A month and a half had passed since the apocalypse began. The mission progress had reached 3572/5000. An Yang had spent a fair amount of energy recruiting Retainers and transmitting skills, but he still had over a thousand left.
The more Retainers there were, the faster the mission progressed. The more zombies they killed, the more Energy Points they gained. It was a virtuous cycle.
The sky was exceptionally blue, and the breeze teased the white clouds, making it hard to imagine that industrial pollution had stopped less than two months ago.
There were several villages in the distance, but they had long since fallen silent. Even the zombies had been completely cleared out. When the Hunter Squad had first been established, they had used these villages for practice.
An Yang gazed into the distance and suddenly realized that this virus was essentially Earth's immune mechanism. Once the humans originally dwelling upon it had become destructive viruses, Earth had autonomously activated its immune system and erased humanity from its surface. Zombies were bloodthirsty and berserk, but they wouldn't cause any damage to Earth!
Perhaps Earth really would be better off without humans!
"Commander, everyone's here!"
A loud shout interrupted his train of thought. An Yang shook his head, casting aside those impractical ideas. Humanity had brought this virus upon itself, but no matter what, the survivors should still fight to live.
"Set out!"
This destination was relatively far away: a military base over a hundred kilometers away, located in the mountains. The journey could be dangerous. He and Chang Hui brought two Hunter Squads, while the other three Hunter Squads were responsible for a wind power plant on the other side of Huaibei County. Chen Yafei and Zhai Liying stayed behind to guard the base.
To be honest, the base