Chapter 425: White

On the second day of the corpse tide defending the city battle, it was 20:09 at night.

The exhausted soldiers had already rotated once, but the replacements were no better.

Without Gao Tian's intervention, the rotting giant corpse in the second wave of the corpse tide took the remaining Awakened Ones two hours of hard effort to 'grind to death'.

If the corpse tide did not follow the siege rules, they wouldn't even have a hope of grinding it to death.

Just as the power gap between mutants is enormous.

The gap between Awakened Ones is also so large as to be despair-inducing.

If Zhang Tie were here, at least he could withstand the mutants' attacks.

But lacking High Level combat power, even Jing Tian could only slowly drag out the fight like scraping.

Under high-intensity consumption, Wen Ya had to use the energy core twice to replenish her mental power.

Along with it, the spiritual energy that the spirit energy tower had painstakingly accumulated was also completely depleted.

On the city wall, the spent shells piled up on the ground were stained with much dark-red blood.

The smooth, mirror-like alloy city wall forcibly congealed a brown blood crust.

The corpses piled up at the base of the wall had reached a height of sixteen or seventeen meters; a small hill made purely of corpses attested to the battle's brutality.

Leaning on the walltop, the exhausted squad leader responsible for command took off his military cap, instinctively looking at the soldiers about to fall asleep.

The second wave attacked, consisting of ten thousand zombies.

Just the mechanical act of firing made their shoulder blades ache.

"Get up...!"

"Don't fall asleep!"

"Each squad, tally casualties..."

His voice was hoarse.

The squad leader carefully took out a wrinkled pack of cigarettes from his pocket, his trembling arm lighting one for himself.

A nearby soldier glanced over, somewhat enviously.

Although the base's supplies were still adequate, luxuries like cigarettes could only be exchanged for credit points.

The captain, a veteran often participating in outside supply runs, naturally didn't mind exchanging.

"Captain, our squad suffered two casualties."

"One dead, one wounded; the wounded one was hit by a fragment unintentionally thrown back by a mutant."

The squad leader nodded, seeing the soldier eyeing his cigarette longingly, he couldn't help but smile and toss him one:

"Smoke it, refresh yourself."

"I don't even know when this bunch of bastard monsters will launch a total assault."

Killing zombies had become somewhat numb.

Ten thousand zombies, spread out per person, each person had to kill over three hundred.

Just the empty ammunition piled up into a small hill.

Thinking that perhaps tomorrow or perhaps tonight, the final wave of the corpse tide's attack would end.

He exhaled a puff of smoke.

The dozen or so soldiers under the squad leader fell silent for a moment.

Half were feeling uneasy and fearful, half were thinking of relief.

If the corpse tide is held back, the family members stranded outside can join Long'an Base.

Along with that, their lives would become much better.

Base members, 90% were merely students before the Apocalypse.

Having undergone the baptism of war, they are now...

Everyone has changed greatly, moving toward becoming qualified soldiers and warriors.

It feels like a dream.

The soldier who took the cigarette carefully took a puff, his face showing a relaxed expression.

But he instinctively looked toward the top of the spirit energy defense tower.

Lord Lin An..

The corpse tide's total assault is imminent; why hasn't he appeared yet..

Although Lin An has only been missing for a day, his impact on everyone is extraordinarily great.

It's not just a matter of strength; more so, it's a kind of spiritual reliance.

No matter Lin An's methods, the impression he left on the base's people is too profound...

Spirit energy tower, inside the temporary war room.

Chu An listened calmly to the message transmitted by Liang Shaoguang, with Jing Tian and others seated before him.

After a long while, upon finishing hearing all the reports, he habitually lifted his glasses slightly.

"One piece of bad news, one piece of good news."

His voice was very soft, but to Wen Ya's ears it was somewhat unexpected.

"What good news?"

Wen Ya's face turned pale as she kept rubbing her brow, asking.

Although she did not participate in frontline combat, as a support she could be said to have the greatest consumption.

Others can rest after expending their spiritual energy, but she continuously draws mental power from the energy core to supply the entire Safe Zone.

It can be said that, without her, the base's overall strength could drop by one-third.

Colonel Chu's face showed a stiff smile:

The zombie tide's general attack is expected at midnight.

That is, around 1 o'clock.

In the precognition vision, the time when Mo Ling acts on the spirit energy core.

Wen Ya heard the sound and froze; Mo Ling, who had been sitting silently to the side for a long time, shuddered all over.

What sort of good news is this?!

An Jing Tian jumped to his feet, looking at Chu An in astonishment.

The general attack is so soon; not giving them time to catch their breath is already enough.

The timing overlapping with future events—this is practically adding fuel to the fire!

Mo Ling opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Since she led away the first batch of zombies, Chu An hasn't let her act again.

According to Chu An's meaning, her mental power should not be used unless it's a critical moment, to prevent accidents.

Is the time she wants to destroy the core exactly during the zombie tide's general attack?

It's both an accident and not an accident.

If she really did that, that time would indeed be the best "opportunity".

Unstoppable distress, even self-blame.

Although up to now, Mo Ling hasn't noticed anything abnormal about herself.

Wen Ya, sitting beside her, couldn't help but hug little Mo Ling tightly.

She could feel the pain in the little girl's heart.

Chu Colonel still maintained his stiff smile, and began to explain softly:

The two timings overlapping at least indicates one thing.

The zombie tide's general attack and Mo Ling's "rebellion" belong to the same kind of event.

Therefore, we can rule out the supernatural incident we were most worried about.

It is highly likely that the cause of Mo Ling's rebellion is the mutant.

Although that's the case, An Jing Tian and the others still couldn't feel happy.

Only Chu Colonel could regard this as good news.

Having thought this, An Jing Tian immediately asked:

What about the bad news? Have you told Lin Dui about this?

After a brief pause, Chu An slightly shook his head:

Let's talk about the bad news first.

The bad news is that a new mutant has possibly appeared near us.

Its strength is great; I even cannot determine its specific level.

This news was transmitted by Liang Shaoguang.

What?!

Jing Tian's pupils suddenly contracted; he looked at Chu Colonel somewhat nervously.

What situation!? How can there still be a mutant!?

What does not knowing the specific strength mean!?

Not only him, the entire high-level team's hearts sank all at once.

Indeed, one wave hasn't settled before another rises.

This really is... bad news.

Chu An withdrew his smile, fell silent for a moment, then continued speaking:

Previously, Lin An had sent Liang Shaoguang to guard 15 kilometers outside the base to prevent other forces from following the zombie tide's movement.

But three hours ago, he not only discovered a suspected armored regiment of the Wangjiang Military Region, but also found traces of the mutant's attack.

According to his judgment, that mutant's route highly overlaps with our base.

As for why its strength is unknown, but at least it is second level or higher.

Chu Colonel silently drew a line on the map, then spoke slowly:

It's speed.

His olfactory range at maximum is about three kilometers.

That mutant disappeared from his olfactory range in an extremely short time.

This shows that the mutant's speed far exceeds that of an ordinary second-level.

Theoretically speaking, we cannot rule out the possibility of it being third level.

Moreover, that mutant is not supposed to be part of the city-defense duty; 'it' came on its own.

As his words fell, the command room fell into utter silence.