Chapter 408: Corpse Tide Attacks!

Corpse tide attack countdown, 4 hours 28 minutes.

As time passed, the periphery of Long'an Base was cleared clean.

A large number of mines from the weapons testing site were buried on the route the zombies must pass.

Soldiers in groups stood nervously on the wall, chambers loaded in their rifles.

With repeated admonitions.

In everyone's sight, the twenty-meter-high dark crystal gate lowered its drawbridge, and a modified off-road vehicle roared out.

Yun Tian, Yun Lin, and Mo Ling sat in the vehicle.

Under Lin An's arrangement, they were to separate a portion of the corpse tide, preferably exposing directly the first-level mutant hidden within the corpse tide.

"Hold on tight!"

The engine roared.

Yun Tian, who possessed the talent for mechanical fusion, shouted excitedly and slammed the accelerator to the floor.

Yun Lin gripped the handle tightly, looking around somewhat nervously.

In the rear seat, Mo Ling held an energy core, eyes closed, cultivating his spirit.

He communicated spiritually with the Corpse-Heart Puppet and the Split-Corpse Puppet.

Since the plan regarding the Wangjiang Military Region had changed, there was naturally no need to keep the flesh puppets monitoring the Wangjiang Military Region.

The two first-level flesh puppets were certainly decent combat power.

The two puppets recalled in advance quickly gathered, loyally running alongside the off-road vehicle.

Yun Tian glanced somewhat surprised at the sprinting puppet, his eyes full of curiosity.

If Mo Ling hadn't given him a heads-up, he would have thought these two, with their flesh stripped away and bloody, were mutants.

As the puppets converged, Mo Ling suddenly opened his eyes and glanced at the Corpse-Heart Puppet.

It had become stronger again.

The Corpse-Heart Puppet ran while chewing something in its mouth.

Over the past twenty-plus days, even without openly eating zombies, a rough estimate shows the Corpse-Heart Puppet secretly devoured over 400 corpses.

Its strength rose from initial first-level to intermediate, even showing faint signs of reaching advanced.

This speed was somewhat frightening.

After all, Mo Ling's order to it was to stay as concealed as possible and reduce consumption.

He let out a faint sigh.

If the Corpse-Heart Puppet couldn't serve as a powerful trump card, such a monster could not be kept no matter what.

Thinking of something, Mo Ling turned his head to Yun Lin, whose face had turned somewhat pale, and said:

"Does your talent work on zombies, or on puppets?"

Yun Lin pressed her lips together, glancing at the Corpse-Heart Puppet running alongside the off-road vehicle.

"I'll give it a try; I've never used it on zombies before."

"It's not that I'm afraid of its appearance."

"Although she is a saintly mother, on the road fleeing with survivors she has killed plenty of zombies."

"But she has heard that Mo Ling's flesh puppets are made from living people..."

"Hum—"

"A fluctuation unique to spiritual energy."

"After a few seconds, Yun Lin's face looked somewhat grim; she forced back nausea and nodded:"

"I can see."

"But I only saw it constantly eating meat."

"In the vision, it was hiding in the sewer, continually dragging zombies."

"Like watching a player, I can't really determine the exact time."

Mo Ling nodded; it would be fine if the Corpse-Heart Puppet had no surprises.

"But, squatting in the sewer?"

"Did this guy actively infiltrate the vicinity of the military region?"

"There are no sewers in the highways and wilderness."

"All the way, no words."

As Yun Tian gradually approached the corpse tide, a black line could already be seen in the distance.

Like a tide surging onto the shore, that dense mass of water was the corpse tide.

Within the corpse tide, eight large-bodied mutants were conspicuously visible.

Tank and drill mutants were scattered in the center of the corpse tide; each step they took would crush many nearby zombies.

As for the small-bodied wailing banshees, they hid among the zombies, while the frenzied lickers running along the sides of the corpse tide continually hurled vehicles along the road.

The momentum was tremendous.

Seeing this scale for the first time, Yun Tian couldn't help but feel a bit nervous.

The corpse tide moved at extreme speed; the sprinting zombies passed through like locusts.

Anywhere they passed became a clean, blank expanse.

The route was straight; upon encountering buildings, they smashed them; upon encountering vehicles, they destroyed them.

Before the massive corpse tide, almost nothing could impede the zombies' steps.

"What a fast speed!"

Yun Tian drove the off-road vehicle, made a beautiful drift, and hurriedly detoured from the corpse tide's advance route.

He is behind Long'an Base.

At this speed, by this afternoon the corpse tide will surge into Long'an Base.

Seeing the huge tank violently demolish a blocking skyscraper, Yun Lin felt a jolt of alarm in her heart.

Hard concrete slabs were easily smashed like paper, and reinforced concrete was torn apart like wooden strips.

The tank's body, full of metallic sheen, looked extremely strong in defense at a glance.

There are as many as four such monsters in the entire corpse tide.

As for the rotting giant corpses distributed in the front section of the corpse tide, forming a triangular shape, their bodies are even larger.

Inside the warehouse‑sized aberrant belly, the skin constantly wriggles.

They use their mouths to "stuff" nearby zombies in, cramming them into their bellies.

Like a drill, they occasionally spit the zombies from their bellies out of their mouths.

"Boom!"

With a violent burst of air, the zombies stuffed inside are blasted out like cannonballs.

The ejected zombies become high‑speed shells, flying tens of meters in one go before slamming heavily to the ground.

After landing, the zombies whose lower halves are shattered quickly crawl back into the corpse tide.

Even under continuous spitting, Yun Tian watched the zombies fire out like a string of cannonballs.

His heart tightened.

Once such a monster approaches the city wall, even a twenty‑meter‑high wall cannot stop it!

Can we hold it?

His eyes showed a hint of confusion.

But thinking of Lin An holding the fort, Yun Tian still suppressed his wandering thoughts.

After taking a deep breath, a flash of silver light suddenly appeared in his eyes:

"Sister! Activate your skill to check Mo Ling first—I'll transform and charge from the flank of the corpse tide!"

"Hold on tight!"

Boom‑crack!

The mechanical transformation completed instantly.

Activating his mechanical aptitude, Yun Tian instantly merged with the off‑road vehicle beneath him, turning into a four‑meter‑tall black mecha.

Mo Ling and Yun Lin were wrapped in the isolated compartment.

Although the resulting mecha looks strange and even a bit bulky, its movement is not slow.

Instinctively taking a deep breath, the mecha‑formed Yun Tian exhaled a puff of white vapor.

"Charge!"

A perfect arc, he surged from the right flank of the corpse tide.

At the same moment, Mo Ling opened her eyes, and thick death energy gathered into a soaring death‑tornado, summoning the undead.

At Long'an Base, six pre‑installed cameras were aimed at the battlefield's corner.

The transmission equipment modified by Chu An was already ready.

As the last recon squad returned, the whole city entered combat status.

On the city wall, Lin An stood calmly facing forward, gazing at the surging corpse tide.

The roar shook the heavens, like a horn signaling hell's assault.

Dark crimson blood‑shroud floated around him, still swirling.

The wind rose, and leaden gray clouds obscured the afternoon sun.

As the bloody countdown representing the corpse tide's attack ticked down to zero, everyone clenched their weapons tightly.

"Beep, Long'an Base, city‑defense mission activated."

"Current corpse tide count: 378,841."

"Current mutant count: 36."

"Combat will begin in 10 seconds; this mission has no time limit and ends only when all attacking zombies are slain."

"Note: If the spirit‑energy core is breached, regardless of whether any survivors remain, the mission fails and all Long'an Base members will be eradicated!"

"10."

"9."

"3."

"0!"

When the final second hit zero, under the gaze of all, the broadcast comms switched on simultaneously.

On the high wall, Lin An suddenly seized the floating blood‑shroud and pointed his sword at the corpse tide.

"Get ready to meet the enemy!"

"Kill!"

Firelight flashed, and the piercing whistle of shells screamed.

In an instant, gunfire and flesh collided.