Let us talk about Takumi. While others were resting, he was still wandering through China.
Unlike the Americans, the Chinese could not refrain from shooting. After the outbreak of the zombie crisis, gunshots were heard everywhere, and there was never a moment of silence. Even at night, many gangsters in the cities organized themselves into the prototypes of survivor bases, guarding their territory and forming gangs to resist the zombies. There were also official survivor shelters.
It was for these reasons that Takumi almost always avoided the cities. The main reason was that if he were exposed, it would lead to unnecessary trouble. At this stage, it was only the early period of the zombie crisis. As long as the authorities organized effective actions, the zombie craze could be completely suppressed. After all, no matter how dangerous the zombie virus was, it was still just a virus and could only be spread through contact.
Therefore, as long as military-grade weapons were used, such as infantry fighting vehicles and the like, allowing soldiers to unleash firepower in a safe environment, then any number of zombies would be in vain. The real danger came from those who knew they were infected and hopeless but hid it for fear of dying sooner. As the saying goes, strong fortresses often begin to crumble from within. Only when something goes wrong inside the resistance force can the zombie craze truly spiral out of control.
Takumi did not know about other aspects, but he could see that China was already showing signs of being unable to hold on. To be honest, Takumi was a little surprised that China had survived for two days. After all, regarding China and most countries whose armies lacked the American spirit, their ideological awareness and combat quality usually made them the first to conceal infections. Now that they had lasted for two days, Takumi was genuinely surprised.
But after careful observation, Takumi felt relieved. The reason China was able to survive for two days was simply due to the advantage of advanced equipment. The soldiers were wearing stab-proof uniforms without leaving a single gap; they were armed to the teeth. Those ordinary zombies, transformed from regular people, really had nothing they could do to them. Even if the zombies rushed through a hail of bullets and pounced on them, they would only bruise the soldiers at most, never breaking their defense.
As for why they had such an advantage but still showed signs of collapse, it was mainly due to the fire in their own backyard. Although the situation was initially brought under control by the military, the army opened fire indiscriminately and killed zombies in large numbers, which caused some people to object. The situation was similar to that of the Takagi family in the original Highschool of the Dead story. Some people argued that zombies were just sick patients and felt that the army should not slaughter them so recklessly, and they began to organize protests.
I have to say, this was a very liberating perspective. The army, which had already controlled the situation, began to feel the pressure and had to change its tactics from killing to containment. As soon as the method changed, the difficulty of the operation skyrocketed. After all, zombies have no sense of pain. If you want to subdue them, the methods usually used to subdue humans simply do not work. Electric shocks were somewhat useful, as they could stun the zombies and stop them temporarily, but there were so many zombies that they could not be accommodated.
Even containing each one was laborious; it required manpower to separate the zombies individually and then use electric shocks before they could be contained safely. It was not as if smart people were not coming up with solutions. Someone took advantage of the fact that zombies identify targets by sound and created a safe method: first, use a trap cage to load a carload of zombies and transfer them to the entrance of a maze. Then, use sound and control gates to separate the zombies one by one in the maze, finally allowing personnel at the exit to contain them.
The method was decent, but the efficiency was too low, far slower than simply killing them. The most important question was: what happens after they are contained? Treat the zombies as patients? These things did not even have beating hearts; they had been dead for a long time. If you could really turn zombies back into humans, that would not be called treatment; it would be called resurrection! The military only discovered this problem halfway through the containment. All that hard work was in vain.
Since containment was useless, they should have gone back to killing them. But that was no longer possible. Why? Because the people who protested before did not accept the results. They protested again, claiming this was a military conspiracy and that the zombie disease could be cured, but the facts had been tampered with. They argued the cost of treatment was too high, while the cost of killing was only a few bullets.
The military was speechless. In the past, they had done many immoral things and tried to explain them away, but now that they were actually innocent, they were being wronged by their own people! At this moment, top military officials and politicians felt as if they had a mouthful of filth they could not spit out. Eventually, the military stopped talking to these people and went back to killing zombies.
But then something magical happened. Those people were so stubborn that they went to the front line to protest, even interfering with the soldiers' operations. This included snatching weapons, locking soldiers, and pushing away guns. Because of this, trouble arrived. These soldiers had been fighting continuously, exhausted and suffering from the civilians' pettiness. Although their stab-proof suits prevented infection, the force of a zombie bite was still great. Even without an external injury, they suffered bruises.
Seeing these people cause trouble and accidental injuries, many soldiers snapped and executed the people causing the most trouble on the spot. This added fuel to the fire! The news of soldiers opening fire on civilians caused an immediate uproar, and many people began to riot. Now, the backyard was completely on fire and impossible to control. Takumi looked at the Chinese soldiers being attacked from both sides, suffering heavy casualties. He was dumbfounded by this magical scene. He had guessed the ending, but he had not expected the process to be so absurd.
"If you lose yourself in this way, you will probably be rated as the most useless nation in the world," Takumi smiled with a bit of schadenfreude. As someone from the other side, he was happy to see China's misfortune. He then set his sights on the Eurasian continent again. He found that besides the USA, other places were almost out of control. The most outrageous one was undoubtedly India. Their senior officials had gone into hiding long ago, making them the first to enter anarchy. The army tried to turn the tide, but their poor quality and strange logic caused them to collapse from within just as Takumi predicted.
As for the African continent? It fell with almost no resistance. Takumi was also a bit surprised by Russia. It was not as exciting as he expected; instead, it was quite defeated. Although resistance forces were organized, the infection rate was extremely high. In big cities, the survival rate was only about 5%. Even with India out of control, their city survival rate was 3%. Russia was barely better. The survival rate in China was only a fraction more than others.
Takumi also discovered a problem during his inspection: there were many empty and broken wine bottles on the Russian border. He wondered if they had been harmed by fake alcohol or if this was just a difference in this world. He stopped delving into it and continued to work. After searching a pharmaceutical factory, Takumi found a few more laboratories. However, these laboratories still had many survivors inside. Especially in the biological labs, everyone was basically fine. Takumi sighed; disaster prevention really depended on these facilities. He destroyed the surveillance, went in, and cast sleeping magic on the people to avoid damaging the precious equipment.
In the past four days, Takumi had not rested. After moving equipment from one place, he moved to another country. Kanae Kocho and the others participated in the search during the day and rested at night. Finally, China could not hold on anymore. Mushroom bombs were launched, causing an EMP attack on the entire world. This was China's last act of stubbornness; even in death, they would drag the world with them. The action was too sudden, and other countries were too busy with zombies to react.
This included the USA, but they reacted and launched their own mushrooms at China. Takumi teleported above the USA territory and saw cities falling into chaos due to the EMP. He took action. Extremely large magic circles appeared over the territory, finally enveloping the entire country, and then a golden light rain began to fall. He had reconsidered his plan. He decided to cooperate with the local government here. He would eventually clean up all the zombies in this world, so why not start with the Americans?
Saving them first not only provides a long-term partner but also a helper to complete the task. As for whether they would play tricks during recruitment, Takumi's mind-testing magic was not for show. In a world without supernatural powers, how could they avoid his detection? Even if there were tricksters, the soul contract would turn them into friends instantly. Takumi's only worry was if the local government would refuse to cooperate, but for the sake of humanity, he was willing to take the gamble. If it failed, he would simply abduct some lonely survivors who wanted to leave.
The moment the magic circle appeared, the people below noticed it. They lost their observation methods after the EMP, so they could only stare up. They saw the golden rain and noticed there was no lethal movement. They soon discovered the use of the rain: when it fell on zombies, they twitched, emitted black gas, and fell dead. People were filled with joy, having been saved after a week of horror.
The higher-ups were also shocked, wondering who had done this. Takumi put away the purification magic and used a projection instead. A huge screen appeared in the sky. Under everyone's gaze, Takumi spoke in a language they understood perfectly.
"To the Americans of this world, hello. My name is Takumi, and I come from... another World!"