Inside Rongcheng, Shen Yu and He Liping were still at home. After yesterday's battle, the zombies in the city had been largely cleared, and the city's sewage system had been deliberately blocked. Therefore, Shen Yu could return home with her mother. Although both were evolved individuals, they were extremely worried about their safety in the current situation.
As dawn broke, Shen Yu got up to cook, while He Liping turned on the television to catch up on the latest news.
At this moment, the news was interviewing a reporter who was asking about the next steps for Rongcheng.
The officer quickly replied, "Residents, please rest assured. Although we only have our last line of defense left, it is the strongest! The final defense is a two-meter-high city wall, equipped with infrared surveillance, providing all-round, dead-angle monitoring of the outside world, ensuring that zombies cannot get close to the wall! Moreover, the city is well-stocked with ammunition, and we will definitely hold out until the end!"
While these words were spoken, Rongcheng's final defense was indeed a two-meter-high low wall, with infrared surveillance installed on many sections. The second line of defense had a breakthrough in the north of the city because the searchlights on the watchtowers did not cover the blind spots of the speed-type zombies. Now, with the infrared surveillance in use, the zombies would have nowhere to hide.
Now that only the last line of defense remained, the army was fighting desperately to maintain it.
Although there were only 15,000 combat soldiers, there were tens of thousands of auxiliary personnel. Whether it was loading ammunition or monitoring surveillance from rooms, tens of thousands of people were constantly observing every move outside the city. When only the last line of defense remained, everyone was fighting for their lives. If the three million zombies broke through, the people inside the city would have no other option but to attempt a breakout!
He Liping watched the news report and finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, "As long as the zombies don't enter the city, that's enough!"
However, at this very moment, shouts were heard from the streets again. Upon closer listening, the people were shouting, "Zombies are coming, zombies are coming!"
He Liping hurried to the window to look, only to see people on the street rushing towards the city. However, not a single zombie was in sight. She thought it was just a rumor among the city's residents. Hadn't the zombies that entered the city been killed yesterday? Why were there zombies appearing again now?
As He Liping was wondering, Shen Yu's phone rang. She picked it up and asked, "Hello, what's wrong?"
A command came through the phone: "Immediately go to the streets and evacuate the public. Have all residents come to the city center for shelter. The parks, stadiums, and schools in the city center have all been opened as shelters!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Yu was helpless. It seemed the zombies had indeed appeared. She replied, "Understood, I'll go do it right away."
Shen Yu looked at her mother and said in a low voice, "I have to go out and evacuate the public again. You stay at home; it's safe here."
"Never mind, I'll go with you. I can help you in this critical moment!" He Liping did not want to stay at home because, in her opinion, protecting her daughter was more important than her own safety.
Shen Yu clearly did not want her mother to risk herself. After all, she was going out to evacuate the public at her own risk, hoping for a better future. Her superiors would surely notice her efforts during this crisis, but her mother should not be doing such things.
He Liping was naturally afraid of danger, but considering her daughter's danger, she could not be timid. Thus, she insisted on her decision.
Shen Yu and He Liping hastily drank a few mouthfuls of thin congee and then went out to the streets to continue evacuating the public. Stampedes could be quite powerful. In yesterday's chaos, over a thousand elderly people and children had been trampled to death. If the chaos continued, it would definitely cause trouble for the soldiers outside the city.
At this moment, everyone had a question: where did the zombies come from? Weren't the sewers and everything else supposed to be blocked?
Wei Lai Xian also could not understand how the zombies had appeared. The guards had said last night that all the zombies had been killed, but now, zombies had reappeared in Rongcheng. It was simply unbelievable.
The subsequent reports were even more direct: "The zombies are all mutated humans! The clothes worn by these zombies are relatively clean, and they are all ordinary zombies. It can be confirmed that they have only recently mutated!"
Wei Lai Xian gritted his teeth and asked, "Didn't I tell you to check carefully? Even if zombies infected people in the crowd, it wouldn't be this fast, would it? Could tens of thousands of zombies appear overnight?"
The communication soldier said cautiously, "After the chaos yesterday, many people hid in factories that were not normally manned, so the guards did not discover their presence. As a result, last night, these people hiding in the factories were bitten by zombies, and not a single one managed to send out a message."
"It's over, it's all over!" Wei Lai Xian despaired and sat in his chair for a long time without getting up.
The communication soldier did not understand why the general said that. The guards could still fight, and the zombies appearing in the city were all ordinary zombies. As long as these people did not affect the fighting soldiers, they would not impact the defense line! The situation didn't seem that dangerous, did it?
However, shortly after, headquarters called directly, stating: "General Wei, please hand over command to your deputy. Headquarters will dispatch a new commander to lead the battle in Rongcheng. Additionally, five thousand elite soldiers and three hundred fighter jets have been mobilized from the Guanzhong region to come to Rongcheng for combat. Your actions in this Rongcheng defense battle have greatly disappointed headquarters."
Wei Lai Xian nodded in agreement. He knew that his life was over. If he had safely weathered this zombie crisis, he would have soared through the ranks. Who would have thought that large numbers of zombies would appear one after another in the city, and the defense line would be constantly pushed back? He had to take responsibility for the battle situation in Rongcheng.
At this moment, the communication soldier finally understood. The general's words "it's over" did not refer to Rongcheng being over, but to his own life being over!
Lieutenant General Xue Mingli took over the command of the operation. As for General Wei, he could only leave the command center with regret. He couldn't understand why, when he had led over ten thousand people to successfully retake the entire Rongcheng, now fifteen thousand people could barely defend seven lines of defense. Was the mutation of zombies that terrifying?
Xue Mingli also understood that he was only a temporary commander. His mission would end once the reinforcements from headquarters arrived. Therefore, he only needed to do one thing: hold Rongcheng until headquarters' support arrived, ensuring that the last line of defense was not breached!
In reality, when the army recaptured Rongcheng, the zombies had not mutated for long. Therefore, the soldiers mainly faced ordinary zombies, and they encountered very few mutated zombies. Even when they did, they could be eliminated with bullets. Hence, the battle was like cutting melons and vegetables, with soldiers going out to rescue people and restore production. However, now, the Corpse King had appeared, zombies had leadership capabilities, and the number of mutated zombies had increased. Therefore, soldiers needed to be wary of dangers that could appear at any time. In short, scattered zombies were not terrifying; they were just a bit more numerous.
But once a Corpse King appeared among the zombies, everything would change. The zombies would be controlled by the Corpse King and attack in an orderly manner! Zombies forming a horde would surge like a tide, leaving no opportunity for individual engagement. Moreover, as time went on, more mutations would occur among the zombies!
Xue Mingli ordered the frontline soldiers not to retreat from the defense line, no matter what they encountered. They were to die on the defense line if necessary. Additionally, the tens of thousands of zombies within the city were to be quickly dealt with by the guards. Equipped with machine guns, they were to rapidly block the streets and contain all the zombies in the outer urban areas, preventing them from penetrating further into the city's heartland!
The thousand guards had been fighting all night and were extremely exhausted. However, with the great enemy at hand, they had no time to sleep and could only force themselves to stay alert and fight. Following Xue Mingli's orders, the streets were immediately blocked. A dozen people with a machine gun could hold a street!
The zombies charged towards the blocked streets. The guards only needed to keep firing to kill all the approaching zombies. The zombies within the city were all ordinary zombies. As soon as they were hit in the body, they would suffer severe injuries. Those with lighter injuries would have their limbs broken, while those with more severe injuries would be killed instantly with headshots.
The appearance of heavy machine guns quickly changed the situation. Tens of thousands of zombies were tightly contained in the outer city. The situation within the city gradually stabilized.
However, over a thousand people were still too few. Zombies were like water, seeping through everywhere. As soon as they caught a person, they would immediately bite, infecting them into zombies. Therefore, zombies continued to ravage the outer city, while those who couldn't escape could only hide in their homes, trembling and hoping for rescue. At this moment, they seemed to have returned to the time when the zombie outbreak first occurred more than two months ago!
Shen Yu stayed on the street, trembling, carefully observing everything around her. She could only call for people to go to nearby parks for shelter. She saw many children who had been separated from their parents standing by the roadside crying. The parents wanted to go back to find their children, but they were being pushed forward by the crowd, making it impossible to reach them.
Shen Yu then had these children stand beside her, hoping to take them to find their families after the chaos ended.
However, at this moment, a large wave of zombies appeared, with hundreds of them charging down the street. He Liping quickly said, "Let's run too!"
Shen Yu nodded blankly, quickly fleeing with the children. She still held her cleaver, but now she had no courage to fight. Facing so many zombies, she dared not confront them.
The group was chased by hundreds of zombies. Shen Yu and He Liping, along with over a dozen children, were running. The children were too slow. One little boy stumbled and began to cry.
A stronger zombie leading the charge came forward, bent down, and was about to bite the little boy. Its face was extremely ferocious, and the little boy could only cry helplessly.
Shen Yu looked back and saw this scene. She suddenly turned and rushed forward, swinging the cleaver in her hand. In an instant, the knife in her hand decapitated the zombie. Then, she grabbed the little boy and prepared to escape. However, the zombies had already surrounded them. Shen Yu looked at the approaching zombies and could only crouch down and hug the little boy, hoping to protect him a little longer.
He Liping cried out, "Help, help!"
At this moment, He Liping was filled with regret. She wondered if she had been more resolute and persuaded her daughter, they wouldn't be in this danger now. At this moment, she was a considerable distance from her daughter and could not go to her rescue.
However, it seemed that He Liping's cries for help had worked. A person covered in flames appeared and instantly rushed to Shen Yu's side, killing all the surrounding zombies with a single strike! Then, instead of retreating, he charged towards the hundreds of zombies. The flames on his body grew thicker, and the blue flames caused the air to heat up.
Xiao Sheng hadn't expected that hundreds of zombies would penetrate so deeply into the city. He just wanted to kill all these zombies.
Hundreds of zombies, regardless of anything, engulfed Xiao Sheng. They were all ordinary zombies and could not perceive Xiao Sheng's terror. If they were mutated zombies, they would have fled long ago!
Shen Yu stared blankly at Xiao Sheng. She hadn't expected to see this man covered in flames again. She had just been saved by him last night, and now she had encountered him again.
"Could this be fate?" Shen Yu thought to herself. At this moment, she was deeply moved. Being saved twice by the same man filled her heart with anticipation.
As for Xiao Sheng, after being surrounded by zombies, he calmly accumulated the blue flames around him. The appearance of these flames prevented the zombies from getting close. If they reached out, their hands would be scorched, so they could only circle around Xiao Sheng without causing effective damage.
When the blue flames formed a fireball with a diameter of two meters, the fireball instantly erupted, and small fireballs flew out. As soon as the zombies touched the fireballs, their entire bodies were covered in flames. In just one minute, the zombies turned into human torches, and not a single one of the hundreds of zombies survived. Although the zombies were numerous, their combat effectiveness was worrying. In front of an esper, they had no ability to resist at all.
Shen Yu stood up, regaining her composure. She slowly walked to Xiao Sheng's side and smiled, saying, "Thank you. What's your name? I'm Shen Yu. Thank you for saving me twice."
Xiao Sheng's face was a little pale. He thought to himself, "I showed off too much. The physical exertion is too great. I should just stick to using my knife to kill zombies from now on." 138 Reading Network
The method he had just used to kill hundreds of zombies was his ultimate move and consumed a lot of stamina. However, seeing Shen Yu's expectant expression, Xiao Sheng felt that his efforts were worth it, at least he had gained the favor of a beauty. He smiled and replied, "I'm Xiao Sheng. Hello."
Xiao Sheng extended his hand to shake Shen Yu's. Then, he voluntarily escorted Shen Yu away from the street. As for him, he still had to continue killing zombies.
After reaching a safe place, Shen Yu looked thoughtfully at Xiao Sheng's receding back. However, this expression was immediately understood by He Liping, who was standing nearby. She instantly realized that her daughter had found someone she liked.
Then, He Liping leaned over and smiled, "If you like someone, you should say it. Look at your younger brother, he found a wife before you. You can't fall behind either."
"Don't talk nonsense. I'm just purely grateful to him," Shen Yu said in a low voice. As she spoke, Shen Yu lowered her head, and her drooping hair could not hide the blush on her face.