Chapter 28- Last Dying Breath Part 3

[Cabbage Patch]

...I really did put a lot of stock into the alien theory, especially with the groups of zombies acting in a military fashion, but it seems that is falling apart as a solid theory since there were no badass spaceships to be found at ground zero.

Dude, the alien ships are there, they're just cloaked! This is the same way the Star Trek crew were able to hide a Klingon Bird of Prey in Golden Gate Park in Star Trek IV! My theory is that when Saul tripped and fell it wasn't the fissure that got him, but rather the outstretched, invisible landing struts of the alien star cruiser.

[zombie19]

I am very interested to see where the story is going with Saul. I don't think the antibiotics had anything to do with it, but rather his genetics. It could explain a little about Tanya. Perhaps she knows she is immune (may have been scratched by a Zed at one point and realized she didn't turn). Maybe she is afraid the physical at Ft. Irwin will show that she has had an encounter with a zombie and she is afraid they will kill her. I'm thinking she and Saul have the cure in their blood. But I don't want to go too far out on a limb with what little information we have. It's just something to stew over.

Regarding the cracks in the ground, I immediately started thinking that it could have been a bacteria laden gas that escaped from deep in the Earth. If tectonic activity released it all around the world, that could explain the seemingly simultaneous appearance of zombism internationally.

I agree.
I feel like Tanya was attacked by a zombie when they were testing on them in the hospital. She must have covered it up with a burn(Someone made this point in part 2). Plus, if Hope was there, she wouldn't have been able to see what happened to Tanya. With that said, I think Saul has to be immune. Bullet hole and now this.

This is a blast from the past, how did all the people being dragged back to the arena never turn. They were really dragged on the floor without getting scratched. There had to be blood or other zombie juices all over the floor. I just found that hard to believe. If I remember correctly, Tommy was the only person that turned while we were present.

[Chogidog]

This is a blast from the past, how did all the people being dragged back to the arena never turn. They were really dragged on the floor without getting scratched. There had to be blood or other zombie juices all over the floor. I just found that hard to believe. If I remember correctly, Tommy was the only person that turned while we were present.

Maybe the Z's know who's immune and eliminating them for sport?

[ReeceJM]

What if CJ set it up so that they would run out of air- therefore turning and leaving. Thats why they took a camera, she planned to go and pick it up afterwards. Basically just using them now she has info.

(Just exploring different ideas, please pick floors in this.)

[Adventureless_Hero]

This is a blast from the past, how did all the people being dragged back to the arena never turn. They were really dragged on the floor without getting scratched. There had to be blood or other zombie juices all over the floor. I just found that hard to believe. If I remember correctly, Tommy was the only person that turned while we were present.

I have often wondered this too. In the scene where Riley and Angel were immersed in a mountain of rotting flesh at the arena I wondered how it was that they didn't catch any kind of infection, especially when Riley got rotting filth in her eye. I'm thinking two things are happening; 1)somehow, the corpses that are being used as food for the zeds are not turning. Could it have somthing to do with how Riley noticed the zeds were drooling like dogs when they smelled sweat? Do they emit a zombie venom of sorts? It would mean they could turn you when they want rather than whenever you contact them. 2) the zombie virus exists in the zeds blood itself. So even if a zed doesn't bite you with a venomous bite, his blood gets in you and you contract the infection, like tommy did. If the corpses at the arena that Riley and Angel were buried in were victims of the zeds, they could have been infection free based on my notion that zeds emit venomous bites only when they want to turn you.

So a zombie bites you with it's drooling bite and you contract the virus. But maybe he can turn off his virus spreading capabilities? It's a stretch. But contact with zombie blood will most likely turn you 100% of the time. The corpses at the arena were human victims who were infection free, while the corpses outside the arena were infected.

[Osiris]

I have often wondered this too. In the scene where Riley and Angel were immersed in a mountain of rotting flesh at the arena I wondered how it was that they didn't catch any kind of infection, especially when Riley got rotting filth in her eye. I'm thinking two things are happening; 1)somehow, the corpses that are being used as food for the zeds are not turning. Could it have somthing to do with how Riley noticed the zeds were drooling like dogs when they smelled sweat? Do they emit a zombie venom of sorts? It would mean they could turn you when they want rather than whenever you contact them. 2) the zombie virus exists in the zeds blood itself. So even if a zed doesn't bite you with a venomous bite, his blood gets in you and you contract the infection, like tommy did. If the corpses at the arena that Riley and Angel were buried in were victims of the zeds, they could have been infection free based on my notion that zeds emit venomous bites only when they want to turn you.

So a zombie bites you with it's drooling bite and you contract the virus. But maybe he can turn off his virus spreading capabilities? It's a stretch. But contact with zombie blood will most likely turn you 100% of the time. The corpses at the arena were human victims who were infection free, while the corpses outside the arena were infected.

Long, but true story. The rules for this infestation are confusing at the best of times.

[Eviebae]

So a zombie bites you with it's drooling bite and you contract the virus. But maybe he can turn off his virus spreading capabilities? It's a stretch. But contact with zombie blood will most likely turn you 100% of the time. The corpses at the arena were human victims who were infection free, while the corpses outside the arena were infected.

Meaning that maybe the infected outside were giving off something? That's an interesting thought!

According to Riley, the people she saw seemed to be turning from getting splashed by blood. But, in one of the accounts, there was a man who pulverized a zombie's head into mist with his fists and didn't turn.

What if this is a two part cocktail (a Zombie if you will :P) where you need exposure to a gas/toxin/mutagen and exposure to a particular disease? There was an explosion at Ground Zero that released a lot all at once.

What if the explosion was someone's attempt to stop what was about to happen?

[Adventureless_Hero]

Meaning that maybe the infected outside were giving off something? That's an interesting thought!

According to Riley, the people she saw seemed to be turning from getting splashed by blood. But, in one of the accounts, there was a man who pulverized a zombie's head into mist with his fists and didn't turn.

What if this is a two part cocktail (a Zombie if you will :P) where you need exposure to a gas/toxin/mutagen and exposure to a particular disease? There was an explosion at Ground Zero that released a lot all at once.

What if the explosion was someone's attempt to stop what was about to happen?

That is a very big possibility, but I was thinking more along the lines of:

The blood contact will always turn you.
Sometimes, a bite will turn you, depending on if the zombie had his drool on (venomous bite).

[Osiris]

That is a very big possibility, but I was thinking more along the lines of:

The blood contact will always turn you.
Sometimes, a bite will turn you, depending on if the zombie had his drool on (venomous bite).

Or if he's bleeding from the gums or lips or has an open sore. zombaids.

[UndeadSweeper]

That is a very big possibility, but I was thinking more along the lines of:

The blood contact will always turn you.
Sometimes, a bite will turn you, depending on if the zombie had his drool on (venomous bite).

Don't think the blood contact will always turn you. How about went our heroes were in arena and was stuck in pile of bodies? I would guess that some of the virus should have been on some the bodies. But they didn't turn. Nor when Datu was carry by the Z. It look to be only only to affect certain people.