Wasteland Commander-Chapter 412 - 103: Armed Corpse King Complete

Jiangzhou Base City.

Research Institute.

Zheng Jinnan, Dr. Ouyang, and two key members of Jiangzhou sat on a high platform in a closed large warehouse, observing the situation below.

This warehouse is incredibly vast; it used to be a football field, now completely covered, making it impossible to discern what’s inside from the outside.

At this moment, hundreds of zombies were standing on the football field.

These zombies varied greatly in size and appearance, with significant differences from the ones found in the wild.

All the zombies had been modified; none were ordinary zombies; they were all mutated zombies, even Level 2 mutations.

Additionally, on the ceiling of the football field, crouched a large group of mutated birds, surrounded by many Mutant Beasts.

Like the zombies, these Mutant Beasts had also been modified.

The zombies were categorized into firearm zombies, flame gun zombies, RPG zombies, and sniper rifle zombies, among others.

Those mutant rats had cloth made of special materials sewn onto them, their bodies bulging underneath, holding unknown contents.

The mutated birds had large containers strapped to their bodies, filled with black liquid or some bombs.

At this moment, neither zombies nor mutated birds and beasts were moving.

Zheng Jinnan and the others were not focused on these zombies but rather on a gigantic glass vessel at the edge of the field.

Inside the vessel, the captured Corpse King was immersed, motionless, its status unknown, whether dead or alive.

"Dr. Ouyang, can you confirm there won’t be any issues?" Zheng Jinnan felt slightly nervous; after such a long time of experimentation, it was finally time to verify the results.

Dr. Ouyang confidently nodded: "Rest assured, all the procedures have been successfully implanted; this Corpse King, like ordinary zombies, has been controlled. Preliminary small-scale experiments were conducted several times and succeeded."

"With this Corpse King, shouldn’t we need fewer personnel for control?"

This was Zheng Jinnan’s biggest worry. Armed zombies had long been developed, but each zombie required individual control, making squad expansion nearly impossible, and coordinated combat was out of the question.

Dr. Ouyang nodded: "Duke, have no worry. If we weren’t confident, I wouldn’t have allowed you to attend today’s experiment. This Corpse King has remarkable capabilities, with a control limit of three million. At that point, we would only need one person to control the Corpse King, and the other zombies would follow the Corpse King’s orders, foregoing additional control personnel."

"Dr. Ouyang, this matter is crucial, and no mistakes must be made."

Dr. Ouyang laughed at the worried Zheng Jinnan: "Duke, what are you worried about? Ye Fan has been financially crippled by your economic blockade; even if this experiment fails, he shouldn’t have the capability to wage war."

"True, but I’m still concerned; we must prepare thoroughly. Had it not been for waiting for armed zombies to form, I would have attacked Dawn Island long ago."

"Then the Duke can rest easy; this time, we’ll certainly surprise you and teach Ye Fan, the troublemaker, an unforgettable lesson."

"That’s excellent; I’ll be waiting."

Dr. Ouyang issued the command, and the vessel restraining the Corpse King was opened.

The unleashed Corpse King suddenly opened its eyes, exuding an aura of ferocity exclusive to Corpse Kings.

Its first instinct upon opening its eyes was to attack the nearby researchers.

But a researcher suddenly issued a command via a walkie-talkie, causing the Corpse King’s actions to halt.

"Go, control those zombies."

The Corpse King’s expression turned somewhat vacant, yet it adhered to the researchers’ orders, directly controlling all the zombies and mutated birds present. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Those previously motionless zombies and mutated birds appeared to come alive at this moment.

"Go destroy those things there!"

In the distance lay a pile of human weapons, tanks, and combat vehicles, albeit all scrap.

The Corpse King roared, prompting all zombies and mutated birds and beasts to launch an attack.

The attack was not chaotic but organized.

Some zombies threw grenades they carried; human soldiers could throw them a few dozen meters, mutants could throw a hundred meters, but zombies easily threw them two hundred meters away, with stunning accuracy.

With a series of explosions, the remaining zombies also opened fire.

Armor was arranged on the soft spots like heads and necks of these zombies, and they even knew to bend and lower their heads while moving.

Sniper rifles opened fire, RPGs launched, light machine guns fired.

The targets, vehicles serving as targets, were instantly bombarded like a storm.

After exhausting their ammunition, the zombies even understood how to reload.

Mutant rats swiftly charged toward the combat vehicles. Upon reaching them, the bombs under their cloth exploded directly!

Boom-boom-boom~~~~!

Plumes of smoke rose skyward; the destructive power of these suicide mutant rats was unimaginable.

The tank combat vehicles were blown to pieces more dramatically than being shot at with guns and cannon fire.

The mutated birds in the sky also launched an attack. They swooped down and dropped the things they were carrying before they even approached the target.

There were bombs and strong acid liquids.

The explosion of the bombs goes without saying, but those strong acid liquids could actually corrode steel!

In an instant, the tanks became pockmarked, with white smoke rising from them. One can imagine the kind of damage these things would do if they landed on people.

In just a few seconds, these tanks as targets became riddled with holes and shattered.

Seeing this, Zheng Jinnan was first stunned, then burst into laughter.

"Hahaha! Impressive! Amazing!"

"The firepower of these zombies is truly fierce, each one is a sharpshooter, and they are impervious to weapons, fearless of death, and incredibly strong!"

"These rats are like self-exploding bombs. If we could modify tens of thousands of them, what base couldn’t we turn into rubble?"

"The mutated birds are even more formidable. Aren’t they like small bombers? Sending tens of thousands of these out, Dawn Island would be gone in an instant."

"Dr. Ouyang, you’re practically a god! You can train such inhumane troops, I’m deeply impressed by you. With you by my side, global domination is within reach!"

Dr. Ouyang sneered, "That’s not so easy. We just got lucky to obtain a Corpse King, otherwise this plan would still be far off, and the zombie army may not be invincible; human technology and weapons are still not to be underestimated."

"I understand, I understand. But don’t you think, if this zombie army reaches a certain scale, even humanity before the apocalypse wouldn’t be able to easily eliminate it?"

Zheng Jinnan’s expression suddenly stiffened: "What if Ye Fan throws that kind of small Mushroom Bomb? Can these zombies still withstand it?"

Dr. Ouyang pondered and replied, "At the current zombie level, it’s impossible to completely withstand a Mushroom Bomb, especially the explosion core area, which is nearly impossible to fend off. But you don’t need to worry too much; besides the explosion core area, the impact wave of a Mushroom Bomb is ineffective against these armed zombies. Just having them spread out can significantly reduce the damage from a Mushroom Bomb."

Upon hearing Dr. Ouyang’s statement, Zheng Jinnan was finally relieved.

"When will the number of armed zombies be increased? This number of zombies isn’t enough to make a statement."

"Duke sir, don’t worry. If it weren’t for the Corpse King, capturing zombies would indeed be difficult, but having the Corpse King changes things. Let the Corpse King go to a city and directly control a large number of zombies, then we handle the installation and modification. The efficiency is now very high; modifying three hundred thousand a day is not a problem, as long as you provide the logistics materials on time."

"That’s not an issue; I’ve prepared for it already! Even though the count hasn’t reached three million, one and a half million armed materials are already in place. I hope the doctor can settle everything within five days."

Zheng Jinnan gritted his teeth, showing a fierce determination in his expression.

"Ye Fan, you’ve been arrogant for too long; I’ve endured you for too long. In five days, I will start settling accounts with you."

"Now that you’re out of resources, what other tricks can you pull?"

.....

Zhonghai.

Wang Huining was sitting in the living room outside Hua Wushuang’s room, watching TV programming.

Besides Hua Wushuang, the one who mainly watched this TV was him.

Neither Xiaobu nor Xiaoxue had much interest in the TV programs.

As wild Corpse Kings, they found it difficult to empathize with the joys and sorrows of humans.

Unlike them, Wang Huining still retained his human memories; though physiologically a zombie, mentally he at least half thought of himself as human.

At this moment, he drank tea of an unknown taste and watched TV dramas broadcasted by Dawn Island TV station with his leg crossed.

The TV station on Dawn Island was free for everyone to watch.

Just as Wang Huining was enjoying watching TV, the phone on the table rang suddenly.

The phone was seized from a daring adventurer squad that attempted to enter Zhonghai to gather supplies, and it had internet access.

But Wang Huining had only one hand, making it inconvenient to use, only using it to receive calls.

As the phone rang, he quickly picked it up.

A gentle voice came from inside, and Wang Huining listened solemnly.

"Hmm..... I understand, I’ll definitely get it done."

After hanging up the phone, he glanced at Xiaobu and Xiaoxue and decided to handle this matter himself.

For some operations that required too much finesse, he was still better than them.

He took the elevator and left National Gold Mansion.

Upon reaching the ground, Wang Huining was already surrounded by a large group of Advanced Zombies.

"Let’s go, let’s see just how much money this former largest financial district in Qin Han has."

Wang Huining led a large group of zombies into a bank building.

The indestructible underground vault of the bank, that steel reinforced concrete structure, was bitten into by a swarm of mutant rats.

Then, Wang Huining led a horde of zombies inside, barely controlling the unruly zombies to haul out everything from the bank vault.

Next, it was onto the next bank...