396: I'm gonna release poison.

Jiang Chen nodded, his brows tightly knit. He knew this human convert was right. The Alliance's technological strength was rapidly improving, and their resource supply was also very abundant. In contrast, although the corpse race had a massive population, they were far behind humans in terms of technology and resources.

"Then, in your opinion, how should we respond?" Jiang Chen asked.

"I think we should adopt a strategy of quick decisive battles," the human convert replied.

"How specifically?"

"Currently, we lack sufficient suppression over the Alliance in terms of intelligence and firepower. Especially in terms of air superiority, we are extremely passive. Although the corpse race can emit rays to secure low-altitude areas below 10,000 meters, above 10,000 meters, the ray energy attenuates too quickly to pose a threat."

Jiang Chen's brows furrowed slightly as he said, "I naturally understand what you are saying. Although Beidu Base has a complete industrial chain, important industrial workers and related technical personnel are all with the Alliance. Even if we were to train our own kin to learn and utilize technology, it would take more than ten years to gain a preliminary grasp."

The convert nodded slightly and said, "My Emperor, we do not have more than ten years. We don't even have a year. The most urgent task now is to concentrate our military advantage and eliminate the strongholds behind the front line. Additionally, we must quickly get our people to fly. Without air superiority, Beidu will also be within the Alliance's high-altitude airship bombing range."

Jiang Chen pondered for a moment, then said, "Hmm, what you said makes a lot of sense, but the enemy has fixed-point fire support, so it won't be easy to remove those nails embedded in our territory."

The human convert pondered for a moment and said, "My research has already achieved initial results. As long as the mother of the flying zombies appears, we will be able to reclaim air superiority."

Jiang Chen nodded slightly and said, "Yan Wenbo, you are the smartest among the converts. If you can truly enable the corpse race to fly, this Emperor will reward you handsomely."

Yan Wenbo smiled slightly, bowed, and said, "This humble subject will do his utmost and not fail my Emperor's trust."

Jiang Chen looked at Yan Wenbo before him and couldn't help but sigh. This genius scientist, originally human, not only retained human intelligence after being converted by the corpse race but also gained the longevity and powerful physical abilities of the corpse race. His joining undoubtedly brought immense assistance to the corpse race.

"Good, then whatever support you need, just ask," Jiang Chen said.

"I will do my best to meet your needs."

Yan Wenbo pondered for a moment and said, "Reporting to my Emperor, the research on flying zombies has entered a critical stage. However, we lack enough experimental subjects for trials. Moreover, certain rare materials required for the research are extremely scarce."

Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow and said, "As for the experimental subjects, my corpse race subjects are yours to choose from. As for the rare materials, make a list, and I will have my subordinates collect them with all their might."

Yan Wenbo's heart filled with joy, and he bowed, saying, "Thank you, my Emperor!"

He knew that with Jiang Chen's support, his research progress would greatly accelerate.

Just then, a messenger rushed in: "Report! Battle report from the front line!"

Jiang Chen waved his hand, signaling Yan Wenbo to withdraw, and asked the messenger, "Why didn't you transmit the message telepathically?"

"My Emperor, telepathic message transmission has its drawbacks. The information is incomplete, and frequent telepathic communication among a large number of our kin causes our brain capacity to be insufficient."

Jiang Chen rubbed his head. He deeply understood this point. When the generals at the front line simultaneously communicated with him telepathically, even he felt extremely fatigued. Although this message transmission speed was extremely fast, the content of the message depended on the general's ability to summarize. Sometimes they would babble on for a long time, but the crucial information was only a tiny bit.

It was like a broadband connection running at full capacity, putting a huge load on the already not-so-smart zombie brains.

"Speak, what's the news? Why the panic?" Jiang Chen asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, an urgent battle report has come from the front line! The Alliance has carried out targeted strikes on the corpse horde, and our troops have suffered heavy losses and are already unable to hold on! The East Sea City Special Operations Group has broken into scattered units, and all strongholds now have members of the Special Operations Group."

Jiang Chen's expression instantly became solemn. This Special Operations Group has a vicious woman named Qiu Qian, who is extremely powerful and constantly hunts down his Corpse Kings. Now that the Special Operations Group has broken into scattered units, acting as Commanders guarding various strongholds, the released personnel, who were originally bait, have now become steel nails, embedded in his territory.

Jiang Chen pondered for a moment and said, "Give the order: deploy the poisonous mist self-detonation units. There are many personnel at the strongholds, give them a big meal."

The messenger acknowledged and then turned and hurried away.

A cold glint flashed in Jiang Chen's eyes. The poisonous mist self-detonation units were a special type of corpse race unit. They were composed of heavy metals and various toxic compounds. These zombie evolutions were somewhat abnormal for the corpse race; in terms of physical strength, they were far inferior to the super-strong Metal Zombies and the ray zombies with energy storage structures, but they were poisonous.

To avoid contaminating the human population raised by the corpse race, these highly toxic zombies were kept far from the bases. Jiang Chen would never allow them to approach human settlements.

Some zombies had highly acidic bodily fluids, which were dangerous even to fellow zombies, let alone humans. The general in charge of these toxic and harmful zombies, named Du, showed excitement on his face when he received Jiang Chen's order.

With a single command, large numbers of toxic zombies surged out of the dilapidated chemical plant in the Beidu suburbs, advancing south. Because these zombies were toxic and harmful, they generally only had physical evolution and no intellectual evolution. Therefore, they were like remote-controlled robots, moving in groups, led by Corpse Kings.

The emergence of a large number of toxic zombies was quickly captured by the Alliance's high-resolution reconnaissance satellites. The data was directly transmitted back to the East Sea City Base's combat command center.

Commander Bai Yan, sitting in the command room, looked at the bright spots on the screen, feeling a faint unease. Every day, the photos sent back by the satellites would show dense corpse hordes.

These corpse hordes were very dispersed, and it was unrealistic to achieve full firepower coverage. Millions of square kilometers of ground, even emptying the ammunition depot, would not cover even one percent. Only corpse hordes with high energy levels would be subjected to targeted strikes and clearance.

"Tianquan, these newly appearing corpse hordes are a bit strange. Send two low-altitude probes to investigate. My intuition tells me that these new corpse hordes are not ordinary," Bai Yan said.

"Commander Bai Yan, these corpse hordes have normal energy reactions and are not worth striking," Tianquan said.

Bai Yan nodded slightly and said, "Then monitor their movement positions and see where they are going. There are more ray zombies around Beidu, and the strike effect is extremely poor. Figure out the direction and purpose of these newly appearing zombie hordes."

"Yes, already included within the monitoring range!" Tianquan responded.