Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 997 - 431: Major Changes in South City_2

Chapter 997: Chapter 431: Major Changes in South City_2

Xiao Zhuan said, "Once the Eastern Base controls the situation, they will immediately seize Yangshan Reservoir with the momentum of thunderous troops. The Alliance’s collapse is imminent, especially since they’ve lost the weapon supplies from the Post-Apocalypse Base. At first, the Eastern Base overestimated themselves and underestimated the Alliance. But in negotiating with the Eastern Base, it’s clear that the Alliance overestimated themselves and underestimated the Eastern Base."

Stone said, "I’m glad the three of you have a clear understanding of the situation. However, I am more concerned about what we should do now?"

Shana said, "The Eastern Base is too busy to pay attention to us at the moment, integrating over a thousand survivors who have just started to live stable and safe lives is not an easy task. Even if they did have the time to deal with us, I think they would still opt for diplomacy before resorting to military action, considering they’ve just reassumed official status."

Lin Wu laughed, "What a damn farce this World of Zombies is, it’s just like warlord-era fragmentation."

Snow Egg seriously said, "In history, when warlords carved up territories, no one knew that there were formidable enemies lurking, ready to strike a fatal blow at any moment."

Su Shi asked, "Formidable enemies? Who?"

Snow Egg shook her head, "I don’t know, but whenever a team or group starts infighting, the beneficiaries are often outsiders." It’s indeed hard to imagine what formidable enemy the Eastern Base could have.

As they were talking, a radio frequency turned by the young girl broadcasted Starlight Base’s loop announcement, with Starlight, the leader of Starlight Base, saying, "Attention, following the appearance of the Titan, we now have the Exploding Carnage." Exploding Carnage in Hardcore Mode refers to zombies with certain diseases, where viruses or parasites eat the zombies’ abdominal cavity, consuming all the zombies’ internal organs, with zombies unable to excrete the gases produced by these organisms, which causes the zombies’ bodies to become extremely bloated.

The reasons for the emergence of Exploding Carnage and the Zombie King are the same, all because of the damn players completing some damn missions.

After repeating several times, the young girl continued to tune the radio, hoping to listen to music, but another new radio station popped up, "This is Nightmare, two days ago Frenzy appeared. Don’t blame me, I’m at least notifying you now, unlike a certain Titan who causes trouble and then keeps silent."

Isn’t this person annoying?

The young girl didn’t understand and wanted to listen a few more times, but Stone shouted, "Little girl, keep tuning the stations, see if there are any screams." Come on, bring it on. I don’t mean to belittle you, but under the current circumstances, ordinary zombies are really nothing, even the mutated ones.

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No screams were found, but during the night hours later, they received a broadcast from the Alliance saying that a small number of zombies were suspected to have entered New South City, the situation was under control, and there was no need to panic. Due to the lack of lighting at night and the ongoing combat, no one went near the tunnels to investigate, and due to the lack of communication tools, the Alliance’s broadcast only knew that some zombies had appeared in New South City but could not ascertain the specifics.

Right after the Alliance broadcast ended, the Eastern Base took the opportunity to immediately release news, stating that zombies had appeared in New South City and, in order to protect the survivors, decided to deploy tank armored squadrons to South City overnight. The operation was to be carried out by air-dropping through large transport aircraft.

At 11 pm, standing on top of a train carriage looking towards South City, one could see intense combat taking place in South City, with the non-stop flashing of lights and faint sounds of explosions, prompting everyone to place their bets on whether it was the Titan’s last stand or Eastern Base’s merciless slaughter.

No matter how much they guessed or waited, there was no broadcast information, but the battle continued all night, and several buildings caught fire. Everyone was amazed by the combat power of Titan’s raid squad.

At seven in the morning, those who were catching the cool breeze at the bridgehead saw a group of combat aircraft, and Xiao Zhuan informed everyone that these were called A-10 Thunderbolt II air-to-ground attack planes, known for their formidable firepower.

Nine A-10s, arranged in three groups, flew above New South City and bombed the city. The 30 mm Gatling guns swept whole street blocks at a rate of 60 rounds per second.

This left everyone puzzled, all asking, "What’s going on?"

Even the mighty Frenzy has only about 150 members in its assault team, and they have lost quite a few people in the previous battles. Does the East Base really need to use so much force? With the 30mm cannon firing 60 rounds per second, nine fighter jets firing in unison means 540 rounds per second; that’s a lot to sustain even for working in a tobacco factory.

Old Daddy Base broadcast: "We are unclear about what happened in South City, but we have noticed that the zombies from the central city are moving towards South City. It’s unclear how this trend will develop."

About ten minutes later, Post-Apocalypse Base broadcast: "Reportedly, East Base is using the pretext of New South City being attacked by a large number of zombies to request emergency military supplies from the United Nations. They claim they are engaged in street battles with a massive number of zombies with heavy casualties. Haha, I want to ask East Base something, what kind of weapons did zombies use to break through your armored forces? Did you encounter anti-tank piercing zombies? I hope the United Nations isn’t too foolish, providing weapons to East Base will only lead to their unrestrained oppression of survivors."

Xiao Zhuan: "Seriously, can zombies beat tanks?" After all, the zombies in Day After Tomorrow City are quite gentle; the virus can only be transmitted through biting and ingestion.

Snow Egg to Xiao Zhuan: "They might not have been able to before, but as of yesterday, that may no longer be the case."

Xiao Zhuan: "What?" Looking at the Blue Star people, it seems they all share the same understanding.

Strategist Lin Wu enters: "Yesterday, Starlight Base reported the appearance of Exploding Carnage among the zombies. This piece of information is feedback from Blue Star Dawn about our living environment. Exploding Carnage is a type of biological entity that explodes, releasing a toxic gas that can linger for a long time. It is currently unclear if the gas is merely poisonous, or if it includes burns, or even the possibility of transmitting the zombie virus."

Lin Wu: "There’s also Frenzy, small in size, fast, and ferocious."

Maya: "Lin Wu, when you go to switch shifts with the Sentry, organize them to search for Mutant Zombies and get them to understand more about the Mutant Zombies."

"Okay."

Shana: "But realistically speaking, even if they are all Titans, it would be very difficult to compete with a modern military. Unless they have an absolute overwhelming advantage in numbers."

East Base broadcast: "New South City is about to fall, the stationed troops will retreat in an orderly manner, please all citizens evacuate towards the thermal power plant. I repeat, we will completely evacuate South City within five hours, establish a quarantine zone with South Bridge as a barrier, and blow up the four bridges upstream and downstream."

Stone: "It sounds like they really can’t beat them."

Shana, Maya, and Xiao Zhuan study the map, assuming that a vast number of zombies forced the East Base back and fully occupied South City. Their next move would be to spread both east and west. According to the known patterns of zombie activity, it is estimated that on around day D125, this wave of zombies will spread to the vicinity of the assembly points.

If we assume there are ten zombies per square meter, some of the zombies will spread out to become ten zombies per two square meters. The higher the density, the faster the spread, until there is about one zombie per two square meters which will then significantly slow down the spread. This variable assumes that there are no external influences.

Shana’s calculation of the scale of zombies only included Old South City, temporarily not considering the central city. Everyone has seen the zombies of the central city, their number and density can only be described as terrifying. If the central city zombies enter South City, the time it will take for the spread to the assembly points will be substantially advanced.

Baldie then phones to tell everyone that he has regained his freedom, and he, along with five veterans, decided to leave Veteran Base. Shana invites them to the railway bridge base. Baldie says he can’t make it because the zombie horde is real and very strong, with huge numbers, and the road to the railway bridge has been cut off. Currently, dozens of soldiers are holding out in a building; explosions and gunfire have attracted a large number of zombies, giving survivors time to retreat. Everyone at the Veteran Base will leave for the thermal power plant within half an hour, but going there requires passing through the bridgehead checkpoint, where all weapons will be confiscated.

Baldie knows some news about Lin Wu; reportedly, Lin Wu is still alive. Yesterday evening, East Base soldiers went to Yangshan intending to control the reservoir and water plant but encountered an ambush by the assault team.

After an agreement with Stone and others, the little girl shares with Baldie a stronghold she had discovered in the mountains - a cave with a stash of basic living supplies but only a small amount of food and no weapons outside. Within the next two days, the railway bridge base will send over a batch of weapons and food.

Baldie expressed his gratitude and gave the railway bridge base a phone number, belonging to an East Base officer named Xiao Jun, who used to be Baldie’s partner in life and death. If there is any information they want to know, they can contact him.