All Chapters of Zombie Slaying System: Chapter 311
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Chapter 295
Jonah’s jaw was locked so tight his teeth hurt. He stared at Rask’s throat. He was calculating exactly how much force he needed to crush the Colonel’s windpipe."Let him go," Jonah repeated. His voice sounded like rocks grinding together."No," Rask said simply.Rask took one step closer to Jonah. He leaned his head forward. He looked deep into Jonah’s burning eyes."This is the moment of truth, Jonah," Rask whispered, so quietly that only Jonah could hear. "If you fight me now, my men will shoot you. They will shoot the woman behind you. They will shoot your friend on the floor. And then, they will shoot the children in the cage just to make a point. You will kill us all with your pride."Jonah’s fists shook. The blue words of the system flashed rapidly in his vision.[CALCULATING CASUALTIES...][JONAH: DEAD][LISA: DEAD][KEVIN: DEAD][CIVILIANS: 84% MORTALITY]Rask smiled wider. "But... if you are truly the smart man I think you are... you will remember why you came here. You will
Chapter 296
The long line of workers walked in complete silence. They moved down the dark, narrow tunnel. Their heavy boots dragged on the stone floor. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. They looked like ghosts. They had no hope left.High above them, the heavy hits of the Siege Zombies still shook the fort. BOOM. BOOM. Every time the monsters hit the thick iron walls, dust fell from the ceiling. It landed on the workers' hair and shoulders like dirty gray snow.Jonah walked in the middle of the line.He kept his head down. He looked at the back of the dirty gray shirt of the man in front of him. He did not look at the guards. He did not look at the heavy guns. He just put one foot in front of the other. Step. Step. Step.He was doing exactly what Colonel Rask wanted. He was acting like a perfectly controlled man.But inside Jonah’s mind, there was a terrible war.The guards stopped the line in front of the sleeping area. It was a massive, dark room deep underground. It smelled like wet dirt, old sweat, and
Chapter 297
“I am never truly dead, Jonah,” the soft voice said. It felt like warm honey pouring over his burning brain. “I am the peace you are looking for. I am the end of your struggle. Look at what your fighting has done. Kevin is gone. The little boy is still hungry. The monsters are outside the door. And the monster is inside the fort. You cannot fix this world, Jonah. It is too broken.”Jonah’s breathing became fast and shallow. His heart was beating like a wild bird trapped in a cage. Thump-thump-thump-thump.“Colonel Rask is right,” the voice of Eden whispered again. “Control is safety. If you stop caring, it stops hurting. Let the system shut down. Give up your anger. Just obey. It is so much easier to be a slave, Jonah. A slave has no choices. A slave has no responsibility. If you just submit completely, you will never feel this terrible pain again.”"Shut up," Jonah hissed softly through his teeth.“Let Kevin go,” Eden whispered. “He made his choice. You make yours. Close your eyes. S
Chapter 298
"I am surviving," Jonah muttered. He sounded like a crazy person talking to himself. "I am keeping us alive. I am following the protocol."Lisa reached out. She grabbed Jonah’s dirty, shaking hands. She pulled his hands away from his face. She held them tightly. Her hands were cold, but her grip was strong."Listen to me," Lisa said. She forced Jonah to look directly into her eyes. "Kevin does not have time for your careful plans. I have heard the stories from the other workers. The people who go down to The Core do not sit in normal cages. They do not just wait. Rask does things to them. He breaks their minds. He changes them. If we wait three days for the perfect plan, the Kevin we know will be dead. Only a shell will be left."Jonah’s heart pounded against his ribs. The image of Kevin being tortured in a dark room flashed in his mind. He saw Kevin’s big smile slowly turning into a blank, dead stare."I know," Jonah whispered. A single tear, hot and angry, mixed with the dirt on his
Chapter 299
The dark sleeping hall was quiet. Only the sound of dripping water and soft breathing filled the huge room. Jonah stood next to his broken metal bed. His hands were loose at his sides. His mind was clear. The red warning lights in his vision were gone. The system inside his head was quiet, waiting for his command.He was not going to hide anymore. He was not going to play Colonel Rask’s game."Come," Jonah whispered to Lisa.Lisa stood up from the cold stone floor. She looked at Jonah’s face. She saw the change. The fake, broken worker was dead. The real Jonah was back. He looked sharp. He looked dangerous."Where are we going?" Lisa whispered back. She held her heavy iron wrench tightly."We need answers," Jonah said softly. "The Siege Zombies outside. The rules inside. There is a connection. I need to see the computer data. I need to see the security cameras."Lisa nodded slowly. "There is a small security room just outside this hall. I saw it when we marched in. But there are guard
Chapter 300
Lisa walked over. She looked at the green screen. "What does it mean?""It means we were completely wrong about the virus," Jonah said. His voice was full of awe and horror. "We thought the zombie virus just made dead bodies walk and eat. We thought it was like a wild animal. But it is not a wild animal, Lisa. It is a mirror."Lisa frowned. "A mirror? What do you mean?"Jonah pointed to a low point on the red line. "Look here. This was six months ago. Colonel Rask had just built this fort. The rules were simple. The people were working together to build walls. The fear level was low. Now, look at the blue line. The zombies outside were normal. They were just thin, weak, hungry dead bodies."Jonah moved his finger to the middle of the graph. The red line started to go up."This was three months ago," Jonah explained. "Rask decided he wanted more power. He started to make the rules stricter. He started to punish people in public. He brought in the shock batons. He created the deep cells
Chapter 301
Lisa’s eyes filled with tears. She understood what Jonah was saying, but it was too horrible to accept. "Jonah... there are thousands of innocent people here. The children in the cages. The workers. If we don't save the fort, where will they go? The ash storm is outside. The monsters are outside."Jonah walked over to Lisa. He put his big, heavy hands on her shoulders. He looked down into her eyes. He wanted her to understand the heavy burden he was about to pick up."Fort Ashfall cannot be saved by reform," Jonah said softly. Every word was heavy like a brick. "You cannot heal a body that is completely made of cancer. You have to cut it out. This fortress is a machine that turns human souls into fear, and then feeds that fear to the dead. The only way to stop the Siege Zombies is to destroy the very thing they are attacking.""The hierarchy," Lisa whispered."Yes," Jonah said. "The chain of command. The walls. The cages. The rules. All of it.""You want to tear down the walls?" Lisa
Chapter 302
The hallway was dark. The air smelled like old ash and dirty water.Jonah and Lisa walked quickly and quietly. They stopped in front of a round metal door set into the floor. It was the ash disposal chute. It was a long, dark tube that went straight down into the deep earth. It went to The Core."This is it," Lisa whispered. She looked at the heavy metal cover. "We open this, we slide down, and we find Kevin."Jonah put his hand on the cold metal cover. He did not open it right away. He looked up.High above them, through the thick stone ceiling, the heavy sounds continued. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. The Siege Zombies were still hitting the massive inner doors. The whole fort was shaking. Dust fell on Jonah’s face, but he did not blink."You go down," Jonah said softly. His voice was deep and steady. "Find Kevin. Hide in the shadows near the bottom. Wait for me."Lisa frowned. Her eyes searched Jonah’s face in the dark. "Wait for you? Where are you going? We have to stay together!""No," Jonah
Chapter 303
"Your guards are blind," Jonah said. His voice was low and rough. "And so are you."Jonah took a step forward. He wanted to reach across the desk and grab Rask by his perfectly clean throat.Suddenly, the walls of the office opened.Whirrrrr.Four heavy, automated machine guns dropped down from hidden doors in the ceiling. The guns aimed directly at Jonah’s head, chest, and legs. Four bright red laser dots appeared on Jonah’s dirty gray shirt.The system in Jonah’s head flashed bright red.[WARNING. AUTOMATED DEFENSE TURRETS ACTIVE. SURVIVAL RATE IF ENGAGED: 0.00%]"Do not move, Jonah," Rask said calmly. "These guns are controlled by motion sensors and my own voice. If you take one more step toward me, they will cut you into a hundred pieces. The carpet is very hard to clean. Please, stand still."Jonah stopped. He looked at the red laser dots on his chest. He looked back at Rask."You hide behind machines," Jonah said."I use tools to maintain order," Rask corrected him. He leaned ba
Chapter 304
"Listen to me, Jonah," Rask said. His eyes were shining with a dark, intense light. "If we have no rules, humanity will go extinct like dirty, wild animals. We will die in the mud, crying and stealing from each other. But if we have absolute control... if we have perfect discipline... we might still die. The Siege Zombies might break the doors today. But if we die, we will die standing in straight lines. We will die as civilized men. We will die with dignity. Extinction without control is a tragedy. Extinction with perfect order is a victory of the human mind."Jonah stared at him.The major revelation hit Jonah like a physical punch to the stomach.All this time, Jonah thought Rask was just a cruel bully. He thought Rask was a greedy man who liked to hurt people for fun. Or maybe a crazy man who didn't understand what he was doing.But Rask was not a bully. Rask was not crazy.Rask was a believer. He was completely committed to his dark philosophy. He truly believed that a world of t