Chapter 447 - Disgusting Goblins

Back at his base, Han Wu consolidated all the resources and used them to expand his territory. With the Fabricator’s help, the base was now surrounded by a huge concrete wall reinforced with three meters of metal. It was so solid that even a horde of ten million zombies couldn’t breach it.

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

The Origin of Mutation sifted through the materials Han Wu had brought back and found the black box. Drawing on its memories of the Divine River Civilization, it recognized the device as a storage data unit. After some tinkering, it managed to decrypt the information hidden within it. It contained vast experiment records about the zombies’ special abilities and the artificial creation of ability users.

The trove of experimental data thrilled the Origin of Mutation. Struck by sudden inspiration, it rushed back to the lab to resume its experiments.

Three days later, it had successfully developed a drug that could grant ordinary humans new abilities. The awakened ability would be at Rank 1, yet it enabled ordinary humans to exert two to ten times their normal strength, making the drug highly valuable.

Many volunteers joined the experimental program and became the lowest-ranking ability users. As their numbers grew, they were no longer content within the cramped space they occupied. They wanted to explore and expand their territory.

Han Wu encouraged them to venture outside. He assigned a group of locusts to accompany every ability user who left the base. The locusts served two purposes: to ensure no one escaped before repaying their debt and to consume the zombie corpses the humans had killed. Through this method, Han Wu swiftly upgraded his millions of locusts.

As his base grew stronger, more survivors arrived seeking refuge. Han Wu welcomed them all. They could trade scavenged items and junk for food and guns.

He also gained a lot of Energy Points from the crystals they handed over. In just ten days, his total exceeded 5 million Energy Points. With his newfound wealth, his list expanded once again.

He reviewed the list and finally saw that he could summon one of his strongest locusts, Dark Locust.

[Summon Dark Locust (Saint) – 5,000,000 Energy Points]

Han Wu didn’t hesitate and summoned Dark Locust. His Energy Points were drained, and Dark Locust appeared before him, bowing in greeting.

“Good. You’ll stay by my side and protect me for now,” Han Wu said with satisfaction. He patted Dark Locust’s head, then used Replicate on Dark Locust to gain his Skills.

Unfortunately, Han Wu’s clone wasn't strong enough to withstand Dark Locust’s full power. Otherwise, he would become a Saint life form too.

Naturally, Dark Locust obeyed his command and faded into a shadow that merged seamlessly with Han Wu’s shadow.

With Dark Locust guarding him, Han Wu felt more secure now. Once he stabilized his position in Tanuki Town, he turned his focus to his ultimate objective: find Huang Shengjun, kill him, and obtain victory.

He dispatched numerous locusts and survivors to search the surrounding area. After half a month, they finally brought back vague reports. Some of the survivors had spotted a short but vicious type of life form in the mountains east of Tanuki Town.

The monsters weren’t particularly strong, but they appeared in large numbers and shared an unusual habit—they captured every female life form they encountered for breeding. It didn’t matter whether the targets were human survivors, zombies, or even large animals; they took them all to procreate.

After hearing the report, Han Wu confirmed that the survivors were indeed describing Huang Shengjun’s goblins. Only goblins would commit such vile acts.

The problem was that Han Wu’s forces were stationed west of Tanuki Town, while Huang Shengjun’s force was hundreds of kilometers away to the east. Between them lay the town itself, infested with hundreds of millions of zombies.

Crossing that distance to engage Huang Shengjun was nearly impossible for now. Thus, he had no choice but to focus on strengthening his forces. He needed to fight more powerful opponents, accumulate more Energy Points, and nurture even more powerful locusts.

Another month passed just like that.

Han Wu had just completed the third expansion of his base. It was now a hundred times larger than its original size, and its outer perimeter stretched all the way to Tanuki Town’s outskirts. The location proved to be beneficial as the survivors could easily enter the town and hunt more zombies.

As usual, the survivors set out with the locusts to kill zombies and gather resources. However, today, something unexpected occurred. Just as they were about to finish off the remaining zombies nearby, a group of short, ugly monsters appeared.

They went berserk, attacking the survivors while desperately trying to save the female zombies. It didn’t seem to matter to them that the females bore bite marks or carried the virus.

Han Wu witnessed everything unfold through his locusts from afar. He knew that the time had come. Huang Shengjun’s goblin army had expanded so much that their territory had overlapped with the edge of his own. The countdown to their final battle was already ticking.

Determined to secure victory, Han Wu poured everything into expanding his army, sparing no cost to strengthen both his forces and himself. The goblins his locusts encountered also served as their fresh nourishment.

Back on the eastern side of Tanuki Town, Huang Shengjun was happily looking at the female zombies, aiding the goblins reproduce. Even though they were technically undead, his goblins’ reproductive prowess still proved superior as the zombies gave birth to more goblins.

Goblins could reproduce with any species, and their numbers multiplied by the day. With Huang Shengjun’s Divine Talent Quality in Numbers, each goblin grew stronger than the last.

Huang Shengjun watched the tiny goblins emerge from the female zombies and grinned with cruel delight. “Han Wu, what could you possibly have that could defeat my army?”