Zombie King Babysits the Reborn Empress

After Tyrant One advanced to the third tier, its formidable combat strength left Lu Chuan pleasantly surprised.

Among the zombies I currently control, in terms of sheer close-quarters combat ability, Tyrant One is probably the strongest.

Of course, Er Pang happened to find a metal staff weighing over a ton due to a stroke of luck.

With the enhancement of this powerful weapon, Er Pang's combat effectiveness also surpasses that of a normal third-tier zombie.

The most critical factor is that due to Er Pang's huge size and having a weapon in hand, it has been stationed at the gate of Qingshui Farm, taking on both offense and defense.

Looking at the third-tier Tyrant One's claws, gleaming with a cold glint, Lu Chuan nodded his head in satisfaction.

Coincidentally, I am planning to transplant those blood-red vines from Yellow Dragon Mountain to the outskirts of the farm. Last time, Lightning Two spent half a day trying to cut those vines with a steel knife.

Now, this Tyrant One can be put to good use; Lu Chuan doesn't believe those powerful claws won't be able to slice through the vines.

Lu Chuan immediately commanded Tyrant One to lead the Corpse Puppet team. While hunting Fierce Beasts on Yellow Dragon Mountain, they also cut a large number of Bloodthirsty Demon Vines to bring back to the farm.

A large number of Corpse Puppets arrived a kilometer outside the farm's perimeter, continually planting the Bloodthirsty Demon Vines brought back from Yellow Dragon Mountain.

In order for these Bloodthirsty Demon Vines to grow quickly, Lu Chuan even took care to water them with a large quantity of fresh blood from Fierce Beasts, which both nourished the soil and allowed the vines to absorb the blood to accelerate their growth.

In this way, through Lu Chuan's continuous efforts, a scarlet defensive line started slowly forming a kilometer away from Qingshui Farm.

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Li Yang Lake, originally a reservoir at the upstream of the river in Jianghai City.

Before the apocalypse, this was a key nature reserve in Jianghai City, and after simple treatment, the lake water could meet drinking needs.

Before the apocalypse, the area around Li Yang Lake was primarily within the focus protection area of Jianghai City's forestry bureau.

But now, with the outbreak of the apocalypse, what was once a quiet and peaceful Li Yang Lake is now bustling with noise.

Not only have many humans appeared around it, but quite a few temporary structures have also been built here.

Because while Li Yang Lake is far from Jianghai City's urban area, several highways nearby make access very convenient.

Most crucially, Li Yang Lake is flanked by mountains and water, with vast areas of green hills surrounding it, which can serve as a barrier against zombies.

Moreover, for the post-apocalyptic era, the large lake is also an extremely important resource.

Additionally, the area around the original Li Yang Lake was a reserve with few people, so there was no zombie presence after the apocalypse.

Due to these geographical advantages, after the apocalypse broke out, Jianghai City's leadership immediately chose Li Yang Lake as the base location for survivors.

After more than half a year of development, this survivor base has begun to take shape.

The perimeter of the survivor base has, over this period, been reinforced with a simple modern city wall.

They are mostly pieced together with metal containers and reinforced concrete, mainly used to defend against zombies and set up sentry posts.

And for survivors in the apocalypse, only these towering walls can provide them with some psychological comfort.

The benefit of being far from the urban area is a reduced risk of zombie harassment, yet the downside is also apparent, which is a severe scarcity of resources in the survivor base.

Currently, the Jianghai Survivor Base can only dispatch Evolution Teams to various places to rescue survivors as much as possible.

As for the idea of taking back the city, that is practically a fantasy.

Moreover, due to resource shortages, the entire survivor base is basically divided into two areas.

Even in such a resource-scarce situation, the survivor base still expended a large number of building materials to construct another high wall in the middle of the city.

The high wall's exterior is the area where ordinary survivors reside, whereas the interior is where Evolvers and their families, and the survivor base's high-ranking officials, live.

The condition in the base's outer city is extremely dire.

Ordinary survivors live on the outer periphery of the survivor base, where it's relatively more dangerous, and the living conditions are even worse.

Survivors either stay in simple tents or hastily built temporary shacks made of wood or scrap metal.

It's just a simple shelter, barely holding up against heavy wind and rain.

And since the survivor base was temporarily constructed outdoors, gathering a large number of survivors, there was no so-called urban planning at all.

The outer streets are muddy, with various excrements mixed within the mud, making the smell at the base's perimeter very unpleasant.

Due to the lack of resources, many survivors cling onto their moldy and spoiled food, unwilling to discard it.

As a result, the outer area of the base is filled with the smell of urine and rotting food.

This place reeks and is filthy, resembling more of a landfill than a survivor base.

The ordinary residents living here are all disheveled, and their clothes hadn't been washed for a long time.

Water is an extremely precious resource in the apocalypse — having a sip to drink sometimes is good enough, leaving no opportunity to wash up.

Because of food shortages, the ordinary people in the survivor base's outer fringes are all emaciated, their hair dry and yellowed.

As for obtaining food, the method is quite simple, which is to work for the survivor base.

These ordinary survivors can strengthen the outer defenses, build structures, or plant food, among other assorted tasks, to earn Contribution Points.

However, the Contribution Points that ordinary survivors can exchange are very limited, barely meeting daily food needs.

Still, even so, the so-called food is just some rice porridge, which only suffices to keep a person from starvation.

Outside the high wall are the shanties where these ordinary people reside, while inside the inner city are independent prefabricated houses.

Compared to the filth of the outer city, the streets of the inner city are relatively cleaner.

But what's more ironic is that the task of tidying up the inner city is handled by the common people living outside.

In this run-down apocalypse, prefabricated houses are considered decent living conditions, at least providing shelter against the elements.

Only Evolvers and their families are allowed to live here, while ordinary people have no right to enter the inner city unless working there.

At the core of the survivor base's inner city is a temporary office building.

Currently, the leadership of the Jianghai Survivor Base has gathered in a conference room, and the atmosphere is somewhat serious.

"Gentlemen, today Imperial Capital issued a warning; the situation is very severe, and everyone needs to take it seriously."

"The Imperial Capital has experienced a small-scale Corpse Tide. Survival bases in various provinces must be alert and preemptive against Corpse Tide assaults."

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