

Whether it is Du Ruo and the others or Shao Bai and his entire special operations team, they are all dumbfounded by the situation before them.

Bei Nuan calls them over, "We're going down the mountain now to see if we can get through them and into Faman Ancient City."

"What's going on?" Shao Bai asks Bei Nuan.

"I'll explain it to you later. We need to hurry."

The mission description doesn't say, and Bei Nuan has no idea how long this power will last. Even if it lasts for the entire duration of "King of Beasts," the countdown is ticking away second by second.

Anything could happen, so they must seize the time.

Shao Bai looks at Bei Nuan, doesn't ask any more questions, and has the special operations team lead the civilians to follow Bei Nuan.

The entire team passes through the zombie horde in the dense forest.

Although the zombies are all frozen by Bei Nuan, many people are this close to zombies for the first time.

Their teeth, which can easily kill people, and their blood-red eyes are close at hand. The special operations team members look alert, grip their guns tightly, and move forward quickly and quietly. The civilians have never seen this kind of situation and are all pale.

A toddler of two or three years old is held in his father's arms. Seeing the red-eyed zombies so close, he bursts into tears.

The crying is particularly piercing in the forest.

His father hurriedly and flusteredly covers his mouth.

"It's okay." Bei Nuan stops, turns around, takes a lollipop out of her pocket, and hands it to him, "It's okay to cry. It doesn't matter if you cry. They won't bite you."

Her attitude is natural and casual, and her voice is steady and peaceful. The toddler takes the candy and stops crying.

Bei Nuan takes out a few more candies, distributes them to the other children in the team, and continues to lead the team down the mountain.

The zombie tide is still surging at the foot of the mountain.

Countless zombies gather and roar hoarsely.

There are really too many. This time, even the special operations team members can't help but break out in cold sweats.

Bei Nuan has already seen this spectacular scene once, and she has squeezed and turned around in the zombie pile for a long time, so she doesn't find it scary this time.

The mutated zombies' instructions are vulnerable to her instructions, and the zombie horde is firmly in Bei Nuan's hands.

In front of the team is a sea of zombies, densely packed and extending all the way to Faman Ancient City in the distance.

It is already dusk, and the setting sun falls on Faman City, coating the ancient city and the endless tide of corpses in front of it with a layer of golden-red light.

Bei Nuan stretches out a hand towards Faman City.

As if divine power has split the sea of corpses, the zombie tide instantly separates to both sides.

It is like the sea parting, revealing the dry land in the middle.

Tens of thousands of zombies squeeze together, vying to retreat to both sides, obediently hiding on both sides, making way for their king.

Like Moses leading the Israelites through the Red Sea in the Bible, a straight and flat road appears, leading all the way to the solemn and majestic Faman Ancient City in the distance.

Bei Nuan walks in the front, leading the entire team onto this wide, golden-red road in the setting sun.

This section of the road, which was originally like a chasm of divine punishment and completely impossible to pass, is unbelievably smooth.

The people in Faman Ancient City should have already noticed that the zombie attack has stopped.

Bei Nuan is not worried about them accidentally shooting them. With Lu Xingchi around, no bullets are a problem.

The people on the city wall also do not attack. As soon as they arrive at the city, the people above shout to Shao Bai in surprise.

"Captain Shao? You're back?"

It seems that they all know the special operations team.

Shao Bai waves to them.

The Allied forces guarding the ancient city immediately let them in, and the entire team finally enters the city safely.

As soon as Shao Bai comes in, he hugs a man in military uniform.

Shao Bai introduces to Bei Nuan and the others that this man is called Yan Teng, who was both his classmate at the military academy and the commander of Faman Fortress.

Yan Teng is not wearing combat uniform, but a military officer's peaked cap, with the Allied's twisted gold wreath badge in the center.

Under the low brim of the hat is a straight nose and cold eyes.

Yan Teng personally witnesses this little girl leading everyone to part the sea of corpses and walk to Faman City, and can't help but carefully size her up.

Now that everyone has seen the miraculous act that Bei Nuan has performed, there is no need to hide it anymore.

Bei Nuan asks Yan Teng, "I want to go to the city wall, can I?"

Her work is not finished yet. Before the countdown to the "King of Beasts" ability ends, she wants to make the best use of it.

Without saying a word, Yan Teng leads Bei Nuan and the others up the city wall.

Facing the countless zombies outside the city, Bei Nuan concentrates and issues the next instruction, which is to have the zombie horde find the mutated zombies inside and kill them.

However, after the order is issued, the zombie horde under the ancient city does not move at all, not even slightly, as if it has not received her instructions at all.

Bei Nuan says "Huh" and mutters to herself, "Did it fail?"

She pokes her head out and glances at the zombies staring blankly under the city wall and casually gives an instruction.

The large group of zombies immediately starts dancing.

As if there is a strong, unheard music playing, they all wave their hands and feet and are extremely excited.

Everyone: "…"

The ability has not failed.

Bei Nuan then issues several orders to the zombie horde to attack each other, but none of them work.

Bei Nuan understands that, presumably as the "King of Beasts" of this race, she cannot issue orders to have the same kind attack each other.

As a last resort, Bei Nuan orders the mutated zombies to step forward.

If she calls them out, she can just take them down.

However, there is still no movement in the zombie horde.

Okay.

When they were on the mountain just now, after Bei Nuan had already issued a stop-attack order, the mutated zombies still tried to regain control of the zombie horde, which shows that they still have their own consciousness and do not completely obey Bei Nuan's instructions.

Bei Nuan thinks for a while.

There are really too many zombies, and Faman City has limited ammunition. Even if they just stand here and fight, they won't be able to kill them all.

Bei Nuan finally issues an order to dismiss the zombie horde.

This order takes effect immediately. Even the zombies that were dancing just now stop. The zombie horde immediately retreats.

Like the receding tide, or like a swarm of locusts retreating, tens of thousands of black zombies leave Faman Ancient City, retreat backward, and gradually disappear into the mountains, not knowing where they are going.

In front of the ancient city, there is not a single one left.

The soldiers defending the city on Faman City have been fighting for a day, and their eyes are almost as red as zombies. They have changed their guns several times and are exhausted. At this time, when they see the zombies retreating, they all cheer.

Amid the cheers, Bei Nuan is a little embarrassed and gives them a heads-up in advance.

"The zombies have temporarily retreated, but the mutated zombies commanding them are still there. They may come back in a short time. At that time, I will no longer be able to control them, and there will be nothing I can do."

The effect of Bei Nuan's orders is indeed better than that of the mutated zombies. She doesn't need to repeat them over and over again like they do. One order is effective.

It's just that she doesn't know how long the effect will last or how large the effective range is.

Yan Teng has witnessed the miracles she has created one after another and is speechless.

After a long while, he says in a hoarse voice, "It's okay, as long as it can give us a little time to breathe."

As the tide of corpses recedes, another team of people comes to the city wall.

There are five or six people in this team, all dressed as civilians. One of them is being supported by others, his chest is covered in blood, and he is walking with difficulty, as if he is seriously injured.

The people guarding the city recognize them and immediately let them in.

When they see Yan Teng, they salute first.

It turns out that they are Allied soldiers, but they don't know what mission they went out of the city to perform, and everyone is wearing plain clothes.

One of the people supporting the wounded man reports, "We went around in a big circle and couldn't find the mutated zombies. Later, the zombies retreated, and we also planned to come back. He had an attack on the way back."

Yan Teng asks everyone to carry the man inside and calls for a doctor.

"What's going on?" Shao Bai asks Yan Teng. The injured man doesn't look like he was bitten by a zombie.

Although Bei Nuan and the others are here, Yan Teng doesn't avoid it and says, "We organized a suicide squad, gave them shielding agents, and went into the zombie horde to find the mutated zombies…"

Bei Nuan and Lu Xingchi exchange glances, "Shielding agents?"

"Yes, a shielding agent. After taking it, the zombies won't attack them," Yan Teng explains.

His meaning is that they have an agent in their hands, just like the one that the mysterious man Song Ce injected himself with, that allows them to move freely in the zombie horde and become invisible to the zombies?

Does the Allied army also have this kind of agent now?

Shao Bai asks, "Did you get the shielding agent? Didn't the higher-ups say that this shielding agent is still in the research and development stage, the risks are very high, and it has a high mortality rate? If you can avoid using it, try not to use it?"

Yan Teng calmly answers, "The zombies' offensive is too fierce. If Faman City falls, it won't just be a matter of a few deaths. Finding the mutated zombies and killing them is the only way out. We have no other choice."

So they sent out a suicide squad that had taken shielding agents to sneak into the zombie horde and try to find the mutated zombies that were controlling the horde.

The side effects of the shielding agent are very obvious.

The man lying down is uncontrollably vomiting blood.

The blood quickly soaks his front, and even the team doctor next to him is helpless.

The man groans in pain, pressing hard on his chest, as if he can't breathe. Then he twitches violently a few times and stops moving.

Yan Teng silently looks at him, squats down, reaches out his hand, and helps him close his eyes.

Next to him, another young suicide squad member can't hold on and sits down. He endures it, but still vomits a mouthful of blood.

He smiles at Yan Teng, "Boss, give me a cigarette."

Yan Teng takes out a cigarette, puts it to his mouth, and personally lights it for him.

The young member barely takes a few puffs and uncontrollably spits out two large mouthfuls of blood. He tries to press his chest and bends over, as if he doesn't want others to see his pain. After a while, he stops moving.

Bei Nuan witnesses two suicide squad members who have taken shielding agents die one after another and is speechless.

She also feels very strange in her heart.

Song Ce should take this stuff often. How come nothing ever happens to him?

Lu Xingchi also frowns and asks Yan Teng, "Where did your shielding agents come from?"

Shao Bai knows this and answers first, "It's from a research institution under an international company, called LBD? They donated a lot of things to the Allies during this virus outbreak. This is their newly developed shielding agent. They donated it to the army for use first. They are still researching a vaccine."

Bei Nuan thinks she heard wrong, "LBD?"

"It's called LBD," Yan Teng also says, "Their shielding agent is very magical. After taking it, the zombies won't attack. Unfortunately, it only works for a short period of time, and many people die after taking it."

So it really is LBD.

Compared to Song Ce's, the shielding agent they made has a shorter duration and greater side effects. It's definitely a pirated version.

They have been chasing and killing Song Ce, preventing Song Ce from contacting the Allied army, but they are sending the pirated version of the shielding agent that will kill people to the Allied army for use.

Are they traitors who collude with zombies?

If Song Ce's shielding agent could be mass-produced and distributed to the Allied army, the beheading operation to infiltrate the zombie horde and kill the mutated zombies would become very easy.

If they had Song Ce's inhibitor, even infected people could live a normal life like Du Ruo and would no longer transmit the virus to others.

And if they had his vaccine, and everyone was given a shot, everyone would no longer have to fear the virus, and the entire human race's disaster could be solved immediately.

There are so many ifs, but Song Ce is still being chased and killed by Huo Ren and the others in some corner, and everyone can only treat the pirated version of the fake as a treasure.

While they are talking, another suicide squad member starts vomiting blood.

Bei Nuan is so angry that she wants to kick someone.

"I'm going out for a walk." Bei Nuan can't stay here any longer and goes out to the city wall.

This is a long day. The last ray of sunlight disappears, and the outside of the city after the zombie tide retreats is silent.

The soldiers on the city wall have been fighting fiercely for a day. Some people are cleaning up the battlefield, clearing and burning the piles of corpses in front of the city wall. The rest are seizing the time to rest. Only the sentries are still patrolling.

The sentry on this battlement is a big boy who looks like he has just come of age. When he sees Bei Nuan, he immediately recognizes her as the girl who made the zombies retreat just now and greets her shyly.

In their eyes, Bei Nuan is the hero who saved them and Faman City.

But Bei Nuan knows that the countdown to "King of Beasts" has less than eight hours left, and it will end before dawn. The control over the zombies will also be lost, and they are likely to make a comeback.

At that time, if there is still no support that can come, Faman City will still not be able to escape the fate of falling.

The sky darkens, bleak and vast.

At this time, on the defense line spanning thousands of miles, I don't know how many people are fighting, holding on to the last line of defense for humanity.

Someone hugs Bei Nuan from behind.

Bei Nuan leans into his warm embrace and presses against his solid chest.

"The next time I see those people from LBD," Bei Nuan says, "I will definitely pull out their tendons, peel off their skin, and cut them into small pieces to feed the zombies."

Lu Xingchi hums, "I'll hand you the knife."

Then he says, "Bei Nuan, while the zombies haven't come back, we have to go out of the city again. I want to investigate the two mutated zombies that died today."

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