Wasteland Commander-Chapter 424 - 115: A Sudden Victory

Seeing the screw fall out from the back of the fat zombie’s head, Liu Chang almost stopped breathing.

This is bad!

As the person controlling the Corpse King, he had been staying by Dr. Ouyang’s side and had a deep understanding of the armed zombies.

The brain of this Corpse King seemed to have been surgically fitted with a frame, into which control chips were implanted, connecting the brain’s nerves, making it very complex.

Liu Chang didn’t understand the connection between the chip and the brain’s nerves, but he knew that the frame was fixed with screws.

Now that the screw had fallen out, wasn’t this a disaster?

Liu Chang stared wide-eyed at the fat Corpse King, only to see a small hole appear at the back of the fat zombie’s head, smoke was slowly escaping from it.

Although the fat Corpse King’s eyes remained blood-red, his head tilted back, and his body remained motionless.

Liu Chang immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Because the mutant kangaroo he was with was becoming agitated, its claws moving constantly, as if trying to pull Liu Chang out of its pouch.

Meanwhile, the zombie horde battling the Dawn Army in the distance suddenly stopped firing.

The horde began ignoring the weapons they carried and reverted to ordinary zombies, starting to devour the corpses of their comrades strewn around.

Liu Chang was so frightened he almost wet himself. It’s over!

The zombie horde had lost control!

These armed zombies, painstakingly created, had abandoned their modern weapons and reverted to ordinary zombies, acting on instinct.

Is the fat Corpse King dead?

Liu Chang didn’t know if the fat zombie was dead, but he roughly speculated that the Corpse King had just faced off with another entity, and it was obvious that the fat zombie had lost.

He didn’t know the consequences of the fat zombie’s defeat, but he knew he was doomed.

In a panic, Liu Chang struggled to escape from the kangaroo’s pouch and tried to run.

But he hadn’t touched the ground before being grabbed by the mutant kangaroo.

As his body was lifted off the ground, Liu Chang let out a desperate scream, but just as he managed to let out a sound, he was met with the mutant kangaroo’s large mouth.

Accompanied by the crunching sound of chewing, Liu Chang was returned to almost the same position.

Before, he was in the pouch, now he was in the stomach.

......

Ye Luo was filming news footage when suddenly, the bulletproof glass in front of her shattered.

Startled, Ye Luo immediately pulled Si Bei down to the ground.

Their brother had told them, in case of danger, to hide immediately, as there would be people here to protect them.

Sure enough, the guards around them quickly covered them with a large tarp.

This tarp had been specially treated to be both bulletproof and fire-resistant.

With the two of them fully covered, the engineer inside the sentry tower began repair work to regenerate the bulletproof glass.

Ye Luo clutched Qin Sibe, shivering beneath the tarp.

After about thirty seconds, the tarp was lifted.

"Miss, Miss Qin, it’s safe now."

Ye Luo saw the bulletproof glass was fixed and hurriedly looked outside.

After those tens of seconds, she noticed the sound of gunfire and explosions outside had quieted significantly.

The zombies had stopped shooting and were feeding. The Dawn Army soldiers didn’t know what was happening, but seized the opportunity to take precise shots at the zombies.

Ye Luo was overjoyed: "Si Bei, quickly get up, it’s safe now, we can continue filming the news footage."

After calling out once, there was no response from Qin Sibe.

Ye Luo was stunned for a moment, then called again twice, finding Qin Sibe had her eyes tightly closed, lying there weakly.

Ye Luo was terrified, quickly lifting Qin Sibe up and calling her name loudly.

Fortunately, Qin Sibe soon woke up, her body lying limp in Ye Luo’s arms: "Luo Luo, I feel so tired, I want to rest."

"Alright, alright! I’ll take you back right away."

Ye Luo took Qin Sibe out of the sentry tower; there was an aircraft below. She boarded it, returning to the parliament building, disregarding the need to film news footage.

......

"The zombie horde has lost control!"

"Great! Quickly kill them, don’t delay!"

The sudden loss of control in the zombie horde made Ye Fan ecstatic.

If these four hundred thousand zombies weren’t eliminated, it would severely impact future battles, with the first and second field brigades stuck here, unable to move, hindering subsequent battle arrangements.

But now that the zombie horde has lost control, this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity mustn’t be missed.

The Dawn Army warriors began to swiftly eliminate them, starting with the mutated birds.

The zombies and mutant rats were trapped within the walls, unable to escape; only the mutated birds posed a threat to the Dawn Army.

Now the sky in the east was lighting up, the efficiency of killing increased, and the sharpshooters of the Dawn Army could each shoot down birds.

The disorganized, mutated birds were no longer a significant threat; they flew chaotically, some feeding, some aggressively attacking the Dawn Army, but such attacks clearly could not pose any threat to the Dawn Army.

Accompanied by continuous gunfire, the mutated birds were swiftly exterminated, falling to the ground with a crackle.

On the city wall, rows of Dawn Army soldiers held up their guns, shooting as if they were at target practice.

With tens of thousands working together, the mutated birds in the sky were almost gone merely after five minutes.

After eliminating the mutated birds, the Dawn Army’s artillery fire once again covered the land.

Bombers thundered across the sky, dropping strings of bombs recklessly.

Without anti-aircraft fire, the zombies became sitting ducks in front of the bombers; they didn’t know how to evade or escape, and after the bombs exploded, even Level 3 Zombies couldn’t survive in the core area.

As for the mutant rats, the fighters dropped a large number of incendiary bombs, and under the sweep of fire, those mutant rats had nowhere to flee, ultimately rushing toward the Great River while ablaze.

Many died halfway from burning, and those who didn’t were feeding fish once they reached the river water.

At this moment, a large group of mutated fish were swimming back and forth along the riverfront, waiting for this unprecedented feast.

Ye Fan looked at the radar map, watching the red and purple dots quickly vanish.

The army of four hundred thousand zombies rapidly shrank to three hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, one hundred thousand, fifty thousand!

When the zombie count dropped to four digits, Ye Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s completely stable now; these armed zombies can no longer stir any trouble.

Ye Fan went to the bottom of the city wall, chose to open several gates on the wall.

The warriors of Dawn Army walked out of the city wall to continuously shoot and kill those zombies that weren’t completely dead yet.

"Commander! Corpse King spotted!"

When Ye Fan saw that the number of zombies had dropped to three digits on the map, the communicator reported that the Corpse King was discovered.

Ye Fan immediately boarded a helicopter and flew to the Corpse King’s location.

Upon arrival, a circle of soldiers had already surrounded the Corpse King, monitoring with their guns.

Ye Fan saw the Corpse King still standing there motionless, with smoke gently rising from the back of its head, eyes vacant.

"Is it dead?"

An Engineer checked, "Commander, the Corpse King isn’t dead, but its brain seems to be severely injured, rendering it immobile for now."

"Don’t kill it; transport it back. Examine it thoroughly to uncover the secrets of the armed zombies."

"Yes, Commander, but leave a few other zombies for research purposes."

Ye Fan nodded and ordered the soldiers to cease the slaughter.

At this time, the number of zombies had already dwindled to two digits. Ye Fan instructed the soldiers to capture the remaining zombies via map guidance for return and study.

Though results aren’t likely to surface immediately, Ye Fan could already make some educated guesses.

Firstly, he was sure that Zheng Jinnan must have spent quite heavily and exerted great effort to form this zombie force.

To say nothing else, just the weapons on these zombies cannot be amassed with a small fortune.

To arm a force of 1.5 million, Zheng Jinnan must have drained his family’s resources.

If he could have captured Ye Fan in one fell swoop, he might have been able to recoup his cost, but now, Ye Fan believed Jiangzhou couldn’t possibly wage a long-term war anymore.

Nonetheless, Ye Fan had a question: How did the Corpse King end up like this?

No units from the Dawn Army reported causing the Corpse King harm, so who helped him in secret?

Ye Fan couldn’t figure it out for now, so he decided to set the question aside temporarily.

The area had already entered the battlefield-cleanup phase, prompting Ye Fan to inquire about the status of the two combat brigades and his own Guard Corps and Engineering Corps.

Following a brief overview, Ye Fan learned about the casualties from this battle.

In this zombie annihilation campaign, more than eleven thousand Dawn Army soldiers were killed.

The wounded exceeded twenty thousand, including over three thousand severely injured personnel.

The two combat brigades, along with his Guard Corps and Engineer units, suffered significant losses.

His supplement of twenty thousand new recruits had already been largely absorbed to replenish the forces locally.

"Bury the fallen soldiers, assure a future livelihood for the severely injured, and reintroduce the lightly wounded to the battlefield immediately after treatment; our fight is not yet over."

Ye Fan scarcely had time to let the warriors rest as his bridge-layer troops were already en route, beginning to construct a floating bridge toward Jiangnan.

This time, the Dawn Army must confront enemy forces coming from three directions.

Especially facing the 1.2 million near Dawn Island is an immense threat.

Now, even the total of the Dawn Army barely amounts to 200,000 troops; they are vastly outnumbered, and a mishap could easily lead to defeat.

Ye Fan was not willing to advance the frontline to Dawn Island just yet, so he needed to extend the battle lines outside as much as possible.

The first and second field brigades must advance to engage enemies in other regions.

And on Dawn Island, he still had to deal with personnel from Mountain River Base, Huaihai Base, and Crescent Island.

As the floating bridges got set up, the two field brigades immediately deployed, including the Apocalypse Tank unit, all crossed the river.

"Your task is simple: by any means necessary, don’t let the enemy’s ground forces approach Dawn Island; delay them for as long as possible—the longer you delay, the greater the chance we’ll have to annihilate other incoming enemy forces."

"This battle is crucial to our survival; can you achieve this?"

"Rest assured, Commander, we will complete the mission!"

The brigade commanders of the two field brigades pledged their commitment to Ye Fan and swiftly led their troops to depart.