Magicless Extra: The Villain’s Survival Method – Chapter 160.1

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔𝟎.1: 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐩 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 (5)

One Metatron-class aerial magic carrier and two Superior-class aerial magic battleships headed towards Shanxi Province. There was only one route that could lead into Shaanxi Province from Mu County, which was Pingyao County.

To the west of Shanxi Province lies the Lüliang Mountains, making it difficult to cross over to Shaanxi Province. The only passage leading to the plains was through the Pingyao plains, where the Fen River flows.

After passing Pingyao, one reaches the land of Hedong, where one must cross the Pofan Ferry to enter Shaanxi. Of course, it was possible to prevent zombies from crossing over at the Pofan Pass, but. . . that could destabilize the Henan defense.

In the case of Henan, there were the ancient imperial capital Luoyang and several other passes on the way to Chang’an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, making it easy to defend. However, if zombies were drawn into Hedong, these passes could become endangered.

“Hmm. . .”

“Captain, please give the order.”

Earl Osgylia, the captain of the aerial magic carrier, who had originally been in the navy but had switched to the air force, looked at the zombies densely covering the roads on the ground. They weren’t fast, but. . . there were so many of them moving that they were a significant threat.

“Launch the Kaiser fighters! Battleships, bombard the sides of the canyon to cause landslides!”

As soon as Captain Osgylia’s order was given, 81 Kaiser fighters that had been on standby took off simultaneously. The aerial magic battleships waiting in the rear also began bombarding the cliff-like mountains on either side of the path leading to Pingyao County.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The shells of the aerial magic battleships began to crumble the cliffs on either side, and soon each canyon began to collapse.

Rumble!

At the same time, the Kaiser fighters soared along the roads, firing their machine guns and dropping fire explosion magic and white phosphorus bombs.

Ratatatatatatat!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The zombies that had been huddled together were swept away in chunks by the Kaiser fighters’ airstrikes. With the battleships joining in afterwards. . . the zombies pouring in from Shanxi had no choice but to hesitate.

Captain Osgylia’s air force unit had bombarded a 20km long passage, annihilating the zombies that had filled it. Nevertheless, there was still an endless line of zombies beyond the passage.

“Hah, there are so many. Well, this time we’ll go all the way up to Taiyuan and exterminate all the zombies we see!”

Afterwards, until they reached Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, they burned and smashed all the zombies they saw with their machine guns. As a result, they had consumed a whopping half of their supplies, such as ammunition, but there were still so many zombies in Taiyuan County and its surroundings that Captain Osgylia was shocked.

“So much for being a populous nation. . . there really are a hell of a lot.”

The Great Zhou Empire had a population of 1.2 billion. He had heard that there were vast lands in various regions, including Hebei Province, and that the southern regions had vast lands with a mild climate, allowing for double or even triple cropping.

With such an abundance of food, it was only natural that the population would increase.

Even the other races were numerous. The elves living in the Gigas continent to the south had such a small population that they used homunculi as soldiers. . . but the elves in this land, unlike those in Gigas, were numerous.

Well, of course, with the mixing of various races, their bloodlines had been diluted a lot, making it difficult to call them pure elves. . . but to the people of the Imperial Empire, they were simply elves.

Anyway, in this populous nation, there were naturally a lot of zombies. He figured they must have killed over a million people by now.

“Let’s go back and regroup for now.”

For now, there was no need to worry, as they had blocked the passage to Pingyao and swept away a wave of zombies.

The same was true in Henan, Hubei, and other places. With the overwhelming power of the Imperial Empire, they swept away the plague zombies and were able to escape the crisis for the time being.

Afterwards, the people of the Great Zhou Empire heard that they could escape the plague if they went west, specifically to Xinjiang Province, and they all began a mass exodus to the west.

The problem was that the plague followed them, and the zombies followed them as well, which was expected to exacerbate the chaos.

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