Mieu Yen found disinfectant and wound dressings, cleaned the bloodstains from Ha Minh Hien's face, and applied a dressing to his wound.
"This must have been hard on you."
Mieu Yen said softly.
Ha Minh Hien nodded, a slight smile appearing. When he spoke to Ton Nang about this matter, he was indeed humiliated by Ton Nang, but it saved several lives.
Thinking it over and over, he felt it was well worth it.
He himself could feel the changes in him now. Perhaps it was because he had experienced too much, so his own understanding had deepened.
He wasn't like this in the past.
Duong Quang Residential Area.
"Uncle Lam, have I become a monster?"
Van Van asked fearfully, she remembered what she had done.
Lam Pham stroked Van Van's head, smiling, "Are you saying Uncle Lam is a monster?"
"No, Uncle Lam is a great hero who protects everyone. Vuong Vuong said he admires Uncle Lam the most."
"Then why would you say you're a monster, Van Van? You are a little treasure cared for by heaven. Your ability is meant to protect everyone."
Lam Pham said gently, not wanting Van Van to have any burden.
"Really?"
Van Van's eyes sparkled. For children, the greatest hope was to transform into little heroes, protecting everyone.
Regardless of whether they were boys or girls, they shared the same dream.
Boys hoped to become heroes.
Girls hoped to become little magic fairies like Balala the Fairies, protecting everyone.
Lam Pham rubbed Van Van's head, smiling, "Of course, Van Van can be very powerful."
Then he pointed to a small object on the balcony.
"Van Van, see if you can make this little object float up."
He could sense that Van Van's ability was very strong and needed to be guided slowly to prevent situations where it went out of control, otherwise, small troubles might arise.
Van Van looked at the small object on the balcony. Immediately, an imperceptible ripple appeared, and the small object slowly floated up.
"That's really amazing." Lam Pham's face showed delight.
This kind of ability was truly strong; he couldn't do such a thing.
Seeing that she could make things float, Van Van clapped her hands happily. As her mood became excited, the floating object fell.
Children are different from adults.
It was very normal for abilities to be intermittent.
"Uncle Lam, I can really make things float!" Van Van said excitedly.
Lam Pham smiled and said: "Van Van is the most amazing. In the future, our Van Van will be the guardian angel of the children. You must make good use of this ability to protect everyone, understand?"
"Mhm, I understand." Van Van nodded emphatically.
Beside them, Dai Hung finally relaxed, feeling even more grateful towards Lam Pham. He had never met such a gentle person – very strong, very capable, yet always smiling gently at everyone.
Being able to come here was truly the luckiest thing in his life.
Lam Pham stood up and walked over to Dai Hung, "Alright, she's fine. Spend more time with Van Van. I need to go out and work."
"I understand."
In the city.
Lam Pham stood on a tall building, looking at the corpses on the street, a satisfied expression on his face. Clearing zombies was his specialty.
He continued forward.
Walking on the street.
Suddenly.
He looked towards a convertible car. A zombie was standing on the roof of the car, its pale eyes turning.
"Screamer-type zombie."
This type of zombie appeared infrequently. He had encountered one at Huong Son, but under those circumstances, the Screamer-type zombie's effect was minimal, merely causing damage to people's eardrums.
When the Screamer-type zombie saw Lam Pham, it didn't retreat but stared intently, as if pondering something.
Immediately.
A piercing shriek spread out.
Following that, sounds came from all directions. Listening carefully, one could hear the "ooh ooh" howls of zombies and the dense sound of footsteps.
Bang!
Bang!
From the surrounding tall buildings, zombies disregarded the height, broke through glass, and fell directly from the high-rises. With a thud, they splattered into meat patties. Even so, zombies still fell one after another, following suit.
"Terrifying. The zombies' intelligence is worrying. But it's also good; if zombies had intelligence, humans might truly have no way out."
Very quickly, summoned by the Screamer-type zombie.
The unintelligent zombies, like mad dogs, rushed over from all directions. This group of zombies wouldn't obey the Screamer-type zombie's commands; they were simply attracted. Upon seeing a living human, their instinctive ferocity would erupt, and they would bite and tear indiscriminately.
Lam Pham gently swung Frostmourne. In an instant, he entered the zombie horde. These zombies looked even more disgusting than at the beginning of the apocalypse, completely changed as a species.
He waved it casually.
No matter what type of zombie, in front of him, they were like chives, easily cut.
At the same time, he constantly paid attention to the Screamer-type zombie.
He had an idea.
That was to use the zombies' power to eliminate zombies, thereby achieving a rapid method of clearing Hoang City.
He had this idea some time ago.
It was just a pity that Screamer-type zombies seemed to be relatively rare and hard to encounter. Of course, he encountered one Screamer-type zombie at Huong Son, but there was no way to bring it back, so it could only be dealt with on the spot.
Very quickly.
The zombies attracted by the Screamer-type zombie were all hunted down by Lam Pham on the spot.
He looked at the Screamer-type zombie still standing on the car roof, "Keep screaming for a while, let's see if there are any more."
The Screamer-type zombie took a slight step back. For the Screamer-type zombie, its ability wasn't for combat, but more like a shit-stirring stick, attracting surrounding zombies, thereby bringing unimaginable destruction to living survivors.
"Want to run?"
As the Screamer-type zombie tried to flee, Lam Pham, without thinking, chased after it, grabbed the Screamer-type zombie's neck, leaped up, jumped to the rooftop of a tall building, and then leaped forward.
For the Screamer-type zombie, it had never imagined such a thing would happen.
To actually be held in a human's hand.
Very quickly.
Lam Pham appeared on the top floor of a building with the Screamer-type zombie, casually tossing it aside.
"Please continue screaming."
He said with a smile.
The Screamer-type zombie roared at Lam Pham. Perhaps it truly had no brain. It stood at the edge of the rooftop, roaring and howling, the ear-piercing sound spreading in all directions.
If any other person were standing next to the Screamer-type zombie, this piercing sound alone could shatter their eardrums.
But for Lam Pham.
This kind of sound had no effect whatsoever.
"Ooh ooh..."
The Screamer-type zombie's call instantly attracted nearby zombies. Some zombies were waiting in shops, some were wandering in office buildings, and even more, some zombies were trapped in rooms, madly rushing towards balconies and jumping out of windows.
Lam Pham looked at the situation below.
"Really very convenient."
Critical.
Looking at the Screamer-type zombie shrieking its heart out, he had always regarded zombies as a useless existence. Apart from endangering human lives, they had no commendable points.
But now, he had discovered the advantage of the Screamer-type zombie.
After the surrounding zombies had gathered towards this side, Lam Pham grabbed the still screaming Screamer-type zombie, landed directly, and began hunting zombies.
He was afraid the Screamer-type zombie would run away, so he definitely had to keep it in hand.
Perhaps even the Screamer-type zombie never thought it would be treated like this.
After clearing out one area.
He then took the Screamer-type zombie to another area.
Gradually.
He discovered a peculiar point about the Screamer-type zombie: its shrieks were relatively frequent, yet its throat actually seemed a bit hoarse, a very magical and special thing.
A zombie's stamina should be inexhaustible.
But looking at it now, its throat should be experiencing damage.
Night.
Duong Quang Residential Area.
Lam Pham continued to compile the zombie picture book.
[Mature-stage psychic-type zombie]
Annotation: An evolutionary stage evolved from the larval-stage psychic-type zombie, possessing a bulky, fleshy lower body, sharp claws, and capable of forming strong psychic impacts. Compared to the developing psychic-type stage, it has decent close-combat capabilities, accompanying the evolution of zombies from surveillance-type to commander-type zombies.
He wrote very earnestly and in great detail. To other survivors, these were life-saving tools.
He definitely had to be serious.
After organizing it.
He then wrote in his diary, recording recent events and making some post-event comments on what happened.
This could be considered a habit he had now developed.
Took a shower and went to bed.
Lying on the bed, looking at the interface.
[Name]: Lam Pham.
[Strength]: 513290. (Infinite)
[Stamina]: 419280. (Infinite)
[Speed]: 385480. (Infinite)
[Points]: 0.
"Terrifying. Unknowingly, I've actually hunted so many zombies?"
Lam Pham exclaimed in amazement.
It also declared that he didn't hunt zombies to become stronger, but rather thought of bringing a clean living environment to Hoang City. As for the points obtained, they were just an extra thing.
He gently clenched his fist, feeling the power contained within his body, then slowly relaxed it, closed his eyes, and rested.
Listening carefully, he could hear people chatting in the shop outside.
As the shelter expanded.
The survivors staying here gradually got used to life here. Every night, a group of people would chat idly, talking about all sorts of gossip. Perhaps for them, this was the normal life they pursued.
And at this moment.
In a wilderness shelter.
"Don't come here, don't come over!" Hoang Mao sat paralyzed on the ground, his face aghast as he looked at the woman he had brought back during the day. However, at this moment, the woman was completely different from what he had imagined.
She looked entirely like a monster.
Especially those sharp claws, which had already killed many of his companions.
He looked at the countless corpses torn in half, his crotch extremely wet, having long since pissed his pants in fear.
Quy Thu Nguyet looked at Hoang Mao, who was paralyzed on the ground and constantly backing away. In her vision, she could clearly see the bloody heart inside his body, beating rhythmically. Perhaps due to extreme nervousness, the beating speed was very fast.
"In the apocalypse, everyone is trying their best to survive, trying to solve the apocalypse. Yet you people rely on the apocalypse to do evil, deceiving and killing innocent survivors. You truly deserve to die."
Quy Thu Nguyet said angrily. After following this group of survivors here, she had seen many tragic scenes that filled her heart with extreme rage.
There were innocent men tortured to death.
There were women who died from assault.
Scene after scene filled her heart with immense anger. What kind of person could do such things?
"Don't come over..."
Hoang Mao trembled all over with fear. He really hadn't expected to bring back a monster. Suddenly, he fumbled for a machete, and without thinking, rose up in anger, "I'll chop you, this monster, to death!"
Quy Thu Nguyet waved her arm.
Sharp claws swiped across the machete, swiped across the opponent's body.
Splat!
The machete shattered.
Hoang Mao's body likewise shattered.
Quy Thu Nguyet stood on the spot, looking at the surrounding scene. The sight of flowing fresh blood assaulted her mind, as if she never expected that, once upon a time, she would become so brutal.
She walked to a mirror.
Looking at her reflection, she slowly raised her hand, touching her face.
"If I can use this method to bring a glimmer of hope to the apocalypse, I think I'm willing."
She said to herself.
Suddenly.
A red light flickered in her eyes, her expression becoming ferocious, as if her own consciousness was under some kind of impact.
"This is my body reminding me, I must feed on zombie blood to sustain myself. When I become interested in zombie blood, my consciousness will become irritable."
"How can I return to the base like this? My body exhibits all sorts of unstable factors. If I cause harm to the people in the base, I will never forgive myself for the rest of my life."
"The me now is more suited to living alone, searching for the truth of the apocalypse."
She picked up the keys to the modified car that Hoang Mao and his group drove and walked outside.
The pitch-black night could prevent living people from seeing anything.
But for Quy Thu Nguyet, she could clearly see everything under the darkness. This was also an ability she gained after the lucky cells transformed her.
Early morning.
Officer Hoang appeared unsteadily in the shelter. He looked around, his gaze stopping on each survivor.
When a survivor passed by Officer Hoang, they were clearly very nervous, yet they persisted.
"Officer Hoang, good morning."
Greeting was a form of politeness.
"Ooh ooh..."
Officer Hoang growled softly, as if responding, "Mhm, good morning."
For the survivors here.
Officer Hoang would only bite bad people, and since they were all ordinary citizens, Officer Hoang definitely wouldn't bite them.
They always told themselves this.
Maintaining that kind heart.
Lam Pham went downstairs, greeted everyone, and then wanted to check the environment in the residential area. Suddenly, he saw Phi Phi, Dinh Dinh, and Van Van carrying their schoolbags, their backs to him, squatting there.
Occasional gasps of surprise could be heard.
This made him very curious.
"Little sister Van Van, you're so amazing!" Phi Phi's round eyes widened in exclamation. Even though she considered herself the big sister among the children, when she encountered something amazing, she would still exclaim in admiration.
Just like the current situation.
Was that something achievable through effort?
Clearly, it was impossible, right?
Lam Pham stood behind them, watching. It turned out Van Van was demonstrating her awakened ability to them. A stone, under Van Van's control, floated quietly in front of them.
Phi Phi and Dinh Dinh touched it with their hands, as if wondering if the stone was supported by something, which was why it could float in mid-air.
But no matter how they checked, they couldn't find any flaws.
"Van Van, how did you do that?" Phi Phi asked curiously, "Can you teach me?"
As their big sister, she always had an unyielding spirit. If she could learn it, even if it was very hard, she wanted to learn. It was too cool, wasn't it? If she could perform a trick in front of her younger brothers and sisters, thinking of their astonished faces, Phi Phi wanted to chuckle.
Van Van said: "Sister Phi Phi, this can't be taught. Uncle Lam said this is my ability. I can make things fly, and he also said that in the future, I will use this ability to protect everyone."
Phi Phi patted her chest and said: "I am your older sister. If anyone is to protect, it will definitely be me protecting you all."
Standing behind them, Lam Pham said softly: "What are you playing at? Hurry up and go to class!"
Hearing the voice.
Startled, Van Van's ability vanished, and the stone fell to the ground.
"Uncle Lam, good..."
They behaved very well in front of Lam Pham and also liked him very much.
Lam Pham smiled and said: "Good morning, hurry up and go to school."
"Yes."
Lam Pham watched Phi Phi and the others run towards the classroom building, the smile on his face also very bright.
A life like this, it's truly good.
He looked at the azure sky, breathed in the fresh air, and revealed a very happy smile.
However, at this moment.
He saw an airplane appear in the sky.
It seemed like something was thrown from the airplane.
Looking closely.
It was a parachute. The parachute was tied to something, slowly descending from the sky.