The zombie army that was originally situated southwest of the Dragon Nest Tribe, slowly spreading outward, suddenly went mad half a month ago, expanding in all directions day and night.
In just over ten days, the mutated evil spirit's zombie army approached within a hundred miles of the Dragon Nest Tribe!
However, the first round of danger the Dragon Nest Tribe is about to face isn't from the zombie army crawling out of Hell, but from the beast tide triggered by the zombie army's expansion.
Since approaching within a hundred miles of the Dragon Nest Tribe, the mutated evil spirit's zombie army has returned to its original state, with zombies wandering leisurely outward.
Meanwhile, according to the feedback from Beastman scouts, it seems those zombies are constructing something, collecting rocks, wood, etc., and are being controlled to transport them in a certain direction.
The zombie army resumed its slow pace from over two hundred miles away, but the army has occupied a large area of land, causing numerous creatures living in those places to flee in large numbers.
The first crisis faced by the Dragon Nest Tribe is the beast tide caused by a mass migration of wildlife.
During this crisis, numerous beasts, giant beasts, and magic beasts passed one after another, and the Dragon Nest Tribe itself, being densely populated, was seen as prey by these ferocious and ravenous hunters fleeing their lost territories.
Even though the Beastman Legion continuously launched attacks, killing group after group of beasts, the Dragon Nest Tribe still suffered constant assaults.
Ordinary Beastman militia can't even go out for farming and production, and the tribe's production activities are greatly hindered.
Meanwhile, in defending against beast tide attacks again and again, even though there are quite a few Beastman Transcendents stationed, and though the Dragon Nest Legion is equipped with numerous bronze weapons and armor, in such intense combat, quite a few Beastman soldiers are injured and sent to the medical division for treatment.
Fortunately, the Dragon Nest Tribe obtained a large amount of Snake Shedding Grass after the last cleanup of the Wet Bone Forest, allowing many soldiers to receive excellent treatment, needing only a period of rest to recover.
Otherwise, just the beast tide prompted by the zombie army would have already inflicted considerable losses on the Dragon Nest Tribe.
Even though Beastmen have a stronger constitution compared to ordinary humans, in a place like the Kawa Great Forest, injuries are still prone to infection, and once infected, without treatment, the mortality rate for Beastman warriors is as high as fifty percent.
"Has the mutated evil spirit's army not approached again?"
Looking at the numerous injured soldiers, Austin asked Vini after comforting them.
The beast tide faced by the Dragon Nest Tribe has basically peaked, and with Austin's awakening, the rest poses no issue.
What Austin felt the most danger from was still the mutated evil spirit's zombie army that had approached within a hundred miles of the Dragon Nest Tribe!
"No, every day the undead wander aimlessly at the borders, while some sturdier undead constantly mine rocks, numbly transporting large rocks and wood back."
Recalling the bizarre behavior of those evil spirit corpses, many Beastmen present were puzzled and confused.
It's quite astonishing to make lifeless corpses move again, let alone command them to engage in production and construction!
Vini's words made Austin's heart jolt, and instinctively, he recalled the pyramid he encountered when deeply venturing into that infected wasteland...
An unease lingered in his heart.
"No, I need to inspect it myself!"
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Above the heights, Austin's large membrane wings flapped as he swiftly flew through the clouds, constantly scanning the land below that was evolving toward wasteland directions with worry in his eyes.
Only to see on the ground, thick green smoke rising from the earth, eroding the land, causing trees to wither, wild grass to twist madly into mutations, and the soil to rot.
Zombies dragged their decaying bodies across the wilderness, the whole world seemed to lose its vitality, like a shattered doomsday scene.
After successfully entering the Gold rank, Austin's enhanced perception clearly felt beneath the earth, threads of sinister and enigmatic power spreading outward like a web network, while the green smoke rising from the ground evidently leaked from those networks of power.
"What the hell are these things!"
Three days of investigation left Austin's heart even more uneasy.
The land recently occupied by the zombie army is being eroded at an alarming rate by some mysterious and sinister force, as if some important aspect of the earth is being plundered by the evil controlling the zombies, transported through the underground networks toward the massive pyramid being built in the distance.
Indeed, within the hundreds of kilometers occupied by the zombie army over the past half month, an enormous pyramid is slowly being erected.
The huge pyramid has already constructed a base over a hundred meters, its outline gradually emerging, as gigantic zombies continuously haul materials upward for construction.
Gazing at the looming pyramid under construction in the distance, anxiety filled Austin's gaze.
The web-like networks of evil power beneath the earth spread outward from the pyramid base, forming web-like patterns covering the entire land beneath.
And the land eroded by the network seems to have something plundered from it, turning into desolate wasteland.
"It's like a virus, constantly spreading, eroding, making soil lifeless..."
Austin furrowed his brow, everything was too strange.
Undead-like zombies, commanded corpses, pyramids, dead earth...
What on earth is the evil spirit manipulating all these things?
After pondering for a long time, Austin could think of no answer.
But he understood one thing.
"Whatever it is, we must attempt to destroy the pyramid base!"
Based on previous experience, Austin already knew that once the pyramid is completed, the surrounding area within a hundred miles will again become a wasteland, a paradise for zombies and undead.
Moreover, once the pyramid is completed, countless zombie armies will launch a new assault, and then they will definitively affect the entire Dragon Nest Tribe!
"Let's first try if the electromagnetic cannon can resolve it."
Austin gathered a considerable amount of bronze, landed far from the pyramid on a mountaintop, gazed at the pyramid base in the distance, and began activating his ability.
Lightning flashed out of nowhere, bright blue light instantly illuminated the entire mountaintop...