Meng Chao remembered that after he failed his national college examination in his previous life, the zombie virus gradually came back to life.
Logically speaking, the zombie crisis had been going on for more than fifty years, and the survivors had long since formed an immunity against all sorts of viruses. It had been a long time since he heard of a large number of zombies appearing.
Occasionally, zombies appeared, but they were like Granny Wang. They were heavily injured by monsters, and their lives came to an end. Then, their corpses slowly mutated into another life form.
But Meng Chao remembered clearly that during the later stage of the Monster War, zombies would appear in Dragon City once in a while.
It seemed like as the monsters leveled up, the zombie virus's power also increased by another level.
The new zombie virus could not only spread to humans through pests, but it also did not need to bite a human to death.
It only needed to tear a few wounds, and the virus would move through the circulatory system to reach the central nervous system and brain tissues.
In just a short half a minute to a minute, living humans would turn into super zombies that came in all sorts of strange forms and caught people off guard.
Some zombies could spit fire or acid.
Some zombies could run on walls. They had terrifying mobility.
Some zombies could self-destruct and turn themselves into large biochemical bombs. With a bang, they would send a large amount of virus-laden bodily fluids flying more than one hundred meters away.
Strictly speaking, these infected people should not be called "zombies".
Compared to the traditional zombies who turned into zombies after they died, their mutation speed was much faster. Many of them were still alive, but they were just infected and controlled by the terrifying virus.
Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call them mutants.
But that was not the main point.
The main point was that Meng Chao remembered that every time the super zombies appeared, they were just appetizers. Usually, after the zombies wreaked havoc, very terrifying monsters would appear and cause severe damage to Dragon City.
In his previous life, Meng Chao had been muddle-headed. He did not understand why the zombies and monsters always appeared together.
In this life, he had a higher level of information in his hands, so a thought flashed in his mind, and he instantly understood.
'That's right. After more than fifty years of survival screening, the current Dragon Citizens have antibodies against the natural zombie virus. Even if the virus really acts up, they will slowly turn into traditional zombies with rotting bodies, staggering steps, and only howling without any fighting power.
"The super zombie virus in front of me, which manifests itself so quickly, becomes ridiculously contagious and powerful after mutation, should be a biological weapon developed by the exotic beasts.
"Based on the analysis of the experts in Dragon City, Dragon City and the Other World's dimensions are gradually fusing together. The fog that shrouds the entire city and large-scale monster invasions are becoming fewer and fewer. It's becoming harder for the abnormal beasts to send a large number of soldiers into Dragon City through the large space-time rifts.
"Then, the snakes, insects, rats, and ants that carry the super zombie virus will become the vanguard of the exotic beasts.
"It's impossible for the zombies to defeat the humans.
"But they can destroy the order in Dragon City and mobilize the human forces so that the superhumans have to run for their lives. At the same time, they can hide the abnormal beasts' true actions!"
When he thought of this, Meng Chao shuddered and quickly grabbed his communicator.
"Team Leader Ye, our attention should still be focused on the exotic beasts."
"I think that the rat horde and zombies are just the prelude. It's a smokescreen to confuse us. The enemy's true attack is yet to come!"
On the other side of the communication channel, Ye Xiaoxing's surroundings were very noisy. The howling of zombies, the angry roars of humans, and the sound of guns and cannons came one after another.
After a long while, he asked, "Why do you say so?"
"The abnormal beasts haven't planned any major operations for a few months. If they don't take action now, are they going to just watch us dig out their nest?"
Meng Chao said. "No matter how strong the new zombies are, they're just zombies. They can't win against the iron fists of the brave and fearless Dragon Citizens. We know this, and the abnormal beasts know it even better. They won't be stupid enough to send the rat horde and zombies to their deaths.
"Don't forget that Gao Ye is still nearby. If he takes advantage of the time when all of us are suppressing the zombies to eat the foundation of a skyscraper and cause the entire skyscraper to collapse, wouldn't that be more destructive than a hundred zombies?"
"… Makes sense."
Ye Xiaoxing thought about it for a while before he readily agreed to Meng Chao's judgment.
Meng Chao might be young, but he was just an off-staff member of the abnormal beast research department.
But the reports he submitted recently were full of insight and foresight, which allowed the abnormal beast research department to adjust some of their strategies and regulations in time. At the same time they gained more results, they also avoided a lot of casualties.
And during the simulated offense and defense drills in Group 9, Meng Chao often played the role of the abnormal beasts in the blue army and used every method possible to attack Dragon City.
Even official investigators whose cultivation realms were several realms higher than his would usually lose dejectedly under his infiltration and frenzied destruction. They could only smile bitterly and say, "Meng Chao, thank goodness you're not an abnormal beast."
Gradually, Meng Chao gained quite a bit of fame in the abnormal beast research department.
The members of Group Nine even regarded him as an "exotic beast in human skin", not an ordinary university student. They trusted him very much.
Ye Xiaoxing immediately gathered the investigators of Group 9 who were scattered all over the southern part of the city and held an emergency video conference.
"The Red Dragon Army is already in position, and most of the residential areas have been fortified. It's just a matter of time before we get rid of the zombies. Our problem is still the abnormal beasts," Ye Xiaoxing said.
Ye Xiaoxing said, "Right now, the south of the city is in chaos. It's highly likely that the beasts will take advantage of the chaos to infiltrate the vital areas. I've already reminded the higher-ups to send more people to guard the important facilities in the south of the city. Our mission is still to ferret out Gao Ye.
"The problem is, there are nonstop gunshots on the ground, and there are a lot of pests squirming around underground, which makes it difficult for us to detect the sounds of Gao Ye digging and eating dirt.
"So, we can only predict the possible targets they might attack and try to catch them off guard before they do!"
Ye Xiaoxing sent the distribution map of the important facilities in the southern part of the city to the tactical computers of Group 9's investigators.
The investigators' tactical computers had more than one hundred construction drawings and 3D blueprints of underground pipes. The coordinates of Gao Ye were marked on them.
When they connected the densely packed coordinates together, they formed the trajectory of Gao Ye's movements.
The scratch mark Meng Chao and Lu Siya discovered was the last place Gao Ye appeared.
If they connected the trajectory to the last place, it would look like an arrow.
There were at least dozens of important infrastructure facilities or skyscrapers in front of the arrow.
Each team of investigators was in charge of three to five suspected targets.
Even so, they still had problems dealing with them. There were a lot of empty areas between the targets, and it was very easy for Gao Ye to find a loophole and cause trouble.
If they could know Gao Ye's target beforehand …
Meng Chao stared at the map and was engrossed in it.
At some point in time, he had bitten his thumbnail until it was full of dents.
Suddenly, he saw a small dot at the edge of the map.
He did his best to enlarge the map and get the real-time surveillance footage of the dot.
"Meng Chao, Siya, do you know the area you're in charge of?"
Ye Xiaoxing asked in the communication channel.
"Captain, we want to change targets!"
Meng Chao cut off Lu Siya's words and spoke first.
"Why?" Ye Xiaoxing asked.
"… Intuition," Meng Chao said.
"The important facilities you've marked are naturally good targets. Once they're destroyed, a lot of citizens will die, and part of the area will collapse.
But I don't think Gao Ye will choose these places. His next target is very likely to be the construction site of Subway Line 20! "
Ye Xiaoxing fell silent and waited for Meng Chao's explanation.
"I know Gao Ye. He's a technical geek through and through. When he was a human, he spent a lot of effort and even broke the law to achieve his dream, and that was to get the engineering order for the No. 20 subway line.
"I think that even if he completely lost his humanity and forgot his pride as a human, there should still be a hint of … a hint of unwillingness to admit defeat in the depths of his mind.
"Recently, the construction of Subway No.20 has reached the stage of digging a tunnel under the river.
"This is the first time Dragon City is digging a tunnel under the Red Dragon River. Aside from the construction, they also need to verify a lot of advanced technology. Once these technologies are proven to be feasible, soon, three, five, and seven tunnels will appear. They will connect the main city area and Jiangnan area together, and it will increase Dragon City's cohesion and overall fighting strength.
"But if a huge Ultimate Sandworm opens up a tunnel that's still under construction during a critical moment of construction, and the raging river surges into the tunnel, it will collapse the tunnel and even the underground track that's already under construction. A large number of workers, engineers, and specialists will be drowned. How long will it slow down Dragon City's development?
"I think that only this sort of target is worthy of the abnormal beasts spending so much effort to use the rat hordes and zombies to create a smokescreen!"
Ye Xiaoxing was silent for a while before she said, "The construction site of the tunnel under the river is at the edge of the southern part of the city."
"If we start calculating the time since the rat hordes appeared, Gao Ye should have been able to run there and destroy it!" Meng Chao said.
"Alright!"
Ye Xiaoxing never doubted the people he used, so he made a prompt decision. "There are dozens of important facilities here, and they are related to the safety of millions of citizens. It's impossible for us to give up on searching and setting up defenses.
"But I can assign your search targets to other squads. You and Siya will head to the construction site of the tunnel under the river at the fastest speed possible. Once you discover Gao Ye's tracks, the attack squad will immediately rush over!"
"Got it!"
Meng Chao and Lu Siya said at the same time.
Both of them brought out different metal boxes from their backpacks at the same time.
Meng Chao pressed a triangular button on the top of the metal box, and as the sounds of precision gears and machinery moving rose, the metal box opened layer by layer to reveal a 3D mobile suit that looked like a metal skeleton.
Lu Siya's metal box turned into a flying backpack.
A pair of alloy wings that were as thin as a cicada's wings were folded at the sides of the backpack. There was a small engine filled with crystal fuel, and it could release air to adjust its direction.
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