Virus King - Chapter 136

Chapter 136: Three Mutants! A Familiar Meeting?

TL: YYang

[Damn! The White God is on the move!]

[An entire day and night! Bro, I’ve been watching this stream for a full day and night, and I’m exhausted just sitting here. Imagine how tired White must be after fighting non-stop for so long!]

[Wait, why isn’t White heading back to the city? He’s moving toward the outskirts?!]

[What the hell?! Is White planning to run away?!]

After an entire day and night of the stream showing the same intense scenes, there was finally a change in the footage.

Chen Bai leapt into the air, not retreating toward the city but instead heading straight toward the edge of the corpse tide!

As soon as these comments appeared, someone immediately responded with new information:

[White Emperor isn’t running. He’s found the controlling boss behind the corpse tide and is preparing for a decapitation strike!]

[? How do you know that?]

[White himself said so. I just got back from the outskirts!]

[Yeah, right! I bet White just can’t hold out any longer. Still, after fighting for an entire day and night, it makes sense. It’s understandable…]

Some cynical remarks popped up, but no one paid them much attention.

After all, most people still had functioning logic and knew that if Chen Bai wanted to flee, he wouldn’t do it in such a manner or at this moment.

Even so, many were captivated by the new revelation.

[There’s a controller behind this corpse tide? What kind of boss is it?]

Clearly, the person who had just returned from the battlefield was still brimming with excitement and eager to share details with the livestream audience:

[White said it’s a type of boss called a “Lord.” It can command massive hordes of zombies and is a spirit-type enhanced mutant—one of the strongest variants among regular zombie mutations!]

[So if the Lord is taken down, the corpse tide will dissipate?!]

[More or less…]

Chen Bai ignored the chatter in the livestream.

Using his Wall-Running ability, he leapt from building to building, sprinting swiftly across the walls of the street.

The hordes of zombies packed into the streets below were powerless against his rapid movements along the walls.

Unless flying zombie variants appeared, they had no means to reach him.

However, such flying variants were exceedingly rare and unlikely to show up in the early stages of the apocalypse.

In fact, from the very start of the city defense battle, Chen Bai had sent Meng Meng to enter his dreams and use her Dream Body to search for the mutant Lord’s location.

While Chen Bai was undeniably powerful, pinpointing the Lord’s position amid the zombie horde would take significant time and distract him from defending White Emperor City.

Although White Emperor City’s defenders—comprised of other Evolvers—seemed capable of holding the tide, the Lord’s value to Chen Bai extended far beyond mere defense.

Meng Meng’s Dream Body was invincible. Even if destroyed, it could instantly reform, provided her real body was kept safe. This made her perfect for such reconnaissance tasks.

Though the search had taken an entire day and night, it was more than enough to locate the deeply hidden Lord.

What Chen Bai hadn’t expected, however, was that the Lord’s location was somewhere he knew far too well.

Before the apocalypse broke out, Chen Bai had visited the Jiangcheng University Affiliated Hospital, where he obtained the Zombie Blood, gained his Influenza evolution points, and met the young nurse, Chu Xin.

Unexpectedly, the first mutated Lord of the apocalypse had appeared right next door!

The Jiangcheng University Affiliated Hospital was located on Anping Street, right beside the university campus.

No wonder there were no zombies on Anping Street!

Chen Bai’s lips curled into a cold smile.

Pushing himself to the limit, it took less than twenty minutes for the Jiangcheng University Affiliated Hospital to come into view.

[Meng Meng: Brother Chen, hurry! That guy seems to have noticed your approach. He’s retreating, and my Dream Body has been discovered and destroyed!]

“Huh?!”

Chen Bai’s expression froze momentarily.

Although Meng Meng’s combat strength was not particularly high, her dream-based abilities were closely tied to her spirit strength, making her formidable within the dream realm.

But the Lord had managed to defeat Meng Meng inside her dream? How was that possible?

Very soon, Meng Meng provided an answer to Chen Bai’s doubts.

[Meng Meng: Brother Chen, be careful! That thing has two other mutant zombies with it!]

Two more?!

Chen Bai’s pupils contracted sharply.

How was that even possible?!

No, it didn’t make sense. If it were other types of mutant zombies, it would be unlikely—especially zombies like Flesh Mountain, which devoured their own kind without hesitation…

But with a Lord nearby, it became entirely plausible.

After all, the Lord’s ability lay in its control over zombies.

Even mutated zombies were still zombies.

They, too, could fall under the Lord’s control!

Immediately, Chen Bai tempered his growing confidence.

Mutant zombies were formidable not only because their attributes far surpassed those of Evolvers at the same level or even secret realm dungeon bosses.

They also possessed a wide variety of bizarre and unpredictable abilities!

With three mutant zombies present, Chen Bai knew he had to take them seriously.

But then, why was such a powerful entity running away?

[Chen Bai: What are the two other mutants?]

[Meng Meng: One of them is what you mentioned before—the Tyrant. It’s incredibly strong and fast. It was hanging from the ceiling, and it killed me before I could even see its movements clearly!

The other one is right beside it. It hasn’t made a move yet—it’s all skin and bones, really thin. If I had to describe it, its entire body seems… kind of blackened!]

Blackened?!

Excitement flickered in Chen Bai’s eyes.

An Aberrant!

If that were the case, then with both an Aberrant and a Lord appearing at the same time, wouldn’t his Zombie Claws finally have the chance to evolve? With his strength advancing further, his upcoming journey to Magic City and the Abyss would become much more assured!

Thinking this through, Chen Bai wasted no more time.

He immediately entered the hospital.

His powerful spirit strength, though not tied to any specific skills, still allowed him to vaguely sense the presence of several extremely powerful beings closing in on him.

Very quickly, Chen Bai locked onto their location completely.

They were in a restroom.

A place that felt all too familiar.

What surprised Chen Bai even more was what he saw after he slowed his steps and approached the restroom door.

When he reached the far end of the restroom, he saw a figure standing there, its face illuminated.

Chen Bai froze for a moment, stunned.

The psychic mutant zombie—the “Lord”—wasn’t anyone else but that guy who had been Chu Xin’s devoted admirer before the apocalypse.

What was his name again?