New Energy Zombies

Even in death, Wang Er stared angrily at Zhang Qiming.

"Get lost." Zhang Qiming felt uneasy under Wang Er's gaze and kicked him in the head, knocking it askew.

He got up from the ground, concealed the fear on his face, and looked at his father as he approached, as if he had seen a powerful ally.

"Dad, give me a knife, let's kill that Jiang guy together."

There were two of them. His father was a retired navy man who was skilled in hand-to-hand combat; there was no way he couldn't handle Jiang Yan and that woman.

Seeing that the situation on the deck was clear, Su Muyun from the captain's cabin also came out with a spear. She stood next to Jiang Yan with a standard spear-holding posture, watching Zhang Shun and his son five meters away warily.

"Jump down."

Zhang Shun, panting heavily, waved his hand and pointed outside the deck railing.

Zhang Qiming didn't understand: "What?"

"I said jump!" Zhang Shun roared, the first time he had yelled at Zhang Qiming since his wife's death.

"But..." Zhang Qiming wanted to say something, but suddenly he saw the neat teeth marks on his father's shoulder, and blood was gushing out of the wound.

That is……

Zombie bite marks.

My father never fought a zombie?

Zhang Shun didn't give his son any more time to be stunned. He grabbed Zhang Qiming by the shoulder and threw him overboard.

"thump……"

Hearing the sound of falling into the water, he finally felt a little relieved, and then stared intently at Jiang Yan in front of him with eyes like a wild beast.

Zhang Shun heard the sound of a speedboat ahead. He knew that Li Defu was still alive and that the guy would rescue Zhang Qiming who had fallen into the sea.

My son will live.

As for him...

Zhang Shun had already dealt with the two zombies that had caught up with him, cutting them into eight pieces with a machete, making it impossible for them to get up again.

He deliberately allowed himself to be bitten by the zombie because he knew he was too old and would be no match for Jiang Yan, who was fully armed, in a direct fight.

but!

Using the premonition of his zombification rampage, all he needs to do is scratch or bite Jiang Yan!

If Jiang Yan can be infected, the ship will become ownerless in a few hours.

Once they discover that the ship has completely stopped moving, Li Defu, with his shrewd nature, will definitely bring Qiming back to check on it.

Then, this unclaimed ship will become theirs; they just need to be careful of the few zombies on board.

In this apocalypse, this is probably the last thing he can do for Qiming.

Fiery hot!

Zhang Shun felt as if his lungs were being filled with flames with every breath, and the burning sensation throughout his body made him groan involuntarily.

However, at the same time, he also felt that his body had regained its vitality, as if he had returned to the age of 20 when he first enlisted in the army and underwent training.

"roar--"

Zhang Shun, blinded by unfounded rage, lunged at Jiang Yan on all fours like a wild beast.

Jiang Yan, wielding a spear, simply retreated slightly, exposing Zhang Shun in mid-air completely to Su Muyun.

"puff--"

As the spear pierced Zhang Shun's body, Su Muyun unleashed a power unimaginable to ordinary people, lifting the zombified Zhang Shun completely off the ground.

It's like holding up a skewer of bright red roasted meat.

Jiang Yan watched this scene with satisfaction. The savior was indeed the savior. His first killing was so clean and efficient, without any hesitation.

Two humans wielding spears face a large creature resembling a wild beast.

If this problem cannot be easily solved, the primitive people from ten thousand years ago would definitely be furious.

We must not lose what our ancestors left us.

"Ugh—"

Zhang Shun, suspended in mid-air, groaned in pain as hot blood trickled down his throat.

Did I overestimate myself?

This was his last thought before his consciousness was swallowed up by that fiery red, sun-like mass.

"Put it down, and stay away from that zombie blood."

Jiang Yan took the spear that was carrying Zhang Shun with one hand. Fortunately, the spear was long enough that there was no risk of being bitten by the zombies.

He cautiously approached the railing and glanced into the dark, surging water.

It's impossible to see where Zhang Qiming, who fell into the sea, is.

"Go turn on the fish-attracting lights and use a drone to get rid of it."

Jiang Yan calmly issued the order and then headed towards the place where Uncle Jiang had disappeared earlier.

Uncle Jiang's blindness cannot be restored in a short time, so he wants to take this opportunity to resolve it completely.

He carried the zombies step by step toward the cabin. As he stepped into the crew tunnel, a crossbow appeared from behind a door and began firing wildly at him.

"Puff puff puff puff—"

The steel balls kept hitting the flesh, making a heavy, thudding sound.

Unfortunately, Uncle Jiang couldn't see that all his steel balls hit the zombie corpses before being pierced by the spear and embedded in the deck.

"That's about it."

At this point, there was no living creature left on the ship except for him and Su Muyun.

There might be two more. Zhang Shun and another zombie weren't completely dead yet, but Jiang Yan didn't intend to kill them completely.

He just happened to need zombies for his experiments.

Five minutes later, Su Muyun took off her VR glasses and walked to Jiang Yan's side: "Zhang Qiming is dead. Li Defu escaped on a speedboat. He destroyed a drone. I couldn't catch up with him."

"It's alright. Go and bring up the hazmat suit. We need to clean the ship before daylight."

He thought for a moment and continued, "Right, start the boat. Let's go back to the dock and take these two zombies to their fishing boat."

Although the experiment was necessary, it certainly could not be conducted on the Nautilus.

Movies often depict stupid things like biohazard leaks, and he certainly can't afford to make that mistake again.

When conducting experiments, go to that small fishing boat, and when you're done, return to the Nautilus. Even if the zombies escape their restraints, they won't be able to threaten them.

At this moment, Jiang Yan noticed that ice crystals had formed around Zhang Shun's zombie. He reached out and approached the zombie, feeling that the temperature had dropped significantly.

Is the temperature very cold around the zombies?

But its skin is so red, it looks like it's burning hot...

Jiang Yan didn't dare to touch the zombie's skin directly; he planned to measure it with a thermometer later.

However, it seems that the zombies are constantly absorbing the surrounding heat, which is why ice crystals are constantly being released into the air.

"Zombies seem to be able to absorb heat," Jiang Yan shared this discovery with Su Muyun beside him. "It's not exactly good news."

"Why?" Su Muyun asked, puzzled.

Jiang Yan explained, "This gives these zombies an energy source, so they won't run out of energy and die on their own."

According to the law of conservation of energy, the energy required for zombie movement cannot be generated out of thin air.

Given the number of zombies on land, they certainly wouldn't last long if they only ate meat.

Zombies have no production capacity, so they will naturally stop moving once they have exhausted the energy stored in their corpses.

Jiang Yan originally estimated that the zombies would run out of energy in about three to five days.

This is an optimistic estimate.

However, this strange apocalypse is clearly not that simple.

These zombies...

It's solar-powered.

Su Muyun thought for a moment and asked, "Does that mean they can absorb and store heat energy?"

"This may not necessarily be a bad thing."

"Humans didn't invent containers capable of absorbing and storing energy until 1745..."

"And now, it's everywhere."