Infected (Zombie Apocalypse)

"Surrounded and desperately outnumbered, the few dozen begin to feel like they're in Somalia."

- Onibi, describing a scene of armed zombies attacking a group of police officers

"There was only half a kilometer until the first target residence. The area had not been damaged significantly so we thought it would have been fine but when we arrived we were struck by a street drenched in blood. Huge blood stains mixed with human flesh - not that of one human but of at least ten, for sure. With this volume of blood we expected to also see corpses slumped on the street but there was not a single object that even resembled a corpse. Had someone killed these people and taken the corpses with them? Had they completely pulverized these people?"

- Another seen from Onibi's zombie apocalypse series

The infected in the "Zombie Apocalypse" series of illustration and associated short stories by Japanese artist Onibi (formerly foxhound4185), are a variation on zombies, as well as other monsters common in horror, and take inspiration from both Western "zombie films", Japanese giant monster movies, and other sources. The series follows a group of survivors, including JSDF forces, police officers, and civilians as the face the undead hordes in a major Japanese city (possibly Tokyo).

The first signs of anomalous activity come in the form of reports of a giant monster seen off the coast of Japan. The creature attacked no one and did no damage, but was reported by numerous people. Around the same time, a group of urban explorers in underground tunnels disappeared one after the other.

Shortly afterwards, a mysterious humanoid creature several meters tall, with disproportionately large arms, legs, and head is struck and killed by a subway train. Subway service in the city is closed down. Police and civilians are attacked by people who have no previous criminal records. Shortly, it becomes apparent that they are not normal humans, as their bodies mutate into dead-looking zombie-like states. Unlike classic zombies of horror films, they are capable of using weapons, including firearms. Some of these zombies are discovered armed with presumably black market ex-Soviet arms, including AK-47s, PPSh-41s, RPDs, and even RPG-7s. These armed zombies shoot it out with police forces.

Meanwhile, reports of the mysterious monster from the beginning of the incident resurface, the creature apparently being capable of flight. JSDF forces attempt to intercept the monster with surface-to-air missiles and fighter jets, but they fail to destroy it. As suddenly as it came, the monster disappears without explanation. Soon afterwards, however, another (or presumably the same) creature is sighted swimming underwater by a container ship.

In an isolated Japanese village, JSDF personnel engage and eliminate more mysterious creatures, including several giant creatures similar to the one killed in the subway. One smaller (slightly taller than a human) horned creature surrenders and cooperates with the soldier, claiming to be a "demon" from a parallel dimension with supernaturally long life spans, and emerged after 300 years to feed on humans, only to find humanity had gotten for more powerful.

At the same time, in the city, people were engulfed in massive tumors, among those found were the few urban explorers who entered the tunnels below. Some of the tumors could be removed, but others had completely consumed the body of the victims, and multiple tumors were amalgamated into one.

The tumor were removed to a morgue in a secret facilty, and one of the victims was quarantined for study. Another girl covered by the tumors was used as a test bed for cutting artificial organs and other parts, replacing those consumed by the tumor. This girl, known as "the Patchwork Girl" survived with replacement limbs, half her face, and one eye.

Shortly afterwards, the tumors stored in the research facility disintegrated into a mucus-like substance. The security cameras malfunctioned at the time, leaving no clue as to what happened. At the same time, another victim was found, having half-way mutated between a human and a three-eyed, sharp toothed monstrosity. The girl who was partially mutated is under close observation in a hospital. She show brain activity, and speaks in a mysterious language that as not been deciphered, but does not respond to humans or other living creatures. Her mutation continued as she was under observation in quarantine. Meanwhile, conflict between police and military forces and zombies continues in the city.

Sadly, I cannot link to the entire gallery due to NSFW images detailing the artificial body parts of the "Patchwork Girl".