After reading the notice, the three of them looked at each other and could feel deep shock from each other's eyes.

Next, Wang Lei led the two of them and quickly entered the inner city.

Wang Lei arranged for the other two to go back and rest, while he went to the office area of the base city.

Not long after.

Inside a meeting room.

Wang Lei met with the high-ranking officials of the base city.

A middle-aged man in a suit, with an imposing presence, stood up when he saw Wang Lei come in, walked up to him, shook his hand, and said with a smile, "Captain Wang, welcome back."

"Chief, I failed the base's trust..."

Wang Lei was a little speechless; their team's performance was indeed very poor this time.

How could he have the face to accept the chief's welcome?

This is in the apocalyptic world. Before the apocalypse, if two members of a five-person squad died, even if he was not dismissed, he would have faced severe punishment.

"Captain Wang, I already know about your team's situation. I know it's hard for you, and I too feel the pain for the sacrifice of those warriors, but both you and I must get used to it.

Because when we go out of the city on missions, some casualties are inevitable, and all our base city can do is to provide solace and take good care of the families of the fallen soldiers, so they can rest in peace!"

The high-ranking official of the base also adopted a stern expression and comforted him.

The apocalypse has come, and death has already become commonplace. These high-ranking officials of the base city can only do their utmost to maintain the stability of the base city, provide necessary support to the evolution teams, and reduce the frequency of evolvers' casualties.

But to completely prevent casualties during missions outside, it's almost impossible.

"Chief, I understand."

Wang Lei nodded. He wasn't someone who hadn't experienced people dying in front of him, and he could definitely endure this.

It's just that this time, the death of his two teammates felt too stifling because they didn't even know who the enemy was.

So he secretly vowed that in the future, he must avenge his two teammates and uncover the disgusting guy behind it.

"It's good that you can think it through. The base city cannot do without a great general like you!"

Hearing this, the high-ranking official of the base nodded and said with a smile.

Every powerful evolver is a treasure for the base city.

Then, Wang Lei remembered the notice he had just seen in the outer city and hurriedly asked, "By the way, Chief, I just saw the notice outside. When did this corpse tide happen? How are things in the Imperial Capital now?"

The notice was written unclearly, and Wang Lei knew the high-ranking officials must have more detailed information.

"I was about to tell you! Come, sit down quickly!"

The high-ranking official led Wang Lei to sit at the conference table, then started playing the video footage transmitted from the Imperial Capital.

Wang Lei looked at the image of the endless corpse tide rushing toward the Imperial Capital, feeling utterly shocked.

This corpse tide was like a flood, devouring everything in its path, with many evolved zombies among them, exuding a terrifying aura that ordinary zombies nearby didn't even dare to approach.

The roaring sound coming from the corpse tide was like ten thousand ghosts howling in hell, extremely terrifying.

Seeing this scene, Wang Lei couldn't help but think, if the corpse tide were attacking not the Imperial Capital but Jianghai Base City, could they withstand it?

After weighing it in his mind, Wang Lei immediately had a bad premonition. The strength of Jianghai Base City is not weak, but to resist such a level of corpse tide would probably be very difficult.

Because in this corpse tide, it's not just ordinary zombies, there are also many evolved zombies, and these evolved zombies are the tough ones, incredibly hard to deal with.

"Is this what a corpse tide is? It's indeed terrifying!"

After a moment of silence, Wang Lei looked at the chief and said with a bitter smile.

Faced with such a terrifying corpse tide, even a powerful evolver like him, who kills ordinary zombies like cutting grass, would be overwhelmed in an instant.

"Don't worry, only a Corpse King can stir up a corpse tide.

Such zombies are very rare, and until now, our Jianghai Base City has not discovered the trace of such a zombie."

Seeing that Wang Lei seemed frightened, the high-ranking official spoke slowly.

These high-ranking officials of the base, when they just saw this footage, didn't react much better than Wang Lei either.

"A Corpse King?"

Wang Lei thought of the introduction on the notice, which described the Corpse King's ability to control other zombies in battle.

This kind of zombie uses swarm tactics, which is extremely deadly to evolution teams like them. Once targeted, a large group of zombies would swarm in for a siege, draining their stamina.

At that time, even if their individual strength is strong enough to kill second-tier or third-tier evolved zombies, they would be worn out to death by the endless ordinary zombies.

"Oh right, Captain Wang. The Corpse King has significant intelligence, can control other zombies, and is extremely afraid of death. It normally directs zombies to battle while hiding in the dark.

I wonder, Captain Wang, have you encountered any similar situations during your missions?"

"A lot of zombies cooperating in battle?"

The high-ranking official asked.

Since receiving the intelligence about the corpse tide from the Imperial capital, the high-level officials in the base have been quite worried, fearing such terrifying zombies might appear nearby.

They in Jianghai are not like the Imperial Capital, capable of withstanding a corpse tide's attack.

"Chief, no."

Wang Lei shook his head.

He then smiled bitterly and said, "Chief, you're really joking. If I had encountered one, I probably wouldn't be back now."

Hearing Wang Lei's words, the high-ranking official wasn't surprised either. Smiling, he patted Wang Lei on the shoulder and said warmly, "Alright, you've worked hard, go back and have a good rest first!"

"Yes!"

Wang Lei stood up, saluted, and turned to leave.

As he exited the meeting room, Wang Lei paused, his complexion changed as he suddenly remembered the strange occurrences he had seen in the Jiangnan City District before.

Zombies without intelligence suddenly driving cars and transporting supplies...

Wang Lei had slaughtered countless zombies, but he had never seen zombies doing such things, and zombies don't need supplies either.

So doesn't this mean that something behind the scenes is manipulating these zombies?

The reason they behaved like normal humans is because some presence was giving them orders?

And his two teammates, killed mysteriously and silently, with the attacker nowhere to be found.

He had previously suspected it was the work of evolvers because such a provocative act of hanging corpses could only be done by humans.

But things were different now...

The more Wang Lei thought, the more wrong it felt. Coupled with the evolved zombies that should have existed but mysteriously disappeared, his pupils suddenly contracted.

Could it be... that there is a Corpse King lurking in the Jiangnan City District?

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