Apocalypse: the Most Ruthless Person

Chen Hanzhou walked up to the man, rolled up his sleeve to reveal his mechanical limb, and said, ”Brother Su cut off my arm back then, now it’s replaced with a metal one, look, how cool!”

The people around saw Chen Hanzhou chatting and laughing, feeling a mix of emotions in their hearts. How many people can stay optimistic in such situations, it’s truly not easy.

”Come on, Old Liu, feed him this and take him to the car to rest!”

Zhang Su handed the fava bean-sized Zombie Thalamus to Liu Yao.

”Alright, with this thing, it’s all set!”

Liu Yao gravely accepted the Thalamus. He knew what it was — his rib fracture healed in less than five minutes after using it. Just as he was about to feed it to his companion, he suddenly thought of something and hesitantly asked.

”Brother Su, do you think reattaching a hand can heal well?”

”Old Liu, are you a fool? Don’t you know why the hand was cut off?” Zhao Dezhu looked at Liu Yao as if he were an idiot.

”Oh, right, right!”

Liu Yao nodded repeatedly, then quickly stuffed the Thalamus into his companion’s mouth.

Zhang Su watched the man who swallowed the Thalamus and asked, ”What’s your name?”

”My surname is Ke, Ke Zhiyu.”

The man’s face was bloodless, and he forced a grim smile.

”Ke Zhiyu...” Zhang Su muttered softly, finding the name a bit awkward, unsure which part was ’wise’ and which part was ’foolish’, so he said, ”Alright, take Brother Xiaoke to the car to rest. Just to be safe, he should still be tied up for now!”

”Understood, we’ll be careful, don’t worry.”

Liu Yao seriously patted his chest and immediately arranged for someone to fetch a rope. This matter couldn’t be neglected.

”Hey...”

After Liu Yao left with the others, Zheng Xinyu wiped her dirty cheek and suddenly chuckled.

”What’s so funny?”

Zhang Su asked curiously.

”Ke Zhiyu, can be cured, what an auspicious name, he surely will survive.” Zheng Xinyu said with one hand on her hip, a tattered hat perched on her head, looking quite mystical.

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When checking on the wounded, aside from Ke Zhiyu who was bitten, fifteen others sustained varying degrees of minor injuries, and three were severely beaten by zombies, even vomiting blood. Finally, one person had a bone fracture; though none were life-threatening, the casualty ratio brought an unprecedented sense of crisis to everyone!

No need to look far, just yesterday, over a hundred combat personnel faced nearly thirty thousand zombies. Although many were taken down with powerful weapons, about eight thousand were still defeated in close combat!

In other words, on average, each person took down about sixty zombies with cold weapons in melee combat.

In contrast to today’s scenario, without counting precisely, you could estimate from the situation that the zombies charging from the district wouldn’t exceed four hundred, with over sixty combatants. Even using firearms to kill a batch before engagement, the actual number for melee was about two hundred and sixty to two hundred and seventy!

Averaged out, each person only needed to deal with five zombies.

Yesterday’s ”severe” battle resulted in no one being bitten, only a few sustained minor injuries, whereas today, with such a ”favorable” enemy ratio, one person was bitten, and there were over ten more with varying degrees of injuries!

Even considering the factors of ambush and defensive battle, the discrepancy was too vast, evoking a surreal feeling, akin to the illusion of bombing fish in a pond yesterday and being crushed like vegetables today.

In fact, there was also a crucial point...

Someone secretly glanced at Zhang Su and Ju Mumio. Despite the fierce battle earlier, many noticed that this pair managed to hold half the line. Without exact numbers, it’s estimated they eliminated thirty percent of the zombies, especially Zhang Su, who, after slaying the zombies in front, still had time to aid others. Without his intervention, the casualties would have increased!

Several other members of the Yama Corps also blocked about thirty percent of the zombies...

The number of zombies truly faced by the Automobile Park Branch and Kindergarten Branch’s personnel was already reduced, totaling at most a hundred!

When calculated, the reality was startling; the bright ones quickly realized, each of them had taken down fewer than two zombies!

This number shocked even themselves—such an intense confrontation, but they only managed to kill two zombies?

Looking back at the division of corpses on the ground, the result was evident.

This data was terrifying; without Zhang Su and the others’ presence, all these people would have been wiped out here...

If this had occurred before the snow, as long as they made good use of cover, dealing with twenty to thirty zombies each wouldn’t have been a problem. Yet, after the snow, this ratio shrank tenfold.

Fortunately, not everyone was powerless; there was live evidence on the spot. There were still some who could take on ten, or even more, fundamentally because they themselves were too weak.

The significance of Zhang Su’s presence was not merely to resist danger; his valiant slaying of zombies was ceaselessly encouraging those around, showing them humanity could prevail and wouldn’t always be suppressed by zombies.

Being a pillar of combat power was also a spiritual icon, allowing everyone to see hope.