Apocalyptic Villain: Female Leads, Don't Even Think About Running

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The small hunting zombie was firmly pinned down beneath Ye Zian's foot, its dignity as a zombie trampled. In a fit of rage, it extended its sharp claws toward Ye Zian's ankle.

Ye Zian, sensing the hunting zombie's little move, kept his right foot firmly on its back while raising his left foot to stomp down hard on the zombie's head.

Bang!

The tremendous force instantly crushed the hunting zombie's skull, splattering its red and white insides along with dark blood. The hunting zombie died instantly beneath Ye Zian's foot.

However, the surrounding zombies showed no fear, drawn to the scent of humans as they began to swarm toward him.

Unfazed, Ye Zian held his Tang Dao in a defensive position with his left hand while wielding the Soul-Eater Blade for offense. He quickly cleared a space around him on the wall.

A large, rotund zombie reached out with its massive hand, its sharp claws aimed directly at Ye Zian.

Ye Zian swiftly dodged to the side, using his Tang Dao to slice through the large hand while simultaneously sweeping the Soul-Eater Blade, decapitating the fatty zombie and sending its head flying into the horde.

Another Soul-Eater Slash quickly cleared the zombies in front of him.

While the skill's power might not be as exaggerated as 80 meters without the soul enhancement, it had a significantly lighter burden on Ye Zian, allowing for frequent use. Combined with the blade's energy, ordinary zombies couldn't even breach Ye Zian's defenses.

Watching their City Lord jump down from the fortress, the team members felt a rush of anxiety.

Would the City Lord be okay?

Now, witnessing Ye Zian's extraordinary prowess below, their tension eased, and they resumed their attacks on the zombies below, filled with hope for the future.

As long as the City Lord was there, everything would be alright.

Anna, seeing Ye Zian slashing through the zombies below, rolled up her sleeves and felt the urge to jump down with him.

Her teammates quickly advised against it:

"Captain, don't be reckless! Not everyone is as formidable as the City Lord."

Hearing this, Anna looked down at the nearly thirty-meter drop to the ground, swallowing hard.

Why is it so high?

Considering her own build, she ultimately decided against the idea after her teammates' persuasion.

She thought to herself, 'I'll stick to shooting from the wall with my short bow.'

Setting a goal in her mind, she resolved to practice more that night, aiming to become stronger.

Unbeknownst to Ye Zian, Anna had been thinking of him.

Meanwhile, the tense situation on the other walls was also being handled with ease.

Liu Qinghuan led her team of elemental ability users, and under the bombardment of various elemental magic, the mutated zombies could not even reach the walls. The ordinary zombies had already been blasted into piles of shredded limbs.

Lin Qianqian wielded dual swords, slicing down the hunters attempting to climb the walls, while Hui Zi provided support with her crossbow, picking off the mutated zombies from a distance.

Zhao Wanrong, second only to Ye Zian in strength, even managed to control the ordinary zombies to attack their own kind, slowing the advance of the horde.

A warm current flowed through Ye Zian's body, and he suddenly felt his speed increase. Turning around, he saw the alluring face of Hu Yuting.

This was another effect of Hu Yuting's ability, providing a buff to allies.

Having just unlocked it last night, Ye Zian was eager to test it tonight.

Chen Ruoxue's urgent voice came from the wall:

"City Lord, be careful! There's a big one coming your way!"

**Ding! S-Class Mutated Zombie Detected - Second-Tier Mother-Zombie**

Ye Zian looked up and gasped.

What a massive creature!

A giant, spherical zombie nearly three meters tall and wide was slowly approaching Ye Zian.

Such a colossal body could have devoured hundreds of survivors.

From the wall, Chen Ruoxue commanded, "Everyone, cover the City Lord! Fire at that giant zombie with all you've got!"

Before she finished speaking, the team members moved in synchrony, unleashing countless pale blue arrows at the massive Mother-Zombie.

However, to their surprise, the arrows only caused minor scratches on the Mother-Zombie's thick hide, most of the damage absorbed by its layers of fat.

As the Mother-Zombie continued its slow advance, it casually grabbed a nearby ordinary zombie and began chewing on it, the numerous arrow wounds healing over rapidly.

Ye Zian couldn't help but furrow his brow, bracing himself.

The reason zombies in the apocalypse could never be fully exterminated, aside from the powerful zombie queens and mysterious zombie empresses of each nation, was the existence of S-Class mutated zombies like the Mother-Zombie.

The Mother-Zombie could rapidly breed ordinary zombies by devouring any corpses, including other zombies, and could even create a variety of mutated zombies based on the characteristics of the consumed creature. If a single Mother-Zombie was allowed to survive, it wouldn't be long before it could independently breed an army of mutated zombies.

Thus, once any major force discovered the presence of a Mother-Zombie, they would spare no expense in sending ability users to eliminate it.

"Come at me!" Ye Zian declared, feeling a surge of power as several supportive ability users cast various buffs on him.

Being the same tier, Ye Zian wanted to test his strength against the Mother-Zombie.

According to descriptions from the book, facing a Mother-Zombie of the same class amidst a zombie horde required at least fifty ability users.

A fist the size of a sandbag—no, rather like a cooking pot—was swung toward Ye Zian.

The shadow of the fist nearly obscured his vision.

Ye Zian was skilled, dodging just in time as the Mother-Zombie's fist barely grazed the top of his head; then he closed in, slashing the Soul-Eater Blade into the Mother-Zombie's abdomen, creating a three-inch deep gash.

The reek of rancid oil wafted from the wound. For a creature nearly spherical in shape, this injury was akin to merely scratching the surface, as the Mother-Zombie casually snatched up a hunting zombie and crushed it between its jaws.

The wound on its belly began to close as its flesh writhed and sealed itself.

This spectacle left the team members on the wall dumbfounded.

How could they possibly fight this thing?

Was it infinitely regenerating?

Chen Ruoxue quickly reacted, pointing at the surrounding zombies, her voice fierce:

"Clear out all the zombies within thirty meters of that mutated zombie! Without any zombies, let's see how it can heal itself!"

Upon hearing Chen Ruoxue's command, everyone suddenly understood.

Yes! If they cleared the surrounding zombies, the Mother-Zombie would have nothing to consume to recover its injuries.

With that thought, the team redirected their attacks from the Mother-Zombie to the ordinary zombies around it.

Hundreds of arrows, accompanied by various colorful abilities, rained down, creating a thirty-meter vacuum around the Mother-Zombie. Anyone stepping into this zone would be blasted to pieces by arrows and abilities.

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Earlier this morning, I was searching for a Chinese One Piece fan fiction to translate when I came across one that caught my interest. I decided to read it using machine translation, and it seemed quite promising—I had been engrossed for about five to six hours. However, at a certain chapter, the protagonist revealed that the reason he joined the Navy and became a 'dog' of the Celestial Dragons was that he equated the World Government with the Chinese government.

I mean, seriously, what does the World Government even have to do with the Chinese government? And to make matters worse, there was a scene where the protagonist encounters a Black man (described as African-American) face-to-face and, shockingly, uses the racial slur—the N-word with a hard R—toward him. As if that wasn't enough, the protagonist also refuses to take any woman into his harem unless she has distinctly Chinese facial features. The novel is filled with so many Chinese references, like naming all the seas after the (east/west/north/south) 'China' Sea. Besides blatant racism and nationalism, the story also exhibits xenophobia, sexism, and cultural chauvinism. Imposes Chinese cultural dominance, and even aligns the World Government with Chinese political propaganda. Reading this through machine translation, it was infuriating to stumble upon such novel. I feel like I wasted five to six hours of my time on this story; it honestly felt like I was torturing myself.

Good thing I tried the poison first before translating it; otherwise, so many casualties would have occurred.