"I stopped feeling tired. I could work for an entire day without resting. My wounds healed faster. I could hear voices from far away."
Chief Gao's eyes shone as he remembered the power.
"The others experienced the same changes. We thought the people from the sky had truly saved us."
"But the parasites began controlling you," Leng Pan said.
Chief Gao's expression became distorted.
"At first, the Mother only spoke to us in our dreams. She warned us when zombies approached and showed us where to find supplies."
"Then?"
"She became hungry."
The passage fell silent.
"What did you feed her?" Lu Zhen asked.
Chief Gao lowered his head.
"Zombies."
That explained why there had been so few zombies around the village.
The villagers had captured them and thrown them into the underground chamber.
However, if the queen had consumed infected flesh, why had the eggs inside the well remained free of the zombie virus?
