Exhausted and Overwhelmed

For Dustin, aside from using mountains to suppress zombie hordes, there was another method --- extracting the deathly aura from within the zombies using his divine abilities.

Once their death aura was drained, the zombies would lose the ability to move and become nothing more than lifeless corpses.

However, this method was far too inefficient. It required draining them one by one.

Faced with tens of thousands of zombies, that approach was clearly just treating the symptoms, not the root cause.

It consumed a tremendous amount of energy and didn’t produce significant results.

Instead of painstakingly draining death energy, it was far more effective to simply annihilate them with overwhelming force.

Of course, the best approach was to herd all the zombies into one place, then use his ability to move mountains and reshape terrain to deal with them all at once.

Quick. Efficient. Clean.

The only challenge was how to gather all the zombies together.

Otherwise, with the nature of the undead, even a single straggler could cause the corpse poison to spread rapidly.

After sealing the horde beneath the mountain, Dustin’s figure flickered and suddenly appeared inside the helicopter above.

“Pucheng’s crisis has been handled. What’s the situation in the other three cities? Where should I go next?” Dustin asked Margaret.

“Lincheng is in chaos,” Margaret replied grimly. “Li Guanglong ignored the advice and tried to stop the zombies with conventional troops. Not only did that fail, it accelerated the spread of the corpse poison. Now, over ten thousand people have been infected and turned into zombies. If possible, you should go there first --- otherwise the situation will spiral further out of control.”

She was seething with frustration at Li Guanglong’s arrogance.

Just to prove himself, just for the sake of pride, he recklessly gambled with the lives of tens of thousands of civilians. It was utter foolishness.

If the future of Dragonmarsh ever ended up in the hands of such a brute, who knew how many more lives would be lost?

But anger aside, for the sake of the people, she had no choice but to try and clean up Li Guanglong’s mess.

“If the situation in Lincheng has already spiraled out of control, then even I alone won’t be able to eliminate all the zombies,” Dustin said calmly. “Li Guanglong must cooperate to herd the zombies together. Otherwise, there’s little I can do.”

If Li Guanglong hadn’t evacuated the civilians or gathered the zombies, then Dustin rushing over would be pointless --- a mere drop in the ocean.

It might be better to stabilize the other two cities first, then return to help Lincheng with full focus.

“You’re right. I didn’t think that far ahead,” Margaret nodded. “I’ve already sent backup to Lincheng. They’ll do their best to hold off the zombie horde and reduce civilian pressure. As for Wugang and Liyang, the zombies have already been gathered as planned. I suggest you head to Wugang City first --- it’s closer.”

“Alright, Wugang it is.”

Dustin didn’t waste another word. With a flash, he vanished from the helicopter.

In the next instant, he reappeared hundreds of meters away, streaking across the sky like a meteor, heading straight for Wugang City.

First it was the plague. Then the red mist. And now, an army of zombies.

Ever since Dustin stepped foot into the southern provinces, he’d been racing from one disaster to another, constantly putting out fires.

Now, he finally understood the true meaning of “with great power comes great responsibility.”

Even as a powerhouse at the Landed Immortal level, this back-and-forth exhaustion was starting to take its toll.

But there was no other way. Countless lives were at stake. The safety of the entire region hung in the balance.

No matter how hard, how tiring --- it was a burden he had to carry.

…

At that moment, in Wugang City ---

Unlike mountain-rich Pucheng, Wugang was a coastal city, famous for its sprawling and accessible ports.

Following the advice of Qian Jin and a group of advisors, Li Wenxing had dispatched a dozen suicide squads to lure the zombie horde into the largest port.

Originally, Li Wenxing had hoped that the sea might drown the zombies.

But he quickly discovered that was futile.

Zombies weren’t afraid of water.

To be precise, they were dead things, animated by deathly energy and corpse poison. Sea water couldn’t kill them at all.

At best, the water slightly restricted their movement, but that was it.

Not stopping there, Li Wenxing also ordered his men to use incendiary bombs and concentrated artillery fire.

This did have some effect.

But there were too many zombies, and they were all incredibly tough, impervious to blades and bullets. Unless completely obliterated, they were hard to kill.

Worse still, large-scale bombardment would cause massive destruction to the city.

Even if it wiped out the zombies, half the city might be gone afterward.

Such consequences were far too severe. Unless they were completely out of options, they wouldn’t resort to such a costly tactic.

At least for now, Li Wenxing wasn’t that desperate yet.

In his mind, there was still one last trump card --- the Landed Immortal who had already proven himself as a savior.

As long as that peerless figure made a move, dealing with the zombie army shouldn’t be a problem.

So why waste manpower and resources on something so inefficient?

If the sky was falling, well --- there was someone tall enough to hold it up.

All he had to do was cooperate and stay out of the way. - Ton

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