Zombie Apocalypse: Reborn With A Farming Space Chapter 901 901: Project Utopia ( 3 )

From the head position, Lustin Volkov furrowed his brows and declared, "We should evacuate the residents as soon as possible. Our defense can't hold on for long."

The higher-ups burst into quiet murmurs upon hearing this. Moments later, one spoke up, "Commander Volkov, even if we decide to evacuate the residents, aliens surround us on every side right now."

"What about the helicopters? We can fly them out," someone else suggested.

"Haven't you noticed the spaceships? Think helicopters can outpace those ships?"

"Without helicopters, are we just sitting here to die?"

Lustin observed the bickering group and heaved a deep sigh. Attempts to reach Huaxia failed due to jammed signals. At this point, he pinned his hopes on some miracle. Without it, doom awaited them all.

Suddenly, ten minutes passed, and the meeting room door burst open, shocking everyone inside.

Jin Xuyan and Jiao Lizhi had caught the intense debate long before stepping through the door.

At the doorway, Jin Xuyan announced, "Lustin, tell everyone to assemble in the public hall. Departure happens in thirty minutes."

Right after, a higher-up demanded, "Who are you? How did you get inside?"

Spotting them instantly, Lustin rose and inquired, "Captain Jin, when did you get here?"

"Moments ago," Jin Xuyan answered, then continued, "Time's short. Get everyone to the public hall. My fiancée and I will fend off those bugs."

With that, he spun and departed. As she followed, Jiao Lizhi instructed, "Commander Lustin, have them hold hands and wait for us. You've got just half an hour to round everyone up."

Puzzled by the hand-holding order, Lustin recognized it as their sole shot at survival. He promptly ordered his subordinates to broadcast the command.

Survivors, upon the announcement, grabbed essentials like supplies and Crystal Cores. Packing clothes wasn't even possible.

Post-blizzard, temperatures soared. Dressed in light summer attire, they sweated heavily nonetheless.

Commoners and brawlers hurried to the public hall, but mutants and guards stayed at their stations.

Some, refusing to miss out, ditched duties and dashed to the hall. This lapse thinned defenses, letting several Matkuna soldiers scale the wall.

Jiao Lizhi and Jin Xuyan arrived to find Matkuna soldiers slaughtering guards atop the wall. They charged in and eliminated the invaders.

Over 50 guards lay gravely wounded and perished soon after; the others had fled.

"Gaia, activate the system's barrier."

"Activating the system barrier in 5…4…3…2…1…"

Differing from past activations, the barrier instantly dissolved trapped Matkuna soldiers into black mist, vanishing them in under five seconds.

This sight left Jiao Lizhi dumbfounded. Before querying her System, a blue interface popped up, displaying energy harvested by the barrier.

Scanning the details, clarity dawned. Her Level 7 breakthrough enabled the system to convert Matkuna soldiers into absorbable energy, akin to her Space handling zombie virus.

However, it targeted only low-rank Matkuna soldiers, with a cap on simultaneous absorptions.

Thrilled by this new base defense from her System, she yelled, "Everyone, gather at the public hall, now!" as the barrier repelled assaults.

Guards snapped back to reality, abandoning the wall. Passing her, they stole admiring looks.

Confirming all at the public hall, Jin Xuyan joined Jiao Lizhi there. The Lunar Base's population had plummeted below 2,000 in under a day.

Upon arrival, the crowd awaited. Jin Xuyan clasped his fiancée's hand and gripped a nearby guard's shoulder.

Wasting no seconds, Jiao Lizhi triggered the space portal, whisking all to Lin'an City Base.

Materializing in the training ground, she produced 50 medicine boxes and commanded, "Inject the serum into everyone. We can't risk infection."

Once composure returned, Lustin Volkov agreed with a nod, directing his team to start serum injections.

Ten minutes on, numerous guards showed up, briefed newcomers on base conditions, and handed out rules and regulations.

Jiao Lizhi and Jin Xuyan had already arrived at the Green Lake Base. Rather than seeking Xie Zhou right away, they first assessed the overall situation.

After confirming that everything was in order, they proceeded to the warehouse. Jiao Lizhi stocked it with plenty of ammunition and supplies, while also depositing 2,000,000 Level One Crystal Cores for their use.

Jin Xuyan observed this act but uttered not a word.

In their precarious circumstances, safeguarding the continuation of humanity stood as the utmost priority. Hence, it proved wiser to share the crystal cores, amplifying their offensive capabilities, instead of selfishly holding onto them.

Prior to their departure, a note was left behind for Xie Zhou.

As they hustled through inspections of various bases, colossal light pillars burst forth from beneath the earth across the globe. These pillars annihilated all life and structures within a 5-kilometer radius, their source remaining an utter enigma.

These light pillars erupted simultaneously in the Land of Snow, the Thirteen Colonies, Go Country, Wa Country, the Tsyk Kingdom, the Tsardom Empire, and the Han Kingdom.

The very instant the seven pillars tore through Earth's atmosphere, they coalesced into a gigantic disk of light high in space.

No sooner had Jiao Lizhi, Du Beiye, and Jiang Ziyi laid eyes on that light disk than shock flickered across their gazes.

"Warning! A massive energy fluctuation is detected from the Earth's core. An S-rank space portal is detected."

The mechanical voice reverberated through their minds, shocking them back to full awareness.