novelraw Chapter 240 : A City Belonging to Humanity
Chapter 240 : A City Belonging to Humanity
Chapter 240: A City Belonging to Humanity
In the next moment, under the witness of everyone present, Gu Fan raised his hand and gently swung out a single punch.
There were no dazzling phenomena, no thunderous momentum.
One could only see the massive zombie tide twisting in an instant, as if an invisible meat grinder had emerged in the space.
All the zombies were being pulled by an unseen force, continuously flying toward the center, and ultimately shredded into a slurry of blood.
More than three hundred thousand zombies were reduced to ashes by this seemingly casual punch.
Everyone who witnessed this scene stood frozen in shock.
Some of the base’s administrators hadn’t even properly met this so-called boss.
After all, every time Gu Fan visited, he only saw a few core members. He had no interest in paying attention to the lower-level managers.
This had gradually led to the myth surrounding him losing its reverence during transmission, and people began to question whether he was truly that formidable.
Perhaps he was merely stronger than them, just a leisurely Evolver—not someone possessing the strength of a deified figure.
Over time, such views grew more common. Still, with Nurse Xia Yan and the core management team present, no one dared harbor other thoughts.
However, once such a thought had surfaced, reverence was bound to diminish.
But now, things were different. With Gu Fan personally appearing and striking just a single punch, no one would have any doubts again.
That punch dispelled all skepticism!
A tide of over three hundred thousand zombies gathered together—such a terrifying momentum made even those who had reached Level 9 Evolver feel a chill!
This was no longer a power of the same dimension. They were still dwelling within the realm of urban abilities, while he was already playing the game of cultivating immortality and seeking eternal life!
If that punch had been aimed at them, they wouldn't have fared much better than those zombies!
At that moment, someone gulped and whispered:
"Is this still human strength?"
"Heh, human? You’re telling me this is the power of a human?"
"Look at the boss’s attire and appearance—it’s all styled like the ancients. Could it be… the boss is actually from another world?"
"Huh? Another world?"
The speaker pointed toward the sky and said:
"A celestial immortal descending!"
"Get outta here! I don’t believe in immortals—I only believe in the boss!"
Speculation and discussion buzzed among the crowd, while Gu Fan, after annihilating all the zombies with a single punch, clenched his large hand once again.
Immediately, countless chunks of flesh and blood gathered together, forming a blood-red pellet that was nearly black.
With a grasp of his other hand, numerous Zombie Crystal Cores shattered into powder, and the energy within them formed a rainbow bridge that infused into Gu Fan’s body.
"Refined Fiend Body Art can no longer keep up with my current cultivation realm. Fortunately, the body tempering ability of Domain Suppression of Myriad Phenomena remains strong. This body-tempering energy can be stored within me and utilized properly when I make a breakthrough…"
Then, he crushed the souls of three hundred thousand living zombies into a transparent bead and swallowed it in one gulp.
In the next instant, countless resentments and Killing Aura surged into his Divine Soul, trying to destroy his rationality.
Unfortunately, Gu Fan at this point no longer feared such things.
With a light tremor of his Divine Soul, his immense soul power suppressed and refined all the Killing Aura, cleansing the resentment thoroughly.
"Killing Aura is quite a good thing. Though it doesn't count as energy, when accumulated to a certain extent, it can still be used by me to enhance combat strength…"
After digesting the benefits brought by this zombie horde of three hundred thousand, Gu Fan felt that the bottleneck within his body hadn’t loosened at all.
It seemed that to break through to the Solar Radiance Realm, a mere three hundred thousand souls were still far from enough…
Gu Fan casually tossed the blood-red pellet into the distance, accurately landing it in Nurse Xia Yan’s hands as he said:
"Remember to feed this to the Evil Lotus when you return. Now, go back. I’ll patrol the area to ensure there are no stragglers left inside Chi City before officially opening it."
Nurse Xia Yan and the others exchanged glances and nodded. Then they gathered everyone and left the area.
Seeing everyone gone, Gu Fan fully unleashed his Divine Soul. Since he didn’t need to identify anything in detail and only needed to detect whether anything alive and capable of movement was present, he could expand his Divine Soul to its maximum range. Within a thirty-kilometer radius, nothing alive and capable of movement could escape his detection.
Thus, he became like a scanning device, continuously sweeping through the urban area of Chi City, searching for any remaining zombies.
After all, if preparations weren’t thorough now, a single zombie attack after the city opened could escalate into a massive outbreak.
Although many Evolvers existed now, ordinary survivors still made up the majority.
Ensuring the safety of the majority was the first step in restoring the city.
And so, Gu Fan spent the entire afternoon on this task.
Whether it was zombies trapped in locked rooms, in toilets, or hidden within other sealed spaces, all were discovered by Gu Fan’s Divine Soul.
He didn’t even need to act personally—his Divine Soul merely inhaled, and the Living Souls of these zombies were pulled directly into his body. As for the zombie bodies, they instantly turned into mush and fell to the ground the moment their Living Souls were extracted.
Finally, before nightfall, Gu Fan stood atop a tall building and sighed:
"It’s finally been cleaned up… Now the most important thing is the city's isolation from the outside world…"
Unlike ancient cities, modern ones lacked defensive walls. In the past, guarding the city gates was enough to protect the entire city.
But in today’s context, defense had become significantly harder. If a zombie horde passed by, the vast defensive line meant that any weak point could become a breach into the city interior.
Thinking of this, Gu Fan slapped his own forehead and mocked himself:
"I’m a cultivator, and I didn’t even think of using a cultivator’s method…"
With a flash, Gu Fan appeared high in the sky. His Divine Sense delved deep into the ground as he searched for something.
At last, in the mountainous outskirts of neighboring Copper City, he found what he was looking for—
A vast mine of copper, iron, and other ores.
Gu Fan released a torrent of terrifying spiritual power from his large hand. The mountain and the earth trembled as countless stones flew through the air.
After several minutes of quaking, an underground iron ore vein many times larger than the mountain itself was forcibly ripped out of the earth!
Without hesitation, Gu Fan continued his efforts, extracting every mineral deposit he could find in the surrounding cities and eventually smelting them into enormous city walls.
With Gu Fan’s control from above, they fell precisely into pre-calculated positions.
Piece after piece, and finally, through Gu Fan’s godlike methods, it was all completed.
Altogether, over eighty-three thousand metal wall slabs, each forty centimeters thick, were embedded three meters into the ground, with fifteen meters exposed above ground, completely enclosing Chi City.
Only two gates remained open on the east and west sides. The rest of the iron walls were all crudely modified by Gu Fan with basic refining techniques.
Not only were they extremely sturdy, but they were also engraved with simple formations that could be activated when necessary. Unless the entire world’s billions of zombies attacked simultaneously, Gu Fan couldn’t think of any scenario where zombies would successfully invade!
This was only possible because Gu Fan acted personally. With his current Solar Radiance Realm-level strength, such tasks were a breeze.
Had he still been in the Primordial Yang Realm, such a colossal project would have been beyond his capabilities.