Chapter 58

"Have you not found him yet?"

General Soros had been awake for three days and three nights, his eyes bloodshot, as he swallowed a bitter sip of coffee and asked.

Everyone in the command room had also been awake for three days and three nights, but no one felt the fatigue. The busyness and the fear in their hearts combined into a pressure that kept everyone from sleeping.

The computer screens flickered, and everyone was busy. Hearing General Soros's question, someone replied bitterly, "Not yet. The drones we sent out have already searched the entire area around Sydney, including Canberra, within a thousand kilometers, but found no trace of him."

"Could it be that he is not heading towards us?"

Someone countered.

After losing Li Mu's trail, the forward base immediately sent out drones again, conducting a thorough search within a thousand kilometers centered on Sydney. However, the nearly two-day search yielded no results.

In fact, with the speed of the drones, such a long time was enough to circle the entire Australia, but for safety, no one expanded the search area, maintaining the search within a thousand kilometers around Sydney.

After all, no matter how powerful Li Mu was, he could not attack them from a thousand kilometers away. As long as they ensured that Li Mu was not within a thousand kilometers, they would have enough time to respond.

"Not necessarily. After all, he is just a zombie. And with his control over magnetism, even if he is approaching us, the drones might find it hard to detect him."

Someone shook their head, not daring to take any chances.

"I think he might not be heading towards us at all. Otherwise, with his speed, he should have reached the base a day ago."

Someone raised an objection.

"Then where is he?"

General Soros ignored all this and coldly demanded.

Everyone looked at each other, silent for a moment. For them, finding Li Mu's trail might be a relief, or it might be even more terrifying. But this uncertainty was truly frightening.

"Should we expand the search area?"

Someone asked.

"I don't think it's necessary. We don't have many drones, and maintaining a search within a thousand kilometers is already a stretch. If we expand the range, we might create blind spots."

"Damn it, we can't find him here, we can't find him there. Are we just going to wait to die!"

Someone's emotions were on the verge of breaking. Not finding Li Mu's trail was putting immense pressure on them. They knew how terrifying Li Mu was, the threat he posed, and that he would one day come to the base and destroy them.

But they didn't know where Li Mu was, and not finding his trail was a torment that turned into a deeper fear and despair, enough to drive anyone to the brink.

"I think we might have overlooked a question."

Someone suddenly spoke up.

"Why do we fear him so much?"

"Are you an idiot? He's a tyrant, damn it, a real tyrant! A triple-evolved tyrant!"

Someone roared in anger, "Physical evolution, mental evolution, and ability control. Damn it, how can such a zombie exist!"

"Don't talk to me about triple evolution. The real reason we fear him is because he is a king, and a king that is hard to kill, isn't it?"

One sentence made everyone look at this person.

"So, we overlooked a question. Will he come alone, or..."

Everyone's faces changed instantly, realizing their foolishness. They had been so focused on searching within a thousand kilometers, worried about Li Mu silently infiltrating.

But they had forgotten that Li Mu's delay might be because he was gathering his army, the zombies rampaging across Australia.

At this thought, everyone screamed, "Expand the search area immediately! He must be controlling those zombies!"

"It's too late."

Someone's body stiffened and trembled, speaking bitterly, his voice filled with despair and fear, "He's here."

Everyone felt as if they had fallen into an ice pit, shivering involuntarily, and followed the direction of the person's finger. On the screen, the image transmitted by the drone showed Li Mu's figure.

General Soros's face turned ashen, a hint of shock flashing in his eyes. Through the screen, he could clearly see Li Mu and the countless zombie army below him.

On the floating building, like a battleship or a throne, Li Mu's face was expressionless, his eyes silver, cold, and merciless. Below the building, countless zombies ran quickly, like a black sun rising from the horizon, an endless tide surging from all directions.

Looking at the screen, it seemed as if the entire screen was filled with the figures of zombies, their blood-red eyes densely packed, filled with bloodlust and savagery.

Even the continuous rain could only retreat in the face of such a zombie tide.

"A million, or ten million?"

General Soros murmured, "Could he really have gathered all the zombies in Australia?"

"It can't be all the zombies in Australia. In such a short time, he couldn't gather all the zombies in Australia, but perhaps half, twenty million. Or maybe even less, from the image, it wouldn't exceed three million..."

Someone answered instinctively, but stopped halfway, unable to continue.

For the entire forward base, even a tenth or a hundredth of the zombies in Australia would be enough to cause despair. Whether it was two million or twenty million, it made no difference to the forward base, as the human population in the entire base was only about 700,000. How could they resist!

"How much time do we have left?"

General Soros rubbed his face hard, regaining his composure, and asked sternly.

Since the drones had found Li Mu's trail, it meant that Li Mu was only a thousand kilometers away from the forward base.

"At their current speed, they can enter the city within two and a half hours..."

General Soros took a deep breath and stood up, "So we only have two and a half hours to prepare? What are you waiting for! Issue the red alert immediately. The war has begun!"

A sharp alarm immediately sounded throughout the forward base. Everyone was stunned for a moment, then the entire army sprang into action. Even the civilians protected in the base, who had been on alert for the past few days, although somewhat chaotic, also began to act.

Weapon depots were opened, and surviving tanks, planes, and artillery were brought out. With the army short on manpower, weapons were distributed to the civilians. Although they had only received short-term training, everyone seemed to understand something, gripping their weapons tightly.

He has come, the tyrant among zombies has come.

Humans, are you ready? To face the wrath of this tyrant!