Chapter 30

Looking out through the car window, Tang Cheng found that there were a total of eleven mutated zombies. Of course, if you counted the one on the roof, it would be twelve. Each one had a green face with fangs, bloodshot eyes, and crawled on all fours like animals, while baring their teeth and glaring fiercely at the people inside the vehicle.

Jill had already started the bus, but facing so many mutated zombies, even she felt a bit nervous. In a moment of panic, the bus crashed heavily into a pillar behind it, causing the people inside to be jolted around. However, this also shook the mutated zombie on the roof off the bus.

Jill let out a sigh of relief, quickly calmed herself down, and stepped on the gas, sending the bus forward.

Two mutated zombies blocking the front were hit hard, their bodies flying backward and landing heavily on the concrete several meters away. However, such an impact seemed to do no damage to them; instead, it only further aroused their ferocity. They immediately got up and roared, charging at the bus.

Bang! Bang!

With the sound of gunfire, two bullets entered the heads of the two mutated zombies. It was Alice and Carlos who had already opened a small gap in the window and launched an attack.

"How is this possible! It's still not dead?" Seeing the zombie she had hit struggling to get up, seemingly still capable of attacking, Alice was shocked and quickly fired a few more shots.

"That's right, we don't know what's going on with these zombies. Although their heads are still their weak point, a single shot is no longer enough to kill them. Don't be careless!" Carlos warned, firing several more shots in quick succession, finally blowing the zombie's head apart and killing it.

"Damn, there are actually such zombies..." At the same time, Alice finished off her target, but the strong vitality of these mutated zombies left her deeply chilled.

"Trouble!" Following Jill's exclamation, everyone encountered the most pressing problem. Whether it was due to the consecutive collisions or something else, the bus was now unable to start.

Crack! Crack!

There was a faint sound of something being bitten through from under the bus. Everyone was initially stunned, then their faces changed dramatically.

"Damn! The zombies must have crawled under the bus and bitten through the wires!"

"They want to trap us here!"

"How is this possible? They are zombies, why would they do such a thing?"

"Who knows!"

"What should we do now?"

"Guard the windows, don't let them break in. We can only fight to the death!"

Everyone spoke in a flurry, but their actions were swift. They each guarded the windows to prevent the mutated zombies from breaking the glass and rushing in. Even Tang Ya and Su Xiaoqing joined the battle.

Only Tang Cheng and Angie did not move. One of them sat calmly in his seat, squinting his eyes to observe the situation outside, while the other crouched under the seat, trembling with fear.

Although Angie was also infected with the T-virus, she did not have the superhuman combat ability of Alice. She was just an ordinary elementary school student, and no one expected much from her. As for Tang Cheng, everyone knew he had been severely injured in the battle with the Hunter, so no one said much about it.

As the gunfire continued, everyone gradually realized the danger of the situation. These mutated zombies were not only fast and strong, but they could even dodge bullets!

Zombies, which had no intelligence and only knew how to eat, could now dodge bullets?

This gave everyone a very bad feeling.

Fortunately, their ammunition was still sufficient, and the number of zombies was not too many. As long as the firepower continued, the zombies would not be able to break through in the short term.

"It's the brain, isn't it?" Suddenly, Tang Cheng, who had been observing the zombies, spoke up.

Although everyone did not understand what he meant, they all perked up their ears.

"These zombies are different from ordinary zombies. They have no obvious wounds on their bodies, suggesting they turned into zombies after normal deaths, meaning they were not bitten by other zombies before dying. Therefore, their bodies remained largely intact, and their internal neural structures were undamaged. Then, due to the mutation of the T-virus, they evolved!"

Tang Cheng smiled slightly, "Of course, I don't know how they evolved, but based on my personal speculation, their evolution must have occurred in the brain. After all, they are different from ordinary zombies; their eyes have a glint, indicating they are not mindless puppets. Although their intelligence may not be high, they have at least developed a certain level of logic, which is evident from their ability to dodge your attacks. Ordinary zombies would never do that."

"Moreover, the activated brains likely retain the consciousness and desires of their former owners. What kind of desires? Well, a dying person might wish to live, a paralyzed person might wish to walk, and a weak person might wish to become strong. These are basic human desires. The brain, receiving these desires, instinctively issues commands to the body, giving it a second life. Unsatisfied with this, the brain further activates muscle cells and other tissues, allowing the originally slow-moving zombies to gain speed and strength comparable to or even greater than their former selves. Thus, these mutated zombies have appeared before us."

"..." After hearing this, everyone looked at him with shock. They had never expected that, upon first encountering these mutated zombies, Tang Cheng could analyze so much. Regardless of whether his analysis was correct, his intellect was already far beyond their reach.

Moreover, this guy could show such a serious expression, which was too unscientific!

"What, do you have different opinions?" Tang Cheng asked with a smile.

We don't have your kind of imagination, and this isn't the time to discuss it... Tang Ya muttered to herself but said, "Although your analysis is logical, it sounds too unrealistic."

Tang Cheng smiled faintly, "Many years ago, people also thought flying was unrealistic. The human brain is far more mysterious than you can imagine. You can never know how powerful it is."

"Then, according to you, if these zombies want to fly, they could eventually fly into the sky?" Su Xiaoqing couldn't help but say.

Her comment was a bit nitpicky, but Tang Cheng nodded with a smile, "Yes, that's exactly what I think. Not only flying into the sky, but I believe that if they continue to evolve, even giving birth to children is not impossible. Of course, this evolutionary method likely has flaws, such as their animal-like movement on all fours, which I see as a reversion to an ancestral state. However, another evolution might eliminate this flaw... It's truly fascinating. I can't wait to see what the final stage of their evolution will look like. Perhaps they will become the legendary vampires, ha ha."

"I don't know if zombies can give birth, or if they will become vampires, or what's so interesting about it. All I know is that if you keep discussing this endlessly, we will all die here!" Jill's stern voice interrupted.

Tang Ya and Su Xiaoqing blushed, feeling ashamed. Spending too much time with Tang Cheng had made them lose their sense of danger. At such a critical moment, they were still chatting with him, which was simply reckless.

Tang Cheng, however, stood up with a smile, looking relaxed, "Don't be too nervous, it's just a few mutated zombies... Lu Xiaotian, give me that thing."

"Eh, what?"

"The goddess's underwear."

"Huh?" Lu Xiaotian was stunned, his eyes showing a hint of embarrassment. With so many girls present, Tang Cheng actually wanted him to take out a pair of underwear, which was...

"You... what do you need that for?"

"Of course, it's useful. Stop asking so many questions and give it to me quickly. If you dawdle, the zombies will break in." Tang Cheng said impatiently.

"O... okay." After hesitating for two seconds, Lu Xiaotian finally took the goddess's underwear from his backpack and handed it to Tang Cheng.

Then, Tang Cheng did something that made everyone look at him with disdain and avert their eyes. He... he actually brought the underwear to his nose and sniffed it!

Oh, wait!

What is he doing? He even stuck out his tongue and licked it!

Is this guy even human?

At that moment, everyone was speechless, almost stopping their attacks. Even Lu Xiaotian, a shut-in who lived in the third dimension but had his heart in the second, looked at Tang Cheng as if he were a god. Although he didn't deny that there were some perverts who would lick women's underwear, and many more who would smell it (he himself had occasionally smelled his cousin's underwear, though it was washed), he had never thought, nor believed, that anyone would do such a thing in front of everyone.

If someone really did it, they were either insane or a super pervert!

And Tang Cheng not only did it but even savored it after licking, though his face showed a serious expression. He said sternly, "As I expected, it's just as I predicted. The smell is indeed similar to that of a woman's underwear, but the actual taste is clearly not that of a woman's bodily fluids. No one knows this better than I do. The taste is more like that of a corpse covered in honey... Yes, this confirms my hypothesis."

"Although I don't know what your hypothesis is, I want to ask... what did you do before?" Tang Ya's face twisted. Knowing the taste of a woman's bodily fluids and the taste of a corpse made her almost unable to imagine his profession. Even the New Oriental Cooking School couldn't produce such a person.

The others felt the same way, a mix of emotions in their hearts, hard to define. The only benefit was that Tang Cheng's shocking actions had somewhat alleviated their tension and anxiety.

"Writer." Tang Cheng answered.

A writer? Are all writers like you, perverts?

As if knowing their thoughts, Tang Cheng laughed, "You must think I'm a pervert, right? Yes, I am a pervert!"

This tone of not being ashamed but proud of it was really strange.

"But what you see is just the surface. You don't understand the true meaning behind my actions. To you, it's just a pair of underwear, but to me..." As he spoke, Tang Cheng casually tore off a piece of the curtain, "It's no different from this curtain. They are both just props, the only difference being their purpose."

"Similarly, the words 'underwear' and 'curtain' are just words, the only difference being what they represent. If we erase all our knowledge and start anew, underwear can be a curtain, and a curtain can be underwear. So, names are just labels, like our names, and what truly matters is not the surface meaning but the function of the object."

With that, Tang Cheng casually threw the curtain aside, holding the underwear in both hands, "So, although it's called the goddess's underwear, if we ignore its surface image, it can also be the goddess's glory, the goddess's scepter, the goddess's shield, or even the goddess's crown... Names are just labels, and what they are called is not important."

"..."

Everyone was stunned, feeling something was off but unable to refute it.

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