"You're saying... these zombies... were all summoned by the captain?"

Grey Bear looked utterly shocked.

"No! By Leopard!"

Li Chenzhou shook his head:

"Although I don't know what's going on, based on my guess, the Zombie King who initially summoned the zombie horde should be Leopard. As for how your captain and the others turned into zombies, I can't guess. Perhaps... Leopard can tell you!"

Hearing Li Chenzhou's words, Grey Bear subconsciously glanced at the zombies blocking their retreat behind the vehicle. He noticed they were indeed slowly advancing, with no intention of pouncing on them directly.

Grey Bear climbed back out of the sunroof, using his binoculars to look at Leopard and the others. Leopard saw Grey Bear's movements and actually smiled at him, even raising his right hand to make a few hand gestures—their special ops hand signals, meaning: Hurry up, quit dawdling!

Seeing the hand signals, Grey Bear had no more doubts. He then looked at Captain Li Yunshan and the other team members, only to find that... they were all standing straight behind Leopard, surrounding him, without any movement. Their eyes were fixed straight ahead, not even glancing in his direction!

"Is Leopard a zombie or a human now? Why can he still use our hand signals?"

Grey Bear didn't climb back into the car this time. He just knocked on the roof, asking loudly.

"I don't know! From their appearance, he and your other teammates have already turned into zombies, and Leopard is now the Zombie King. As for why he can still use hand signals... maybe it's because of that female Zombie King in the residential complex before?"

Li Chenzhou thought back to the previous female Zombie King. Not only her, but also Xiaoya's father, Gao Lin, retained human consciousness after becoming a zombie.

At the time, he felt the secret might be in their ramen shop, but Duan Lei and the others came in while he was searching, so he didn't continue.

Moreover, when they left, the zombies there had been almost completely cleared out, but Leopard was still in that residential complex. Could it be... that this guy later entered the ramen shop and found something that allowed people to retain their human consciousness after becoming zombies?

Li Chenzhou sighed softly. He thought that must be the case. Otherwise, there was no way to explain how Leopard became the Zombie King in such a short period of time and began summoning zombies.

Looking at the scale of the zombie horde in front of him, there must be at least twenty or thirty thousand zombies. A zombie horde of this size couldn't be gathered by a Level 1 Zombie King.

Moreover, the zombies following behind the car were clearly lying in ambush under the overpass, waiting for them to enter this section of the highway before climbing up with ropes and blocking their retreat.

This kind of tactic couldn't be accomplished by the wisdom of a Zombie King alone without retaining human consciousness.

A Zombie King is still a zombie, after all. Although it possesses some intelligence, it can only gather all the zombies together and advance towards a target. Saying it could carry out an ambush or set a trap is nonsense!

Therefore, Li Chenzhou wasn't surprised when Grey Bear said Leopard still remembered their hand signals. He continued driving, telling Grey Bear:

"Although I don't know the answer, don't worry. I think... since he can use hand signals, he should also be able to speak. If you want to know the answer, you can ask him directly soon!"

As he spoke, Li Chenzhou stepped on the brakes and stopped the car.

They were still on the highway at this point, a little distance from the building. However, at this distance, they could hear each other if they shouted.

Any further and Li Chenzhou would have to leave the highway and enter the zombie horde. In the current situation, Li Chenzhou wouldn't easily enter the zombie horde.

Although he had contact with Leopard, Li Chenzhou didn't think there was any friendship between them, especially after he had driven Leopard away. Even with Grey Bear, Li Chenzhou didn't think Leopard would treat him favorably. He could tell from the current state of Li Yunshan and the others.

No matter what, Li Yunshan was Leopard's captain, but now, Li Yunshan had become a zombie. Therefore, Li Chenzhou now regarded Leopard as an enemy.

"Leopard! What the hell is going on? Why has the captain become like this?"

As soon as the car stopped, Grey Bear shouted at Leopard.

"Become like what? Isn't it good the way they are now? At least the captain and the others are still alive!"

Leopard also shouted down, his voice sounding a bit hoarse, especially when he shouted loudly, it sounded strange.

"Bullshit! You call that living? They're zombies now!!!"

"What's wrong with being a zombie?"

Leopard suddenly became furious:

"What kind of world is this now? The apocalypse! The apocalypse is the world of zombies. Turning into what we are now, at least we don't have to be afraid anymore, and we don't even have to worry about food, illnesses, or anything that could cause us to die at any time. See? We're not even afraid of zombies now, because we're on the same side. They're all my subordinates!"

"Leopard! I remember... you said you wanted to protect all humans, and that you would try your best to rescue any survivors you found!"

Li Chenzhou also opened the car door at this time, got out, and looked up at Leopard, asking:

"And now, I see there seem to be survivors around you who were sheltered in the hotel at that time, right? They've all become zombies. Could it be... that this is what you call rescuing them?"

"Li Chenzhou, you actually dare to come back? Hahahaha! Good, it's just right for you to see with your own eyes. Didn't you say I wasn't the savior and couldn't save every survivor I saw? Now I'm telling you, I can do it. As long as I see them, I can save them all. See these zombies below?"

Leopard looked at Li Chenzhou, his scarlet eyes shooting out ferocity, roaring loudly:

"I'm telling you, this is just the beginning. In the near future, I will save more survivors, just like I said at the time, I can save everyone I see. I... am the savior!!!"

"Leopard! This isn't rescuing, this is slaughter, because none of them wanted to become zombies!"

Li Chenzhou stared at Leopard and shouted.

"Hahahaha! That's right! When I had my zombies bite them and turn them into zombies, they really weren't happy about it, struggling and screaming desperately, but that's just because they couldn't understand! Just like you!"

Leopard looked down at Li Chenzhou and suddenly laughed:

"It's like a fish trapped in a shrinking puddle. I want to grab it and take it to the big rivers, where there's a wider world, but when I grab it, the fish will still struggle desperately, because it doesn't know I'm doing it for its own good. These people are the same, and you... you're now in a small puddle, waiting for my rescue!!!"