In that brief moment, the zombies continuously climbed towards the city wall, the human pyramid rising another meter.
Truong Ung shot arrow after arrow. With his sharpshooter's skill, he instantly pierced through those Rit Len Hinh tang thi.
The footing on the city wall was limited. Survivors who had been waiting for a long time dragged away the wounded, then continued to hold their ground, relentlessly stabbing the zombies below with specially made iron poles.
However, the number of zombies was truly too many.
Zombies piled up like stairs. Other zombies stepped on the piled-up zombie stairs, lunging towards the city wall. Even if killed, they only added another bit of height to the Arhat staircase.
The number of zombies was too great.
And various evolved zombie types also appeared.
He even began to suspect if there was a commander among the zombies, directing this war.
Because at this moment, several more Tu Bao Hinh tang thi rushed towards this side of the city wall.
Dam Thanh felt that Huong Son might really have no hope. He saw that behind the zombie horde in the distance, many evolved zombies had actually appeared.
There were Strength-type zombies, Speed-type zombies, and also Bao Quan, as mentioned in the picture atlas.
He hadn't expected that a mere Giam Thi-type zombie could actually lead to such a terrifying zombie disaster.
Clack!
A hand landed on Dam Thanh's shoulder.
"Dam Bao Bao, want to let us go up?"
Dam Thanh turned his head and saw Cao Bac, who was over two meters tall, standing before him.
Cao Bac's entire body was muscle, his physique extremely domineering. In peaceful times, he was a fitness coach, had won many awards, and enjoyed guiding various fitness-loving strapping men, such as teaching them hand-in-hand, telling them.
Fitness requires elegant posture, not like a beast, emitting all sorts of ferocious, tragic cries.
His favorite thing was to hold a strapping man's waist, softly telling the other party, "Your training posture is incorrect. Come, let me teach you hand-in-hand."
For Dam Thanh, if someone else called him Dam Bao Bao, he would absolutely, without a second word, give them a sound beating. But this person before him, Dam Thanh had no such thoughts at all.
In his eyes, this was a humanoid beast.
Before awakening, the other party could cripple a zombie's head with one punch, let alone how strong he became after awakening.
Dam Thanh looked at the other Awakened ones standing behind Cao Bac.
Including him, there were a total of six who could engage in close combat with zombies; the other five couldn't.
"This is the only way," Dam Thanh said.
Cao Bac continued to pat Dam Thanh's shoulder and said: "That's right. Look how high these zombies have piled up. How can we continue to let this mess go on? No matter what, almost all the meat in our base has been eaten by me alone. I definitely have to fight desperately."
He gripped two axes, stood on the city wall, let out a low roar, "My little darlings, watch my elegant posture!"
After speaking, he directly jumped down from the city wall.
He landed on the pile of corpses that was only a few meters high.
The axes in his two hands suddenly swung, directly mincing a group of zombies in front of him.
Immediately after.
Dam Thanh and the other four Awakened ones directly jumped down, beginning to slaughter the zombies.
They knew what the result of this would be.
However...
Some things had to be done.
Cao Bac, relying on his physique and his awakened strength, ferociously swung his two axes. Viscous zombie blood splattered, just like Lam Pham in the early stages, who also liked to cleave zombies in two when slashing them.
Countless zombies rushed over.
Their pressure was immense.
With their joining, the zombies below the city wall no longer continued to form human pyramids but frantically rushed towards them. The densely packed zombies made one's scalp tingle.
Cao Bac faced a Strength-type zombie. His axe came down, directly severing the Strength-type zombie's head. Immediately after, he was swarmed by ordinary zombies, grabbing his body.
"Get lost!"
He roared angrily, flailing his arms, sending the zombies clinging to his arms flying.
"Gather together, don't disperse! Stay on the corpse pile!"
Dam Thanh swung his steel spear, sweeping it horizontally, slaughtering the rushing zombies, commanding the formation. Fighting alone against so many zombies, one couldn't last long.
Only by uniting and coordinating was there hope.
Although such hope also couldn't last long, at least they could hold on for a while longer.
Hoang City.
Click!
"Great shot."
Lam Pham was very satisfied with the current photo. On the ground lay a Di Bien Bao Quan (Mutated Bao Quan).
For the sake of the photo, for authenticity, he hadn't killed the Di Bien Bao Quan but had severed its limbs, letting it lie on the ground. Looking at its split-open chest, it was truly disgusting, as if it could stuff a person into its chest and chew them up.
Photography finished.
One stomp crushed the Di Bien Bao Quan's head.
Obtained a crystal.
Just as he was preparing to continue clearing.
The steel behemoth appeared.
"What a coincidence."
Lam Pham waved at Co Hang and the others, as if he hadn't expected to meet them here.
Co Hang hurriedly came before Lam Pham, directly getting to the point, telling him the situation at Huong Son base. Learning that it was being targeted by a Giam Thi-type zombie, Lam Pham looked very shocked.
"To be targeted by a Giam Thi-type zombie at this very moment, and in such an uncleared area, there will definitely be many evolved zombies and countless ordinary zombies. For them, this kind of defensive battle will be very hard to hold."
Co Hang said: "Little Pham, are you going?"
"Going, definitely have to go. For a shelter base to contact our Sunshine shelter, explaining the situation, I certainly won't ignore it. It's just, where is Huong Son base located? I don't know either. Is there a map for me to take a look?"
"Yes, I brought it when I came out." Co Hang took out a map, spread it out, pointed to Hoang City, then moved his finger in a straight line until it reached Huong Son's location, "It's right here, over nine hundred kilometers from our Hoang City. And this place is the Huong Son Film City base."
Lam Pham looked carefully, pointed in a direction, "It's in this direction, right?"
"Yes," Co Hang said.
"Alright, understood. How long has it been since you found out?"
"Twenty minutes."
"Got it. Looks like I have to hurry, otherwise Huong Son base might already be gone."
As soon as his voice fell.
Boom!
A massive shockwave directly erupted, sending Co Hang and the others flying to the ground. And when they looked up, Lam Pham had already vanished without a trace.
"He's still as fierce as ever," Old Chung stood up, patting the dust off his body, sighing.
Co Hang looked into the distance, a worried expression on his face, hoping he could still make it in time. After all, a zombie tide often breached a shelter in just a few minutes. Being able to hold on for more than ten minutes was already very good.
After all, the zombie tide's greatest weapon was the human pyramid.
Immediately after.
They heard explosions coming from afar, wave after wave of booms. Even the windows of tall buildings were shattered by the vibrations.
Lao Mao blinked. Although he was long used to it, in his view, this was still extremely overpowered.
At this moment, Lam Pham's speed had reached its limit. All surrounding objects couldn't be seen clearly; everything around was left behind. If someone saw this situation, they would definitely exclaim, "What's going on? Can't even see the black shadow of a large black dog!"
His speed had already surpassed the speed of sound.
As for how many times the speed of sound it was, he hadn't tested it, and he also hadn't run at full speed in Hoang City.
"Ten minutes won't do. Give me a few minutes, and I can get there."
This thought was in his mind.
And the intense booming sounds he emitted could be heard even from extremely far away. For the zombies, such sounds made them crazed, berserk. However, after searching and searching, they couldn't find the target's location.
In the end, they could only rage impotently.
Huong Son base.
The six Awakened ones.
Cao Bac and Dam Thanh could still hold on. The other four were gradually losing strength. The number of zombies was truly too many. The corpses of the zombies they had hunted piled up below. Until now, they didn't even know how many they had killed.
Truong Ung, continuously shooting arrows on the city wall, only felt that his arm no longer belonged to him; he didn't even have the strength to draw the bow.
This feeling was something he had never experienced before.
Their entire bodies were covered in wounds, some were scratches from zombies, others were bites from zombies. But they were Awakened ones, immune to the zombie virus. Otherwise, in such a situation, they would have turned into zombies long ago.
Cao Bac threw his other four companions onto the city wall.
Just as he was about to grab Dam Thanh.
Dam Thanh stopped Cao Bac, "I can do it."
"You're done for." Cao Bac looked at Dam Thanh's condition and shook his head. The two of them were at the forefront, having killed countless zombies, but against the current zombie tide, it was so insignificant.
"If I can't, can you?"
"I'm at least more capable than you. Look, you were right. There might really be a zombie commander in this zombie tide. It has a brain. It's making the zombies stay put and has instead sent a Bao Quan."
Cao Bac wiped the fresh blood from his face, looking at the approaching Bao Quan ahead.
The surrounding ordinary zombies were like an encircling crowd, "ughh ughh," staring at them.
If it were before, a Bao Quan wasn't hard to deal with. With two or three people coordinating a bit, it could definitely be hunted down. But now it was hard to say... No... not hard to say, but rather, they probably really didn't have the ability to resist.
"Let's deal with him together. Our stamina is too severely depleted. Relying on you alone won't work," Dam Thanh said gravely.
Cao Bac laughed, "Haha, Dam Bao Bao, haven't you noticed yet? This Bao Quan is coming straight for me. I've killed the most zombies and have attracted the attention of that zombie commander. It wants to kill me miserably. If we attack together, I think these stationary zombies will probably really climb onto the city wall."
At this moment.
The survivors standing on the city wall all panted as they watched, their eyes calm yet revealing simplicity. They already knew the outcome.
No fear, no terror like before.
Instead, they could accept it calmly.
They had already tried their best, but the number of zombies was too many, too terrifying, simply not something they could stop.
To be able to persist until now.
Was already a very good thing.
"Roar!"
The Bao Quan swung its flesh scythe, roaring at Cao Bac. Its ferocious appearance was like a harvester, preparing to reap its final prey.
Dam Thanh looked at the current situation, wiped his already reddened steel spear on a corpse, and sat down heavily on the pile of bodies, "Perhaps you are right. Then let's just wait for your result."
Cao Bac took a deep breath, gently swung his two axes, a sense of powerlessness.
"Bao Quan, come on!"
He shouted loudly, suddenly leaped towards the Bao Quan, raised his two axes high, and viciously chopped towards the Bao Quan's head. Facing such a situation, the Bao Quan merely roared, its flesh scythe suddenly swinging up, blocking the descending axes, then swung forcefully, directly sending Cao Bac flying.
And in that instant.
A spear tip glinted.
A spear thrust upwards from below, piercing through the air, directly entering through the Bao Quan's lower jaw and penetrating its head.
"Haha! I knew you would pull this trick!"
Cao Bac, sent flying and smashing against the city wall, laughed loudly. He had heard Dam Thanh tell him that traditional martial arts were all about dirty tricks; killing the enemy was good enough. That "honorable and upright" stuff didn't work here.
With the Bao Quan sneak-attacked and killed.
The zombies roared, the "ughh ughh" sounds deafening.
Everyone knew the zombies were enraged, as if saying... Damn it, you humans actually have no martial virtue!
The zombie commander, hidden who knows where, gave the order.
The zombies moved again, vowing to devour all the humans before them.
However, at this moment.
Boom boom!
Boom boom!
Intense booming sounds reverberated.
Everyone looked at each other. The sudden sound made them a bit dazed. What was it?
It sounded like rolling thunder roaring.
But there was a feeling of it getting closer and closer.
Even the zombies were looking, the loud sound attracting their attention.
Suddenly.
It seemed as if something fell into the midst of the zombie horde.
Immediately after.
The earth shook and the mountains swayed.
A terrifying impact erupted. Surrounding zombies were sent flying by the shockwave. Everyone standing on the city wall couldn't keep their footing and tumbled to the ground.
Cao Bac and Dam Thanh, below the city wall, were even pressed against the wall, viciously colliding. A mouthful of fresh blood spurted out; that invisible impact caused them damage.
Everyone had doubts in their hearts.
What on earth happened?
And what kind of terrifying thing had appeared here?
Huong Son base was already about to fall; why did an even more terrifying existence have to come?
Was it necessary?
Gradually, the vibrations subsided.
Everyone struggled to their feet, looking at the situation outside. When they saw the current scene, everyone stared wide-eyed, as if they had seen a ghost. The previously flat ground now had a large, concave crater.
What terrified them even more was... the city wall had cracked, the cracks like a spiderweb, densely packed.
"Dad..." Mao Tinh Tinh grabbed Mao Binh's arm, already devoid of any blood color.
Mao Binh said in distress: "Oh heavens, do you really not want humanity to survive? We've clearly tried so hard, yet there are always more terrifying disasters descending upon us!"
As Mao Binh said these words.
That group of survivors, who seemed to have already accepted the outcome of destruction, grieved, cried.
"Woo woo... I don't want to die!"
"We've clearly tried so hard, why do you still treat us like this?"
"Zombies, a bunch of dog-day zombies! I really hate them!"
They hugged each other, weeping and complaining.
Their faces were filled with despair, their eyes lifeless. Anyone seeing it would find it hard to imagine just how much sorrow one must have endured to display such an expression.
Chu Chu swallowed, looking at the situation outside.
In the faintly drifting smoke.
He saw a figure.
Gradually, as the smoke drifted away, he saw only a back, a back carrying a sword. As a young boy, he loved to play games. When he glanced at that sword, his mind immediately thought of the divine artifacts in games.
Meanwhile.
His mouth gaped open.
He hurriedly took out the Zombie Picture Atlas from his pocket. On that last page, there was some not-so-easily-noticeable writing.
[My name is Lam Pham. I am an ordinary citizen. I carry Frostmourne; this is my divine artifact, a divine artifact for hunting zombies. This content was all written by me. I will continue to update it, hoping to bring help to everyone.]
Reading this, and then comparing it to that figure.
His whole body trembled, his mouth agape with excitement.
"Ah... Ah... Ah!"
He excitedly and continuously emitted "Ah ah ah" sounds, his fingers even trembling as he pointed.
The survivors shook their heads.
This child had been scared silly.
Finally.
Chu Chu shouted loudly, "Lam Pham! He is Lam Pham! Lam Pham from Hoang City! He's the author of the Zombie Picture Atlas! He's here! He knew our Huong Son base was in trouble! He rushed here from Hoang City!"
At this moment, Chu Chu's face was flushed with excitement.
The surrounding people heard these words, looked at Chu Chu in shock, then at the figure in the large crater.
"Lam Pham?"
"Who's that?"
Mao Binh and the other Awakened ones knew who Lam Pham was; this they also knew from the Zombie Picture Atlas.
However...
They couldn't believe it.
After all, Hoang City was over nine hundred kilometers away from Huong Son base, and it had only been about twenty minutes since they notified the other party.
How could it be?
Even riding a rocket wouldn't be that fast.
And they hadn't seen any rocket. They didn't know what happened, but suddenly the earth shook, and then that figure appeared in the large crater.
"Lam Pham!"
Chu Chu took a deep breath and roared at the top of his lungs.
The surroundings were quiet, only Chu Chu's voice propagating, reaching everyone's ears.
Lam Pham, standing there, was patting the dust off his body. Hearing someone calling him, he turned his head with a smile and waved at them.
"Hello you all!"