Chapter 342 - 318: Terrifying Mutated Zombies

Chapter 342: Chapter 318: Terrifying Mutated Zombies

Inside the Flame Emperor’s Mansion.

As usual, the Flame Emperor was savoring a glass of milk.

It was from a type of mutant cow bred by the City East Alliance. In this post-apocalyptic world, human survival had become increasingly difficult. Food consumption was rising, and the supplies from the East Suburb Fortress alone were nowhere near enough to meet the demand.

As a result, the City East Alliance still had slums, and some people couldn’t even manage one meal a day.

This situation was growing worse by the day.

Even though people died every day in this apocalyptic world, new babies were also born daily within the City East Alliance. In fact, with no protective measures and abortions being impossible, the population was managing to sustain its numbers.

Thus, the food problem remained severe. Even with the nutrient paste made from farmed mutant cockroaches, it wasn’t enough.

Finding new resources was crucial.

These mutant cows were one of his new resources.

By now, these mutant cows could be bred on a large scale.

Soon, they would be able to solve another part of the food problem.

Just then, a guard from the Flame Emperor’s Mansion rushed in. "Flame Emperor, someone from the East Suburb Fortress is here. He says he was sent by Guard Officer Lu Feng to see you."

The Flame Emperor’s expression immediately turned serious. "Let him in."

He had been deeply impressed with Lu Feng ever since their last meeting.

Crucially, the man was also an expert who had unlocked a second-stage ability.

When the Li Family had gone looking for trouble with him before, the Flame Emperor knew that Li Lin would be no match for him.

And indeed, that had been the case.

Compared to the Li Family, this Lu Feng was much more to his liking.

The prerequisite was that Lu Feng, as the Guard Officer of the East Suburb Fortress, had not caused any shortages in the City East Alliance’s food supply.

The East Suburb Fortress had been consistently delivering food, and the quantities were even slightly larger than when the Li Family was in control.

In this regard, at least, the man was competent.

In humanity’s current state, having one more expert of this caliber was always a good thing, provided he didn’t harm the overall situation for the people of Celestial Sea City.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t let him off the hook either.

The guard immediately went back outside and found Chen Lin. "Sir, the Flame Emperor invites you in!"

Chen Lin nodded and followed the guard into the Flame Emperor’s Mansion, where he met the Flame Emperor.

The Flame Emperor looked at Chen Lin with interest. "Speak. What did Lu Feng send you for?"

"There’s a problem with the zombies. Our Guard Officer asks the Flame Emperor to dispatch people for a full investigation," Chen Lin said, taking out an information sphere and activating it.

A moment later, a holographic virtual screen materialized and began to play.

It was a video recorded by a Mecha’s weapon systems.

On the holographic video, a dense horde of zombies was being led by people from Qingfeng Base toward Red Leaf Base.

The Flame Emperor frowned slightly, curious as to why these people were luring a zombie horde.

But he knew this wasn’t what Chen Lin was referring to.

Sure enough, the next moment, the zombies in the horde stopped in unison. Then, as if summoned, they all turned and headed in a single direction.

The Flame Emperor stood up.

Anyone could see that something was wrong with this situation.

"When did this happen?" the Flame Emperor immediately asked.

"Today," Chen Lin replied.

"Tell Lu Feng I understand," the Flame Emperor said.

Chen Lin nodded, excused himself from the Flame Emperor’s Mansion, and left the City East Alliance at once.

Once outside the City East Alliance, he took out the restored special communication device. He activated it, and it projected a holographic virtual map.

A red dot appeared on the map, along with a special frequency signal.

It was the location of the Salvation Army; someone was rallying the old members.

Chen Lin immediately started his hovercar and headed toward the location indicated by the red dot.

’Since I’ve already accepted the boss and Qingfeng Base, perhaps I can recruit some comrades for him.’

’The more comrades who share my beliefs, the more likely we can create the world I envision.’

Back in the Flame Emperor’s Mansion, as soon as Chen Lin left, the Flame Emperor summoned Wang Sheng. "Wang Sheng, we’ve received a report from the East Suburb Fortress. There’s a problem with the zombies in Celestial Sea City. Send people to investigate at once."

"The East Suburb Fortress?" Wang Sheng was taken aback.

He had witnessed firsthand how terrifying those people were, especially that Lu Feng. The man had four abilities and had annihilated the Li Family with ease.

He quickly acknowledged the order and hurried out to make the arrangements.

’Since the Flame Emperor is personally arranging this, the zombie problem must be serious.’

Wang Sheng personally led a team to investigate. Soon, he found Pentagon Square, where a large number of zombies had gathered.

The zombies here didn’t seem abnormal, just standing around blankly in broad daylight.

Wang Sheng was about to lead his men away when one of them said, "Lord Wang, something’s happening. Look at the zombies."

Wang Sheng looked and was stunned.

The zombies were all marching out of the square in unison, and it looked like they were all heading in the same direction.

’This isn’t right.’

The zombies of Celestial Sea City had never behaved like this before.

"Follow them and see what’s going on." Seeing this, Wang Sheng now understood why the Flame Emperor was taking this so seriously.

The scene was incredibly bizarre.

They followed the zombie horde to the edge of a forest and watched them enter the woods.

Just as Wang Sheng was about to lead his men in after them, he suddenly detected movement all around.

His eyes widened as zombies burst out from all sides, surrounding them.

Crucially, these zombies were carrying weapons. They were mutated zombies.

And it didn’t end there. With a series of roars, several Mutant Beasts also sprang out from the surroundings.

The critical part was that these Mutant Beasts were cooperating with the zombies to encircle them, as if they knew they were being followed and had prepared an ambush.

’But how could these things possibly know how to do all this?’

The situation was growing more and more bizarre.

Wang Sheng considered himself a veteran of many battles against zombies and Mutant Beasts under the Flame Emperor, but he had never witnessed a scene so strange.

"Run!" Facing this situation, Wang Sheng could only shout one word. As he did, his legs began to contort with bestial power. Black spots appeared on them, and his legs swelled, becoming incredibly muscular.

He was a Beastification Superpower User.

As his transformation took hold, he charged forward a few steps and leaped high into the air, soaring right over the heads of the zombies and Mutant Beasts. His terrifying jumping power allowed him to clear the encirclement in a single bound.

But just then, a sharp arrow carrying a terrifying aura whistled through the air, appearing before him in an instant.

Moreover, the arrow was not only fast but also immensely powerful. It was impossible to dodge, and it pierced through his chest in a flash.

Wang Sheng’s eyes widened in horror. He stared in shock at a zombie standing not far away, holding a bow. A strange energy coiled around its arms and the bow itself.

...

「Meanwhile.」

East Suburb Fortress.

After Lu Feng returned, he put away his motorcycle but didn’t log out of the game right away. Instead, he found Lin Jiao and gave her a direct order: "Lin Jiao, we need to speed up the recruitment of survivors, and also recruit more superpower users!"

’If the Hexagonal Beast is behind the zombies’ abnormal behavior, then the crisis of a rabid zombie horde it’s creating should be showing its first signs.’

’So, it’s essential to recruit more combat power.’

"Yes, Boss. I’ll get on it right away." Although Lin Jiao didn’t know why her boss seemed so urgent, she would naturally carry out his orders immediately.

With that, she hurried out.

Just as he was about to log out of the game, the sisters Cheng Sisi and Cheng Yaoyao came in.

Both sisters were carrying a stack of documents.

Upon seeing him, Cheng Sisi reported, "Boss, these are two new technologies we’ve developed. All the data is here."

Lu Feng’s eyes lit up. After the two women put down the technical data, he went over to take a look.

The first file contained the brewing technique derived from reverse-engineering the wine that could restore eyesight, which was made using a special Beast Bone.

He had already tested the effects of this wine in the real world, and they were incredibly potent.

That’s why he had brought the wine into the game world for the research department to analyze and reverse-engineer. He hadn’t expected them to crack the technology so quickly.

This meant that the Xuanfeng Alliance could now produce the vision-restoring wine.

This would undoubtedly be another groundbreaking product.

Next, he looked at the second set of technical documents.

When he saw this file, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

’Did such a bizarre technology really exist in the game world before the apocalypse?’