Retreat

The zombie leader standing on the boulder stared fixedly at Liu Feng. Though its eyes no longer had eyeballs, they still radiated an intangible, chilling menace.

Just then, the zombie leader suddenly raised its arm. As it moved, rotten black flesh peeled freely from its wrist and fell onto the face of a zombie below.

Smelling the rotten flesh, that zombie went berserk, grabbed the meat off its face, and stuffed it into its mouth.

But its movements were so violent that it gouged out its own eyeball as well. It shoved the foul, putrid blood and the eyeball, still trailing sinews and flesh, into its mouth together.

"Roar, roar, roar..."

Suddenly, the zombie leader on the boulder issued a command, and the zombies outside the wall stopped charging.

"Keh, keh, keh..."

Another command rang out, and the zombies seemed to receive their orders. Following the direction of the leader's pointing finger, they hurled themselves madly at the cracked section of wall.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Listening to the dull impacts against the wall, Liu Feng knitted his brows in frustration.

As things stood, the zombies were damaging the wall far faster than they could repair it. Even though they had been killing zombies nonstop, their efforts seemed utterly powerless against a zombie tide this enormous.

"This won't work. If this keeps up, they're definitely going to break through the wall!" Han Bing said, staring at it with worry.

Little Knife stepped forward beside him, gripping her curved blade tightly.

"All these zombies are following that one zombie's orders. If we take it out, everything else will be easy!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Little Knife tightened her grip on her curved blade and made to jump off the platform. But Liu Feng reached out and stopped her.

Meeting Little Knife's puzzled gaze, Liu Feng said quietly, his expression grim, "There are so many zombies down there. Jumping down would be suicide!"

His words gave Little Knife a sudden fright, leaving her frozen in a daze. Looking at the man beside her and sensing his steady composure, she suddenly felt something strange stir in her heart.

"This zombie came prepared." Liu Feng kept his eyes fixed on the zombie leader on the boulder and said in a low, deeply serious voice, "So we need a backup plan!"

As he spoke, Liu Feng turned his gaze to Han Bing.

"Han Bing, take a few of the men. Set up some traps and checkpoints inside the Residential Camp, then gather all the supplies in the camp on the rooftops."

After hearing Liu Feng's orders, Han Bing gained a rough understanding of their current situation.

Against such an enormous zombie tide, holding their ground and waiting for the attack was the best approach!

"Brother Feng, consider it done!"

With that, Han Bing called over a few men and got to work.

Liu Feng turned his attention back to the zombie leader.

"Iron-toothed Insects! Go kill it!"

As soon as he spoke, a vast swarm of Iron-toothed Insects appeared in the sky, gleaming silver. They beat their wings and soared high, rushing madly toward their target under Liu Feng's command.

But something unexpected happened. Just as the Iron-toothed Insects were about to reach the zombie leader, it suddenly clenched its rotten hand, its white bones exposed, and uttered a strange command.

In the blink of an eye, dozens of zombies formed a large circle, protecting it tightly within.

For the moment, Liu Feng had no other option. He could only order the Iron-toothed Insects to tear through its defenses with all their strength.

But there were simply too many zombies. Whenever one fell, another took its place.

Liu Feng tried attacking several times, but ultimately still failed to break through the zombies' defenses. Instead, his army of 400,000 Iron-toothed Insects had lost more than half its numbers in the assault.

"Fuck, this is just cheating!"

No sooner had he spoken than a sudden crash sounded nearby. Liu Feng looked closely and saw that the cracked wall directly below the platform had collapsed, sending dust billowing into the air.

This is bad!

Liu Feng furrowed his brows as the thought flashed through his mind.

Watching the zombies pour in like a flood, Liu Feng could no longer afford to worry about anything else. He immediately summoned every insect he could.

Parasitic Insects, Iron-toothed Insects, Toads, and a very small number of Exploding Insects.

Though these swarm armies temporarily held the breach in the wall, they clearly could not hold out for long.

Suddenly, Liu Feng caught sight of a mocking gaze. At some point, the zombie leader had arrived beside the broken wall, surrounded by its fellow zombies.

Its cracked lips curled slightly upward in an indescribable smile. The sight made Liu Feng's teeth itch with hatred, and he wished he could tear it into a thousand pieces.

"Aaaah! Stay away!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The wall had collapsed without warning, catching everyone in the Residential Camp off guard. A man near the wall had half his face gnawed off by a zombie that squeezed through. He lay crumpled on the ground, one hand covering his mangled face while the other clawed desperately at the earth, searching for a chance to survive.

But his wish went unfulfilled.

Zombies surged forward one after another, quickly throwing themselves onto him. The scent of human blood drove them mad. Baring their sharp teeth, they bit savagely into the man lying on the ground.

Blood sprayed everywhere, and in the blink of an eye, the zombies had devoured him completely.

At the sight, Liu Feng's brows drew tightly together. His expression livid, he turned his gaze to the fat man beside him.

"Fatty, tell everyone now! The zombies have broken in! Grab your weapons and retreat into the high-rises for now!"

Faced with this emergency, Fatty dared not delay. His beer belly swaying, he hurried toward the main entrance.

By then, Liu Feng's insect army had been completely routed. Watching the zombies continue pouring in, he gritted his teeth and simply recalled all his remaining insects.

Liu Feng grabbed Little Knife's hand and led her in a hurried retreat toward their base.

"Move!"

Though her life hung by a thread, the warmth against Little Knife's hand somehow made her heart pound wildly. Before she knew it, her face had flushed bright red.

The two retreated with the main group. Along the way, quite a few survivors were caught by the pursuing zombies. Without exception, they all became the zombies' next meal!

Only after all the men in the camp had entered the building did Han Bing, who was guarding the entrance, order the doors shut tight.

Liu Feng instinctively turned to look at the men still standing around him. Fewer than half their previous number remained.

(End of chapter)