Ye Fan's parents' residence was one of the first to be built, located in a corner of the Main City District.

A two-story villa, with a separate yard, encircled by a wall and long-term guard soldiers.

Ye Fan didn't want anyone to catch his parents to threaten him, so the place was heavily guarded.

By the time they arrived, the New Year's lunch was already prepared.

His father, Ye Jian Country, opened a bottle of wine, and the father and son shared a few drinks.

During the drinking, his father was visibly emotional.

He didn't expect that the apocalypse would not only not affect their life but actually make it better and better.

During the drinking, the most frequent thing his father said to Ye Fan was to take good care of himself.

Ye Fan understood his father's intention, not wanting him to forget his roots and lose his original intention.

Ye Fan deeply agreed with this; although he obtained a system, he never had the ambition to become an emperor or the like.

He didn't want to manage too many mundane affairs either. Being able to provide a shelter for survivors, to create a paradise for people in the apocalypse, was what he aimed to do currently.

As for future matters, he would deal with them later. Thinking too much would make living very exhausting.

The meal was a joyful one, and after drinking, Ye Fan took a nap at his parents' place.

It wasn't until evening that he was woken up by the sound of firecrackers.

He lifted his head, and Dawn City was already filled with fireworks in the sky.

This year's fireworks were set off liberally. While collecting materials in Qinghe, the troops discovered two firecracker factories, and moved all the fireworks out, distributing them to the citizens.

The sky was filled with a multitude of colors, extremely beautiful.

His mother, Xu Lizhen, was making dumplings. Seeing Ye Fan awake, she couldn't help but mumble in his ear.

"Every year, I'm the only one busy making dumplings. Your younger sister is too little to be any help. If only there was another person at home to give me a hand."

Ye Fan understood his mother's implication, suggesting he find a girlfriend.

But fate is a strange thing; considering Ye Fan's current status, there should be plenty of girls actively trying to be with him.

Yet, all this time, he still didn't have a girlfriend, and he didn't know why.

He turned on the television, and the Dawn Theater was playing a singing and dancing show, with Xu Weiwei performing on stage again, this time as a resident of Dawn City.

Ye Fan didn't attend this gala. For once, he had some free time, and he preferred to enjoy some peace at home.

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In Pinggang Town, the Dawn Giant Dragon had already left.

In two days, the train exhausted all of its refreshed and reserved ammunition.

The results were spectacular, with over two hundred thousand zombies fallen on the railroad.

A train with combat-like weapons could almost match the Dawn Army's week-long city defense results from before.

Little One was somewhat angrily by the rail line.

It was that human again!

He didn't expect that his powerful team would almost be wiped out by just one of that human's cars by a tenth.

Little One could no longer control its anger; it had to seek revenge!

Ordered its subordinates to immediately devour the zombie corpses.

Little One had learned to think; like Wang Huining before, it began focusing on cultivating some powerful individuals.

For example, a few Mutant Beasts, for instance, that Tyrannosaurus Zombie.

Additionally, several larger King Kongs and Crawlers were on the brink of evolution, which were all Little One's primary targets for cultivation.

While watching its subordinates feed, it discovered a fat zombie had mutated.

A fat zombie is formed after drinking a large amount of water.

Zombies inherently fear water to some extent, but they won't drown just by being in it.

All fat zombies result from occasionally falling into water. Once water gets into their bellies, it quickly corrodes and becomes a deadly poison.

In Little One's team, there are hundreds of thousands of fat zombies, vital weapons for siege attacks.

Now, it discovered a mutation in one fat zombie.

This zombie had consumed a lot of flesh and blood, with toxins accumulating around its throat, its muscles becoming notably resilient.

When an ordinary zombie tried to compete for the innards of a Mutant Rat with it, the fat zombie became furious.

It sprayed a jet of venom at this zombie!

The poison inside the fat zombie's body could even corrode cement and metal.

But even Little One didn't expect the venom it sprayed would have such potent power!

It was like a high-pressure water gun had released a bit, a jet of black water directly hitting the ordinary zombie's brain!

"Puh~~!"

The impact almost shattered half of that ordinary zombie's brain.

Its skull was directly blown open, and the black venom flowed inside its brain.

Zzzzz~~~!

Black toxic smoke rose as the ordinary zombie's brain was dissolved on the spot, turning into a puddle of noxious black water!

Seeing this scene, Little One's scarlet eyes immediately lit up!

It immediately issued a command, ordering the fat zombie to spray water at a distance.

The fat zombie contracted its stomach and then shot a jet of water towards the distance.

Fifty meters away, a pine tree was hit!

The water jet didn't penetrate the pine bark, but its strong corrosiveness rotted a large piece of it.

Little One issued another command, and the Fat Zombie spit towards a further distance.

The range actually reached a hundred meters!

Even though the water jet lost power and fell limply at the hundred-meter mark, Little One was still as excited as discovering a new continent.

It saw that the main attack method of the human troops was long-range, but zombies had to get near humans to attack.

If zombies could also launch long-range attacks, what could humans do?

Little One immediately gave an order.

The zombie horde changed course!

Head towards the nearby Harvest Reservoir!

The Mutated Bird discovered a water source from above; it wanted the zombies to drink water!

A large group of zombies started changing course, advancing in the direction indicated by the Mutated Bird.

They marched from morning until the next afternoon, the zombie horde traversing fifty kilometers to arrive at the Harvest Reservoir.

Little One pointed at the Tyrannosaurus Zombie, and it immediately took large strides to the reservoir's edge.

Its massive claws clenched into fists, with scales harder than metal glinting coldly.

It smashed down viciously on the already frozen ice layer!

Crack crack~~~!

The ice layer, one meter thick, cracked under the brute force attack of the Tyrannosaurus Zombie.

Little One made another gesture, and a Mutant Elephant in the team lumbered over, lifting its hoof to stomp down hard.

Crack boom~~~!

The ice cracked like a spider web.

With a resounding crash, the elephant fell into the reservoir, though a mass of Mutated Zombies quickly pulled it back out.

Watching the ripples below the reservoir's surface, Little One was thrilled.

It issued a command, and the surrounding zombie horde erupted.

Though zombies feared water, under Little One's forceful command, they poured into the reservoir like dumplings.

The broken ice area got larger and larger, with so many zombies that the small reservoir couldn't accommodate them all.

One by one, zombies sank into the water, bubbles burbling up.

Little One hoped that Armored Zombies and Agile Zombies could become Fat Zombies, but clearly, it failed.

Mutated Zombies, with their strong bodies, became saturated after drinking a certain amount and couldn't become fat.

And Mutant Beasts couldn't either, because they fundamentally differed from normal zombies; they could be considered true life forms, unlike zombies that mutate after human death.

Mutant Beasts were always alive, only the virus enhanced their physique, adding more violent and savage genes.

After observing for a while, Little One confirmed that neither Mutated Zombies nor Mutant Beasts could further mutate, so it started having regular zombies enter the water en masse.

If viewed from the sky, it would be a terrifying scene.

The entire area around the reservoir was overrun by zombies, heads bobbing in the icy water; the zombies were so numerous that the small reservoir could hardly contain them.

Some already transformed Fat Zombies began climbing out, their bodies coated with thick frost, still moving back and forth to accelerate the transformation of internal water into venom.

However, it was incredibly difficult for the millions of zombies to complete the mutation, making Little One's task a long and arduous one.

It couldn't wait too long and looked up at the sun, setting a timeline for itself.

After the sun set for the third time, it would lead the zombie army to set off, marking the true end of humanity.

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After the Dawn Giant Dragon left Pinggang, Ye Fan realized he could almost no longer observe the state of the zombie horde.

With the main force of zombies arriving, a large number of Mutated Birds completely covered the sky.

The number of Mutated Birds in this zombie horde was at least three hundred thousand, including large eagles, owls, and other bird species.

The leader of the zombie horde seemed to detect the presence of their War Hawks and had the Mutated Birds spread out over a range of dozens of kilometers. Whenever a War Hawk approached, it would attract a swarm of Mutated Birds.

Ye Fan was forced to retreat the War Hawks for distant observation.

But on the thirtieth, the zombie horde suddenly changed its course and left.

This was completely unexpected for Ye Fan.

Ye Fan didn't think the zombie horde had departed, but without close observation, he could only determine the direction of their departure.

Heading northwest, to do what, he had no idea.

A bad feeling loomed in his heart, though there was a silver lining too.

The zombie horde's departure bought Ye Fan time for construction.

He currently had two facilities in production: an Air Force Combat Laboratory and a Spy Satellite.

The Air Force Combat Laboratory was expected to be completed on the morning of the sixth, while the Spy Satellite was scheduled to be completed on the evening of the twelfth.

Ye Fan knew that now the whole province's attention might be focused on Dawn City.

If he could withstand this zombie siege, it would be about time for spring.

With the ice thawing and transportation restored, the future status of Dawn City in the Divine Dragon Province would be determined by this battle.

Calculating meticulously, Ye Fan hoped the zombies would advance more slowly.

After the New Year, defensive preparations proceeded rapidly, and by the night of the third, Ye Fan received news again.

The zombie horde was moving again, directly towards Dawn City!

This time, they weren't taking the railway!

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