Chapter 49

"Understood. Continue the artillery barrage; if we can't kill King and Number 4000, we'll completely destroy Canberra."

General Soros spoke coldly, his gaze fixed on the technicians beside him, "Immediately locate the positions of Number 4000 and King. If we can sacrifice a city to bury them, it will be worth it."

General Soros's voice was icy, and the others didn't dare to breathe loudly, nodding hurriedly and starting to work. Everyone knew that although they had the resolve to sacrifice Canberra along with King and Number 4000, General Soros's mood at this moment was certainly not good.

After all, even with the Dead Virus ravaging the globe and zombies occupying city after city, there were almost no bases willing to use artillery barrages to destroy cities to eliminate zombies. If there were any bases that had such thoughts before, now that the view proposed by Luoshui—that zombies will eventually collapse—has gained more and more recognition, such actions can be considered extremely foolish.

The human losses have already been great. Since zombies will ultimately collapse, blindly destroying cities to eliminate zombies is undoubtedly foolish. After all, the human population is already small, and the number of survivors gathered by major bases is less than one-thousandth of the total human population. The disruption of civilization has already been pointed out by many enlightened individuals in the bases. If they lose a large number of cities built by humans, even if the zombies are ultimately destroyed, it might take an unknown amount of time for humans to rise again.

Only by preserving as much of their industrial capabilities as possible can humans hope to restore civilization as quickly as possible. The factories and buildings preserved in those cities can be quickly restored in the future, allowing humans to regain industrial power. This might be the essential foundation for dealing with the new world after the collapse of zombies.

However, General Soros also understood that if sacrificing Canberra could exchange for the destruction of two Kings, it would be worth it. Unfortunately, even so, for General Soros to personally witness the former capital of his country disappear at his hands would not be a pleasant experience.

This made General Soros hate King and Li Mu even more, deciding to spare no effort to completely eliminate Li Mu and King this time.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The fierce artillery barrage continued, every inch of Canberra trembling. Buildings collapsed with a roar, and the water in Lake Burley Griffin became turbulent, the once calm lake turning unprecedentedly murky. Humans were destroying the city they had built with their own hands.

The sole purpose was to kill Li Mu, who was hiding in the sewers and quickly running to evade the artillery bombardment, and the King, who was in a miserable state under the protection of the X-type zombie.

Scream!

A scream, the King angrily screamed. As the king of the city, it never expected that after welcoming Li Mu, an unwelcome guest, it would face the brutal artillery bombardment of humans.

This made its simple brain extremely angry. Without Li Mu's pursuit, just the artillery barrage, the King did not feel a significant threat. A scream, and the X-type zombie stopped its evasive movements, rising into the air. The X-type zombie roared continuously, its eyes blood-red, standing on the ruins after the artillery barrage.

The X-type zombie rose from the ruins of Canberra, so conspicuous that the people of the Forward Base immediately spotted it.

"Found the King. Stupid zombie, die!"

Someone roared in anger, the artillery turned, coordinates corrected, and more artillery fire instantly shifted its target, bombarding the X-type zombie.

Scream!

Another sharp roar, the King's eyes turned blood-red with rage. Sensing the King's anger, the X-type zombie also became extremely violent. Facing the incoming artillery shells, it raised its hands to the sky, like an invincible god.

With a gesture, the incoming artillery shells twisted and exploded brilliantly, the terrifying flames instantly appearing in the sky over Canberra.

One explosion after another, the brilliant explosions, endless artillery fire instantly blooming in the sky, like the most dazzling light, the intense light making all screens go white, making it impossible to see anything.

"Damn! What happened?!"

"Damn! Our shells were prematurely detonated!"

"Didn't we already install jammers? Why are they still affected!"

Countless people asked, the sudden loss of control of the artillery fire making everyone panic. Even with jammers installed, why were they still affected? Everyone wanted to know the reason.

Otherwise, even if the Forward Base sent planes, tanks, and artillery, if they were still interfered with, what use would it be? How could they kill the King and Li Mu?

General Soros's hands clenched tightly, unconsciously twisting, showing his inner turmoil. He turned angrily to the technicians, "What's going on? Have you found the cause?"

"We are checking, but there is no data in the database about this."

The technicians were drenched in sweat, clearly the situation was beyond everyone's expectations.

"Could it be magnetism?"

Someone suddenly spoke, seeing everyone's gaze turn to him, he swallowed, "I mean, like Magneto in X-Men, does the X-type zombie control magnetism?"

Everyone's pupils instantly contracted, and several technicians quickly calculated. Data doesn't lie, although it couldn't be confirmed, this was clearly the most likely possibility.

"The fighter jets have arrived, attacking the second target..."

The communication device in the combat command room suddenly rang, interrupting everyone's shock. Looking at the screen, fighter jets were already flying over Canberra, without hesitation, diving towards the King standing on the X-type zombie's shoulder.

"Oh no!"

Someone suddenly screamed, no need for the technicians to explain further, General Soros, who had seen the series, turned completely pale.

Scream!

The King roared sharply, the X-type zombie it controlled roared, its eyes flashing blood-red, and its hands gripping tightly. The incoming fighter jets suddenly shook violently, swaying in the air, on the verge of crashing.

"Retreat, order them to retreat immediately!"

General Soros rushed to the computer, shouting urgently.

Unfortunately, it was too late. Under the magnetic control of the X-type zombie, the Forward Base's most advanced fighter jets were like toys, deviating from their courses and colliding with each other.

Several kilometers in the air, a terrible disaster occurred. Fighter jets exploded and fell, as if to show off, one fighter jet uncontrollably flew straight to the X-type zombie.

Rage flashed in the X-type zombie's eyes, and with a strong grip, the entire fighter jet made a grating sound, twisting inch by inch before everyone's eyes, as if an invisible giant hand had grabbed it, manipulating it like clay.

The entire fighter jet instantly disintegrated, breaking apart like a paper airplane, trailing thick black smoke, and crashing to the ground with a deafening explosion.

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