Chapter 316 - 305: Flamethrower

Chapter 316: Chapter 305: Flamethrower

The air was thick with the stench of rot and oxidized metal. Mengde had to pull his scarf up to cover his nose and mouth.

He carefully stepped over a corpse that had been severed at the waist, its face frozen in a final mask of terror.

Although the body was partially covered in dirt, Mengde could faintly recognize him. It was Xiaowang, a guard who had only just Awakened his Superpower before Mengde left.

Before Mengde had departed for East Sea City, Xiaowang had excitedly shown him the family he had found.

’They were such a happy family!’

But now...

’Damn it...’

Mengde crouched down and gently closed Xiaowang’s eyes.

His fingers touched the half-congealed blood, its sticky texture nauseating.

At this moment, he felt an overwhelming sense of relief.

’I’m so glad I made it back in time yesterday. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable!’

Just looking at the current state of things revealed the ferocity of yesterday’s zombie attack.

Nearby, Run Tu and the others, who had arrived earlier, wore expressions of sorrow as they surveyed the gruesome battlefield.

After all, many of the dead were brothers they had been chatting and laughing with just a couple of days ago.

But in the blink of an eye, they were separated by life and death.

It had to be said, those who survived were the lucky ones.

And for that very reason, they had to live on, even stronger than before.

After assessing the battlefield, Mengde stood in the center of the ruins, his gaze sweeping over the area ravaged by the scarlet monsters.

Taking a deep breath to suppress the heaviness in his heart, he turned and gave Run Tu his orders.

"Let’s begin."

"First, clear the battlefield and bury our fallen brothers."

"Second, rebuild the wall. This time, make it taller and stronger!"

"Third, establish a firing line on top of the wall. We can’t let any more monsters break through so easily!"

Run Tu nodded and immediately began organizing people to get to work.

The survivors split into several groups. Some were responsible for moving the bodies, others began clearing the wreckage from the ruins, and still others started planning the new fortifications according to Mengde’s instructions...

Mengde, meanwhile, walked to the entrance of the bridge and stared at the gray, hazy sky in the distance.

He knew time was short.

Although the scarlet monsters in the Economic Development Zone had been dealt with, the massive scarlet monster in the city center could return at any moment.

He had to complete this defensive line as quickly as possible. Otherwise, the base might not be so lucky during the next attack.

In hindsight, Mengde had been a bit careless.

He hadn’t expected that the zombies from the Economic Development Zone would actually be able to breach the defensive line he had established.

But yesterday’s events made Mengde realize he couldn’t afford to be sloppy with the defensive line connecting the Economic Development Zone and Jade Dragon Island.

The price of failure would be devastating.

So Mengde decided to properly fortify this sole entrance to Yulong Base.

That’s right.

This was now the only entrance to Yulong Base.

Mengde wasn’t worried about the sea.

Dabao, the Green-headed Turtle, was guarding it.

He had even seen Dabao in action yesterday.

However, being on land limited its abilities.

If its strength in the sea was at one hundred percent, then on land, it probably couldn’t even use half of its power.

This was also why Mengde had been able to capture the giant turtle so easily before.

Its greatest strength was also its greatest weakness.

A creature that lived in the sea would ultimately have its power limited by water.

If not for this, the smaller scarlet monster yesterday wouldn’t have broken through the base’s defenses so easily.

Perhaps they could have held out until Mengde returned without Jiayi even having to intervene.

All in all,

Mengde was determined to build this defensive line properly.

"This time, the wall will be raised to fifteen meters high and three meters thick..."

The Earth Superpower Users Run Tu had brought with him quickly got to work, with the other Superpower Users joining in.

The Earth Superpower Users were responsible for compacting the foundation, while the Metal Superpower Users smelted steel to reinforce the structure.

Mengde stood at the construction site, personally supervising the work.

His sharp gaze scanned every stage of the construction.

A faint metallic sheen swirled around his fingertips, ready to correct any minor flaws at a moment’s notice.

He had to ensure every inch of the wall was strong enough.

"Dig the foundation another two meters deeper!"

He shouted to the Earth Superpower Users.

"Use your Superpowers to compress the soil! I want the density to be more than ten times military-grade standards!"

The zombies that had Awakened Superpowers also had their physical abilities enhanced many times over.

Ordinary concrete could no longer stop them.

More than ten Earth Superpower Users exerted their power at once, and the ground let out a deep rumble.

Under the influence of their Superpowers, the once-soft soil became as hard as concrete.

Mengde crouched down and stabbed the ground hard with his dagger. The blade penetrated less than three centimeters before it couldn’t go any deeper.

"Good. Just like that."

Mengde nodded in satisfaction and turned to the group of Metal Superpower Users.

"Now, start laying the internal rebar framework. I want a triple-layer cross-hatch grid!"

"And the outer layer needs to be coated with an anti-corrosion alloy..."

The Superpower Users pushed their hands forward, and steel bars wove themselves together in mid-air as if they were alive.

Mengde took a special anti-corrosion alloy powder from his system space and sprinkled it evenly over the surface of the rebar.

Under the effect of their Superpowers, the powder quickly melted, forming a silver-gray protective film.

He even had them install "ground spike traps" at the base of the wall.

If any zombies got close, they would trigger sharp metal spikes that would impale their bodies, hindering their advance...

The Superpower Users Mengde had brought from the base were all highly efficient.

Plus, the entrance to Yulong Base wasn’t very large.

So before long, a wall over ten meters high was constructed.

A reinforced one, at that.

With this wall, ordinary zombies could forget about getting through easily again.

But that wasn’t enough.

Mengde also decided to build a firing line on top of the wall.

That way, if zombies attacked the base, they could counterattack from a high-ground advantage.

Therefore, deploying a firing line was essential.

Although there were many Superpower Users in the base, Superpowers were ultimately finite.

When faced with a large-scale zombie attack, they were always stretched thin.

It wasn’t that the Superpower Users were weak, but that the sheer number of zombies meant they would eventually run out of energy to use their Superpowers.

That’s when conventional weapons would come in handy.

Of course, Mengde’s idea was that in any future zombie attacks, they should first soften up the enemy with a barrage of conventional weapons.

This would greatly reduce the pressure when facing the zombies.

As for the conventional weapons, Mengde decided to equip the base’s guards with the submachine guns he had brought back.

He had gotten them from Jiang Haibing.

’After all, I saved Jiang Haibing’s life twice. Getting some weapons out of it isn’t too much to ask, right?’

’Just using pistols and stuff would be so unimpressive, wouldn’t it?’

Besides the submachine guns, there would also be sniper platforms, Flamethrowers...

All of these could be used to hold back the zombies.