Intelligence [Deep Sea King: Located in the central ocean region, a pod of killer whales was infected by the zombie virus. Their leader underwent mutation, developing intelligence, and led the zombie killer whales to infect other marine life. Whenever marine life mutated and developed supernatural characteristics, the mutated zombie killer whale leader would kill them and devour their supernatural characteristics.

By the end of the first version, the killer whale leader possessed ten different supernatural characteristics, becoming invincible and undefeated even by mutated zombie blue whales, establishing itself as the ocean overlord.

When the second version began with global mutations, the killer whale leader awakened a devouring ability, consumed three underlings who had awakened abilities, then hid in the deep sea to accumulate power. By the mid-version, it once again became the ocean overlord.

At the end of the version, the mutated killer whale encountered the King of Birds. They battled fiercely, both wanting to devour the other to strengthen themselves. The fight ended in mutual destruction—after disengaging, the King of Birds was ambushed by hidden human ability users and perished together with them. The mutated killer whale hid in the deep sea to heal but was ambushed by the mutated blue whale it had previously defeated in the first version, and unfortunately fell.

The mutated blue whale devoured the mutated killer whale's body but not its head. Over time, by the fourth version, the killer whale head washed ashore near City I.

A male doctor named Hongye discovered the killer whale head and extracted a pitch-black pearl from its brain, which contained the power the mutated killer whale hadn't yet digested and an incomplete devouring ability.

The timing of the killer whale head washing ashore was also terribly inconvenient—abilities were the dominant power in the second version, but the killer whale head didn't come ashore until the fourth version, skipping an entire major version in between.

The dominant power of the fourth version was spiritual energy resurgence. Combined with the third version, it was likely that the fourth version would be either high martial arts or cultivation, with cultivation era being the more probable outcome.

An incomplete devouring ability might not be considered a great opportunity in the fourth version.

"Emergency! Zombie horde! So many zombies!"

Screams disrupted everyone's thoughts. Scar Tiger snapped awake, grabbing the person shouting and demanding details, "Zombie horde? Are they coming for us?"

"Yes! The zombies down the mountain are packed densely, swarming up like a tidal wave! Big brother, what should we do!" The underling was extremely anxious.

Li Xuan, being tall, had better visibility. Turning to look down the mountain, he indeed spotted massive numbers of zombies. "The zombie horde is coming! Everyone prepare!"

A zombie horde outside the intelligence reports!

Was it because of his presence that fate had changed, indirectly causing the zombie horde to appear?

The base soldiers recalled some unpleasant memories, their bodies trembling slightly. "Can we really hold off a zombie horde? Even the official survivor base couldn't hold and was forced to evacuate. Maybe we should run first, let the base survivors cover our retreat."

Some soldiers immediately nodded in agreement. "Yes, yes, let's run, go join the official survivor base."

Scar Tiger was also tempted. As long as he kept his underlings, he could rebuild a survivor base anywhere. He had long thought the name "Black Bear Survivor Base" didn't sound good—he wanted to change it to Scar Tiger Survivor Base.

Xia Xuebing naturally didn't want to leave. Her plan had finally half-succeeded—how could she watch all her previous efforts go to waste?

"We can't leave! Don't forget, half of you are injured! The zombies will hunt you down by scent! Anyone who wants to live, come with me to resist the zombie horde!"

The injured soldiers suddenly realized—yes, they were wounded. The smell of blood was like carrying a homing beacon—the zombies could track them anytime, nowhere to hide.

As for outrunning the zombies? Was that possible?

Zombies had unlimited stamina—the ones to tire out first would definitely be the humans.

"Resist the zombie horde! Everyone together! Protect the base to the death!" The first person who suggested running now naturally changed his tune, shouting loudly.

The other injured people followed suit, and in the blink of an eye, Scar Tiger had lost nearly half his underlings.

Scar Tiger's face darkened, having mentally cursed the Xia Xuebing sisters hundreds of times. "Let's go! Resist the zombies together!"

News of the approaching zombie horde quickly spread throughout the survivor base. Survivors were terrified—some fled up the mountain, while others came to the base gates to resist alongside the soldiers.

The minor celebrity followed the crowd up the mountain. Before leaving, she glanced back at the Prehistoric Colossus and silently said in her heart: Thank you.

She didn't dare to fight zombies desperately—she had never been a brave person since childhood, only fighting back when forced into desperate situations.

"I really want to help you, but I'm not you—I don't have powerful transformation abilities, I don't have a man's strength. I'm sorry, I hope you stay safe. Later I'll accompany you for free for a month if you want."

The minor celebrity murmured to herself, unsure if she was speaking across the distance to Li Xuan or just comforting her own guilt.

Hiss~ Roar!

The zombies snarled with gaping mouths, emitting various strange noises. Zombies that had learned to run gathered together even more like a tidal wave, desperately charging forward. When a zombie fell, others immediately filled the gap. Within moments, the fallen zombies were trampled into countless fragments, completely merging with the earth.

It was as if the gates of hell had been thrown open, countless evil spirits surging from the underworld carrying accumulated resentment from countless lifetimes to impact the mortal world, tearing everything apart.

The base soldiers swallowed hard, clenching their teeth. "Can we really hold them off?"

No one felt confident.

There were too many zombies. Without firearms, how could they eliminate a zombie group numerous as water?

Scar Tiger whispered, "Xia Xuebing, aren't you full of ideas? Use that brain of yours quick!"

Without Scar Tiger's reminder, Xia Xuebing's mind was already racing madly, her eyes darting around observing the zombie horde's movements, searching for a solution from subtle clues.

"Boss, can you take me to a high point to look?"

Li Xuan lowered his claw, lifting up Xia Xuebing.

Xia Xuebing murmured, "Just as I thought! We can confirm this zombie horde wasn't caused by our capture of the mutated zombie golden eagle. Zombies can't smell blood from several miles away.

Additionally, zombie horde formation has certain precursors, so I believe this isn't a naturally formed zombie horde!

It's mutated zombies controlling other zombies, disguised as a small zombie horde!"

Scar Tiger raised an objection, "Mutated zombies can't control ordinary zombies indefinitely—their control has limits. How could they form such a large-scale horde?"

The intelligence on mutated zombies released by officials mentioned that non-control type mutated zombies can effectively control no more than one hundred ordinary zombies!

Xia Xuebing stated firmly, "There's more than one mutated zombie! At least two! They're cooperating!"