"Bang!"
"Gaga—Gaga—"
Suddenly, a muffled gunshot rang out in the desolate city sky, startling a flock of birds perched on the rooftops of abandoned buildings.
A dense swarm of birds flapped their wings and circled in the air, their mournful cries casting a desolate backdrop on the gray-black cement road.
On the asphalt road, countless broken aircraft were piled up haphazardly. Beneath the broken shells were strands of withered electrical wires. Unidentified weeds stubbornly sprouted from the cracks in the road, and gray-green moss had encroached on much of the territory that originally belonged to humans.
"Hehe..."
Beneath an overturned aircraft, a grayish-white creature seemed to smell blood, its mouth gaping open greedily and ferociously. Because its entire body was pressed under the heavy aircraft, it could only let out low growls that were difficult to understand.
“diu——”
The woman in camouflage ended its suffering with an electromagnetic gun. After a long while, she squatted down and stared at the zombie for a while.
With its loose skin and gray hair, this zombie must have been an elderly person before it was infected.
The dust accumulated on the aircraft, the gradually decomposing clothing, and the wear marks left on the ground over the years all suggest that he was among the first group of compatriots to be infected.
It is unknown whose father he is or whose son he is.
The soldiers around them, dressed similarly, fell silent for a long while before continuing their search.
The woman stood up and tapped the communicator beside her ear to contact her companion:
"Area A11 is cleared. Other teams, please report your progress."
Area A13 has been cleared.
Area A12 has been cleared.
[A9 cleaned up... *sizzle*...]
[A8 is finished, Captain... *sizzle*... Shall we call the scavenger over to start clearing the area now... *sizzle*]
The communication was unstable, and there were intermittent static noises in the earphones.
Unfortunately, when the great disaster struck, communications on the planet Water Blue suffered a near-devastating blow. Ground communications were subsequently cut off, and it took the Dragon Kingdom government five years to restore basic communications in some areas.
"Do not notify the pioneering team before eliminating the danger factors."
The woman addressed as "Captain" straightened up, looked up at the birds circling overhead, and frowned.
“The flock of birds in area A9 seems to be acting strangely. Emil and Dingxiang, take your people over there to check it out.”
A response came immediately from the communicator.
[Okay, Captain. We're nearby. We can go provide support after we finish cleaning the last building.]
Yes, Captain.
Ten years after the apocalypse, humanity, having accumulated enough strength, began its counterattack, gradually clearing the cities occupied by zombies.
Their advance team belonged to the Aurora Base, and their mission was to clear out the zombies that had survived the weapons of mass destruction so that the subsequent pioneering team could enter.
The woman was Nalan, the captain of the advance team.
The base has strict regulations prohibiting the clearing team from entering the clearing site until the clearing is confirmed to be complete.
Of course, this regulation is also intended to protect the pioneering teams, who are mostly ordinary people.
Ten years ago, a meteorite fell, bringing about the apocalypse. Nearly half of the human population on the planet Blue was infected with an unknown virus and transformed into bloodthirsty zombies.
Fellowships turned on each other, and even the closest relatives devoured one another, turning the planet Water Blue into a living hell.
Whether it was a joke by God or a cruel twist of fate, just when humanity was at a loss, "virus-infected individuals" appeared who, despite being infected by zombies, did not undergo any mutations.
After being bitten, these people will experience symptoms such as persistent high fever, rapid breathing, and rapid heart rate within 72 hours. After three days, their bodies will change, and they will possess perfect physical abilities and great strength comparable to androids.
Most importantly, they will not be reinfected by zombies.
These people are called "new humans".
Three years after the apocalypse, the Confederate government learned from countless bloody lessons and brought the chaos under control through the refuge base system and the state of war system.
In the fifth year after the apocalypse, the number of new humans is increasing daily, and research shows that the genes of these new humans can be inherited through pregnancy.
Six years after the apocalypse, the Confederacy announced the opening of all shelters and strongly encouraged childbirth.
In the seventh year after the apocalypse, the Dragon Kingdom officially proposed the "Future Hope Plan," which was responded to by 327 countries around the world.
Ten years after the apocalypse, humanity begins a full-scale counterattack.
History always repeats itself in surprising ways. Just as tens of thousands of years ago, when humans wore animal skins and held torches to fight against wild beasts lurking in the darkness, this time, what will remain will still be human civilization.
...
...
[Buzz... Captain, we've spotted an ordinary survivor. These birds must be scared because they haven't seen people in a long time.]
Nalan was drawn to the voice on the communicator and frowned slightly: "A survivor?"
Before the human counterattack, G City was already a dead end, a place where one could only enter and not leave. Not to mention that half a month ago, the city had suffered a large-scale weapon attack. The only survivors were probably the birds flying overhead.
[Yes, he's a citizen of our Dragon Country. He was found in a private air-raid shelter. This kid's lucky; he probably survived thanks to some supplies someone hid.]
"Now is the time when we need manpower. Send people to get medical checkups, and if there are no problems, they can be incorporated into the reclamation team."
Nalan made the final decision and continued with the cleanup work, quickly putting the survivor out of her mind.
...
...
"Did you hear what the captain said?"
The blond, blue-eyed man laughed heartily at the person in front of him, speaking in fluent Mandarin:
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
