"That's settled then. Once the people from the Southeast Military Region arrive, I'll let them take over. I'm tired too. I've never enjoyed retirement in my life. I hope to liberate the city and live a peaceful life."
The corps commander's face was expressionless, his hands moving from clenching to relaxing.
He understood that once the Southeast Military Region came, he would inevitably be sidelined, but the deaths of too many of his men meant he could no longer hold out and launched another attack.
He could only see the dawn of liberation when reinforcements arrived, and he had no choice but to accept this outcome.
We are no longer in a time of peace. Even with mechanized troops, it wouldn't be easy for them to travel hundreds of kilometers to get here.
On the highway, those batches of scrapped cars will seriously slow them down.
Instead of just waiting it out, we should send a small elite force to the city to gather intelligence and prepare for the future.
Thinking it over, the army commander summoned the chief of staff.
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The battle in Central Park had only just begun.
Driven by instinct, some of the zombies that had survived the flames rushed outwards like madmen.
Unlike the previous attack on the vegetable market, the zombies that managed to break out this time were of exceptionally high quality, with the lowest being level 2 late stage, and the level increasing as you progressed.
However, Xu Xing and his group didn't think about these things, because the zombies only appeared intermittently, so the intensity of the battle was never very high.
Perhaps the fire was too intense, and the outcome was slightly different from what Xu Xing had expected.
Xu Xing had originally thought that at least half of the tens of thousands of zombies in the park would remain, but judging from the current situation, it seemed that even less than a third would remain.
The number of zombies, especially since they come out in batches, has negligible training effect.
Perhaps the other teams shouldn't have come along, Xu Xing thought to himself.
Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of a rapidly moving figure. Judging from the energy emanating from its body, it was definitely a level 5 zombie, gradually emerging from the depths of the scorched forest.
"We've finally waited for this," Xu Xing said with a smile.
Soon, a slender female zombie appeared, standing 1.68 meters tall with measurements like a top model. Her face possessed a rare, icy demeanor, and due to her extremely high level, there wasn't a single trace of decay visible on her body.
Although the fire outside couldn't burn the zombie's skin, her clothes were burned to ashes.
Xu Xing was speechless with astonishment.
The two sides, who were still fighting, suddenly stopped and looked over. Some of the single men in the group couldn't wait to meet the zombie in person.
"You're wicked! Why did you come here to provoke us?!" the female zombie said through gritted teeth.
His body was clearly furious, swaying violently, which made Xu Xing a little dizzy.
Then, Xu Xing quickly recovered. What hadn't he seen? After all these years of trials and tribulations, and now with a stunning beauty like Su Xixi by his side, the zombie in front of him, apart from being a bit bizarre, seemed to only be a bit revealing.
Xu Xing smiled dismissively: "We have different paths, so we can't work together. You and I are natural enemies in the food chain, so there's no question of provocation."
Logically, since zombies are transformed humans, they should have a close blood relationship.
But in reality, humans and zombies are two different species.
Ironically, their own strength necessitates hunting down each other, and this unequal relationship creates natural enemies in a certain sense.
In Xu Xing's previous life, there were people who thought about living peacefully with zombies.
Furthermore, some people have put this into practice, reaching an agreement with the leader of a zombie group and beginning to coexist peacefully.
The end result was that both sides suffered maximum losses, triggering another war. The underlying conflicts cannot be resolved with just a few words from above.
Therefore, even if Xu Xing encounters a zombie now, he remains relatively calm and will not plot against it, even if it is a kind zombie.
Xu Xing drew his Damascus steel Tang sword again, the tip pointing at the nose of the female zombie opposite him.
In a moment of utter disregard for martial ethics, he took a step forward with overwhelming force. His immense, expanding mental power formed a transparent, thick, and solid wall behind the zombie. He would not attack unless he was absolutely certain of success, but once he did, it would be a deadly move.
From within the wall, countless transparent hands reached out, imprisoning the female zombie who was trying to escape, creating a brief opening.
As Xu Xing drew his Tang sword, the zombie collapsed weakly, a bright red knife mark appearing on its forehead, along with the crystal core containing the starry sky.
A level 5 early-stage zombie couldn't even withstand a single full-force attack from Xu Xing. While the lack of preparedness was partly to blame, the main reason was the sheer power of his abilities.
Looking at the corpse before him, a hint of surprise, shock, and resentment appeared in her final expression. Xu Xing curled his lip, found a large opaque white cloth in his space, and covered the female zombie completely.
On the entire battlefield, only this one zombie has received this honor.
As more and more zombies emerged, even though their leader was dead and the group was in a state of chaos without orders, they still instinctively continued to attack the squad.
Xu Xing watched silently from the side. Since there was no major threat anymore, he might as well let his subordinates improve themselves and find those in his own team who had potential for advancement.
In this search, they actually found a few promising talents. The curly-haired guy from before was a good candidate. In terms of both style and intelligence, he was capable of leading a team of a hundred people.
The battle lasted for several hours, until no one else emerged from the park.
However, the fire continued to burn, and Xu Xing, worried about causing a bigger commotion, also wanted to go inside and search for the crystal cores of the zombies that had died in the forest.
They identified all the water-type ability users in the team and sent a light, insignificant rain down on the sky.
With Xu Xing's help, they managed to stop some of the visible fire. In fact, the entire forest had been almost completely burned. In any case, with the help of both sides, the fire was finally brought under control.
Walking slowly among the charred remains, I suddenly discovered a tiny green sprout growing from the broken roots of a large tree.
It makes one sigh that no matter what the world eventually becomes, whether it's zombies or humans fighting to the death, for these plants, it's just one cycle of rebirth after another.
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