Apocalypse Rebirth: Beauties Surround Me

Chapter 210: save me

Elijah turned towards the direction of the kitchen, finding it empty.

He then lowered his gaze, focusing on the floor.

Countless clusters of light orbs were more numerous than all the floors above combined.

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"I should check the underground."

Elijah muttered to himself.

He switched to Nora's shielding ability, hiding himself from all perception abilities.

Under the cover of darkness, he ventured out.

Daisy's passive night vision ability allowed Elijah to navigate the night as easily as day.

Moving swiftly through the darkness, Elijah made a detour to the kitchen before heading underground.

Finding the kitchen deserted, Elijah slipped in without difficulty.

After a grim inspection, he emerged with a dark expression.

"Damn it, they're all monsters! No, worse than monsters—they're utterly depraved!"

His voice was cold, laced with teeth-gritting anger.

The scene he had just witnessed deeply shook his principles.

However, he couldn't draw final conclusions yet; he needed to see underground for himself.

Wendy had shown Elijah the floor plans, and relying on memory, he easily found the stairs leading down. Instead of stopping at the first basement level, Elijah proceeded directly to the second basement level.

Few guards were present on the first basement level, mainly stationed near the entrance to the underground parking lot.

Elijah sensed no other presence there.

All the light orbs he had seen earlier were concentrated on the second basement level.

Arriving at the staircase leading to the second basement, Elijah found the door locked.

Simultaneously, he distinctly heard the moans of zombies and the cries of humans coming from below.

"Just as I suspected." Elijah's heart skipped a beat.

He then glanced at the lock before him. Picking locks was a skill he had mastered, and this one posed no challenge.

He effortlessly unlocked the door and cautiously pushed it open.

What greeted Elijah inside was nothing short of shocking.

The expansive parking lot housed countless cages, each containing humanoid creatures.

No, to be precise, they were zombies!

But not just ordinary zombies—Elijah could clearly see several that were unusually large and mutated, missing limbs or with grotesque deformities.

The sight sent a chill down Elijah's spine, especially recalling what he had seen in the kitchen.

So, the dinner Wendy had arranged for the newcomers wasn't anything else—it was the damn meat missing from these zombies! Moreover, it was the flesh of mutated zombies!

No wonder three people immediately turned into zombies during dinner. Even if the zombie meat was cooked thoroughly, it didn't mean the virus residues were eliminated.

Suddenly, Elijah understood why they had so many awakened individuals.

Elijah's realization of Chi's existence, understanding the essence of spirit plants, spirit fish, and spirit beasts, and knowing that all three can awaken individuals when consumed, led to a disturbing suspicion in his heart.

Humans, essentially speaking, are also animals and can be classified under intelligent spirit beasts.

This implied that every awakened individual fundamentally resembled an active spirit plant...

This suspicion was too gruesome and terrifying.

If true, without moral constraints, human society would descend into the law of the jungle.

Everyone would be both hunter and prey!

Deep down, Elijah refused to fully acknowledge this suspicion.

However, when he disposed of the initial sensed female zombie corpse into the sea, witnessing the struggle between Spirit fish and Whitey, it indirectly confirmed his suspicion.

After all, the sensed female zombie was also considered an awakened individual, even though its "core" corpse had been removed, its body still contained "Chi"!

Wild mutated zombies were similarly derived from consuming large quantities of the same species' corpse core or body, thereby awakening or advancing.

As for why ordinary zombies didn't engage in combat and consumption from the outset, Elijah suspected the zombie virus was interfering.

However, when hunger reached a certain level, some zombies would break through this interference.

This was also why closed environments were more likely to have mutated zombies.

Later, Elijah intentionally brought mutated zombie corpses back to Whitey as food.

Whitey eventually awakened after consuming the mutated zombie corpse, albeit evolving towards physical mutations.

But this completely confirmed Elijah's suspicions!

To be honest, Elijah was worried at the time, which is why he instructed Hannah and Sophia not to disclose this matter externally.

However, he gradually eased his worries, recalling that he hadn't heard of such instances of cannibalistic awakening in his previous life's apocalypse year.

After all, everyone had just survived from civilized society, and many would still be bound by morality.

He felt his suspicions might not be widespread among their generation.

However, everything Elijah witnessed and heard at the YLK Group completely overturned his worldview.

Elijah recalled the large chunks of meat and ribs on the dinner plates, sending chills down his spine.

"Help..."

A faint voice amidst the zombie's roars faintly reached Elijah's ears. He immediately walked towards the source of the voice and saw another row of people treated in the same manner as zombies.

Among them, he recognized one person—Finn, the university student who had disappeared from the gathering place for eyeglass men.

The cry for help had come from him!

However, Finn looked miserable, utterly despondent. He was not only locked in an iron cage but also securely chained to an iron chair.

But what caught Elijah's attention the most were Finn's two legs, which were reduced to bare white bones, with the flesh and blood mysteriously missing!

"Damn it!"

Elijah couldn't help but exclaim in shock. Upon hearing his voice, Finn immediately raised his head, his bloodshot eyes staring at Elijah, trembling lips whispering, "Save... me! Save... save... me..."

Elijah hurried forward.

Suddenly, a foul stench assaulted his senses. Elijah then noticed that Finn's iron chair seemed hollow underneath, similar to a toilet seat, with a large bucket placed beneath it, nearly overflowing with filth.

The stench emanated from there.

Elijah didn't need to guess what was inside.

However, what shocked him even more was another discovery.

The pale flesh on Finn's leg bones was slowly regenerating in a bizarre manner. Although the process was slow and incomparable to his healing abilities, it was undeniably the slow regeneration of flesh and blood.

"Damn..."

Elijah gasped in horror, a terrifying suspicion forming in his mind.

"Brother, what... what happened to you?"

As Elijah asked, he observed the adjacent cages, noting that the people inside were in the same state as Finn.

However, unlike Finn, they had vacant stares, drool slipping from their mouths, indicating they had become mentally incapacitated.

But among those in similar predicaments, it wasn't just the two of them—there were over a dozen cages in this row.

"Help... me! Save... save... me!"

Finn didn't answer Elijah's question but continued to repeat meaningless phrases.

Elijah fell silent immediately.