Living Dead's

Chapter 43 - Meeting

At 4:00 a.m., the dormitory

Xi Zihe gathered the rest of the special forces squad members in the warehouse to rethink the events they had just faced. Naturally, Shen Yuan, Song Yi, and Wei Qian were inside there. Not to miss the two brats who should have slept but insisted on coming along, Feifei and He Zhao.

Xi Zihe leaned against the goods shelf, looking at the people in front of him with a serious look. "What do you think of those zombies?"

Everyone seemed to dissolve in their minds, so Xi Zihe had to call them, "Dad, you say your opinion first."

Shen Yuan, who had focused her eyes to look at the ground, finally looked up, looking straight at Xi Zihe.

"They can think." He continued, "Although it was just the most primitive hunting instinct like besieging. But the zombie also leads the other zombies, this is not normal."

Silence fell inside the warehouse.

Yang Ruisi suddenly raised her voice, "Do you think that if this virus is not overcome soon they will also be able to think further?"

They're all goosebumps. To overcome the zombies that do not make sense, they already find it difficult and take a lot of casualties. They could not imagine what if the zombies could think of a strategy to hunt humans, it was certain that mankind would become extinct faster.

Shen Yuan nodded his head incantation, "That's for sure."

Yao Yue suddenly interjected, "Not only that, but that big-bodied zombie leader is also immune to ordinary bullets."

Li Yan ruffled her hair in frustration, "That's right, damn it! I was so confused when my bullet couldn't get through it."

Li Yan then continued with vigor. "Say, is that zombie similar to the oni in Demon Slayer?"

Everyone, ".............oni?"

Li Yan saw that everyone did not understand, so he continued with vigor. "Anime japan! Holy hooch! Have you never seen it?"

Shen Yuan shook his head in surprise, yet he caught the helpless expression on the faces of all the members of the special forces, it seemed like they were already familiar with the scene.

Shen Yuan heard Yao Yue whisper, "Damn, Li Yan, the otaku is starting again..."

"Listen, in that anime, the more oni ate humans, the stronger he would be! Not even a sword can slash his neck!"

Everyone is silent. Xi Zihe and the other members continued to rub his temples. However Li Yan did not care and continued to babble.

"Damn! Though my waifu Hatsune Miku put out the latest song but I haven't had time to watch it because there is no internet. Hicks!"

He continued speaking while wiping away the imaginary tears, "Hiks, even I didn't know my waif was alive or dead! Damn these zombies! I want to see the goddess Miku!!"

Li Yan, for 28 years of her life had never experienced a romantic relationship with anyone and only liked 2D beauty. Often fantasizes about having a wife like Hatsune Miku. Until his 18th birthday, he bought a human-sized Hatsune Miku cushion, which is still in his room.

But due to the outbreak of the zombie virus, Li Yan was very worried about the safety of his 'wife' who was in his room.

Shen Yuan, Song Yi and Wei Qian were made gawk by Li Yan's speech. They never knew that Li Yan, the most talkative in the special forces squad turned out to be an acute otaku.

While Li Yan was still rambling on his own, Xi Zihe finally came to a realization to continue their meeting.

With a tired voice Xi Zihe said, "Ehem, let him babble and cry himself."

Yang Ruisi raised her hand and gave her opinion, "Captain, although Li Yan's words have not been proven valid, yet it is not unreasonable."

He thought for a moment and continued, "Maybe. It's possible that they'll get stronger if they eat a lot of people."

The others became silent.

"It's getting more and more troublesome." Wen Fan who was silent finally spoke up. "The more you eat, the stronger. How do we know that the zombie has eaten so many people? How do you distinguish?"

If only I could be a thousand shadows, Xi Zihe thought. But he immediately shook his head, thinking he might be getting along too much with Li Yan gave him goosebumps.

Everyone looked at him, waiting for the next step.

Xi Zihe took a deep breath, and closed his eyes for a moment. When his eyes opened again, he had already finished arranging his messy thoughts.

"For the time being, we are focusing on going to the main military base. Once we get there, we'll give you all the information we got."

Xi Zihe looked at everyone one by one, "For zombies who have this ability, we still don't know exactly what the cause is. So, you're forbidden to tell other civilians so they don't panic."

All nodded in unison. Yao Yue raised his hand and asked, "What would we do if we were to meet this oni?"

Xi Zihe scolded, "Just call it a special-ability zombie, don't call it an oni!" Then he replied, "We'll think about the moment it comes, maybe we'll just avoid it for now. Because we're short of ammo."

Yao Yue nodded in understanding.

Xi Zihe turned his gaze to He Zhao, "Xiao Zhao, how's your search going?"

He Zhao was startled as he was suddenly called, he stood up nervously. "I'm thinking of looking one way in one day."

Xi Zihe, "So you need four days to search in every direction of the breeze?" He Zhao nodded.

Xi Zihe thought and finally made a decision. "Then if He Zhao can't find transportation in three days, we'll just get the hell out of this place."

There are no military barracks in the city. The nearest military barracks were in the town of H, which was two more towns away from where they were.

They nodded in agreement.

"Hachooo! Oh, come. Next time can't we just have a meeting in the building?" Lu Lin rubbed his nose until it was red.

Lu Lin spent a full 3 hours washing clothes and bathing to remove the foul smell. But now he was dragged to a meeting in a warehouse that did not have a heater. He felt very cold.

Xi Zihe could only laugh in pity, "Meeting is done. You can come back."

People eventually stretched themselves out, and prepared to return to the room to make up for their sleep.

Shen Yuan had also prepared to return with Feifei, but Xi Zihe's voice stopped him.

"Dad, you stay here."

Shen Yuan was sure this person was intentional. Every time she wanted to go with her daughter, Xi Zihe always asked her to do things randomly.

He asked coldly, "Everything else you need?"

"I want to discuss with you. It's important."

Shen Yuan who had not wanted to listen, became serious after seeing Xi Zihe's eyes that didn't seem to be joking. So he turned around, and slightly bowed his body towards Feifei. "You go to sleep first. I still have to talk to Uncle Xi."

"I understand, Father." Shen Yuan gently patted his head.

After Feifei exited the warehouse door, all the gentleness was gone from his eyes. He turned towards Xi Zihe, "Now what?"

"I don't need to talk at length, because I'm sure you're thinking about it too."

Xi Zihe stared at the cold expression on Shen Yuan's face. "Are you also thinking of making antibodies out of Xiao Fei's blood?"

Shen Yuan's expression became increasingly cold.