[{"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-683":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},2319921,4536,"Chapter 683: Horror Enters Reality","the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-chapter-683",683,"\u003Cp>“Oh, they went northwest…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group felt deeply disappointed by the news, since the explosion had no effect on the horde—but then again, three members of the reconnaissance team monitoring the horde had survived; what could the horde possibly have suffered?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I told the guy operating the drone to hover it directly above our position—head this way, and be careful, some parts of the ruins aren’t stable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Linrui gave one last instruction, ended the call, and told his three subordinates to focus on moving forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Lue didn’t need Shen Linrui to tell him again—he obediently brought the drone back and hovered it in place, then turned on a single light, which shone like a lighthouse under the gray sky; even four kilometers farther away, it would still be visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t worried about revealing their position—not only were there almost no survivors left nearby, but even if there were, meeting them might not be bad, like that obsessive Survival Mode enthusiast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Northwest…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Wu muttered the information, his fingers sketching on a projected map before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh no!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Haiquan slapped his palm and frowned: “Northwest… could they be heading toward Qingxian?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The members of Bēn Fù Shān Hǎi exchanged uneasy glances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quick, quick, get a map!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Dezhu said urgently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Lue reached into his pocket, pulled out a phone—no, switched to another one—nodded, and handed it to Duan Wu: “This phone has a map loaded.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were plenty of phones at camp, but few had maps preloaded; now that there was no network, phones couldn’t receive any new content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Wu took the phone, opened the map, zoomed in on the area around Qincheng, and pointed to the northeast of the Shanhai zone: “The previous horde must have moved this way toward Longtou Camp, then the shockwave pushed it from here, and afterward the horde turned northwest…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Northwest was a vast area, covering everything from Haihe River to Qingxian—and naturally including Tianmayu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This fucking…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Dezhu stared at the phone map with a twisted expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If they head this way, they’ll inevitably be drawn to Tianmayu… shit, things just got worse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Wu let out a heavy sigh. On the way here, he’d hoped the massive horde would be severely damaged, or even pushed into the sea—best case, the front became the back and they turned around and headed back to Hulushi. Instead, it was terrible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes: good fortune never comes twice; misfortune never comes alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the group fretted over how to handle the horde and waited for Niuwa and the others to arrive with more detailed information, Shan Dian screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Squeak!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden sound startled everyone, already on edge from the silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You fucking—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yubo was about to scold Shan Dian, but noticed it was staring intently at something—he followed its gaze, but saw nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop freaking out all the time, will you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I, I swear to god!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reply didn’t come from Shan Dian—Wu Lue stared at the screen, his expression grim: “What the hell is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone turned to the screen. The drone hovered in midair but hadn’t stopped filming—a bizarre creature crouched among the ruins, leaning against a tilted slab of concrete, its body proportions grotesquely distorted, its head pointed directly toward their location!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the distance, the overall shape was too abstract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Lu Yubo couldn’t see, the drone’s distant camera captured clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell is this giant grasshopper?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Park Chan-yong covered his head with both hands, his face twisted in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this a zombie?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Linrui was puzzled, about to pull Shan Dian out of his pocket and ask if it had been tense about this thing all along, when he heard Lu Yubo let out a strange sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haaay!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yubo pointed at the screen, eyes wide, face pale, lips trembling—his expression identical to Shan Dian’s, radiating terror. Everyone had gotten to know each other a bit on the journey; they all knew Lu Yubo was ruthless and emotionally blunt, calm even when facing hundreds of zombies, never showing fear—as if he lacked the capacity for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now Lu Yubo was terrified—the fear in his eyes was impossible to fake!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little Lu, this… could it really be that thing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Dezhu had been pondering, thinking the figure on screen looked familiar—but when Lu Yubo screamed, his heart lurched, and memories of a not-so-distant horror surged back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, you two, what the hell is that thing? Don’t play cryptic—it’s freaking me out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Park Chan-yong squeezed between Lu Yubo and Zhao Dezhu, seeing their grim expressions, and grew tense himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Dezhu swallowed hard, his finger trembling as he pointed at the screen: “Little Wu, zoom… zoom out a bit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zoom out? You mean the opposite…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, no—zoom out, that’s it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Original view!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Lue was confused—what could possibly be this terrifying? He was about to zoom in, but Zhao Dezhu insisted: zoom out. So Wu Lue raised the drone higher and adjusted the camera’s focal length.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the adjustment, the figure on the ground shrank, becoming even more abstract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need to look further—it’s definitely it, one hundred percent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yubo took a deep breath, closed his eyes, shook his head, pulled out a cigarette, and with trembling fingers, lit a lighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zero-zero-four… this thing’s name is Zero-zero-four.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Dezhu grabbed a cigarette from Lu Yubo’s pack and lit it. Before anyone could ask, he spoke: “It’s a modified zombie created by the Green Dragon Corps—its entire body stretched out, legs long, arms long, head long, even its mouth is elongated, teeth, eyes, everything—like looking in a funhouse mirror!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t understand photo editing, but the funhouse mirror analogy made everyone except Park Chan-yong and Lu Yubo understand instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy shit, Zero-zero-four? Zero-zero-three’s little brother?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Lue’s expression was priceless—he clearly didn’t grasp the severity, since he hadn’t participated in the night raid on the Green Dragon Corps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t talk nonsense—just find out how far away it is!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Dezhu pointed at the screen, urging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Lue saw Zhao Dezhu’s sudden seriousness and knew this wasn’t a joke—he rotated the camera, then answered: “It’s a bit over a kilometer from us. At this distance, how did it lock onto us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Squeak, squeak-squeak!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shan Dian leapt onto Shen Linrui’s shoulder, jabbing at the screen, squealing with urgency and terror, then gestured wildly at Lu Yubo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yubo was stone-faced—he knew what Shan Dian was trying to say, but pretended not to notice, staring fixedly at the screen. Who the hell could’ve expected something this big hiding in the shadows?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I, uh… I want to ask…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Linrui’s eyes were still red, but his grief had vanished, replaced entirely by the tense atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned: “I know the Green Dragon Corps—they were the largest force in Qingxian. We had trade with them, but we never knew they were doing this kind of research… Is Zero-zero-four that special?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Special?!” Lu Yubo stared at the screen, the scene from that night through the telescope flashing before him, and explained with his limited vocabulary: “It leaps several stories high, jumps twenty or thirty meters in a single bound, kills people like swatting dogs—just *crack-crack*, flying fast as hell!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, luck wasn’t with him—or he’d have gotten another claw mark. Classic animal enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That powerful? Can’t you just shoot it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Park Chan-yong patted his submachine gun under his armpit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His faith in firearms seemed absurd and laughable to Zhao Dezhu and Lu Yubo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ha, guns? You haven’t seen its speed—you won’t believe it. Try hitting it first!” Lu Yubo sneered and shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five at Longtou Camp exchanged uneasy glances—they didn’t dare say they didn’t believe it, but they found it hard to believe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Lao-si watched quietly beside them, unafraid of the sudden appearance of “Zero-zero-four,” as if indifferent to life and death…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1314,"2026-06-20T15:15:17.100Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1bfea8a03bc38aba86030bf9db582f775f5d0144f2ba4b5a7b6825ac4c290d5b","the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-chapter-684","the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-chapter-682",694,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-cover.jpg"]