Puchi!
Dong!
Hong!
Countless corrosive liquids rained down indiscriminately into the smoke and dust!
Green slime fell from the sky like rain.
Zhang Chen knew how to dodge.
But these infected did not possess such intelligence.
In an instant.
Large numbers of infected were poisoned to death by their own rear-echelon attacks.
Zhang Chen, taking advantage of the chaos and the cover of the smoke, quickly sought out the giant tanks and swiftly eliminated them.
Occasionally, bursts of [Energy Strike] beams would also erupt!
The powerful beams, after penetrating the bodies of the giant tanks, continued without pause.
They directly blasted a gap into a building before finally stopping.
If one were to overlook the battlefield.
One could see in the smoke-shrouded alleys, countless high-level zombies rushing into the smoke one after another.
Then, they were sent flying, pierced through, and turned into wisps of mist.
Occasionally, laser-like beams would also shoot out.
After a chaotic battle.
The smoke gradually subsided, and peace returned to the interior.
Suddenly!
A figure shot out of the smoke like a bullet.
It swiftly zipped past the vicinity of the poisonous bug breeders.
Then, they exploded one by one, like blooming green flowers…
Ten minutes passed!
The red glow on Zhang Chen's body gradually faded, and his face, due to extreme physical exertion, turned pale.
Sweat had soaked through all his clothes.
His hands, which had continuously activated [Core Resonance], trembled slightly.
This was a sign of exhaustion.
A gust of wind blew past.
It dispersed the smoke lingering on the street…
A slender figure stood silently in the middle of the street, littered with gravel and rubble.
A gentle breeze caressed its long hair, revealing a patch of pale skin…
And a Wailing One?
Zhang Chen gathered his spirit.
Although he was at the end of his rope, and still had the [Vulnerable] debuff on him.
He had just leveled up!
He was never afraid of Wailing Ones to begin with.
Now that his strength had increased, a single Wailing One posed even less of a threat to him!
Wuwuwu… Wuwuwu…
The Wailing One raised its hands and slowly covered its face.
It turned around and slowly walked a few steps away.
Suddenly, its form flickered.
It quickly climbed to the rooftop of a building.
Then it continued to stand there, silently facing Zhang Chen's direction.
This guy… mentally ill?
But… hiss…
Zhang Chen suddenly noticed a detail.
On the left wrist of this Wailing One, a red string was tied.
Most of the color had faded, and only a trace of red could be vaguely seen.
The first time Zhang Chen, riding in his armored suit, saw the Wailing One in the mirror.
That Wailing One also had something similar on its left wrist.
He had initially thought this was standard equipment for Wailing Ones.
However, while other Wailing Ones had similar attire, the details were different; they lacked this red string!
Could this Wailing One be the very first one that had been clinging to the armed mecha?
It should not have joined the fight…
Because the prompt next to it displayed: [Kill count remaining 30%].
It was completely unharmed.
If it had participated in the battle just now.
Leaving aside other things.
It would not have been able to escape the indiscriminate area-of-effect attack of [Core Resonance]!
Regardless of whether this guy truly harbored no ill intentions towards him…
Or if it was holding back a massive attack…
Zhang Chen didn't care!
The most elite infected within the rumored hundreds of thousands of zombie hordes had all been wiped out in one go!
Even if it tried something else, Zhang Chen wouldn't be afraid.
He needed to go check on Er Pang.
Zhang Chen retrieved the last armed mecha from his spatial storage.
He boarded the mecha.
As soon as he sat in the chair.
Comfortable…
Zhang Chen exhaled.
Now, even standing felt tiring.
This showed that his physical exhaustion had truly reached its limit.
Activate, fly!
The armed mecha leaped into the air, its rocket boosters igniting mid-flight.
The armed mecha directly soared over the entire battlefield.
Almost no high-level infected could be seen on the ground.
But ordinary zombies, densely packed, were still ceaselessly surging from the north towards the bridgehead.
The fires that had been ignited by gasoline earlier were mostly extinguished.
Only a few buildings in the distance were scorched black by the flames and still emitting thick smoke!
The automated defense turrets south of the bridge were also striving to attack the zombie horde.
When facing a single zombie, the turrets fired energy bullets.
But when dealing with swarms of zombies, they fired energy beams.
Directly unleashing a laser-like energy wave, it instantly turned over a dozen zombies into mist.
The lethality was actually quite good.
It was a pity that the speed at which zombies replenished their numbers far exceeded the speed at which they were eliminated.
The two guard turrets at the bridgehead were attacking powerlessly.
Against the tidal wave of the zombie horde, they were like ripples on the surface of the water!
At the T-junction behind the turrets.
A mountain of corpses was piled up.
It was as high as a five-story building.
Er Pang, with its two small wolves, stood atop the pile of corpses, still fighting valiantly.
Soon, the two small wolves let out a cry and faded into the distance.
Er Pang let out a wolf howl at the top of its lungs.
But it could only manage an extremely hoarse sound.
Behind Er Pang, tens of thousands of zombies had already bypassed the defense line and charged into the Jiangnan district.
There was no way; it was still too difficult for one person and one wolf to hold back a zombie horde of hundreds of thousands.
However, having eliminated almost all the high-level infected, this battle could still be considered a victory!
Well done, Er Pang!
The armed mecha slowly landed on the mountain of corpses, and its two arms gently picked up Er Pang.
It then flew directly to the rooftop of the nearby Star Tower.
This building was over forty stories high.
From the zombies' perspective, the rooftop was completely out of sight.
Naturally, it would not attract any zombies.
Zhang Chen directly took out the Level 1 Protective Villa.
Originally, when the villa was on the ground, the first floor was level with the ground, and the basement was on the first basement level.
Now that the villa was on top of other buildings.
The basement, with its four sides made of reinforced concrete, became the first floor.
The original first floor became the height of the second floor.
Hmm… The design was a bit strange, but as long as it was usable, it was fine!
Zhang Chen stepped down from the armed mecha and put it back into his ring.
He then gently patted Er Pang, signaling that it was safe.
The latter then licked Zhang Chen's wrist and transformed into its smaller form.
The zombie blood on its body flowed down the rooftop's drainage pipes.
Good job!
Zhang Chen praised it by patting Er Pang's head.
Then he took out a bucket of pure water and simply washed Er Pang clean.
He then took out two lumps of [Rapid Fertilizer] and placed them on the ground.
Eat more!
Er Pang had actually been eating while fighting, and hadn't stopped at all.
However, the energy provided by zombie meat was too little, and it couldn't keep up with the physical consumption.
Now, smelling the aroma of the [Rapid Fertilizer], it couldn't help but nibble greedily, stuffing its mouth again.
After eating, Zhang Chen, holding Er Pang, leaped lightly into the house.
It was time to take stock of the spoils of war!