There are several great rivers within the borders of the Divine Dragon Province.

Besides the Shenlong River, there is also the Songjiang within the province.

The Songjiang flows through Ice City, forming the Jiangnan and Jiangbei Districts.

Jiangnan is the Main City District, while Jiangbei is the new area.

Ye Fan still remembered that Guo Zhun said he wanted to reconquer Jiangbei before the New Year, and now three days had passed. He wondered if it had been reconquered.

The train passed over the Jiang Bridge, and the river's surface was already frozen, obscuring the view of what lay beneath the water.

On the opposite riverbank, fortresses still rose faintly visible.

Because the river's surface was empty, with neither any objects nor food, coupled with the zombies' inherent fear of water, they generally did not voluntarily venture onto the river's surface.

As the train approached, Ye Fan's exceptional eyesight could even see the extremely shocked faces of the garrison troops.

In the distance, gunfire and artillery sounded faintly, indicating that the battle to reclaim Jiangbei was not yet over.

The grand promises Guo Zhun initially made had not been fully realized. According to Ye Fan's judgment, it might take another month for the battle to reclaim Jiangbei to possibly end.

Perhaps it was the influence of the recent snowstorms, or maybe the continuous evolution of the zombies, making the reconquest increasingly challenging.

Seeing this, Ye Fan felt slightly relieved.

As long as Jiangbei could not be smoothly reconquered, Guo Zhun could not set his sights on the surrounding areas.

So during this period, Ye Fan would not have to worry about encountering zombies and dealing with threats from humans simultaneously.

The passage of the armored train clearly brought great shock to the Liberation Army in Jiangbei, many people came out to watch the train.

Among them, someone saw the Dawn Army and the markings on the front of the train and immediately shouted loudly: "Dawn Giant Dragon! This train belongs to the Dawn Army!"

"That's absurd! When did the Dawn Army build a train? And it's armored too!"

"Even if this is the Dawn Army's train, how did it come from the south?"

Amidst people's discussions, the Dawn Giant Dragon roared past.

Before long, the train gradually left the Jiangbei District, continuing northward.

This passage of the train would undoubtedly sound an alarm for the Liberation Army.

Ye Fan wanted these people to understand that on the land of the Shenlong River, they should never underestimate the Dawn Army.

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North of Dawn City.

A War Hawk with a camera on its neck flew across the sky.

Beneath it was Huacheng City.

Even though Ye Fan was not home during this period, Zhongjing, who was temporarily in charge, did not slack off in the slightest.

Usual patrols and reconnaissance by the War Hawks were carried out without any relaxation.

With the New Year approaching, the atmosphere in Dawn City was lively, seemingly unrelated to these warriors.

The War Hawk was on a routine patrol. Now, as the temperature gradually warmed up, even though it was still thirty degrees below zero, it no longer affected the War Hawks, who could soar comfortably in the sky.

As the War Hawk swept past the city sky, it suddenly sensed a terrifying aura approaching from the north.

The eagle's eyesight was exceedingly sharp, immediately gazing northward.

In the horizon over there, a black mass gradually approached.

The camera began to zoom in along with the War Hawk's perspective.

The black mass in the sky was a vast swarm of Mutated Birds!

There were so many that they couldn't be counted!

The War Hawk did not panic and run; it was very confident in its speed. Even with just a kilometer's distance, those Mutated Birds couldn't catch up.

The camera continued filming; the Mutated Birds weren't flying very fast, seemingly waiting for the army on the ground.

On the ground, along the city's streets, was a tide of zombies surging!

No, there weren't just zombies; there were also a large number of Mutant Beasts!

Tens of thousands of Mutant Rats, over a million Zombie Army, and countless other types of Mutant Beasts.

These days, the Little One went to Huacheng City's zoo and recruited many other Mutant Beasts, some even from the tropical grasslands.

After mutation, these grassland creatures could already adapt to the cold climate.

Mutated giraffes over ten meters tall!

Giant mutated elephants weighing up to ten tons!

Mutated rhinos running like tanks!

Mutated hippos whose skin could resist even cannon fire!

These creatures were like prehistoric monsters, marching with the zombie horde.

Whirlwinds of snow were stirred up by their steps, daunting to behold.

The thirty thousand zombie swarm led by Wang Huining back then was child's play compared to this horde.

Not to mention the Mutant Beasts, even the number of Advanced Zombies was countless.

The ratio of mutated zombies to ordinary zombies reached ten to one; the Little One had deliberately recruited powerful zombies during this period.

Because it had realized that the strength of ten ordinary zombies might not even match a single Armored Zombie.

And among these ordinary zombies, many had partial mutations.

For example, those Fat Zombies, those Giant Claw Zombies, and the Ironhead Zombies, among others.

Ironhead Zombies had extra keratin layers on their heads. Because a zombie's weakness was the head, they weren't as robust as Iron Armor, but you couldn't easily penetrate their heads, making them very difficult to kill when they were numerous.

The winter roads were completely obstructed by wind and snow, treacherous and hard to traverse, something ordinary humans might find difficult even to march through, but the zombies were not afraid of these conditions, continuing to advance steadily and slowly.

The War Hawk wanted to get closer for filming when suddenly a ripple emerged from within the zombie horde!

A strange force tried to invade the War Hawk's mind, aiming to control this giant flying in the sky.

The War Hawk's mind jolted for a moment.

That force trying to control it didn't cause any major impact, as the Red Alert System endowed the Red Alert Units with an innate survival instinct, which is not something a commander-type zombie can easily alter or break.

But the War Hawk also sensed danger and dared not linger there, immediately soaring high, heading towards Dawn City.

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Two hours later, this video material was transmitted back to Dawn City.

Upon seeing this situation, Zhongjing instantly sensed the danger.

It's not far from Huacheng City to Dawn City, and the zombies could reach in two days.

Today is the twenty-eighth of the twelfth lunar month, and at most on the morning of New Year's Eve, the zombies will be at Dawn City's gates.

Zhongjing immediately sent this video to Dawn TV Station, broadcasting it on television.

The citizens of Dawn City have the right to know, and they must also have a strong heart.

As the broadcast aired, Dawn City was in an uproar.

In the face of such a situation, it's almost impossible not to panic.

A rumor nearly immediately spread from within Dawn City.

People say they won't see the sun of the new year!

The zombie horde arrives on New Year's Eve, and within a day can breach Dawn City; people might indeed not see the sun of the first day of the new year.

This news spread, and it had a very receptive audience.

Yet panic as they may, no one clamored to leave Dawn City for Ice City or Oil City or anywhere else.

After all, they've poured their sweat and blood here and managed to establish roots; leaving is not an easy thing.

They can only hope now that the Dawn Army can withstand this wave of zombie attacks.

But at this time, some people stepped forward to fan the flames further.

Guo Zhun from Ice City made a speech on television.

"I deeply regret the upcoming zombie attack Dawn City is about to face and am powerless to help."

"As a member of humanity, we should lend a hand, but here in Ice City, we are hardly able to take care of ourselves. Besides, I noticed a train belonging to Dawn City just passed through North of the River a few hours ago. I suppose Leader Ye Fan could take a train out for leisure, so dealing with the zombie threat shouldn't be too difficult."

"If Dawn City really cannot survive this calamity, I can only say the responsibility entirely falls on your leader."

"I hope you will witness the sun of the new year."

The last sentence was like a reverse curse, amplifying the panic within Dawn City, even making those who weren't worried start to worry.

After Guo Zhun's speech, Li Yuntian from Oil City spoke as well.

"Isn't Ye Fan quite formidable? Wasn't he very formidable against us? Why is there no sound now? Chickened out?"

"Can still take a train out for a vacation, the apocalypse becomes your paradise, is that it? Are you planning to abandon your people and escape by train again?"

"You're nothing but a coward! The citizens of Dawn City should rise and overthrow Ye Fan's tyranny, I firmly support Dawn City changing heirs!"

After Li Yuntian's speech, Guo Zhun appeared again to announce another message.

"If the citizens of Dawn City feel it's unsafe there, they can leave for the Daqing Mountain Prison Base, which will be a safe refuge. I, as well as Leader Yan Zhihuan of Daqing Mountain, warmly welcome your arrival."

Then Yan Zhihuan appeared on TV, basically repeating Guo Zhun's words.

Yan Zhihuan added in the end: "Ye Fan, give a direct answer; can you at least let the people of Dawn City have a decent dinner? If you can't even do that, I think you might as well step down and let the capable ones take over!"

This barrage of words from these individuals certainly shook the resolve of Dawn City's populace.

Especially Yan Zhihuan's final words.

The citizens have long been looking forward to this new year, and everyone has been preparing for this dinner for a while.

Everyone hopes to spend this day in joy and peace.

No one wants to spend it in anxiety, nor hopes to have zombies besieging the city that day.

But now it seems all this is inevitable.

Whether to leave Dawn City, someone raised this topic.

Though it hasn't escalated to a frenzy yet, Dawn City is already undercurrent.

This situation has been relayed one by one to Ye Fan.

At this moment, Ye Fan's Dawn Giant Dragon train has entered the boundaries of Huacheng City.

At most by ten in the morning, the train will reach Kao Shan Railway Station.

Receiving Zhongjing's report, Ye Fan looked again at the direction of the zombie horde.

The zombie horde is coming from Huacheng City towards Dawn City, taking a straight north-south path, with almost parallel roads and railways.

The next station after Kao Mountain Town Station is Pinggang, followed by Huacheng, which is also the inevitable route of the zombies.

After looking over the map, Ye Fan took a deep breath.

He issued several orders in succession.

"Notify Zhang Kunlin to immediately produce ammunition worth half a million Gold and deliver it to Kao Mountain Railway Station at the fastest speed to prepare for loading!"

"Inform all the Flamethrower Warriors and the newly produced twin high machines to board with their teams!"

"Dawn City, enter a state of lockdown immediately; no one is allowed to enter or exit!"

"Also, send me a reporter; I have something to announce on the train."

"The citizens of Dawn City will absolutely not face the threat of zombies before the new year!"

"If I can't accomplish this, I, Ye Fan, won't go home! I'll stay here as a guerrilla fighter!"

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