《An Average Zombie's Path of Evolution》Chapter 10 - Assault on the Stronghold (2)
Advertisement
We are on our way to sector three, where the scouts located one of the rare manholes that are not blocked by traffic or other debris, this area is also safe and guarded by a patrol station, therefore we won't have to deal with any ambushes as we retreat.
We walk onward with a rapid pace, bracing our bodies for the worst. At the same time we tell jokes to ourselves to keep our minds preoccupied and away subject of death. Several civilians who are either helping around the camp or resting constantly take glances at us, some even salute us or make encouraging gestures, little boys and girls with gloomy expressions stare intently at us, however their eyes hold no feeling of reverence nor pity.
The camp right now looks lifeless, not even the smell of food is able to dismiss the idea that they might die tonight, especially the children who have recently become targets of hunter type zombie, during those nights the wails of mothers who had their children devoured rang throughout the camp and nothing anybody did could stop it, not that they tried to stop it.
After half an hour of walking we came to a desolate street, the guard equipped with an assault rifle ran accross from his guard tower and used a key to open the metal gate.
Across the gate several piles of corpses were being doused in fuel and other flammable liquids, this is sector three's "corpse yard" were corpses are incinerated for sanitary reasons. The people actually doing the burning are volunteers from the groups of survivors that constantly seek for refuge in this encampment, one of the volunteers specially sticks out due to the pair of gloves on his hands.
(Julius)*Whistle* Thats a fine pair of claws he got his hands on... maybe I'll trade my knife for them.
Advertisement
Julius for some reason approaches the man, they appear to be bartering over something.
After several detours we had to take due to debris blocking our way finally arrive at the alley our scout reported, a group of five walkers was there, however we easily killed them by using our shotguns as blunt weapons and smashing their heads into pulp, well except for julius who excitedly used a pair of claws to toy around with a walker.
Underneath our feet is a rectangular manhole, it looks like it was forcefully torn open recently since a pair of fresh bloody handprints were still imprinted onto the steel. I take out a red flare from one of the pockets on my backpack and ignite it.
"bloop"
Looks like part of the tunnel is flooded, however we can't put this mission on halt.
(Jaeson)- "ok guys, it appears we're going to have to use the infrared goggles..."
(Julius)- "I'd rather not go in there but..."
(Xavier)- "we have no choice"
(Bernabe)-"Going in!" *Splash*
(Bernabe)- "Hop in it's nice and warm"
(Jaeson)- "it's now or never"
*splash* *splash* *splash* *splash* we hop on in unison.
(Xavier)- "damn its a void in here"
There appears to be nothing but water down here, the infrared cameras haven't picked up any heat signatures. The humid environment is very uncomfortable, even though we just entered my body is already sweating, however its rapidly absorbed by our equipment. Luckily our protective gas masks filtered any possible smell or dangerous gas that might lurk in here.
*ploop* *ploop* *splash* *splash*
The only sound we've heard is the sound of our legs pulling in and out the water which currently reaches our knees, however it doesn't slow our pace at all due to our superhuman strength.
A bright red instantly comes into vision from the corner of my eye, the wall on the sides crumble and the falling rubble creates several large ripples in green water.
Advertisement
"KRRGGYYAAAA!"
A disgusting pale humanoid creature leaps from the hole in the wall towards us at a great speed. Bernabe quickly steps up and pushes the creature back into its hole and shoots its head, splattering brain matter around the hole. As if triggering an alarm other holes start bursting from the walls followed by similar screams.
(Jaeson)- “Ambush!” Based on previous intel these are sewer mutants are very sensitive to energy transmission including sound.
(Xavier)- “don’t use guns”
A mutant leaps towards me from the left, while another one appears from my back, Xavier is busy punching two that leaped towards him and bernabe is busy helping him. Just as i was about to get pounced from the back julius comes charging in and punches the mutant behind me on its left rib, giving me enough time to hit the mutant on my left with the back of my shotgun, I quickly walk towards bernabe to help him finish off a mutant that took hold of his shotgun’s stock crush it.
(jaeson)- “that was a close call, from now on you’re not allowed to use your shotguns”
(Xavier) “ we should keep quiet while we're at it”
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sector 3 Encampment
“Commander big trouble!, We tried sending the message however all our radio towers and communication equipment has been destroyed!”
(Commander) “How?!! All our equipment is carefully guarded and our radio towers are placed in very secure locations!”
“It appears they were destroyed by a group of hunters during midnight”
(Newbie)- “Commander… we.. we have a terrible problem! Hundreds of zombies are rushing out of manholes, and some streets even collapsed! A bloater type zombie has demolished the front gate and zombies are rushing into our camp!”
(Commander)-”....How’s the situation in the other nearby encampments”
(Newbie)-”we haven’t had any contact, i'm guessing the zombies have thoroughly cut off all our communications by killing all the scouts outside simultaneously”
(Commander)-”rile up everyone in the camp, to get through this everyone is going to have to play a role”
(Newbie)-”Yes sir”
(Commander) I wonder how HQ will respond… I hope we don’t end up having to deal with that specimen from project GHOUL.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
MeanWhile….
“That BASTARD!!!” whose claws does he think he's giving away!”
No choice huh, i'm going after them!
Advertisement
- In Serial37 Chapters
Broken Sky and Shattered Earth: Apocalypse Convergence
Participant in the Royal Road Writathon Challenge! (Updates sporadically) Wilfred had been thinking about ending it all, but then it all ended before he could.The apocalypse came in a matter of hours. Not from weather, not from nuclear strikes, but something far worse. Mankind lost its dominance over their own planet in a short afternoon, and now Wilfred is one of but a handful of survivors who must make sense of the catastrophic nightmare world that they once called their own.While the Earth is many things after the end, it is anything but the sole domain of humanity. As Wilfred and other survivors discover, their planet was not subject to just one world-ending event, but several. The undead roam the once proud metropolisis, and inhuman beasts stalk the countryside. The physical fabric of reality itself is twisted beyond repair in some places as unnatural distorions that warp physical laws appear across the landscape, and even a simple jog across an empty street can prove fatal to the unwary.The ones who died in the initial catastrophes never had to face the horrors that followed. And for Wilfred, a man who found no purpose in life before the apocalypse, what is there to be found after?
8 78 - In Serial27 Chapters
Hiraeth: Promise of the World
On a rainy night, a young woman is transported to the enchanting world of Sol'h'meyr. Thrilled to be freed from the shackles of monetary survival and societal expectations on Earth, she embraces her newfound existence and magical powers bestowed. But the rose-tinted fantasy life she always dreamed of turns out to be a stark reality that poses to kill her if she doesn't adapt and let go of her past. Essairyn battles both cripping nostalgia and imminent danger in her journey from the Spirit and Demon Forest to the human realm of As'pyze. Disillusionment leading to anger has erupted into violence across the deceptively peaceful land. New friends and allies gather by her side, but tragedy and betrayal lurk closer than she realizes. Hiraeth is the idyllic beginning tainted with dark shadows in the epic fantasy series, Singularity Cycle. [ – Now Completed with upcoming minor revisions before second book – ] + complex character relationships and growth + realistic quirky magic system + unique mythical creatures + deeply developed world lore + evocative writing style + cute sassy fox sidekick - Original Book Cover Art by Chryiss Rewritten final version of formerly named Canaan series and first book, My World to Live. After a long wait and major changes, the first book in the series is retitled Hiraeth: Promise of the World. Thank you to all readers that joined me since I began posting this story two years ago. Your support is what motivated me to never give up my dreams. [ Major Tags: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Psychological, Romance, Tragedy, Female Lead, Grimdark, High Fantasy, Magic, Mythos, Portal Fantasy, Isekai, Progression, Reincarnation, Secret Identity, Strong Lead, Epic Fantasy, Spirits, Demons, Monsters, Fairies, Dragons, Kingdom, Parallel Dimension, Mage, Knight, Royalty, Philosophy, Friendship, Slow Burn, Mythical. + Major Tags not in Book 1 but later in Series: Supernatual, Science Fiction, Ruling Class, School Life, Time Travel, War and Military, Vampires, Dimensional Travel. Minor Tags: Comedy, Horror, Artificial Intelligence, Cyberpunk, Dungeon, Dystopia, Loop, Steampunk, Virtual Reality, Villainous Lead. ] Additional Notes: The series, Singularity Cycle, is a passion project dating back to 2016. The original version of the first book was published on RR in 2019 and has since seen multiple revisions based on reader feedback with this one as the final and official fourth version before the second book. While the entire series story has undergone major changes in the last year, all books have been planned since the beginning of writing. It is also my second wish to eventually make this story into a webcomic, either by myself or with a team if possible. Thank you for taking this journey with me, and enjoy reading! ( You can alternatively read books in the series as standalone fictions, but they connect to one another though a running theme and mystery that evolves and progresses with the main character. ) Alternate Blurb for the Singularity Cycle series: Essairyn had never felt truly alive on Earth. It felt like something was missing ever since she was born, but even after nearly 20 years of mundane living, she could never pinpoint what this or the emptiness in her heart was. Suddenly, she awakens in a grandiose, primordial forest and encounters mythical creatures beyond her restless imagination in a parallel world called Sol'h'meyr. She befriends, in particular, a sassy fox-spirit named Akari who reincarnated after three millennia. Essairyn is gifted with abnormal magic, and Akari is being chased by those of her dark past. Together, they set out on an adventure in a world more dangerous than its beautiful facade could hide. Finding new friends along a path riddled with tragedy, Essairyn must learn who to trust as deceit and betrayal lie behind kindly faces. Life in this deceptively promising world slowly spirals down a path of no return. This is not a game, but cruel reality. Her simple adventure became the modest beginnings in a chain of disruptions that tore even the dimensional fabric of time and space. No one, not even Essairyn, was who she thought they were. And not even the fickle gods could change the time-worn destiny of the universes... A single promise shook eternity’s existence.
8 142 - In Serial17 Chapters
The Priest of Genes
Meet Seth, acolyte in the Church of Virtue. He’ll be a Priest like his father soon, he just knows it. Sure he didn’t inherit his mother’s preaching power, but he doesn’t mind being the secondary priest at whatever temple he is assigned to. Just as long as he has a library. Meet this genetics textbook. Hmm, that doesn’t belong here. It must have come from somewhere far away, I guess something happened to its owner. I’m sure a studious young man who likes healing could go far with this information, whether he wants to or not. This is my first time really writing anything, so I hope you like it! Please let me know if I make any mistakes; I have a new R&D tech job at a genomics company, so I probably don’t edit as much as some people. I’m shooting for two thousand-ish word chapters released on Sundays, since none of the webnovels I read ever seem to update that day. Underserved Market! Genre is fantasy, possibly progression fantasy. Maybe a tiny bit litRPG if you wait a while and squint really hard, but that’s the most I’m prepared to claim. Hedged my bets on the content warnings, nothing that bad. Cover art from A. W. Gelman
8 179 - In Serial10 Chapters
The Demon King's Seventeenth Wife is Scary
Tao Jinghua [Crystal Flower], the deadliest and scariest Assassin to ever walk the earth, unknowingly, give up her life to save a city that is being purged. What she never know was how she died.... or so she thought. She herself didn't die, however, in her last minutes of helping a Taoist believer to safety, she accidentally swallowed a pearl and black out. When she wakes up, she found herself in the body of another existence with the same name and gender but different in look girl who is the 29 daughter of a Pottery family. Okay, fine. I don't need to live in a rich family to be happy. Okay, fine. I don't need people to say that I am not pretty. Huh? Wait, what? Is my fiancee dead? What? Could I cultivate to be immortal shall I wished it? What? You want me to marry the Fifth Princess?! Are you sure it's a princess and not a prince? What? The Demon King want me as his wife? Wait a second, first of all, who the hell are you, people?!!! Genres: Xianxia/Xuanhuan, Romance, Action, Drama, Martial Arts, Supernatural/Fantasy, Comedy PS: The cover photo does NOT belong to the author. If the owner wishes for the author of this fiction to take the photo/picture off, please PM the author.
8 112 - In Serial27 Chapters
BACK AGAIN (GXG)
Pano kung yung pag alis mo ay isang malaking pag kakamale?
8 338 - In Serial33 Chapters
Star Wars EpisodeIVAU: Revival (Star Wars AU Series #2)
Several years after the famous Anakin Skywalker mysteriously disappeared, Chancellor Organa informs Padme of his whereabouts. Padme and some allies leave Naboo in search of Anakin, leaving Luke and Leia Skywalker at home. After their home gets destroyed by fire, Luke and Leia find themselves in the hands of the Rebel Alliance. Luke decides to accompany the search party to Tatooine to search for Anakin while Leia goes to Coruscant for a dinner party. But things go wrong almost immediately, such as someone getting assassinated and chance encounters with the cocky Han Solo, the slick Luna Levrel, and the spoiled Princess Eden of Alderaan.
8 197

