The fish in the Huangpu River are very plentiful, with the most famous being the sturgeon.

Due to their scarcity, they are classified as a protected species.

Nowadays, beneath the calm river surface, a few small sturgeons can still be faintly seen swimming in the water.

Normally, with tourist boats everywhere, these fish wouldn’t appear in sight.

When humans don’t interfere, everything on land and in the ocean grows wildly.

Some endangered species even start to become overabundant.

Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming casually placed the motorcycle aside, glanced at the river, then jumped off the bridge.

In the silent night, the sound of water splashing was very distinct.

Yet, it attracted no one’s attention.

In this area, there were no zombies, nor humans.

This indicates that beneath the river surface, there must be powerful mutant animals or zombie creatures.

Zombies don’t need to breathe, and after Zhang Yiming consumed Ganmu, he could breathe, but breathing wasn’t necessary, so he dived directly, holding his breath and feeling no discomfort.

The river surface was extremely cold and piercing, which wasn’t a challenge for him; he was even fascinated by this icy sensation.

In the decades since the apocalypse, he had never felt pain, warmth, or coldness.

Now, feeling this biting cold again, Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming felt a bit pleased.

Visibility underwater wasn’t good, especially at night, with a limited range of sight.

With the faint moonlight, he could barely make out what was ahead.

Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming didn’t rely solely on his eyes; as a zombie, besides his sight, he depended on his powerful sense of smell and hearing.

Neither fish nor zombie creatures in the water could escape Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming’s perception.

There were many creatures underwater, and occasionally some fish bumped into Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming.

Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming had no reaction; when he reached the riverbed, he swam in one direction.

In this direction, he sensed a powerful pressure.

The further he swam in that direction, the fewer creatures he encountered, indicating that it was feared by the smaller creatures.

After about half an hour, a wave of zombie brainwaves spread over.

The brainwaves of zombies and mutant zombie animals are similar but can be easily differentiated.

This powerful zombie brainwave from afar belonged to a mutant zombie animal.

The brainwaves of mutant zombie animals didn’t particularly affect Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming.

He might have situations where he couldn’t control his own mutant zombie animals or zombies, but no zombie or mutant zombie animal ever controlled him.

When brainwaves have no mutual impact, it comes down to superpowers and physical strength.

"Hoo-hoo—"

A repressed zombie sound came from the pitch-black water.

Both zombies and zombie animals had lost their original voices, and the sounds from their throats were purely beastly.

This voice seemed to come from hell, and among the four emotions of joy, anger, sadness, and happiness, only anger belonged to this sound.

Soon, Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming saw the zombie creature before him.

It was a gigantic sturgeon; under normal circumstances, a sturgeon could grow to about four meters, but this one was nearly ten meters long.

Its body was like a small boat, and as it moved, massive water currents surged beneath the river surface, impacting the riverbed.

Unlike a regular sturgeon, besides its massive size, it seeped black blood from its body. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Chunks of decomposing flesh slowly fell off its massive body, with some parts even exposing the stark white bones inside.

Its enormous body was riddled with rotting wounds, tattered like patches.

Under normal circumstances, a sturgeon with so many wounds would have died; yet its roaring from inside its throat signaled it was still "alive."

As it swam, the black blood formed small streams, slowly dispersing into the river.

Without hesitation, the zombie mega fish opened its blood-filled maw and lunged at Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming.

In face of the zombie mega fish, Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming was very small, and it seemed it could swallow him in one bite.

The only thing the zombie mega fish craved was flesh; it wasn’t interested in Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming’s flesh and blood, but its frenzied state couldn’t tolerate any creature near it.

The zombie virus’s rampant emotions reshaped its brain, putting fish, humans, and zombies within its attack range.

Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming didn’t use his superpower, as he possessed a fire ability that was at a disadvantage underwater.

Facing the behemoth in front of him, Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming showed no panic at all.

He drew out a dagger and moved flexibly in the water, his cold gaze fixed on the zombie fish’s massive head.

The fish’s head had already started to decay, with some parts even showing the skull, stark white.

Finding the crystal core within such a massive head wasn’t easy.

Despite its enormous size, the zombie fish wasn’t unwieldy; its bloodthirsty instinct made it extremely violent, with teeth black like bricks.

A sturgeon’s mouth originally had no teeth, only petal-like structures for feeding.

After becoming a zombie, it mutated to grow black teeth.

Fetid water streams rushed forth, accompanied by the zombie fish’s maw full of decayed flesh.

Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming instinctively frowned; he never took notice of this in past battles, but after his sense of smell returned, the stench deep within was what he loathed most.

Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming saw an opportunity, dodged the zombie fish’s attack, and leaped onto its head.

The sharp dagger plunged down, piercing into the zombie fish’s skull.

The zombie fish had no reaction since the dagger didn’t reach its brain; it felt no pain.

"Roar—"

The zombie fish became enraged, its failure to attack its target driving it to a frenzy.

Its enormous body thrashed wildly in the water, even ramming the riverbank in an attempt to throw off Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming.

Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming maintained a cold expression, gripping the dagger tightly, inch by inch pushing it deeper into the skull.

"Bang!"

The zombie fish flipped over in the water, ramming its head against the riverbed.

Zombie Emperor Zhang Yiming was slammed to the bottom by the massive zombie fish, even hearing the sound of his own bones cracking.

Even so, his slender fingers still clutched the dagger tightly, taking every opportunity to push it further into the zombie fish’s skull.

The zombie giant fish tried every means to crash into the opposite side, its rotting wounds growing more numerous, large chunks of decaying flesh sloughing off, turning the surrounding water black.

Yet it continued its frenzied attempts.

It was a zombie giant fish; it couldn’t feel any pain, with only one goal: to kill the enemy.