Apocalypse: the Most Ruthless Person

No matter what happens, the guard duty can never be absent. Zhang Ya and Yang Wenjie didn’t participate in the battle at Beidong Town, steadfastly watching a large area from the north to the southwest at the lookout post!

Since there were no patrols scheduled today, the importance of the lookout post became even more evident.

Zombies staggered out from the gaps between village houses in the distance, growing from a few initially to dozens in the blink of an eye, then densely packed into a horde. The corpse group moved slowly across the open field, with a clear target heading straight for Celestial Horse Island.

Zhang Su focused his gaze, took the walkie-talkie from his waist, and asked, ”How many are there?”

”It’s a previously diverted corpse group, the number of zombies shouldn’t be less than seven thousand!”

Zhang Ya’s response was swift.

”Seven thousand... that’s quite a lot!”

”Maybe it’s because too many of us are gathered on Celestial Horse Island, attracting the zombies here...”

”That might be it, but with so many of us, seven thousand zombies are nothing to worry about.”

Hearing Zhang Ya’s report, everyone couldn’t help but discuss among themselves, no longer concerned about each other’s identities, because, without any surprises, they would soon become comrades in the same force.

”Brother Su, what do we do?”

Lu Yubo always openly expressed his doubts, asking when he didn’t understand—this was his virtue...

Zhang Su didn’t answer Lu Yubo, but exchanged a glance with Yuwen. The two had an unspoken understanding about certain matters.

”Everyone, there are no other Survivor Forces on this land anymore. Now it’s like our own territory. Leading zombies around is nothing more than running circles in our backyard. Why not kill these zombies and use them to supplement our winter fuel? What do you think?”

Zhang Su’s eyes were filled with determination, asking everyone present with high morale.

”There’s no point in humans fighting each other; we should save our strength for killing zombies, damn it!”

Zhang Xin was the first to raise his hand in agreement.

”Eliminating zombie hordes is a human duty!”

Li Zongkai nodded slightly, subconsciously adopting an official tone, but cautiously suggested, ”Seven thousand is not a small number. Even if all of us were deployed, each person would need to kill over fifty, so we still need to be very careful!”

Next, Cai Zhichao, Zhou Le, Liu Yao, and Yang Xinqi all agreed with Zhang Su’s idea.

If it were before, hearing that seven or eight thousand zombies were moving toward the camp would make even the Survivor Alliance’s heads spin. But at this moment, no one showed unease on their faces. Instead, there was eagerness, as they needed a battle to unleash the accumulated fighting spirit.

”OK, since everyone thinks we should fight, this zombie horde is unlucky!” Zhang Su made the final decision.

”Kill them all!”

”I’ll go inform the brothers right away!”

”Haha, kill all those damn things!”

In an instant, the leaders and captains of other groups left one after another. Their subordinates still needed their command.

Zhang Su pressed the communication button and said, ”Yama Corps, all Reserve Team members, listen to the order: stop all work and prepare to fight the zombie horde!”

More than seven thousand zombies could be steadily diverted out of sight with about four to six vehicles, but Zhang Su had no intention of doing that!

At this moment, a battle was needed. Celestial Horse Island needed a battle. To be precise, the Yama Corps needed a battle. It was like a show—a grand display of strength to others!

To recruit talents and expand the population, strength had to be displayed. Resources and personal abilities were strengths. In this terrible world of the zombie apocalypse, the ability to fight zombies was the foundation of the camp’s hard power!

Because of the large number of people, belonging to different forces, the assembly took a little while longer.

Everyone snuffed out their cigarettes, put down their warm disposable cups, regrouped, and after five or six minutes, the crowd gathered in the parking lot.

The wide parking lot had no problem holding a thousand people, but it was currently too crowded with cars, making the space narrow, so even over a hundred people had to stand scattered.

A small episode occurred during this time. When Liu Yao appeared in front of everyone again, people were curious about his physical condition, not understanding how he recovered so quickly. However, with the battle imminent, there was no time to investigate.

The five forces were clearly delineated. The Yama Corps and Reserve Forces of Celestial Horse Island together had sixty people, making them the largest group among the five, followed by about forty survivors from the Survivor Alliance. Civilization Guardian, Little Eagle Association, and Apocalypse Corps had similar numbers, all in the low twenties.

The leaders of each group stood in front of their teams doing pre-battle mobilization in their own ways, explaining relevant matters. The members of each group stood tall and proud. It was an operation to eradicate zombies and also a secret contest.

When alien enemies appeared, it was natural for humans to pick up weapons and fight back. But as long as there were groups, there would surely be competition, especially in this special time when many wanted to show off.

Buzz!

An unmanned drone rose into the sky, quickly flying westward and soon grasping the latest situation. The zombie horde was already 1.5 kilometers outside the camp, passing by the outpost. The strong magnetic field emitted by Celestial Horse Island didn’t interest the zombies at all, leaving the stationed Zhang Ya unnoticed.

”We can’t let the zombies rush up the mountain. Yama Corps and Reserve Team members, listen up: set up hedgehogs and roadblocks on the highway to face the zombie horde. Use the fallow field as strategic depth, move out!”

With Zhang Su’s command, he personally drove a van carrying fire-breathing zombies down the mountain, not really planning to use them, mainly afraid of theft as a simple code couldn’t prevent it...

”Luezi, immediately use the drone to distract the zombie horde and give everyone time to set up barricades!”

”Got it! Mission guaranteed!”

Wu Lue immediately recalled the drone, attaching a loudspeaker, and took off again.

”Old Pan, check the tank’s fuel level. Be ready to roll over the zombie horde anytime!”

”Fuel is enough to speed fifty kilometers!”

”Dakun, without drone support, if needed, you and Xiaoliu drive and spray pheromones with 003!”

”No problem!”

”Received!”

”Everyone, check your weapons and armor. No mistakes allowed!”

Heading down the mountain, Zhang Su continuously issued commands.

As the convoy sped down, the straight-line distance of the zombie horde from the highway was less than a kilometer. If not restrained, they’d cross the road in no time, striding with unrecognizable steps.

As the loudspeaker in the sky sounded, the zombie horde was immediately stirred, with the large group at the front turning to the sky, while those behind pushed the formation, causing the entire horde to halt!

Everybody knew time was precious. Not only Celestial Horse Island people were busy, but everyone participated in setting up barricades.

According to Zhang Su’s plan, two rows of hedgehogs were laid in front as the horde’s horizontal width. If numbers were insufficient, reduced to one row. The battle mainly with cold weapons, hot weapons auxiliary, the five forces arrayed to handle the zombie horde ahead.

”I feel... we’re somewhat bullying the zombies!”

Zhang Xin looked at over a hundred ready fighters, feeling thrilled for the first time when facing a zombie horde.

Preparations were going smoothly, the commanding officers stood together exchanging pre-battle information.

”This will be an inspiring battle!”

Li Zongkai stood with one hand on his waist, watching the grand battle line, excitement on his face.

In the past, it was fear, worried about injuries or subordinates dying. Fighting zombies was always a gamble with Death God. But this time was different; with fluid offense and defense, it was a matter of force countering force!

Liu Yao, rejuvenated, wielded a uniquely styled sharp knife, clearly a zombie-killing tool, smilingly said, ”Our formation here is overkill for seven or eight thousand zombies, barely enough for them to go back and forth. We should have a few more zombie hordes!”

”Don’t jinx it!”

Yang Xinqi didn’t bicker with Liu Yao out of respect for Zhang Su, but he found the comment undesirable.

”Tch...”

Liu Yao, uncharacteristically, didn’t retort.

”It seems everyone’s ready, so I’ll inform...”

Zhang Su was about to order Wu Lue to slowly guide the horde to the highway, when suddenly a distressing message came!

”Attention Celestial Horse Island, to the north... a zombie horde approximately three to four kilometers from the camp, estimated at eight thousand to ten thousand!”

Yang Wenjie’s voice stiffened. Her outpost in the north was the farthest from the camp, mostly watching for people from the Mountain and Sea District rather than guarding against zombies. Upon hearing Zhang Ya’s news, she used binoculars to watch the horde, only to turn and find a problem on her side too!