The moment the explosion sounded, Lin Qing decisively ordered everyone to retreat from the bunker and left without looking back.

Sure enough, the explosive power of this ground mine was extremely strong. When the ground mine a hundred meters away from them was also detonated, the metal waste inside was instantly blown out and shot towards Lin Qing and the others.

The coin that ricocheted the farthest hit directly through the bunker they were in, but even so, it was half embedded in the ground. You can imagine what would happen if it hit a person.

But Lin Qing's face did not look very good, because the ground mine was wasted!

The ground mines that can be used to cause massive damage to a large group of zombies were actually used just for a few thousand agile zombies. Lin Qing was furious. Where did these new mutant zombies come from?

But there is no other way. The communication range of earth-type evolvers with earth elements is limited. If they hide too far away, these mechanisms cannot be activated at all. Things like ground mines must be so precise that the evolvers must control them with all their attention, and the distance must be precisely controlled.

It is necessary to use it, and it can be regarded as eliminating these mutant zombies. Otherwise, if they are allowed to approach the city wall, even at the height of the capital, they can instantly climb up to the top of the wall by stepping on the gaps between bricks and stones. At their speed, the trouble they cause on the top of the wall will be huge.

Lin Qing could only comfort himself in this way. He was the main person in charge of this operation, so he had to remain calm and not get distracted, because there was a big task ahead that required him to lead everyone in its execution.

Now they need to rush to the next bunker. There is a ground-piercing lightning array under the road they are passing through. If the special instruments that can amplify the explosion effect are really limited, how could such a large-scale weapon be arranged only twice around the capital? If the materials are sufficient, even if this sea of ​​zombies increases several times, they can still be blown up completely.

It was wasted last time, this time, we must bomb the main force of the zombie ocean.

"Help me! Ah..."

Just as Lin Qing was thinking about the next task, a scream suddenly rang out from the back of the retreating team.

Everyone turned around instantly and saw that an earth-type evolver hanging at the end of the team was actually being bitten on the throat by a strange creature. The creature was biting the aorta and blood was gushing out continuously.

How is that possible?

Lin Qing's brain short-circuited for a moment. How could a ground mine of this level allow zombies to survive? He felt it was a waste to use the ground mine just now in such a place. How could it not achieve the effect of completely annihilating the zombies?

Swish!

A long earth spear pierced through the air over everyone's heads, accurately pinning the little creature that was biting the man just now to the ground.

Although he was extremely fast, his body seemed very fragile and he was nailed to the ground by the spear, struggling.

Only then did Lin Qing see the true appearance of the thing. It was extremely small, only the size of a baby, and its body was riddled with holes from the steel nails and fragments that were hit by the ground spike thunder. One arm was broken, but its two thin legs were intact. In its mouth full of fangs, it was chewing a piece of flesh that was larger than its head.

With his neck torn in half, the Earth-Type Evolver who was attacked was obviously going to die. Under his pleading eyes, Lin Qing gritted his teeth and gave him a quick death.

Lin Qing's adjutant came over, carefully observed the little zombie, and said slowly, "It should be because of its extremely small size. Although it was hit by the ground spike mine, its important organs and feet were not injured, so it was able to catch up with us quickly.

We were so focused on retreating that we didn't expect that some zombies would survive the minefield. We were careless."

Lin Qing stared at the smoke-filled position. There was no second zombie in their sight yet. He said solemnly, "Quick, evacuate to the second bunker. We don't know how many of these little creatures there are yet. We'll see the specific situation later.

Li Chuang, take Qingzi's body back and bury it in the capital."

A muscular man stood out from the crowd, silently carried Qingzi's body on his shoulders, and everyone quickly evacuated to the second shelter 700 meters away from the capital.

"Captain, have you seen those beasts?"

It was Li Chuang's voice. The sturdy man had red eyes and stared at Lin Qing with burning eyes.

Qingzi was his childhood friend, and Lin Qing knew it very well, so he asked him to handle Qingzi's funeral.

The person who was drinking and gambling with me the day before, a living person, is now gone, a corpse with a little warmth. Because the task has not been completed, I can only suppress the grief in my heart and let it accumulate.

"I haven't seen any similar creatures yet, but the explosions from the first ground spike mine array have stopped, so it should be over. However, the smoke and dust are too heavy to see clearly through the telescope."

This time, another twenty people were assigned to take charge of the second ground spike lightning array one hundred meters away from them. Although not much power of the earth element would be used, this job required people to maintain control over that small earth spike at all times, which was extremely mentally exhausting. So they had to replace them with another group of people, as the previous twenty people were already exhausted.

“It appeared!”

Everyone gathered around in an instant, asking Lin Qing.

"Is it a large group of zombies?"

Lin Qing's face was very ugly. He shook his head with difficulty and said slowly, "It was the small creatures just now. They rushed out in large numbers, but their speed seemed to be greatly affected. Judging from their speed, they will reach us in 30 seconds."

Looking through the telescope, he revealed another piece of news that silenced everyone.

"There is still a small gap between these little creatures and the large army of zombies."

This means that if they wait until they enter the range of the ground spike mines and detonate, they will still not be able to harm the large forces behind them. Moreover, it is very likely that the enemy has already known the power of the ground spike mine array and wants to use these things similar to engineers to trick the mines out with their own bodies before the large forces arrive.

If this is really what the enemy considered, it would be too terrifying. Lin Qing instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

If the ground spike mine array is used on these little things again, not only will the effect be minimal, but it will also fail to shake the foundation of the zombie sea.

If we don't use it now, it will be completely wasted because of the lack of distance, and we won't even be able to kill these little creatures.

Although Lin Qing had great confidence in the final big move, the vague uneasiness in his heart made him extremely uncomfortable. They didn't know the enemy's strength, but they only had the last line of defense behind them.

Lin Qing hesitated, and suddenly someone interrupted the silence, "Captain, let me do it."

It’s Li Chuang!

His eyes were now very scary, wide open, as if he had just made a very important decision. He panted and said quickly with a firm look in his eyes, "Captain Lin Qing, you guys evacuate. I'll stay here to control the ground mine array. I'll let those little beasts go first, and when the zombie army arrives, I'll detonate the ground mine array.

This way, the purpose of the ground spike mine array will not be wasted."

Lin Qing rejected his suggestion immediately, frowned, and ordered, "Don't mess around. Can you control 20 traction spikes? Even if they really explode, you will be dead by then."

Li Chuang seemed to have expected Lin Qing to say this, and added, "Captain, you should know that in fact, the basic number of mines required to trigger the entire ground spike mine array is only five, and twenty is just for insurance purposes.

If I exert all my control, I can control the activation of five ground spikes at the same time. And my awakening ability is special, I can merge with the earth, and I can hide my breath as long as I don't move. This can only be done by me."

"Full control? You have to overdraw half of your money. Once you overdraw more than half, you will be completely useless."

Facing Lin Qing's puzzled look, Li Chuang smiled calmly instead.

"It's nothing. I, Li Chuang, only have Qingzi as my brother, so I just want to avenge my brother. Anyway, both of us have our wives and children, so we don't have to endure going back to take care of our families.

As for whether I am useless or not, Captain, to be honest, I don’t want to go back alive.”

Lin Qing still shook his head and rejected him again, "We still have a line of defense behind us, you don't have to risk your life to try it."

Li Chuang was anxious. He stood up and pointed at Lin Qing's nose and cursed, "Damn it, don't you know whether the last line of defense can be taken over? What are you bragging to me about? It's clearly said that it can kill hundreds of thousands of people. Why are you using it to kill these hundreds of bastards?

You saw the one that killed Qingzi just now, so you may not be able to kill them all if you activate it now."

Lin Qing still didn't say anything, so Li Chuang shouted, "They will be here in a dozen seconds. My life is my own. I don't mind if you guys accompany me, but who will you be worthy of when the time comes?

If you keep on being such a bitch, I, Li Chuang, don't want you as my captain!"

Lin Qing had never seen Li Chuang like this before. He was usually a simple and honest man. Staring into his eyes that were burning with anger, Lin Qing gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go! Take Qingzi's body away and bury him with honor!"

Li Chuang laughed and shouted at Lin Qing's back.

"That's great! This guy is the captain of my Li Chuang team!"

There were a few people who wanted to stay with Li Chuang, but they were scolded back by him.

"You guys have the same awakening ability as me, don't harm me, get out!"

Looking at the backs of everyone leaving, Li Chuang smiled foolishly, his body slowly sinking into the earth, his breath blending with the soil.

His awakened ability was just as he said, and his aura did not leak out at all. He felt the dwarf zombies running quickly past his head, and his mind was completely focused on the earth spikes of the five earth spike mine pull rings at the core of the earth spike mine array.

Hearing the rumbling sound in the distance, Li Chuang knew that Lin Qing and his men had opened the last line of defense. He felt relieved and muttered to himself.

"Qingzi, don't blame me for not being kind enough to avenge you and kill those damn dwarf zombies. But I have no choice, please understand me.

When you were drinking, didn't you always complain that it was useless to be promoted to the second level and no one would remember you even if you died? Don't worry, after I do this, I will be famous, and the captain will definitely take you with him, so won't people remember it?"

Speaking of this, Li Chuang's eyes were full of excitement and he continued to talk to himself.

"Don't leave in a hurry. Wait for me. You still owe me a drink. You have to pay me back before we get to Meng Po."

Boom! Boom!

After a minute, dense noises were heard from the ground. Li Chuang, who was almost exhausted from maintaining the earth spikes, suddenly saw a light in front of his eyes.

He knew that a large army of zombies was coming.

Feeling the weight on his head, Li Chuang, who had overdrawn his control over the earth element, suddenly became energetic.

"I've finally waited for you. If you don't come, I'll be infamous forever. You'll kill me if I go downstairs."

There was a gleam of fire in Li Chuang's eyes. After a part of the zombies passed by, he instantly released his control over the earth element.

The five ground mines he controlled exploded instantly, and air waves spread out in circles. Boom, boom, boom, the other ground mines were detonated one after another in an instant.

There was a large blank area in the middle of the sea of ​​zombies, and all the zombies in the area where the ground mine array was located were scattered on the ground.

Li Chuang, because his aura was exposed when he used his ability, was dug out of the mud by several zombies.

Li Chuang smiled as the food was being shared.

(End of this chapter)