Wasteland Commander

At nightfall, the Dawn Army had already finished their meal, but the zombies hadn't finished theirs yet.

In the dark river, Ye Fan and Shen Ruihui were crouching in the basin, gradually getting closer to the zombie horde.

A piece of black cloth covered them, not only obstructing vision but also masking the scent.

Xiaoba was carrying them underwater, advancing at a rapid pace.

Propelled by Xiaoba, the basin moved forward like an assault boat, cutting through the waves.

After traveling five kilometers along the river, they finally approached the zombie horde.

The basin stopped, and with two grown men inside, it was sitting quite low in the water.

Shen Ruihui held his gun warily, as both of them watched Xiaoba's actions.

About a hundred meters away, a group of zombies was feasting.

It had to be said, the zombies were enjoying a sumptuous feast.

Among the group of zombies, a female zombie was already on the verge of mutation.

The flesh on her body gradually solidified, and her limbs began to grow long and powerful.

Compared to her, the surrounding zombies appeared much weaker, and they didn't dare to compete for the best spots while eating.

Occasionally, when she fought with other zombies for the same piece of meat, she would reveal her fangs and swing her claws in attack, causing the other zombies to shrink back in fear.

Xiaoba, not knowing how to hide, immediately felt a delicious treat appeared after seeing this almost agile zombie.

With the attack command from Ye Fan, Xiaoba burst out from the water with a splash!

Its mountainous body appeared on the plain.

With its eight tentacles moving forward, it didn't seem fast, but just a slight move would cover dozens of meters, much faster than a human could run.

Sensing Xiaoba's presence, several zombies in the midst of eating turned around and roared at it.

Xiaoba didn't roar back, instead, it extended its tentacle directly.

With a swift swirl of its long tentacle, the almost agile zombie was scooped up and tossed into its massive mouth like a candy.

Ye Fan didn't know if an octopus had teeth, but he was sure that Xiaoba did.

With a beak-like giant hard mouth and the sharp and dense teeth inside, a slight movement crushed the almost agile zombie to pieces.

Xiaoba tasted it and found the flavor acceptable.

Suddenly recalling Ye Fan's teachings, its eight tentacles began to whirl, consuming at a rapid pace.

A few zombies, seeing such a large chunk of meat, moreover seafood, staggered up intending to attack Xiaoba.

But the enormous size difference left them with no chance whatsoever.

Xiaoba's long tentacle swept through, grabbing a fresh zombie with each swing.

With a bite of its mouth, it swallowed them down.

But the next moment it felt the taste seemed not so good, at least the calories weren't as high as those mutated zombies.

Its mouth opened, spitting out the crushed zombie.

The next one went into its mouth, tasted bad, spit it out again.

Eat again, spit it out again.

Eat again, this one was acceptable, swallowed.

This commotion attracted the attention of many nearby zombies.

A large group of zombies started roaring and heading over.

Not caring at all, Xiaoba, already starving, began eating with abandon.

A few tentacles whipped so fast they seemed to produce afterimages, and zombies were quickly shoved into its belly.

However, ordinary zombie attacks are of no use against Xiaoba.

Its flesh is incredibly tough, with the tentacles having a diameter of over a meter, thicker than large trees, not only tough but also possessing a unique sea creature's slipperiness.

An ordinary zombie bite wouldn't even leave teeth marks.

Ye Fan had also asked Nana, and Xiaoba wouldn't be infected by the zombie virus because it actually belonged to a type of Mutant Beast.

Zombies increased in number!

With more than 200,000 zombies here, Xiaoba, no matter how much it ate, couldn't eat them all. Soon, hundreds of zombies were already around it, and the number was still increasing.

More and more zombies climbed onto its body, desperately tearing and biting.

Ordinary zombies couldn't harm it, but mutated zombies could still have a bit of impact.

"Xiaoba, pick the tasty ones to eat, throw the bad-tasting ones far away."

Ye Fan issued the command, and Xiaoba immediately began targeting those mutated zombies.

It could now distinguish the tasty ones from the bad ones, with its tentacle sweeping and its suckers picking up several mutated zombies at once.

The bad-tasting ones were swept away by a tentacle, knocking down a group, some flew away, some were swept into the river.

Even hundreds of zombies were no match for Xiaoba.

But the number of zombies continued to increase.

The commotion here had already caught Wang Huining's attention.

"What is that?"

In the dark, Wang Huining's eyes glowed red.

He was organizing the zombies, preparing to attack Dawn City under the cover of night.

Unexpectedly, Xiaoba appeared.

"What a huge Mutant Beast, looks like an octopus?"

"I wonder if it's related to the Dawn Army?"

Wang Huining felt he should kill this Mutant Beast, no matter what the cost.

Such a big creature, if devoured by his zombie subordinates, he was sure Xing Hai would definitely advance to the third stage of zombie mutation.

Not only Xing Hai, he himself could even try some seafood.

Because he was unwilling to consume human flesh and blood, Wang Huining was only at the initial stage of Level 2 mutated form.

He had already evolved once as a human, where a human Evolver equals a Level 1 Mutated Zombie.

When he turned into a zombie again, it was actually his second evolution, but his evolutionary path differed from other zombies, as he is the commanding type.

If he never consumes flesh and blood, he will likely remain in his initial Level 2 form.

Eating humans is hard to swallow, but consuming Mutant Beasts is always possible.

"Take down that big guy!"

Wang Huining immediately issued the order.

A large wave of zombies rushed forth.

This wave of zombies was over twenty thousand strong, and with zombies constantly gathering from the surrounding area, there were already over forty thousand zombies moving toward Xiaoba!

Dark, dense, and overwhelming.

Too many ants can kill an elephant, and Ye Fan certainly wouldn't let Xiaoba clash with so many zombies.

"Xiaoba, run around this area and attract more food over here!"

Xiaoba had no concept of fear and gleefully stretched out its long legs.

These were truly long legs.

Everything below its neck was all legs.

Sprinting rapidly across the plain, it swiftly covered a distance of over a thousand meters, then started circling back toward Ye Fan.

As it circled, it attracted at least another ten thousand zombies.

The number of zombies in this area had already exceeded fifty thousand.

"That's probably enough."

Ye Fan noticed the number of zombies was increasing, and attracting more would be too risky.

"Xiaoba, go into the water, rush downstream for a bit and then return!"

Xiaoba had been away from the water for a while and needed to dive back in.

With its tentacles undulating, it quickly reached the water's edge, easily pulling many zombies into the water.

But it misunderstood an order and headed toward Ye Fan's direction.

"Downstream! A bit downstream!"

Only then did Xiaoba understand and once again headed downstream.

Meanwhile, in a dense forest downstream, a blue-and-white oil tanker was driving toward them.

That was Ye Fan's self-destruct truck!

This was Ye Fan's plan.

Xiaoba's meal was just a side mission; he wanted to lure a wave of monsters and then have a core-burst!

Without Xiaoba, this plan couldn't be completed; the zombies needed to be concentrated, or the self-destruct truck's power would be wasted.

Everything was proceeding smoothly, except Xiaoba ran in the wrong direction, causing Ye Fan and his partner to be immediately spotted!

The sharp-eyed Wang Huining spotted the bathtub floating on the river's surface in the dark.

"Ye Fan!"

"Damn!"

Wang Huining's hand shook with excitement: "You've got quite the guts to venture out of the city at night. Let's see how you get back!"

With a wave of his hand, a Crawler, accompanied by a group of Agile Zombies, rushed toward Ye Fan!

Shen Ruihui held his gun, looking at Ye Fan: "Sir, what do we do?"

"Squad Leader Shen, whether we live or not depends on your swimming speed!"

Shen Ruihui dove underwater, pushing the bathtub toward the direction of Dawn City.

Zombies chased closely behind, and some Agile Zombies even threw stones into the river.

Ye Fan picked up his gun, using his skills to shoot moving bricks, knocking down each stone, managing to hold up.

Perhaps sensing their leader's anger, some Agile Zombies even jumped up, attempting to pounce on Ye Fan in the middle of the river.

Ye Fan's left hand held the submachine gun, and his right hand the pistol, picking off the zombies charging at him in mid-air.

Once he ran out of his own bullets, he used Shen Ruihui's gun.

"Sir, hang in there!" Shen Ruihui gave it his all, animating water rapidly.

Struggling against the current, their speed was still very slow.

Ye Fan could even see the self-destruct truck in the distance.

The self-destruct truck must not get close to Dawn City, as its explosion radius is five kilometers, akin to a small nuclear device. Endangering the city would be disastrous.

"Screw it! We're not heading back, Shen Ruihui, go downstream!"

Shen Ruihui immediately shifted the bathtub downstream; this time they drifted much faster with the current.

The pursuing zombies followed Ye Fan downstream, getting ever closer to the self-destruct truck.

Seeing the Outer City District of Dawn City was still some distance away, and about to rendezvous with Xiaoba who was returning, Ye Fan raised his gun, firing a grenade to cut off the pursuing zombies.

He then turned and jumped off the bathtub.

He flipped the bathtub upside down.

"Shen Ruihui, pull the bathtub down!"

The two pressed the bathtub trying to submerge it under the water, but the buoyancy was too great and it wouldn't sink.

"Xiaoba, help us! Push it down together!"

Xiaoba raised its paw and gently pressed down, directly sinking the two underneath the bathtub into the silt.

Swallowing a mouthful of water, Ye Fan didn't have time to speak and immediately ordered to detonate!

Boom~~~~!

A dazzling light swept across the land!

Night turned into day at this moment!

A gigantic mushroom cloud rose high over the plains!

The rolling shockwaves swiftly expanded outward, spanning flatlands and rivers!

Trees instantly erupted into ashes, weeds vanished without a trace.

Numerous zombie corpses, including nearly sixty thousand zombies within the explosion's radius, all vanished in this blow!