Abyss Summoner-Chapter 228 - 223: Zombie Siege

In the early morning hours, for humans, this was still a time to rest. Bridge East was still in the early stages of recovery, with tens of thousands of recruited laborers. After a busy day, it was the night that restored their strength.

For a moment, all of Bridge East fell into silence.

However...

Just when most people had fallen asleep, the junction between Bridge East and Bridge West was far from calm.

Outpost.

This place was originally an industrial park, covering thousands of acres.

Bridge West was completely abandoned due to the earthquake, devoid of any survivors.

However, the vast area and countless bodies that perished in the earthquake provided resources for the rise of insects and zombies.

To monitor this place, Feng Zhiyong specially stationed elite soldiers here, with the purpose of both monitoring the surroundings and hindering any monsters detrimental to Bridge East.

The development of this outpost was astonishing. Feng Zhiyong even wagered thirty percent of the main base's resources here, turning it into a true fortress.

This was even Feng Zhiyong's second base. In the event of any changes, it was the new refuge.

"It's already three o'clock now. Just two more hours, and we can go back and have a good sleep."

Raising his gun, casually shooting the head of a zombie not far away, Hu Tou grumbled mildly to Carpenter.

Hu Tou and Carpenter, though ordinary people, were highly capable and were among the first batch to follow Feng Zhiyong in fighting the enemy.

On usual days, they performed reconnaissance work.

Carpenter, a few years older, was relatively more stable: "Be careful, don't alarm the enemies. If the higher-ups knew you were wasting bullets so wantonly, you'd be in trouble."

Hu Tou raised his hand, another shot to the head said: "The boss always says to practice shooting frequently. I'm doing training at most, not violating military discipline."

"Huh? It's raining."

Carpenter chuckled awkwardly, ready to retort, but a drop of clear rainwater suddenly fell in front of him.

The post-apocalyptic environment was like a manic temperamental beast. Days before, there was scorching sunlight, and now, dark clouds filled the sky, hiding the sun! The air was already stuffy in the morning, and by now, a cold wind was blowing, and rain poured down heavily.

"It is now 3:09 AM, with dozens of zombies roaming around, currently no danger."

"The zombies here are starting to move again. These guys are getting bolder," Carpenter said, frowning as he looked at the loafing zombies outside the city.

Zombies and insects are the most common creatures in the apocalypse, living in every corner of the world like cockroaches.

Moreover, Bridge West was the epicenter of the earthquake, with countless deaths, further breeding a massive number of zombies.

However, zombies are mindless, hostile to all life forms. In the past, zombies and insects fought each other, allowing humans to watch from the sidelines.

Early morning was soon passing.

For Carpenter and Hu Tou, going back for a good night's sleep after the shift was an exceptional luxury.

"Wait! Something's wrong!"

As the time passed, and Hu Tou's eyelids drooped, Carpenter suddenly shouted, alertly examining the soil about a hundred meters ahead, where something was surging as if something was about to break out and devour them!

"Such a strong death aura..."

Carpenter had survived until now through extreme meticulousness and caution.

"Puff!"

A pale hand suddenly burst out of the soil, fingers clawed, muscles rotten like mud, faintly visible were colorful corpse insects crawling on it!

"Crack..."

Soon after, a bald head emerged through the soil cracks, emitting a strong corpse stench, quickly crawling up, staggering to stand upright, then howling loudly towards the outpost ahead!

"About two meters, body not deeply decomposed, especially on it... does it even have muscles?"

Carpenter, holding a telescope, despite being several hundred meters away, saw the zombie clearly for the first time.

This was evidently not an ordinary zombie, both its aura and features far surpassed general zombies.

Bronze Tier.

This zombie had clearly mutated, becoming a more terrifying existence.

"Prepare," Carpenter said in a deep voice.

They were elite members of the main battle faction, how could they be frightened by a Bronze Zombie?

Carpenter and Tiger Paw were close partners: one observed, the other shot. Countless zombies had died at their hands while they guarded the outpost for months.

Tiger Paw carefully pulled light sniper rifle from a backpack beside him.

The outpost was fraught with danger and was the main battle faction's face, so supplies were ample, even Tian Xuefeng specially extracted the souls of several monsters to craft more powerful weapons.

Tiger Paw excelled as a sniper, and this was not his first time facing such a situation.

He took a deep breath, raised the gun, aimed, and as he prepared to squeeze the trigger as usual, he suddenly froze.

Carpenter was waiting for Tiger Paw to shoot, but the latter stood motionless, as if petrified.

Amidst a crisis, Carpenter nudged Tiger Paw, trying to urge him, but he remained unchanged, seemingly fossilized.

A vague awareness of danger emerged.

Carpenter sensed something bizarre. He squinted forward eagerly wanting to know what Tiger Paw had seen.

In the next moment, his pupils contracted, his face turned pale.

"Oh my God..."

Near them stood numerous rotting zombie creatures steeped in eerie ghostly aura, standing orderly!

A dense horde of zombies appeared from Bridge West, shuffling forward...

Not a few, not dozens, but tens of thousands!

At this moment, Carpenter's entire body trembled, only because the scene before him utterly made him forget to breathe.

There were short, pitch-black Corpse Children.

There were bloated, waterlogged, facially formless Rotten Bursters.

There were Melting Candle Corpses silently burning like Ghost Fire.

The wide entrance was entirely crowded by these ferocious Undead Creatures, fully encircling the outpost.

Although Carpenter and Tiger Paw had experienced many storms, this scene gave an overwhelming sense of oppression, as if they stood in Purgatory, even forgetting to breathe!

Inside Carpenter, waves surged!

Am I seeing things?

What... exactly are these?

These zombies, once engrossed in fighting with the Insect Race, why did they suddenly gather here? In a daze, he was unable to think anymore.

Not only was he greatly startled, but by now, the entire outpost felt the sensation of cataclysmic destruction.

A siege?!

Instantly, the entire outpost was heavily surrounded, plunged into distress...