Chapter 52

Nick, the gambler, used to drift from one city to another, searching for underground card games. The valuable lessons he learned in prison taught him not to trust anyone and to stay in control.

"This is the Savannah Military Base. We have a complete army, food, and water in Sector D. It's very safe here. Survivors can wait in the hotel or upstairs. We will send out rescue teams at 9 am..." As the desperate Nick and his three companions listened to the radio repeating these words incessantly, they realized they had come to Georgia, which was on the verge of being overrun by the infected. Now, they had their own allies and a secure base, so Nick would have to learn to trust in the power of the survivors.

"Damn it, there are so many of those things!" Nick, still wearing his white suit, looked at the horde of infected outside, feeling dizzy. The number of infected was overwhelming, even though the tanks and missile vehicles bombarded them, sending infected flying in all directions. They couldn't get within 600 meters of the base walls, but the sheer quantity of infected was frightening. Thankfully, they had a large number of robots as living forces to eliminate the infected.

"Don't say that. Even though there are many infected and it's dangerous, this is our survivors' base. You don't want to keep wandering, do you?" Bill, wearing a green beret and holding an M16 assault rifle, explained to Nick as he fired at the mass of infected outside.

"Old man, here you are again." Francis's voice came with a hint of resignation.

"What should we do now? There seem to be a lot of infected." Louis asked Bill with some unease. Of course, he didn't know that this base had already withstood over 500,000 zombies. He was nervous, unaware of the base's impressive resistance.

"Don't worry, this base has already held off over 500,000 zombies." Zoe, still wearing her red sportswear, explained to Louis while shooting. Hearing the words of Bill's group, Nick and the others remained silent for the time being.

"Ah... puh!" A sound similar to spitting was heard by the survivors on the wall. Afterward, green liquid droplets began landing on the surviving soldiers. At that moment, Tang Tian snapped out of his contemplation. As the green liquid slowly descended upon him and the other soldiers, none of them, including Bill and Nick, noticed. Tang Tian created a large transparent membrane using gravity manipulation, defending against the attacks of the special infected.

"Sizzle!"

The sound of corrosion rang in the ears of the survivors, accompanied by thick white smoke and numerous screams.

At this point, Tang Tian turned his head and saw dozens of soldiers covered in green liquid. Wherever the liquid covered, it emitted a sizzling sound, and the soldiers were rapidly corroded at a visible rate. What was even more terrifying was that the liquid completely melted away their body armor and firearms. Surprisingly, even the high-carbon steel alloy of the standard-issue NS-5 military gear was completely corroded. This demonstrated the horror of the special infected.

The Split-Mouthed Female, a type of special infected, had a feminine appearance with an extremely wide mouth that continuously oozed green liquid while emitting sharp cries. It could spray the corrosive green liquid at a distance. When survivors came into contact with the liquid, they would sustain continuous injuries until they left the affected area. When the Split-Mouthed Female was killed, its body would exude the same green liquid. It could be said that this particular infection caused the most damage to survivors' bodies and weapons among all the zombies.

"That thing is on the roof." Tang Tian, whose gravity field could sense the special infected, shouted loudly and pointed to a section of rooftops not far from the base. Numerous unidentified creatures stood there, which could rightfully be called monsters in someone's eyes. Their appearance resembled a legendary creature from Japanese folklore—the Split-Mouthed Female.

They had wide-open mouths, almost no lower jaw, extremely distorted mouths, and green liquid dripping from the corners. The cement ground beneath them was corroded, forming numerous pits and craters. Seeing these special infected, Tang Tian directly exerted the power of gravity on their bodies. Without even a whimper, the Split-Mouthed Females turned into green piles of minced flesh.

The battle continued relentlessly. Thanks to someone's powerful weaponry, the zombie horde hadn't come within 100 meters of the base by noon. However, the special infected possessed formidable strength. From morning until noon, several hundred survivors who were pulled down by the Vomiters and subsequently attacked by the Split-Mouthed Females were lost, and thousands of people were corroded to death. These infected were difficult to defend against, and both the survivors and NS-5 robots suffered heavy losses.

After assessing that the situation had stabilized, Tang Tian issued new orders allowing the use of electromagnetic weapons, laser weapons, and energy weapons against the zombie horde. Although the quantity of these weapons was only slightly over 5,000, they had a devastating effect on the zombies. Zombies hit by energy weapons would disintegrate into molecular form, and the special infected attacked by electromagnetic weapons would be taken down with a single shot.

Tang Tian held a laser rifle in his hand, floating above the zombie horde. He activated a gravity shield as his defense and pressed the red button that represented safety.

Instantly, a powerful beam of deathly red light emitted from the laser rifle, sweeping through tens of thousands of infected. The fusion battery is continuously converted into a lethal beam. The red beam had a force similar to a high-pressure water gun, carrying destructive energy at an extremely high temperature. Tang Tian continuously fired, cutting the infected within a 500-meter radius as if harvesting wheat. Witnessing Tang Tian's ferocious killings, the remaining survivors also took out laser weapons from special boxes and started reaping the infected outside the base. The second wave of zombies was annihilated under the assault of various high-tech and high-powered weapons.

The strength of technological civilization lies in simplifying complex things, similar to how the robots in "I, Robot" served humans, who only needed to give them commands to enjoy life. Therefore, technology is a double-edged sword. It can not only help humanity explore the mysteries of the universe but also, like in the movie "Resident Evil," destroy humanity. Thus, technological civilization needs comprehensive development to reach a god-level technological civilization, not inferior to magical civilizations or cultivation worlds.