True Apocalypse Game

These terrifying towers weren’t just in New York City—they were all over the world!

The hearts of the Salvation Army warriors sank when they learned this.

If that was the case, then even if they destroyed the tower in New York City, it would be completely meaningless.

Destroy one, and there would be countless more!

By now, the effects of the five MOABs and various other aerial bombs had completely dissipated. Even the smoke and dust had cleared.

In New York City, the twisted tower had slowly closed its eyes, as if nothing had happened at all.

It didn’t even command the zombie horde to launch a retaliatory assault on the Salvation Army’s base. Instead, it completely ignored their existence.

The Legion Commander’s eyes narrowed as he looked at the silent tower. He said,

"Immediately strengthen our defenses. At the same time, conduct high-altitude reconnaissance of the situation within Eagle Country and see what the hell is going on with this world..."

He then turned to Li Tongchen and said gravely,

"Old Li, it looks like a frontal assault is hopeless. This tower is unnervingly strange. And with so many of them across the world, even if we destroy this one, there will be thousands, tens of thousands left. Everything is riding on your medical support unit now."

When they had discovered another tower standing tall in Washington from the air, the Legion Commander had already understood that their battle plan was flawed from the very beginning.

The tower in New York City wasn’t unique, and it was far from the strongest one.

They had originally thought that tower was the central hub controlling all the zombies, but now it seemed things weren’t that simple.

This tower had another purpose.

As for what that purpose was, it was clearly beyond their current understanding.

And if they wanted to eliminate all the towers globally at once, it was obviously impossible to just knock them down one by one. The most efficient method would be to use biochemical weapons.

Li Tongchen understood the current situation. He nodded and said,

"Don’t worry. Our team has many of the world’s top medical elites. From the Evil Spirit Virus outbreak in the real world, we’ve all gained a deep understanding of its viral characteristics. There’s still hope we can find a way to target that tower... We might even be able to directly modify the Stone Statue Virus, turning it into a virus that’s only effective against zombies. We can make the Stone Statue Virus and the Evil Spirit Virus fight it out..."

As soon as he said this, it immediately caused a stir of amazement among everyone present. The more they thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.

"However, cultivating the virus will take time, and the Stone Statue Virus doesn’t exist in this world... Fortunately, if the game has perfectly replicated our own bodies, many of us who were injected with the Healing Potion should be carriers of the Stone Statue Virus. We can extract and cultivate it, then guide its mutation."

As Li Tongchen spoke, he glanced around at everyone present, then turned and left the command center to summon the medical elites within the Salvation Army.

After Li Tongchen left, the Legion Commander and the remaining high-ranking members of the Salvation Army discussed for a moment and quickly decided on their next steps.

They couldn’t rush this; they had to plan for the long term.

A direct assault with conventional weapons was no longer necessary. The first thing to do was conduct high-altitude reconnaissance of the entire Eagle Country to grasp the current situation.

At the same time, they would use the satellites they had connected to for global surveillance, to see just how bad the situation had gotten.

Meanwhile, the various plans decided on earlier, including camouflaging as zombies to carry out suicide bombing attacks, would still be carried out simultaneously.

Regardless of anything else, they had to try their best to destroy the tower in New York City first.

With a successful case under their belts, they would have the experience needed, even if it meant taking down the towers one by one later.

One high-ranking officer even proposed a plan to "integrate with the zombies."

The specific proposal was to simply leave the zombies outside alone. After all, the zombies didn’t seem very interested in attacking them at the moment.

Therefore, to rebuild human civilization, it wasn’t necessary to kill every single zombie. Since they couldn’t reproduce, they would naturally die off in a few decades anyway.

What the Salvation Army should actually do now is go to the ruins of various cities to find survivors, then establish a new, impregnable stronghold far from the big cities to serve as the spark to restart human civilization, and so on.

The Legion Commander and the others accepted all of these proposals.

Afterward, they all agreed to re-divide the nearly twenty thousand Salvation Army warriors into new teams.

They would be divided into several squads of a thousand people each, based on their individual specialties and characteristics, to carry out all the existing plans separately.

After all, their biggest advantage in this game mission was that the zombies weren’t that aggressive. They also had ample time for the mission, not being limited to a certain number of days.

Because of this, after their initial despair and shock at the power of the tower, everyone quickly recovered and became optimistic once again.

After all, they still had plenty of time. They had gathered the world’s smartest minds; they would surely be able to come up with a solution.

Among the countless strategies currently being attempted, one of them was bound to be useful.

After the high-ranking officers began to disperse, the Legion Commander sat at the conference table and let out a long sigh.

Nick, who hadn’t left yet, turned and asked,

"Legion Commander, are you worried... about the time?"

The Legion Commander nodded, his expression grave as he said,

"That’s right... The Commander didn’t develop the True Apocalypse Game for us to have a leisurely vacation in the apocalypse. This mission may not have a time limit, but that just makes it more likely that there are hidden problems... When we were airborne, I already discovered that the tower in Washington is also surrounded by a powerful electromagnetic field. The purpose of these towers isn’t just to control the wandering zombies. They’re more like... signal towers..."

"Signal towers?" Nick frowned and said slowly, "Now that you mention it, they do look a bit like that..."

The towers themselves could emit electromagnetic fields, making them extremely similar to ordinary cell phone towers.

"But these towers are all over the globe. If they really are signal towers, then what kind of signal network do they form? Or rather, what kind of information are they waiting for?"

The Legion Commander said with a grave expression, gazing through the window at the distant tower in New York City.

By now, the conference room was empty. Almost everyone had left, leaving only Fres, Nick, and two others.

The Legion Commander said to Nick,

"Mr. F, Fres and I have decided to go to the Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska to find a way to control Eagle Country’s global strategic nuclear strike capabilities. We need a few trustworthy comrades. Are you willing to come with us?"

Mr. F was Nick’s alias in the game.

Hearing this, Nick was taken aback. He looked at the meaningful smile on the Legion Commander’s face, frowned, and asked,

"Why me?"

The Legion Commander and Fres exchanged a glance, both seeing a resolute look in the other’s eyes. They then looked at another high-ranking Salvation Army officer sitting nearby, who also nodded.

He then said to Nick,

"The real world has reached this point; it’s not appropriate to hide many things anymore. After all, Li Tongchen and the others have already revealed their real identities. Perhaps we can also be open and honest with each other in private. It would be beneficial for both of our countries and for all of human civilization."

Hearing the phrase "both of our countries," Nick instantly understood that his previous judgment had been correct.

This Legion Commander before him had to be from Hua Country, and a high-ranking government or military official at that!

Aside from Hua Country, there was no other nation in the world that could be paired with Eagle Country in the phrase "our two countries."

Currently, only these two countries had a decisive influence on the course of human civilization’s development.

Then, he heard the Legion Commander say, "My identity in the real world is a general... I’m part of the highest level of decision-makers."

Nick nodded and said, "I had my suspicions. Based on the personality you’ve shown, you must be... that general."

The Legion Commander nodded and replied, "The intelligence work of the Central Intelligence Agency is not to be underestimated, after all. However, as a director, you really shouldn’t have such an obvious catchphrase."

Nick’s face flushed slightly, but then he gave a carefree laugh and said, "Well, we in Eagle Country are used to throwing our weight around. It’s no big deal even if our real identities are known."

At the same time, Fres, who was standing to the side, rose and gave an American-style military salute. "Fres, Deputy Commander of Eagle Country’s Strategic Command... We had dinner together at the last conference."

The fourth person in the command room also slowly stood up, extended a hand to Nick, and said,

"Mr. Nick, remember me? Pushkin, from the Russian Federal Security Service. I’ve always wanted to establish a hotline with the Central Intelligence Agency. I never thought I’d get my wish here."

Nick shuddered. This Pushkin had always been extremely low-key. Although he had figured out the man was Russian, he’d never expected him to be the CIA’s sworn enemy.

"Well then, gentlemen, let’s head out now," the Legion Commander said, looking at the three of them.

Nick couldn’t help but give a wry smile as he grasped Pushkin’s hand and shook it firmly.

’A man from Hua Country travels thousands of miles to Eagle Country, gets led by two Eagle Country natives, ropes in a Russian, and prepares to illegally infiltrate Eagle Country’s Strategic Command, exposing the entire nation’s top secrets to high-ranking officials from two rival superpowers—all for the sake of getting a few nukes to fight zombies in a game.’

’And he, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, had to cooperate—willingly, no less. The thought of it was even a little exhilarating.’

’What a ridiculous situation... ’