276: Days are hard

Tian Ming’s thoughts stirred, and all of his Nanometer Avatars returned, forming armor that clung to Tian Ming’s body.

Without interference, the Corpse King directly pounced on Tian Ming.

However, Tian Ming remained completely unfazed.

The Nanometer Avatars forming his protective armor instantly separated, and the Corpse King, just one meter away, was restrained by Tian Ming, unable to move.

Tian Ming looked at the restrained Corpse King, tapped its head, and asked with a smile, “Can you speak?”

The Corpse King shook its head, its face full of rage, and said, “Let me go, or I’ll tear you to shreds.”

Tian Ming smiled and said, “Is that so? Well, that’s an honor.

Have a good journey, goodbye.”

Bang! A flash of light, followed by a thunderous explosion.

As the smoke and dust cleared, Tian Ming held a Red Crystal Core in his hand and absorbed it.

The zombies outside the building retreated, and the remaining Corpse Kings, seeing such a powerful Ability User appear, turned and fled.

Tian Ming was about to give chase when the Alliance Commander’s voice came from behind him.

“Friend, don’t chase them.”

Tian Ming turned around and saw a middle-aged man walking towards him.

He was dressed in a black military officer’s uniform with the Hualien Base emblem on his chest.

The man hurried forward, saluted Tian Ming, and said, “Captain Liu Bin, Captain of the Third Legion’s Direct Brigade of Hualien Base.

May I ask which unit you are from, friend?”

Tian Ming nodded slightly and said, “Lu Tianming, the person in charge of the East Sea City Shelter!”

Captain Liu Bin’s face showed a hint of surprise as he said, “You are the Alliance’s only all-element controller?”

Tian Ming smiled faintly, not expecting his reputation to have spread throughout the entire Alliance.

Seeing Tian Ming smile without speaking, Captain Liu Bin quickly said, “Mr. Lu, thank you for your assistance today.

Our Hualien Base is experiencing a shortage of supplies, and we were collecting materials when we were unexpectedly besieged by these zombies.

If not for Mr. Lu’s timely assistance, I’m afraid we would have been in grave danger today.”

Tian Ming waved his hand and said, “Hualien Base is also one of the bases under the Alliance, right?

But when I attended the Alliance Headquarters meeting last time, I didn’t see a representative from Hualien Base on the attendee list?”

Captain Liu Bin shook his head slightly and said, “Although we belong to the Alliance, we are a subordinate base of Lianzhou, primarily responsible for the security and supplies of Lianzhou Base.

But recently, collecting supplies has become increasingly difficult, and the zombies have grown stronger and stronger, leading to significant personnel losses for us recently.”

Captain Liu Bin’s face was filled with a bitter smile.

Apart from Beidu Base, which has a complete industrial chain, other bases are having a very difficult time, and most material production requires raw materials.

It is also due to the shortage of raw materials that these bases, which lack production capacity, have fallen into a vicious cycle.

Tian Ming took a deep breath and said, “It seems everyone is having a tough time.

Doesn’t Alliance Headquarters send people to provide support?”

Captain Liu Bin smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, “Alliance Headquarters is too far from us, and with its production capacity, the twelve large bases simply don’t receive enough resources.

Moreover, the entire Alliance must now make way for the Super Legion, and many high-level Ability Users have been transferred there.”

At this moment, a woman walked over, holding an electronic map, and said, “Commander, our aerial transport team was attacked and lost two transport helicopters.

Two hundred people from the Second Legion’s Fifth Squad encountered two Corpse Kings on their way to provide support, twenty kilometers from us.

Headquarters wants us to rescue them.”

“Rescue? How can we rescue them when we’ve lost more than half of our personnel this time?

We don’t even have vehicles.

If we walk there, by the time we arrive, the zombies will have already eaten their fill.”

Captain Liu Bin’s face showed a bitter smile.

Then he added, “Reply to Headquarters that our personnel are proceeding on foot and will need an hour to reach the designated location.”

Tian Ming glanced at Captain Liu Bin and said, “Where is the location? I’ll go check it out first.”

Captain Liu Bin pointed to a red dot on the electronic map and said, “It’s right here, about 20 kilometers away.”

Tian Ming nodded, and his body instantly vanished, startling Captain Liu Bin.

“Commander, all-element control is really amazing!” the woman said with an envious look.

“Yes, but what’s the use?

No matter how powerful he is, he can’t eliminate all the zombies.

Now zombies can even give birth; monsters beget monsters, so they can never be completely eradicated.”

In a short while, Tian Ming arrived at the location marked on the map.

It was an old residential complex, completely swarming with zombies.

Forty to fifty team members were trapped on the rooftop of a central residential building.

Below, several massive zombies were smashing the building’s load-bearing pillars.

The team members upstairs had long since run out of bullets; they were in a desperate situation.

As the zombies violently dismantled the building, the entire residential building trembled slightly under their destructive force.

Two Corpse Kings stood leisurely behind the zombie horde, using telepathy to command the lower-level zombies to demolish the building.

“Brother Li, how should we divide these humans? How many do you want?” one Corpse King asked.

The other Corpse King let out a cackling laugh: “Brother Mian, how about we split them in half?

I only want the heads, and the rest can be for the little ones to snack on.”

“As you wish, I’ll go first!” the other Corpse King cackled.

Tian Ming frowned deeply; these two guys were actually discussing how to share the spoils, which was truly outrageous.

Suddenly, Corpse King Li’s expression changed, and he said, “Not good, there’s a Superpower User’s aura.”

Corpse King Mian waved his hand and said, “Where would Lianzhou’s base get a Superpower User?

They’re just a few First-Class Ability Users; they’re no match for the two of us.”

Pfft, Corpse King Mian hadn’t even finished speaking when Corpse King Li froze in place.

In an instant, he was torn apart in mid-air, turning into a puddle of minced meat.

Corpse King Mian was instantly terrified and was about to flee, but suddenly, he found himself unable to move.

Soon, the surrounding air currents cut through his body like sharp blades.

Moreover, these air currents also carried terrifying high temperatures.

Corpse King Mian didn’t even have time to scream before he followed in Corpse King Li’s footsteps, becoming a pile of fragments.

The Red Crystal Cores of the two Corpse Kings solidified and were absorbed by Tian Ming.

They were still blue Red Crystal Cores, and Tian Ming’s control range increased by more than ten centimeters.

Blue Red Crystal Cores were becoming less and less valuable in Tian Ming’s eyes.

Tian Ming sighed slightly, and with a wave of his hand, the armor on his body directly turned into a black smoke.

Countless Nanometer Avatars began to indiscriminately slaughter the zombies throughout the entire complex.