Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot

Chapter 595 - 249: Faith, Diary_2

Wang Tao and the others didn’t understand many things, but thankfully He Jijun was there to provide answers.

The energy and materials here have basically been depleted. Solar power devices have all corrode, and there isn’t much left in terms of food and weapons. Even if Wang Tao and his group stayed here, energy and materials would be a significant issue.

However, the good news is that there are still some supplies. Especially when it comes to weapons and ammunition, the defense systems He Jijun mentioned earlier still function. If activated, they could turn this military base into a hedgehog in an instant, deadly to any who approach.

Of course, due to the limited ammunition, they couldn’t hold out for too long. And if they made too much noise, it would certainly attract a large number of zombies.

Then Wang Tao asked He Jijun to find the combat logs, and they started to read them carefully.

After finishing, Wang Tao finally understood the general situation of the military base.

When the apocalypse arrived, the whole world descended into chaos, and Wuyang Military Base was no exception.

But Wuyang Military Base was relatively lucky and quickly got the situation under control. Though they lost a large number of personnel, they managed to prevent the virus from spreading inside the base.

Afterward, the base heeded the call from higher-ups and while trying to protect themselves, they tried to rescue as many survivors as possible.

Wuyang City was naturally preparing to construct a Survivor Base. Since there was already a military base, they decided to use it as a stronghold and gradually establish a Survivor Base.

However, the situation in Wuyang City was more serious than anyone had imagined—the population was simply too large!

Just the urban area had a population of tens of millions, not to mention other areas with over twenty million people!

With such a large population, it was nearly impossible to defend against such a highly infectious zombie virus.

Wuyang City was one of the cities that fell the fastest in the country.

And once Wuyang City fell, the military base became unsafe.

After all, the military base was next to Wuyang City urban area. Just the thought of tens of millions of zombies next door would panic anyone!

Therefore, the higher-ups immediately changed their minds. Wuyang Military Base could not be transformed into a Survivor Base. Another location had to be found for the Survivor Base.

But constructing a base wasn’t something that could be finished with mere words.

Even though a new location was selected, it was a problem just trying to relocate the massive number of survivors there, let alone start construction.

The soldiers from Wuyang Military Base tried several times and suffered heavy losses each time, because the zombies were too powerful!

Wang Tao also learned something new from this—

He had previously thought that zombies evolved over time, as he found that zombies became stronger after a certain period and then stronger again after another.

But that was not the only case.

According to research from the military base, it’s true that zombies grow stronger over time, but zombies also undergo accelerated evolution!

And this acceleration in zombies... comes from eating humans!

Zombies that have eaten humans are stronger than those that haven’t, and they evolve faster!

So, while Wang Tao was still in Shuize County’s Happy Community, struggling to survive the apocalypse with Ding Yuqin, Wuyang Military Base had already begun dealing with Level 2, Zombie Lords!

Yes, Level 2, Zombie Lords!

When Wang Tao hadn’t even encountered a Level 1 Elite Zombie, there were already Level 2, Zombie Lords in Wuyang City!

One could imagine how difficult the situation here was.

Talking about constructing a Survivor Base was basically impossible!

If it weren’t for the military base here with its various weapons to block the zombies, the area would probably have completely fallen by now.

However, the military base could only barely hold its own and was not able to annihilate the zombies.

Although these weapons are formidable and the zombies still have flesh and blood bodies, not as advanced as the weapons, a heavy machine gun could stop hordes of zombies.

But there was still the problem from before. Although the military base survived the first wave of infection, it had already lost over half of its manpower, and the living forces were simply not enough.

And with the zombie virus being unstoppable, there were no inhibitors available at the time—if you got infected, you could only wait for death!

But this wasn’t the most important issue. The most crucial discovery so far was that in their battles with the zombies—they learned that if you fight a zombie and fail to kill it completely, that zombie becomes stronger!

For example, they previously used artillery to kill large numbers of zombies, but occasionally some slipped through the net, and those which survived became even more terrifying.

Another example... the military had used nuclear bombs!

There were no nuclear bombs in the military base, but they could request them.

At the time, for some unknown reason, a large number of Level 2 Zombies appeared, and if they weren’t eliminated promptly, they would eventually evolve to the point of being able to level the military base.

So, the military base requested a missile for a decapitation strike, and that missile was equipped with a small-yield nuclear warhead.

The result... most of the zombies there were blasted into oblivion, and that area was razed to the ground.

But... one zombie survived!

A zombie that lived through the blast and radiation underwent a massive mutation and later turned into a Level 3 Zombie! The military base paid a high price to deal with this Level 3 Zombie.

So thereafter, they were hesitant to use such large-scale destructive weapons again—of course, even if they wanted to use them at that time, they probably couldn’t. The fallen areas were too many, including those missile launch bases. Plus, the existence of corrosive acid rain caused many pieces of equipment to fail...