[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-apocalypse-king-of-zombies":3,"chapter-apocalypse-king-of-zombies-apocalypse-king-of-zombies-chapter-469":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Apocalypse: King of Zombies",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},696437,930,"Chapter 469: He’s back!","apocalypse-king-of-zombies-chapter-469",469,"\u003Cp>Chapter 469: He’s back!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“San Antonio?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The name stirred up old memories for Leah, but also a strange sense of confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t that place a ghost town now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell was there to scout?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, I’ll go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now that’s more like it.” Frank gave a satisfied nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But off to the side, Nora was glaring at him with pure venom in her eyes, like she wanted to tear him apart with her teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BAM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frank spun around and slammed a fist into her stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell are you staring at? Think you’re tough? Go ahead, bite me! Now move your ass!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bastard…” Nora gritted her teeth, doubling over in pain, fury burning in her chest. But she had no choice—she had to play along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that, Frank and the other Awakener soldiers from Genesis Biotech herded Leah and the rest of the group toward San Antonio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trip was uneventful. No surprises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roughly two hours later, they arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outskirts of San Antonio were still a wasteland. The road leading into the city was overgrown with weeds, littered with rusted-out, wrecked cars piled on top of each other. In some of the driver’s seats, you could still see the decayed skeletons of the people who’d once sat there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole place was dead silent. Not a single sound, aside from the footsteps and murmurs of Frank’s group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Frank, we’re here,” one of his lieutenants said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frank gave a curt nod and grabbed the radio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Send those people in to scout. Tell them to behave—no funny business.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, sir!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Awakener soldiers outside moved fast, unlocking the restraints on Leah and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked pissed, but the first thing they did was straighten out their torn, dirty clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nora! Are you okay?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m fine,” she said, though her face was swollen from the slaps Frank had given her. She turned to her boyfriend, worry etched all over her face. “What about you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It hurts…” The young man’s face was pale, his body weak. Blood had soaked through his pants, staining the fabric around his thighs a deep red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nora’s heart clenched at the sight. “It hurts like hell at first, but it’ll ease up. Just hang in there, okay?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded, but he could barely walk. His steps were tiny and awkward, his legs bowed outward—any bigger stride tugged at his busted balls, sending fresh waves of pain through him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way he walked looked almost comical, if it weren’t so tragic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group started down the cracked road into the city center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leah scanned the surroundings. It looked almost exactly the same as the last time she’d been here—just more decayed, more broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you think there’s anything dangerous in the city?” Nora asked, curiosity laced with unease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No idea,” Leah replied, shaking her head. “But if Genesis Biotech’s sending us in first, it means there’s something in there they’re scared of. Something unknown.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few people behind them sucked in a sharp breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If even Genesis Biotech was afraid… whatever it was had to be seriously dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them leaned in and whispered, “Leah, look—none of their people followed us in. Maybe we should make a run for it while we can.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No way. We wouldn’t get far. They’ve got drones watching us from above,” Leah said, glancing up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, several small black dots buzzed overhead, circling like vultures, cameras trained on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the armored vehicle, Frank lounged comfortably, watching the live feed on a monitor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why’s it so quiet in there?” he muttered, rubbing his chin with two fingers. “No movement, no noise… Don’t tell me we geared up for a fight with thin air.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a crumbling street deep in San Antonio, Big Ears and a few other zombies were swaggering around like they owned the place—because, well, they kinda did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guess that’s what happens when you’re the top dog,” Big Ears thought to himself with a weird sense of pride. “More power, more responsibility…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His oversized ears twitched with every step, and dangling from one of them was his signature accessory: The Big Tooth Earring, swaying back and forth like a pendulum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But suddenly, Big Ears froze mid-step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head snapped up, eyes narrowing toward the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faint buzzing of drones had reached his hyper-sensitive ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Something’s up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? What now?” Shrimpy and Locomotive, trailing behind, looked confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Big Ears didn’t answer. He dropped flat to the ground, butt in the air, pressing one ear to the pavement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hyper Hearing: activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every tiny sound within a wide radius funneled into his brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Humans. We’ve got intruders.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Again? Seriously?” Shrimpy groaned, rolling his eyes. “Can’t they give it a rest? I’m still full from the last batch. I’ve got leftovers, man. Leftovers!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Big Ears was already back on his feet, eyes gleaming with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re coming in force. This is our moment to shine. Follow me—charge!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, we’re charging? Just like that?” Locomotive blinked. Big Ears wasn’t usually this gung-ho.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How many are we talking?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Five.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Big Ears had heard five humans enter the city. To him, that was a worthy challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately let out a call, summoning the local horde.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear and the rest of the zombie underlings began to gather.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once-dead city suddenly came alive with movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leah and the others felt it instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air filled with guttural snarls and shrieks. Shadows darted across rooftops and down alleyways. Zombies were sprinting down the streets, leaping between buildings, crawling up walls—closing in fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zombies! They’re here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re coming… oh God, they’re coming!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panic hit the group like a wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder Genesis Biotech had been so cautious—this place was crawling with danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, without warning, a thick black mist erupted like a volcanic blast, surging through the streets in seconds and swallowing the entire area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Day turned to night in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leah and the others were plunged into darkness, their vision completely cut off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But instead of panicking, Leah’s face lit up with something close to joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mist… It’s Mist! It’s really him! He’s back!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mist? Who the hell is Mist?” one of the young men asked, totally lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nora, standing nearby, looked shaken but oddly nostalgic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She remembered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back when she’d been captured by the Black Hand Legion, they’d run into a Zombie King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But instead of killing her, that creature had wiped out both the Black Hand and Genesis Biotech squads—slaughtered them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over a thousand Awakeners had died that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the battlefield? A city just like this one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mist… is death incarnate,” she whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the city, Frank and the others stared at their monitors, eyes wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the drone feeds had gone dark—completely blinded by the black fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All they could see was the mist, rising like a tidal wave and swallowing the entire city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shit… the Mist is back in San Antonio.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could it really be that Zombie King?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it is… our little scouting party’s probably already dead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back inside the fog, Leah and the others were surrounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zombies loomed in the darkness like demons in smoke, their snarls echoing from every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mist! It’s me! Stop!” Leah shouted into the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—something incredible happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snarling stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The zombies froze… then slowly began to melt back into the mist, vanishing like ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re retreating?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three young men behind her stared in disbelief, a flicker of hope lighting their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leah stood there, eyes wide, her voice trembling with emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He remembers me… He still remembers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears welled up in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mist was back. And he hadn’t forgotten her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>",1275,"2026-06-02T09:29:06.388Z",1,"novelbin.me","fe6162c508be38fc5f00a7d785bac67e84a2dc8bf05d377b406fb2d0f2d4d2d5","apocalypse-king-of-zombies-chapter-470","apocalypse-king-of-zombies-chapter-468",1329,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fapocalypse-king-of-zombies-cover.jpg"]