Lord of Illusions City
Chapter 147 Latent Virus
The leopard continued to speak in a raspy voice.
The leopard was now reveling in this feeling, especially when addressing others as "human," which made him feel like one of those powerful demon lords from anime.
Of course, no matter how impressive or cool those demon lords were, they were usually defeated by the protagonist in the end. But this wasn't an anime; it was the real world.
Therefore, the leopard defined himself as: the ultimate zombie king who would rule the entire world! Hmm, perhaps adding "great" would make it sound even better!
"Very well, Great Zombie King!"
Of course, Yin Gang had no idea what the leopard was thinking. He bowed again and said respectfully:
"As you said, I did try to kill you in that residential area. But my main targets were the guy with the gun and his lackeys. I didn't have any particular intentions towards you and your companions, but… you were all together at the time!
"Besides, when I left, that kid with the gun even tried to kill me. Fortunately, I managed to evade him, and then I escaped into that building.
"After that, I saw you summoning your kin and instantly gathering such a powerful army. Then, I also saw that damned guy bringing your companions back here!
"Later, I even saw that you were planning to kill them, but unfortunately, those two bastards were too lucky. Plus, perhaps you were a bit careless because you had just assembled your army, so they managed to escape."
In truth, Yin Gang had seen much more, such as how the leopard used those survivors to make Li Yunshan and the others give up resisting, then turned them into zombies as well. He also saw how, after Li Chenzhou and the others left, the leopard didn't even dare to stay on the rooftop, but instead scurried down below to hide.
However, these were all embarrassing matters, and anyone with a brain wouldn't bring them up!
Yin Gang's words didn't elicit any reaction from the leopard because he hadn't heard what he wanted to hear yet.
"Now I can at least confirm one thing, Great Zombie King: that is, we have a common enemy. There's a saying among humans, 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend.' Of course, I'm not qualified to be your friend, but I can be your henchman, your eyes and ears!"
Seeing that the leopard remained unmoved, Yin Gang continued:
"Your henchmen are all zombies, and zombies can't get close to humans. The two who ran away just now will definitely escape to the outskirts of the city. And I saw many people fleeing earlier as well.
"I'm sure they'll set up some kind of refuge not far from the city because they still need food and water from the city to survive! And your minions can't infiltrate those refuges at all, but I can!"
"Are you saying that you will leave the city, find Li Chenzhou, then get close to him, and then find a way to cooperate with me, such as luring him to some place so I can kill them?"
The leopard asked.
"Of course not!"
Yin Gang immediately shook his head:
"That guy is called Li Chenzhou, right? He's seen me, and I can sense that he's very wary, so there's no way I can get close to him! But I have a better plan, but I need your help, Great Zombie King!"
"Help? How so?"
The leopard frowned.
"I also want to build a refuge like that. So, I need some survivors, and they need to be survivors I personally rescue. Only then will I be able to make those people willingly listen to me!"
Yin Gang said:
"But I don't have that ability. In fact, just two zombies could probably kill me. So, I want you to help me, whether it's acting or whatever, to let me rescue some humans in this area and then lead them out of the city!"
"I don't see how you building a refuge outside the city and taking in some humans will benefit me! On the contrary, it will make me lose some food. As long as I want to, I can turn all the humans in this area into my food or my children!"
The leopard said.
"No, no, no! There are plenty of benefits!"
Yin Gang said:
"I can't get close to that Li Chenzhou right now because I'm all alone. But if I build a shelter, or even a survival base, and become the leader of hundreds or even thousands of people, then he won't treat me like that anymore, even if I almost killed him once!
"And it's not just him, but other humans as well. You've seen that humans are fleeing, and sooner or later, everyone in the city will die or escape. At that time, you'll need me to send you some humans to enrich your table!
"In addition, there shouldn't be only one zombie king who can summon zombies in this city, so I guess you may not get along very well. When that time comes, I can also help you weaken your enemies!"
Hearing Yin Gang's words, the leopard's eyes flickered. What this guy said did make sense. Although these things would probably happen a long time from now, it was still necessary to plan ahead and plant a nail in the human camp.
"See, just by mentioning it casually, there are already so many benefits. In addition, there will definitely be other things you need me for in the future. In short, having a base leader among humans as your henchman is definitely beneficial to you."
Seeing that the leopard was tempted, Yin Gang pressed on:
"Because even if it turns out that I'm of no use at all in the future, you'll only lose one zombie. But look down there, do you lack zombies now? Using a dispensable character in exchange for potentially huge future benefits, I think you should be able to make this choice easily! Right?"
"Not just one, but many! Human, because you still have to rescue many survivors!"
The leopard replied.
"You don't need to lose too many. Just let me rescue thirty or forty people in the early stages so that I can form a team. I'll take care of the rest myself!"
Yin Gang replied quickly, clearly having thought it all out beforehand!
"I can promise you, but there's one condition!"
The leopard thought for a while and finally nodded:
"You must let me bite you. Don't worry, the virus I leave in your body will be a dormant one. As long as you come back here within a month, I can continue to suppress the virus for another month, and you won't turn into a zombie. Of course, if you don't come back within a month… then we're still in the same boat, the real kind!!!"
"This…"
Hearing the leopard's words, Yin Gang was instantly stunned…