Chapter 275: Despairing Defense

Outside the mall, the soldiers and the civilians who fought day after day to protect their base were now full of terror beyond measure. This wouldn't be the first occasion they had fought against a horde full of hundreds, maybe thousands of zombies, but the situation back then was significantly different. 

The horde back then consisted of the most basic zombies, even those capable of running. Just a well-placed or accidental bullet to the head was able to put one down. Even civilians who had no knowledge or experience in combat were able to solely contend with a zombie back then. 

But now it was different. Although there were less zombies than before, each individual zombie was an evolved zombie, and each one of them could only be combated by someone who was awakened. And despite the base having a significant number of awakened fighters, their awakening class was weakened due to the limitations of using firearms to achieve it.