thefictionvixens Chapter 143 Using the Corpse Horde as Reinforcements
Chapter 143 Using the Corpse Horde as Reinforcements
The detection device spotted the figures of the Martial Soul Department students, and the Soul Guidance Department immediately stopped their busy preparations. Since landing, although the Soul Guidance Department had remained stationary and hadn't experienced much zombie harassment, their energy expenditure had been considerable.
The only difference is that the Martial Soul Department is doing the work of a reconnaissance battalion, while the Soul Guidance Department is doing the work of engineers. Although their tasks are different, the consumption of physical strength and soul power is the same.
Now that the enemy has advanced right under our noses, the engineers need to stop their work for now and focus on recovering their strength to prepare for battle.
"Xiao You, it seems like the number of people on the Spirit System side has decreased again! It looks like the zombie horde in the city is quite strong!"
"To tell you the truth, this map was created by our Dean Qian to test the sustained combat ability of our Soul Guidance Department students. How could the monsters set up on this kind of map be weak?"
Moreover, the Spirit System only lost nine people in total, which is no different from the original situation. We cannot let our guard down.
Especially those with injuries, be very careful. Those wounds might have been inflicted by zombies, and if they turn into zombies, they could easily become a liability to our people.
"Don't worry, everyone in our Soul Guidance Department is now wearing Soul Guidance exoskeleton suits. Even if we're caught off guard, we have trigger-activated Soul Guidance defensive shields to help us withstand the first blow. With preparations in place, whether we retreat or counterattack will be much easier."
Besides, these people might not even be able to get close to us! How could just a few of them possibly break through the soul-guided energy defense field we set up on our tracked soul-guided armored vehicles?
"It's certainly difficult with just these few people, but you mentioned before that there are quite a few zombies in the city, and they're not weak. Do you think the martial spirit students who just barely made it through the city might consider chasing away these wolves?"
Take a closer look. Aren't some of the remaining twenty-seven people from the Martial Soul Department already injured? If I were the leader of the Martial Soul Department, after witnessing the defensive measures our Soul Guidance Department has implemented, I would definitely abandon these few people and send them to lure the zombie horde from the city.
Even the horde of zombies they lured in wouldn't let them go, but they have to do this to ensure we don't suffer either.
"Huh? We saw them before through the large stealth soul-guided reconnaissance drone. Those monsters in the city center are not to be trifled with. If those martial soul system people really go all out and lure the monsters out of the city center, we definitely won't be able to stop them."
Long You shared his conjectures about possible countermeasures for the Martial Soul system during the all-channel communication. So, the moment Long You finished speaking, the entire communication channel erupted in chaos.
While the Martial Soul Department was unaware of the situation in the city center, the Soul Guidance Department hadn't been working in vain. They had a clear view of the million-strong zombie horde in the city center, and not only that, through the sacrifice of several attack-type soul-guided drones, the Soul Guidance Department members also gained a relatively intuitive understanding of the individual strength of that million-strong zombie horde.
"Xiao You, are we just going to wait like this? If the Martial Soul Department's plan succeeds, we'll be in big trouble."
Those millions of zombie monsters—we need to consider them as at least millions of Soul King-level opponents! Although these monsters haven't shown any ranged attack capabilities so far, even if they only engage in melee combat, we couldn't withstand them!
"Therefore, we absolutely cannot do nothing. We need to urge the Martial Soul System to act quickly and not give them time to mobilize the zombie horde in the city center."
As long as the zombie horde in the city center doesn't break out, we can hold off the zombies in other areas, even if they come in hordes, for a considerable time. By then, the Martial Soul system users will be finished. Even if our defenses are eventually breached, or even if the battle's aftershocks draw out the zombie horde from the city center, it doesn't matter, because we've already won.
"Looks like you already have an idea. How do you plan to do it? Tell me."
"Don't we still have a few tracked soul-guided armored vehicles equipped with combat-aid intelligence? Let's equip these armored vehicles with well-powered energy bottles, install the loudest soul-guided bombs, and set up automatic search and firing modes, as well as a self-destruct mode after being attacked to a certain extent."
"Send these soul-guided armored vehicles directly to the Martial Soul Department. We have this information advantage, so why not use it?"
“Understood. Or should we send the remaining attack-type soul-guided drones as well? Armored vehicles are slow after all, and they can't be hidden. If the Martial Soul Department notices the armored vehicles and doesn't rush forward, but turns around and runs away, the armored vehicles won't be able to catch them.”
"Then send them out, but there's no need to rush. We'll keep an eye on the movements of the Spirit System. We'll send the drones over when they're about to spot the Spirit Guidance Armored Vehicle."
Sending drones in too early risks them being shot down. While losses aren't a concern here, unnecessary damage is unnecessary. If the situation escalates to a zombie horde attack, then offensive soul-guided drones could help alleviate some of the defensive pressure at certain times.
"Yes, sir."
According to the feedback from the soul-guided detection devices, the students of the Martial Soul Department are currently about ten kilometers away from the Soul Guidance Department's position. Without zombie interference, this distance would take a soul master approximately one hour to reach on foot. However, with the speed of the tracked soul-guided armored vehicle, it would take about half an hour.
The perspective shifts to the Martial Soul system.
"We've entered the suburbs, everyone take a break."
Almost at the same time that the Soul Guidance Department noticed the Martial Soul Department personnel, Bei Bei from the Martial Soul Department issued an order for them to rest in silence.
Just now, Beibei saw the forward-deployed detection soul tools set up by the Soul Guidance Department students nearby. This means that from now on, all the movements of the Martial Soul Department will be clearly revealed to the Soul Guidance Department.
Since that's the case, there's no need to continue rushing. With the possibility of a surprise attack gone, it's better to rest and conserve energy for the main attack! Of course, we also need to take this opportunity to implement that plan we weren't initially keen on.
"The reason we're letting everyone rest now is because our whereabouts have been completely exposed to the Soul Guidance Department. So there's no other way. To prevent us from losing too badly, let's lure those zombie hordes in the city center over there."