It was already an accident that one person succeeded; the remaining person wasn't so lucky and turned into a zombie, specifically a zombie that evolved towards strength.

Gu Lingxiao held back the lunging zombie. "Xiao Ran, you kill him."

Gu Lingxiao's words made Xiao Ran tremble. "I, I, I can't do it."

His face turned pale instantly, and he began to stammer.

"Didn't you want to live? What? You don't even dare to kill a defenseless zombie?"

"Or do you intend to remain dependent on others forever? Your life and death, your good and bad, are all in the hands of someone else's whim."

“But he’s still my classmate, he’s my classmate,” Xiao Ran repeated, as if she had found an excuse.

"Haha, let's see if he recognizes you as his classmate," Gu Lingxiao said, handing over the zombie that was almost imprisoned.

The zombie instantly rushed out and pounced on Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran screamed and turned to run, but how could she outrun a zombie? She was caught up in an instant.

Just as he was about to be bitten, Gu Lingxiao held him down again, saying, "Do you think he recognizes you?"

"I'll give you one more chance," Gu Lingxiao said, throwing Tang Hengdao to the ground.

Although Xiao Ran was crying with tears streaming down her face, she actually picked up the Tang Hengdao and vented her anger wildly. Several times, if Gu Lingxiao hadn't dodged quickly, he would have been slashed by her.

However, Gu Lingxiao didn't say anything until he killed the zombie and collapsed on the ground before turning around and leaving.

Once you've done it the first time, things will be much easier afterwards.

Tang Yun finally understood: was Gu Lingxiao just playing with them?

No, he was just trying to make the two of them understand the rules of survival in the apocalypse in his own way.

Meanwhile, on Gu Lingchuan's side, the number of aliens was decreasing, but the military was consuming a huge amount of ammunition. The edges of the city were riddled with craters and filled with smoke.

There were piles and piles of alien corpses.

"The First, Third, Sixth, and Ninth Military Regions have reported that they don't have nearly as many Xenomorphs, nor other evolved creatures; their numbers are at least 70% fewer than ours."

Hua Zhiyuan fell silent. Based on the investigation he had conducted over this period and the information provided by Gu Lingchuan, there were a few unusual points. The first place was the Lijiang University laboratory, where the alien had been. The crater left by the explosion was filled with polluting energy.

It's impossible to see what's inside; electronic devices lose all connection once inside, and various visual penetration technologies are ineffective.

The second location was provided by Gu Lingxiao. After comparison, it was found that the land appeared out of thin air and could devour living things, but it could not be seen from satellite or other electronic perspectives; it could only be seen with the naked eye.

Hua Zhiyuan was somewhat uneasy about the gradual lag in technological advancement.

"Apart from the Ninth Southern Military Region, which is unable to provide support due to being at sea, all other military regions that could be contacted have sent personnel, along with a considerable amount of ammunition."

"Good, these old buddies haven't let me down. As long as we can open up a safe transportation line, we won't be isolated and helpless." Hua Zhiyuan finally showed a smile.

"Our official side has also contacted other cities, but there are only a few, namely the neighboring Wanlin Province and Nanhai Province."

“South China Sea Province is too far away to provide support. Wanlin Province did send some people over, but their situation isn’t much better than ours. In fact, without a military region, their weapons are even less abundant. Fortunately, they have some researchers,” the official leader said.

"Good, good, good! We humans are the masters of this planet. Let's suppress these scum!" Hua Zhiyuan's eyes grew brighter and brighter. The greater the pressure, the stronger his fighting spirit became.

In the darkness of the night, the bottom of the deep pit was already submerged in water. Without any wind, the water began to ripple. As time passed, the waves grew larger and larger, eventually forming a whirlpool. The black, polluting power was also rotating, becoming a thin line that entered the water.

A pair of bright red eyes lit up.

As the water calmed down, the power of pollution also subsided, and suddenly a huge figure burst out of the water.

Fueled by the anger of its interrupted breakthrough, it charged toward the top of the pit. It was so close to stepping into a whole new realm, but those damned insects had interrupted it. All its previous efforts had been in vain, and it had to start all over again.

Over the next seven or eight days, the number of aliens decreased until the situation returned to its previous state.

Gu Lingchuan sat leaning against a withered tree at the front line, with four other people sitting with him: Bai Ling, Lin An, Zheng Guohao, and Jin Xiulan.

Gu Lingxiao had been fighting here, and Bai Ling was worried, so she came looking for him. Later, Lin An followed. As for Lin Yu, Gu Lingchuan had him stay at the survivor base.

At least one of the five of them needs to be at the survivor base, otherwise things could easily go wrong. Fortunately, they've traded some firearms with the military. Before, when the five of them left together, an evolved creature rushed in, but it was held back for a while by the evolved creatures left behind by Lin Yu. Otherwise, many people would have died that time.

Both Zheng Guohao and Jin Xiulan's teams were seriously injured and have been transferred to the rear, leaving only the two of them.

"It should be over by now, right? These aliens have been attacking day and night, and many people are almost at their breaking point," Jin Xiulan said weakly, having also suffered many injuries.

"You should be transferred back with the wounded tomorrow. Don't push yourself too hard," Zheng Guohao said.

"And you?"

Zheng Guohao also suffered many injuries. He had a large gash in his abdomen that had stopped bleeding, but his ribs were visible.

"I'm with Gu Lingchuan and the others. Judging from the current offensive situation, it should be over soon and we shouldn't be in too much danger."

Jin Xiulan nodded.

She really couldn't hold on any longer; continuing would only be a burden.

"If Brother Xiao were here, he wouldn't be able to kill any of these aliens," Lin An said helplessly.

“One person’s strength is always limited, and it’s hard to maintain this intensity for long,” Jin Xiulan clearly didn’t believe.

Zheng Guohao nodded in agreement.

"That's because you haven't seen Brother Xiao at full power. Even if we join forces, we might not be able to last a minute against him," Lin An continued.

Gu Lingchuan and Bai Ling didn't say much. Lin An was exaggerating. Although Gu Lingxiao's teleportation was unsolvable, even if Bai Ling's sixth sense could detect it, she wouldn't be able to react in time.

However, within Gu Lingchuan's mental domain, one could see fluctuations in the location where the teleportation occurred; even if one couldn't defeat the opponent, one could at least hold out for a considerable amount of time.

That night, Gu Lingxiao absorbed all the remaining zombies to recover. During this period, they had been using zombie crystals provided by the military. They hadn't brought their own crystals with them and had left them at the survivor base.

The main reason was that I didn't expect this battle to last so long, otherwise Gu Lingxiao would have brought more people with him.

Gu Lingxiao quickly absorbed and consumed more than ten zombie crystals.

Ever since they learned that the zombie crystals contained corrupting power, all the crystals they had absorbed and used were collected.

This is also a way to prevent other creatures from accidentally ingesting it and turning into aliens.