The night was blood-red, a crescent moon hanging high in the sky, like a cold, bloody eye looking down at the earth.
On the other side, Tie Zhenshan, the leader of Steel Fortress, Mao Wudi, the leader of Spear of Victory, and Rou Moyu, the leader of Glory of Light, stood in the top-floor conference room of Steel Fortress.
They each led 300 strong individuals who had lit seven Lotus Seeds to gather here.
The reason for choosing Steel Fortress as the meeting place was its proximity to Dream City; they were gathered here to discuss the joint attack on Dream City scheduled for tomorrow.
The three leaders looked grim, their gazes meeting on the holographic map.
Initially, they believed that with their three walking nine-bar Super Individuals, plus the 300 strong individuals who had lit seven Lotus Seeds they each led, such a lineup would be more than enough to easily flatten Dream City.
Don't forget, among the strong individuals who had lit seven Lotus Seeds they brought, 100 of them were equipped with A-level metal weapons, making their strength close to that of strong individuals who had lit eight Lotus Seeds.
Such a lineup, in the past, would have been more than enough to attack H City, let alone Dream City.
However, they never expected that the appearance of the ten-thousand-meter crack in the central area would disrupt all their plans.
The appearance of the crack meant that anyone in H City could break through the bottleneck of lighting the seventh Lotus Seed—this implied that a large number of strong individuals who had lit seven Lotus Seeds would also emerge in Dream City, undoubtedly increasing the difficulty of the attack.
Furthermore, due to Dream City being a hotbed of viruses, their surveillance had been lax, leading to insufficient understanding of the specific changes within Dream City.
Now, intelligence indicated a massive change in the territory of Brothers Alliance, where Wan Youyu was located.
The entire Brothers Alliance originally housed not less than a million survivors, but seven or eight hundred thousand were certainly there.
However, recent reconnaissance showed that the Brothers Alliance's territory had become completely desolate, with very few survivors remaining, as if it had been thoroughly purged.
As for the reason, the three leaders present knew it well—Wan Youyu used the survivors of the entire Brothers Alliance to create pathogens!
They were shocked by Wan Youyu's madness, knowing that it involved nearly a million lives, but they also roughly estimated the number of pathogens about to erupt that Wan Youyu had spread.
With only a 1% survival rate for the potion conversion, it meant that nearly seven to eight thousand pathogens about to erupt had been spread.
This terrifying number, even for them who were now equivalent to walking nine-bar Super Individuals, made their scalps tingle; once these pathogens erupted, any force other than Firefly Base would find it difficult to resist.
Mao Wudi slammed the conference table, saying coldly, "Wan Youyu, that madman, actually dared to do this! I should have chopped him up long ago!"
His eyes were wide with rage, burning with angry flames.
Rou Moyu sighed softly, whispering, "It has come to this; we must face this insane reality. Rather than being angry, it's better to respond calmly."
Tie Zhenshan remained silent, his gaze fixed on the Brothers Alliance's marker on the map, and after a long while, he slowly spoke:
"There's an even more serious problem. My spy, who was previously embedded within Brothers Alliance, sent a secret report.
Wan Youyu not only created pathogens, but he himself has also become a half-human, half-zombie monster; he can no longer be considered human.
Moreover, to completely control Brothers Alliance, he has infected all the strong individuals of Brothers Alliance who had lit five Lotus Seeds or more, turning them into half-human, half-zombie beings.
This means that Brothers Alliance's high-level combat forces will not only not resist him but will loyally serve him.
What's more terrifying is that these strong individuals retain their original combat skills while also possessing the characteristics of Slash Zombies."
Rou Moyu's expression changed slightly, her voice low: "So, Brothers Alliance has now completely become a half-zombie army?"
Tie Zhenshan slowly nodded, his eyes filled with solemnity: "Not only that, according to the secret report, the combat capabilities displayed by these infected strong individuals after infection far exceed their past abilities, with their strength increasing by at least several times or even more!"
Mao Wudi sneered, his voice low but full of murderous intent: "Even if they become immortal, I still have a way to utterly exterminate them!"
Rou Moyu gently shook her head, saying, "The key question is, how did Wan Youyu turn himself into a half-human, half-zombie being, and what level has his current strength reached? And most importantly, how did he infect all the strong individuals who had lit five Lotus Seeds or more into a half-zombie state?"
Mao Wudi clenched his fists, growling, "Who cares how he did it! Since he wants to destroy, then let him completely disappear!"
Tie Zhenshan, however, slowly shook his head, his tone solemn:
"Although it's unclear how Wan Youyu transformed himself into a half-human, half-zombie being with unknown strength, one thing is certain: his half-human, half-zombie state bears some resemblance to our Super Individuals.
However, it is not as pure and rational as our Super Individuals; it can be said to be an early prototype or a failed Super Individual.
But one point must be noted: his strength may not be weaker than a Super Individual, and it is highly possible that he has also reached the nine-bar level.
The main thing is that his two trusted subordinates also underwent the same half-human, half-zombie transformation as him, so it is highly likely that we will be facing three nine-bar level half-zombie monsters this time."
Tie Zhenshan paused here, his gaze sweeping over everyone, and continued:
"What's worse, this half-human, half-zombie state seems to possess extremely strong contagiousness; if any of us are injured by them in battle, we are also very likely to be infected and become half-zombie puppets under his control.
That's how his half-zombie army came to be!
Moreover, he already has the idea of annexing Giant Tiger Alliance and Luoxia Alliance."
Tie Zhenshan's words instantly solidified the atmosphere in the entire room; everyone's expressions varied, but all showed solemnity.
Rou Moyu frowned deeply, and after a moment of thought, she whispered:
"If that's truly the case, then we won't have an overwhelming advantage, and the longer the war drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for us, because every moment of delay means Wan Youyu could infect more experts and expand his half-zombie army.
But if he and his two trusted subordinates have truly reached the nine-bar level, then we simply cannot completely wipe them out in a short period of time; not to mention wiping them out, we might not even be their match."
"Unless..."
Rou Moyu suddenly looked up, her eyes flashing with a complex light,
"Firefly Base can make a move!"
Mao Wudi sighed helplessly, having initially thought this crisis could be easily resolved, but now, the situation seemed much more complicated than imagined.
Tie Zhenshan slowly nodded, saying, "This battle cannot afford to fail, so we must enlist Firefly Base.
Otherwise, once the battle falls into a stalemate, it will only be us who are annihilated, and if we fail, given Wan Youyu's madness, he will mercilessly turn the entire H City into a pathogen testing ground, and all survivors will not escape the fate of infection."
At this point, Tie Zhenshan said with a solemn tone:
"Therefore, the purpose of today's meeting is to unify our opinions on whether to seek help from Firefly Base.
Through this period of contact, I believe you should also have a certain understanding of Leader Zuo Feng; as long as we truthfully inform him of the real situation, I believe he will not stand idly by."