59: Chapter 59 Speculation

On the street of the foot massage parlor, Ye Fan and Li Hao were walking slowly along the street with two women.

These two women were the sisters Chu Xiyan and Chu Ximo. After much consideration, they had finally agreed to Ye Fan's request to return with him.

"Strange! Why is it so quiet on this street? I remember that a few days ago, this street was filled with zombies everywhere, which is why we stayed in our room and didn't dare to come out to look for food."

Chu Xiyan quickly scanned every corner of the street. It was deserted, without even a trace of a zombie, which made her say with a puzzled expression.

Upon hearing her sister Chu Xiyan's words, Chu Ximo quickly nodded and hurriedly added in a low voice.

"Yes, that's right! I also remember that a few days ago there were zombies everywhere here! Now, I can't even see a single trace of a zombie."

"It really is strange."

Walking beside them, Ye Fan looked at the two and asked with some confusion: "Are you saying there were a lot of zombies here before?"

"Yes, a lot, very many! I remember at that time this street was full of them; I just don't know why, but now I can't even see a trace of a single zombie." Chu Xiyan nodded repeatedly, speaking with a very certain tone.

"That's right! I also remember that at the time, this area was filled with the roars of zombies, as if they were slaughtering each other; it was terrifying!" Chu Ximo said softly in a gentle voice.

Listening to the sisters talking back and forth, Ye Fan replied, "Oh! Is that so?"

Chu Xiyan quickly glanced at Ye Fan, "Yes, it really was like that. It was precisely because of this that we were afraid of being discovered by the zombies, so we blocked the staircase leading to the second floor with things."

"In other words, there were originally a lot of zombies in this area, but now they have all vanished without a trace." Ye Fan slowed his pace, reached out to rub his chin, and muttered to himself in a low voice.

Seeing this, Li Hao quickly moved closer to Ye Fan and asked slowly: "Master, have you discovered something?"

Ye Fan nodded quickly, "I feel that there must be a major issue here. Otherwise, these zombies couldn't possibly have disappeared for no reason; there isn't even a single zombie corpse to be seen here."

"Could it be like that group of zombies in Jiangcheng University, all gathered in one place?" After listening to Ye Fan, Li Hao quickly voiced his speculation.

"That possibility cannot be ruled out, but..." Ye Fan nodded.

But Ye Fan wasn't entirely sure about the specifics.

Ye Fan quickly stopped, turned his head to look at the sisters Chu Xiyan and Chu Ximo beside him, and asked: "By the way, when did the roaring of this group of zombies stop?"

The two were stunned for a moment, then quickly replied: "It should have been about two days ago! It seems that on the night before last, it suddenly stopped, and then they completely vanished without a trace."

"When these zombies were roaring, were there any survivors outside?"

"This... we aren't too sure about that. We were always hiding in our room and didn't dare to come out at all," Chu Xiyan answered.

Ye Fan glanced at her and asked again: "I remember your room had a window, right? Didn't you take a look?"

"No, because the two of us are very timid and afraid of being discovered by the zombies, so we didn't dare to..."

Ye Fan looked puzzled and muttered to himself: "Strange, there were roars like a slaughter, and then they all disappeared in one night. Could it be that this group of zombies really gathered and headed in an unknown direction overnight?"

Suddenly, a thought occurred to Ye Fan.

It was a scene he had witnessed before: a group of zombies devouring the corpses of their own kind. However, the corpses of the same kind that those zombies were devouring were all zombies that had been killed by Ye Fan.

They had not been slaughtering each other.

But at this thought, the train of thought in Ye Fan's mind was instantly lost.

Thinking about this, it could only prove one thing. That is, the remaining corpses of certain dead zombies were torn apart and consumed by their own kind.

But it still couldn't explain why these zombies had all disappeared overnight.

"Wait!" Ye Fan thought for a moment, and it seemed as if he suddenly realized something.

The reason those zombies didn't slaughter each other was very likely because the Zombie King that emerged among them did not allow them to slaughter each other!

Then, what if a Zombie King had not been born among them? What kind of situation would that be?

From the behavior of that group of zombies devouring the corpses of their own kind, it can be seen that if a Zombie King had not been born among them and they were not restrained by a Zombie King, then these zombies would very likely slaughter each other crazily, devouring each other to increase their strength.

The sisters Chu Xiyan and Chu Ximo had just mentioned a key piece of information.

That was that the group of zombies was roaring crazily, as if they were slaughtering each other.

Combining all this, perhaps that group of zombies really was slaughtering each other.

And this explains why this group of zombies would vanish without a trace overnight.

It was because among them, it was very likely that a zombie with extremely powerful strength had evolved, and thus, with overwhelming force, it had devoured all the other zombies.

At this thought, Ye Fan's expression changed instantly, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Master, what did you think of?" Li Hao, who was beside him, saw the smile on Ye Fan's face and couldn't help but ask.

"Yes! If I haven't guessed wrong, we are very likely to harvest a high-level zombie crystal core!" Ye Fan nodded quickly, his face filled with excitement, and he spoke with confidence.

He was so confident precisely because, after his two experiences hunting zombies, he could vaguely guess a pattern.

That is, zombies whose level reaches above Tier 5 will have a 100% chance of dropping a zombie crystal core after being killed.

Because the two zombies above Tier 5 that he had killed had both dropped zombie crystal cores.

If it was good luck once, it was impossible to have such good luck twice in a row.

Therefore, Ye Fan had such a bold speculation.

"Master, you... are you saying there is still a zombie here, and it's even a high-level zombie?" Li Hao looked at Ye Fan with a puzzled expression and asked with disbelief.

"That's right! If I haven't guessed wrong, there should only be one zombie left in this area. And this remaining zombie has very likely evolved to the level of a Zombie King."

Ye Fan smiled and spoke quickly with confidence.

"No way! An evolved Zombie King, doesn't that thing already possess intelligence?" Li Hao quickly scrutinized Ye Fan and said in a low voice.

Hearing Ye Fan and Li Hao's discussion, the sisters Chu Xiyan and Chu Ximo were completely confused, having no idea what they were talking about.

However, they did catch the sentence Li Hao just said.

Their faces were filled with shock, "Are you saying that among this group of zombies, some zombies possess intelligence, and you speculate that the one remaining zombie in this area has very likely developed intelligence?"

"Yes, you can understand it that way!" Ye Fan nodded and said calmly.

After hearing Ye Fan's answer, Chu Xiyan was stunned for a moment, muttering to herself in a low voice.

"Is it me who has gone crazy, or is it the world that has gone crazy? Zombies, of all things, could actually develop intelligence, this..."

"But... if that thing really possesses intelligence, it should have discovered us by now! But we are still fine..." Chu Ximo said in a low, puzzled voice with a gloomy expression.

"It's very likely that it already looks down on you now, feeling that eating you is of no great use to it anymore," Ye Fan said with a smile.

"Ah!"

After Ye Fan said this, the three people beside him were instantly stunned, their faces filled with confusion, and they all exclaimed at the same time.

They completely did not understand what Ye Fan was saying.

As a zombie, how could it not eat them?

This was simply nonsense, very hard to believe.

"Master, you... you haven't made a mistake, have you? This..." Li Hao looked at Ye Fan with a puzzled expression, his tone somewhat hesitant.

Although he was very afraid of Ye Fan, he still felt that what Ye Fan said was truly too outrageous.

How could these beasts possibly let a human go!

Moreover, to them, humans were simply their food.

"Let me put it this way! There are only two ways for these zombies to become stronger: one is to slaughter and devour each other, and the other is to hunt humans."

"And this is why that group of low-level zombies that have not yet developed intelligence, as soon as they see us survivors, go crazy and instinctively want to hunt us."

Li Hao nodded quickly, indicating his agreement.

But this made him even more puzzled.

Because there was a loophole in Ye Fan's words that conflicted greatly with what he had just said.

Since one of the ways for these zombies to become stronger is to hunt humans.

Then, why would the zombie that Ye Fan speculated had very likely entered the ranks of Zombie Kings let the sisters Chu Xiyan and Chu Ximo go!

Shouldn't these people be materials for it to become stronger?

This didn't make sense.

Ye Fan naturally saw the look of confusion on Li Hao's face and continued speaking.

"And it is highly likely that after these zombies reach above Tier 5, consuming ordinary survivors no longer helps them increase their strength much."

"This can also explain why, after those zombies reach above Tier 5, although they have developed intelligence, they don't go around hunting humans to increase their strength."

"Then, what about all those remaining low-level zombies in Jiangcheng University! Since they can devour each other, why haven't they all been devoured by those Zombie Kings!" At this moment, Li Hao, who was on the side, threw another question at Ye Fan.

"Sigh! It seems you really aren't a very smart person!" Ye Fan sighed and said somewhat helplessly.

"Uh...!" Upon hearing Ye Fan's words, Li Hao lowered his head in embarrassment, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"The reason is very simple! Because that group of low-level zombies is also of no great use to those zombies that have reached above Tier 5, which is why they are still alive," Ye Fan explained calmly.

"Then... then if those zombies that have reached above Tier 5 want to become stronger, could it be that... their target is us, the Ability Users who have awakened their Supernatural Ability!" Li Hao's expression turned ugly; as he said this, he couldn't help but shiver.

"Yes, you've finally been smart for once. If I'm not mistaken, that's exactly it! But there should be another way for them to become stronger, which is that they need to devour their own kind that are at a similar level to them."

"This also explains why, when we were hunting those low-level zombies, those Zombie Kings didn't have much of a reaction, but when I killed that Zombie King above Tier 5, the other Zombie Kings had such a huge reaction..." Ye Fan explained with a serious expression.

"That's because we moved the cake they use to become stronger?" Li Hao quickly added.

"Exactly! It's very likely like that."

"In that Jiangcheng University, as far as we know, there are at least four Zombie Kings. In order to reduce competition among themselves, those Zombie Kings won't let the low-level zombies under them devour each other, which would lead to the birth of new Zombie Kings with strength comparable to theirs, as that could very likely threaten their own positions."

"Perhaps only after those few Zombie Kings in Jiangcheng University have devoured each other will new Tier 5 zombies appear again. By then, the strength of the remaining zombie will definitely be incomparably powerful, and it won't have to worry at all about new Zombie Kings threatening its position."

"And those newly born Tier 5 Zombie Kings will only be considered the best material for it to become stronger."

Ye Fan always had a smile on his face, speaking slowly and unhurriedly.

His tone was full of composure, as if everything he was saying now was within his control.

Li Hao was stunned by what Ye Fan said, his face full of admiration, and he clapped his hands in applause repeatedly.

"Amazing, amazing! Master, you were actually able to think of all this; it's truly too awesome. I have to admire you..."

"Sigh! Keep it low-key, low-key! These are just my random speculations, not necessarily all true," Ye Fan said quickly with a smile.

At this moment, the sisters Chu Xiyan and Chu Ximo were completely stunned on the spot, their eyes fixed firmly on Ye Fan.

Their faces were full of seriousness, listening meticulously to what Ye Fan was saying.

Although they didn't understand at all what Ye Fan was talking about, they were still shocked by Ye Fan's analysis.

From beginning to end, the expressions that appeared most on their faces were undoubtedly shock, shock! Confusion, confusion! Besides these two expressions, there were still these two expressions.

However, at this moment, what Ye Fan and the others did not know was that a pair of greedy eyes was standing in a corner fifty meters away, quietly staring at them.