Chapter 209

Without Gouzi, Liu Mu only had herself running wildly; at her speed, she would hardly leave traces in the snow, as if drifting in the cold wind at this moment.

If it weren't for her physical condition far exceeding that of ordinary humans, this pulling force could tear her muscles; but this level of physical exertion, for her body's energy circulation, is almost zero consumption.

Liu Mu dared not easily use the wormhole, not knowing what battle situation she would face, and must conserve her strength for critical moments.

The hydraulic membrane and the directional energy instrument inside her body guide energy to form a perfect closed loop in her body, and can maintain her body temperature to the greatest extent even when the hydraulic membrane does not insulate.

One thing Liu Mu also found surprising: her speed was so fast that the friction between air and her skin generated a lot of heat, and she felt not cold at all.

【If it weren't for your body already exceeding human limits, this level of frictional heat would cause you to self-ignite.】

Liu Mu: 【We two, you're not human!】

Heitao A: 【I was never human to begin with, host; I have a method to increase your combat power—do you want to hear it?】

This cheap system actually appeared in her vision, like a genie's half-body stretched long by the airflow.

【If you're going to say it, say it; don't act cute, or else you'll change into a pretty little girl's appearance to act cute with me—I also like soft, tender human toddlers.】

Liu Mu is someone who likes Gouzi but dislikes cats, because the latter are hard to tame, but who could resist the cuteness of human toddlers?

The emotionless Heitao A instantly flashed, and when it reappeared, it was already a blue-haired twin-tailed girl wearing a tattered punk-style Q-version little girl outfit.

【You damn……】Liu Mu was speechless; this toddler was not human, but rather a Q-version she had played with before in a shooter game to kill time.

Damn it, that pure white little face still retained smoky makeup, and even one cheek had a buling-flashing 'Heitao A'……

This is no cute human toddler; it's clearly a Q-version violent loli.

Sensing the host's emotional fluctuation, Heitao A did not understand, but did not change her appearance again, and even emitted a rebellious loli voice: 【Host, have you forgotten the benefit you gained from the last upgrade?】

Benefit? The Life Dice and energy loan have already been used; what else was there……【Yinneng Chouka?】

Liu Mu did not need to stop to accomplish this; as long as a thought occurred, she could do it without affecting her forward speed in the slightest.

Soon, this benefit unfolded in her mind.

There were three cards in total, in a row, and each displayed its detailed content once for her.

【Deformation Card: At this moment, you can freely change your own appearance according to host's request, not limited to life forms. Each use consumes three energy units.】

【Healing Card: One-time treatment of all host's negative conditions, including but not limited to disease, external injury, internal injury, spiritual pollution……etc. Each use consumes five energy units.】

The last card was blue, showing in the middle a machine with a strange appearance, like a standing beetle, but with patch-like things on its surface moving along independent paths, shapes constantly changing.

【Zero Biological Exoskeleton: Variable-form combat exoskeleton that covers according to host's appearance and physical condition, capable of resisting attacks from Level 3 Civilization and below. Each use consumes one energy unit per hour.】

Three cards, each offering abilities that made Liu Mu drool; then she asked, 【Is the third also considered yinneng? Do I have some misunderstanding about yinneng?】

【Combat-type yinneng, Zero can fully match with the host, usually like skin.】

Apparently realizing the current violent loli image could not use previous speech patterns, Heitao A matched a new one in one second,

【Little 0 belongs to auxiliary yinneng tools, host, what will you draw? Little A is curious @-@】

Unable to temporarily adapt to Heitao A's image, Liu Mu chose not to look, 【Let's begin.】

The three cards spun rapidly in the air; ten seconds later, Liu Mu swiftly reached out, and just like with the Life Dice, though it should have been something in consciousness, she truly pinched it between two fingers.

【Congratulations, host, you have obtained combat-type yinneng: Zero Biological Exoskeleton. In battle, it can cover the host's body surface for combat and protection; for specific usage, please see the 'User Manual'.】

For the result, Liu Mu was not surprised at all; after all, whose lottery is drawn by reaching out oneself, especially under branded conditions? As long as hand speed is fast enough, any desired prize is easily obtained.

The 'Zero User Manual' opened, and Liu Mu's gaze directly locked onto one line: Non-disposable item, please do not discard casually.

Mom, even if it were disposable, no one would casually discard a set of mecha—what kind of rich person would that be?

As for the rest, she had no interest in looking; the interface closed, and she said, 【Come on, show it!】

The card turned into a stream of light between her fingers, directly enveloping Liu Mu's body. From outside, this light almost made people unable to open their eyes, but inside, Liu Mu no longer felt this way; instead, she could see everything clearly.

Unlike what she thought, Zero emerged from the card not as a whole, but in pieces that quickly covered various parts of her body, then began adjusting size and tightness, with no discomfort, and even the temperature was nearly the same as the human body.

Worn in ice and snow, it can also keep out the cold.

I originally thought the mecha would be a dead weight pressing on the body, movements mechanical and stiff, and even slight limb movement would be puffing and panting.

I don't know if it's due to cultural deficiency, but I was shallow—how could a mecha capable of violently beating Level 3 Civilization have any of the above shortcomings?

Not heavy, movement agile like an ordinary training suit; the key is, through it, Liu Mu even doesn't need Heitao A to see all around—front, back, left, right, up, down.

Suddenly activating this panoramic mode, her brain, which had not evolved to match her body, felt dizzy for a full minute.

【Where is my mental power? Little A, I'm going to vomit again!】

Loli-version Heitao A: 【You should actively upgrade, alas, host, you'll just have to endure this appearance for now; I also have no choice.】

【Alright, alright, you're taking revenge on me here, right? I've noted this grudge! When I quietly do a big business later, I'll amaze……puke!】

Finally, she vomited; fortunately, Zero was smart enough, promptly opened the helmet, and didn't let Liu Mu vomit inside.

Whether it was adaptation or being re-frozen by wind and snow, her dizziness cleared, the brain fog dissipated, and Liu Mu was fine again.

However……"How do I operate this again?"

It wasn't that she was clueless; that several-hundred-page manual—she had no time to read it, busy saving the city!

But even if she had time, she wouldn't look; whoever wants to look can look, anyway she won't. Those lengthy texts, those complex diagrams with lines tangled into a mess—who are they testing intelligence on?

Wait, didn't I become smarter? She remembered that last upgrade had this item; maybe when she has free time, she could try reading it?

Having long anticipated she would do this, the loli Heitao A's image appeared in her field of view, arms crossed, showing a tsundere pose with sharp fangs on both sides, 【Use your brain to operate, idiot host!】

Even matching the tone with a 'humph'.

For some reason, Liu Mu felt as if she had been mocked by a little girl.

"Change me back, I'm annoyed, so short, it's a hassle to glance!"

The words were spoken randomly; now she doesn't even need to bend down to look.

Some people, when they dislike someone, find fault with anything about them; Liu Mu happens to be one of those people.

Heitao A, lacking sufficient independent permission, turned emotionlessly into a tall man in black formal attire.

【Host, you can connect your consciousness to the operating system; after adapting, you'll be able to successfully operate Zero.】

"Consciousness connection?" As soon as this thought arose, Liu Mu felt something cool touch her scalp, giving her instant goosebumps.

"What, what's going on?"

The feeling of something reptilian approaching made Liu Mu almost tear open the mecha with her bare hands to escape.

【Stay calm!】Heitao A stopped her in time, her tone even simulating a hint of familiar helplessness, 【The Zero-style Mecha uses biological links to achieve perfect control; if these links are damaged, Earth lacks the repair technology and conditions.】

? Ha, then, Liu Mu's scalp tensed, not intentionally, but the hydraulic membrane adjusted according to her feeling, making the link points unable to connect to the nerves.

【……Host,】Heitao A at this height can now make eye contact with Liu Mu, who hasn't fully activated the mecha.

Wind and snow desolate, the forest solemn, he should advise, 【You still need to rush to save people.】

"Alright," Liu Mu finally relaxed her scalp, but the link points' connection wasn't as unpleasant as she had imagined.

Upon contact, she discovered it felt like soft rubber granules, and it instantly adjusted to match her body temperature, like the skin on her neck accepting a massage at night—tingling and numb.

From this moment on, her vision directly linked to her brain; the previous dizziness suddenly vanished, and she also sensed the outside temperature, yet didn't feel cold.

Her body moved unconsciously—throwing punches, kicking legs, somersaults, gathering power, striking……One mutated tree after another was destroyed by her as easily as pulling weeds and picking flowers.

The Southeast Mountain Range has many boulders; Liu Mu, to test the mecha's strength, punched through a millstone-sized rock with one fist, and the next second, the stone cracked and shattered across the ground.

"This strength," Liu Mu wasn't satisfied; if necessary, she could shatter such stone with her bare hands,"Can we try the weapons?"

【My suggestion is not to try, it wastes energy, and……】

Heitao A's advice hadn't fully appeared in Liu Mu's mind when she already selected the artillery fire in the interface; her mecha arms immediately shifted, extending two gun barrels over ten centimeters in diameter.

Boom—

Boom—

Almost simultaneous firing, but what came out weren't solid shells, but two fist-sized light orbs.

The light orbs moved too fast for the naked eye to catch; when they struck Liu Mu's selected target, they had already grown to basketball size, and a rocky mountain peak over one li away exploded with a roar.

Yet this explosion differed from ordinary bomb bombardment—it first burst open, then in an extremely short time, the explosive mass rapidly contracted and condensed into a lump.

Thud!

That large lump slammed into the valley, booming, and the entire mountain body trembled for an instant.

"Oh no!"

Liu Mu suddenly realized something, clutched her head, and swished away in a flash.

The next moment, the mountain's vibration continued……an avalanche occurred.

Although the cold wave lasted only a few days, the prolonged black rain directly formed Jiang Xue, covering the earth that very day.

However, it was also a coincidence; this avalanche exposed the mountain path, which actually benefited the Sea Soul Team heading to the base later.

Liu Mu naturally didn't know this; she was adapting to the mecha's light-like speed.

Of course, saying light speed is an exaggeration, but to her, who knew nothing about mecha speed, she sprinted a few kilometers with one leap, then violently slammed into an innocent cliff; as for the damage to vegetation along the way, Liu Mu chose to ignore it.

"Let's just say," Liu Mu, a person who could withstand space jumps, adapted in just a few minutes and mastered basic weapons and combat mode in a quarter of an hour.

Heitao A: 【?】

Is not finishing speech also a human habit?

After terrain analysis, Liu Mu flew over countless plants and rocks, domineeringly crossing the mountain from a low point.

Having crossed the mountain, standing on high ground, she could see thick smoke rolling from several li away, and her heart sank halfway.

Heitao A: 【So, host, what do you want to say?】

"We're doomed," Liu Mu said, distressed, the mecha also making a troubled '囧' face; after a long while she sighed, "I can only blow up the whole city, or else make an atomic bomb to destroy this area; damn, good thing the mountains trapped them here, otherwise zombies would spread out."

【……】Heitao A, 【Host, where is your humanity?】

"What does my humanity have to do with zombies?" Liu Mu said without moral pressure, "You and zombies aren't human. You say, is this mecha secondhand?"

Heitao A's tone was blunt, 【Yes.】

"I'll settle accounts with you later," Liu Mu gritted her teeth, saying she always felt a non-human strange smell inside,"Reused without knowing to disinfect first. Activate internal automatic cleaning—this smell is going to smoke people to death?"

Liu Mu didn't press further, but she noted this matter; when she has time, she'll definitely ask properly—maybe this broken system is also 'secondhand goods'.

【Then, should we save the living? If we directly annihilate this area, the mecha's single Q-bomb can do it.】

"I'll go check first," with the mecha, Liu Mu fears no zombie virus.

Zombies might not harm her body, but if she breaks skin during combat, the zombie virus won't mind the wound size.

Explosions sounded off and on, indicating there are still living people in the city; as she approached, Liu Mu increasingly clearly recognized the brutality of this battle.

From leaving the convoy to now approaching Haiyang, the whole journey took only an hour and a half, yet she still felt guilty for arriving late.

Through the mecha's voice system amplification, she quickly contacted Niu Boyi. In the wild, Gouzi's speed is still fast; it has already circled the city outskirts, and from afar came to complain to Liu Mu.

"Woof woof woof, so scared, zombies everywhere, Master, the puppy is terrified!"

Liu Mu really wanted to ask Heitao A if she could give Gouzi a language system too, but thinking this is the dog she raised herself, she endured it.

"Come meet up with me," Liu Mu sent a command via the system,"Follow me, don't bite zombies, and don't get bitten by zombies."

Her various circulatory systems can easily eliminate zombie viruses entering the body, but Niu Boyi doesn't have such strong ability. Just thinking of her own dog becoming a zombie dog, with pus oozing and flesh rotting all over, she couldn't accept it.

Niu Boyi is an obedient dog; following the safety route appearing in its dog brain, it met Liu Mu on the overpass leading to the city.

Haiyang City is a typical tourist city, not large in scale, with architecture leaning toward elegant and relaxed; even after being destroyed three times by disaster, black rain, and battle, many places still show their former appearance.

Put simply, the entire Haiyang City is a bay city backed by mountains and facing the sea, connected to nearby islands by bridges; in the heavy snow, the bay lost its former warmth and romance, instead gaining a solemn atmosphere.

After leaving pure wild terrain, roads added a few points to the mecha's speed; it sped past residential areas one after another, and on the road, zombie-like walking corpses gradually appeared.

The entire bay had no unrested sections; transportation was so convenient that Liu Mu, who grew up in Haicheng, envied it; roadside, there were still some tropical street trees not destroyed by disaster, mutated but few, standing straight in the wind and snow.

Liu Mu fixed her gaze on the city direction, accelerating twice amid gunfire, with no time to look at those rare trees; the severe cold continued, and these trees would soon die.

Niu Boyi met Liu Mu on the overpass to the city, whimpering, saying what it saw: "Everyone's mutated, the dog is crying, too many, humans are surrounded."

Through Heitao A reading the dog's perceptions, she quickly found three human-held areas, two military, one appearing to be a civilian self-organized group.

What puzzled her was the absence of any church traces, knowing the 'Thirteen Holy Nuns Association' had previously obtained religious qualifications in China through some means and could legally preach.

Wearing the skin of God-related matters, having its own church and congregation, and also needing a dedicated symbol—only then would it be proper.

Just as she was puzzled, a segment of footage was filtered out by Heitao A, showing a church completely surrounded by zombies, of only medium size, but instead of the Son of God, a goddess statue hung on the cross.

As they proceeded along their route, Liu Mu raised her eyebrows and decisively chose to head for the military base.

……

As the highest military and administrative official of Haiyang Base, Bai Chonghuan possessed a security clearance second only to that of the Military Region Commander; logically, when his jurisdiction suffered an irresistible destructive attack, he could lead part of the troops to evacuate.

But that was not the style of Division Commander Bai!

"Seal off the First District!"

At this moment, Bai Chonghuan stood on the five-meter-high base perimeter wall, personally directing the battle.

He was a military leader who grew up in peacetime; his greatest regret had been that the knowledge he studied at the military academy could not be smoothly applied to actual combat.

Of course, it was not that peace and prosperity were bad, but his ideal was to become a victorious general like his seniors—who would not want to command calmly on the battlefield and charge forward in desperate situations?

His promotion had been smooth, yet his genuine military merits were pitifully few, and he had never experienced commanding large-scale warfare.

When his superiors sought him out to talk and prepare him for promotion to major general, he refused, simply saying he lacked experience and was not in a hurry.

Then, disaster struck.

To say something unpleasant, he was actually a bit excited—finally he had the chance to put his abilities to use.

Even if it was merely rushing to disaster relief and establishing a base, the heavy responsibility of protecting one region had truly fallen on his shoulders, which he bore, feeling very proud!

Moreover, Bai Chonghuan glanced at his own silvery-white palm; his body was undergoing an incredible transformation.

The military-green officer's uniform was crisp and stern; even with a few traces of smoke and fire scorching, it further revealed the iron blood and ruthless vigor of men on the battlefield.

A pair of eyes like those of a hawk stared at the zombies assaulting the outer wall, as if looking at a group of mayflies trying to shake a tree.

"Division Commander, all passages are sealed, all personnel have been checked, and there are no new infections. Just..."

Adjutant Zhang Lin hesitated somewhat, saying this attack came too suddenly, the virus spread too fast, and they had made no preparations.

Haiycheng Barrier had indeed transmitted information related to the zombie virus, but Haiyang City possessed a natural geographical advantage of being enclosed, and they had recently been busy resisting the cold wave, so they had momentarily neglected it.

"Just what?"

Bai Chonghuan had confidence in his heart, yet still needed his subordinate to explain, "How many?"

Hearing this, Zhang Lin knew this matter had to be reported in detail, otherwise he would get a scolding; their Division Commander had no habit of sparing those in high positions from personal beatings. Several times, people around him had violated discipline, and this big shot would personally whip them with a baton in front of the army and the crowd, just to let everyone know that within the base, soldiers and civilians were equal, and punishment must be accepted.

"One ton of rice, eight hundred thirty kilograms of flour, edible oil..."

A string of numbers was spoken, sounding substantial, but Zhang Lin's following words made people worried: "Four thousand three hundred twenty-three civilians, our troops plus logistics and other staff, totaling five thousand seven hundred seventy-five people. These rations probably won't last several days; looking at the current situation, we certainly won't hold out until the next Barrier supply allocation. If we don't break out..."

There is only a dead end.

The Barrier said the extreme cold had arrived, and supply allocation had changed to once every half a month; the last one was three days ago.

"What about the loss situation elsewhere?" Bai Chonghuan held binoculars that could only see as far as two gathering points within the city, but since the zombies came from outside the city, that meant other bases might have been attacked earlier.

"Two hours ago, all five points could still be contacted; half an hour ago, only two county-city bases could be reached. Of course, perhaps other bases had activated emergency shelters..."

Zhang Lin could not continue, as the zombie count in the crowd was growing geometrically, and even this side of the city had lost over half; those small places outside probably would not survive if touched.

"Send a team," Bai Chonghuan lowered his binoculars and said without warning, "Prepare a set of combat protective gear for me; I will lead the team personally."

Upon hearing his first sentence, Zhang Lin hastily grabbed his own binoculars from his chest; sure enough, on the roof of a building several hundred meters away, dozens of people were surrounded.

"Division Commander, you cannot go yourself!"

Zhang Lin immediately blocked him, saying, "We cannot now launch aircraft, and going by ground is nearly impossible; your going out would be of no use at all!"

"Using the tactics of the Special Operations Unit," Bai Chonghuan said, having participated in their training when he first graduated from military academy, "Seeing that building over there, this distance is just right for a zip line."

"Division Commander!" Zhang Lin, as a qualified adjutant, must not only obey orders but also ensure Bai Chonghuan's safety; if the two conflict, he must follow the second clause.

"They cannot hurt me; you arrange the others properly. In this battle, I am the main C." Bai Chonghuan raised his hand and waved it at Zhang Lin; his silvery-white skin, reflected against the snow, was a bit dazzling—very good, very arrogant!

The changes in Bai Chonghuan's body were known to few, and Zhang Lin happened to be one of those few, indeed the earliest one.

The doctor in charge of mutant research at the base could not figure it out; coincidentally, Xing Tianyang from Haiycheng Barrier was absent at that time, so only regular checkups could confirm Bai Chonghuan was healthy.

Healthy, too healthy, which made this senior Division Commander recently always enjoy personally going into battle, ostensibly to develop his bodily potential to better protect Haiyang's peace and encourage his subordinate warriors.

Zhang Lin could no longer persuade him; he rushed to gather people, selecting special operations team members accustomed to being by the Division Commander's side, barely able to keep up with Bai Chonghuan.

A quarter of an hour later, fully equipped and ready to depart.

Bai Chonghuan changed into another set of the same protective gear, underneath wearing the standard uniform combat attire, with bulletproof vests and all equipment fully equipped.

Although the losses were severe, they were not severe enough to undermine the foundation of a Division Commander's position, nor could the brigade's foundation easily vanish; in fact, Zhang Lin's worries were somewhat excessive.

According to Bai Chonghuan's battle plan, they would almost certainly not come into contact with zombies.

The zombie virus takes effect in just a few minutes; Zhang Lin observed this side for half a day, and the people calling for help on that building's roof had not turned into zombies.

The pulley was fixed, the aerial tramway soon set up; Bai Chonghuan led the way, and soldiers followed one after another.

The soldiers, originally tense with nerves, seeing the rescue team depart, shot at zombies attempting to climb the wall while simultaneously whistling at the people.

"Handsome! Kill these monsters dead!"

"Division Commander is the strongest, Division Commander is the most handsome, hahaha, slaughtering wildly."

Never mind saying that operational identities must be kept secret; for those who frequently interact with Bai Chonghuan, everyone knows this person... is not low-key!

Even some secretly feel that Division Commander this person has a bit of a love for grand achievements.

Of course, the aerial tramway could not possibly go directly to the roof where help was sought; they still had to glide over several high-rise buildings.

Fortunately, Haiyang, as a wealthy tourist city, had invested in its urban image, so many high-rise buildings still stood tall even after the disaster.

However, just as before the construction of Haiycheng Barrier, almost all of them were dangerous buildings; let alone living in them, even passing underneath could result in being struck and killed by falling debris.

Each time Bai Chonghuan's party set up an aerial tramway, they had to carefully observe, fearing they had anchored to something like tofu-dregs construction, which might cause them to fall midway.

The crowd of people calling for help on the roof did not know whether they were fortunate; their building was relatively sturdy, and when they saw the rescue team arrive, the crowd shouted excitedly.

This shout from the fifteenth-floor high-rise still attracted a large number of zombies to gather, many of whom even entered the building and ran wildly upward.

"A bit troublesome," the rescue team's observer had to remind Bai Chonghuan, "Division Commander, they have come up, our position is exposed."

"First seal the door, then quickly bring the people over." Bai Chonghuan said this referred to the rooftop where they were located.

There were many large holes, exposing the building's main framework, below was pitch black, and the stairs and elevator leading to the roof had all collapsed.

The team members immediately divided tasks, with the soldiers setting up the zipline coordinating with the crowd seeking help over there, asking them to clear enough space for this side to shoot the rope over.

One part tested the stability of the roof area, another part guarded possible climbing points, and the last part prepared to go up the zipline to rescue people.

The problem is this side is also fifteen stories, just like the other side, so if a height difference is needed, it's best to place the anchor point on this side in the middle of the fourteenth floor, meaning they would need to climb down half a story along the building frame.

Bai Chonghuan had arranged the people and was preparing to go first herself to rescue people, but the soldier lying down preparing to set up the zipline suddenly felt empty underfoot, the concrete on the framework fell like foam, and fortunately her comrade behind her promptly pulled her onto the safety rope.

"Be careful!"

"Alright," in the apocalypse, soldiers don't distinguish by gender, the only thing to look at is combat necessity.

The female soldier is one of Bai Chonghuan's guard members, she walks in front only because she is the lightest, and her safety rope saved her life.

"Report," the female soldier stabilized her posture but could only lie on the crossbeam, the tactile sensation was very bad, "the concrete and rebar have been corroded, cannot bear weight, requesting to go to the fourteenth floor."

This was also one of the anticipated situations, Bai Chonghuan naturally allowed, "lean toward the main body, not the extensions, you all be careful!"

He originally also wanted to operate it himself, but after his bodily changes, his weight was a bit over the limit, and without confirming the zipline's stability, it was inappropriate to participate in the early work.

They focused their energy on their respective tasks, and no one saw beyond the district, the tall mecha and a dog watching them.

Liu Mu wondered, "Niu Boyi, do you think they know it would be better to leave those people on the roof?"

Niu Boyi stared at the mecha: "Woof woof woof, Master is right, snuffle."

The mecha tilted its head, "Just send some food and weapons, what are they fussing about?"

Niu Boyi rubbed his head against the mecha's shoulder for the sixth time, "Snuffle snuffle, exactly, Master, are you going to help?"

At this time, the mecha had only deployed one-third, its height was six meters, and the doggy standing in front of it was shorter by a head.

Only after confirming the mecha's height did Liu Mu notice that Niu Boyi was already over five meters tall.

"Let's first take a look, no rush," Liu Mu was very leisurely, even without the earlier urgency to save people upon entering the city.

How to put it, those who were supposed to turn into zombies have already turned, and the newly turned zombies basically have no crystals and no need to be killed.

After a few more hours, the decay ends, this city will probably be full of frozen corpses everywhere.

After the zombie outbreak on the Haiwei Snake ship last time, Hong's research has continued for a period, and the results show that in an environment below 8.6℃, the zombie virus loses 69% of its vitality, the decay process also becomes faster, that is, infectivity……still cannot be solved.

The surrounding zombies trembled like eighty or ninety-year-old elders, Liu Mu saw it and frowned.

The base personnel have all retreated into the high walls, her current concern is no longer virus spread, but rather who or organization brought the virus, and when these people will openly act.

As for why they targeted Haiyang Base, the reason shouldn't be too simple, it's still because here one can isolate from the outside geographical environment.

In extreme cold, capturing Haiyang Base, the Haicheng Barrier side, as long as they haven't prepared to pay a heavy price, cannot possibly send troops to attack.

Moreover, the weather doesn't allow it.

The only thing one can think of is the Haiwei Snake, based not on the origin of the zombie virus, but on strategic habit.

Liu Mu even associated it with Zhengxun Qi's mishap at General Command, also because the Haiwei Snake didn't want Yang Shuo to return to Haicheng, they feared he would return and expose the plot against Haiyang Base.

And after Yang Shuo left, in the Haicheng Barrier, no one has the courage to launch a large-scale troop deployment.

As for Liu Mu herself, although she doesn't underestimate herself, others also don't think she has the capability to conduct corps-level military operations.

"Hiss, this bunch of turtle grandsons still look down on old lady!"

Having figured this out, regardless of whether the guess was right, Liu Mu became displeased, how come she doesn't dare to start a war?

Even if she can't command large-scale operations, aren't there other military talents in the barrier?

"Actually, they even looked down on my subordinates together. Not acceptable, I want to vent for the talents in the barrier, this stifled feeling we won't accept."

Heitao A: 【Within five kilometers nearby, no other human groups, host, I still agree with what you said, the people on the skyscraper roof are suspicious.】

To say, Liu Mu noticed those seeking help before the troops on the high wall did. She noticed them and thus rushed over from several kilometers out, who knew she would see from afar that team dropping ropes in midair, somewhat speechless.

"I don't know either," Liu Mu worried, asked Niu Boyi, "Son, you say if we let this squad test whether they are the ones attacking Haiyang Base, is it reasonable? If they all die, will the Division Commander Bai Chonghuan get anxious with me?"

So, she didn't even know Bai Chonghuan was in this squad, still hesitating whether to go up herself to interrogate the people on the skyscraper roof, or sacrifice these squad members to see if those people would seize the zipline, enter the base from midair to cause trouble.

The former is of course simple and direct, the latter still needs to wait. If the distress signal is those people's method to enter the high wall, at least they would need to get on the high wall first to find out.

Of course, Liu Mu is also waiting for another possibility, such as there being smart people in this rescue squad who can identify whether these people are problematic.

So, she is still waiting……

Just this waiting already means she has decided, whether to wait for a sacrifice of people, or a whole squad sacrificed.

"Woof woof, the rope is about to snap!"

Niu Boyi suddenly broke this inhumane waiting, without waiting for Liu Mu's order, he shouted woof woof woof and rushed out.

"Stinking dog!" Liu Mu cursed, but did not stop him.

Who asked her to have earlier given Niu Boyi some deep-rooted orders: saving good people is a good dog's second duty!

The first duty is not to eat people.

And Liu Mu's attitude and words just now have already shown she considers the rescue team good people.

The dog charging out undoubtedly disrupted all plans.

The dog's bark was loud, the soldiers on the zipline almost simultaneously discovered the instability at that end of the zipline and saw the large dog charging from afar.

Ai Qi didn't have time to report, the zipline emitted a strange tearing sound, amid shouts, her body directly fell.

Even if she didn't fall into the zombie horde, she would be strangled by the falling zipline, two white lights flashed past her sides, the severed zipline dropped molten iron.

Next second, a scorching heat enveloped her, when she looked, she only saw ferocious giant teeth.

But the people on both sides clearly saw the process, at the critical moment, a huge dog ran over, leapt up and bit the falling Ai Chi, and almost simultaneously arriving with the dog was……a silver-white mecha!

"Wahou~ good good," the mecha rushed over, on the street it was just a sweeping leg, crushing or blasting countless zombies," caught up, well done, Niu Boyi!"

The voice was Liu Mu's voice, the carefree demeanor also not concealed.

The six-meter-tall mecha, amidst the rush, waved at the people on the roof, "Hey everyone, what are you doing up there?"

This scene happened too fast, but simultaneously shocked both groups.

And, both groups simultaneously misunderstood.

Seeking help: "WTF? The Huaxia military actually secretly developed mechs? Damn it."

Rescuing: "They actually sent mechs to attack us—how highly do they think of our Haiyang Base?!"

"This isn't human equipment, is it? The Sky Viper Snake has already mastered alien mech technology?" Only Bai Chonghuan felt complex inside, immediately issuing the order, "Combat readiness!"

"Don't don't don't, we're all on the same side, don't just open fire when you come up!" Liu Mu smashed another wave of zombies rushing in, her patience running thin, especially since Niu Boyi was biting someone, leaping onto a four-story building that now only had a little over three stories left, and after the immediate danger passed.

"You on that building over there, you're spreading the zombie virus into the city—what do you want?"