Chapter 6

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Rhodes felt his head aching when he saw the zombie was unaffected. The battle had dragged on for too long. Fortunately, there was only one zombie now. If there were another one, he probably would not be able to defend himself from being attacked from two sides.

If more zombies appeared, he would be exhausted to death sooner or later!

After all, there were more than 10 million people in New York.

Rhodes did not dare to be careless. After kicking the zombie again, he hurriedly searched for something useful in the bedroom.

He opened the wardrobe; there was nothing!

He looked under the bed; there was nothing!

When he finally opened the cabinet under the television, his eyes lit up!

He found a knife wrapped in canvas lying in the cabinet drawer. The knife was not big; it was only about the length of his forearm, and its width was about the size of his palm.

He picked up the knife excitedly and tentatively touched its blade with his fingers. Then, his excitement was instantly reduced by half! The knife was blunt!

At this moment, the zombie pounced on him again.

He shook his head as he thought to himself, ‘If it’s blunt, then I’ll just use it like a brick.’

With this thought in mind, he raised the knife up high before smashing it down on the zombie’s arm.

A muffled sound rang in the air when Rhodes broke the zombie’s arm.

Alas, the zombie’s momentum did not decrease. It used its remaining hand and aimed for Rhodes’ heart.

Rhodes did not dare to be careless. He rolled on the ground and slipped behind the zombie.

The zombie was stunned. Where did the human go? It searched around in confusion.

While the zombie was looking around in confusion, Rhodes definitely would not show it mercy. ‘I’ll kill you when you’re unaware!’

Rhodes raised the knife in his hand and cut the zombie’s neck. Unfortunately, the knife was no different from a straw. It did not cause any damage at all. On the contrary, the rebound almost made him lose his grip.

Roar!

The zombie spun around and roared angrily as it tried to grab Rhodes with one hand.

Rhodes slapped away the zombie’s hand before he raised the knife again and smashed it on the zombie’s head.

This time, the blunt knife showed that it still had a little use.

A half-a-finger deep gash could be seen on the zombie’s head. It seemed like this attack affected it since its movement began to slow down.

Upon seeing this, Rhodes was overjoyed. While the zombie seemed to be in a daze, he kicked it away again. Then, he rushed forward, raising the knife in his hand before he attacked the zombie in a frenzy.

In just one second, Rhodes managed to land three or four cuts on the existing wound on the zombie’s head. The gash became bigger and bigger; the brain matter began to slowly flow out of the huge gash.

At this moment, the zombie was already on the ground. However, its body was still twitching.

Rhodes knew it would not do to underestimate this zombie so he did not stop and continued his frenzied attacks on the zombie.

Poor zombie. If it was conscious, it would have gone crazy. Its head was almost cleaved into two by Rhodes.

During Rhode’s final strike, he used all his strength as he brought the knife down on the zombie’s head. With a crack, the zombie’s head fell off; its face turned to the side.

The zombie was finally dead.

Rhodes let out a long sigh of relief. He slumped down and sat across the zombie, exhausted.

He had spent the same amount of energy to kill the first five or six zombies just to kill that last zombie.

He was still gasping for air when he suddenly heard a noise behind him. A bitter smile appeared on his face immediately. He was completely exhausted. His fingers were numbed, and he could hardly move them. Moreover, he had broken his arm. If more zombies appeared, he would be in danger.

Rhodes turned back to have a look. He saw Julie, who was tied up, twisting and trying to crawl toward the zombie he had just killed.

At this moment, the expression on her face was one of greed as she looked at the zombie’s decapitated head.

Rhodes could not help frown upon seeing this. When he killed the other zombies, Julie did not react this way. She did not react to the brain matters or heads of the other zombies. How strange! He also wondered if it had anything to do with him that Julie gained an appetite for zombie flesh? However, he dismissed the idea when he saw Julie ignoring the zombie’s severed arm.

In the end, Rhodes took a deep breath to muster up a little strength and forced himself to stand up. Then, he lifted Julie who had already gotten her hands on the zombie’s head.

Thud!

A soft thud rang in the air as soon as Rhodes lifted Julie up. It sounded like something small had fallen on the ground.

Rhodes put Julie down and held her with one hand as he pushed the zombie’s severed arm and decapitated head aside. He saw something resembling a rock that was covered in brain matter.

No, wait.

Rhodes looked at the object carefully. It seemed to be a… diamond?

Julie grew even more agitated and excited when she saw the diamond.

‘Is this thing attractive to zombies?’ he wondered inwardly. Then, he picked it up and wiped it on the bed, revealing a dark and irregular-shaped stone.

Rhodes was still trying to figure out what it was when the system’s voice suddenly rang in his mind.

“Ding! Congratulations, host. You have successfully found a low-level energy crystal.”

Rhodes was slightly startled by the system’s voice. He complained inwardly, ‘So the system is still alive!’

After that, he asked curiously, “What’s a low-level energy crystal?”

“A low-level energy crystal is an unknown energy crystal. Zombies with energy crystals are stronger and faster compared to ordinary zombies. By consuming energy crystals, zombies can gain experience and level up.”

Upon hearing the system’s explanation, Rhodes could not help but feel excited. ‘It can help zombies level up? No wonder Julie reacted to it so strongly!’

After a moment, Rhodes could not help but wonder if energy crystals were useful to humans. If he consumed it, would he become a high-level god like in online games?

After mulling over it for a while, he decided against consuming it. After all, it was clearly the zombie’s essence. If he ate it, who knew if the system would be able to save him?

Rhodes looked at the low-level energy crystal in his hand before he shifted his gaze to Julie who was getting more and more agitated.

In the end, he dismissed the thought of giving the energy crystal to her. Now was not the right time. If Julie ate the energy crystal, she would grow stronger, and it would not be difficult for her to break free of her restraints. With his current strength, there would be nothing he could do about it. Therefore, if he was going to give her the low-level energy crystal, he would have to improve his strength first. Now that he had made up his mind, he put the low-level crystal away.

After that, he forced his exhausted body to move and drag all the dead zombies out of the apartment. The zombies were corpses, after all. With so many corpses in the room, put aside the stench, who knew if he could catch some disease as the corpses decayed? Moreover, he really could not get used to the appearances of zombies and corpses. They were too gory and gruesome.

Due to Rhodes’ sudden increase in strength, he could not control the strength of his attack very well. All his attacks were aimed at the zombies’ heads. With this, the already mangled zombies looked even more wretched with their heads smashed in or completely missing.