Chapter 1342 – The Retreating Zombies

Three days later, the news of Niepan headquarters falling reached Miracle Base.

A week later, the Rescue Team from Miracle Base brought back more than thirty Members of Niepan.

Meanwhile, outside the Protective Wall, the zombies did something out of the ordinary-they began their first retreat…

Wu Pengfei stood on the Rooftop of a building near the Protective Wall, his face dark as he watched the zombies slowly withdrawing, and the large expanse of open ground revealed by their retreat.

After a long standoff of half a year or even longer, a veritable hell had already formed outside the Protective Wall.

Yet it wasn’t until today that the humans guarding behind the Wall finally got a chance to see the full extent of this hell.

Countless bones had stained the ground pitch-black; even rainwater couldn’t wash away the blood, and many vehicles had long since been crushed flat. The surrounding buildings had also become ruins, blackened by countless explosions.

Some corpses hung from street lamps nearby. From the tattered clothes or weapons left on the bones, it was clear that most of these corpses once belonged to people from Falcon Camp. They all bore obvious marks of being torn and devoured, but their “main body” parts were still left hanging, as though the zombies had deliberately left these as flags.

Was this a threat? So, zombies also knew to do such things… This was the thought that arose in everyone’s mind upon seeing this scene.

But more importantly, even with so many remains left behind, the retreating zombies still moved in a mighty wave, their numbers stretching as far as the eye could see.

So during this process, everyone only watched in silence, hearts uneasy. No one cheered, nor did anyone dare to make a sound.

And when the zombies had finally vanished from view, leaving an endless, desolate ruin, another terrifying thought could not help but arise in everyone’s heart.

These zombies… what are they really trying to do?

For the first time in such a long period, there were no zombies in front of the Survivors.

No matter which direction one looked, it was only a dead and silent cityscape, with no trace of zombies.

Yet even those who prayed daily, wishing the existence of zombies was just a nightmare, now felt a stronger sense of fear.

Compared to the constant threats before, this unknown silence was even more terrifying.

“Captain, what do we do?” a Soldier put down his binoculars, face deathly pale as he spoke.

In front of him, Wu Pengfei, gazing into the distance, exhaled hard.

He didn’t know what to do, so what he would do was just wait.

“Wait for the Chief Commander’s orders. Everyone stays at their post. Anyone who dares to leave their position will be executed!” Wu Pengfei stuck to his promise to himself. He was doing what he was supposed to do…

But neither he nor the Survivors knew: although the scene of the zombies retreating had already left their line of sight, the Chief Commander they relied on still had his gaze following the zombie horde…

Ling Mo felt glad for his careful preparations. He was controlling several zombies in the crowd, and also had an aerial “all-round distant view” from above-a bat was tailing the zombie horde from high above, hidden by buildings.

This scene was also being fed into his mind through the Consciousness Web, transmitted to all Zombie Puppets… When it came to zombies, it was always easier for them to interpret the behavior of their own kind.

“They’re not retreating,” Xia Na observed for a while and spoke. “They have a purpose.”

“Awoo awoo!” In the dense horde, one zombie suddenly howled twice and darted forward.

Among the mostly even-moving zombies, its action stood out.

However, none of the zombies took notice… Its sole target was a particularly tall zombie ahead, who was making low, constant roars.

This was an alpha zombie, now at the Advanced-level. The hundred-plus zombies surrounding it were actually acting together with it.

The zombie now moving closer was also one of this group of over a hundred.

Ling Mo could easily sense this, so after hearing Xia Na’s words, he acted immediately.

If it were before, controlling such a low-evolved zombie across this distance would still be quite awkward for Ling Mo.

But now he could unleash the full potential of this zombie at will, making it both more agile and less likely to emanate a dangerous aura that would attract the alpha zombie’s attention.

Thirty meters… Ten meters… While the alpha zombie was still howling, this Zombie Puppet agilely darted behind it. As it punched its Hindbrain, a psychic tentacle simultaneously branched out, entering the alpha zombie’s psychic light cluster.

The whole process took less than a tenth of a second… The alpha zombie’s gaze went blank for a moment, then returned to rigidity, with a strange glint flashing in its eyes.

“Roar!” The alpha zombie let out another furious howl. Meanwhile, the Zombie Puppet had already exhausted its potential and collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Yet the entire zombie horde did not stop because of this; they continued to move forward relentlessly.

Ahead, just up ahead… Having taken over the alpha zombie’s body, Ling Mo immediately sensed a summons from the front.

At the same time, the voice of the bat sounded in his mind: “It’s the S Square up ahead.”

“S Square?”

Ling Mo knew this place. Before the outbreak, it was a landmark building in X City.

There were countless large Malls nearby, as well as a subway entrance. Naturally, it used to be the most crowded area, and now it was the place with the highest density of zombies.

No, it shouldn’t be said as “now”… As the zombies continued their evolution, the situation in these areas was constantly changing.

No one could say for sure which place was the most dangerous now, because some inconspicuous spots might just be the nest of a Senior Zombie, or even a Progenitor.

But with this in mind, Ling Mo still saw a scene through the bat’s vision that shocked him deeply.

On that spacious Square, it was now packed with zombies, yet in the midst of them, a space had been left open.

A figure was standing right there.

“That doesn’t look like one of ours,” the bat said.

After a moment of silence, Ling Mo uttered a name: “Spider Queen, Stella.”

This was the first time in a long while that Ling Mo had seen her current main body.

And almost at first glance, Ling Mo was certain of all his previous suspicions.

She was just like the zombies of Central City, or at least had some connection with them in the past. At the same time, she was also like the zombie Chuchu, walking the path of evolution toward a perfect body.

It could be said that the Spider Queen was a fusion… Only she didn’t look as ferocious as the zombies of Central City, nor as “peaceful” as Chuchu.

What she embodied was a form where terror and beauty were combined.

Blood-red tentacles spread beneath her like a spiderweb, her skin was so pale it was almost transparent, and her eyes were piercing and blood-red.

As Ling Mo watched her through the Zombie Puppet, she suddenly seemed to sense something, lifted her head, and looked over.

Almost in the next second, the psychic link between the bat and Ling Mo was severed.

“Hah…”

In the office, Ling Mo’s main body suddenly lifted his head, a trace of fanaticism appearing on his face.

His heart was pounding violently: “She saw me.”

Even though it was through another vessel, Ling Mo still had this intense feeling. She must have seen him through the bat’s eyes… because in that instant, he felt a strong Sensing with the Spider Queen.

But after the fanaticism, Ling Mo calmed down again.

One encounter… No, it wasn’t even a real encounter, and he had already lost a Senior Zombie Puppet.

He didn’t even know how exactly this Zombie Puppet had died.

This showed that the Spider Queen’s power had indeed reached a truly terrifying level.

Moreover, as a Progenitor, she had already reached the evolution level of half a Lord of the City, and for these common zombies, she possessed an extremely frightening ability to command.

But even though the Spider Queen was so powerful… in that brief encounter just now, Ling Mo hadn’t failed to send her a little gift…

At the moment of the bat’s death, it carried out an order Ling Mo had given it.

It “summoned” foreign zombies.

The bat was different from Anan; Anan could only sense, but could not actively “summon.” But as a genuine Central City zombie, the bat could “summon” its companions.

And at the moment of the bat’s death, Ling Mo’s alpha zombie Zombie Puppet immediately lowered its head.

He had to wait, wait and see how things would develop.

If even the bat couldn’t put up any effective resistance, then a Low-Level Zombie Puppet would be even less useful.

But sometimes, precisely because something appears harmless, it can do even more lethal things-just like Miracle Base.

In the face of so many zombies, Miracle Base was like a tiny iron box. At first glance, it seemed tough, but to destroy it was actually easy.

And at this moment, Ling Mo was the one guarding the box. He not only had to protect it, but also lift it up and smash it down on their heads like a weapon.

“But even if the foreign zombies are summoned, they might not necessarily fight each other, right?” Black Silk said.

“That depends on how much we can intensify the conflict between them. Their goals are the same, but as long as we give them the opportunity, there’s no need to worry about them fighting,” Ling Mo replied.

At the same time, he issued the first comprehensive order since Miracle Base had been consolidated.

Everyone, prepare for battle!