Looking at his hands like wild beast claws, Zhang Ning felt helpless. Do these changes in his body prove that he has completely broken away from the category of human beings?
Then why does he still maintain his own sanity?
His appearance alone will be a big problem in the future.
Even if Zhang Ning's parents can accept a son who turned into a monster, what about the others?
Humans are social animals and cannot survive alone for long. In the end, they must rely on the protection of the group.
It was impossible for him to wander outside with his parents all the time. The ultimate goal was to go to the Siming Mountain Refuge and settle his parents down.
When they arrive at the shelter, will the survivors, those normal and healthy humans, be able to accept his appearance as a monster?
Random thoughts popped up in his mind one after another. Zhang Ning shook his head in an attempt to drive these thoughts away.
"Let's take a step and see..."
With a low sigh, Zhang Ning raised his legs and walked in the direction of the pickup truck.
In fact, he originally wanted to check for any changes in his body, but after being bumped into by Yuan Shaofeng, Zhang Ning had no intention of checking at the moment and just wanted to take his parents out of here quickly.
As Zhang Ning walked forward, the eight scarlet tentacles swaying in the air were also rapidly shortening and thinning at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
Somewhat similar to a certain male organ.
As the inside fills with blood, the area becomes thick and hard.
Once blood is lost from it, the area will immediately weaken, shrink in size, or even disappear.
The principle of deformation of these eight tentacles is similar.
However, because the eight tentacles were located on the back of Zhang Ning's neck and out of his sight, Zhang Ning did not notice when the tentacles shrank and became smaller.
On the contrary, the mountain gun who had been guarding in front of the car door clearly saw the shrinking tentacles. His brown dog eyes were wide open, as if he had discovered something new, and he was wagging his tail curiously.
"What are you looking at? Do you think your master is handsome?"
Zhang Ning took three steps at a time, then stepped forward and patted the mountain cannon's head.
He is such an optimistic person. One second he was worried about whether his monster-like appearance would be rejected by others, and the next second he was happily interacting with the giant dog in front of him.
"Woooo..."
Shan Pao opened his big mouth slightly and let out a few low whines at Zhang Ning. He also stuck out his tongue and licked Zhang Ning's palm, seeming to agree with his master's narcissism.
"I did a good job this time. I didn't leave the car door the whole time. I'll mark it as a credit to you. I'll find you a nice little bitch when I get the chance in the future."
Wrapping the mountain gun's neck, Zhang Ning stretched his neck and took a look inside the cab. His parents were well inside, uninjured, but they were not in the drowsy state that he had seen before. Instead, they were looking out the window worriedly, as if they were Look for Zhang Ning.
It's no wonder that Yuan Shaofeng was so frightened by Zhang Ning's strange behavior that he screamed and performed a life-and-death speed show near the pickup truck. The roar of the engine alone was enough to wake up the two elders. Remaining in a comatose state, Zhang Ning began to worry.
"Mom and Dad..."
Looking at his stunned parents, Zhang Ning scratched his head in embarrassment. He could imagine that he must look like a monster now, so he could understand even if his parents had a look of fear on their faces.
But to Zhang Ning's surprise, his parents were stunned for two seconds after seeing him, and then immediately asked.
"Son, how are you? Are you injured?
where……"
Mother Zhang's worried eyes quickly overflowed with tears, her lips trembled, and she tried to lean towards the cab as much as possible.
Zhang's father's action was more direct. He reached out and opened the car door. Regardless of whether there were any scattered zombies outside, he grabbed Zhang Ning's arms and looked up and down his son's body.
"I'm fine, I'm fine, you go in quickly, there are zombies outside..."
Being looked up and down by his father, Zhang Ning also felt something in his heart, and he quickly said, trying to dispel his parents' concerns.
"Nonsense! You obviously, you obviously..."
Father Zhang's eyes were red, and the whites of his eyes were bloodshot, looking like a tiger about to eat people.
When Yuan Shaofeng hit Zhang Ning with his car just now, he had actually woken up. Through the rearview mirror on the pickup truck, he probably saw what was happening among the zombies.
At that time, because Zhang Ning's appearance had changed significantly and his face was not facing the rearview mirror, Zhang's father did not recognize Zhang Ning. He just thought that a zombie was hit by a BMW and didn't care.
But now Zhang Ning is standing in front of him, and all the characteristics on his body are consistent with the "zombie" that was knocked away just now. How could Father Zhang not understand that the person Yuan Shaofeng hit with his car just now was his son!
"You were obviously hit by a car! Let me see where you are injured. You need to go to the hospital for a checkup quickly..."
Father Zhang's hands were randomly groping Zhang Ning's body, trying to find the location of the injury.
The focus on his children has made this father, who is over fifty years old, forget about his current situation and the changes that have taken place in the world.
At this moment, he only had one thought in his mind, that is, nothing would happen to his son.
"Dad, are you confused? There are no hospitals running now. The order maintenance agencies have collapsed..."
"But, but you were hit by a car..."
Zhang's father raised his head, his bloodshot eyes made Zhang Ning feel distressed.
"I'm really fine. Have you forgotten? I have a special physique. If you don't believe me, I can still do two push-ups to show you..."
With that said, Zhang Ning stepped back, lying down and doing two push-ups to prove himself, but the surviving secondary infected body beside him didn't seem to want to watch this similar performance, and roared towards the cab with the door wide open. Come running.
"Old Swan, something almost happened..."
The secondary infected body passed by Zhang Ning, trembling with fright at Funny, who had just laid down on the ground and was preparing for two. Fortunately, Zhang Ning's hands were faster than his mouth, and before he could finish speaking, he grabbed the secondary infected body with his right hand. Infected body's ankle.
With a gentle tug, this relatively strong zombie was pulled over and fell to the ground.
"Mom and Dad, please stay in the car for now. It's not very safe outside. I'll explain to you after I clean up these zombies..."
Zhang Ning reached forward with his left hand, as if the instinct from the previous battle with the female soldier still remained in his body. Zhang Ning subconsciously made a grabbing motion. His five fingers were like hooks, and his dark nails were like five sharp steel knives, as red as The soldering iron pierced the tofu and sank into the back of the secondary infected body easily.
With one grasp and one pull, Zhang Ning casually grabbed out a section of spine stained with black mucus and threw it aside like trash.
The zombie lying on the ground also ended its short life and completely turned into a motionless corpse.
Looking at Zhang Ning, who was killing like a monster in front of him, Zhang's father's lips wriggled and he didn't say anything for several times. Finally, he sighed heavily and closed the car door.
After closing the car door, facing Zhang's mother's questioning eyes, Zhang's father finally said something with a stiff face.
"
It’s no use for me to let my son suffer like this..."
…
Excluding the secondary infections mixed in the corpses that were smashed by Yuan Shaofeng, there were actually quite a few zombies in the corpse group that had managed to escape being absorbed by the tentacles. However, due to a series of events that had happened previously, a lot of time had been delayed, and many zombies had died. They have all left, and there are actually not many left.
After pulling out the spine of the last zombie, Zhang Ning wiped his hands on the other person's clothes, then looked around carefully to make sure that nothing had slipped through the net, and then returned to the pickup truck with confidence.
When cleaning up the remaining zombies, Zhang Ning did not use his tentacle ability, but directly used the most violent and effective method to pull out the zombie's spine.
This was because he didn't know that the tentacles on the back of his neck had recovered and changed;
Secondly, it was out of my own little thoughts. After all, my parents were watching from the car. If I used my tentacles to drain the zombies in front of them, I am afraid that no matter how I explain, I would not be able to remove the shadow in my parents' hearts. .
"It's done, let's go..."
Before returning to the cab, Zhang Ning deliberately put his hands behind his back and kept a certain distance from the cab.
"Son, you sit in the passenger seat, and mom sits in the car behind."
When Zhang's mother saw her son coming back, she immediately opened the door on the passenger side of the car, ran to Zhang Ning in three steps, and said with worry in her eyes.
"Oh, Mom, why am I sitting in the passenger seat? You go back and stay there. The road to the Siming Mountain Refuge is not short. It's very dangerous to sit in the back!"
Zhang Ning didn't expect that his mother would say this. He was slightly stunned and subconsciously answered in his usual nonchalant tone.
Unexpectedly, when he said this, the woman in front of him said that her eyes were red and she was about to shed tears again.
"It's too dangerous in the back. How can any mother let her son take risks while he hides safely in the cab? Listen to mother and quickly go and sit in the passenger seat. Mom doesn't know how to drive. What kind of danger are you really encountering? Just run away with your dad and don't worry about me..."
As she spoke, Mother Zhang reached out to wipe her tears again.
"Mom, you forgot, I have a special physique, and those zombies won't bite me. I'm very safe in the back compartment, really!"
"But……"
Zhang's mother seemed to want to say something more, but seeing Zhang Ning's insistent eyes, she knew she couldn't defeat her son, so she had to sigh and return to the car.
Father Zhang, who was sitting in the driver's seat, looked at Zhang Ning outside the car window. Although he didn't say anything, his eyes were full of concern and self-blame, which was enough to explain everything.
"Oh, I'm really fine. You two just put your hearts in your stomach. We have to hurry up. We originally planned to set off in the morning, but it's almost noon..."
Looking up at the sky, the sun slowly rose toward the center of the zenith. Just as Zhang Ning said, it was already late. If we wanted to reach the Siming Mountain shelter safely, we couldn't delay any longer.
"Okay, let's go."
Compared with Zhang's mother's indecision, Zhang's father made the most correct judgment at this time. It seemed that he gave up the idea of letting Zhang Ning become the co-pilot and chose to listen to his son's opinion.
"That's right. Once you enter the shelter, you will be completely safe!"
Zhang Ning climbed onto the carriage contentedly, and just as he was about to get into the car, his body suddenly froze, as if he thought of something important, he retreated to the cab again.
"Dad, have you ever seen a man in a black robe standing next to the cab..."
Father Zhang, who had already started the car, was stunned when he heard this. He quickly glanced at his son next to the car door. Without any hesitation, he shook his head with great certainty...
