"Hahaha, what a bumper harvest! It's an absolutely fantastic harvest!"
Ye Kai held a handful of crystal cores, more than a hundred in total. Even for a level three peak ability user like him, it would be enough to last for several days.
"This is just the surface; the real show is yet to come." Xu Xing twirled the level-four crystal cores, which resembled the night sky, between his fingertips.
He then tossed it to Ye Kai and continued, "Three thousand crystal cores, although it's a great harvest, this battle has truly brought great benefits."
First, it eliminated the most threatening force in the surrounding area, so at least we don't have to worry about our hometown being stolen all the time.
Secondly, our sphere of influence can be expanded.
With the continuous addition of new members, a single villa area will certainly not be able to meet the demand, making it essential to integrate the surrounding areas.
Finally, there's the apparent gain.
Ye Kai nodded thoughtfully, looked at the crystal core in his hand, smiled, and put it into his pocket without any hesitation.
With the help of this crystal core, Ye Kai will soon follow in Xu Xing's footsteps and advance to level four.
With the addition of Gouzi, who is about to advance, there will be three Level 4 experts in the villa area, including Xu Xing.
It should be noted that the zombies have not yet collectively advanced to level two, so it can be inferred that the villa area is one of the most powerful forces in the entire Jinghai City.
Xu Xing's ambition gradually rose along with the expansion of his power, and this time, after resolving the school matter.
He began to plot against the entire city of Jinghai!
In present-day Jinghai City, besides zombies and mutated beasts, there are also human forces of varying sizes scattered around.
It's important to understand that before the apocalypse, Jinghai City was a metropolis with a population of over ten million. Even after the loss of its inhabitants due to zombies, over 99% of the city's population would still be around 100,000.
Xu Xing has only managed to gather a very small portion of what he has gathered so far.
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Life went on as usual in the days that followed.
With the school, a major hidden danger, eliminated, the area outside the villa district for 'hunting' has become increasingly wider.
This leads to another development: the constant encounters between one's own faction and other smaller factions or individual players.
Some who follow the dark laws attack from the outset, and unsurprisingly, they are all killed as negative examples.
A few, after living in peace, went their separate ways.
More often than not, they would strike up conversations and gradually learn about the various benefits of the villa area from Xu Xing's subordinates.
They then immediately wanted to join.
In this back-and-forth, including the women, the total population of the villa area will exceed one thousand.
Xu Xing then decided to recruit outsiders, but they would need to have sufficient strength; simply put, only those with supernatural abilities could join.
Level 2 ability users can bring two ordinary people with them, which can be considered a benefit for the strong.
Just as the villa area was booming, Xu Xing sat alone on a park bench.
His gaze seemed to have X-ray vision, looking into the distance.
"Hopefully nothing will change," Xu Xing murmured to himself.
Today is the day a portion of the zombies will collectively evolve. Early this morning, Xu Xing had already explained this to his subordinates who were about to go out.
Furthermore, starting today, ordinary people are strictly prohibited from leaving their homes without authorization.
Because it's not just zombies that are causing unrest.
At a military base 30 kilometers outside the city, a middle-aged man with a square face, wearing camouflage, exhaled a deep smoke ring and slowly spoke.
"Xiao Li, are you ready?"
The man called Xiao Li, a handsome young man wearing glasses, answered loudly, "Report! The Third Army is ready to go!"
The army stationed here is known as the Third Army.
A while ago, when the zombie outbreak occurred, it caught everyone off guard, causing the Third Army to lose more than half of its tens of thousands of soldiers.
However, the habits ingrained in soldiers allowed them to react quickly, immediately picking up their weapons to defend themselves and fight back, clearing out the newly spawned zombies in a very short time.
The casualties suffered as a result were considerable.
In fact, after the collapse of order, some people began to plot a rebellion, wanting to take weapons and equipment and establish themselves as kings.
From then on, the two sides of the Third Army began to confront each other, gradually leading to small-scale skirmishes, and finally culminating in a decisive battle.
Fortunately, it was the Third Army Commander who achieved victory, which is why the plan for Jinghai City was delayed for so long.
Now that he has free time, the commander of the Third Army has big ambitions. Besides needing to replenish supplies, he also wants to control the entire city.
"Very good! Notify all officers of company level and above to rest and recuperate. The army will set off tomorrow and must clear out all the zombies and liberate the entire city within five days."
Remember, do not carry heavy weapons that cannot be moved, such as large howitzers, as they will only be a burden.
"Go back and have the tank brigade charge ahead. Don't bomb indiscriminately; just kill the zombies. I don't want a destroyed city."
The army commander spoke with great conviction, as if the entire city were already his for the taking.
He was now very confident. In his mind, the battle would be just like Germany's blitzkrieg against Poland. The foolish enemy would never have imagined that steel was harder than flesh.
Even though the entire army had only three or four thousand men left, he still did not reorganize or combine the various units.
The main reason is that there are just too many weapons and equipment; even if everyone carries a box of grenades, they still can't use them all.
Except for a few units that have practically dwindled to just a handful of people, the rest remain unchanged.
There are also quite a few people with superpowers within the military, and in some cases, the proportion is even higher than that of ordinary people.
However, it seems that because of the support of guns and cannons, most people were fearless and for a long time, there were so many people in the army.
No one managed to discover how to use the crystal core. Being one step behind meant falling behind at every step. Even those who did eventually discovered it, and now the strongest in the army is only at the peak of the second level.
According to the army commander, "Level Two Peak"? What utter nonsense! I can still kill you with a single armor-piercing shell!
The army commander was not a superhuman, so he did not understand the potential of this thing and instead rejected it. It was still the same old principle: truth always lies within the range of artillery!
If it weren't for his desire for the city's supplies and a relatively intact city...
He will definitely imitate the combat methods of a once famous country in the world.
Before the battle begins, the general terrain is plowed with artillery, and then a large number of tanks are used to push it over.
Limited by information silos.
In his eyes, zombies were just things that could be shot dead; only mutated beasts were the most terrifying.
After all, mutated beasts from the surrounding wilderness would occasionally rush over and cause trouble within the military camp.
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