#328 - Chapter 328: Surviving the Tide of Zombies
The time came to five thirty in the morning of the next day.
The Green Source Base, which had persisted in its defense throughout the night, still had about a hundred people stationed on the walls, aside from those resting below.
At this moment.
Only a few thousand zombies remained outside the base.
This was the result of a continuous night of fighting.
Since that tall, terrifying zombie, named "Tank" by the leader, had escaped, it had not reappeared.
The zombies that came later were mostly ordinary ones.
Occasionally, three or four relatively common mutated zombies like Swifties and Leapers appeared.
However, under the base's powerful firepower, they couldn't display their strength and died on the spot.
This wave of zombies was quite large, with nearly two hundred thousand appearing and being eliminated throughout the night!
Now, plumes of black smoke still rose outside the walls.
These were the remnants of kerosene fires.
Relying on their strong firepower and the advantage of the walls, the Green Source personnel had resisted relatively easily.
It was much easier than the last time they faced a zombie horde.
As the first ray of sunlight appeared on the horizon, everyone knew that dawn had finally arrived!
As expected.
As the sky grew brighter, the number of zombies gradually decreased, and even those surrounding the base seemed to be dispersing!
Ten minutes later, after some zombies left on their own, all the remaining zombies within sight of the base were finally completely eliminated!
"We won!"
On the walls of the sub-base, Li Shenglin exhaled a deep breath of stale air.
He and Lao Liang and the others had fought almost all night, only taking a three-hour shift break from one to four o'clock, and could be described as exhausted.
Xiao Cong beside him was even more unceremoniously lying on the walkway of the wall, closing his eyes to rest.
He was also exhausted.
Yesterday's battle was the first high-intensity defensive battle for most of the sub-base personnel.
"Thank you all for your hard work! We have won again!"
"But it's not over yet, there are still many things to do outside. After you rest and have breakfast, we will need your help again!"
"Our leader said he will give everyone an extra meal at noon!"
Wang Yang appeared on the wall, shouting to all the personnel through a loudspeaker.
With the defensive battle over and the zombie horde resolved, the cleanup work naturally needed to be done.
This was another troublesome but necessary task.
Faced with Wang Yang's words, most people didn't have the strength to respond, only a few scattered voices of agreement could be heard.
Everyone was exhausted.
Wang Yang naturally didn't say anything, turned around to prepare the next work arrangements, and today would be another busy day.
******
Seven o'clock.
Leader's office.
Qin Jin had just woken up on the sofa.
He stayed here last night until three o'clock, and only fell asleep after seeing that the situation was completely stable.
Four hours of sleep naturally had no major impact on his current physique.
With a mental state not much different from usual, he began to read the after-battle report that Wang Yang and his uncle and others had just compiled, which was still a little warm.
Almost all the details and consumption of yesterday's battle were displayed in front of him.
The number of casualties in this battle was three, and eleven were injured.
The dead were all from the sub-base.
One was inexperienced and was inadvertently pulled down and devoured when stabbing a zombie with a spear.
He died instantly.
The other two, one was killed by a strange mutated zombie with slender limbs that hit a vital point with a stone, and the other was killed on the spot by Tank's ranged attack.
Both were unlucky ghosts.
Most of the injured were caused by these two strange mutated zombies.
"Slender limbs, can climb trees, and throw stones, a bit tricky."
"Let's name it Long-Arm."
Qin Jin stared at the report and muttered to himself.
He gave another name to the mutated zombie that had appeared, which he had never seen in his previous life.
Although he lived a long time in his previous life, he had not actually seen many mutated zombies, but most of them learned their shapes and names from others.
Because all mutated zombies are terrifying!
Don't think they killed nearly ten mutated zombies last night, that's because they took advantage of the base's excellent terrain, high to low, and the lights made them nowhere to hide.
Coupled with the powerful heavy firepower, it created the illusion that the mutated zombies were weak.
Change the scene.
For example, in a dark, complex building, let ten ordinary survivors with guns face a Swiftie?
He thinks that it would be good if one or two people could survive!
Even he, a top-notch evolver among humans, is not absolutely sure that he can single-handedly challenge a Swiftie without injury!
Because humans are different from zombies.
Being grazed means death.
The latter can continue to move unless the head is completely chopped off or the action center is destroyed.
Even a top evolver among humans is like this, let alone other survivors.
"Very strange, the mutated zombies that appeared last night, plus the two that were not killed, add up to ten!"
Qin Jin frowned as he looked at the data. Only he, with the memory of his previous life, knew how outrageous this was.
The mutation probability is said to be one in 100,000, and mutated zombies are even more difficult to appear than human evolvers. Why did they appear in clusters like this last night?
What's the problem?
"We must find the reason!"
He made up his mind that after dealing with the aftermath of the zombie wave today, he would organize the cadres to find this answer together!
This is a very important matter.
If there are so many mutated zombies in Mentang Town in the future, their stable life will be greatly affected!
No one wants such bombs to always appear where they live!
After checking the consumption of weapons and ammunition, as well as the cadres' arrangements for personnel, he put the information aside. The sudden zombie wave incident was considered to have come to an end.
Yesterday's battle did not even allow drones and helicopters to participate.
Without these important aerial advantages, maybe those two strange zombies could have been left behind.
"It seems that we need to let Li Xu and the others speed up the recovery of flight!"
Only when you are accustomed to the advantages of the sky will you know how useful it is after losing it.
Many excellent tactics cannot be implemented.
"There's no way, let's strengthen the surveillance outside and speed up the base's deployment."
He sighed and shook his head helplessly.
******
About forty kilometers away from the Green Source Base.
This is a small town belonging to Fenghuo County.
A building in it.
The original iron gate on the first floor had a large hole broken through it at some point!
The sunlight after dawn could not shine in, and the cave appeared a bit dim. Traces of human life could be vaguely seen.
At this moment.
A creepy chewing sound rang out inside!
A tall black shadow inside was grabbing a headless corpse with its remaining right arm and tearing it apart!
It was Tank, who had escaped from the Green Source Base last night!
As it tasted the "delicious food" bit by bit, its left arm, which had been shattered by rocket fire, was healing at an imperceptible speed!
"Woah!!!"
A terrible roar came from its blood-stained mouth!
Its only remaining white eye swept towards the direction of Mentang Town with wildness!
(End of this chapter)
