Chapter 90: Roasting the Mother-Zombie

Responding quickly to the situation, Liu Qinghuan led her team of elemental ability users to provide support. They began unleashing their powers at the distant horde of zombies. Liu Qinghuan, depleting her energy, conjured a sea of flames that engulfed the Mother-Zombie.

Fire erupted at the feet of the Mother-Zombie, and Liu Qinghuan, covered in sweat, leaned against the wall to support herself, desperately trying to keep from collapsing.

Chen Ruoxue immediately commanded two members of the logistics team nearby:

"Quick! Help Qinghuan down to rest."

The two team members rushed to assist Liu Qinghuan, helping her down from the wall.

Liu Qinghuan wanted to refuse and walk on her own to avoid troubling others, but with her energy exhausted, she had no strength left and realized staying there would only be a burden. So she allowed her teammates to guide her to a corner to rest.

"Roar!"

With a ten-meter radius engulfed in flames, the oil on the Mother-Zombie's body only fueled the fire's spread. The massive creature struggled slowly to escape the fiery onslaught.

Ye Zian would not give it that chance. He summoned several tons of steel to create a cage around the Mother-Zombie, trapping it completely.

Despair crept into the Mother-Zombie as it roared angrily from within the iron cage, its large body unable to perform even the simplest act of jumping.

At the same time, barrels of gasoline were poured over the Mother-Zombie to intensify the flames.

Ye Zian had initially thought he could exploit a bug in the system space, summoning heavy steel from mid-air to drop directly onto the Mother-Zombie. However, he soon discovered that large items summoned from the system space had to be placed in fixed positions and could not be directly dropped from the air.

The Mother-Zombie suddenly displayed an extraordinary strength, managing to squeeze through the steel surrounding it with sheer force.

Ye Zian snorted softly:

"Let's see how much strength you have left."

He quickly summoned more steel to completely block the gap that the Mother-Zombie had managed to create.

"Goodbye."

Ye Zian stood atop the steel, nimbly maneuvering across the surface.

The height of the steel compensated for the height difference, allowing Ye Zian to relentlessly attack the Mother-Zombie's head with his dual blades.

Deep gashes, over an inch wide, marred the Mother-Zombie's basketball-sized skull, quickly turning it into a bloody mess.

With fire consuming its body and Ye Zian's continuous assaults raining down, the Mother-Zombie struggled to cope and eventually collapsed.

Letting out a loud roar,

Surrounding zombies responded to the call of the Mother-Zombie's desperate cries and began to push toward this area.

"Still trying to call for help?"

Seeing this, Ye Zian leaped down from the steel and used a steel plate to seal off the gap above the Mother-Zombie's head, working with his teammates to eliminate the nearby zombies attempting to assist.

Trapped in the iron cage, the Mother-Zombie continued to scream and wail. With even the small gap overhead sealed off, it felt as if it had been thrown into an oven, roasting alive. The oil on its body quickly diminished, only feeding the flames further, while the zombies that sought to help were systematically cut down by Ye Zian and his team.

Half an hour later, the once-dominant Mother-Zombie in the residential area was cooked alive in its metal prison.

Hearing the thumping and screams from within the steel cage cease, a system notification echoed in Ye Zian's mind:

**Congratulations! You have killed the S-Class Mutated Zombie, Mother-Zombie. Points awarded.**

**The sixth level of the Tower of Heaven has been activated, enhancing basic functions across other levels. The Tower of Heaven's defense feature is now active.**

**The seventh level task: Eliminate 200,000 zombies and 200 mutated zombies/ability users. This will enhance basic functions across other levels and activate the weapon system in the Tower of Heaven.**

Wow, the number of tasks to kill zombies has doubled again; it seems future tasks will become increasingly difficult.

However, the significance of the weapon system was undeniable. With it, the fortress could directly confront other large bases.

Next, the plan to eliminate the Empire of the East could finally be implemented.

Ye Zian casually collected the steel that was nearly melted away into his space; he would need it later and couldn't afford to waste it.

Once the steel around the Mother-Zombie disappeared, all that remained was a charred, blackened corpse.

The once nearly three-meter-wide Mother-Zombie had been reduced to less than a quarter of its original size, with only the glowing zombie crystal in its skull remaining, a testament to its former existence.

With the death of the Mother-Zombie, the battle between the fortress and the zombies came to a perfect conclusion.

As Ye Zian cut down a large number of mutated zombies, the loss of these leaders turned the horde into a toothless tiger, easily dispatched by the fortress's team members.

Ye Zian collected the crystal core and two purple cards—one was a **Space Ring**, and the other was **Heavy Armor**. He quickly upgraded both cards.

**Heavy Armor** - Passive skill: Death Battle; increases stamina by one point every 10 seconds during combat, and attacks deal damage equivalent to stamina.

This armor fit perfectly with An Ziyu's abilities; as a high-defense guardian, it would now gain offensive capabilities, preventing her from being on the receiving end of attacks.

After stowing the spoils in his system space, Ye Zian looked at the charred Mother-Zombie and lamented:

"What a shame, the meat of the Mother-Zombie is all burnt, making it impossible to synthesize the zombie detoxifier. But at least it'll be a feast for the fortress's mutated dogs."

Just as Ye Zian was expressing his regret,

In the distance, the fortress gates swung open, and several mutated dogs leaped down from the five-meter-high gate, drawn to the scent of the Mother-Zombie. They began to devour the charred remains.

Other team members also jumped down from the gate, breaking into smaller groups to clear out the remaining zombies in the area.

Among the mutated dogs, Ye Zian spotted Little Five.

He couldn't believe it was still alive!

Although it looked a little disheveled, thanks to Su Wei's healing abilities, Little Five had mostly recovered from its life-threatening injuries, though its hind legs were still not fully healed, causing it to limp as it ran.

Sensing the lingering energy from the Mother-Zombie's skull, Little Five perked up, excitement replacing its earlier lethargy. It rushed over to snatch the Mother-Zombie's head, gnawing on it voraciously.

Its siblings showed no intent of competing with it, quietly feasting on the remaining meat of the Mother-Zombie.

Perhaps because they didn't find the crystal in the Mother-Zombie's brain, Little Five took a few bites before returning to devour the other parts of the burnt corpse.

The three-hour battle finally came to a perfect conclusion.

---

𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮. 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚!

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼:

• 𝘽𝙤𝙜𝙙𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙪

• 𝙅𝙘𝟭𝟮𝟬𝟮

• 𝘼𝙝𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙟𝙖𝙝

𝗔𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸:

• 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀: 𝙂𝙚𝙩 𝟯𝟱+ 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚.

• 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁-𝗢𝘂𝘁: 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩!

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝘁, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀!

👉 𝙅𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙣𝙤𝙬: 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙣.𝙘𝙤𝙢/𝙂𝙤𝙙𝙊𝙛𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧