469: Yishan Base, Behind the Zombies

The next day.

Yishan Base.

This was a massive survivor base standing amidst the mountains.

It encompassed the armed forces of over ten surrounding Counties and Cities.

Because it was located in the mountains.

Zombies were originally scarce here.

Coupled with the Army's clearing efforts, there were basically no Zombies in the vicinity.

Apart from poor basic conditions, there was basically no need to worry about any Zombie threat.

In the mountain forest.

A Man in tattered clothes holding a watermelon knife led three women behind him.

The group of four finally let out a sigh of relief upon seeing the towering City walls made of piled massive rocks in the distance.

For so many days, to avoid Zombies, they had mostly relied on walking!

Fortunately, the information on the map was correct, and they hadn't taken the wrong path.

"Zhao Ling, we've arrived!"

Yang Qianqian happily shouted to the A Man beside her.

"Yeah, we finally made it."

Zhao Ling's expression relaxed as he looked at his attributes.

He could gain attribute points after killing Zombies.

Along the way, his strength had clearly undergone earth-shattering changes compared to the beginning.

There was even a mutated Zombie earlier that had perished under his watermelon knife!

However, that also caused the watermelon knife to be scrapped.

Fortunately, he got a new knife later.

Zhao Ling: Male

Speed: 37 (ordinary Humans are 10)

Strength: 31 (ordinary Humans are 10)

Constitution: 33 (ordinary Humans are 10)

Abilities: Watermelon Knife Technique [Level Six], Dodge [Level Two]...

Current Evolution Points: 20

This was what set Zhao Ling apart from others.

The watermelon chopping technique he learned while working part-time selling watermelons had now reached a masterful level.

He had a premonition that if it reached Level Seven, something like the Blade Aura from martial arts novels might appear!

With his current strength, physical fitness, strength, and speed, he might not be as good as Evolvers.

But, just relying on his Watermelon Knife Technique, accumulated with evolution points, was enough to crush Evolvers who didn't carry guns!

...

Yishan Base.

Aside from the thick, rugged walls piled with massive rocks, inside were construction machines transporting earth and stone, and excavating the ground.

The Zombie virus had been raging for three months.

Yishan Base was now officially entering its most fervent construction phase.

The planned areas would soon form towering buildings.

And on the other side, the area full of tents was where the gathered refugees were.

Compared to the survivors in the besieged Cities, these people had free porridge distributed by the Base City every day, and their situation was much better.

Inside a simple wooden hut.

High-end electronic equipment gathered from surrounding Cities was placed inside.

And the high-level officials of Yishan Base had also gathered here at this time.

"Everyone, look, this is a Pathogen!"

Among the dozen or so high-level officials, a Middle-aged A Man nearing fifty spoke with a serious tone while pointing at the satellite image on the wooden table.

"Pathogen!"

They weren't ordinary Humans who knew nothing.

Pathogens were like the trump card among Zombies.

The global consensus reached by various countries was.

Once a Pathogen was discovered, every effort must be made to clear it out!

Otherwise, the opponent would surely destroy Human Civilization and erase the traces of Humans!

According to the news released by the United States.

After the Zombie virus spread, it was already a clash between two civilizations!

The 17 Pathogens jointly detected by their various countries were the vanguards of another civilization, deployed in their World.

Based on the existing information, Humans understood that the main research direction of that civilization was technology related to viral biology.

Relying on this, they were at the forefront of carbon-based life.

Among them, the Zombie virus was one of the opponent's most perfected and powerful means.

Therefore, countries around the globe referred to that civilization as the 'Zombie Civilization'.

The sole purpose of these 17 Pathogens deployed by the Zombie Civilization was to spread the virus and destroy Humans!

Even if they didn't destroy, they would use irreparable damage to curb the continued development of Humans.

When the existences behind these Pathogens arrived, that would be the Zombie invasion!

The true doomsday for Humans!

Only by killing the Pathogens could Humans have a chance to recover, regroup, and prepare for the subsequent war.

And as long as these Pathogens died, other Zombies would no longer be a problem.

But according to experimental predictions, other Zombies could only evolve up to the third stage at most.

In front of the true war machines of various countries, they were completely insignificant.

The reason for reaching this point was, in the final analysis, those Pathogens!

However, from another perspective, the crystals on evolved Zombies also provided great research value for various countries.

If the current Zombie crisis was quelled, Humans might not be unable to return to their Peak in a short time, or even go further.

This was the clash between civilizations.

Every step could be a reversal in the dynamic between hunter and prey.

"This is Number Three."

In the photo was a humanoid creature with fleshy wings on its back, completely black, tens of meters tall, like an Evil God from Hell!

Looking at the photo, several people among the high-level officials clenched their fists.

They clearly remembered that their military region's defense line was directly torn open by this guy back then.

Ninety percent of the Soldiers perished under the Zombie virus it spread with a wave of its hand, becoming part of the Zombie Army.

Pathogens could already spread the Zombie virus through the air!

The threat was enormous!

The only way to deal with them was to use overwhelming weapons to completely annihilate them!

"Have you contacted Kyoto?"

"We here simply don't have the ability to kill this Pathogen."

Among the high-level officials, someone looked at the leader of Yishan Base, General Yang.

As everyone's gaze converged, General Yang's cloudy eyes slowly opened.

A trace of sorrow was revealed in his eyes.

"We have already notified them."

"Kyoto replied that a nuclear strike will be carried out on Rong City within the next three hours."

"Pathogen Number Three cannot be allowed to continue causing havoc."

General Yang said, placing the document his Secretary had just brought onto the desk in front of him.

"Old Yang... wasn't your daughter also in Rong City?"

Beside him, an old friend and subordinate thought of this and asked hesitantly.

General Yang did not reply.

He took a deep breath and looked at the others: "Next, everyone must fully cooperate with Kyoto's actions."

"It wasn't easy to find this Pathogen; we absolutely cannot let it go!"

"Yes!"

The crowd acknowledged the order.

After giving the orders, the A Man got up and walked out of the wooden hut, lighting a cigarette with a troubled expression.

Just then, he ran into his Secretary coming to report with news.

"General Yang, your daughter has arrived at our Yishan Base."

"What?"

General Yang was momentarily dazed: "Qianqian is still alive?"

"She made it here alive?"

"Yes, she was escorted here by an A Man suspected to be an Evolver."

"Good, good!"

"For bringing Qianqian from Rong City, I will definitely reward you handsomely!"

General Yang's original troubled expression vanished.

After realizing, he excitedly walked towards the base gate.