Cody’s zombie fell, but Brigg didn’t continue his attack right away.
“Come on!” He shouted. “I want to have fun! Don’t fall so easily!”
Cody controlled his zombie to tackle that man, but Brigg could hold it and lifted that being and slammed it so hard on the ground.
Next, Brigg looks like he’s playing around. He laughed while giving punches and kicks to Cody’s zombie.
Cody didn’t even expect himself to win this fight. His zombie cannot defeat Brigg. He was still thinking of other ways to finish that man.
“You look for your sister, Gwen.” Cody hissed. “Let me distract Brigg.”
“After that, we will run away?” The blonde-haired woman replied.
Cody looked at that girl, silent for a moment. “No, you run away with your sister. I will try to kill him.”
Yes, Cody couldn’t just let a dangerous person like Brigg wander around.
“But…” Gwen looked hesitant.
“Go!” Cody made a firmer voice. He handed the rifle to her. “Look for another door to the house! Don’t go through the front door!”
Gwen held the rifle, looking like she was about to cry, but still followed Cody’s order. She ran to the other side of the house.
Cody turned his attention back to the fight. His zombies are getting overwhelmed, and Brigg is still playing around with it.
The young man’s brain tried to think about everything, like remembering the words of Brigg’s men at the luxury car warehouse. Maybe he could get some clues from them.
A few seconds later, a small smirk appeared on his face. There is one thing that might turn this situation around.
One of Brigg’s men mentioned their boss didn’t like living near large amounts of gasoline.
Perhaps Brigg wasn’t afraid of petrol, but of the fire it produced. That man’s weakness was fire.
Cody hurried to his car, opening the back door to retrieve the gasoline can he brought from the warehouse.
But he couldn’t use it without a proper strategy. To easily douse Brigg with fuel, he must restrain that man first.
Cody considered getting the zombies to hold Brigg’s body. However, he could only control two. He doubted he could restrain Brigg with just that number.
Then another idea popped into Cody’s head. He opened the system menu to check his leveling progress. His experience bar was almost full. Soon, he will advance to level 4.
He can add a new skill after that.
“Hey, give me more of a challenge!” Brigg yawned and kicked Cody’s zombie, that was running towards him. “He keeps doing this like a fool!”
“I will increase the number of zombies I control!” Cody started looking through the grass. “Hang in there, don’t kill my zombie yet! You still want to have fun, right!?”
“I take your word for it.” Brigg avoided his opponent with a face devoid of enthusiasm. “But hurry, or I’ll finish you.”
Cody picked up a handgun from the ground and checked it. Three bullets remained. He hoped that was enough. No time to look for another firearm.
The young man revives a corpse of one of Brigg’s men and shoots it in the head.
“What are you doing, dumb*ss!?” Brigg protested.
“This is necessary!” Cody brings back another dead body just to shoot it in the head again.
[Level up]
Yes, Cody killed those zombies he had just controlled to increase his experience points.
Next, he chose a new skill.
[Multiple Control x2: You can control 4 zombies at once]
“Good! This is going to get even more interesting!” Brigg laughed as three more zombies from Cody ran towards him.
Meanwhile, the young man got ready. A petrol can was near him, but he hid it behind that vehicle.
Brigg must not know about that thing.
Instead of attacking, all of Cody’s zombies - including the big ones - hugged and held Brigg’s body.
“Why are they acting this way!?” Brigg tried to get free, but had a lot of trouble. “Let me fight them! I….”
His jaw dropped as he watched Cody sprint towards him, clutching a massive can of gasoline.
“No!” Brigg broke free, but Cody was so close to him. Despite the unbearable shoulder injury, the young man threw the can with all his strength. The can flew and hitting Brigg’s body, dousing him with petrol. Then Cody shot that man with the gun. As the bullet hit Brigg’s body, an enormous explosion occurred. The impact threw Cody, and he landed hard on the ground. Meanwhile, Brigg screamed in pain, running in various directions with his whole body engulfed in flames. Turns out it’s true. Brigg’s skin can withstand bullets, but it won’t survive being burned. “Are you okay!?” Gwen ran over to Cody, who was having trouble standing up. Not only his shoulders, Cody’s whole body also felt pain. “I’m okay.” Cody’s attention drawn to the woman accompanying the blonde girl. “She’s your sister, Gwen?” She was too different from Gwen. Apart from her black hair color, her facial features are softer and his brown eyes appear smaller. Her appearance was like a mix of Caucasian and Asian. “
“I don’t care. We have to go north.” Emily’s hands were shaking. “Or I will kill you.” Cody sighed. “You can’t think straight because you’re too desperate. Your words make little sense.” Emily’s tone got hoarse. “I have tried to go north alone, and I have faced many difficult obstacles. Like being kidnapped by that group… I can’t take it anymore… You have the power to fight evil humans and zombies.” “If you shoot me, it’s the same. I died and I couldn’t protect you.” Cody lowered his rifle. “Sorry, but Gwen joined me first.” Emily lowered the gun. “Gwen wanted to go south just to look for her one sister. Meanwhile, in the north there are my father and mother, as well as my younger siblings... There are more than one of them... They might still be there.” Cody just gave Emily an icy stare. “You have a family, right?” She walked over to the young man. “You should know how to worry about your family...” “No, my family died a long time ago.” Cody interrupted and put on a faint smile
“There are too many of them.” Emily hissed. “There isn’t even a gap between them.”Maybe the distance between the zombies was only a matter of inches. Even small children would most likely not be able to enter among them.“Yeah, maybe there are hundreds of them.” Cody hissed.Seeing a zombie coming towards them, Gwen was about to drive the car again, but Cody tapped her on the shoulder and shook his head.“I think it’s him.” Cody said that because the zombie knocked on the car window. There’s no way an ordinary zombie could do that.Cody opened the window a bit, and his hand held the rifle underneath.It won’t hurt if he’s on guard. He doesn’t know this system user yet, after all.“Is that you, friend?” Cody asked.“Yeah… My name is…. Mike….” The zombie spoke, also hoarse and almost inaudible. “Please, save me…. I’ve run out of food…. That place…. So scary…. I’ve already…. So desperate…”Cody took a deep breath. “It will be complicated. There are a lot of them.”He fell silent, looking
Cody’s zombies manage to catch Mike.“You think you can stop me with this?” After Mike said that, he possessed one of Cody’s zombies’ bodies.Then, he jumped off the building.“Sh*t!” Cody cursed. His Zombies are now down to two.Mike possesses another Cody’s zombie, but this time Cody commands his remaining zombies to pull Mike away and throw him into the middle.“You intend to leave just one zombie and leave none for me to control, right? And with that zombie, you will attack me, right?” Cody asked. His eyes focused on Mike with his zombie body.Mike rose to his feet. “Sorry, this is what I have to do to get stronger.”Then Mike ran back to the edge of the roof. Like before, Cody controlled his zombies to restrain Mike. However, Mike possessed one of Cody’s walking corpses again, then jumped off the building.Cody gets his only remaining zombie to throw Mike back into the center a second time.“You won’t stand a chance, Cody.” Mike spoke again. “I appreciate your help. But I have to
“Did you guys hear that?” Cody pointed his flashlight in various directions, but found nothing.Emily also did the same thing. “Yeah, I can hear it, but don’t know where it’s coming from.”“How is it, Cody Wolfe?” The voice continued. “Did you enjoy the system I gave you?”Cody frowned. “If you really gave me this power, then I thank you, Zeno. But can you show yourself?”“You don’t need to see me until that time comes.” Zeno continued. “Eventually, we will meet. That is, if you can survive until the end, Cody Wolfe.”Giving up on looking for Zeno, Cody lowered his flashlight. The voice emanated from multiple directions. It would be difficult to find the exact source.“What is your purpose in giving me that power?” Cody hissed. He felt uncomfortable hearing that voice.“The thing is, I’ve lived for thousands of years on eart
Three days have passed since they met Mike. Cody controlled four zombies to defeat several other walking corpses in front of a mini market on the edge of town. Two of Cody’s zombies use shovels as weapons. One uses a baseball bat, while the other uses his bare hands. Opponents showed no resistance, because they were unaware of Cody and others hiding behind a distant car. “Soon we can check that place.” Cody said as he peeked out from behind a car. Not getting any answer, he glanced at Gwen and Emily, who had blank expressions and said nothing. Gwen still experienced trauma after shooting Mike, while Emily’s thoughts remained focused on her hometown in the North. It was natural that they were reluctant to talk. Cody can only hope that their condition doesn’t drag on and endanger their own mental health. [Level Up] Cody obliterated all of those zombies and was now level 7. During the few days of travel, he has exterminated quite a lot of zombies.
“A system user, huh?” Jason asked as he led Cody and the others to the farm area. “My and Tommy’s father, Albert, are also a system user. Because of him, our consciousness could return.”There’s only Jason. Tommy had run to the main house to inform Helena of Gwen’s arrival.“So, you guys spread the transmission so that people gather here?” Cody responded.Jason looked back and smiled. “We used to go around using cars to do mobile transmission, but we don’t do that anymore because we run out of gas. In fact, the car you use is the one we usually use.”“I see.” Cody glanced at a pig pen near to them. Those pink animals still looked healthy, and they were being guarded by a zombie.“Are you guys still scared? That’s why you don’t talk much, right?” Jason adjusted his hat and smiled once again. “Well, it feels strange living with zombies li
That night, in one of the small makeshift rooms made of wooden planks, Cody arranged his things, waiting for Helena’s arrival. Upon hearing a knock, he opened the door a bit and found the zombie woman accompanied by Emily and Gwen.“Let’s go.” Helena hissed. “Before the ones on patrol come this way.”“Alright.” Cody nodded, then followed that woman with his two female comrades.“Don’t separate from me. Zombies like me can see in the dark like this,” Helena continued. “And we have to be quick. I chose a time and route that those on patrol wouldn’t cross.”Gwen gulped. “You haven’t told me about why we had to run away. I know this place is suspicious, but…”“We’ll talk about that later.” The big sister cuts Gwen off. “We’d better focus on escaping.”Emily then glanced at Cody, who was using his system. “You really can’t control those awakened zombies, Cody?”“Unfortunately, no. I’ve tried it.” Cody explained, then narrowed his eyes.