Chapter 468: Bombardment
Chapter 468: Chapter 468: Bombardment
"Can’t it be regenerated?"
Nina Jacobs was a little disappointed, but an idea sparked in her mind.
’What if I could control a Mutated Zombie?’
Once the thought took root, Nina Jacobs immediately took action.
The newly captured Mutated Zombie was an Alloyed Zombie.
After cutting off another piece of Divine Wood and force-feeding it to the Alloyed Zombie, nothing seemed to change.
Nina Jacobs waited patiently.
After several minutes, the Alloyed Zombie stopped roaring and struggling.
"Kill yourself."
Nina Jacobs commanded.
Unlike before, this time the Alloyed Zombie didn’t act immediately, but remained still for a moment.
But in the end, it still killed itself.
’Looks like I still need more practice.’
Nina Jacobs tried a few more times and found that whether it was a regular zombie or a Mutated Zombie, she could only control one at a time.
Still, that was enough for her at this stage.
After returning to the safe house, Nina Jacobs discovered her Superpower was completely drained.
So, she gave up on the idea of trying to grow more Divine Wood.
The next morning, Han Lewis and Godfrey Thatcher had breakfast ready early.
"Where’s Holly Morgan?" Nina Jacobs asked.
"Outside... waiting for zombies."
Irwing said helplessly.
Holly Morgan had been squatting outside the small building since early morning, eagerly rushing to kill any zombie that appeared.
"According to the map, we should be able to reach Tomorrow Base today,
When we get there, do you think Holly Morgan will have trouble adjusting to life in the base?"
Irwing asked, a little worried.
"No. If we let her do what she loves, she might adapt to it very quickly."
’And then there’s Evander Langdon. If I’d known earlier that the antidote to the Puppetry Technique was my system’s Healing Potion, I would have made Evander Langdon drink a bottle right away.’
’But doing that would have just alerted the enemy.’
Over the past two days, she had also observed Holly Morgan. Although still bloodthirsty, Nina was certain that she was capable of feeling joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.
Her Wood Talent was extremely high. As long as she wasn’t exploited by someone with ulterior motives, her strength would be extraordinary once she advanced.
Godfrey Thatcher noticed that Nina Jacobs was also very familiar with the roads in Keldorn.
She even recognized some of the back roads. With Nina Jacobs giving directions from time to time, they hadn’t had to turn back once the entire trip.
"The route we’re taking today passes near Crestfall. Should we take a detour?"
Godfrey Thatcher had also looked at the map before they left.
If they took the long way around, they’d have to bypass another city, which would be a huge detour.
"No, we’ll stick to the planned route."
Nina Jacobs replied.
’The system map shows that if we take a detour, it’s a dead end.’
’There are back roads around Crestfall. There are more zombies, but we might be able to break through the siege.’
Godfrey Thatcher was driving a powerful SUV. He had been very worried about not having enough gas.
But they had been lucky enough to find two barrels of gasoline near the small building from yesterday.
This was enough fuel to get them to the Tomorrow Base Nina Jacobs had mentioned.
After hitting a few more zombies, the car rounded a turn. The stretch of road ahead looked as if it had been bombed; the surface was littered with zombie corpses.
"Someone killed zombies here? Looks like they didn’t even dig out the Crystal Cores?"
Irwing looked out the window, feeling that something was off.
"It was bombing."
Nina Jacobs confirmed after a look.
This must be the aftermath of a helicopter bombing. The zombies were blown to pieces, and no one had harvested the Crystal Cores.
As the car passed, Nina Jacobs used her system’s "Automatic Pickup" Skill, and all the nearby Crystal Cores were collected into her system.
"Could it be the work of a base?"
Godfrey Thatcher asked.
Bombers and whatnot... only a base would have the resources for such a large-scale operation.
"Not according to what I know."
Nina Jacobs remembered that Lornwood Base didn’t have any bombers, or even helicopters.
Tomorrow Base was newly established, so it was even less likely to have them.
"But it’s a good thing, anyway. If you ask me, they should just bomb all the zombies in Crestfall."
Godfrey Thatcher said as he drove.
Unfortunately, Keldorn was too remote, and Drakonia couldn’t deploy weapons and troops in time.
"It’s not that simple. Crestfall is too large. It would take a large-scale weapon of mass destruction to wipe them all out in one go,
Otherwise, if the surrounding city walls were destroyed, the zombies inside would just pour out."
Besides, that area around Crestfall was like a forgotten place that no one paid any attention to.
For General Hughes, who was about to flee with a large amount of supplies, he would be even less inclined to touch that forbidden zone.
Therefore, Nina Jacobs concluded that someone else must be responsible.
After the car had driven a bit further, Godfrey Thatcher was the first to spot a small black dot in the sky in the rearview mirror.
It looked like a helicopter.
Worse, more and more zombies were gathering ahead of them.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, you’ve got to be kidding me."
Godfrey Thatcher watched the small black dot get closer and closer.
"Those guys aren’t going to bomb us along with the zombies, are they?"
He said, extremely worried.
Nina Jacobs frowned. What Godfrey Thatcher said wasn’t impossible.
’If that really happens, I don’t know if my Diamond Sand Cover can withstand a bombing from a helicopter.’
However, what they were worried about didn’t happen.
The helicopter flew to a position a safe distance away from them before it began strafing the ground.
The people in the aircraft maintained a safe distance, as if to ensure their safety.
"Looks like they’re helping us,
but let’s slow down, just in case."
This was Ethan Chase’s first time seeing a helicopter like this. A real helicopter looked much closer to the ground than one on TV.
Nina Jacobs simply had Godfrey Thatcher stop the car. By now, a considerable number of zombies had gathered around the vehicle.
In the distance, the people in the helicopter also saw them get out of the vehicle on the ground.
A look of disappointment crossed the woman’s face.
It seemed the person she was looking for wasn’t there.
"Should we continue?"
Her subordinate asked from the side.
"Continue. Clear a path for them."
The woman replied.
"No problem."
The subordinate nodded and continued to pilot the helicopter, strafing the ground.
Nina Jacobs watched the helicopter’s movements closely.
The people on board really did seem to be clearing a path for them.
But at that moment, a violent gust of air alerted the three people outside the car.
Inside the car, Godfrey Thatcher’s eyes widened as he stared ahead.
It was a massive Wind Dragon Vortex, and it was moving rapidly in their direction!
"Damn it, it’s a Wind Zombie."
Godfrey Thatcher opened the car window to ask Nina Jacobs what to do.
Perhaps they could quickly reverse and get off this road.
"Since we have to take this road, there’s no point in avoiding it temporarily,
You guys stay in the car. Don’t come out."
Nina Jacobs had Godfrey Thatcher pull the car over to the side of the road, then she condensed a Diamond Sand Cover over the vehicle.
She, along with Wayne Warner and Holly Morgan, continued to kill the zombies.
"Holly Morgan, that must be an Intermediate Wind Zombie."
Nina Jacobs reminded her.
"Yeah. Killed one before, I’ll kill another."
Holly Morgan replied with a grim face.
’Flynn White was also an Intermediate Wind Element user.’
"An Intermediate Zombie will be much stronger. Don’t underestimate it."
Nina Jacobs had no intention of leaving it all to Holly Morgan.
But the Wind Dragon Vortex was actually aimed at the helicopter!
Just as the helicopter was about to fly away, its right wing suddenly lurched.
"The helicopter’s been hit!"
Godfrey Thatcher shouted.
With one wing hit, the helicopter was already wobbling and had lost its direction. It began to spiral toward them, in the opposite direction of the Wind Dragon Vortex’s origin!
At the same time, thick smoke began to billow from the helicopter in mid-air.