405: Airstrike

Qiu Wuhui was also a ruthless man. After returning, he contacted Qiu Qian through Number Three and explained the situation. Qiu Qian's mind nearly exploded.

"Brother, isn't a normal person's life good enough? Why do you have to participate in combat?"

"Sister, don't you understand me? I was a military enthusiast before. Now that you are fighting fiercely on the front lines, what's the point of me sitting on the sidelines? I also want to become stronger, to wield weapons and gallop on the battlefield. But right now, I'm not even as good as a Five-level Ability User, and the boss won't let me take the agent. Now, for the stronger nano-modification, I also need your consent."

"The boss is right. I'm your family. You can wait a bit longer. It's not too late to wait until the technology is mature," Qiu Qian advised, understanding Qiu Wuhui's personality.

"No waiting. The research institute has consciousness backup. If it fails and I die, at worst, they can just use the consciousness backup to turn me directly into a full-mechanical human. By then, any part of me that breaks can be replaced. This way, I'll be stronger than Mo Fei, who still retains his brain."

Qiu Qian was momentarily speechless and said, "The one from the consciousness backup might not be you, do you understand?"

Qiu Wuhui was too lazy to argue and said, "Sister, from childhood to adulthood, I've almost never asked you for anything, have I? This is the one thing I'm asking you for. Although I'm not the perfect experimental subject, if I succeed, then ordinary people in the base will also have a chance to become Super Soldiers. Even if I fail, it can accumulate experience for the research institute."

"What if I don't agree?!"

"My life isn't meaningful if I live. If you don't agree, I'll go down to find Mom early."

Qiu Qian was silent for a long time before slowly opening her mouth and saying, "Alright, I agree."

"Thank you, Sister!" Qiu Wuhui finished speaking and immediately hung up the communication, afraid that his sister would go back on her word. With such high risk, Qiu Wuhui was undoubtedly gambling with his life. In fact, he also understood that everyone in the base shared its honor and disgrace, and value determined everything. No matter how much upheaval there was, those with low value would always be abandoned.

After hanging up the phone, Qiu Qian sighed softly. Since becoming the highest-ranking person in charge of the Special Operations Group, she had seen much death, but her own brother risking his life for the success of nano-modification still made her secretly worried.

The tent flap was pushed open, and Gao Shengqiang removed his gas mask. His face was very pale; most of the personnel at Point Number One were poisoned. The new antidote had just been air-dropped and he had distributed it.

"Team Leader Qiu, do you need some?" Gao Shengqiang handed over an antidote and asked.

Qiu Qian waved her hand and said, "I don't need it. I'm immune to poison."

Gao Shengqiang nodded, rolled up his sleeve, and injected himself in the arm. The nanobots in the liquid medicine permeated his entire body through the capillaries.

These nanobots were like personal doctors for the body, beginning to patrol the body like immune cells. Any toxic or harmful substances would be found and broken down by them, then expelled from the body through pores and bodily fluids.

Compared to previous antidotes, nanobots enhanced the body's own defense capabilities, fundamentally solving the problem of poisoning.

The new antidote could only save those who were not deeply poisoned. For those whose internal organs had already been damaged by poison beyond the body's repair capabilities, death was still inevitable.

Gao Shengqiang's complexion improved slightly after injecting the antidote. He let out a long sigh of relief and said, "Team Leader Qiu, our people are finding it increasingly difficult to defend. This can't go on."

"Mm!"

"Is there no news from the base?" Gao Shengqiang couldn't help but ask.

"The machine army is truly accelerating production. The boss told me that we still need to hold out for about five days. Currently, the Linshan Defense Line loses approximately 30,000 machine legions daily, and the defense line formed by the Linshan zombies is already struggling. In five days, the number of mechanical legions will exceed four million, and then a general offensive will be launched to completely take down the Linshan Defense Line."

In the current situation, in addition to the daily combat losses, wall defenses, and mechanical legions used for counter-attacks accounted for the majority. The difference between losses and manufacturing numbers was not large, which significantly slowed down the overall power growth.

Gao Shengqiang sighed. Ever since the poison zombies joined the battle, the defensive personnel had been rapidly depleted. Although the mechs of the Super Legion helped deal with the poison zombies, the mechs' coverage was limited. At this time, the personnel on the point defense line were already less than 10,000, and people were dying every day.

Just then, a piercing alarm sounded on the defense line.

A report from a frontline soldier came through Qiu Qian's earpiece: "Team Leader Qiu, a large number of dark shadows have appeared in the sky to the north."

"Did you see them clearly?" Qiu Qian stood up abruptly.

"Yes, I saw them clearly. They are zombies. They have wings, and there are many of them, a dense mass of black," the soldier's voice carried a hint of fear.

Qiu Qian's expression became solemn.

"Notify everyone to prepare for battle. Anti-air weapons, activate immediately."

The defense line immediately became busy. Soldiers quickly rushed to their respective combat positions, and anti-air weapons began to charge and preheat. There were few anti-air weapons because there had been no flying zombies before. These anti-air laser weapons were also used to deal with the Nitrogen Bombs thrown by the throwing zombies.

Gao Shengqiang, who was beside her, quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

"A large number of flying zombies are approaching. Prepare for combat," Qiu Qian replied with a serious expression.

Upon hearing this, Gao Shengqiang's face showed a hint of surprise: "What? Don't zombies not fly?"

"Yes, we also didn't expect zombies to suddenly gain the ability to fly," Qiu Qian frowned, filled with doubt.

"This is probably a new characteristic of zombie mutation."

And at the moment the flying zombies appeared, the zombie legions on the ground all emerged and charged towards the defense line at Point Number One.

How did these flying zombies appear? The satellites and drones in the sky hadn't detected them at all.

Boom!

The artillery on the defense line began to roar, and the fully charged laser weapons also began to target and kill the flying zombies in the sky. But the numbers were simply too great; these few anti-air weapons could not play a decisive role at all.

When the targets flew closer, the soldiers on the defense line turned pale. These flying zombies were also carrying a poison zombie. The fear of death swept over everyone.

"Conceal yourselves, quickly conceal yourselves."