Level up Zombie

The soldier was frozen stiff as he heard the man in front of him speak. To be honest, he didn’t really know what to do as it was the first time something like this had ever happened. The temperature measuring machine was held in his hand along with the torch in the other and he just stood there.

‘Is this person joking?’ The soldier thought.

Working at the border, the soldier had seen a number of different reactions from people. Those who would be nervous, sweating in buckets as they were checked. There would be those that were hiding a bite, and then when caught did a number of things.

They would try to push past and run through the curtain, only to be shot down shortly after, others begged the soldier to let them go, to not tell anyone that they had been bitten. Stating that they were normal, they could speak well.

Some had even tried to bribe the soldiers, in many different ways, using their bodies, giving them information among other things, but none of them worked.

The thing was, depending on the wound and the person themselves, each person was different after they had been bit, but everyone who was bit would turn eventually. Even if they didn’t notice it, their body temperature would drop to abnormal levels.

Their pupils wouldn’t react to a light being shone in their eye. Then finally, one was to check for a bite mark.

Yet, this person in front of them, wasn’t nervous, and was practically telling him he was a zombie.

“What, you don’t believe me?” Zain finally said. “Look, as I said, I will stay here, but you let me speak to whoever is in charge. You guys have to be looking for something right? But maybe at your level you don’t even know what you’re looking for.”

The soldier still didn’t know what to do, as he slowly walked forward and was ready to just proceed with his routine, he first pointed the temperature machine at Zain, and as expected, the machine came up with 23 celsius. That was the current temperature of the room.

‘His temperature… it’s not just a few degrees less, it’s room temperature. That makes no sense?’ The soldier thought.

The human’s body temperature should measure around 37 degrees, it could be 1 above or less, or slightly high if one had a fever. The test they did, was to bring in anyone that was just a couple of degrees under, because it meant their body was in the process of dying.

But for the body temperature of a person to reach room temperature, it would only be the case for a completely dead body.

“Look I have important information about myself, as you can see I’m a strange one.” Zain continued.

“Marcus!” The soldier called out.

Soon one of the soldiers that were standing guard watching the people came into the curtain. After whispering a few words, the original soldier ran off, and a few moments later, it looked like Zain had got the person he was looking for.

An older gentleman with a chiselled face and with a grey beard and hair walked into the room. Although his face looked old, his body was something that most would never achieve in their lifetime.

There was a different sense of aura around this person and it was clear he was the one in charge. Immediately, the general also pulled out his hand gun and pointed it right at Zain’s head.

‘I thought something like this would happen.’ Zain thought. ‘It’s a good thing I unlocked the storage skill.’

There were multiple bronze card rewards that Zain had received, and before coming here he had claimed all of the cards, most of them were exp, or subtle upgrades to the system and one of them was a storage unit.

The storage unit, unfortunately, wasn’t like one of those from those games that had unlimited space, but it would hide whatever it was he could carry on his body. So his two weapons and hand guns had been placed inside the storage unit for now.

“They said you wanted to speak to me, you are either very brave, or an idiot, and so far all I’ve met are idiots.” The general said.

Zain solely went to reach towards the top of his neck, and then pulled down, to show the bite mark he had received.

“This is a wound I received one month ago.” Zain started to explain. “I’m sure the soldier told you about the strange readings, but as you can see, even though I have been bit, I am still talking, I can still move and am very aware of my actions.”

The general seemed to raise an eyebrow as he heard this, but he wasn’t quite jumping for joy like Zain expected.

‘Does this mean they were looking for something else, regardless I should still show an interest.’ Zain thought.

“How can we trust you on your word? You could have been bit five minutes ago. Who cares what your body temperature is!” The general shouted.

Zain smiled as he had an answer for this.

“Well, I haven’t told you the best bit yet. You see, it’s clear my body had changed. In fact I would say that I’m a living, talking zombie, and the zombies don’t attack me.

“I don’t know why I’ve turned out like this, but I thought you could perhaps use me, and if you don’t believe me. You can lock me up in a cell for a few days. I’m sure by then, you can tell if I was lying or not, or better yet, chuck me into a horde of zombies and see how they react.”

The general normally wouldn’t give anyone a chance to say such things and put a bullet through them as soon as he saw the bite mark, but the odd confidence this person showed. It was clear that they were confident for a reason, there wasn’t even a single hint of fear, as if one wasn’t afraid of death at all, and even soldiers were afraid of death.

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Kelly had been waiting by the side for a while now, wondering what would happen to Zain, she slowly walked towards the car and finally could see it, a group of soldiers all walking out, and they had Zain held there, with handcuffs on, and rope tied around his arms as they walked along with him.

“Zain’s been… captured?” Kelly thought, but through all the people, she had seen something, she could see a smile on his face. “Is this… part of his plan?”

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