The vibrations had ceased, but the thick smoke persisted, and it was growing denser by the minute. From Wei Xuan’s current position, the heavy plume of black smoke appeared as nothing more than a smoky haze. However, if one were closer, they would see the terrifying flames flickering within the billowing smoke.
At the moment of the explosion, there had even been a breathtaking mushroom cloud-like effect.
Unfortunately, the location was still too far away for Wei Xuan to see clearly. What he could observe from his current vantage point was already quite remarkable.
Moreover, the majority of ordinary people in the base where Wei Xuan lived in his previous life hadn’t even caught a glimpse of that black smoke.
The surrounding walls of the base were towering, and only the soldiers on duty standing atop the walls could vaguely see something unusual on the horizon. To ensure the people within the base remained unaffected, such information couldn’t possibly spread inside.
Even if someone happened to be outside at this moment, unaware of the specifics, they would simply assume it was an accidental fire somewhere, completely unable to fathom that it was a massive explosion occurring in a place far away from T City.
Let alone Wei Xuan, who was currently standing on the rooftop of a six-story building, even if he were on the super-high floors where Cheng Ma and Bai Guangnan resided, he still wouldn’t be able to discern the specific situation in that location.
Standing on the roof, Wei Xuan put down his high-powered telescope and pondered, should he take the opportunity in the next few days to go out? Find a higher place, like the high-rise buildings where those two guys lived, and take a look at the distance.
While he was contemplating, Wei Xuan’s expression suddenly changed as he noticed something in the sky. He immediately pulled Du Hang and hurriedly climbed back into the building through a small door.
In a certain location southwest of T City, a black dot was ascending rapidly and flying toward the direction of the explosion!
That direction was exactly where Wei Xuan had determined, through observation, where the helicopters had been flying every day. And without a doubt, that black dot was undoubtedly a helicopter!
The helicopter flew in mid-air, following the route it had taken in the previous days, towards the rising black smoke.
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The pilot and the officer responsible for investigating the situation inside the aircraft felt a heavy weight on their hearts. No troops could have reached the military factory at this point in time!
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Therefore, this explosion could either be the result of those teams accidentally setting off the stored ammunition while clearing the base of zombies, or it could be a deliberate act of igniting whatever remained after they had taken as much weaponry as possible!
Neither of these possibilities could be allowed to happen! Hence, not only this base but all the bases participating in this operation in the vicinity of T City immediately dispatched their helicopters to investigate the situation.
As the helicopter advanced at high speed, the pilot suddenly exclaimed in astonishment, “Hey, what’s happening ahead on the road?”
“What’s wrong? What’s on the road?” The officer quickly regained his composure and hurriedly looked down at the road. He then gasped in disbelief, “Quick! Get closer to take a look!”
It was still January, and the weather hadn’t started to warm up yet. Throughout T City, or rather, all the snow-covered areas in the north, almost no one had bothered to clear the snow from the roads. Furthermore, the majority of the zombies were buried deep in the snow, sound asleep. Therefore, anything or anyone appearing on this vast white land would stand out prominently, even if it was just a zombie swaying in the snow.
If a single zombie was already so conspicuous, what about a group of them? Moreover, this group was surrounded by dozens of exaggeratedly large military armored vehicles!
Due to the peculiar conditions of the snowy terrain and the unexpected ambush set by the zombies in the snow, most of these twenty to thirty armored vehicles of various models had been overturned by the zombies in the first instance!
Even those that hadn’t been overturned were subsequently surrounded by the zombies, who seemed to have suddenly become tactical geniuses, destroying their tracks, wheels, and other components, rendering them virtually immobile.
Upon hearing the sound of the helicopter from above, some surviving military personnel immediately sent out distress signals.
The helicopter, which had come to investigate the situation, immediately hovered in the air. The soldiers in the rear seats operated the mounted machine guns on the armed helicopter, strafing the zombie horde below, while simultaneously sending out a distress signal to the base, they had encountered a zombie ambush during their mission! The situation was extremely dangerous, with the possibility of complete annihilation at any moment!
Undoubtedly, as soon as this message was transmitted, it immediately garnered high-level attention within the base. This was just too bizarre!
Just as the helicopter assisted the ground convoy in counterattacking, suddenly, with a “whoosh,” a dark object flew out from an unknown building, and with a loud “clang,” it struck the helicopter’s glass directly!
Even though the glass on the aircraft was made of high-quality bulletproof material, this impact left a spiderweb-like pattern on the window.
“Increase altitude, increase altitude! We’re under attack!” The officer in the co-pilot seat immediately assessed the situation and shouted at the pilot. As the second dark object flew up and dented the aircraft’s fuselage, the helicopter forcefully ascended several tens of meters, finally reaching a relatively safe position.
But to their astonishment, the surprising events continued to unfold. “Hidden weapons” kept getting thrown from the high-rise buildings on either side of the street. Moreover, it seemed that as the helicopter gained altitude, the speed and force of these projectiles became even more astonishing. After narrowly avoiding a hit to the tail rotor, the helicopter immediately turned back towards the base, while simultaneously, the base received the distress signal and immediately dispatched additional support, rushing towards the location.
After more than an hour, the rescue team finally arrived at the scene. The grim and fearful expressions on the faces of all the rescuers were because only some broken vehicle wreckage, scattered blood, and dismembered limbs remained at the site.
Fortunately, as they arrived for the rescue, they encountered some personnel and vehicles that had managed to escape from this location.
Several vehicles had been lucky enough to avoid being completely overturned, even though they had driven over severely tilted obstacles, and with the assistance of the helicopter, they managed to bypass the obstacles and turn back on the same route.
Additionally, many soldiers with special abilities and extensive combat experience organized breakout attempts and managed to escape as well.
However, compared to the total number of personnel involved in this mission, they had lost three-fifths of their forces. And now, these personnel couldn’t even be found, not even their bodies.
“…Are zombies responsible for this?! It’s not someone disguising themselves as zombies to attack us?!” The person in charge of the base nearly roared in frustration upon receiving the report of the mission’s failure.
“Commander, here is the footage captured by the helicopter during the operation…” Since the satellite coverage was not reliable at the moment, helicopters from various bases often randomly installed surveillance cameras to record the situation along their routes during reconnaissance missions. This particular battle was fortunately recorded by helicopter.
However, unfortunate as it was, the camera on the helicopter was destroyed during one of the “hidden weapon” attacks, and only about half of the battle footage remained in the storage device inside the aircraft.
Taking a deep breath, the responsible individuals in the room exchanged gloomy glances and began carefully examining the details of the battle.
“It’s better to stay home until the end of next month,” Wei Xuan said, holding a cup of coffee with both hands as he stood by the window, looking towards a faintly visible black dot in the distance.
It was yet another helicopter, the third one he had seen since the explosion early in the morning. Of course, due to limited visibility, he couldn’t be sure if it was the same helicopter flying back and forth three times or if three helicopters had flown out from that base in that direction.
Another reason that made him decide to stay home was the view from another window in a different direction. Even Wei Xuan himself, and the footprints left by the zombies in the snow in the residential area, were so visible. If he went out and wandered around these past few days, who knows if these helicopters flying back and forth would notice his tracks?
Although Wei Xuan believed that even if he, as an individual, were discovered by the military base, it wouldn’t lead to any major problems or troubles, what if something unfortunate happened?
It’s better to be cautious. In his previous life, he was inexplicably captured and killed, right? It’s better to live a peaceful life in this life.
Moreover, he had other things to take care of right now.
After finishing the remaining coffee in his cup, Wei Xuan turned and approached the plant nursery machine, frowning as he looked at the various and extremely strange-looking plants inside.
Now, most of the plants inside had already borne fruit.
Before bearing fruit, they had naturally bloomed as well. However, what made Wei Xuan feel even more eerie was that hardly any of these plants’ flowers resembled the flowers he had seen before the apocalypse.
The biggest difference in these plants’ flowers was their color, they were all green, both the petals and the stem!
What made Wei Xuan’s hair stand on end, even more, was that almost every kind of flower in these plants contained both male and female stamens simultaneously.
Moreover, once these flowers opened, they didn’t require human intervention or wind assistance to pollinate. The flowers would tremble slightly after fully blooming, causing the pollen from the stamen to automatically fall onto the pistils!
After discovering this situation, Wei Xuan undoubtedly concluded that these plants had all become sentient!
plants: You fools!! I am the smartest here!
Bamboo knows it best😆
New pet?
Thanks for the chapter!
Plants, we are the farm!
WX, I am here to plant—
Plants, we are the plants!
WX, I have a zombie and a hoe.
Plants, Oh. We will assist you…and feed you…and assimilate you…
WX, ???
+1 Yeah, I thought all those things sounded normal but was too lazy to check.
Lmao, research in novels is always funny 😂
Thank you for the update! I hope the humans leznt about that little zombie girl, she worries me…
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Ah little planties, treat your fathers well! Grow up nice and strong and protect him!
I’m mainly joking, but can you imagine? A lush city in a wasteland, the plants all attacking to defend their creator? Zombie girl has zombies, and Wei Xuan could have plants haha! Fits in with the title!
Real life(?) Plants vs Zombies? Go, xiao Xuan go! Fight zombie king’s army with your green babies and your zombie boyfriend!