"Argh, fire, fire! Shot that zombie's head!" Someone shouted and fired somewhat frantically. He tried to aim his rifle at the zombie's head, but the bullet couldn't penetrate the zombie's rock-hard skin.
"Jim, Tom, Daniel! Seal the entrance door. Don't let this scary demon come in and attack everyone!" Rico shouted urgently.
Several people immediately sealed the entrance to the basement with metal tables and other heavy objects. They would kill the monster, expel it, or die here to protect the others.
"Graa! Blood!" The high-rank zombie lunged at one of the humans and bit his prey's head.
"Argh!" The man screamed in agony for a while, but he soon died and fell to the ground, headless.
*Slurp*
The high-rank zombie licked his bloody mouth and covered his head with both hands. Those bullets couldn't penetrate his rock-hard skin, but it became pretty annoying.
He then sped up and tore apart several others to eat.
"Eh?" Rico was stunned when that scary demon suddenly appeared in front of him. He tried his best to thrust his rifle into that wide-open mouth full of sharp fangs before his head was devoured.
*Bam!* *Bam!* *Bang!*
Rico shot right into the zombie's mouth.
"Grah!" The zombie was injured in its mouth, and red-green blood was splashed everywhere. However, that was not the end of his life. He felt so angry and swung his claws.
*Slash*
"Eh?" Rico widened his eyes as his arm was cut off. His rifle fell to the ground, and his arm dangled, half cut off.
"Argh!" Rico fell to the ground in pain while holding his severed arm.
"Grr! Roar!" The high-rank zombie roared and lunged at the others.
"Back off!" Zayn dashed over and drew his greatsword at the high-rank zombie's neck from behind.
*Slash*
Zayn's sharp greatsword slashed the zombie's neck from the blindspot, but it got stuck there as it failed to sever the zombie's hard collarbone. The greenish-red blood flowed like flowing water, but it wasn't enough to kill the high-rank zombies.
"Arghhh!" The high-rank zombie roared in pain while holding his neck. He immediately turned around and stared deathly at the attacker with his bloodshot greenish-red eyes.
However, he immediately widened his eyes in shock when he saw the human nightmare present nearby. That human girl could slay his comrade in just one simple move, and she had come as an angel of death.
The high-rank zombie knew he had the slightest chance of survival, let alone hunting down several other humans to recover his wounds.
Therefore, he immediately rushed to escape at full speed, even though he suffered severe injuries. The greatsword was still firmly stuck in his neck.
"My greatsword..." Zayn couldn't help but sigh as his big weapon was taken away.
*swoosh*
Angie approached Zayn, took her daggers, then rushed after the runaway zombie.
"Angie!" Zayn called out, but Angie only responded by raising her hand.
"Ugh, it's over. Tom, shoot me dead instantly. I'll turn into a zombie at this rate." Rico groaned in pain and begged to be killed before he turned into a zombie.
"Ten persons in total... two of our friends are already dead. You're going to leave too, Rico?" Tom was reluctant. Of all the people here, Rico was the one he didn't want to lose the most. Everyone needed a good leader.
"Hurry! What are you waiting for!? End my suffering this instant, moron! I will turn into a monster soon!" Rico shouted desperately. He could sense the zombie virus had started to invade him from his severed arm.
Zayn sighed as he followed Angie. She seemed to want to say that she could handle that monster by herself.
That monster has also been seriously injured. Therefore, Zayn lets Angie go alone to launch the final blow to kill that monster.
He turned around and raised his hand to Tom, who was about to kill Rico. "Wait, no rush. I am a doctor, healer, and scientist. Let me try something to save you."
"Huh?" Tom was stunned. He never thought that Zayn was not an ordinary fighter.
'Well, I don't have any memory of many things, but strangely, my medical knowledge is still so fresh. Let's do something. An attempt to save a human from a zombie virus.' Zayn opened his sling bag at his waist and took out a vial of clear liquid.
"You really have no heart, Zayn..." Rico grimaced self-deprecatingly. He wanted to die but would be treated as a human experiment.
"Don't be sad and feel hopeless like that. You might be saved. Your hand was only cut off, and it can still be reattached. And the zombie virus that entered your body is small. Here, drink this and let's see what happens. I want to know the real effect of this formula on living people." Zayn explained a little and shoved the vial of clear liquid into Rico's mouth.
"!!!" Rico had no choice but to swallow the refreshing liquid.
He just swallowed it, but he could sense a thump that exploded from within him and spread throughout his body.
"!!!" Rico widened his eyes. He felt his body working hard to expel the zombie virus from all over his body.
Rico's immune system received a considerable boost and a powerful force to break the invasive zombie virus. The blood circulation then brought those dormant zombie viruses to open wounds.
"Hmm..." Zayn massaged Rico's arm in an outward motion when he saw a greenish-black liquid coming closer to Rico's severed arm.
"How do you feel? Feeling a little better? The formula is quite effective at suppressing the zombie viruses, and your blood circulation is working well to expel them from your body. However, you will feel short of blood now." Zayn wiped his sweat and breathed a sigh of relief when the zombie virus was no longer invading Rico's body. So, Rico will not turn into a zombie now.
"I feel like I died once and came back to life. You're a mad scientist, Zayn. But I love your madness." Rico glanced at Zayn with an ashen expression. He could feel the lack of blood, as Zayn said.
"Well, forgive me because I can not accept your love." Zayn was confused because it was weird for someone to love madness. He then turned his face to the side. "Tom, get me the bandages and two wooden sticks. I'll attach Rico's arm."
"Y-yes!" Tom gulped his saliva and immediately carried out Zayn's orders. He never thought Rico could be saved! Perhaps, the world could be saved if Zayn continued to experiment as a scientist!?
When Tom returned with bandages and sticks, Zayn immediately did something to Rico's severed arm. After that, he looked at the ten people who had fallen victim to the ferocity of that scary zombie. Their bodies were no longer even intact.
"Tom, get people to shoot the dead in the head and bury them. They're dead, but I know they don't want to be the undeads." Zayn sighed. Of all the people trying to protect everyone here, only Rico and Tom managed to survive the ambush.
After saying that, Zayn and Tom slid the metal table and heavy objects from the entrance to the basement. Zayn picks up his belongings, and Tom calls a few people to help him.
"You will probably feel excruciating pain in your arm soon. Here, I have some painkillers in case you need them later. You also need blood-boosting nutrition soon. We don't have any facility for blood donation here." Zayn gave Rico a strip of medicine.
"Hehee... Thanks. Zayn, we better need to get out of here now. Can you lead everyone for me?" Rico received the medicine, but he couldn't move now.
"No, we'll still be leaving at dawn. Zombies are very active at night, and it's incredibly dangerous to travel through their territory during their hunt." Zayn shook his head.
"I see..." Rico closed his eyes.
The cries of several people were then heard because of the death of the ten people. An old mother wept bitterly when she saw her son was dead with his body split in two.
"You, it's all because of you, Zayn! You went out to find your slut and invited powerful zombies in!" Bandy came closer with his machete while shouting, blaming someone else.
*Swoosh!*
Zayn threw a pebble, scratching Bandy's cheek. He then replied with a cold tone. "A mob has no right to judge the one who fights against the zombies. If you have the capability, fight at the front, not cover yourself in the back. They died because they wanted to protect everyone in the basement. I will force you to fight on the front with Rico's team, including your men."
"Huh? Do you want to control us?" Bandy frowned.
"No, I command you." Zayn stood up and drew his longsword forward.
"You're so arrogant just because you're a little stronger, Zayn. Your sword can never win against our firearms." Bandy raised his hand, and his gang brandished their rifles.
The sad, tense, and gloomy atmosphere soon became jumbled in one place.
"You can try, but I'll probably cut off your head before you can attack." Zayn squinted his eyes. He could read those rifles' trajectory and dodge them before the bullets hit him. He had complete confidence to win against humans, but that was another story for zombies.
"Tch." Bandy clicked his tongue. Zayn was hard to deal with, and he felt a little intimidated. He then turned around and asked everyone to get ready to leave.
Moments later, Angie returned. Her dress is even still pure white, not stained by anything.
"Is that zombie dead?" Zayn asked, and Angie replied with a nod of her head.
"I see. You did a great job." Zayn gave Angie a head pat. He had given up his fancy greatsword but needed a few more weapons to prepare to go to New Jersey now.