Chapter 184: The Army Approaches

Zhang Mu looked at the serious faces of the people around him and roughly understood Long Qi’s methods. It was just a simple mental trick, nothing harmful.

By diluting the mental attack, spreading it out, Long Qi made his mental attack less damaging. It only had a slight impact on others’ emotions, creating a sense of intimidation.

But for powerful psychics in later generations, this was just a minor trick. Its effectiveness was limited.

In fast-paced battles, it was useless.

In simple terms, it was just bluffing, not very useful.

Now, seeing the evolvers around him trying to stay calm but looking fanatical, Zhang Mu knew that Long Qi had used this mental resonance skill to its fullest.

Zhang Mu was surprised that Long Qi had mastered this skill and the reactions of the people around him were calm, as if it wasn’t the first time he had used it.

This skill required exceptional talent, not that Zhang Mu couldn’t do it, but his mental abilities were mainly focused on defense, so he couldn’t reach this level.

Also, according to Zhang Mu’s judgment, this was already Long Qi’s mental limit, and he couldn’t deliver another message to resonate among the crowd of ten thousand people at the same time.

Sure enough, after the scene fell silent, a military officer ran to Long Qi’s side and replaced Long Qi’s pre-battle speech.

He was a top-notch evolver in sound waves, different from Long Qi’s precise communication just now. Although he tried his best to make everyone hear his command through sound transmission and his emotions were more intense, he lacked that heart-stirring power.

“A group of brothers leading their squad, advance towards Jin Zhong City behind the evolver team, while the evolvers closely follow Li Hu in the front.”

Surprisingly, it was Li Hu leading the team, indicating that Long Qi was preparing to secretly sneak in himself. Now Zhang Mu understood why this ordinary people’s team was so well-ordered. Soldiers from a unit had been scattered and inserted into the ordinary people’s team. As their squad leaders, their efficiency was naturally very high.

Without further ado, the officer directly descended from the city wall.

“Depart!”

At this moment, Long Qi must have partially recovered his mental strength. His deep and powerful voice resounded in everyone’s heart once again. It was only a brief two words, but it greatly inspired everyone present besides Zhang Mu.

The leader was so powerful, and it was just the small Jin Zhong City. They would definitely be able to capture it and reclaim the honor of human territory. The sense of pride burned rampant in their hearts.

At that moment, the military officer with soundwave abilities approached Zhang Mu and said, “Change formation, follow the evolver riding the mutated beast, keep up and don’t fall behind.”

Suddenly, everyone turned around, focusing on Zhang Mu, Yuan Rui, and Gu Quan.

Yuan Rui felt uncomfortable, while Gu Quan seemed nonchalant and unaffected.

Zhang Mu didn’t mind the stares, riding his mutated wolfhound and following Li Hu. Yuan Rui and Gu Quan followed closely behind. The evolver with awakening abilities ran a bit to catch up, which was a minor issue for them.

Seeing Thunder ahead, Zhang Mu rode his mutated wolfhound to catch up with Li Hu and Thunder.

To keep regular people in optimal fighting condition, Li Hu and Zhang Mu ran at a normal pace for an average person.

The physique of regular people had significantly improved in the post-apocalyptic world, and those in combat were all strong and fit, so there was no question of falling behind.

Even a first-level evolver, even the most ordinary one with only one ability, seemed quite relaxed.

By midday, the massive army of thousands finally reached their destination, Jin Zhong City.

Li Hu waved his hand to stop, looking at Jin Zhong City in the distance, surrounded by a layer upon layer of zombie horde. The army behind him also stopped immediately, standing in formation as they had trained with their captain before. Zhang Mu looked enviously at them, wishing he had a troop like this of his own.

“All evolvers, disperse and scatter.”

The two thousand evolvers at the front split up and slowly moved towards Jin Zhong City, while Zhang Mu, Gu Quan, and their group stayed put, waiting for Li Hu.

Due to the large number of people, the soundwave evolver continued to give orders, with Long Qi appearing silently at the front of the group.

The massive zombie horde, large enough to surround the city three layers deep, not only made ordinary people feel weak at the knees but even the evolvers themselves.

The overwhelming sight was truly intimidating.

However, Long Qi’s presence seemed to give everyone a sense of security, as if as long as Long Qi was there, they couldn’t lose the battle.

“All groups, move straight ahead in a frontal assault position, await orders, and be ready to engage the enemy from the center.”

Long Qi remained silent, letting his officers give orders for him, while he patiently waited for something.

Without Long Qi’s command, everyone stayed in their positions, which were two kilometers away from the city, and didn’t dare to make any rash moves.

When the sun was at its highest point, Zhang Mu noticed Long Qi gesturing to a commanding officer.

The officer understood right away and loudly gave out orders to the crowd, following a well-organized strategic plan.

“All former officers, line up and regroup to attack from the East City flank.”

“The rest of the ordinary evolvers, attack from the front.”

“Evolvers, attack freely!”

How did Long Qi even find out that the East City was a weak point?

Zhang Mu’s immediate reaction to hearing the officer’s command was that Long Qi knew the key defensive position was in the East City area, and he was ready to capture it by deploying his best-trained former soldiers.

But how did he find out?

Zhang Mu felt confident in his diagram, maybe it was just a gut feeling?

Putting that aside, it must be said that Long Qi’s deployment was very strategic. The regular troops acted as a decoy, while the evolvers freely allocated their firepower, creating varying levels of pressure on the defense.

And Long Qi’s real trump card was the soldiers he brought with him initially, and most of them here were elite among his troops.

What’s more, their teamwork was exceptional.

They were like a sharp knife, piercing deep into the heart of Jin Zhong City!

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