Chapter 1 Journey's Start

Amidst the choking dust, a thick, acrid smell of blood gradually permeated the air, like the scent from countless jinghe (crystallized nuclei) mined by hand, a scent that could only come from being saturated in blood.

This made Mo Zhiwen, a Rank IV survivor, somewhat nervous, as jinghe were still quite attractive to him.

Light!

Mo Zhiwen instinctively closed his eyes, the bright light blinding him.

"Glug... Roar... Gurgle..."

Accompanied by the sound of mucus being stretched, a Zai Zai opened its mouth wide.

"Ah! Save..."

"Crack..."

Looking around, many Zai Zai were doing the same thing. Not far away, a Lurker Zai Zai was half-submerged in the mud, sensing the vibrations nearby to locate the survivors within.

One after another, broken survivors were pulled from the ruins, most of them dead, and even complete corpses were rare.

The Jumpers gathered these bodies, carrying them to a large crater blown open by the explosion. At the bottom of the crater, several Queen Zai Zai were laying down a fungal carpet.

The corpses were being fed into it bit by bit.

...

"Mr. Xu! Something bad has happened! Both teams we sent out have lost contact! Huge monsters are everywhere in the direction of the bridge. This is the last message from Team 001. Team 002 only managed to mention speed before losing contact!"

Xu Zhenye sat by the window, quietly smoking a cigarette.

"Are we going to run?"

Putting down the cigarette butt, Xu Zhenye turned to look at Nong Guojian, who was standing behind him.

"Lao Nong... do you also think we should run? In this unknown world, start a panicked, desperate flight? This is the apocalypse!"

"..."

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"Do you want to hear the truth? I don't know. It seems like this is a dead end... there's no way out. One way is to resist now, but the high probability is that we'll be killed and become lambs to the slaughter."

"The other way... we could go to Xia Yi City or Linghua City, relying on others, or start a war with them? But how can we really outrun those monsters?"

"..."

"But we have to make a decision!"

"..."

Xu Zhenye lit another cigarette, shaking it with a smile.

"We are like this cigarette in my hand now, either smoked by me or smoked by the wind. Anyway, we can't escape being smoked. Then why not choose a quicker method? At least, the time is short."

"I understand."

The ground continued to tremble intermittently, and the sound of Bladeworm Zai Zai explosions was constantly approaching.

The fastest Jumper Zai Zai had already begun to spread out in the city, indiscriminately gathering supplies.

At this time, the slower Hydralisk and Lurker Zai Zai also gradually arrived. The Overseer Zai Zai was a little tired, after all, it had just carried a Leviathan, which almost tore it apart. It needed to rest for a while before it could work again.

Never again would it take on Leviathan Zai Zai jobs.

The bug couldn't take it.

In this kind of urban warfare, the Jumper Zai Zai were the most useful. Hydralisks and Lurkers were somewhat clumsy, or rather, they were second-line combat units.

But in this situation, Roach Zai Zai were having a field day.

These concrete buildings were dreaming if they thought they could resist the Zai Zai's acid. Where they passed, nothing remained.

The laying of the fungal carpet was proceeding smoothly. Those with combat power were first bombarded by Mutalisk Zai Zai, then trampled by Leviathan Zai Zai. Finally, those who were not dead, or half-dead, became the prey of Jumpers and Roaches.

A complete碾压 (nian ya) (overwhelming superiority), whether in terms of information exchange or individual combat power, there was no comparison.

...

"Roar!"

"Boom!"

A Rank IV survivor never expected that this big guy in front of him could be so agile.

The Leviathan Zai Zai pulled out its front leg, which had been deeply embedded in the ground, and flexed it, preparing to continue moving forward.

Just then.

The piercing sound of burning chemical agents came from all directions.

Then came the classic line: "Armor not penetrated!" or "Critical Hit!" (ಡwಡ)

Not to mention doing any damage, the fact that the Leviathan shook at all was already a courtesy to these survivors.

"Roar!"

The Zai Zai didn't take them seriously at all. Haha, even if it just stood here and let them use up all their ammunition, its skin might not even break. And even if it did break, with the Leviathan Zai Zai's recovery speed...

-1 (red number)

+1000 (green number)

(￣w￣)

Fortunately, Lin Mo wasn't here for the next scene, otherwise his eyes would have lit up again. Why? Because it was the tank that Lin Mo had been longing for!?

And it was made by the natives.

It looked much bigger than the ones on Blue Star, almost the size of a Leviathan Zai Zai. Of course, that was just the projection of its footprint. If you wanted to compare it to the Leviathan Zai Zai in terms of build, it was still far from it.

It had a four-track design, and was generally very flat. There was no reactive armor or slat armor mounted on it.

There were only simple anti-zombie weapons, but the three remote weapon stations on its head made it clear.

With a crackling and explosive flash of electricity, a loud and piercing sound suddenly erupted on the Leviathan Zai Zai, followed by three consecutive blasts.

This was no longer an ordinary chemical energy weapon, but a dual effect of chemical and electromagnetic force. A series of operations that looked fierce as a tiger, but when you looked at the damage...

In the midst of the violent explosions, it was unclear whether the Leviathan was injured or not, but the thick dust was quite substantial, obscuring the view, so nothing could be seen clearly.

The "smoke and mirrors" law.

The bright yellow eyes stared intently at the three land-based tanks not far away, responding to the voice of the Overmind in its mind.

"Gurgle!!"

(Hold them! Reinforcements are coming soon! Don't let them run away! The Queen likes this!)

o((＞w＜))o

This made the Overmind Zai Zai extremely excited. It was worried about how to curry favor with the Queen, and now this pie had fallen right into its lap! Wahaha, I really should become the strongest Overmind! I should be by the Queen's side! I'll kill you two with my work ethic!

In its mind, it had already imagined Lin Mo stepping on a large, white Zai Zai with an expression of enjoyment on its face, while two others, one large and one small, stood opposite with drooping tentacles.

Wahaha! So great! I'm going to secretly develop! And then amaze everyone!

~\(≥▽≤)/~

In another world, Kaka was nestled in Lin Mo's arms, heading towards the target on top of the Overseer Zai Zai's head. Suddenly, Kaka's tentacles twitched.

"What's wrong, Kaka?"

Kaka thought seriously for a while. He said questioningly,

"I don't know, I just suddenly had a sneezing-like neural reaction, but I don't have that organ..."

"..."