A "Viper" attack helicopter emitted a deafening roar, its massive rotors kicking up a gale that swirled the dust on the playground into the air. Beneath it, two reinforced platoons of fully armed Marine Corps soldiers were quickly boarding 10 armored personnel carriers.
"Target: Daweifa Supermarket. Clear out all infected, establish a defensive position, and wait for the transport convoy," Chu Wenhai calmly issued the command over the tactical channel.
The attack helicopter took off first, circling over the ruins like a hunting falcon, the rotary cannon beneath its nose constantly adjusting its angle. The armored convoy followed closely behind, crashing through the abandoned vehicles at the school's back gate and roaring onto the streets.
In less than ten minutes, the sound of intense gunfire echoed from the distance.
Inside the RT-Mart Supermarket, the space was originally packed with zombies wearing tattered employee uniforms and customer clothes. When the armored vehicles smashed through the glass curtain wall and charged into the hall, these rotting creatures let out bone-chilling screams. However, they were met with a heavy barrage from the armored vehicles. After clearing a safe zone, the vehicles opened their doors, and the Marine Corps poured out like a tide.
"Flank them! Get grenades ready!"
"Da da da da da...!"
"3, 2, 1! Missile launch!"
"F*ck! Get down!"
"Boom! Boom!"
Explosions accompanied severed limbs flying between the shelves. The attack helicopter hovered at low altitude, its 20mm autocannon firing frantically at the groups of zombies trying to gather on the supermarket's top floor. The flames instantly transformed this shopping mecca into a slaughterhouse. Blood splattered across shelves that once held fresh vegetables and snacks; those once-expensive goods were now trampled under tactical boots, mixed with the stench of rotting flesh.
In just one hour, the zombies inside the supermarket were completely purged. Subsequently, fully loaded survivor transport vehicles drove into the store. Like hauling spoils of war, the survivors loaded crates of canned food, rice, flour, bottled water, and even bundles of toilet paper and medicine onto the trucks.
Shortly after, the transport convoy returned to the campus laden with supplies. Large quantities of food and daily necessities filled the warehouse, greatly easing the base's supply pressure. A certain area of the school was partitioned and converted into farmland; the first batch of seeds reclaimed from the supermarket's agricultural section—potatoes, cabbage, and wheat—had already been planted by the survivors.
[Ding! Successfully occupied Daweifa Supermarket. Obtained a large amount of daily supplies. The survival period of the Gymnasium base has been extended. Reward: 100 Biomass.]
[Due to improved labor and abundant supplies, Order Stability: 97% (Stability based on dependence).]
After many days, as the final section of the campus wall was reinforced, the system's notification sound arrived as scheduled, announcing the complete construction of this doomsday fortress. It wasn't just the completion of the fortifications; over these past few weeks, Lin Xuan had been harvesting Biomass frantically by constantly sending squads out to clear zombies from surrounding towns, and his military force had gradually expanded.
With the five-hundred-point Biomass reward credited to his account, Lin Xuan's confidence had never been higher. But what he looked forward to most was the special unit rewarded by the system—the "Super Soldier."
[Do you wish to summon "Super Soldier"?]
The moment he pressed "Yes," the air seemed to freeze.
At the top of the distant Administration Building, a white figure appeared abruptly. He didn't use the stairs or any tools; instead, he leapt directly from the roof dozens of meters high. Some survivors caught sight of this by chance, and amidst their terrified screams, the figure stretched his limbs in mid-air and slammed heavily onto the side wall of another building. Like a giant gecko, the concrete beneath him shattered like tofu before his terrifying strength. He actually began a diagonal sprint across the vertical wall of the building, nearly defying the laws of physics!
"What the hell is that?!" A patrolling Marine Corps soldier instinctively raised his rifle, only to be pushed down by a Black Watch Soldier beside him.
"Don't just point your gun around, idiot."
Chu Wenhai and Commander Xu Chuan, two battle-hardened Commanders, now showed deep emotion in their eyes. Chu Wenhai murmured softly, "A Super Soldier... they even deployed a monster like this?"
Standing on the high platform of the Gymnasium, Lin Xuan's pupils suddenly constricted. He saw the white figure exert force during his run, his whole body like a shell leaving a barrel, instantly crossing hundreds of meters of empty space and lunging forward with a piercing whistle of broken air.
"Boom!"
The Super Soldier landed steadily on the open ground fifty meters away from Lin Xuan. The hard asphalt surface instantly exploded, with dense spider-web-like cracks spreading out from his feet. As the dust cleared, a burly giant nearly two and a half meters tall slowly stood up. He wore a specialized white composite fiber combat suit that even revealed the contours of his muscles. Most striking was the fully enclosed metal gas mask on his head, the lenses beneath flickering with a beast-like cold light in the shadows.
With every step he took, the ground seemed to tremble slightly. This pure, overwhelming aesthetic of violence made all the surrounding survivors tremble to the depths of their souls.
"code d. Super Soldier reporting to you, Commander."
It was an electronically synthesized, coarse, and muffled voice, sounding like metal grinding or the low growl of a predator.
Lin Xuan stared at the monster named code d before him, waves of shock crashing through his heart. Was this the culmination of Black Watch technology? Was this a human who had consumed the blacklight virus but hadn't turned into a zombie, instead evolving into a war machine? The dangerous aura radiating from him even made one's skin feel a faint prickling pain.
"Excellent!" Lin Xuan couldn't help but marvel inwardly, but he forced a look of calm onto his face and stepped forward. Reaching him, Lin Xuan extended his right hand and gently patted the armored arm, which was as hard as steel, and said softly, "code d..."
"Commander. Any creature that stands in your way, I will crush them completely." code d lowered his head slightly, his tone filled with absolute obedience.
Lin Xuan's current forces consisted of over six hundred Marine Corps soldiers, thirty infantry armored vehicles, thirty-seven Black Watch, one Super Soldier, six main battle tanks, three transport helicopters, and six attack helicopters.
Lin Xuan had previously asked Chu Wenhai about the Super Soldier. Chu Wenhai had explained that this was a man like a god, capable of taking on a tide of zombies single-handedly. Seeing him now, it was indeed true. Lin Xuan looked around and saw that the survivors working in the fields had already collapsed to the ground in terror.
"Zhou Jianguo, what is the status of our supply reserves?" Lin Xuan turned to look at Zhou Jianguo behind him.
"Reporting to Commander Lin, all supplies from Daweifa have been stored... The first batch of crops in the fields is growing very well. With the help of the helicopters, these supplies can last us for two years," Zhou Jianguo replied haltingly.
Lin Xuan nodded, his gaze fixed on the deathly silent city center outside the school. There was more Biomass waiting to be harvested there, and more secrets waiting to be unearthed.
"Since our defenses are complete, there's no need to stay in this small pond anymore."
Lin Xuan looked at the dead city in the distance, thinking to himself. After careful consideration, he finally made up his mind and decisively issued an important order.
"Pass down my command: prepare the entire army. Starting tomorrow, with the campus as our base, we will gradually begin clearing the outside world and take the first step toward rebuilding civilization."
"System, purchase 10 drone virus detectors."
[10 drone virus detectors have been delivered to your designated location. Please check.]
[Ding! Due to the arrival of the Super Soldier and the completion of fortifications, Campus Order Stability: 100%.]
[Current Base Status: Impregnable.]
[Host's Current Biomass: 1283 (1483 - 200).]
[Host, main quest triggered: "Capture F City."]