231: Chapter 231: Red Lotus Cult Intensifies Attack

Overall, the Chamber of Commerce's opening ceremony was a complete success.

In every Settlement, a large number of Citizens have already registered as members.

Oriental Chen's backend system showed that on August 1st alone, member registrations had reached over 1 million, averaging over 50,000 per Settlement.

As the news spreads further among the people, this number should be updated very soon.

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While the Chamber of Commerce's business was booming, the Red Lotus Sect's Holy Envoys were not idle.

That night, the Holy Envoys in various cities received a call from Qu Zhengping and began to launch their strongest wave of attacks on the Settlements.

This time, they were serious.

After a period of gathering, even the smallest cities among the 20 had accumulated a scale of 100,000 zombies, while larger ones approached a million.

To achieve a better effect, Oriental Chen had dispatched all the transport aircraft from the base several days in advance to divert the zombies. To avoid attracting attention, these operations only began after dark.

Oriental Chen produced many containers at the base and transported them to cities with more zombies. Subsequently, the Holy Envoys drove a portion of the zombies into the containers, locked the doors once full.

The transport aircraft lowered high-strength ropes, lifted the containers, and then flew at high altitude, transporting them to cities with fewer zombies. This process was repeated.

The Holy Envoys, of course, did not know where these transport aircraft came from and could only attribute it to the deep foundation of the Red Lotus Sect.

After several days of deployment, the number of zombies in almost every city had reached a scale of over 300,000.

As the number of zombies continuously decreases, it will become increasingly difficult to launch attacks of this scale in the future. However, Oriental Chen has already thought of a new method, which is currently undergoing testing.

On August 1st, around 10 PM.

Just as all the Settlements had quieted down, the zombies had already arrived outside the city gates, ready to attack at any moment.

Jingmen City, Baisha Shelter.

"Quick, sound the alarm!"

The patrolling Security Guard had already noticed the anomaly outside the city.

This time, there were more zombies than ever before. And he felt their killing intent was also much stronger than before.

"Woo woo woo~"

The alarm blared in the night sky.

The Citizens inside the Settlement began to grow restless.

When Mayor Xu heard that zombies had arrived, he didn't care at all and even berated the patrolling Security Guards for making a fuss and overreacting!

"Turn off the alarm! Aren't there just a few zombies? Why are you sounding the alarm?" Mayor Xu shouted as he climbed onto the city gate tower, his voice arriving before he did.

"Mayor Xu, this situation is different," the Guard said, feeling wronged.

"Oh? How is it different?" Saying that, Mayor Xu looked outside the city.

"It really is different!" Mayor Xu frowned.

Normally, the zombies would roar loudly, but one could tell it was just to scare people. The final result was always a lot of thunder but little rain.

But this time was different; their roars were very low and gave a very fierce impression.

"Notify all Security Guards equipped with Combat Suits and Laser Guns to quickly gather!" Mayor Xu hastily ordered.

"They've already been notified; they should be arriving soon," the Guard replied.

"Good! Stay highly vigilant; absolutely do not let the zombies climb the city wall!" Mayor Xu emphasized.

"Yes!"

Soon, the zombies had mostly gathered, and they launched a fierce attack on the city wall.

They were like chickens on steroids, moving incredibly swiftly. As the zombies piled higher and higher, they gradually approached the top of the city wall.

"Mayor, it's dangerous here, please leave first!" the Security Captain shouted.

"No, I will live and die with the Settlement!" Mayor Xu resolutely refused to leave.

"Take Mayor Xu away!" the Security Captain ordered.

"Yes!" Two Security Guards stepped forward and directly lifted Mayor Xu.

"What are you doing! Let me go, quickly let me go!" Mayor Xu panicked. He flailed his legs, but it was completely futile.

"Mayor Xu, we are protected by Combat Suits and will definitely hold the city wall, please rest assured!" the Captain guaranteed.

Mayor Xu was directly carried back in this manner.

What puzzled everyone was that the Southwest Military Region's direct special forces regiment stationed at the bridgehead was completely unaffected by the zombie attack. The people at the Changjing Shelter, which had recently moved two kilometers away, were also fine.

However, they also did not come to provide support.

The Changjing Shelter did not dare, and the Soldiers did not have the authority.

Yan Zhengping's order was to guard the Yangtze River bank, and he had specifically instructed to prohibit any form of aid to the Settlements.

The military officers did not understand why, but they did not question it; they simply carried out the orders.

The Holy Envoys observing from a distance also had their hearts trembling madly.

On one hand, they had to execute the Protector's order to command the zombies to attack the Settlements, and on the other hand, they worried that the people in the Settlements would not be able to hold out and suffer casualties; it was simply too difficult.

The Security Guards without protective suits were responsible for delivering fully charged energy bars again and again, and collecting the used energy bars to take back for recharging.

"Everyone, keep your eyes peeled, prioritize attacking the zombies that are about to climb up!" the Captain loudly gave his orders.