Chapter 9, Survivor_1

"Do you have someone who can vouch for you?"

A witness?

He was clueless about what was going on. Did he actually need a witness?

Upon thinking, he finally said, "The owner of this house should be able to vouch for me."

So he brought the landlord into it.

After all, he didn't know many people here and couldn't think of anyone else besides the landlord.

"What were you doing before nightfall?" The guard continued his inquiry.

"I was exercising in the room."

"Have you noticed any suspicious people recently?"

"No!"

The guard leaned in, peeked inside the room, and said, "We need to search your residence."

Wu Heng glanced back into his room, not seeing much of anything, so he stepped aside, "Go ahead."

The leading guard motioned and another guard stepped in to begin the search.

The room was small and didn't contain much.

The special things he had were hidden away in the Zombie World, and Wu Heng was not worried about anything being discovered.

Turning his gaze back to the guard standing outside the door, he asked, "What exactly happened?"

The guard maintained a blank expression, answering casually, "A brutally dismembered body was discovered in the crowded district last night."

Oh…

So someone had died, no wonder.

The way crimes were handled in the crowded district was relatively simple.

Physical evidence, suspect's statements, and testimonies from nearby residents could all serve as evidence.

However, if the crime was well-hidden, it would still be very difficult to solve.

Similarly, if there was any evidence pointing at you, even if you were innocent, it would be difficult to prove it.

You could simply be arrested and executed, without a chance to be heard.

As for Wu Heng, being a Necromancer, he was already a major suspect in town. Whenever such incidents occurred nearby, he would naturally be subjected to strict questioning.

While others only faced questioning, they were about to search his house.

"Any leads?" Wu Heng kept on probing.

"Aside from some potential threats, we're not ruling out the possibility that a wanted criminal has infiltrated the town." The guard glanced at him.

Er...

The way he said it…

By then, the guard searching the room came out, shaking his head slightly to indicate he had discovered nothing suspicious.

The guard at the door didn't linger either, reminding, "If you have any information, you can provide it to us, there will be rewards."

"Fine."

He replied affirmatively but didn't concern himself too much about it.

Given his minimal skill level, even battling zombies was too much for him to handle, let alone confronting a murderer.

In this world, he couldn't even beat a woman in a fight.

The guard didn't say anything else and continued his door-to-door questioning and safety reminders.

Wu Heng locked his door and went to a nearby tavern for food.

...

After dinner, he headed directly to the Zombie World.

Wu Heng, leading his squad of Skeleton Warriors, approached the last iron gate of the unit.

As the iron gate was opened, a strong, appallingly putrid smell enveloped the air.

As soon as his foot stepped over the threshold, the sound of hissing and running echoed from the lower floor.

Three zombies, stumbling and hurtling, made their way up.

Upon seeing the Skeleton Army, they let out an ecstatic roar.

"Attack!" Wu Heng ordered, pointing his iron spear forward.

CLANG CLANG CLANG!!

The Skeleton Warriors charged the zombies, brandishing their machetes, the sound of hacked flesh filled the air.

Soon, the zombies lay slain under the machetes.

[Gained +8 EXP.]

[Summoned Creature-Skeleton Warrior Gains +5 EXP.]

[…..]

[Your level has increased to 3, Intelligence +1, Charm +1, and spiritual power has slightly increased.]

The moment the third zombie fell, Wu Heng leveled up to Level 3.

The attributes that increased were intelligence and charm.

It seemed that the increases weren't random, otherwise, intelligence wouldn't always be one of them.

However, he had not yet figured out the logic behind these increases.

He moved to the bodies, unleashed the Bone Manipulation Skill, and three skeletons rose to join his team.

"Forward!"

Wu Heng commanded again, leading his skeletal troops downwards.

The number of zombies in the hallway was not large, posing no significant pressure on his skeleton warriors.

They cleared the way to the first floor, confirmed that the building entrance was secured, then began going door to door, eliminating zombies and looting items of value.

Cleaning up the last unit was easier than the previous ones.

There were no mutant zombie dogs, and the doors of the units were all closed.

They spent only half of the day clearing the entire building.

A single zombie could be easily killed by a skeleton dog; when there were more zombies, the skeleton warriors attacked as a team and it was not too difficult.

Wu Heng felt a trace of confidence in his heart.

It seemed that zombies were not as difficult to deal with as he had thought.

However, they had cleared the entire building and found no survivors.

This made him question whether the zombie outbreak could be spread through the air or some special method.

It seemed that he was the only one left in this world.

Teddy, who perhaps retained his love for life, seemed to be his only companion.

...

Exiting the hallway,

his skeleton warriors began to transport the loot. Wu Heng stood on the rooftop, casually giving commands while contemplating his next plan.

They had cleared all the zombies in this building completely.

If he wanted to continue killing zombies to gain experience, he would have to venture outside.

There were about fifty to sixty zombies gathered downstairs. The number seemed small.

However, once a fight broke out and zombies from all directions were attracted, the difficulty of the fight would increase proportionally.

If things went wrong, he could lose all his skeletons and put himself in danger.

Aside from charging out directly, there was another method.

From the side of the rooftop, he could build a ladder connecting the two buildings, move to the neighboring rooftop, and continue the cleaning process unit by unit.

This would be safer.

He looked at the gap between the buildings from the edge. It was about five to six meters.

With a long enough plank or a ladder that he could order from Black Stone Town, he could make it across.

Though the height posed some threat, it was still more reliable than taking on the zombies directly.

The only thing he was uncertain about was whether his stiff skeleton warriors could cross successfully.

The fall from the sixth floor would be enough to shatter them.

With these thoughts in mind, he went downstairs to find a climbing rope, planning to throw it across to measure the distance between the buildings.

Just as he was swinging the rope, about to throw it across,

Thud~ Bang~ Bang Bang Bang!

The noise of intense collisions came from the road on the west.

He looked up in the direction of the sound.

A bus, styled with a post-apocalyptic vibe, was violently plowing through the zombies and wrecked vehicles in its path, continuing to drive forward.

Sturdy iron plates were affixed to both sides of the bus; the windows were covered with thick iron rods.

Through the gaps in the iron rods, he could see iron pipes sticking out to impale climbing zombies.

Behind the bus was a mass of zombies.

More and more zombies, attracted by the collision sound, rushed out from the neighborhoods on both sides to join the crowd chasing the bus.

The numbers continued to increase, looking like a devastating wave in a zombie movie. It was a horrifying sea of zombies.

Even from a distance, he could still feel the terror and suffocation the horde of corpses brought.

Dammit!

Wu Heng immediately ordered his skeletons to stop all activities and move away from the edge.

He kept his eyes fixed on the bus that was breaking through everything.

Survivors!

There were still survivors, trying to break out.