Progressive Killing
2038 Words
Xie Feng left the group and decided to move for now.
There is still some time present until the black sun will set.
He came to the crown hotel which they had come across on their way going to the community center.
The goal is simply that to reach the top floor and measure the state of infection scope.
As far he had noticed and encounter everywhere was infected people present.
He needed to confirm the whole city situation. By that, he will be able to plan his move well and decide which route should he take.
When they were passing by its side, Xie Feng and others already noticed there should be hundreds of zombies present inside the building.
The roars from inside were too terrifying. Hu Boyu and others were too scared to check it out for supplies and wanted to get out of this place as soon as possible.
If he wants to see the city from a top perspective. He might need to fight with hundreds of zombies inside the building.
It will be a good way to absorb more black threads.
By fighting inside he does not have to care much about the fighting sounds heard by outside undead.
‘Growl’
When Xie Feng was thinking about all this a strange sound came to form his stomach.
‘Well, Let me replenish my energy first.’
Saying this Xie Feng casually enters the sweet shop in the middle of the street.
The moment he enters a female zombie in a strawberry pattern apron pounced on him
Judging from her blueish face with huge black circles under her eyes.
‘Alas, she must be pretty when alive’
Xie Feng sighed.
He lift his dagger and with a swing, her head dropped to the ground.
After searching the whole shop he found most of the sweets were could not an eaten again.
He found himself packet muffins and small cakes on a glass shelf.
“Umm, they are pretty tasty.’
Xie Feng finished eating all the packet food present in the shop.
If the zombie outbreak had spread to the whole region then there are high chances that no new food production will take place in the near future.
All fruits and vegetables had been already becoming not consumable and only packets of food can be used to fill their stomach.
He rested for a while after having his full.
The black sunset into the vast crimson horizon.
Red clouds drifting peacefully in the sky.
If someone doesn’t know about these drastic changes this must be the most beautiful sunset Xie Feng had ever seen in his life.
“Sometimes it still difficult to believe people had turned into zombies and humanity is in constant danger every day.”
Xie Feng keeps staring into the horizon looking at the new red shade moon that appeared after the dark sunset.
‘Somehow today moon looks redder.’
Before he knows Xie Feng spends three hours sitting at the same place.
Only the roars of zombies became louder did he wake up from his trance.
‘Don’t know why I felt like to just keep staring at the sky. It gives me a sense of familiarity yet feeling of unknown watching over me.’
He stands up from his seat patting his bottom.
After stretching his arms up the sky and taking a loud yawn. Xie Feng moved on his way to the crown hotel.
Tonight will be going to be a busy one.
When he was a few hundred meters away from the building he stopped his track.
At the front, there were many zombies roaming aimlessly.
Even if they look like there is no emotion present in them and they were just walking dead without any aim. Xie Feng knew better than anyone how bloodthirsty these creatures were.
They could not be even called human after turning to a zombie.
‘My clothes were going to be dirty once again’
Xie Feng sighed thinking about his dressing problem.
He holds the daggers in both hands walking towards the crowd.
‘Let see if I can find some better dress to wear inside.’
The zombies had already noticed someone coming towards them. They roared savagely like a beast. It seems like someone is overstepping their territory fearlessly which were making them angrier.
“Oops, I forgot this.” Xie Feng took out the baking mask he found that in the sweet shop.
He pulls that over his face to cove it properly leaving only his eyes and forehead.
“No, It’s fine.”
Seeing there is a few meter distance left before meeting the zombies.
He rushed and jump on them.
Soon various limbs and heads fly in the air. In just a minute amount of time Xie Feng balance himself on the small heap of corpses.
It will be a good way to absorb more black threads.
Let’s see how many he will be able to kill until he found himself truly exhausted.
He crushed a zombie head underneath his foot and stabbed other into his throat.
Xie Feng feels like his body was heating like crazy.
“I f*****g love this feeling.”
He called out in exploration. He was undergoing the same process when the first time he had killed zombies. From the start, it was difficult to endure the process of heating-cooling effect continuously.
As time passed and the more zombies he slaughtered. The process starts becoming easier to endure, slowing became somewhat not mentionable. The reason for that is the amazing adaptability of his physique undergoing on. He needed to kill hundreds of zombies to feel the increase in his strength.
Now there is an opportunity presented itself with so many of them to kill.
How could he not be happy when facing the zombies.
His punch power is enough to break a hole in a concrete wall, his every swing of blade can cut the hardest human bones like butter, his every kick moves with the force of enough to create cracks on earth.
Black threads keep circling him like a whirlpool surrounding the sea’s eye.
Soon an hour passed.
Xie Feng does not count how many he had killed until now.
But seeing the whole area filled with blood and gores the number must be in hundreds.
In the middle of their fight, more zombies ran here hearing the loud shots of their kind.
But it doesn’t matter. As long as he is in optimal condition and free from any worries to drag any other person, he can let his power loose freely.
‘Let’s enter inside now.’
Compared to the daytime, at night zombies tend to be more sensitive and violent. The reason he does not know. Xie Feng had tried to observe the zombies during the night in past to found some of their weaknesses but got nothing. On the other hand, he saw them becoming more alert and sensitive under the moonlight.
By fighting inside he does not have to care much about the fighting sounds heard by outside undead.
Even if he wants more zombies to come to him, his body will fall under the pressure of too much stress.
As Xie Feng passed through the hotel entrance, instead of some maitre d’hotel came to welcome him. An ugly group of zombies greets him with roars and their disgusting saliva flying into the air on his side.
“This hotel service is pretty bad,” Xie Feng chuckled to himself, “I shall discipline you properly.”
He spend half an hour more cleaning the whole ground floor here.
The whole lobby was filled with dead bodies piling up like rags. The metallic scent of blood with the rotting smell of flesh makes his eyes burn.
‘It was too unbearable to even stand up there.’
Xie Feng carries his filth-stained body through the stairs to climb the upper floor.
Because of the closed walls, the smell of dead had contaminated the area wholly. On the outside, it was fine for some time due to the open environment but here yuck!
He quickly send the zombies to the lobby roaming to their eternal sleep and casually kicked open a room at the end.
Thanks to the quality of the five-star hotel, it was hard to pass the sounds to other floors.
Xie Feng locked the door from inside. He dint need to check the room as no sound could be unheard from him in closed quarters.
But due to the power of his enhanced ears, he didn’t always try to hear everything. It will be too much of a burden to hear me roars and shouts every time. only when he thought it was appropriate to hear properly did he used his enhanced senses.
He checked the bathroom area, by opening the tap he saw the water running normally.
‘Good, water is still flowing through the pipes.’
He throws his every cloth to the side room leaving him naked.
While the tub in the bathroom was filling up he searched through the almirah in the room and found a set of clean t-shirts and lowers.
Making the clothes ready, Xie Feng enters the bathroom.
He thoroughly washed his body by consuming a whole bar of herbal soap. The waterfall onto his head turned red when it reached the marble floor.
After removing all the filth on his body. Xie Feng get out of the shower, he picked up a razor from the small shelf near the washbasin.
In past days his body was growing rapidly due to rushing here and there he didn’t get the time to have to take care of himself well.
The hairs on his body had grown too long.
He applied the shaving foam and clean the areas.
After having it all done, he examined himself into the mirror.
The changes in his physique were clearly showing right now. His skin was healthy wheat color with no marks of scars and blemishes.
Every time he fight with the zombies he got scratches and bite marks due to their large numbers. But there was no need to worry as zombies were unable to infect him.
His hairs were black as before with strong thickness. The slim frame of his look was atheistically pleasing.
The pair of eyes, of the usual black, looked darker than before, there seems to hide unmeasurable depth inside those iris.
Giving him a sense of deep mystery.
One could say Xie Feng was a young handsome man.
The past dark circles, marks on his face had gone completely like there were never. He thought maybe only the most advanced plastic surgery could be able to do something like that.
The pair of eyes, of the usual black, looked darker than before, there seems to hide unmeasurable depth inside those iris.
Well, but the biggest change that happened in his body was really big.
Xie Feng smiled looking at his treasure hanging between his leg.
‘Damn it’s bigger than before.’
Cough.
He hurriedly pulled his thoughts together. After all, he is a healthy young man in his early twenties not to mention his body was stronger than before. It feels like he was hitting puberty again.
Xie Feng cleaned himself with a small cloth and came to the bathtub at the side.
He dipped into the water resting his back in a relaxed position.
He stayed in the same position for some time before getting out. Wearing his pair of t-shirt and a long soft lower, he came to the window.
The scene outside was dark, due to the moonlight shown he could see the whole front area was filled with dead bodies. The air of death filled the area like a blanket. Only the sounds of zombies could be heard from the distance.
Xie Feng looked at his surroundings without any emotion.
Somehow he feels unperturbed and cold from killing all the zombies who were humans once. On the other hand, he feels joy and excitement during his slaughter.
He closed the window curtains and returned to the bed in the middle.
The moment he hit it, his eyes closed.
Soon his breath became evenly means he fall asleep.
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