The decisive battle was extremely brutal, with hundreds of Firefly Squads from Huo Yao Base, each with at least three Mutants, suffering heavy casualties.
After nearly an hour of decisive battle, no less than 20 Mutant squads were wiped out, and no less than 50 were crippled, with more than half of their forces lost.
The battlefield was already in ruins, with zombie remains visible everywhere, a strong smell of blood permeating the air, and amidst the broken walls, the surviving Mutants supported each other, their eyes showing unyielding resolve.
As for the Bone Blade Zombie that was entangled with Zuo Feng, it had already been dealt with by Da Yuanyuan's spatial blade half an hour ago.
Mainly, Zuo Feng truly couldn't kill a zombie with Six Horizontal Bars, and even for a zombie with five horizontal bars, he would have to fight for a long time to kill it.
Although the decisive battle was over, the aftermath lingered. The Mutants of Huo Yao Base still had to finish off zombies that weren't completely dead, and this included—their comrades who had left behind complete corpses.
The surviving Mutants of Huo Yao Base silently cleared the battlefield, their hearts filled with both the joy of victory and sorrow for their fallen companions.
As for the surviving Mutants who were scratched and bitten, they had been swiftly isolated for observation; Mutants have resistance to the zombie virus, but it also depends on the zombie's level and the virus concentration.
They might be able to resist scratches and bites from low-level zombies, but high-level zombies pose an extremely high risk.
Moreover, except for variants, horizontal bar zombies and vertical bar Mutant zombies all carry the zombie virus.
In the absence of an antidote, they could only leave their fate to heaven.
Within the isolation zone, the medical team was busily working, carefully examining each injured person's wounds and recording viral reactions.
Dozens of complete Mutant squads stood ready, and a hundred-person heavy firepower squad heavily surrounded the isolation zone…
It wasn't that they were making a big deal out of nothing, but they knew that once a Mutant turned into a zombie, there was a very high probability that it would become a vertical bar Mutant zombie! And the level of the vertical bar Mutant zombie was not fixed, depending on their level before death.
Meanwhile, Zuo Feng and his group, along with Lu Zhuoyan, pursued the Blood Shadow Zombie within the base.
At this time, the city was already in a mess. As a five vertical bar Mutant zombie, the Blood Shadow Zombie carried an extremely high concentration of the zombie virus. Humans whose blood was sucked dry by the Blood Shadow would turn into new zombies in less than half an hour. Now, shriveled Gray-skinned Zombies could be seen everywhere within Huo Yao Base.
Lu Zhuoyan's heart was twisted with pain as he witnessed the tragic state of the city.
Fortunately, after mobilizing a large number of soldiers, they quickly located the Blood Shadow Zombie's whereabouts. After it was killed by Ying Yueyue, the base began cleanup operations.
This was because a large number of shriveled Gray-skinned Zombies infected by the Blood Shadow still needed to be eliminated one by one to prevent the virus from spreading.
Roughly estimated, a single Blood Shadow Zombie rampaging through the city for an hour and a half caused the deaths of tens of thousands of ordinary people, a shocking number.
These tens of thousands of people were, of course, not all killed by the Blood Shadow; most were infected by it and quickly transformed into zombies, continuing to attack others, forming a vicious cycle.
This shows that the terrifying spread of the zombie virus far exceeds imagination; every infected person could become a new source of transmission, making the depth of this disaster chilling.
This night, the personnel of Huo Yao Base were destined to be busy. Lu Zhuoyan arranged a luxurious villa in the inner city for Zuo Feng and his group to rest, and a Mutant squad was arranged to patrol the surroundings.
Originally, Lu Zhuoyan had planned to host a banquet for Zuo Feng and his group, but Zuo Feng refused. Huo Yao Base was currently in a state of disarray, with over ten thousand casualties, and zombie corpses piled up like mountains outside the city walls awaiting disposal.
Lu Zhuoyan was naturally swamped, and Zuo Feng would, of course, not accept any invitations at this time.
Upon entering the villa, Zuo Feng and his group washed away the dust of battle and comfortably lay on the sofa to begin their battle summary.
Xiao She Jing was currently being pressed onto the sofa by Zuo Feng—for an additional massage session.
That spendthrift, Xiao She Jing, actually used over 600 Level 6 Long Xu Needles and over 50 a-grade metal Long Xu Needles in this battle! Two a-grade metal long needles! Her abundant inventory was directly depleted by more than half!
For such 'extravagant' behavior, Zuo Feng had to impose a heavy penalty, an additional massage session, and extra time!
Xiao She Jing chatted happily with the girls, showing no resistance, allowing Zuo Feng to 'punish' her.
Zuo Feng's gaze occasionally flickered towards Da Mi Tao; Da Mi Tao was even more extravagant, using up all 9 a-grade metal arrows, leaving none, and very few of the 99 Level 6 metal arrows remained.
Although her achievements were brilliant, her extravagance was no less, and she wouldn't escape punishment either!
In contrast, the weapons used by the other girls were not consumables, with minimal wear and tear, only requiring cleaning and disinfection, posing no problem at all.
At this moment, all the girls were incredibly excited, their chattering incessant.
After all, they fought such a big battle with great exhilaration; Zuo Feng also let them be happy, rarely seeing the girls so excited, he naturally didn't want to spoil their mood.
As for Da Mi Tao and Xiao She Jing, the two 'spendthrifts,' they must be punished! Although Lu Zhuoyan promised to try his best to retrieve the Long Xu Needles and arrows they used, they still had to be 'punished'!
Zuo Feng secretly calculated that Xiao She Jing and Da Mi Tao's weapon reserves were still too low. Since there was a forging team at Firefly Base, he would replenish their stock there.
This was Zuo Feng's best way to deal with these two 'spendthrifts': to make them 'spend' endlessly.
Furthermore, this zombie horde attack on the base also gave Zuo Feng new ideas for the planning of Firefly Base. First, the number of hot weapons must keep up. Overall, Huo Yao Base, apart from its top-tier strength capable of killing Six Horizontal Bars, completely overwhelmed Firefly Base in overall strength. If Firefly Base encountered a zombie horde, let alone 100,000, even 20,000 to 30,000 would be a struggle.
Secondly, the number of Mutants in Firefly Base was too small. Look at Huo Yao Base; before the zombie horde, the number of Mutants was nearly 500!
With this strength, coupled with firepower coverage and the support of Zuo Feng and his group, the number of Mutant casualties was still over half!
Although xiao songta (little pine cone) could turn ordinary people into Mutants, there were only 99 xiao songta (little pine cone) in total; initially, Firefly Squad each used 1, totaling 11.
Da Mi Tao, Xiao She Jing, and Zuo Feng each used two more to upgrade Sheng Sheng Bu Xi (Life Without End) to the second stage, totaling 6.
Another seven were used on the four leading students at the base and Jian Ruoxi's three girls, totaling 7.
Now, the remaining 75 xiao songta (little pine cone) seem like quite a lot, but for the other 8 girls to light up their second lotus seed and upgrade Sheng Sheng Bu Xi (Life Without End) to the second stage, another 16 will be consumed.
This leaves only 59 xiao songta (little pine cone), and although the little pine tree has started to bear xiao songta (little pine cone) again, it's unknown how long it will take for the next batch to mature.
Advancing Sheng Sheng Bu Xi (Life Without End) requires consuming xiao songta (little pine cone), and they also need to save xiao songta (little pine cone) for himself and the girls to advance to the third stage.
When calculated, there truly isn't much left over.
But without xiao songta (little pine cone), how can they gather more Mutants? It's so difficult.
Third, the assistance of the young lady this time was a great success, and the importance of support was also demonstrated. Zuo Feng considered that the team needed to recruit more support members, and Zuo Feng had already decided on the personnel.
The four girls that Da Yuanyuan had protected before, two are in the team, and two others became Mutants by consuming xiao songta (little pine cone) and stayed at the base.
One of those two girls at the base is a support type. Zuo Feng decided to ask her if she was willing to join the team next time he returned.
As for the other one, although she wasn't a support type, he would ask her too. The girls Da Yuanyuan protected couldn't just leave one out of the team, right? He might as well take them all into the squad.
Fourth, there's the issue of the base's location, which needs to be re-planned. While the base's location is good, being in the mountains surrounded by trees would be troublesome if a zombie horde truly appeared. They need to quickly clear an open area.
Fifth, there's the issue of the research team, and they also need their own weapon forging team, right?… Thinking about it, it's all troublesome matters….