A vicious female is trapped in a beastly hell.

Chapter 264 Zombie Decoy

Most of the zombies were lured into the imperial city and destroyed, but some remained, relentlessly pursuing the troops and impossible to shake off.

When Shen Tang gathered all the generals together to discuss countermeasures, he discovered that one person was missing.

"Where's Yun Han? Why isn't he here?" Shen Tang looked around but couldn't find Yun Han. Her eyebrows furrowed so tightly they could kill a fly.

Lin Yu stepped out from the crowd, bowed his head, and answered with difficulty, "Young Master has left the group alone to rescue Princess Shen Qingli... His mind is made up, and we cannot stop him. I'm sorry, Your Highness!"

Shen Tang was shocked and furious. "He ran away all by himself?"

"Young Master didn't want to implicate us, so he didn't let us follow him. He left alone three hours ago, and we really couldn't stop him." Lin Yu and the others were almost crying with guilt and helplessness. "We...we don't know what to do either, but Young Master told us to keep it a secret for him. If they ask, we should say that he is responsible for his own actions, and whether he lives or dies is his choice. Your Highness and the Clan Head don't need to send anyone to look for him."

Shen Tang was so shocked that she didn't know what to say. If that stupid wolf went over there by itself, wouldn't it just be throwing its life away?

What a fool who's been blinded by love! A soldier who's fought on the battlefield for years, can't he see the current situation? How could he be so reckless and arrogant!
Forget it, let him go. You can't reason with a damned devil!

The person most heartbroken upon hearing this news was none other than the head of the Yun family.

He was fairly well-maintained and looked to be in his early forties or fifties, but in that instant he seemed to have aged several years. He clutched his violently heaving chest, nearly fainting from anger, and cursed angrily, his beard trembling, "That unfilial son! He's really stubborn!"

He sighed repeatedly, heartbroken.

Yun Han was his only son, his carefully groomed successor, and his greatest pride in life.

Now he's old, and has lost his powers, becoming a cripple. Yun Han is the only pillar of the Yun family, yet he's died in vain. With his death, the Yun family line will be completely extinguished!

But with a formidable enemy at hand, there is absolutely no reason to turn back halfway to rescue someone. Otherwise, it wouldn't just be one person who would be sacrificed.

It took Yun Hong a great deal of resolve to reluctantly resign from his post with Shen Tang, saying, "That rebellious son has already said so, Your Highness need not worry about him, continue leading the army on our journey!"

Since even the Yun family's ancestral home had spoken, Shen Tang didn't feel embarrassed and quickly put the matter out of his mind, continuing to lead his army on their journey.

The zombies are still relentlessly pursuing us, so the air is relatively safer than the land.

Lu Xiao carried Shen Tang on his back as they traveled through the air, followed by a group of flying beastmen carrying important supplies and some elderly, weak, sick, and wounded people.

Looking down from the sky, the scene of zombies chasing after you is even more terrifying and bizarre.

These zombies have no sense of pain and cannot be killed. As they chased after us, they contaminated even more living things. If this trend continues, the number of zombies will soon reach its peak.

Shen Tang cursed inwardly: How disgusting!

They couldn't shake them off, and by following the army, the zombie horde would only spread to even more distant areas. In that case, they would be the culprits.

But if they just stand there and don't run, they'll die.

This is the most disgusting multiple-choice question in the world. Is there really no way to solve it?

Shen Tang lay on the back of the golden eagle, feeling its hot and taut body, and asked in a low voice, "Lu Xiao, how much do you know about these zombies?"

As an Imperial Air Force General, Lu Xiao had extensive knowledge of warfare.

Unlike Xiao Jin, who only knew how to fight with his fists, he focused more on studying the tactics and data behind each battle.

Even in such a critical moment, his voice remained gentle and calm, giving people an unconscious sense of reassurance. "The major empires do not know much about the zombie legion, but at least it can be confirmed that it is a killing machine released by the rebels. Once it goes into battle, it has never been defeated. It is not yet clear how it was created."

He continued, "The most recent attack was three years ago, when another rebel army launched a zombie horde and destroyed a country in just half a month."

Hearing about this terrifying record, Shen Tang was utterly astonished. "Is such a terrifying creature truly invincible?"

She immediately shook her head and said firmly, "Impossible. These monsters cannot be invincible. Otherwise, given their terrifying rate of spread, it wouldn't just be one country that was devoured; all empires would be doomed!"

Lu Xiao nodded. "The female master is very perceptive. The zombie army may seem invincible, but that's not the case."

He continued, "These undead have a limited lifespan, which is the only known drawback."

"Lifespan limitation?"

“Well, in the past ten years, the zombie army has been deployed three times. Based on my research on the previous times, a zombie can only exist for a maximum of three days before it completely decays.” Lu Xiao paused, thinking about how to explain it more clearly. “The female master can think of these zombies as growing from rotting flesh… well, mushrooms? Although they are the living dead, they still cannot escape the cycle of life and death. Once the last bit of life in their flesh is exhausted, they will quickly rot like mushrooms, turn into dust, and be swallowed by the earth.”

"It's just that these undead reproduce so quickly that they seem endless, making up for their fatal shortness of 'survival' time."

Shen Tang's eyes suddenly lit up, "So as long as we can hold off these zombies for three days, they will die out on their own and stop spreading."

"It's theoretically feasible, but in reality, it's very difficult to completely eradicate."

Shen Tang looked down at the increasing number of zombies below. Unfortunately, the bombs had been almost used up when the imperial city was destroyed, and the troops did not have many weapons left.

Lu Xiao seemed to sense her initial surprise followed by a drop in mood. After thinking for a moment, he continued, "According to the data from previous tests, the most effective way to deal with zombies, besides using a huge amount of bombs to completely blast them into pieces, is to burn them."

“My lady, the only solution I can think of right now is to use flames to create a sufficiently strong boundary line to trap the entire zombie army within it. However, this fire will need to burn for at least three days and three nights to completely burn the zombies away. After that, this area will be completely reduced to ruins and will be uninhabitable for decades to recover.”

Shen Tang fell into rapid thought. She looked down at the vast land below, the home of countless orcs, but it had been ravaged by war and zombies, completely losing its vitality and becoming a living hell.

It's better to burn it all down and wait for it to revive!
The real challenge is how to gather the zombies together and wipe them out in one fell swoop.

The system, having heard her thoughts, popped up to remind her, "By the way, host, I have some good news for you."

[Congratulations, host, for spending a large number of points to purchase supplies. The system's beginner shop has been upgraded to an intermediate shop, with more and rarer items added, including a zombie trap. I guess you'll really need it right now!]

(End of this chapter)