The sounds of gunfire and artillery still showed no signs of stopping, unfortunately all nearby drones had been destroyed, revealing little of the situation.

We had to switch to Zone A-7 where drones maintained control.

The flickering images were unsettling.

On the not-so-wide street, Starfish Infected Bodies surged forward like a black tide.

If one wants to find a suitable description, it might resemble those tens of thousands of people leaving a concert he had seen before crossing over.

Only this time, the surging presence in the video wasn't human heads but a dense, writhing mass of starfish-shaped mutated bodies.

Stacking and shoving forward, tentacles dragged along the ground, leaving behind trails of dark green slime, weaving the whole street into a twisting, shimmering biological carpet.

The firepower line formed by the Blood Dragon Corps had heavy machine guns spewing bullets furiously at the street's end.

Yet, the result was minimal as whenever a Fusion Body darted past the flank, it would instantly attract the attention of the entire fire line.

Just a few delays, and the infection surge advanced dozens of meters forward, the pressure on the defense line rising exponentially.

Unless...

Boom.

With the wave seemingly unstoppable, more than ten rockets shot into the sky from behind the defense line, crashing into the core of the infection surge like meteors.

The explosion's shockwave blew the entire Starfish Infected Body into chunks of flesh, with dark green tissue fragments falling like rain.

Under Cheng Ye's watch, the blood and flesh splattering onto other Infected Bodies were instantly devoured.

Several ordinary Infected Bodies' physiques visibly swelled, and their backs suddenly tore open, sprouting four slippery tentacles!

This... devouring evolution?

He shivered, immediately realizing why this infection surge was classified as Disaster Level instead of Plague Level.

Plague is pestilential, destructive and spirit-sapping, a calamity born of human malice.

Disaster is a blazing inferno, turning everything to ruin, the lament of civilization.

Once reaching Disaster Level, the infection surge would not merely reduce the population but completely bury this land's civilization.

Yet Disaster Level leaves a single chance of survival.

Will it escalate to disaster, utterly destroying the buffer zone, or downgrade to plague, taking away some of humanity?

All depends on everyone's efforts this night!

"Drag these Infected Bodies into unoccupied rooms on the first floor, we can't let other Infected Bodies consume them."

"Yes."

Huang Sheng nodded, turned around, and shouted a few times in the hallway.

In an instant, doors opened, and first-floor residents were even more proactive than Cheng Ye had imagined.

The crowd almost rushed out, dragging Infected Bodies into empty rooms.

"Captain, if we leave, they will come out and clean up too; since we're protecting them now, of course, they'll be proactive!"

"True."

The Infected Bodies in the community were cleared, but Zone B-7 certainly still teemed with many Infected Bodies.

He had just glanced at it, and already a third of the red areas started turning black, even including the chemical factory community that turned red.

Unless we actively attack, this infection surge will only grow more terrifying until it turns transparent, allowing the Happiness Defense Line stationed army to scour it with missiles.

"Let's go!"

The heavy rain will wash away all the bloodshed.

Just stepping out of the community gate, Cheng Ye keenly noticed five Infected Bodies madly clawing at the iron door of the big meat cafeteria.

The middle-aged store owner hid inside, seeing the four of them appear through the window, he screamed frantically in panic:

"Brothers, save me, next time you come for meat I'll give you seventy... no, fifty percent off!"

"Go, help him take care of those."

"Roger that."

Not sure why, but following Cheng Ye, Huang Sheng and Wu Zhihong's daring suddenly rose, they simply drew the short knives at their waists and charged ahead, swiftly slicing down the Infected Bodies.

Zhu Xiang immediately stepped forward to cut the infection source, the pleasant notification sound promptly chimed in Cheng Ye's ear.

Without him needing to act, the information level was rising!

One even yielded 0.3, seeing the total information level about to break 20.

"Buddy, next time we come, remember to choose big, fatty treats for us."

"Of course, of course!"

Huang Sheng instructed through the window, hesitated a bit, then promptly exited to drag the Infected Body inside, planning to hide it in the basement.

This wasteland never lacks ruthless people; those indecisive ones died long before the New Era.

On the way to Celestial Essence Mall, Infected Bodies constantly emerged from the shadows.

Cheng Ye reacted swiftly, barely leaving Huang Sheng and the others a chance to strike, the information level boost notifications ringing frequently.

Yet he increasingly felt dissatisfied.

"At this rate of killing, the efficiency is still too low!"

Thinking of the three hundred people waiting for him at Celestial Essence Mall, Cheng Ye's heart felt as if set ablaze.

But this time, it wasn't the burning desire for strength nor the ambition to climb higher.

It was an indescribable, collective flame only Eastern People could understand!

Finally.

After crossing two districts, seeing the mall appear in the distance.

The ground was already filled with the corpses of Infected Bodies, evidently more than one round of battle had erupted here before he arrived.

Bang.

The iron roller shutter door relentlessly pulled open from within, heads bustling behind the door, dense figures surging like a tide, everyone with crimson bands tied on their foreheads, burning eyes no less intense than his.

Three Elders stood in the front row, Long and Er Long holding broadswords solemnly behind them.

Seeing his steps pause, their gazes cast upon him.

Elder Song's face lifted with a comforting smile, stepping forward half a step to salute, his voice betraying uncontrollable excitement:

"Sir, we've been waiting for you!"

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