Chapter 4

"Ah!!!"

The blonde woman, who was bitten by Rocky, immediately let out a painful scream, struggling desperately to break free from Rocky's embrace.

However, soon after, Rocky released the blonde woman, a strange expression on his face.

"Ah! Help! Help me!"

After being released by Rocky, the blonde woman, in a panic, covered her bleeding neck, enduring the intense pain, and ran away in a panic. At that moment, she felt as if she had just escaped from the wolf's den only to fall into the tiger's lair.

In her panic, the blonde woman did not notice that the direction she was fleeing in was the same direction that the group of men had fled earlier.

"I didn't expect that even after turning into a zombie, I would lose my sense of taste. In that case, eating in the future will feel completely meaningless," Rocky said to himself with a hint of helplessness after the blonde woman had run far away.

"Didn't you just bite into her flesh and eat it?"

At that moment, Reimu, who was standing nearby, asked in shock. She, too, had been injected with the GTC zombie virus and knew her current state. As a fully transformed zombie, she had no resistance to the flesh of living humans.

So, for Rocky to let go of the meat that was right in front of him was an incomprehensible act to her. This made Reimu start to doubt whether Rocky had truly become a zombie like her. If Rocky was really a zombie, it was terrifying—his self-control was too frightening.

For a moment, Reimu really had the illusion that Rocky was a demon king, as if only a demon king who controlled all negative emotions could so easily control his desires and instincts.

"Yeah, it's not mealtime yet, right? I was just conducting a simple little experiment," Rocky said with a mischievous smile. "You'll see a good show soon."

"Mealtime..." Reimu was speechless. Soon, the sound of chaos came from the nearby forest. With the abnormally sharp hearing provided by his zombie body, Rocky quickly pinpointed the source of the noise.

"The infection is spreading faster than I thought," Rocky said, slightly surprised, and quickly ran toward the source of the sound.

Soon, he arrived at the scene of the chaos. Rocky found that the area had turned into a bloody hell, with torn flesh and intestines scattered everywhere. In the center, the blonde woman, with her back to Rocky, was crouched on a man's stomach, her head moving up and down.

Seemingly sensing someone approaching from behind, the blonde woman suddenly lifted her head, her neck twisting 180 degrees to look at Rocky. In her mouth was a bloody piece of flesh, and her face was covered in blood, making her look like a character from a horror movie.

Seeing this bizarre scene, Rocky looked unusually excited and asked Reimu, "What do you think? Isn't it a good show? A woman who was just weak and helpless a moment ago has now single-handedly killed four burly men. Tell me, if we organize an army of zombies like this, do you think we have a chance to defeat the invincible King Arthur, Artoria Pendragon?"

"It's not that easy," Reimu immediately poured cold water on the idea. "If it were the Arthur of the ordinary world, your zombie army would sweep through this small Britain like a tsunami. But don't forget, this is the Moon Cell world, where magic, fairies, and even dragons exist. Your zombie army would be no match for these legendary beings!"

"I see, I see. I've learned a lot," Rocky said, feigning a teachable demeanor. In reality, he knew everything Reimu had said. In the real world, he was a typical otaku who stayed at home, and he was very familiar with the setting of the Moon Cell world. On this Earth of the Moon Cell world, besides the powerful Servants who could easily destroy cities, there were also several Dead Apostles who could easily bring about the end of the world. So, when he first thought about a plan to deal with Arthur, he had already considered various possible developments.

"Hmph! I'm not talking to you anymore," Reimu said with a slight pout, disappearing from sight.

"Do cute girls nowadays all like to act tsundere?" Rocky sighed, looking at the Q-version Reimu who had vanished, and then turned his attention back to the blonde zombie, who had lowered her head to continue feeding.

"Come here," Rocky said coldly to the blonde zombie.

However, the blonde zombie seemed completely unmoved.

"Is it possible that they have no intelligence at all?" Rocky frowned slightly. If the zombies had no intelligence, it would be very difficult for him to control them, and he would need to completely redesign his plan.

But at that moment, a strange idea flashed through Rocky's mind, and he made a series of low, strange sounds with his throat.

"Guruguruguru."

Upon hearing Rocky's voice, the blonde zombie immediately made the same sound in response, which instantly translated in Rocky's mind as "As you command, my master."

The blonde zombie abandoned the fresh meat in front of her, walked to Rocky, and knelt down respectfully, as if swearing allegiance to him.

"I see... But it makes sense. If I can retain intelligence, it's impossible for my direct infection to leave no trace of intelligence," Rocky mused to himself. As a special existence, zombies had indeed completely diverged from their original human forms, even having their own unique language for communication.

After a short while, through communication with the zombies, Rocky learned that the blonde woman was the daughter of a nearby farmer, named Michelle. She had been out picking mushrooms when she was suddenly chased by a group of bandits and fled to this place. According to her description, outside this forest was a small town, which would be an ideal location for the first "recruitment."

While Rocky was talking to Michelle, the burly men she had cruelly killed also came back to life due to the zombie virus.

However, after a series of experiments, Rocky discovered, somewhat helplessly, that the zombies infected by Michelle seemed to have no intelligence at all, acting only on instinct.

Fortunately, as the source of the virus and the highest-ranking zombie, Rocky had absolute control over these lower-level zombies, able to drive them in a fixed direction or keep them in one place.

Although it was not as he had initially envisioned, Rocky could勉强 accept it. Looking at his five subordinates, Rocky showed a sinister smile and said excitedly, "So, King Arthur, let's play a game. Let's see if you, who don't understand human hearts, can kill me, or if I can corrupt and destroy all of Britain."

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