Help! The Villainess Trapped in the Beast World's Drama!

Chapter 272: Chapter 264: Zombie Trap

Most of the zombies were lured into the Imperial City and blown up, but a part of the zombies still remains, relentlessly chasing the troops, impossible to shake off.

When Shen Tang gathered the main generals to discuss strategies, she found one person missing.

”Where’s Yun Han? Why isn’t he here?” Shen Tang scanned the room but couldn’t find Yun Han’s figure, her eyebrows creased with frustration.

Lin Yu stepped out from the crowd, lowered his head and answered with difficulty, ”The Young Master left the team alone to rescue Princess Shen Qingli... His mind is made up, we couldn’t stop him, sorry, Your Highness!”

Shen Tang was shocked and angry, ”He ran off on his own?”

”The Young Master didn’t want to involve us, he wouldn’t let us follow, he left alone three hours ago, we really couldn’t stop him.” Lin Yu and the others were so anxious they were almost in tears, feeling guilty and helpless, ”We, we don’t know what to do either, but the Young Master told us to conceal it for him. If asked, say that he alone bears the consequences of his actions, whether dead or alive is his choice, Your Highness and Family Head should not send people to find him.”

Shen Tang was too shocked to know what to say, that stupid wolf went alone, isn’t it just a needless death?

A fool blinded by love, a warrior who has fought fiercely on the battlefield for years, does he not see the current situation, yet rashly and arrogantly acts to such an extent!

Forget it, let him go, words cannot dissuade a ghost bound to die!

Upon hearing this news, none were more saddened than the Head of Yun Family.

He was fairly well-preserved, appearing in his early fifties, but at this moment he seemed several years older, clutching his violently heaving chest, nearly fainting from anger, shaking his mustache and cursing, ”That rebellious son! Truly stubborn!”

He sighed repeatedly, filled with pain.

Yun Han was his only son, his carefully groomed heir, his life’s greatest pride.

Now he was old, had lost his superpower and become a useless person, Yun Han was Yun Family’s only pillar, yet he went to die pointlessly. With his death, the Yun Family would be completely extinct!

But with a formidable enemy ahead, there’s absolutely no reason to turn back halfway to rescue one person. That sacrifice would be more than just one person.

Yun Hong mustered great determination to give Shen Tang a difficult resignation, ”No need to care about that rebellious son, Your Highness, continue leading the army on the road!”

Since even the old head of Yun Family spoke up, Shen Tang had no difficulty in quickly putting this matter aside and continued leading the army.

The zombies still relentlessly chased, compared to the ground, the air was somewhat safer.

Lu Xiao carried Shen Tang on his back, traveling through the air, followed by a group of flying beastmen carrying essential supplies and some elderly, weak, and disabled wounded.

Looking downward from high altitude, the scene of zombie pursuit was even more horrific and eerie.

This group of zombies felt no pain, couldn’t be killed by attack, polluted more creatures along the way, at this rate, the number of zombies would soon multiply to a peak.

Shen Tang cursed in her heart: Truly disgusting!

No matter what, they couldn’t shake them off; sticking with the troops, the Zombie Army would spread even farther. In this way, they’d be the culprits.

But if they stood idly and didn’t run, they would die.

This was truly the most nauseating choice in the world.

Really no solution?

Shen Tang lay on the back of the Golden Eagle, feeling his hot and tense body, softly asked, ”Lu Xiao, how much do you know about these living corpses?”

Lu Xiao, being the Empire’s Air Force General, had extensive research on warfare.

Unlike Xiao Jin, who only fights with his fists, Lu Xiao researched the tactics and various data behind every battle.

Even in such a crisis, his voice remained gentle and steady, giving an unintentionally reassuring feeling, ”All major empires have little information on the Zombie Army, but it’s at least confirmed to be killing machines released by the rebel army, undefeated once deployed, it’s still unclear how they’re made.”

He continued, ”The most recent attack was three years ago, when another rebel army deployed the Zombie Army, destroying a country within half a month.”

Shen Tang was horrified by this terrifying record, ”Are these dreadful creatures truly unbeatable?”

She immediately shook her head, firmly stating, ”Impossible, these monsters can’t be flawless, otherwise, given their frightening spread rate, more than just one country would’ve been devoured; every empire would be doomed to destruction!”

Lu Xiao nodded, ”The Female Master is very perceptive, the Living Corpse Army seems invincible, but it’s not the case.”

He continued, ”This group of living corpses has a lifespan limit, which is currently the only known flaw.”

”Lifespan limit?”

”Yes, in the past ten years, the Zombie Army has mobilized three times, based on my research on previous instances, a living corpse can exist for a maximum of three days, then will completely decay.” Lu Xiao paused, thinking of how to explain more clearly, ”You can consider these living corpses as growing from rotten flesh... um, mushrooms? Although they’re living dead, they still can’t escape the cycle of life and death; when the last trace of vitality in the flesh is exhausted, they’ll quickly decay like mushrooms, turn to dust, swallowed by the earth.”

”But the reproduction speed of these living dead is too fast, seems endless, compensating for the short ’survival’ time of this fatal flaw.”

Shen Tang’s eyes lit up, ”So if we can hold off this group of zombies for three days, they’ll perish on their own, won’t continue spreading.”

”Theoretically feasible, but realistically completely clearing them is very difficult.”

Shen Tang looked down at the increasing number of zombies below, unfortunately, when the Imperial City was blown up, most bombs were consumed, the remaining weapons of the troops were scarce.

Lu Xiao seemed to sense her excitement followed by a return to melancholy, thought about it and continued, ”Based on previous data, the most efficient way to solve living corpses, apart from massive bombing into pieces, is burning.”

”Female Master, currently the only method I can think of is using flames to form a strong enough boundary line, trapping the entire Living Corpse Army inside, but this flame must burn persistently enough for three days and nights, thoroughly burning the living corpses clean... thereafter, this area will become a wasteland, uninhabitable, requiring several decades to recover.”

Shen Tang fell into rapid thinking, looking down at this vast land below, which was home to many beastmen, but swept by war and zombies, had completely lost vitality, becoming a purgatory on earth.

Might as well burn it clean, and await rebirth!

However, how to gather the living corpses together for annihilation was a challenge.

The system heard her thoughts and popped up a reminder, [By the way, Host, there’s good news to tell you.]

[Congratulations Host for spending a large amount of points to purchase supplies, the system has upgraded the basic mall to an intermediate mall, refreshing more rare items, among them is a Zombie Trap, I guess Host will need it now!]