It was already early summer, two and a half years after the apocalypse, but at this moment, Zhang Xiaoqiang's body was still shivering from the cold. His wet clothes were sticking to his body, making him feel uncomfortable. The water droplets on his hair were like raindrops on the roof, flowing down his neck and into his chest, making him want to take off his clothes and dry himself. The big water snake didn't have these problems. It had just swallowed a crystal, making it feel very carefree. Its thick and long snake body was twisting and turning. It brought Zhang Xiaoqiang with it and quickly swam down, leaving the endless zombies behind them.
The zombies were lined up along the embankment. As far as the eye could see, it was a black mass. The black sea of zombies was magnificent. A long river separated the sea of zombies from the other side of the river. It was like the dividing line between night and day. There were many floating corpses on the surface of the river. Countless corpses were rolling on the surface of the river. From time to time, there would be corpses being washed to the bottom of the river by the current. Suddenly, the zombies in the river were all alive.
After continuously swimming down for more than half an hour, the number of zombie corpses on the surface of the river didn't decrease. Instead, there were more and more corpses, especially on the sandbanks or the riverbanks. Countless corpses piled up on top of the corpses. Crabs the size of washbasins were feasting on the corpses. Their huge claws were bigger than a pair of pliers, easily tearing off the swollen flesh of the zombies that had been soaked in the river and breaking the bones of the zombies. After a slight count, there were actually hundreds and thousands of these big crabs. It was as if countless green washbasins had flipped over and were moving on the riverbank by themselves.
Crabs were delicious, but Zhang Xiaoqiang had no appetite for these things. Not only crabs, as long as it was aquatic products from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, he would not eat them. With so many zombies dying in the Yangtze River, God knows how fat the fish and prawns in the water could be. If he saw an animal eating a zombie, it would be fine if he didn't see it with his own eyes, but if he saw it with his own eyes, he would not eat it even if he was beaten to death.
"Hua la …"
The sound of water splashing came from the right side of the river. Zhang Xiaoqiang and the big water snake turned their heads to look, but the big water snake shook its head and ignored them. Zhang Xiaoqiang saw the zombies in the water splashing, and understood that the zombie corpses on the river surface did not float down from behind. The number of zombies had reached tens of millions, and along the river for hundreds of miles was filled with zombies. Countless zombies crowded on the river bank, and if they were not careful, they would fall like dumplings. Once they fell into the river, the zombies would no longer have the chance to survive. Thinking up to here, Zhang Xiaoqiang felt that he could do something.
There were layers upon layers of zombie corpses on the riverbank. Countless crabs were crawling on top of the corpses to eat. In addition to those crabs of different sizes, there were also many small mutated beasts in the middle, timidly avoiding the large shells and finding their own food to chew and tear. There were such mutated beasts everywhere along the river. Many of these small mutated beasts looked completely different from before the end of the world. Even a zoologist might not be able to recognize them. Zhang Xiaoqiang did not care about these mutated beasts that were no bigger than his knees. However, when he saw the sea of zombies, he had a new idea. These mutated beasts became the best tools in his mind.
Three blue-furred mutated beasts with thick hind legs were squatting around the corpse and eating. The corpse had just been washed ashore. Half of its limbs were soaked in the water, and the tail of one of the mutated beasts that was tearing out its internal organs was also soaked in the water. Most of the hairy tail was wet in the water, and it looked like a shrunken stick. Suddenly, this shrunken stick fell off the butt of the mutated beast, and the next second, blood spurted out from the mouth of the tail, dying a large area of the water red like a fountain. A miserable scream came out from the mouth of the small mutated beast, and the other two mutated beasts that were eating immediately turned around and fled. Like two shadows, they instantly disappeared from the embankment. The other mutated beasts also threw down the corpse and ran towards the embankment. Following at the back was a mutated beast that had lost its balance while running, and blood was dripping from its butt. In just three to five seconds, there was not a single mutated beast left by the river bank. What was left were the big crabs that were happily eating, and the big tail that was left by the river bank.
Zhang Xiaoqiang and the big water snake rushed to the riverbank. The big snake fiercely bit the big crab that was crawling on the riverbank. With a crunching sound, the crab was bitten and swallowed by the water snake. Zhang Xiaoqiang picked up the tail that was still dripping with blood. Holding the tail, Zhang Xiaoqiang turned his head to look at the zombies on the other side of the river. His heart was somewhat hesitant. If he was not careful, what would he do if he attracted the zombies to cross the river again?
Without waiting for him to break free from his tangled thoughts, a burst of strange cries resounded beside him. Countless big crabs suddenly became violent and surrounded Zhang Xiaoqiang. He was so scared that he immediately jumped back onto the back of the big snake. By the time he pulled out the Rat King Blade and prepared to kill, he discovered that these crabs were all rushing towards the big water snake. The big snake's scales were hard, and its pincers that could easily break bones were useless against the scales. The big snake was very fond of these things, and it happily ate them one by one. Zhang Xiaoqiang didn't know how the crabs communicated, but after the first crab was eaten by the water snake, the other crabs all exploded. This thing had never met a natural enemy in the lower reaches of the river. Once it met one, it would not think of running away, but to fight back with all its might.
The crab's resistance made the water snake very happy. This way, it didn't need to chase everywhere, and only needed to stay where it was. Zhang Xiaoqiang, who was standing on the back of the water snake, sighed as he held the mutated beast's big tail. This Xiao Hei seemed to have no good other than eating. Previously, it had eaten a lot of S2 zombies, and later on, it had eaten no less than a few hundred pounds of black prawns. Now, it began to eat crabs. God knows why its appetite was so good. Wasn't it said that snakes could eat for a week or even a month?
Each crab weighed about 30 to 50 pounds, and had a greenish black crab shell and a pair of furry pincers that looked like steel. In the mouth of the water snake, they were like eggshells. The water snake was also afraid of Zhang Xiaoqiang's urging, so it ate one crab at a time, like a chicken pecking at rice. In just two or three bites, it had cleared the 20 large crabs surrounding it. Without waiting for the other crabs to crawl over, it turned around and retreated into the river.
The winding tens of thousands of miles of the Yangtze River was majestic, it was the mother river that had nurtured the Chinese civilization for 5000 years. The lower reaches of the river had already been occupied by a sea of zombies. If there were more than 10,000 people, the sea of zombies would be endless. If there were more than 10,000 zombies, it would be the same. Furthermore, the number of zombies had increased by 5000 times. The sea of zombies was like a black cloud, it had reached the point where it could make one's hair stand on end. When Zhang Xiaoqiang and Yuri had flown over half a year ago, they had already seen the scale of the sea of zombies. At that time, the sea of zombies had already covered a radius of a few hundred miles. Every crevice on the ground had been occupied by these black zombies. The feeling of the black precipitate had caused Zhang Xiaoqiang and Yuri to be unable to breathe. Therefore, Zhang Xiaoqiang understood the scale of the zombies, and also understood the danger he would face in the future.
The reason why Zhang Xiaoqiang killed those Type 4 zombies and the Type Z zombies was to plan for the future. His experience in the apocalypse had turned him into an opportunist, he would not let go of any opportunity to weaken the zombies. It was the same just now, and it was the same now. The tail that was dripping with blood was Zhang Xiaoqiang's bait, and the agile body of the water snake was his mount.
The water snake carried Zhang Xiaoqiang in the middle of the river. Zhang Xiaoqiang held onto the tail and thought, how many zombies should he lure to jump into the river this time?
And what kind of battle goal did he hope to achieve?
And the reaction of the Type Z zombies to him. Weakening the zombies was his goal, but he did not want to completely anger the zombies. This was because he did not want the zombies to cross the river. Once the zombies cross the river, they would converge with the zombies in Jiangbei. God knows if they would be able to form hundreds of millions of zombies. At least in Jiangnan's territory, the zombies would move slower, and the losses would be greater.
Slowly swimming in the middle of the river, a gust of wind blew past. Zhang Xiaoqiang could not help but shiver, the cold seemed to penetrate into his bones. The river bank was densely packed with zombies, causing him to be dazzled for a moment. The big snake under his feet seemed to have something wrong, it was getting slower and slower, as if it was tired. Zhang Xiaoqiang could not help but use his strength to stamp his feet, which made the water snake more energetic. It used its tail to slap the surface of the river, bringing Zhang Xiaoqiang to continue swimming forward.
Along the way, there were zombies rolling down from time to time, or splashing into the water, or silently being submerged. Looking at the entire river bank, there were zombies rolling down like charcoal, causing Zhang Xiaoqiang to be excited. If the zombies could stay here forever, there would be a day when all the zombies would be washed into the sea by the river. Although it was only his imagination, it was enough to make him excited. At this time, a bridge that spanned across the river entered his eyes. This bridge was connected to Jiangnan's Jiangbei, and in the middle was a triangular sandbar. The bridge also had traces of being blown up by someone. It was obvious that before the apocalypse, the army that had withdrawn from Jiangnan had blown up the bridge to stop the zombies from chasing.
There were many roads on the triangular sandbar, and the suspension bridge that spanned across the river was connected by a flyover, connecting the traffic of the sandbar town. The blown up bridge was only 100m away from the sandbar, and the bridgehead was crowded with countless zombies. From time to time, zombies would be pushed off the bridge and fall into the water, creating a water column that was more than 10m high. Seeing the zombies on the bridge, Zhang Xiaoqiang suddenly had an idea. There was no other reason, only the zombies on the bridge were evolved zombies. He did not know how the zombies were arranged, the ordinary zombies were all surrounding the riverside, but the bridgehead was filled with tall D2 zombies …