At this moment, Chen Chao had gained a brief moment of time and had already arrived at the entrance of the building. He quickly swiped the sensor key on the door, and the lock clicked open.
Just as Chen Chao entered the door, the golden dog angrily charged at him. It slammed into the door, and the loud crash immediately alerted the zombies on the first floor, who slowly wandered over.
Chen Chao quickly moved away from the door to avoid being detected by the zombies.
The golden dog was outside, barking and crashing into the iron door. Soon, it had attracted the zombies, who, sensing the smell of blood and flesh, began to roar excitedly. They pounded against the door with frenzied force. Under the impact of seven or eight zombies, the security door began to tremble, and the welds on the door frame quickly loosened, causing white stone powder to fall from the door.
Chen Chao saw that the security door was about to collapse. He quietly slipped behind the zombies and entered the elevator.
"Let them fight," he thought maliciously.
Even a mutated golden beast wouldn't be able to resist these zombies, which felt no pain. After all, it was still an immature golden beast—just a young one.
Taking the elevator back to the 18th floor, Chen Chao quickly entered his room. It didn't matter who won between the zombies and the golden dog; for him, it was irrelevant. He immediately picked up his binoculars and began observing the black SUV on the street.
There were some regular zombies wandering around the vehicle, but no special zombies.
Chen Chao wasn't in a hurry. Special zombies were rare, and the biological signal detector had a range of 30 miles. Within that range, there should be tens of thousands of zombies, so there was bound to be a special one sooner or later.
Given the transmission speed of the signals, it would take no more than two days for the signal to spread over the 30-mile radius.
Chen Chao felt relaxed and was prepared to wait two days.
Moreover, with the golden dog blocking the door downstairs, even if a special zombie arrived, he couldn't leave.
He could only wait!
During this waiting period, Chen Chao exercised daily, putting himself into the survival mindset from his past life: exercise and thinking!
When he was too tired to exercise, he would think about how to kill zombies!
These two things occupied all his time and thoughts, unlike people from the old world who had to work, socialize, hang out with friends, spend time with their wives, or watch movies and play games. A person, except for sleeping, had little time to reflect on their own life.
At night, Chen Chao occasionally used the binoculars to look outside. The bomb was remote-controlled, not a self-detonating type—such a bomb would be too easy to misfire. So, he chose to monitor it personally, waiting without sleep 24/7. With his willpower, he could go three days and nights without blinking an eye.
The remote switch was a phone, which he had rewritten the system for. It had only one function: to activate the bomb!
Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
During these two days, Chen Chao hadn't slept a single minute. He was constantly waiting by the window for the special zombie, but none appeared.
Chen Chao remained patient and continued to wait.
Another three days passed.
Chen Chao's eyes were heavy with dark circles from exhaustion. After five days and nights without sleep, he was beginning to reach his limits. He had no strength to exercise during the day and could only force himself to stay awake.
"Could the detector be malfunctioning?" Chen Chao wondered.
As the sun moved, it was noon. Chen Chao brought his meal to the window, eating while observing the black SUV outside.
He absentmindedly glanced up as he ate, without any expectations, but suddenly saw a figure on top of the black SUV. He quickly focused his gaze.
The strange posture, the grotesque appearance—it didn't seem like a special zombie...
Wait!
That was...
Chen Chao's pupils dilated as a terrifying name from the distant past came to mind. He quickly put down his bowl and grabbed his binoculars. Putting them to his eyes, he clearly saw the full appearance of the creature.
Yes, it was it. It was really it!
Chen Chao's face was full of shock, unable to believe it. He had waited five days and nights, not for a special zombie, but for a dangerous species!
In the later world, dangerous species were nightmarish existences. They were extremely rare, with only a handful in the entire world. Any dangerous species in the zombie world was a ruler-level terrifying being. Even an awakened person would be nothing more than food in its presence!
A dangerous species was a type of zombie that formed under extremely strict conditions. If one special zombie appeared in a thousand regular zombies, then in a thousand special zombies, there might be one dangerous species!
A dangerous species was formed by a genetic mutation of a special zombie. Not only did it retain the peculiar abilities of the special zombies, but it would also mutate and gain a second ability!
The evolutionary energy within them was known as multi-evolution energy, something sought after by evolutionaries. It was said that only three people in the top 100 of the global rankings had multi-evolution, possessing two special abilities!
This wasn't simply a matter of adding one power to another. The combined power of two special abilities was absolutely catastrophic!
The dangerous species on the SUV's roof appeared to be a human-animal hybrid. Except for the head, which still retained a human-like form, the rest of its body was covered in dark green scales, reflecting a cold gleam under the sunlight.
It was completely crouched on the SUV's roof, like a desert lizard. Its forelimbs had evolved into sharp claws, which lightly tapped against the car.
Chen Chao tightly gripped the modified bomb remote control.
Should he detonate it, or not?
If the bomb's destructive power were strong enough, Chen Chao would have decisively pressed the button, but he had only considered special zombies earlier. Therefore, the bomb's explosion strength had been calculated to only incapacitate a special zombie—not destroy it. If the blast was too strong, it could also destroy the energy within the dangerous species, which would be a waste.
And this dangerous species... just looking at the dense scales covering its body, it was clear how strong its defense was. If the bomb couldn't kill it and instead enraged it, once it started a massacre, Chen Chao wouldn't think a towel pressed against the door seam would be enough to hide from its detection!
He hesitated for three seconds.
Finally, he pressed the button decisively.
It was a gamble!
He didn't believe that this early-stage dangerous species was really that terrifying!
The moment he pressed it, a massive explosion rang out from the street outside the community. The black SUV erupted in flames, and the dangerous species on top, who had been tapping the window confusedly, was instantly thrown into the air.
The entire car was consumed by flames.
Chen Chao immediately locked onto the dangerous species with his binoculars. He saw it being thrown two or three meters high before crashing heavily onto the road. Blood trickled from the scales on its back, but it only had minor shock injuries. Its body and limbs were completely unharmed. It wasn't even incapacitated, let alone seriously injured!
Chen Chao's heart sank.