Base Perimeter

Since Scar Tiger's soldiers escaped and returned, Xia Xuebing had strengthened patrols on the back mountain side. Three squads worked in shifts, maintaining vigilance around the clock.

Because the sun no longer set, the soldiers didn't have to worry about who would take the night shift.

On this day, five soldiers were on patrol, each carrying a Large Machete and wearing a simple set of armor.

The armor came from a cold weapons club—twelve sets in total. Five sets were allocated to the back mountain patrol soldiers, with the armor being exchanged during shift changes to ensure the soldiers' safety.

The Bald Soldier raised his hand to his forehead, using the shadow to block the sunlight, which made his eyes feel a bit better. "The sun is too damn harsh. Haven't you noticed the temperature getting higher and higher these past few days?"

The soldier next to him replied, "Of course I've noticed. You start sweating as soon as you step outside, your clothes stick to your body. I really want to take a bath."

"The climate has become stranger and stranger after the apocalypse. Before, during the endless rainy days, we missed the sun. Now that the sun is out, we miss the times when water was plentiful. Who knows how long we can hold out."

"I hope the climate returns to normal soon. Otherwise, I'm afraid I might go crazy one day."

"The base isn't even issuing high-temperature subsidies. Really inhumane."

"You still want high-temperature subsidies? I never even received that stuff before the apocalypse."

After complaining to each other for a bit, the Bald Soldier said to the others, "Everyone, check your equipment, especially the explosives."

The explosives were recently developed by the base. There was a top student in the base who had knowledge in this area. Previously, due to the continuous heavy rain and rising water levels, they couldn't find the raw materials for explosives, so his skills were useless.

After the sun came out and the water levels receded, Xia Xuebing sent people to find the raw materials for explosives. They only managed to produce a dozen or so units yesterday.

According to that top student, the explosive power is greater than that of a typical grenade, but the volume is also larger. Given the current state of the Black Bear Base, they couldn't replicate the portability of a grenade, so they could only increase the size to boost the power.

A soldier pulled out an iron-skinned cube larger than a human head from his backpack. "This thing has more power than a grenade, but it's heavy and can't be thrown far. It's purely a mutual destruction weapon."

The Bald Soldier said with a laugh, "Having a mutual destruction weapon is pretty good already. Many people can't even achieve mutual destruction;

they can only let the Zombies devour them. Think about Brother Scar Tiger—how strong was he? Yet he still died powerless in the mouth of that Mutated Zombie Tiger?"

"Sigh, I really want to kill that bastard. When the base was in danger, he ran away. When he encountered danger outside, he brought it back to the base. He truly deserves to die."

The Bald Soldier said solemnly, "He will die. Base Leader Xia is not a soft-hearted woman."

Boom!

A black shadow shot out from the forest on the back mountain, extremely fast, swift like a leopard.

In the blink of an eye, it charged to the soldiers' side.

The Mutated Zombie Tiger raised its paw, its sharp claws gleaming coldly, and delivered a heavy, powerful strike.

One soldier fell to his knees with a thud, his head crushed into his chest cavity, his knees shattered. He died without even uttering a cry of alarm.

The Bald Soldier's pupils constricted sharply. Without hesitation, he pulled a lighter from his chest, lit the explosive, and threw it at the Mutated Zombie Tiger, while shouting loudly, "The Mutated Zombie Tiger is here! Requesting support!"

The Mutated Zombie Tiger looked at the Bald Soldier mockingly, as if saying this thing couldn't even harm its fur!

Seeing the strange object flying towards it, the Mutated Zombie Tiger opened its huge mouth and bit down!

The next moment—

Kaboom!

The explosion reverberated throughout the Black Bear Survivor Base!

Flames and thick smoke engulfed the Mutated Zombie Tiger!

Roar!

The Mutated Zombie Tiger let out a roar. Its lower jaw was blown off, its mouth a bloody mess, the skin on its face torn away.

Roar!

An even louder roar sounded!

The Prehistoric Colossus appeared within the base, charging on foot towards the Mutated Zombie Tiger's location.

Thump, thump, thump~

As the Prehistoric Colossus ran, the ground shook slightly wherever it passed.

Sensing danger, the Mutated Zombie Tiger swiped its paw and caught a soldier. It possessed the Claws and Fangs Supernatural Characteristic;

its sharp claws were extremely keen, piercing through the armor and sinking into the soldier's flesh.

The soldier spat blood. The tiger's claw had pierced his abdomen. He felt it penetrate his organs, and then even more intense pain swept through his body as the claw curved inside him, slicing through his viscera and hooking into his flesh.

Then, carrying the soldier's corpse, the Mutated Zombie Tiger turned and fled without the slightest hesitation.

The Bald Soldier gritted his teeth, raised his Large Machete, and swung it at the Mutated Zombie Tiger!

"Bastard! Put my brother down!!"

Crack!

The Large Machete landed on the Mutated Zombie Tiger's hind leg. The blade only split the outermost layer of fur, not even drawing blood.

The Bald Soldier's pupils constricted sharply. Its hide was this tough?

The Mutated Zombie Tiger swung its tail. The sound of it cutting through the air was like a crack, the tail carrying immense force as it slammed into the Bald Soldier's chest.

The Bald Soldier staggered back, falling onto his back, his breastplate dented.

Just its tail possessed such tremendous force—no wonder it could easily kill Scar Tiger!

The Bald Soldier's face contorted. The Mutated Zombie Tiger's strike hadn't broken through his armor, but the concussive force made him unbearably uncomfortable, feeling as if his internal organs had been displaced.

He grinned, "I can't beat you, and I don't need to beat you. I just need to delay you! The Boss will crush you!"

Thanks to the Bald Soldier's delay, the Prehistoric Colossus had already arrived, using its head as a weapon, charging forward with a fierce impact.

More terrifying than ancient battering rams, it contained the force of ten thousand jun.

Bang!

The Mutated Zombie Tiger was sent flying, crashing heavily onto the sloping mountainside. Its massive body was already deformed, the pustules on its back rupturing and oozing disgusting green pus, revealing a deep green, paste-like substance inside. A pale white spine pierced through the skin, exposed to the air.

Its two hind legs were almost completely shattered!

The Bald Soldier's gaze flickered, and he murmured to himself, "So strong."

The Mutated Zombie Tiger, which could easily kill Scar Tiger, overwhelm a fully armed soldier squad, and survive a direct explosive blast, was like an ant before the Prehistoric Colossus. A single strike rendered the Mutated Zombie Tiger immobile.

The Prehistoric Colossus raised its claw, preparing to crush the Mutated Zombie Tiger to death.

Suddenly, the Mutated Zombie Tiger's body split open! A huge wound tore across its abdomen!

From inside emerged a pitch-black evil tiger, its head half normal tiger, half skull, with a human face growing on its back.

The human-faced evil tiger was smaller in size. It instantly darted out and disappeared into the mountain forest.

The Massive Claw came down, crushing the Mutated Zombie Tiger's body into a pulp.

"It can shrink? Is this brought by the Chaotic Evolution characteristic?" Li Xuan was surprised;

this was his first time encountering such a mutated zombie.

So, the smaller human-faced evil tiger was hiding inside the larger body of the Mutated Malformed Tiger, controlling it to move.

Could this be considered a different kind of piloting a mecha?

A flesh mecha?

He, a mecha enthusiast, hadn't even piloted a mecha yet, and a mutated zombie tiger got to pilot one first?