Chapter 1050: Doomsday Big Boss 54

After discovering this ability, Hu Tongxia secretly tested it several more times.

Each time, the result was the same.

It wasn’t his imagination.

It was real.

But instead of feeling excited, a chill crept up his spine.

He was human.

So how could a human control zombies?

Did that mean… he was somehow the same as them?

Or worse—

if others found out, would they treat him like a monster?

Countless thoughts raced through his mind.

In the end, Hu Tongxia made a decision.

He would bury this secret completely.

He wouldn’t use this ability to control humans through zombies.

He wouldn’t even think about it.

And he wouldn’t tell Tang Wan either.

He was afraid—

afraid she might look at him differently.

Afraid she might think he had something to do with the zombies.

So, with that fear tucked away, Hu Tongxia continued as before—fighting alongside everyone else, working even harder than anyone, as if nothing had changed.

Years passed.

As more survivors awakened abilities, humanity grew stronger.

But the zombies evolved just as quickly.

Fortunately, a fragile balance formed between the two sides.

At the same time, researchers within the base began making progress on developing antibodies against the zombie virus.

Everything seemed to be moving in a hopeful direction.

Then, Tang Wan’s twenty-sixth birthday arrived.

On that day, Hu Tongxia proposed to her.

After she said yes, the two held a simple but warm wedding within the base.

Not long after their marriage, Ling Chi also proposed to Liu Feifei.

The two had actually grown up in the same residential compound, but their paths rarely crossed. As a child, Ling Chi hadn’t paid much attention to girls, and later he joined the army, further limiting their interaction.

Only after Liu Feifei arrived at the base did their connection deepen.

And Ling Chi—

was far more deliberate than he appeared.

After awakening his ability, he often placed himself in danger on purpose, stepping in to protect others just so he could interact more with Liu Feifei afterward.

Over time, the two grew closer.

Unlike Xu Jintang, Ling Chi was steady and resolute.

Once he decided to pursue Liu Feifei, he didn’t waver.

Step by step, he broke through her defenses—

until he firmly secured a place in her heart.

Meanwhile, things were far less stable on Xu Jintang’s side.

Over the years, their food supplies had nearly run out.

Worse, their strength was no longer enough to withstand the increasingly powerful zombie attacks.

In the original timeline, strong defensive fortifications had been built around the air-raid shelter.

But this time—

they still relied on simple brick walls and barbed wire.

Against evolved zombies, such defenses were practically useless.

After several devastating attacks, the number of ability users dwindled rapidly.

Realizing that staying any longer would lead to total annihilation, Xu Jintang finally made a decision—

he would lead his people to the university city base.

He hoped Ling Chi’s base could still take them in.

But when he finally arrived after a difficult journey—

he walked straight into Ling Chi and Liu Feifei’s wedding.

In that instant, regret and jealousy tore through him.

He had always believed Liu Feifei was dead.

After that, he had taken other women into his life without hesitation.

But now—

not only was she alive—

she was marrying Ling Chi.

His childhood friend.

His former fiancée.

To him, it felt like a double betrayal.

What Xu Jintang couldn’t accept wasn’t just losing Liu Feifei—

it was losing.

Ling Chi had built a thriving base in a far more dangerous environment, leading nearly ten thousand people.

While he—

had fallen to this state.

The imbalance gnawed at him.

And when another wave of zombies began attacking—

Xu Jintang made a decision that sealed everything.

Driven by resentment and desperation—

he opened the fortress gates—

and let the zombies in.