441 It had just began (2/2)

Any creatures, including the zombies, would have an instinct to create their own space for survival. Once the population exceeded the threshold, the city center could no longer contain all of them, so they had to expand outward and increase the radius of the city center.

Waiting alone would not end the mutant flood - only killing all the zombies and mutants migrating outward would end this war.

If not, they would have to give up their own territory and migrate further.

On the wasteland, where anyone could become mutated, natural selection remained the law.

A zombie in the distance moved in their direction, so Sun Jiao grabbed the laser rifle hanging in front of her chest, extended the barrel, narrowed her eyes, and pressed the trigger.

A needle-thin blue ray flashed as a fist-sized hole was instantly burned onto the zombie's forehead. Black content began to flow out. It took a few more steps before collapsing to the ground.

A few rays flashed, and a few zombies dropped dead.

It didn't have the sound effect typically found in science fiction movies; real laser rifles were silent killers. Although they had troublesome maintenance, expensive parts, limited range, and weak defense against EMP, making them far less popular than durable explosive rifles, Sun Jiao seemed to be particularly fond of them.

Straight trajectory, no recoil, high power in close range.

”It's a pretty high-tech weapon,” Jiang Chen said enviously while looking at the weapon in Sun Jiao's hands.

He wanted to purchase a few of the laser weapons as part of his collection, but the Sixth Street weapon shop only sold the C-type battery used for laser rifles, not the laser rifles themselves. Because he never saw one while he was at the Sixth Street, he shoved the memory of it to the back of his head.

The laser rifle was mostly used in space since no one dared to fire a standard rifle in gravity-free environments - firing just one shot might not hit anyone before the person who fired it would drift away.

”This is considered high-tech?” Sun Jiao rolled her eyes and retracted the rifle. ”Let's go down, it won't be safe on the wall in a bit.”

”The mutant mosquitos and the mutant flies?”

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes at the black cloud that began to form in the distance before turning around.

Because of the appearance of flying mutants, Lu Huasheng immediately evacuated the survivors at the base and transferred them to the temporary emergency facility in the underground tunnel.

Jiang Chen didn't want to brag about his foresight, but the temporary emergency facility he ordered to be built was useful. The flying mutants could easily fly over the wall of the base which would be a disaster to the normal survivors at the base.

Hiding in the underground tunnel would protect them.

After half a year of continual reinforcement, the primary transportation route between the Sixth Street and Fishbone base was fortified like an iron barrel. As long as both exits were secured, no mutants could attack them here.

When Jiang Chen and Sun Jiao headed to the community center, they didn't encounter a lot of people along the way.

After arriving at the command center, they saw the only remaining person in the community center – Han Junhua.

She had her arms crossed and was looking emotionlessly at the hologram map on the table.

The red and blue dots intermingled together, marking the enemy and friendly forces. Just by the force distribution, the First Corps had gained the upper hand, but the expression on her face didn't indicate that at all.

”What's the situation on the west line?” Jiang Chen immediately asked.

”A bit problematic.”

Despite her an unchanging face, Han Junhua's voice betrayed a tone full of cautiousness.