Wasteland Commander
Chapter 461 - 152: Zhonghai Crisis
After rescuing the most challenging Yuanjing, the upcoming missions were still not easy.
After saving Yuanjing, the Mountain River Base also fell into extreme danger.
Ye Fan rushed over urgently, quickly setting up the barracks and dispatching troops.
Thunderstorms and nuclear bombs rumbled down, and only after sweating profusely did he manage to rescue the Mountain River Base.
But the next crisis arrived, Lingnan Base was in extreme danger!
This was a weak area under Ye Fan's control, with a huge number of zombies. By the time Ye Fan arrived, the city at Lingnan Base had already been breached, and the garrison was fighting to the death, resolved to die.
Ye Fan didn't need to explain to anyone here, and this time, the thunderstorm even covered part of the garrison.
There was no choice; in critical moments, some sacrifices have to be made, and Ye Fan was long prepared for this.
After a thunderstorm and a string of mushroom bombs, the Lingnan crisis was resolved, and Ye Fan rushed again to the northern Liancheng Base City.
Here, close to the sea, numerous sea monsters even landed. Ye Fan waved his hand with a special move, another thunderstorm resolved another crisis location.
The next location was somewhat better, not reaching the point of a city breach, and Ye Fan didn't need to resort to a thunderstorm for mutual destruction.
Using some conventional small mushroom bombs, then sending out a large wave of infantry to withstand the frenzied zombie assault.
The entire day, Ye Fan ran back and forth across the country, from east to west, from south to north, and then back to the central area.
He always saved one thunderstorm, which was his trump card until other released thunderstorms finished buffering.
He never expected that the final danger would come from Dawn Island.
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Zhonghai City.
This largest city in Qin Han had a zombie horde of six to seven billion.
Wang Huining, Little One, and the female Corpse King Xiaoxue, lived here in comfort and boredom.
In the apocalypse, the Corpse King was at the top of the food chain, with no opponents besides large-scale human armies, and faced no threats.
Even their bodies wouldn't age; they would remain as they were when they became a Corpse King.
Little One had been a Corpse King for two years and was the same height.
Wang Huining had been a Corpse King for over two years, and his head was still just as big.
Xiaoxue too, hadn't formed a single wrinkle, and her weight was still the same.
Some survivors living with them had died, as the medical standards in the apocalypse were terribly poor.
But they neither aged nor died. Their queen even instructed them to stay put and not wander off, so they were incredibly bored.
Little One and Xiaoxue didn't mind much; as wild Corpse Kings, they had low material and even spiritual desires.
Xiaoxue amused herself by researching makeup and wearing a pretty dress, which would make her happy for days.
Little One had even fewer desires; he just dazed around, eating when hungry.
Only Wang Huining felt constantly uneasy, always thinking about the outside world.
Bound by the queen's command, he dared not leave Zhonghai City, but roaming the city was his favorite thing to do.
He led a group of advanced zombies, wandering constantly in the sprawling city from the city center.
With no living people in the city center, he started heading out to the suburbs.
These remote places occasionally housed survivors.
The queen forbade them from slaughtering survivors. Wang Huining relished the terrified look survivors had upon seeing him, which made him feel powerful.
Aside from scaring survivors, he also had the idea of meeting other wild Corpse Kings and having a fight.
His power was weak, but he had support.
Though the queen was absent, Little One could control ten million zombies, and Xiaoxue could control five million. He could summon his companions at any time to trounce any Corpse King daring to invade Zhonghai.
Today, his wish came true.
Leading a group of Level 3 zombies and a Mutant Beast King, he was wandering the western edge of Zhonghai, suddenly feeling a strong presence from the west.
"A Corpse King is coming!"
Sensing his kind, Wang Huining realized it immediately.
His eyes lit up with excitement, and he decided to strike out.
Even if he couldn't win, he could retreat quickly. Regardless, he had to have a fight, or life would be dreadfully boring.
Pulling a long knife from his waist found in a villa, Wang Huining, wearing an eyepatch, turned and shouted at the zombie horde behind him.
"Little ones! Someone dares to invade our territory, what should we do?"
The zombie horde didn't understand such complex words, but sensing the Corpse King's anger, they immediately let out a collective roar, exuding intense momentum.
Wang Huining loved this feeling and immediately pulled the reins of the Mutant Horse beneath him, pointing forward like a Grand General.
"Attack!"
The zombie horde roared and charged ahead fiercely.
Soon, Wang Huining's zombie horde clashed with the opposing horde.
The moment they encountered, Wang Huining realized he was in trouble.
The opposing horde had about ten times his number.
He could only control three hundred thousand zombies, while the opponent could control three million.
However, Wang Huining wasn't afraid; this number couldn't surpass Xiaoxue, let alone Little One.
Wang Huining immediately picked up the phone and dialed Xiaoxue for help.
"Southwest direction, encountered the Corpse King, three million, Xiaoxue, come quickly!"
All these Corpse Kings are equipped with phones now; this kind of contact is even farther reaching than their spiritual power communication.
Upon receiving the message, Xiaoxue immediately leaped out of the building, caught by a Mutated Bird, and then five million zombies rushed wildly toward the west.
The mobility of the zombie horde is terrifying now; in over two years, the zombies have evolved rapidly, especially those controlled by these Corpse Kings, all elites, not a single ordinary zombie among them.
Even the slowest Armored Zombies run faster than Bolt in the past.
And Bolt's fastest was just a few hundred meters, while zombies can sprint until their bones are worn smooth.
So this zombie horde ran wildly and quickly disappeared from sight.
Little One stood on the roof, watching Xiaoxue lead her zombie horde away, expressionless, but inside, he also yearned for battle and slaughter.
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During Wang Huining's encounter, he was initially able to hold his ground.
Because among the attacking zombie horde, more than half were ordinary zombies, with Level 1 mutants being the main force.
His three hundred thousand zombie horde, at worst, were at the peak of Level 1 mutation, with Level 2 being the main force, so the enemy's large number of zombies couldn't take him down immediately.
Thus, he wasn't panicked, fully confident he could hold out until Xiaoxue arrived.
But he forgot one thing, the Corpse King's spiritual control.
The battle of flesh and blood lasted over twenty minutes before the enemy Corpse King arrived.
With one spiritual control, half of Wang Huining's zombie horde immediately defected!
This was still due to insufficient distance; if the distance were enough, Wang Huining would become a lone commander.
Of course, Wang Huining himself wouldn't be controlled; his mind contained a chip implanted by Ye Fan's Engineer, preventing other Corpse Kings from controlling him.
Despite this, Wang Huining was thoroughly frightened.
"Bad! Quick, retreat!"
Wang Huining and his subordinates retreated, pursued by the enemy's zombie horde.
One pursuing, one fleeing, Wang Huining's subordinates were soon mostly wiped out.
He tried to escape on a Mutant Beast, but was targeted by a group of Mutated Beasts.
A few mutated leopards ran as fast as maglev trains; he simply couldn't escape.
Wang Huining attempted to control these leopards but failed; the enemy Corpse King's spiritual power was far stronger.
At the critical moment, Xiaoxue finally arrived.
Seeing Xiaoxue's zombie horde arrive, Wang Huining laughed heartily!
"You damned bastard! Daring to make trouble here, my sister is here now, prepare to have your head twisted off and kicked around like a ball!"
Wang Huining stopped running and aggressively charged back, plunging the sides into another bitter struggle.
Initially, he thought Xiaoxue's spiritual power could crush the opponent, but it wasn't the case.
The enemy Corpse King could control five million zombies too.
He only controlled three million because he just arrived and hadn't gathered enough subordinates yet.
Now, having entered Zhonghai, the zombie numbers surged. Although Xiaoxue's zombie horde quality was higher, the enemy Corpse King could still summon zombies endlessly, unable to take down the opponent for now.
Seeing the battle going out of control, Wang Huining immediately summoned Little One with practical summoning techniques.
Little One could control a horde of ten million zombies as a top-tier Corpse King, unmatched but for Her Majesty the Queen; Wang Huining hadn't seen anyone more powerful than him besides the Queen.
After a while, Little One led a horde of ten million zombies into the battlefield.
Wang Huining thought he was guaranteed to win this time, but another unexpected change occurred.
The incoming Corpse King on the opposing side also commanded a ten million-level zombie horde!
The opponent dispatched a vast zombie army to confront Little One head-on.
Wang Huining, at this moment, finally felt fear.
The battle had spun out of control.
His strength was futile here; he could only occasionally summon some for hit-and-run tactics.
"It's okay, it's okay, even if we can't win, Little One and Xiaoxue can't lose either; the enemy won't keep waging a war they can't win."
Wang Huining continued to console himself, hoping the opponents would retreat in the face of difficulty.
Unexpectedly, just a short time into the battle, more Corpse Kings arrived!
Corpse Kings appeared in multiple directions around!
A total of eight directions, eight Corpse Kings appeared simultaneously.
Coupled with the prior two, a total of ten Corpse Kings gathered here!
Five of five million levels, five of ten million levels!
These ten Corpse Kings could control seventy-five million zombies in total!
In an instant, the zombies in this entire district were summoned almost entirely!
The endless zombie tide surged over, soon engulfing the zombie hordes of Little One, Wang Huining, and Xiaoxue.
Zhonghai was transformed!
And the tumultuous change in Zhonghai directly threatened the survival safety of Dawn Island!