The neutron landmines Song Zhan laid out in the wasteland indeed effectively slowed the Zombie Tide’s advance, but what they eliminated was merely a drop in the bucket for the Zombie Tide.
The blown-open gap was quickly filled by the subsequent Zombies, and even the scattered Zombie flesh on the ground was devoured by these hungry creatures.
Soon, the Zombie Tide came within visible distance.
Although the Power Armor and mechanical exoskeletons in the Doomsday generally came with night vision equipment, Song Peng still fired a dozen flares to illuminate the surrounding area.
The yellow flares burned slowly in the air, their light illuminating the Zombies’ ferocious faces.
Various body parts of the Mutants showed different degrees of mutation; some Mutants grew sharp claws like blades, while the Zombies running at the forefront evolved large leg structures like grasshoppers, with hardened keratinized barbs and Sawtooth growing at their joints.
Several burly Zombies ran on all fours like gorillas, their thick arms appearing even thicker than an adult’s.
There were also several powerfully built Mutants following within the Zombie Tide.
Although Feng Jun really wanted to unleash a wave of concentrated firepower, Longmen Town still lacked weapons for long-range strikes, otherwise he would have already launched a long-range fire attack on the Zombie Tide.
“Open fire,” Feng Jun commanded, and the defenders on the city wall unleashed their firepower on the approaching Zombie Tide.
Countless lasers and Bolters struck the Zombie horde charging at the front.
Although these disgusting creatures had evolved fangs, sharp claws, and various biological organs for combat, they were still fragile under the assault of futuristic firepower.
Countless Zombies were directly torn into pieces by the dense firepower; their comrades behind them stepped over the fallen bodies of their predecessors and continued to surge forward, showing no fear whatsoever towards the incoming Bolters and laser beams, only an endless craving for human flesh.
Feng Jun, standing on the city wall, frowned deeply.
Although the firepower was reaping the Zombies, the distance of the Zombie Tide was constantly closing.
The number of Zombies killed by the shooting was far less than the number of Zombies surging in.
Soon, the Zombie Tide, enduring the fierce firepower, surged to the base of the city wall, and some Zombies with sharper claws had already begun to attempt climbing the wall.
A Zombie that had mutated with locust-like legs leaped forcefully from beneath the city wall and easily jumped onto the five-meter-high wall.
Two soldiers standing on the edge of the city wall immediately turned their guns, and this locust-legged Zombie was directly shattered into pieces by two Bolters before it could even stand firm.
However, in that brief moment of oversight, another locust-legged Zombie rushed onto the city wall.
After it stabilized, it extended its right leg, from which a sharp bone blade popped out, directly severing the arm of a soldier wearing a mechanical exoskeleton.
Blood gushed from the soldier’s severed arm, forming a bloody mist that sprayed onto the city wall.
The locust-legged Zombie raised its head and let out a strange cry, bathing in the spraying blood mist, seemingly enjoying the sensation.
However, before it could kill again, its head was directly grabbed by a soldier in Power Armor, held in his hand like a small sapling, and then crushed by his bare hands.
Although mechanical exoskeletons had defensive armor, they lacked sufficient power to equip heavier protective armor, and the mechanical exoskeleton’s role in combat was that of flexible and mobile individual equipment.
The Power Armor’s role was different; its fusion core reactor could provide more powerful energy, and its heavy armor could protect the entire body of the soldier inside.
While these Mutants posed a significant threat to ordinary soldiers, when soldiers donned Power Armor, they gained the ability to fight against Mutated Zombies, and could even utterly dominate some lower-level Mutated Zombies.
Such situations began to constantly unfold at various points along the city wall.
Mutated Zombies, one after another, endured the dense firepower and ascended the city wall, engaging in fierce combat with the defending soldiers.
Fortunately, Li Lu had already warned Feng Jun about this point, distributing soldiers in Power Armor throughout the defenses.
As soon as a Zombie climbed the wall, a soldier in Power Armor would immediately go to kill it.
A Mutant resembling a gorilla approached the city wall.
Its skin was covered in hardened keratin, and its thick arms and strong muscles looked formidable.
It stood up not far from the city wall, violently smashed the ground a few times with its two thick arms, and then grabbed nearby Zombies and began throwing them onto the city wall.
Lasers and Bolter bullets struck its body with thuds, all blocked by its hardened keratin layer.
This gorilla Mutant swung its arms a few times, directly throwing five or six Zombies over the city wall.
Such conspicuous and threatening Mutants were naturally targeted by the concentrated fire of everyone on the city wall, and after several successive rocket attacks, they quickly turned into bloody fragments.
However, this could not stop other Zombies from scaling the city wall; a considerable number of Zombies had already crossed the first city wall and were rushing towards the second line of defense behind them.
Feng Jun, wearing Power Armor, was extinguishing fires all over the city wall.
After activating his Blood Eye State, he not only had superhuman marksmanship but could also easily evade every Zombie’s attack in close-quarters combat.
A Zombie with sharp claws climbed onto the city wall, its left and right hands growing claws like Wolverine’s.
This Zombie moved swiftly, like a phantom on the city wall, killing several soldiers consecutively.
Its movements were incredibly fast; even soldiers equipped with Power Armor found it difficult to keep up with its speed, and all bullets fired were deftly dodged.
Just as this Zombie was continuously killing soldiers on the city wall with its swift speed, Feng Jun discovered the situation here.
In his Blood Eye State, he immediately locked onto the Zombie’s movements.
Although this Zombie moved swiftly, to ordinary people, its every movement seemed like teleportation.
But in Feng Jun’s eyes, it was only slightly faster.
With his eyes locked on this Zombie, its movement trajectory instantly slowed down.
Just as this Zombie appeared behind a soldier, about to use its sharp claws to slice open the soldier’s throat, Feng Jun had already rushed quickly behind it, and with a flash of the electromagnetic blade in his hand, he sliced the Zombie in half down the middle.
Feng Jun’s reaction speed was astonishing.
He was putting out fires all over the city wall, killing Mutated Zombies that leaped onto the wall.
However, activating the Blood Eye State required a huge amount of energy from Feng Jun’s body.
After continuously fighting for 20 minutes, Feng Jun was so exhausted that he exited the Blood Eye State, almost falling from the city wall.
At this point, the first city wall defense line was already crawling with various Zombies.
All soldiers equipped only with mechanical exoskeletons had retreated to the second city wall, and now only a few hundred soldiers wearing Power Armor were still fighting alongside Feng Jun.
“Boss, retreat quickly!” Song Peng’s voice came through the communication channel.
In just two hours, the Zombies had piled up a ramp of their own bodies outside the first city wall, allowing them to directly surge onto the wall by stepping on their comrades’ corpses.
Thump~ Thump~.
Impact sounds came from a distance.
A Zombie over three meters tall was continuously ramming the city wall.
Although this Zombie looked like skin and bones, each of its impacts caused the city wall to tremble violently.
Feng Jun took out a plasma rifle from his storage space, set the power to maximum, aimed at the Zombie’s head, and fired a shot.
The blue plasma projectile directly hit the Zombie’s head; the plasma instantly melted the Zombie’s upper body and continued to flow downwards, constantly burning the Zombie’s body.
However, killing just one such Zombie was not enough to change the tide of battle.
Large Mutants were continuously approaching the city wall, and under their impact, the wall would soon collapse.
Feng Jun reluctantly gave the order to retreat.
After the retreat order was given, the soldiers directly leaped from the city wall; a five-meter-high wall was not very dangerous for soldiers in Power Armor.
Soon, all the soldiers had retreated within the second city wall.
Without the suppression from the soldiers, gaps were soon breached in the outer city wall by the Zombies, and the Zombie Tide poured in like a bursting flood.
Feng Jun was the last to retreat.
After leaping from the city wall, he quickly activated the thrusters on his Power Armor’s back, rushing directly towards the second city wall.
However, unluckily, just as he landed, two Mutants crashed through the nearby city wall.
Two muscular, bald Zombies, resembling bodybuilding champions, squeezed in from the collapsed wall, and upon stabilizing, they saw Feng Jun on the ground.
Feng Jun looked back, and the data displayed in his helmet startled him.
Name/Codename: Pursuer
Species: Zombie
Energy Value: 246
Both Zombies were indeed Mutants with an energy value of 200.
Feng Jun had just activated his Blood Eye State and was currently in a weakened period.
Although these two Mutants appeared to be newly evolved Zombies, Feng Jun, in his current state, was simply no match for them.
“Bald brothers, let’s fight another day.” Feng Jun directly activated the thrusters on his Power Armor’s back and dashed towards the second city wall.
But he had barely run a few steps when he heard heavy footsteps thudding behind him.
The two bald bodybuilders started running, following closely behind Feng Jun like professional athletes, their speed almost matching that of Power Armor at full sprint.
The faster of the bodybuilding Zombies had already extended an arm, trying to grab Feng Jun’s back.
Feng Jun naturally knew the two bald brothers were behind him, but at that moment, he dared not stop.
Fortunately, the distance between the two city walls was not very far.
The soldiers on the city wall soon noticed their boss being chased by two bald figures, and after realizing what was happening, the firepower from the city wall immediately directed itself behind Feng Jun.
Because the two bald figures were chasing too closely, the soldiers on the city wall were afraid of accidentally injuring Feng Jun, so they only dared to use laser guns to shoot at the two Pursuers.
But the Pursuers’ skin was exceptionally tough, and the lasers could not cause effective damage to it.
One Pursuer suddenly exerted force with its feet, leaping directly towards Feng Jun.
Just as the Pursuer’s sharp claws were about to touch Feng Jun’s Power Armor, a giant hammer suddenly flew from the side, directly striking the Pursuer that was about to tackle Feng Jun.
A Power Armor leaped from the city wall, landed steadily on the ground, and then rushed towards Feng Jun.
The person piloting this Power Armor was precisely Li Lu, and the giant hammer that struck the Pursuer was the weapon used by the person named Guma, now wielded by Li Lu as a weapon.