Chapter 5: The Nightmare Hunter

The strength of the apostle-level tyrant zombie can be seen from the police car that was discus smashed on the side, and the momentum rushing from the front at this moment is no less than that of a high-speed heavy truck. Shen Hao reached out to support the buttocks of the policewoman lying behind him, then handed the manhole cover to his right hand, half-squatted down, and made a standard discus throwing action. "Hum-" sounded, and the flung manhole cover brought a buzz in the air. Almost as soon as he got out of his hand, he had already smashed the tyrant's protruding forehead.

The Tyrant Zombie has unparalleled strength, but his sheer size makes him relatively slow in speed and reflexes, and even if the Tyrant is actually the embodiment of the Apostle, he can't make up for this shortcoming. Of course, as a power-type zombie, the defense ability of various parts of the body is also incomparable to ordinary biochemical monsters, so the seemingly powerful flying shield just knocked its head high and raised it high, piggybacking on a slight vertigo, not to mention a larger wound, and even the speed of the forward rush did not slow down in the slightest.

Besides, the tyrant zombie was hit by this blow, which made it only hurt the attack, and it was even more irritated, shaking its dizzy head, eager to slap the two bedbugs in front of it into meat patties, and then swallow it into a stomach that had just eaten to a full. However, looking down, the two prey that were still in front of him just now had disappeared, and its small head seemed to be frozen at this moment. But it didn't notice that in the blind corner of its left field of vision, Shen Hao, who was carrying a person on his back, staggered past it, holding an iron-handled sledgehammer in both hands, and smashed the knee of the left leg that was stepping forward towards it.

"Bang!" "Huh-" A tooth-aching sound of bones cracking and the terrible screams of the tyrant zombie sounded at the same time, and the body of the tyrant zombie rushed forward suddenly lost its balance and fell to the ground, but because the momentum was too strong, the friction between the body and the ground could not stop its castration at all, just like an out-of-control truck crashed straight into an adidas store on the street.

Although the tyrant zombie is strong, but from its size, it can be found that the degree of mutation of its upper and lower body is very unbalanced, compared to the upper body with unusually developed muscles, his lower body is obviously much thinner, so this kind of body is destined to be unstable, so Shen Hao decisively chose to attack its kneecaps that support the action, although the bone strength of the tyrant zombie is much stronger than that of the previous hunters, but under the hammer he swung with both hands and the forward momentum of the tyrant zombie itself, It was also smashed into slag without any suspense.

One move brought down the tyrant zombie, Shen Hao didn't even look back, he carried a sledgehammer with a slightly bent steel handle and ran wildly at a speed of a hundred meters of sprint, and disappeared at the end of the long street in a few breaths.

Su Yue woke up with a splitting headache, a large amount of information forced into her mind like cramming made her almost have a nervous breakdown, her dilated pupils finally refocused again, and what appeared in front of her was a short-haired man in a black sweatshirt, with a very ordinary appearance, with a familiar smile on the corner of his slightly upturned mouth.

"Welcome to the Nightmare of Infinity, newborn Nightmare."

"Nightmare Hunter...... What is that? Su Yue rubbed her swollen temples and sat up, except for some headaches, she found that her physical condition was actually quite good, not only did she not have any pain, but there seemed to be an unknown energy in her body that was constantly surging back and forth. I seem to know you...... You...... You're from Filet Fitness...... Coach Shen? ”

"No, no, no, you'll have to call me Instructor in the future, because from today onwards, you're my fourth student, oh, and the only one alive so far." Shen Hao put a stainless steel tray in front of Su Yue, on which was a bowl of hot instant noodles with the lid uncovered, canned beef, and a big bag of yogurt, "Don't worry, sit down and eat and chat, you should be very hungry now, well, you're quite hungry." ”

"But...... Alright then, thank you......" Su Yue was full of doubts and was about to ask something, but suddenly there was an unbearable hunger in her stomach, and this hunger appeared so abruptly and intensely that she had to put down all her thoughts and bury her head in the food in front of her to attack.

Seeing Su Yue gobbling up, Shen Hao smiled, turned around and opened two more cans and put them in front of her, then walked to the sofa opposite her and sat down.

This is the presidential suite on the top floor of the Hualong Hotel, maybe there were no guests in this suite before the disaster, so the various facilities in the room are relatively well preserved, although the electricity and gas are cut off, but the tap water can still be used, after cleaning up the zombies on several floors nearby, Shen Hao took Su Yue here to rest for a while.

"Although the inheritance ability of the brand has instilled a lot of things directly into you, I know that the brain that has just completed the information indoctrination must be quite chaotic, after all, it is not my own thing. So, I think it's still necessary to give you a brief introduction to our situation. Shen Hao lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and then said slowly in a flat tone.

"First of all, you should be clear that what we are in now is not the real world in our subjective sense, you can understand it as an extremely real dream, which is usually called the 'Nightmare Realm' among us Nightmare Hunters, and some people are used to calling it 'Nightmare Space', of course, it doesn't matter what it is called, in fact, this is just a hunting ground for a monster called 'Nightmare Demon' to prey on our human souls." Shen Hao waved his hand, signaling Su Yue not to look up and continue eating, and then continued, "Where the Nightmare Demon came from or when it began to appear, it is impossible to know now. They will take advantage of the human being to sleep, pull the human soul from their respective dreams to the 'Nightmare Realm', and then use various images and identities to hunt and devour, and if in this space, the human soul is killed or devoured, then in the real world, you will really die, of course, there will be many ways of death, but most of them are reflected in the sudden death caused by some fatal diseases. ”

"However, in this space, not all the people we meet are the souls of living people, most of them are just projections of human souls in the real world, such projections if death does not affect humans in the real world, at best it only makes people feel like they have a nightmare, this kind of illusory projection, we call it 'Void', and the soul body like you and me who is dragged into the Nightmare Realm alive is called 'living soul'." Saying that, Shen Hao turned sideways, pointed to a light red brand on the back of his neck and said, "The way to distinguish is very simple, all the 'living souls' that are set into a plate by the Demon will be branded with this kind of brand that symbolizes the prey, but it is generally light cyan and difficult to detect with the naked eye." ”

"Once branded, it basically means that you have been sentenced to death, because, even if you may have escaped in this world because the Nightmare Demon has been fed, or you have been very clever in hiding, the next time the Nightmare Realm appears, you will still be forcibly involved until the day you are eaten......"

Hearing this, Su Yue's eating action paused suddenly, and the yogurt in her hand also spilled a few drops, she looked up at Shen Hao, who was sitting opposite her, who still looked calm, and opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say, but she knew that the other party was not lying, and these contents were also mentioned in the information that was forcibly entered into her mind before. After being silent for a long time, she asked, "Is it ...... Is there no way to live? ”

"A way to survive? It's very simple, isn't it okay not to die? Shen Hao suddenly showed a sly smile, he interlaced his fingers, and leaned back on the back of the sofa chair in a comfortable position.

"Many, many years ago, there was a very powerful master who entered the Nightmare Realm, and that time, the Nightmare failed to hunt the Demon, and the human master defeated the careless Nightmare and killed him on the spot. The energy emitted by the Nightmare when he died dyed the imprint on his body red, and he found that he was able to absorb the Nightmare's energy in the process of destroying the Nightmare and possessed many incredible special abilities. He called himself the 'Nightmare Hunter' and began to hunt these man-eating nightmares on his own. Fighting again and again, step by step to make yourself stronger. However, his actions unsurprisingly attracted the attention of the demons, and the encirclement against him began, although he was strong at the time, he could not withstand the joint attack of a large number of demons, and was ambushed in an operation, and was still seriously injured in a bloody battle, and managed to escape with all his might. Later, he inadvertently discovered that the blood in his brand could be used to 'baptize' ordinary people's souls, allowing them to awaken their own natural abilities, and they could also obtain the energy of the nightmare after killing them, which could be used to strengthen themselves, and the 'baptized' could also awaken other souls in the same way. As a result, the Nightmare Hunter became an organization that fought for survival, and each other was passed on and developed through various relationships such as mentors and apprentices, and the war between humans and nightmare demons officially began. ”

"But the human race still failed......" Su Yue had eaten all the food at the moment, listening to Shen Hao's narration, the chaotic information in her mind began to slowly become clear, and she remembered the tragic ending of that war.

"Yes, because the Nightmare are much more terrifying than we thought. However, at least we are still alive, and as long as we don't die, we can continue to live well...... And there's a steady stream of new people like you joining in, isn't there? Shen Hao laughed, seeing that Su Yue had eaten and drunk enough, he grabbed the backpack next to him and threw it into her hand, and he picked up the sledgehammer that had been cleaned and carried it on his shoulder casually, seeing that Su Yue was still sitting stupidly in front of the bed, he couldn't help but snort, "It's time to go, classmate Su Yue, the bag is full of food and drinking water, I won't help you carry it." Get ready, it's time to start your maiden fight. ”

Hearing the word "virgin", Su Yueqiao's face was slightly red, and she immediately began to pack her things, she was also a criminal policeman, and she tidied up in three or two clicks, but she was empty-handed, and she didn't find any suitable weapons. Just as she was about to remove a table leg to deal with it temporarily, suddenly there was a pinprick-like stinging pain in her right arm, which suddenly made her let out a soft snort.

"Don't worry, it's just a warning of danger when danger is approaching. We with the brand are like lights in the dark, constantly attracting the demons' minions to approach, not to mention, the two lights that are staying together now. Shen Hao, who was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and looking down, stroked the back of his neck and said to Su Yue, "It turned out to be an old friend, so let it give you this first drop of blood." ”

At the corner across the street from the hotel, a zombie of the tyrant with a lame left leg smashed a car in the way with a fist, and raised his head in the direction where the two men were and roared angrily.

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