That night, Cody sat alone in his truck, imagining how many casualties were in that fight. In the end, Jane’s children choose to retreat, but the damage has been done.
King’s army has destroyed numerous parts of the community.Danny entered the truck and put the cup noodles on the dashboard. Thin smoke comes out of its lid. “I read the instructions on the packaging. Hopefully, what I did was right.”Cody glanced at the food. “Thanks, but I’m not hungry, Danny.”Cody looked forward again. At times like this, he didn’t even think about filling his stomach.He knew he couldn’t prevent the fight from happening. Yes, he was innocent, but that helplessness felt like it would kill him.Why doesn’t he get stronger?“Is there anything I can do?” Danny asked. “It’s hard for me to explain this... But I feel something like negativity from you... It looks like you are in danger.Once Cody arrived at the farm, he put Emily and Shawn in the basement prison. Since he had built that place to separate prisoners of different genders, Cody could separate his two friends.He came to Emily the next day with Gwen. The blonde woman brought spaghetti to her friend.“I’m sorry, Emily.” Cody took a deep breath. “No matter what, you’re part of the King’s side. They attacked this place once. I can’t let you wander around here. That would be a problem.”“It’s okay.” Emily then looked at Gwen, and she saw tears already filling her eyes. “You don’t have to cry, Gwen. When the world is at war, this happens. I just realized it.”Gwen wiped her tears, then handed the food through the small door of the cell. Emily accepted it and ate it.“Damn, you guys can make spaghetti this delicious with limited ingredients? I’m impressed.” Emily nods in agreement.Cody, now sitting in front of the cell, then spoke. “I know. Maybe you still want to mourn what happened. However, we need to move
“I told you we could use them to our advantage.” Cody continued. “At least, Akira should think twice about attacking us again because they…”“And I told you, we don’t believe it!” Max snapped again, this time even pointing at Cody’s face.Max’s four friends were also getting fiercer in scolding Cody. Helena tried to defend Cody, but they didn’t listen to her.Cody closed his eyes, remembering the incident with Akira and Igor. Maybe the circumstances this time were different, and Igor didn’t speak as loudly as they did.But the essence was the same: they were putting up a fight that could destroy the community they had just built.Suddenly, Cody’s zombie dashed over and hit Max hard, sending him flying until he hit the wall. His four friends immediately fell silent.“No, Cody.” Helena warned the man. “Don’t do that, or you’ll become the very thing you’ll hate.”With a face that showed no change in expression, Cody opened his system menu as Max tried to get up.“Argh!!!” Max fell to the
After the incident with Max and some of his friends leaving, life on that farm went on as usual. The residents did their activities from gardening, teaching Jane’s children, to training.However, Cody could feel a distinct atmosphere. Except for Gwen and Helena, they all only talked to him when necessary. Even Stella was like that.Cody didn’t mind that, and he focused on waking up the other zombies to become new members. He also leveled up occasionally.He felt that maybe that was the price he had to pay as a leader.“Don’t you think this will destroy the harmony of this place?” Helena, who was writing something in a book in the dining room, sighed. “The old members have influenced the new members to stay away from you.”Cody, who was sitting in front of Helena, was silent. She has a point.“To be honest, I don’t know what to do. It seems like the wound from that incident is still there, even though a month has passed.” The young man took a deep breath.Helena folded her arms across
A few days later, King’s Army raided Cody’s place again. But this time, Jane’s troops were better prepared. They had a special squad to intercept the bombers, those who could shoot projectiles at flying zombies. and many more.Cody suggested most of it, but Jane had her own idea too. It seemed like the mother’s strategic ability had improved, although not significantly.Explosions, screams, and gunshots continued to echo from all corners. However, Cody and the awakened zombies remained alert around their base.That was because Jane’s army’s ability was much stronger than before. Besides new strategies, Jane’s children were also stronger, not to mention the variety of their attacks had also increased.However, that did not mean the battle lasted only a short time. This time, the King sent more troops than before.The battle didn’t end until almost evening. Jane’s zombies gathered the corpses that were lying around, whether from King’s or Jane’s side, and burned them.Like the previous
Randy looked up, as if he was looking for the source of the voice. “Did you hear that, Cody?”“Yeah.” Cody then spoke to Zeno. “What do you mean, Zeno? You want to pit us against each other?”Zeno replied. “You two are the candidates I think are the best among the others, but I feel like your powers have developed little.”“So, what do you want?” Randy chimed in.Cody could already figure out where Zeno was going with this conversation, and it made his heart beat faster.Zeno chuckled. “Great power alone isn’t enough. I need strong-willed characters like you guys as my opponents.”“Cut the crap off!” Randy snapped. “Just say what you want!”“In short, I’ll give one of you more power.” Zeno continued. “But it might differ from what you think.”Cody closed his eyes and hissed. “Whoever wins this fight will get that power, right?”“Yeah, and that power will really help you guys become the strongest.”“Wait, wait, wait…” Randy massaged his forehead. “We can’t do this.”“Why?” Zeno asked
“Sorry.” With tears still flowing and trembling hands, Cody pressed the bomber skill.In just a few seconds, the zombie shell that wrapped Randy’s body exploded into pieces.Cody couldn’t even see the remains of Randy’s body because it was so destroyed.“Oh, I’m glad this is it.” Zeno said again. “You did it without hesitation.”Cody kneeled down with his breath becoming wild. Then he screamed. “Argh!”He kept screaming until his voice became hoarse. Randy was not only innocent, but he was a good person who this world needed.And Cody had finished him to gain greater power, to erase that feeling of helplessness.Questions came back into his head. Was this really worth it? What if Randy could make this world a better place?Had he become evil now?Cody’s screams ended with a violent cough. He still shed tears. “Are you satisfied, Zeno?”“Honestly, I’m very satisfied with your performance. You were very ruthless. I didn’t even think you could finish Randy that quickly.”“So, when are yo
As usual, Cody left Helena and Gwen at the farm. However, this time, Stella sat next to him in the truck. From the beginning of the journey until they almost reached Jane’s base, Stella remained silent.“I’m sorry.” Jane sighed. “Maybe I’ve been too hard on you. Now that I think about it, you just want to save your friends. If Gwen and Helena were in the same position as Shawn and Emily, maybe I would do the same thing as you.”Cody kept his focus on the road. “It’s okay. I also apologize to you for making you angry.”“The longer I learn to behave as a human, the more I realize. Being a human is difficult. There are many decisions that are not easy to make. This differs from our mother’s other children. They just have to follow mother’s orders.”A smirk formed on Cody’s mouth. “But being a human is much more fun, right?”“Of course.” Stella laughed. “I really like it. Well, I have to part with my siblings, though.”Stella took on the role of Jane’s ambassador at Cody’s place, and her
Cody then used his liquify skill and made the zombie he possessed identical to him, even producing hair and skin like a normal human. He looked in the mirror and realized that his form matched his actual body.Cody’s zombie liquifier ability shouldn’t be able to change color and form small things like hair. He guessed that the potential of the skill had increased many times over because he stole Jane’s role.“So you’re a bad person.” Stella hissed in the cage, glaring at Cody. “I should have killed you when you brought two of King’s men to the farm.”Still not dressed, Cody walked towards Stella. “I can’t take you home because you’ll tell the others. I was just going to leave you here.”Cody then glanced at Jane, who was still kneeling.“What are you going to do?” Stella asked in a firmer tone.“It turns out your mother can copy zombie minds, but she hasn’t unlocked it yet. I’ll unlock it.” Cody explained. “But this ability is very limited, and it cannot copy all parts of a zombie’s m