Chapter 175 The Enemy's Fears

Li Chenzhou, with a solemn expression, controlled the reconnaissance aircraft through the stadium's passages. These passages, constructed from life metal, appeared somewhat dim.

Moreover, the passages were teeming with zombies of all kinds. Because the images were only from the reconnaissance aircraft, it was impossible to discern their levels. However, at least from their appearance, these seemed to be enhanced zombies.

The dim passages, the wandering zombies, and the low roars made the stadium look incredibly terrifying, like a haunted house. As the reconnaissance aircraft advanced, the survivors behind Li Chenzhou all wore solemn expressions.

They hadn't expected that in Qing City, beneath this stadium that looked largely unchanged, lay a nest of zombies! If... if these zombies swarmed out, what could they do to resist?

At this moment, the survivors felt fortunate. They were grateful to have met Li Chenzhou and to have joined him. Although joining meant fighting, without them, if these zombies were to sweep through the bases around Qing City, no base would be able to withstand these terrifying zombies.

The passage sloped downwards, spacious at about ten meters wide and over five meters high. This was definitely not the original passage of the stadium. It seemed that, apart from the outer shell, the interior had been completely remodeled.

Along the way, the reconnaissance aircraft saw thousands of zombies. And that was just in the passage. This force alone would have been enough to sweep through all the bases around Qing City before the war fortress appeared.

Furthermore, the passage continued to extend, meaning that these numbers were far from all the zombies here.

After another dozen minutes, flying over countless zombie heads, a vast underground hall suddenly opened up ahead, packed with densely packed zombies.

"There!"

Duan Lei pointed to the center of the hall. Li Chenzhou looked and saw what appeared to be a space distortion – a space channel?

Li Chenzhou was about to control the reconnaissance aircraft to fly over there for a closer look when, in the corner of the hall, a very special creature suddenly raised its arm, and a beam of white light shot out. Then, the screen went black instantly.

"Devourer!"

Though it was brief, Li Chenzhou still recognized that creature as a white-haired Devourer.

"It's a Devourer, and there's more than one!"

Duan Lei added. The reconnaissance aircraft had only been in the hall for less than three seconds before being destroyed, but the wide-angle lens captured most of the hall.

Li Chenzhou didn't reply. Instead, he tapped a few times on the control panel in front of him, replaying the reconnaissance aircraft's footage and fast-forwarding to the moment it entered the hall, then paused.

This underground hall was the size of a football field, but it definitely wasn't the stadium's original field. It had been newly excavated underground.

The hall was also made of life metal. The center of the hall was filled with zombies, while the perimeter was ringed with various instruments and large, transparent containers filled with green liquid. Within the liquid, the limbs of some creatures could vaguely be seen.

And indeed, there were many Devourers along the edge of the hall, mixed in with the zombies, easily overlooked if not carefully searched for!

"There are 27 that can be seen on the screen!"

Duan Lei counted.

"Mm!"

Li Chenzhou nodded.

"It seems my earlier guess was right. There... there really is a space channel here. Those Devourers must want to use this place as a base – in fact, they already are!"

"Do we attack now?"

Duan Lei looked at Li Chenzhou.

Li Chenzhou didn't answer. He looked back at the others, including Luo Hong. Everyone was frowning. Hearing about Devourers was one thing, but seeing them with their own eyes was another.

"No wonder there are so many weapons here. They're defending this place, preventing us from approaching, which means they don't want us to discover the secrets here!"

Li Chenzhou looked at the screen again and said, "Why don't they want to expose this place? Before us, Qing City only had you, and could your strength have damaged this place?"

Hearing Li Chenzhou's question, everyone, including Duan Lei, was stunned.

That's right, with their strength, not to mention anything else, the bizarre zombies alone could have wiped them all out.

If so, why were the Devourers below being so cautious?

"There must be some reason why they don't want us to disturb them right now!"

Li Chenzhou said with certainty, "Although I don't know what the reason is, I know one thing: the more the enemy doesn't want us to do something, the more we must do it!!!"

"That's right! We need to attack! And the sooner the better!"

Duan Lei, who had previously opposed attacking now, had changed his mind. He said firmly.

"Prepare, all weapons begin charging. Fire simultaneously in one minute for a saturation attack on the area below!"

Li Chenzhou didn't hesitate and ordered directly.

Instantly, the people in the central control room busied themselves. Of course, not the base leaders, but another group of people in combat uniforms. On the right arm of their combat uniforms was a patch. The patch was ordinary, with a black background and a white mountain character on it!

These people were brought by Duan Lei, elites he had selected from the Mountain Villa base, including Li Jing, Li Meng, Liu Jinshan, Xu Kai, Liu Tao, Wang Zhanyou, and other high-ranking members of the Mountain Villa.

Because there was now a smart AI to assist, base management had become much easier, and so many people weren't needed. Qingluan and Duan Xue were enough. Therefore, Duan Lei had transferred all these people to learn how to control the war fortress.

Although they hadn't been in contact with the war fortress for long, the operation of the war fortress was still relatively simple, especially when only controlling the weapons. The weapons all had automatic locking, so as long as the target was set, a concentrated attack could be launched.

"Area One ready!"

"Area Two ready!"

"Area Three..."

As Li Jing and the others reported, all the weapons of the war fortress were ready, with the target set on the stadium below. Duan Lei looked at Li Chenzhou. Li Chenzhou took a breath and said in a deep voice, "Descend! Fire immediately upon entering range!!!"

With his command, the war fortress suddenly descended at full speed. When it descended to 300 meters above the stadium, all the beam weapons on the fortress activated simultaneously, and countless white rays shot towards the central stadium, completely submerging it...