One night, Xu Xing stealthily and slowly made his way out of the city.

After about ten days of rest, not only were the people in Jinghai City fully integrated, but Xu Xing himself, with the help of the Source Crystal, had reached the peak of the initial stage of level six, and was only a hair's breadth away from breaking through to the middle stage of level six.

This speed was something he couldn't have imagined in his previous life; it was even more abnormal than that of a freak genius.

"I thought those people were going to sit back and reap the benefits. I was already prepared when they provided the weapons."

Since the victory in the war, Xu Xing and his men have been constantly digesting the spoils of war.

Everyone was on high alert regarding the army's movements.

Fearing some conspiracy, Xu Xing deliberately adjusted his condition to its best, only daring to venture out to explore when he reached the peak of the early stage of level six.

It's not that I'm afraid, but rather how troublesome the zombies or superhumans outside the city are.

What Xu Xing feared was that there might be a backup plan within the army.

For him now, firearms, machine guns, and tanks are just hard toys, posing no threat whatsoever.

His greatest fear is nuclear weapons! [Intercontinental ballistic missiles], although, on the surface, no one can use them due to their information technology capabilities.

Xu Xing clearly remembered that in his previous life, an army had transformed into a powerful force and was on the verge of annihilation while confronting zombies.

They unleashed a devastating weapon, reducing everything within a radius of several kilometers to ashes. The entire city was destroyed by the shockwave, and both sides ultimately perished together.

Just thinking about it is devastating.

Of course, those with nuclear weapons that can still be launched are extremely rare.

Xu Xing frowned as he patrolled the area, discovering numerous traces of previous settlements.

Even now, many corpses of those people and zombies remain, so ruthlessly abandoned here.

Apart from a few scattered zombies, there wasn't a single real living person in sight.

"Could it be that they really just ran away like that? Were those weapons just a donation?"

Xu Xing didn't believe it, but as long as the result was good, that was enough.

In an abandoned tent on the outskirts of the city, Xu Xing looked at the paper map in front of him, lost in thought.

Although Jinghai City is surrounded by three sides with inconvenient transportation, its eastern side is where routes from several provinces intersect.

From Dajing City to Dahai City, which is also the closest port to the sea, to Dachuan City to Dashen City, these were all famous metropolises before the disaster, with populations all exceeding ten million.

It is even much larger than Jinghai City.

Now that Xu Xing's sphere of influence has already covered the entire Jinghai City, his influence will inevitably spread to the surrounding areas and there will certainly be connections with other cities.

The city of Dajing above, as the most important city in China, has amassed a large number of troops.

After causing some chaos at the beginning, the zombies were forcibly suppressed by the military, and those crystal cores even compensated the superhumans in the city.

Xu Xingke knew clearly that there were at least a million people in Dajing City, and countless people with various superpowers.

Also there, the most basic human order is maintained, making it the first echelon in today's warring warlord era.

Xuhang, a newly emerging force, still lags far behind Dajing City in terms of its grassroots personnel.

The city of Dahai on the right represents the other extreme.

With its highly developed economy, its permanent population can reach as high as 30 million, a dense population, and it is backed by the sea.

The order was shattered immediately after the zombie outbreak. In a short time, level four zombies appeared, and the organization was reorganized. In the end, there was not even a decent counterattack, and the army was already in complete defeat.

Nowadays, the zombies inside have long since swallowed up the entire army, and apart from a few superhumans who escaped, they have basically been wiped out.

It's fair to say that Dahai City is now a zombie paradise, and there's a high possibility that high-level zombies exist there.

Many other major cities, especially those at the new first-tier level and above, follow a similar pattern: either they are controlled by the military or overrun by zombies.

For someone like Xu Xing, a commoner, to climb to this position is truly unique. Of course, the price he paid was extremely high. Ninety-nine percent of the people in the city died, so that the remaining people could live comfortably in their own buildings.

In smaller cities and counties, there are more ordinary superhumans who can independently resist zombies and develop their vision.

Looking at the map Xu Xing had drawn up, to be honest, he was already quite satisfied with being able to control a major new first-tier city.

As for the surrounding major cities, none of them are entities he can afford to provoke.

But in order to survive, he was desperately short of manpower...

Therefore, he set his sights on several county-level cities surrounding Jinghai City. These cities were not large in scale and had only a few million inhabitants before the disaster.

In his memory, the surrounding areas seemed to be filled with human forces of all sizes, and the zombies were well suppressed.

“Very good. Kong City and Zhiji City are located on the left and right sides of Jinghai City. As satellite cities, they are not far away, so we can recruit manpower and absorb refugees nearby.”

Indeed, Xu Xing set his sights on the refugees.

County-level cities are not large cities or rural areas, and they do not have large food reserves, while the zombies here are relatively weak.

After clearing out some zombies and establishing a base, there will be a population surplus. Those ordinary survivors are of little use compared to your small force.

After all, the zombies there have advanced to level two after so much time.

Therefore, the vast majority of survivors who did not awaken their supernatural abilities existed as refugees, becoming "rats" in the city, living a life of uncertainty.

We must also be constantly aware of the threats posed by those with superpowers and zombies; one slip and we could die, unless we awaken our superpowers and join one of our respective factions.

Xu Xing happened to have no shortage of supplies, and he didn't want to forcibly invade the surrounding counties. Instead, he decided to go with the flow and gather all the refugees together.

Without hesitation, Xu Xing rolled up the map, left the tent, disposed of the zombies that had gathered there, and then flew back to Jinghai City.

Now, Jinghai City is like an impenetrable wall. Apart from specific patrol teams, all ordinary members participate in standardized training every day, rapidly accumulating strength.

Xu Xing called over Ye Kai, who was still acting as the head instructor and reprimanding the members: "Ye Kai, you have something to do."

Ye Kai twisted his neck, making cracking sounds from side to side:

"Boss, what do you want to do? These past few days, I've been feeling rusty. These guys under my command can't go on without some real combat experience while they're training all day."

Xu Xing smiled and said, "Next, we should do it like this... like this..."

Ye Kai chuckled as he listened:

"That's great, it's a win-win situation, but what if someone tries to sabotage things, boss?"

"We raise soldiers for a thousand days to use them for one day. These newly recruited soldiers haven't seen much blood yet!"