Chapter 729: The Zombie Emperor’s Mission
The boss’s task?
Xiao Li’s face turned serious.
The boss of these three Zombie Kings must be Zhang Yiming.
"Can’t I not go? Our family’s airhead CEO hasn’t been doing well lately. He doesn’t avoid zombies anymore, and I’m busy helping him survive!"
Li Mo sighed heavily, his tone sounding a bit frustrated.
"Young people can multitask! We’re old, our legs aren’t flexible, you go! Otherwise, if the boss gets mad, you’re screwed!"
Li Nian lay motionless on the sofa, showing no intention of going to execute the task.
"The task needs to be executed, and the CEO needs saving. What if the world returns to normal? Our company would get him to manage it! If we rely on us three grandfathers, the company will go bankrupt sooner or later!"
Hearing his father’s words, Li Mo rolled his eyes.
It’s easy to talk while lying down.
Why does the boss always want him to complete the tasks himself?
He’s... scared too, okay?
What if he gets beaten to death?
Whimper whimper whimper!
"You can’t just bully me because you’re old and don’t bathe, right? If you don’t go, I’ll tell the boss, say you don’t respect him, and only make me go. Anyway, the boss can finish you off in seconds. Do you believe I can tell the boss right now?"
Li Mo spoke with a hint of threat.
Hearing this, a faint smile appeared on Xiao Li’s face.
It seems Zhang Yiming really is in Shanghai.
Up to this point, Xiao Li’s task was considered complete.
However, he couldn’t just run off directly now.
The three Zombie Kings were next door; moving around freely might alert them.
Xiao Li moved his feet little by little; the nail was already pressed against the window, ready to cut and run at any moment.
Next door came the voices of three generations again.
"Sigh! Really can’t handle you anymore! Who on earth is the father, and who is the grandson?"
Li Cheng’s old voice carried a hint of helplessness.
Before the apocalypse, he could still skim off his grandson’s pocket money, or give him a good beating if needed.
Now it’s no longer feasible. Beating him has no meaning.
There’s no sensation at all.
"Let’s go, let’s go! Let’s execute the boss’s task together. If we fail, we’ll all become shiny Crystal Cores for eternity!"
Li Nian got up from the sofa and stretched lazily.
This stretch held no meaning.
There was no feeling of physical and mental comfort.
Xiao Li listened closely, hearing their footsteps heading in one direction.
For his safety, Xiao Li decided to escape through the window after the three Zombie Kings left the next room.
"This boss’s task is so difficult! I’m a bit scared. Li Mo, you lead the way!"
Li Nian silently slipped something into Li Mo’s hand.
Li Mo’s fingers twitched instinctively, not a muscular reflex but a reaction of his brain.
This was fear to the utmost degree.
He was even more scared!
"Let’s go! If we don’t go now, it’ll be too late! The boss will flay us alive!" Li Cheng urged.
"Okay!"
Li Mo and Li Cheng responded.
Xiao Li raised an eyebrow. What exactly is the task that the three Zombie Kings went out to execute together?
Could it be some unfortunate safe haven is about to have bad luck?
"Bang!"
In just a second’s distraction, Xiao Li heard the sound of the window breaking next door.
Pupils contracted, not good!
Before he could turn his head, the nail in Xiao Li’s hand had already fiercely scratched across the glass.
The glass shattered directly, the shards scattering all over the ground.
"Hello! You’re a bit late in reacting!"
Li Mo tilted his head, hung outside the window, grinning at Xiao Li.
His fair complexion looked incredibly sunny, but in Xiao Li’s eyes, this was a Demon.
Li Mo somehow suddenly appeared behind the window Xiao Li was at.
The steel nail in his hand unhesitatingly shot towards Li Mo’s head.
Li Mo was quick, easily dodging Xiao Li’s attack and swiftly rushing toward Xiao Li.
Xiao Li could only retreat.
Suddenly, two hands rested on his shoulders.
It was the other two Zombie Kings, Li Nian and Li Cheng.
"Kid, your superpower’s not bad, but it’s far from enough compared to us. Thinking you can scheme against our boss with this little superpower, it’s really... overestimating yourself."
An old voice spoke, accompanied by two overwhelmingly cold pressures.
Crackling sounds were audible.
Searing pain surged from both shoulders.
Li Mo and Li Cheng’s nails were almost puncturing his flesh.
Xiao Li instantly dared not move; he feared infection by the zombie virus.
"We can talk it out. I can provide your boss with information on the Human Survivor Alliance."
Xiao Li slowly raised his hands, his voice still somewhat steady.
"Got you."
By this time, Li Mo had already reached Xiao Li, poking a finger on his forehead.
If Xiao Li resisted, Li Mo’s finger would pierce his brain, leaving Xiao Li with no chance of becoming a zombie.
Xiao Li smiled faintly, just about to use his wits to convince the three Zombie Kings when his heart suddenly throbbed with pain.
"Uh――"
Xiao Li’s eyes widened, slowly looking down at his chest.
A pale hand held a syringe, stabbed into his chest.
Inside the syringe was black liquid.
The black liquid, not a drop left, was injected into his body by Li Mo.
After doing all of this, Li Mo withdrew his hand and quickly stepped back.
Li Nian and Li Cheng also hastily backed away a step.
The black blood injected into Xiao Li’s heart, in less than five seconds, caused Xiao Li to start twitching all over.
Signs of human transformation into a zombie.
"Damn! Scared the hell out of me! This human is terrifying! I’ve decided not to go out for three days!"
Seeing the task completed, Li Mo’s once sunny smile disappeared instantly, replaced by a look of lingering fear.
Li Nian and Li Cheng also nodded in agreement.
Their previous calm and dominance... were all just an act.
They were actually scared to death.
Even if their strength was overwhelming.
They were terrified.
The sight of a human made them cowardly, fearing being dragged off for scientific research.
If it weren’t for Zhang Yiming personally assigning this task, faced with such a situation, they would have already fled.
"You... dare..."
Xiao Li’s lips turned black, and speech became difficult.
The veins on his forehead bulged, starting to turn dark.
"From now on, you’re just one of our boss’s subordinates."
The terrified trio left with a final word, turning to comfort their own injured hearts.
In the room.
Xiao Li writhed in pain on the ground, banging his head against the floor but unable to slow the transformation process.
He was gasping for air, yet the air felt thin, no matter how he breathed, it felt suffocating.
His throat itched unbearably, as if a wild beast’s roar was trying to escape.
Sweat dripped onto the floor, filling the room with Xiao Li’s painful howls.
An hour later.
Xiao Li opened the door himself, walking up to Li Mo and the other Zombie Kings.
He appeared normal, no different visually from a regular person.
"I’ll complete the boss’s instructions."
With a parting comment, Xiao Li turned and left.
This time he didn’t use the window but departed openly from the entrance.
His presence did not stir the surrounding zombie horde, who vacantly parted to let him through.
Standing at the window, Li Mo watched Xiao Li’s retreating figure, muttering to himself,
"Boss truly deserves the title! He can effortlessly create a Zombie King, his brainwave power on par with ours, perhaps we’re just too weak?"
High Rank Superpower Users can potentially turn into High Rank Zombies upon infection with the zombie virus, but the chance of becoming a Zombie King is extremely slim.
Yet the boss’s blood, like it held a magical power, easily transformed the designated person into a Zombie King.
No wonder he’s our emperor.