280: Corpses gather

After Zhou Sumei was blasted away, she was furious but helpless. As an Ability User with full elemental control, Tian Ming wouldn't even look at a woman like her. He didn't even have any interest in playing around.

She had never seen such a high-level player. But the more he was like this, the more unwilling she felt. She pulled open her collar, messed up her hair, and then swaggered towards the interior of the base.

Although nothing happened between her and Tian Ming, to outsiders, it was not so. People just like to stir up trouble, and with a slight excuse, they can make a big deal out of it.

After Zhou Sumei left, Tian Ming sat in the watchtower's office, eating the fruit Zhou Sumei had brought. Lianzhou Base's modern agriculture was quite good. These tomatoes were fresh and juicy. Although they were called fruits, they were all easy to cultivate, like cherry tomatoes, strawberries, raspberries, kumquats, and melons.

Some were probably grafted, with very small yields, as they were underground, using artificial light to grow fruit trees. For them to bear fruit in a year, grafting was the only way.

While he was eating, Tian Ming received a message from his clone: the zombies in the entire Lianzhou City began to gather in large numbers, and they were starting to stir.

At this moment, the VR tactical glasses also received images from the high-altitude reconnaissance drone. From the images, the zombies were divided into three locations. The zombies around Lianzhou City seemed to have received a message simultaneously and all emerged.

The alarm at Lianzhou Base sounded, and everyone began to get nervous.

At this moment, Commander Hualian's voice came through Tian Ming's communication channel.

"Instructor Lu, there's a large concentration of zombies at Hualian and Lianzhou Base. Looking at this momentum, it seems they are about to launch a general attack!"

Tian Ming looked at the screen in his VR tactical glasses and said, "I see them. Leave the Corpse King to me; you all handle the rest. There are too many zombies for me to kill alone. Just defend the base."

Tian Ming's figure disappeared from the watchtower, and the next moment, he appeared in Lianzhou's defensive command center.

Inside the command center, the atmosphere was tense but orderly. Everyone was busy at their posts, preparing for the impending battle.

Tian Ming walked into the command center. He glanced at the large screen and then walked towards the officer in charge of defensive arrangements.

"Where is the main attack direction of the zombies?" Tian Ming asked.

"According to drone reconnaissance, the main attack direction of the zombies should be north and east," the officer replied.

"Good, then we will strengthen our defenses in these two directions. Also, tell all soldiers to prepare for a tough fight. To avoid affecting the defense line, I will release Nitrogen Bombs three kilometers behind the defense line to create a wall of fire. Your mission is to ensure the safety of the base personnel," Tian Ming made a decisive decision.

Upon hearing this, the officer immediately saluted and said, "Yes, Instructor Lu!"

"If any Corpse King breaks within three kilometers, immediately mark its position in red on the map, and I will come to deal with it immediately."

"Understood!"

Around Lianzhou Base, a oppressive atmosphere enveloped every inch of land and every wisp of air. The zombies seemed to sense the impending feast; they caught the scent of the base personnel, like sharks smelling blood, and surged in from all directions.

Among the ruined walls of the city, the figures of zombies flickered in and out of sight. They crawled out from the depths of the wilderness, burrowed out from underground tunnels, their grotesque faces and glowing green eyes all fixed on the same target—Lianzhou Base.

For the Corpse King, the relocation of Lianzhou Base personnel was equivalent to the loss of a food source. This base was an important source of brain-boosting ingredients for them, and an occasional attack could provide them with a large amount of fresh ingredients. Once the base personnel relocated, their intellectual evolution would stagnate, which they could not tolerate.

In the images transmitted by the drone, the zombie hordes from the north and east were the first to arrive, surging like a tide, a dark, overwhelming mass, their numbers astonishing. The zombies in the footage were like ants, dense and boundless.

And at this critical moment, Tian Ming hovered in the air. He spread his arms, like a magician controlling elements, and a large amount of elemental energy gathered in the air. A giant Nitrogen Bomb slowly condensed under his control.

The power of this Nitrogen Bomb was comparable to a tactical nuclear bomb, yet it was different. It was clean and pollution-free, with an explosion radius of only one to two kilometers. Although Tian Ming had the ability to create larger and stronger weapons, he was very restrained. He knew that if the power was too great, the shockwave could very likely tear apart the defense line on the ground of Lianzhou Base as well.

The moment Tian Ming's figure disappeared, the Nitrogen Bomb exploded with a roar. A dazzling light instantly illuminated the entire battlefield, and a powerful shockwave spread out accompanied by a deafening roar.

The zombie horde appeared so fragile and vulnerable before this power; they were instantly engulfed by the high temperature and shockwave, and countless zombies turned to ashes under this force.

Immediately after, a second Nitrogen Bomb was detonated five kilometers away from the first. This time, the target was the rear of the zombie horde, those zombies that had just emerged from the city and the depths of the wilderness. They had not yet had a chance to get close to Lianzhou Base before they were swallowed by this sudden explosion.

The light in the sky had not yet completely dissipated when another earth-shattering roar followed. The shockwave rolled across the wilderness, sweeping up dust and debris from the ground, forming small storms. Those zombies within the range of this force, no matter how they roared or struggled, were instantly annihilated by this merciless and violent power.

The personnel of Lianzhou Base, watching these two consecutive explosions on the screen, couldn't help but cheer. They knew that with a powerful individual like Tian Ming, all zombies would essentially be crushed.

As the explosion subsided, the Red Crystal Cores suspended on the ground emitted a light blue glow. Tian Ming, with a slight smile on his lips, directed his clones to collect all the Red Crystal Cores.

The two Nitrogen Bombs covered an explosion area of approximately one hundred hectares, which was also where the zombies were most concentrated. Within the central area, even the Corpse King was directly shattered and carried away by the shockwave.

A total of 65 Red Crystal Cores were directly absorbed by Tian Ming. The absorbed Red Crystal Core energy surged through his limbs, making his elemental control ability and efficiency stronger, and his control range also expanded to 39 meters.

A hint of joy flashed in Tian Ming's eyes. The relocation of Lianzhou Base was more reliable than him searching for the Corpse King himself. When he searched for the Corpse King, the Corpse King would hide, making it difficult to deal with. Now that the personnel were relocating, these Corpse Kings could no longer sit still and had all shown themselves.