Chapter 1405: Chapter 582: Return to Wuyang Military Base_2

Wang Tao’s apocalypse began in Wuyang Province. Since I’m already here, not visiting the place where it all started would feel like something is missing.

Wang Tao went to check on the Awakening Fruit Tree again. Once he confirmed there were no problems, he had the Golden Eagle carry him towards the west.

Before long, Wang Tao saw an abandoned military base covered in heavy snow.

Looking at this military base filled Wang Tao’s eyes with a tinge of emotion.

It was here that he encountered Lightning, and also where he learned many important pieces of information and made contact with Changhe Base…

Woof~

Lightning seemed to remember this place, too. It barked softly, its emotions complex.

“Let’s go down and have a look.”

The Golden Eagle slowly descended, and Wang Tao jumped down with Lightning.

When Wang Tao had left this military base, there was still electricity, but now it was completely power-down. The surrounding iron fences were also destroyed, and Wang Tao even saw several enormous footprints in the snow.

“Giant zombies have passed through here…”

These footprints were clearly from a giant zombie. Analyzing the tracks, the giant zombie didn’t stay for long; it seemed to have just passed by.

“This place is indeed unsafe.”

One of the reasons Wang Tao had left was because this place was too close to the center of Wuyang City. In the event that giant zombies discovered it, or if a giant zombie just happened to pass by, it would be very dangerous. Facts had proven Wang Tao’s speculation was correct; giants had indeed passed through. If there were any survivors here at that time, they would hardly escape… Huh? Are there signs of other human activities?

Wang Tao suddenly noticed that in one of the footprints, there was a twisted human skeleton. Although the skeleton was buried under the snow and mud, Wang Tao could still see clearly with his spiritual power that these bones were white. Zombie bones are grey-black. So, these were normal human bones!

Wang Tao continued to explore the area and, indeed, found several more human skeletons.

“These were all crushed by the giant zombie… Why didn’t they hide inside the base?”

Wang Tao was puzzled.

Unless the giant zombie appeared out of thin air, with their size, humans should be able to detect them in advance. Whether they could escape was one thing, but the first human reaction surely would be to hide, right?

But these people died at the base’s entrance; why didn’t they hide inside? One of the skeletons even had keys to one of the rooms within the military base… Could it be that they didn’t notice the giant zombie in advance? Was it because the giant zombie came over at night?

Thus, Wang Tao headed to the command center of the base.

Although he had locked up the base completely when he left, he left markers that any humans could understand to follow and retrieve the password to enter.

Now the military base was without power, and the doors could only be opened with a key. The main gate had been locked from the inside… Clearly, someone had been here.

Wang Tao first used his spiritual power to inspect and ensure no one was inside, then his eyes suddenly emitted a red light.

Zzzt–

A big hole was directly cut open in the main gate.

Wang Tao strode in.

Inside, there were obvious signs of habitation and many life essentials, all covered in a layer of dust.

Then Wang Tao went upstairs, and after a sweep with his spiritual power, his expression became serious. He clearly saw that in one of the rooms, there were several skinny, dried-up corpses huddled together, seemingly all minors, with some residual radiation on them…

Wang Tao pushed open the door, looked at the thin little bodies, and sighed.

He thought he understood why those outside had been crushed by the giant zombie.

It’s highly probable that a group of survivors found this military base and then entered using the password obtained from Wang Tao’s markers. It’s unknown how long it had been until the giant zombie suddenly approached this place.

The group of survivors didn’t know whether the Giant Zombie was headed for the base or just passing by. They didn’t dare risk that the Giant Zombie wouldn’t find them, so ultimately, they made the tough decision for the adults to go out and attract, even provoke the Giant Zombie, allowing the children to stay inside the base.

It could be that the Giant Zombie arrived too quickly, or perhaps it was nighttime and they couldn’t see clearly. As soon as they stepped out, before they could get far from the military base, they encountered the Giant Zombie.

All they could do was pick up weapons and prepare to fight the Giant Zombie.

But to their surprise, the Giant Zombie didn’t even notice them or perhaps it did, but had no time to care, for the Giant Zombie was fleeing for its life. So, the Giant Zombie left, and whether intentionally or accidentally, it trampled and killed these few humans in the process.

Although it seemed like these people died in vain, the Giant Zombie had left, which could have been a good outcome. Unfortunately, it was clearly not the case, because what probably chased the Giant Zombie was most likely a Radiation Zombie!

The Cataclysmic Awakening from the radiation was too dominating, even the Giant Zombie couldn’t withstand it, let alone ordinary human survivors.

The chasing Radiation Zombie probably didn’t discover the children hiding in the base, but as it made its turn here, it left behind a large amount of radiation. Those children clearly couldn’t handle it and were directly killed by the radiation…

“So, it seems the mere passing of these two zombies led to the annihilation of this small group of survivors… Maybe these zombies didn’t even realize their existence from start to finish, like inadvertently stepping on a few ants without a thought. After all, no one is going to constantly watch their feet for ants…”

For the current Wang Tao, the Apocalypse might not be that dangerous, at least not for now. But for other survivors, any minor accident could lead to their eradication…

“Sigh…”

Wang Tao let out a sigh.

He carried the small bodies to the entrance of the military base, casually dug a few holes, and buried them together with the skeletons.

That was all Wang Tao could do. However, Wang Tao had killed the Radiation Zombie, and that Giant Zombie that had trampled the survivors might have been killed by the Radiation Zombie as well… In a way, Wang Tao had avenged them.

“Let’s go.”

Wang Tao composed himself and mounted the Golden Eagle.

“Let’s check Zijing City again.”

The survivors of Zijing City had all boarded Changhe Base’s trains and left, and it should be deserted now. But when they left, there were hordes of zombies in Zijing City.

So much time has passed since then, and if these zombies haven’t left, perhaps some powerful zombies have emerged…

Tweet–

The Golden Eagle carried Wang Tao towards Zijing City.

Throughout the journey, Wang Tao carefully observed the situation below, hoping to spot a Zombie Lord and hoping to find survivors. But unfortunately, let alone humans, it was difficult to even encounter an ordinary Frozen Zombie, and the few he did encounter were instantly killed by Wang Tao’s glance.

“It’s hard to say whether those zombies were frozen to death or got trapped somewhere in the ice. Hopefully the former…”

Wang Tao murmured and then saw some familiar tall buildings–the Downtown of Zijing City had arrived.

“Huh?” However, Wang Tao’s eyes suddenly lit up.

Under the dim sky, a tall humanoid figure appeared faintly visible amidst the wind and snow.

“It’s a Giant Zombie… It looks like… it’s fighting?”

Wang Tao urged the Golden Eagle to fly over quickly.

He soon saw the full view of this Giant Zombie.

It was a Fifth-Order Giant Zombie with 300,000 HP, which was obviously weak compared to Wang Tao.

But for the group of human survivors fighting the Giant Zombie, it was an invincible presence! They were on the verge of collapse.

Now that he had seen the Giant Zombie, Wang Tao was definitely going to help. But to his surprise, he noticed that this group of humans bore the insignia of the Dusk Church.

“Does the Dusk Church have people here too?”