As the Qiming tree seeds grew rapidly from the ground, the dazzling white light on the new Qiming tree gradually faded.
In its place was a warm, pale yellow glow.
The whole tree seemed to be made up of a large number of glowing hard silk threads. On top of the thick trunk, more than a dozen branches made of the same material and without branches spread out in all directions.
At the top of each branch, there is a fruit emitting an even brighter white light.
If You Huan were to describe it, the Qiming Tree would be like a large floor lamp with a unique shape...
How could this strange and twisted thing be similar to his big and beautiful ice crystal tree?
However, the soldiers on the battlefield obviously did not think so.
The White Knights all looked at the fully grown Enlightenment Tree, and regardless of the fact that this was still a dangerous battlefield, they tapped the ground with their metal knee pads and knelt on one knee in respect.
The zombies of the Sisters did not take advantage of this opportunity to launch a sneak attack, but instead wandered fearfully outside the range covered by the light of the Qiming Tree.
The Qiming Tree did not care about the feelings of other creatures towards it, and twisted its branches like some abnormal-looking animal.
The light emitted from the fruit on the top of the branch, when it shone on the monsters under the power of the ranch, the monsters were immediately annihilated inch by inch as if they were burned.
"roar!"
The corpse beasts growled and retreated one after another.
For a moment, the entire battlefield fell into peace because of the Qiming Tree.
—But this peace was short-lived.
Through You Huan's extrasensory vision, he could see that the heat in the Qiming tree was being lost.
It should be a disposable item, not the complete Qiming Tree.
In half an hour at most, it will wither.
But half an hour is enough for these monsters beyond mortals on the battlefield to do a lot.
As the White Knights stood up, reorganized their ranks, and began to advance under the light of the Enlightenment Tree, the actions of the ranch forces in the rear of the battlefield also began to accelerate.
"Hurry up, speed up the transformation! We need a meat shield!"
The snow dust worms that had been secretly flying around to spy heard the hurried roars of zombies coming from the rear of the battlefield.
"Ouch—"
The wolf-like corpse beast stepped onto the hill outside the village and let out a threatening howl.
Dense groups of corpses and beasts then walked out from behind the hills, with pairs of creepy corpse-like eyes staring closely at a large village that was surrounded!
This town was located behind the war belt, the closest to the belt and the most populous ranch where humans lived.
The originally quiet and peaceful village was now filled with the roars of men, the cries of women, and the panicked sobbing of children.
All the residents were driven by the corpse beasts, like sheep driven by sheepdogs, and were pushed together to the square in the center of the town.
The small square could not accommodate the town's approximately 200 people, and many people were thrown to the ground in panic.
The crowd's footsteps mercilessly trampled on these people, squeezing their internal organs into meat paste.
Those who were still standing no longer cared about the safety of their compatriots. Everyone seemed to be stuffed into an ill-sized can, waiting for their fate in anxiety.
"What do you want to do? We haven't received any orders from the lord!" A brave man shouted in the crowd.
"Please let us go! Haven't we already handed in this quarter's food quota?" Some people were still begging desperately.
"Shut up, be quiet!" But the only answer they got was the impatient roar of a zombie.
"Awooo..." A dog-shaped corpse beast came to it and whimpered something to it.
After listening to the report from the corpse beast, the zombie looked even more anxious: "Hurry up, take out all the black dust ore! There is no time left on the front line!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several zombies subordinate to him drove a truck and rushed all the way to the side of the square.
Several zombies opened the door of the carriage and unlocked a lock inside the carriage.
Amid the rumbling sound of multiple gates opening, large clouds of black smoke floated out of the truck compartment, heading directly for the crowd in the square!
"Black dust! This is a high concentration of black dust!"
"Don't come over here!"
"Mom, I'm scared..."
"ah--!"
Black smoke enveloped the square and the crowd immediately became violently agitated.
"Chirp..." The snow dust bug that was lying on the roof and eavesdropping couldn't help but shrink the fur on its back when it saw this scene.
It is also a kind of corpse beast, so it naturally knows what is going on.
The ranch forces took out the processed black dust ore and let the black dust in the ore flow out, trying to use the high concentration of black dust to quickly turn the people in the entire town into corpses!
"Oh... uh..."
"it hurts..."
"I don't want to die!"
The high concentration of black dust was released for only a dozen seconds, and the sounds coming from the square completely shrouded in darkness began to change.
Living in a place surrounded by dead beasts and zombies, the concentration of black dust in the bodies of humans here is already very high.
If it weren't for the taste issue, the lord allocated a small piece of black dust mine that had been processed to absorb black dust to each village, and these people would have turned into zombies long ago.
At this moment, with such a high concentration of black dust pushing them, they immediately began the transformation of all members into zombies.
"It's time to join 'Rabid Dog'." The zombie leader at the side said at this time, and took out a small box made of black dust ore in his hand, and opened it with a "click".
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Particles of matter that were difficult to see with the naked eye were carried by the wind and floated into the square covered with black dust.
As if hearing some noise, a voice filled with endless resentment came from the black smoke:
"Peter, you were once a member of our town, why did you—uh uh uh ahhhh!"
The sound finally turned into a series of painful howls.
Soon after, more screams came out from the black dust. A large number of low or sharp human screams mixed together, almost turning into a high-frequency buzzing sound.
"...Why?" The zombie stood at the edge of the square and muttered to himself amidst the screams, "In this damn apocalypse, the only fate for humans is to be eaten. What can I do..."
"Who is it?!"
The next second, the zombie "Peter" seemed to realize something and turned back suddenly -
The sharp teeth flashed before my eyes.
With a "click", an animal head covered with snow-white hair bit deeply into its neck.
"Chi!" The snow dust insect, which was alone and helpless, saw You Huan coming and immediately flew over.
"…"
You Huan opened his mouth, looked at the zombie that fell powerlessly, licked the zombie's blood that was stained on the hair around his mouth, and felt a little complicated.
In order to avoid being eaten or slaughtered wantonly and living in fear every day, the ranch owner needs more intelligent zombies who can understand human language to manage his "farm"...
There are a small number of humans on the ranch who, like this zombie, actively accept the black dust and transform into zombies, transforming themselves from food into managers of the ranch.
This is also the way to survive.
However, after becoming a zombie, one's thinking will undergo a great change, and to become a zombie one needs to die once. Who knows whether the one who becomes a zombie is the original self or a new one?
What's more, once you become a zombie, your food will be changed to your former relatives, friends, or even your own children.
At least outside the ranch, because of the powerful human force of the church, the faith spread by the church, and the path of becoming a knight, there are not many people who voluntarily become zombies.
But is the church a good way?
At least You Huan doesn't think so.
He kicked the zombie's body aside and looked at the square amid the fearful eyes of the surrounding beasts and other zombies.
"..." The little girl hid behind him and looked at the square silently.
Although they rushed here as quickly as possible after receiving the news about the snow dust worms, they were still too late.
The darkness in the square has faded - the black dust has been absorbed by the crowd.
What was revealed was a hellish scene.
Densely packed corpses, rotting human bodies, were piled up on top of each other in the square.
Pairs of silent eyes filled with despair looked up at the sky.
"…Huh…"
Suddenly, the huge pile of corpses moved slightly, and the whole pile of corpses came back to life! (End of this chapter)