Cain swung his hand again.

Blood splattered everywhere.

"Hey, above you!"

The man swung his hammer, slamming the zombie's head — but the zombie rose again.

Cain lunged forward.

"You have to smash it completely! "

He stabbed the zombie dead and dodged right before the wall behind him fell.

"Run back, run back! To the house!"

Zombies poured down.

They ran across the train station and leapt down the bridge, forcing their legs to run as fast as they could.

First: dying by getting chewed on seemed like a horrible death.

Second: they were sure that this man, Cain, would never wait for them if they ever tripped.

Cain frowned.

The zombies can coordinate in herds and are harder to kill than he thought.

Disabling the leg will disable them — but besides being harder in close combat, they'd most likely resort to their arms.

While they don't react to pain, they still depend on the brain to function. Hence: if you can't destroy the brain, destroy the brainstem, motor cortex, or basal ganglia.

And aiming for the heart — these zombies don't even seem to need blood to function.

Then there is also the problem of rapid tissue regeneration.

How about severing their spinal cord?

He swung his knife but could barely make a graze on the spinal cord.

His knife splintered into pieces.

He frowned and stabbed them with the edges instead.

Do they have stronger bones than humans?

Well — given how they throw over brick walls, it makes sense.

Given their behavior, a horde would slam themselves against a brick wall day and night — and it wouldn't take hours before it collapsed. If their bones were like humans, they would have died.

A strong metal barricade might last for a full day.

A decent lock wouldn't be sufficient if the structure itself collapses.

They snuck into the street and finally reached the church's house.

The men fell to the ground.

Cain wiped his knife.

Juan handed him a drink.

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