Kingdom of Corrosion

This isn’t groundless worry, at Shuixi Middle School Lin Ma had witnessed unmanned drone swarms protecting the airport and driverless pocket tanks. They also had to consider whether the experimental human NPCs on the ground possessed combat abilities, whether the Hope was armed, and whether its crew was armed.

Maya went alone to the U-shaped highway and climbed up a signal tower, where she silently observed zombies and NPCs through binoculars. The zombies and NPCs showed no sign of understanding, but Maya in turn spotted a twin-propeller fixed-wing aircraft flying in from above the sea. After the aircraft landed, it rolled into Hangar One, and before long, the pilot left the hangar.

Maya thus confirmed that this aircraft was operable. Moreover, about ten minutes later, two NPCs dressed like ground crew drove a fuel tanker into the hangar.

Maya contacted Lin Wu through the earpiece, and he, who was napping, asked, "Is there a chance?"

Maya said, "There’s an automated Sentry Card on the highway bridge that requires an identity check. Besides that, I didn’t find any other security systems."

Lin Wu said, "Test people driving won’t attract zombies, but you driving will." The sound of the car would draw the zombies, but zombies attacked cars not because of the sound, but because there were humans inside. As long as humans left the car, the zombies would give up their attack on the vehicle.

Lin Wu said, "You could try anyway, since there’s time, and we don’t care about the 24 hours for resurrection. Personally, I suggest we should establish a base in the town and proceed with steady infiltration and occupation."