The People's God: Sacrificing Trillions to Ascend-Chapter 431 - Zombie Civilization

The zombies were once human, yet they could still move, listen, smell, and see objects. Unlike the living, they couldn’t think or feel and fed on flesh by instinct.

With the right method, even a child could easily kill a slow, stupid zombie. Han Wu only needed one glance to figure out how. However, when he saw there were only five of them, he discarded all strategies. He didn’t need a plan for this.

He stepped out of the meeting room and smashed the zombies’ heads one by one with one of the triangular, metallic table legs. Each zombie dropped like a puppet with its strings cut, motionless on the floor.

Han Wu was afraid that they were feigning death and used the table leg’s sharp edge to sever their heads, ensuring they were truly gone. He shook the blood from the table leg and started looking for a restroom to clean it off when he suddenly noticed a strange crystal inside one of the zombies’ skulls.

Human skulls weren’t supposed to contain anything like that. He cracked it open and retrieved an irregularly shaped crystal. The moment he touched it, a notification echoed in his mind.

[Energy found. Absorb?]

[Energy Points can be used to unlock the host’s Divine Powers, Skills, and units.]

Han Wu smiled. The rules did state that they had to find a way to unlock their own powers, and it seemed that he had already figured it out on the very first day. After absorbing the crystal, he gained two Energy Points.

A list appeared in his mind, showing the available options. Out of the many, only one was currently accessible.

[Summon Locust (Common) – 1 Energy Point/unit]

He cursed them for the system. Killing a zombie yielded just two points, but that was only enough to summon two Common locusts. He knew how weak they were, and wasting precious energy on them was undoubtedly unwise.

Han Wu ignored the list and cracked open the remaining heads. Only one lacked a crystal. In total, he obtained twelve Energy Points from five zombies. As his energy reserves grew, more options appeared before him.

One of them was Mighty Cleave, an ordinary Skill that doubled his strength during a cleaving strike. He decided to get it. Once unlocked, he felt a slight surge of power course through him.

Now he was eager to hunt zombies and murmured excitedly, “As long as I hunt enough of them, I’ll gather plenty of energy and use it to summon my units here.”

Han Wu actively hunted down zombies. The thudding of his table leg attracted even more of the sluggish zombies toward the trap he had laid. As they stumbled in, he welcomed them with Mighty Cleave, striking down hard on their heads.

By the time a full day passed, he had accumulated eighty-four Energy Points. He now had enough points to unlock three new options on the list.

[Summon Locust (Elite) – 25 Energy Points/unit]

[Unlock Silver Bladefall – 50 points]

[Summon Locust (Unique) – 80 Energy Points/unit]

For the sake of his safety, he decided to summon an Elite locust and unlock Silver Bladefall. With those two additions, his overall strength increased.

The summoned Elite locust was half the length of his arm and among the weakest units in his army, yet it was now a reliable helper. Other than its insatiable appetite, it excelled in self detonation. That alone made it useful enough for him.

Han Wu ordered the Elite locust to bite the zombies’ necks. The locust suffered no harm from consuming flesh and blood tainted by the virus. Back in his divine realm, the Origin of Mutation had modified the locusts’ genes, granting them immunity to most viruses. That was also the main reason he had dared to accept this battle.

Moments later, the first zombie’s neck snapped as the locust chewed through it unnoticed. The zombie collapsed with a heavy thud, and the sound drew a swarm of nearby zombies toward it.

Han Wu commanded the locust to extract the crystal and bring it back to him. A Common zombie yielded only three Energy Points at most. It was barely anything, but he didn’t mind. All he needed was to find more zombies.

After several days of recovery, he had finally replenished the locust population within his divine realm. As long as he had enough Energy Points, he could summon as many of them as he needed here.

The Elite locust worked tirelessly through the night and collected ninety Energy Points for him. That was enough for him to summon three more of its kind. With four Elite locusts now under his command, their hunting efficiency increased, and they hunted down even more zombies.

Including the day’s harvest, Han Wu had collected more than 400 Energy Points. The list expanded, but he dismissed most options and summoned even more Elite locusts. He spent the entire sum to summon sixteen additional Elite locusts, swelling his army’s ranks.

Meanwhile, Han Wu realized that the first Elite locust he had summoned was ready to reach the Unique rank after devouring large amounts of zombie flesh.

The virus in the zombie flesh had no effect on the locusts, allowing them to feast on zombies without risk. Even better, the zombies felt no pain, so they wouldn’t retaliate even as the locusts devoured them.

Han Wu glanced at the remaining thirty Energy Points on his stat screen and had a bold idea. Acting on it, he spent his Energy Points to summon thirty Common locusts, each no larger than a finger.

“Go and feast on the zombies to your hearts’ content!” he commanded.