Chapter 627 Zombie Siege
At the foot of the city wall, there is a long, narrow staircase, about half a meter wide. Further ahead, there is a very deep pit filled with water, much like an ancient moat.
This water must have been ice water or snow melted by fire or something, because it was still emitting a chill.
The thick, heavy iron gate in the center of the city wall was now closed, and the bridge that used to be used for walking had also been removed.
As the zombies grew stronger, the base's defenses improved as well, evolving from simple structures to the walled base it is today, with increasingly better defensive capabilities.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that all zombies are now under the control of higher-level zombies.
After all, every time the zombies attack, it starts with a small horde of zombies. If it were the kind of base that Ling Ran and the others encountered when they first went to the apocalypse, it would be scattered in one attack.
Shen Nianshen watched as the zombies slowly rushed forward, estimating their numbers to be around 100,000.
Looking at the humans on the other side of the city wall, there were indeed many people standing on top, but their numbers were only five or six thousand. Compared to the zombies, they were not even a fraction of the number of people.
In fact, many places have more than one or two bases. If two hundred people are considered a small base, then a single city might have dozens or even hundreds of bases.
However, these bases lacked the ability to defend against zombies. They were either merged or eaten by zombies, so basically only one in ten or even one in a hundred of the bases survived.
Those bases that have survived to this day are either large bases with skilled personnel, or they are very cautious, hiding in some particularly remote places and not venturing out no matter who comes.
No matter how fierce the fighting is outside, our base has many wood-type ability users. We just farm and make sure we have enough to eat.
What's the point of improving strength or finding resources? Forget about it, just staying alive is enough.
It must be said that this is also a way of survival. In fact, these people live longer than many who dare to fight and struggle.
But this is ultimately not a long-term solution.
After all, if everyone hides away and no one is left to deal with the zombies, then humanity will eventually be gradually devoured until it perishes.
Shen Nianshen didn't think too much about it. Seeing the zombie army slowly moving towards the city wall, he quickly disappeared. After jumping between two spaces, he returned to the car.
Pei Xiu asked anxiously, "Brother Nian Shen, what did they say up front?"
“There’s a base up ahead.” Shen Nianshen recalled the wooden plaque hanging on the city wall and said, “It’s called the Lost City.”
Pei Xiu frowned: "The Lost City? That name sounds..."
He didn't know how to describe it, but he felt inexplicably saddened by what he heard.
Gu Zijing asked him, "Approximately how many zombies are there? And how many people are at the base?"
Shen Nianshen described the city wall and moat he had seen, and then said, "The city wall is ten meters high and extremely thick. It should be able to defend for a while, but there are too few humans."
Indeed, there were over 100,000 zombies and five or six thousand humans. Of course, there should still be humans in the base, but their numbers were only one to ten compared to the zombies.
If there hadn't been a shortage of top-tier experts, and if those experts were few in number, this great battle would likely have ended in a draw.
Ling Ran spoke up, "Could we go around to take a look?"
After thinking for a moment about the terrain he had just seen, he said, "The terrain outside the base is open, so it should be possible. We can go from the left side of the base."
The car drove back and, based on the terrain, arrived at the left side of the base.
The zombies had already started fighting.
As we all know, zombies can't swim. During the previous floods in H City, all the zombies were swept away by the water.
But now, these zombies can obviously swim, but they noticed that the zombies that can swim are all level 5 or above.
"Holy crap! Level 5 and above zombies can swim."
However, being able to swim is useless. The moat is too wide and long. Zombies have to go into the water to cross it. Once they go into the water, huge rocks come crashing down, along with various cleavers and sharp weapons, hoping to fall in and cut off their heads.
But the humans' joy was short-lived. The zombies stopped attacking, and a group of them emerged and began to build earthen walls into the moat.
Su Yimo exclaimed, "These zombies are getting smarter and smarter!"
Gu Zijing nodded: "The zombie commanding from behind should be a level eight or nine zombie."
"Damn, these zombies are leveling up way too fast."
Humans level up slower as they progress, but zombies level up much faster. Due to their large numbers and the abundance of zombie kings, as long as they survive the early stages, their leveling up in the later stages is simply unbeatable for humans.
These high-level zombies can even organize low-level zombies to attack humans. How are humans supposed to survive?
Generally, the only option is to concentrate resources to create a significant combat force, just like the base in Beijing. Otherwise, even if there aren't many zombies, humans will die once level eight or nine zombies appear.
"If it weren't for the adults, I would have run away as soon as I saw this scene, without even looking back."
Forget about helping; in the past, this would just be sending people to their deaths.
I didn't look at the humans on the city wall; they were all desperate and resigned to their fate. They knew they couldn't escape this zombie horde.
As everyone was discussing this, the earthen wall emerged from the moat, quickly draining all the water inside. Much of the water that flowed out had already frozen into ice.
The zombies slowly climbed up the wall. Because the wall was too high, ordinary zombies could not attack the humans on the wall. They could only stack one on top of the other, using their bodies to build their own.
The stones all fell, smashing through the heads of the zombies and turning them into meat cushions.
The superpowered individuals also began to take action, cooperating with each other.
A curtain of water descended, then combined with ice-based superpowers and the weather, freezing a large number of zombies in a wide area.
Furthermore, those ice blocks were slippery, and even if they were used as cushions, they weren't so easy to use. Many zombies slid down as soon as they stepped on them.
But there were too many zombies, so even if you piled up zombie corpses, you could still get to the top. Not to mention, that high-level zombie was still hiding among them and hadn't made a move yet.
Shen Nianshen and the others knew they couldn't handle an eighth-level zombie, so they said to Ling Ran, "Sir, let's go help them. How about we leave that high-level zombie to you?"
"good."
Seeing that she agreed, Shen Nian took out food, chairs and other items from his space and placed them where Ling Ran could sit.
As for whether or not to get closer to zombies, that's completely unnecessary.
The adult's special ability is to take the enemy's head from a thousand miles away.
"But we can't get through."
After deciding to go there, Pei Xiu suddenly thought of this problem: "If we fight here, it's too open, and the terrain is not favorable to us."
Upon hearing this, Ling Ran slightly raised her hand, and a thick earthen wall, as tall as a city wall, appeared not far away, standing in the middle of the road.
There are steps behind the earthen wall for them to climb up.
"After you go up, I will remove the stairs."
"Thank you, sir."
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