Melee

It was clearly their home turf, so why were the two groups ahead fighting each other?

Tank scratched his head.

Could they have come to his territory just to settle a score?

Lin Dong's slender figure stood atop the building. He had spotted the Myriad Zombie Horde heading this way earlier, so he had not let his underlings make a move.

Now that the two sides were fighting fiercely, tearing into each other like dogs, he could sit back and enjoy the show.

Go on!

Lin Dong even cheered them on, thinking that the more miserably they fought, the better.

The Red-Eyed Crow circled around Lin Dong.

"Good person, good person, when are you serving food?"

"Don't rush. The pot isn't boiling yet."

Lin Dong replied without turning his head.

Crow Brother had come as a guest right around mealtime, hoping to mooch a bite to eat...

On the distant battlefield, gunfire thundered as flesh and blood flew everywhere. Severed limbs littered the ground, and the stench of blood pierced the nose. It was like a hellish slaughterhouse.

The humans had deployed their trump card: two three-meter-tall augmented humans—the Pursuer!

They had broad shoulders and burly backs, with a stitched scar running across each massive forehead like a giant centipede clinging to it.

The Pursuers were wrapped in ammunition belts, with enormous iron hammers slung across their backs and Gatling Guns mounted on their right arms.

At that moment, their six barrels began to spin, roaring with muzzle flashes.

Countless bullets poured forth.

They became a storm of metal.

Any zombie struck was either severed at the waist or blown to pieces, dying horribly.

Even if an Elite Zombie got close, the Pursuers did not fear its bites. They would draw their enormous iron hammers and smash them down.

The hammers were made of some unknown material and were incredibly dense, seemingly weighing twenty tons. Every strike left a deep crater in the ground, and any zombie hit was instantly reduced to pulp.

Watching the scene before him, Lin Dong could not help recalling his childhood. Every New Year, the orphanage would make dumplings.

Lin Dong had been responsible for crushing garlic.

He felt the zombies were in much the same predicament as garlic paste...

The appearance of the two Pursuers gave the humans an overwhelming advantage. No matter how ferocious the Zombie Tide was, it could not break through.

As expected of the ultimate weapon of the Zombie Elimination Plan!

The only thing the humans needed to watch out for was the giant rats darting out from beneath their feet.

However, the armed squads wore nano combat suits. Though the rats' teeth were sharp, they could not bite through them and could only injure the humans.

This showed that the King-Hunting Action Squad had some real strength.

In about five minutes, they had wiped out six or seven thousand zombies. The once-mighty Zombie Tide had lost a third of its numbers.

And just then.

The Red-Faced Zombie King, wearing his Scarf, slowly approached.

He wondered how things were going. Had his underlings captured Lin Dong yet?

But when he looked closely.

He quickly realized something was wrong.

His underlings were actually fighting the humans. The two Pursuers in particular stood out, like garlic crushers, crushing garlic over there.

There were also human awakeners slaughtering in every direction with their powers, utterly unstoppable.

"What's going on?"

"My king... there are human awakeners here. We started fighting them."

An Elite Zombie reported.

"Oh."

The Red-Faced Zombie King could see that for himself.

"What about the Zombie King inside that building?"

"I don't know. He doesn't seem to have come out yet."

"What?"

The Red-Faced Zombie King was furious. He had come primarily to attack him, yet his side had already suffered considerable losses, and he had not even seen the other party.

This was outrageous!

"Boss, why are there human awakeners here?" an underling behind him asked.

The Red-Faced Zombie King could not figure it out either. Although he had evolved intelligence, he was not particularly smart.

"Could it be... that he's colluding with the humans?"

"My king, is it possible that the humans came to attack him too, but we ran into them first?"

Another subordinate analyzed.

The Red-Faced Zombie King's eyes widened. That actually made sense.

Had they gotten the wrong idea?

"Waaah, yaaah, yaaah, yaaah!"

The more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became, until he screamed incoherently in rage.

An underling behind him asked.

"Boss, what do we do now? Should we retreat first?"

"Retreat?"

Murderous intent flashed in the Red-Faced Zombie King's eyes. They had already lost so many underlings; retreating would only make him feel more stifled. They had already paid too much, and only a complete victory could make up for their losses.

Besides, humans were enemies too, and their Crystal Cores were even more delicious.

"There is no retreat! Kill them! Kill them all!"

"Roar—"

At the Red-Faced Zombie King's command, the underlings behind him let out howls.

Since their boss had said they would not retreat.

They would charge forward without hesitation.

Their eyes reddened as they rushed into the battle. These zombies had evolved to a very high level, almost reaching Zombie King level, and were extremely powerful.

"Screech—screech, screech—"

The Scarf screamed and leaped down from the Red-Faced Zombie King's shoulder. With a few quick bounds, it reached the top of a tall building.

At the same time, Black Mist began drifting from its body.

It possessed an equally bizarre ability: Mind Control!

"Hm? A Zombie King has appeared!"

Lü Hao furrowed his brow. The earthshaking howl from earlier had already made him suspect something.

A Zombie Tide of this scale had to have a Zombie King behind it.

"Everyone, be careful. The real battle is about to begin!"

"Understood!"

The people around him answered in unison.

But wisps of Black Mist had already drifted over, enveloping several armed personnel.

"Hungry~~~ I'm so hungry!"

"Me too..."

"Look, what is that?"

"The ocean... I'm going to the beach, drink beer, and eat clams!"

"..."

One armed man's eyes became hazy. Mimicking the motion of holding a beer, he actually pulled a grenade from his waist!

"Hey! Stop! What are you doing?"

Lü Hao noticed something was wrong and hurriedly tried to stop him.

But the man had already pulled the grenade's pin.

"Cheers!"

"Boom!!!"

The grenade exploded, engulfing him in flames as countless fragments shot outward and pierced the companions around him.

These fragmentation grenades were incredibly lethal.

But it was not over yet.

Several more armed personnel simultaneously pulled out grenades.

"Cheers."

They raised their glasses together, then perished together!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of explosions rang out as countless grains of sand and metal fragments swept through the area like a storm.

Lü Hao thrust both hands forward.

He was an Earth Type awakener. Soil condensed in his hands, forming a heavy earthen shield that blocked the force of the explosions.

The remaining armed personnel hid behind armored vehicles.

This kept them from being struck by the fragments.

But terror spread through their hearts. The comrades who had just been fighting beside them had inexplicably blown themselves up...

How bizarre!

Abilities that killed without leaving a trace were the most terrifying.

Lü Hao's brow remained tightly furrowed. He could already tell that they had fallen under Mind Control.

"Xiao Wen, activate the Mental Barrier and find the enemy's location."

"Okay."

Xiao Wen nodded heavily.

She was a Mental Type awakener. With a single thought, she spread the Mental Barrier, cutting off the Black Mist, and quickly sensed its source.

"Found it! It's up there!"

Everyone followed her gaze and saw a pitch-black giant rat crouching on a third-floor windowsill in the distance, with a furry human face!