[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times":3,"chapter-the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-chapter-210":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Fiercest Man in the End Times",{"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},2319448,4536,"Chapter 210: Crazy Idea","the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-chapter-210",210,"\u003Cp>The mobile home slowly pulled out of the camp; the cement road was dry, offering no trace of yesterday’s snow, but the wind had grown stronger and colder, the temperature clearly dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the mobile home reached the county road leading to Niuziquan Town, but before it neared the town’s commercial district, it stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao De was about to ask, but when he looked up, he froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the fuck, where did all these zombies come from? We’ve traveled this road eight hundred times—it was always clean!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five or six hundred meters ahead lay the town’s street entrance—the spot where the excavator was parked. When Zhang Su and his team first came here, they encountered no zombies at all, yet now zombies appeared on this very road!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just on the road—zombies were also scattered across the wastelands on both sides, as if overnight, a new crop had sprouted from the ground…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not that many, just kill them all. Let’s go, kill some zombies!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pang Dakun, who hadn’t left the camp in a long time, was wildly excited. He tightened his rifle strap, gripped his steel rebar rod, and prepared to get out of the vehicle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not just unfamiliarity—I feel it too,” Guo Dachao nodded. “The zombies are different from before. Could it be because it’s colder?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To avoid drawing attention, they’d already eliminated the zombies near the wasteland fields, piling them aside to load onto the vehicle later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After that heavy rain, the zombies received a boost—strength, agility, speed, and perception all improved to varying degrees. That’s our conclusion after direct comparison. Before the snow, their maximum sprint speed was sixteen seconds per hundred meters. If they’ve improved further since yesterday’s snow, we really need to be careful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su stared into the depths of the street. Even the cleared areas now held a few zombies. He shook his head. “It’s probably not the cold weather—it’s yesterday’s snow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A normal adult runs faster than sixteen seconds per hundred meters, but can’t sustain it for more than a few hundred meters. Even after surviving the apocalypse, holding a full sprint for three or five hundred meters is already the limit, and that’s without carrying weight. Zombies, however, can maintain their pace for kilometers…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right! Snow is just rain! No wonder the zombies got stronger—damn!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Snow?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, that rain. We noticed zombies behaving strangely during rain—as if absorbing energy from the water, or put another way, the rain was replenishing their energy!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Zhang Su step out of the vehicle, Zhao De swung his steel rebar rod. “Feels like I’ve gotten stronger. When they charge, it’s different from before—more agile. Though maybe I’m just not used to fighting one-handed…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, Thief!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In short, if you encounter zombies in the wild with no cover or obstacles, escaping by running is nearly impossible…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Dachao looked at the group in confusion. “What do you mean? Snow and rain made them stronger? What are you talking about?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su turned, picked up his bag from the vehicle, and slung it over his shoulder. “Do you remember, right after the disaster broke out, there was a heavy rain?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh yeah, damn, snow is just rain!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they needed to repair the excavator, Zhang Su brought out seven members today—all of them top-tier fighters. Even Zhao De, whose arm hadn’t fully healed, was a fierce warrior. With full effort, they swept clean all zombies along the road to the town center like a steamroller.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course I remember—it poured so hard! Me, Xiao Jie, and two others were trapped in an internet cafe; the water flooded the entire first floor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su called out to Pang Dakun. “There are over a dozen zombies, and if we make too much noise, more might come from afar. Work together—finish them fast. Don’t cause any surprises. I’ll drive the vehicle over.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I never knew any of this!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the people of Tianma Yu, zombie corpses are now premium fuel—better than coal for heating alone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Big brother, something’s off about these zombies!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Dachao stared in shock after hearing Zhang Su. They were barely surviving on the edge of death, yet here, they were already studying zombie capability limits. The gap was truly enormous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understand this: while we research how to fight zombies and build defenses, zombies are changing too. Never assume you’ve won. Always give your all. Let’s go—get to work!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Dachao, Tan Hua, and Jia Shiqin stayed at the street entrance to study the excavator’s repair. Wang Xin provided lookout. Zhang Su led the others to clear zombies from the streets and gather supplies from side alleys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the ambush at Beitaizi Camp, their supply-gathering pace slowed. Even areas already searched had to be rechecked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they cleared zombies, Zhang Su sensed changes too. Not just anything else—just the running motion itself felt less mechanical, more agile, and the impact force was stronger, rattling the chain-link fences loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But killing them was still simple—strike the brain, and it’s over. Still, this slow, creeping improvement brought an eerie pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We keep researching weapons and defenses to hold back zombies, while zombies slowly grow stronger. It’s a race to see who gets there first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su drew his steel rebar rod with a sharp hiss, struck by the thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We still have advantages!” Zhao De grinned. “Zombies don’t appear out of nowhere. There’s a fixed number—kill one, and there’s one less. Everyone in our camp has killed at least fifty zombies on average, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re wrong,” Zhang Su’s lip twitched. “Qincheng’s total population was three million. Based on our estimates, over two million turned into zombies in the first wave. Even if every later victim died without turning, there are still at least one and a half million zombies left!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How many humans are left? A hundred thousand? Fifty thousand? You say zombies die one by one—but so do we. A zombie turns a human with one bite. We can’t reverse it. Which side has the better chance?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao De blinked, then his eyes lit up. “Big brother, you’re wrong—we can have kids, keep having them. Zombies can’t. Hehehe…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the mention of having kids, he couldn’t help smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su looked at Zhao De strangely. “Hey, Zhu, you didn’t get Xiao Yu pregnant, did you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No no no!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao De denied it repeatedly, then grinned mysteriously. “But I’ve got plans. Hehehe…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoa, Uncle Zhu, that’s awesome!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy shit, that plan is insane…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pang Dakun and Zhang Ya both exclaimed in shock—Pang admired Zhao De’s boldness, while Zhang Ya was just stunned by how absurd their idea was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh…” Zhang Su exhaled, lit a cigarette, and asked, “Zhu, honestly—is this your idea or Xiao Yu’s?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao De rubbed his clean-shaven head and grinned. “Hehe, mine. New year, new vibe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhu, I have no right to deny anyone the right to reproduce, but I still advise you to wait until the situation stabilizes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su spoke with serious intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his perspective, this environment was terrible for raising a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know, I know,” Zhao De nodded. “We’ll talk about it after our camp grows stronger.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhu, I’m not joking. This is extremely serious. Wanting a child is understandable, but you must think for yourself, for the child, for Yu Qing—don’t act on impulse without considering consequences!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su felt Zhao De didn’t grasp the gravity of the issue. He stopped working and spoke seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We don’t even have a decent medical environment now. Can you guarantee we’ll have one in ten months? I hope so—but what if we don’t? And another thing: a child has no say in whether to be born. Can you really bring a child into this fucked-up world?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one had better conditions for passing on their lineage than Zhang Su—he could make two women pregnant at once. Yet he’d never even considered it. Zheng Xinyu and Zhong Xiaoshan had never mentioned it either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes,” Zhang Ya spoke up. “I once watched a documentary about wild animals—they stop reproducing when the environment turns harsh. Our situation now can’t even be called harsh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao De, reprimanded by Zhang Su and Zhang Ya, fell into thought. He looked up at the writhing zombies nearby and sighed. “I was impulsive. Don’t worry, big brother—I won’t do anything stupid.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1385,"2026-06-20T15:15:16.164Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","5c38fc92cb7f60960d9d178160bed66be35423649d63b4448612a78aea48cc90","the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-chapter-211","the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-chapter-209",694,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-cover.jpg"]