Chapter 615: The Power of Unity

Over the past few nights, Nina Jacobs had been using her Puppetry Technique to control Puppet Zombies and zombified animals to hunt other zombies.

According to the system’s statistics, her Puppet Zombies had already earned her forty thousand Experience Points over the last three nights. This meant that within three nights, these puppets alone had killed around forty thousand zombies.

Additionally, she had used her “Instant Detonation” Skill four times every day. The people around them just assumed the explosions were the handiwork of Superconductive Hand Grenades. After all, every detonation from a Superconductive Hand Grenade could wipe out a massive swath of zombies.

“A message came from the base. The source of the zombie tide has been blocked, and they expect this battle to end either today or tomorrow,” Adrian Paige said as he walked up to Nina.

“That’s good news. Everyone can finally take a break,” Nina nodded.

For the past few days, everyone had been working around the clock, returning to the battlefield before their Superpower was fully restored. Two members of the rescue team had even advanced to become Intermediate Superpower Users because of this intense pressure.

“Don’t you feel like things have been going a little too smoothly?” Adrian asked. He didn’t have any specific suspects, but he inexplicably felt as though someone was helping them from the shadows. The rate at which the zombies were decreasing was surprisingly fast, yet his Spiritual Element Superpower hadn’t detected anything unusual.

“Oh? Why would you say that? This is all just the power of teamwork,” Nina replied. Although she felt a twinge of guilt, she believed Adrian hadn’t actually discovered anything.

These past few days, she had ordered her Puppet Zombies to hunt other zombies three kilometers away. As soon as the sky began to lighten, they would kill themselves. Then, on the following night, she would control a new batch of Puppet Zombies.

“It’s hard to imagine those words coming from your mouth.” Adrian paused for a moment before letting out a chuckle. The power of teamwork, really… It turned out Nina actually had a sense of humor.

“Is it not true? As long as the personnel follow orders and there are plenty of weapons, miracles can happen on even the most difficult battlefields,” Nina explained.

“You’re right, but you’re the biggest contributor this time. Bringing you along was definitely the right choice. My Crystal Cores were really well spent.” Adrian genuinely meant it. Nina could fend off ten thousand enemies every single day. There were a few times when relatively powerful Mutated Zombies appeared, and they only survived thanks to her.

“You didn’t have to say that.” Nina shook her head. Adrian really only knew how to speak in the most blunt manner possible. “Besides, the zombie tide hasn’t completely ended yet. We can’t let our guard down,” she reminded him. Based on her experience, the closer they got to the end, the more critical the situation became.

“Of course. There aren’t many zombies left now. The people from South Riven Base will come to pick us up before tonight,” Adrian said. It was expected that after noon, South Riven Base would open its gates and organize the army for a final sweep.

“Mhm, got it.” Nina checked the time. It looked like noon was fast approaching.

They had been keeping in contact with South Riven Base over the past few days. A couple of days ago, the base had even offered to send a helicopter to bring them inside, but Adrian had refused. He believed that fighting from both the front and the rear would yield better results.

In the afternoon, people from South Riven Base actually arrived. Akira Gallagher had even come to the abandoned dam in person.

When they saw the mountainous piles of zombie corpses and the state of the surroundings, everyone was absolutely shocked. Akira had thought they would be picking up a team of lone, heroic warriors fighting in desperate circumstances. He had expected them to have suffered heavy losses and be completely exhausted. To his surprise, as soon as he stepped out of the vehicle, he saw a few young people holding thermoses, chatting, drinking water, and soaking up the sun. They even looked quite relaxed.

“Uncle Akira!” Aaron Lynch immediately waved his arms and rushed forward to greet the man.

Only then did Nina and the others realize that Aaron was actually related to Base Commander Akira Gallagher.

“We just finished killing a wave of zombies, so we’re sunbathing right now to recover our Superpower,” Aaron explained after hugging Akira.

Over the past few days, everyone had noticed that their Superpower and energy were recovering much faster than usual. Some believed it was because they were drinking hot water steeped with goji berries from their thermoses while basking in the sun. Therefore, everyone’s go-to method for resting now consisted of drinking hot goji berry water and sunbathing.

“I see…” It was the first time Akira had ever heard of such a thing.

“That’s not it at all. It’s just that everyone has become more proficient at controlling their Superpower,” Heath Chandler chimed in. There had never been any scientific backing to the idea that drinking goji berry water from a thermos could rapidly restore one’s Superpower and energy.

Nina listened from the sidelines with a calm expression. Of course it wasn’t because of the goji berries and the sun. It was because she had secretly poured a significant amount of “Superpower Recovery Potion” and “Energy Recovery Potion” into the hot water barrels prepared by Shirley Lucas. However, no one else knew this.

“Thank you all so much for your tremendous help. On behalf of South Riven Base, I thank you!” Akira bowed deeply to the group. He had only just found out that the person he had been communicating with over the past two days was actually Adrian Paige from the command center. What shocked him even more was that there were four hundred South Riven Base soldiers stationed here too!

“Base Commander, we should transfer everyone to the base first,” Kevin Lewis reminded him. The surrounding zombies had been lured away, but with so many people gathered here, it wouldn’t take long for more to show up.

“Alright.” Akira knew this wasn’t the time to ask questions.

Just as they were halfway to the base, an alarm suddenly blared.

“That’s the base’s alarm! Are there powerful enemies?!” Kevin immediately stood up.

At that moment, a massive hole had been smashed into one side of the South Riven Base’s city wall. Even though the Superpower User teams had instantly taken remedial measures, hordes of zombies were still frantically pouring into the gap!

“What’s going on? Didn’t the zombie tide retreat?”

“Where on earth are all these zombies coming from?”

“It’s it, it’s it! That Four-element Zombie is here! It was the Four-element Zombie that blew up the wall!”

“There are giant zombified animals too! Call for backup! Call for backup!”

“Patch up the wall first!”

The base instantly descended into utter chaos. Kevin and the others, who had rushed back as fast as they could, never expected things to escalate like this.

Kyle Stone was already leading people out of the base to kill the invading zombies. However, the zombified animals were exceptionally ferocious.

“AHH!” A soldier let out a terrified shriek as he looked down at his severed legs.

Right after, a flying shadow suddenly darted out from mid-air and yanked him straight into the sky. The shadow cradled the soldier, tearing into him as if gnawing on a piece of food. The sickening sound of flesh being ripped apart echoed above as a mist of blood and dismembered body parts rained down on the ground below.

Kyle stared up in horror. It was indeed that Four-element Zombie!

“Attention, everyone! We absolutely cannot let it get any closer to the base!” Kyle roared.

But the zombie acted as if it were playing a hunting game with them, yanking one soldier after another into the sky. The thick stench of blood in the air was already driving all the nearby zombies and zombified animals into a rabid frenzy.

Just as several giant zombified animals lunged toward the group of soldiers, a transparent sand shield materialized out of nowhere, firmly protecting them beneath it.

BANG!

A zombified tiger slammed wildly into the sand shield. Kyle and the others stared at it in sheer astonishment.

“What… is this?”

The zombie hovering in mid-air turned toward the convoy rushing over from another direction and unleashed a furious roar. It immediately hurtled toward the group of people who had just stepped out of their vehicles!

“Watch out, Senior!” Sylvia Shawn tried to use her Thunder Element Superpower to restrict the Four-element Zombie’s movements, but it effortlessly dodged her attack.

Perhaps realizing that Nina was the one hindering its hunt, the Four-element Zombie charged straight toward her!