CHAPTER 55: CHAPTER 55: I MUST HELP DAD BREAK FREE FROM THE CORPSE KING’S CONTROL! (PART 2)

Ji Ruxue stood on the balcony on the seventh floor, and her whole being felt a bit numb.

In her past life memories, there are many types of evolved zombies, among which there is an extremely rare existence.

Survivors also refer to this type of zombie as king zombies.

From the outside, king zombies seem no different from ordinary zombies, blending into the horde without any noticeable differences.

Although these king zombies are evolved zombies, they don’t possess the extremely strong physique or super defense of tank-type zombies.

Nor do they have the terrifying speed or intense aggression of agile-type zombies.

Their appearance doesn’t drastically change with evolution, nor do they awaken peculiar special abilities like other elemental zombies.

In fact, in terms of combat power, king zombies aren’t always stronger than other evolved zombies.

King zombies possess only one talent, but this talent power is terrifyingly potent in the apocalypse, striking fear into countless people: they can command other zombies!

These king zombies, capable of leading their kind, are also known by survivors as Corpse Kings.

Because in this apocalyptic world, they truly are like supreme rulers, leading zombie armies rampaging and leaving desolation in their wake!

For other evolved zombies, humans have methods to deal with them; but when it comes to Corpse Kings, everyone dreads facing them.

Ji Ruxue had encountered a Corpse King in her past life.

At that time, Ji Ruxue joined a very powerful survivor base, surrounded by sturdy defenses and with strong military reserves and numerous evolution teams.

Such a survivor base, if continuously developed, would inevitably give rise to many human elites in the future.

However, what terrified Ji Ruxue and all the survivors within the camp was, in a silent and dark night,

A bizarre tremor suddenly resonated on the originally calm street, followed by a torrential downpour.

Lightning streaked through the night sky, and the sentries on the city walls discovered a massive corpse tide outside the base.

Numerous zombies frantically charged toward the base, and crucially the traps designed to target zombies around the base were eerily bypassed by these zombies.

This corpse tide seemed to be controlled by someone, able to acutely attack the weak points of the base.

Initially, the base didn’t take the corpse tide seriously, but soon paid the price for their negligence.

Lax defenses allowed a large number of zombies to flood the base front.

Moreover, hidden among the vast corpse tide were many powerful evolved zombies.

When the corpse tide reached the city walls of the base, these evolved zombies finally revealed their claws.

By then, the human survivors were too late to defend and thus Ji Ruxue’s survivor base was brutally destroyed by this terrifying corpse tide.

The reason this corpse tide could bypass human traps and focus attacks during human defense was due to the command of a Corpse King!

Though Corpse Kings lack combat ability themselves, they possess formidable intelligence not inferior to humans.

The key is they can transform these brainless, bloodthirsty zombies into a powerful army, even controlling evolved zombies!

Realizing this, Ji Ruxue felt momentarily incredulous.

To know that king zombies are extremely rare, even among a hundred thousand zombies, it’s hard to find one.

Could it be that she and zombie dad are just so unlucky, encountering a Corpse King in the Sunshine District?

Recalling how these zombies got along peacefully with each other just now, and appeared disciplined.

Gathered twenty or so zombies together, not at all showing signs of bloodlust, but rather like a team on a mission!

Such a bizarre scene, unless orchestrated by a Corpse King in the background, otherwise it’s unlikely to appear this way.

Ordinary zombies would dread the oppressive presence of evolved zombies, avoiding them, while evolved zombies would fight viciously over each other’s crystal cores.

How could it possibly be a peaceful coexistence as she witnessed?

"Could it be that dad and other evolved zombies are under the command of the Corpse King within this district?!"

Or maybe, dad is the Corpse King?

This thought was instantly dismissed by Ji Ruxue as soon as it occurred to her.

Because in Ji Ruxue’s memory, Corpse Kings lack strong combat power, but have exceptionally high intelligence.

Hence, such zombies hide their identity to live more safely, naturally staying out of sight.

Corpse Kings typically hide away somewhere, commanding other zombies to act for them, even during corpse tides, they remain concealed.

But today her zombie dad actually went along with the zombie horde, which is a taboo for Corpse Kings.

For caution, Corpse Kings absolutely avoid exposing themselves to danger.

Furthermore, wherever a Corpse King appears, there must be a multitude of zombies around, providing it a sense of security.

But her zombie dad...

Apart from honing combat skills or occasionally going out, he mostly spends time with her.

She, just a tiny infant, certainly cannot provide any sense of security to a Corpse King...

It’s like a chess game where there are always soldiers flanking the king.

But except for today, Ji Ruxue has never seen other zombies around dad before.

Moreover, based on Ji Ruxue’s knowledge, Corpse Kings have a strong sense of race.

And they are violent, extremely bloodthirsty, enjoying consuming fresh flesh, typically emitting a heavy scent of blood.

However, zombie dad isn’t just not smelly, he even has a fragrance.

Besides, with a Corpse King’s personality, they wouldn’t take in a human infant and even care for her daily.

She hasn’t even seen zombie dad losing his temper.

Based on these, Ji Ruxue temporarily ruled out the possibility of zombie dad being the Corpse King.

However, her zombie dad also belongs to evolved zombies, and still must obey the Corpse King hidden in the district.

Ji Ruxue suspects that zombie dad’s ability to adopt her is largely due to retained human-like consciousness in his mind.

Allowing dad, though controlled by the Corpse King, to still make decisions independently.

No, I must find a way to free dad from the Corpse King’s control!

Helping zombie dad break free from control is simple because a Corpse King finds it hard to control beings vastly superior in level.

So, by seizing lots of zombie crystal cores for dad to consume, and raising his level far above the Corpse King’s, he naturally becomes immune to its control.

Ji Ruxue looked at the zombies below, a cold gleam flashing in her eyes.

"Hmph! Who cares about the damned Corpse King, my dad Ji Ruxue can’t be ordered around by a creature like you!"

"You’d better keep hidden in the neighborhood, or if I find you, I’ll definitely kill you!"

...

Lu Chuan, with an additional evolved Corpse Puppet, was quite cheerful at the moment, unaware that he and his puppet have already been added to Little Qiqi’s death note...

After returning with ’Lightning Two,’ Lu Chuan began assigning tasks.

’Da Pang,’ continued sitting at the district gate wielding dual hammers, his huge size and defensive capabilities are wasted if not guarding the entrance.

As agile zombies, ’Lightning’ and ’Lightning Two’ each led ten fully armed ordinary Corpse Puppets to patrol the district.

Seeing each puppet team in its role, Lu Chuan nodded with satisfaction; he aims to turn the whole district into his impregnable fortress!