After completely exhausting all Apocalypse Coins, Alex finally stopped upgrading City of Darkness No. 3. He didn't immediately upgrade the graves; with the decreasing number of mutant zombies, the burial speed in City of Darkness No. 1 was already sufficient.
Not to mention the B-level mutant zombies, after several major extermination efforts by Alex's subordinates, there were not many left in the entire Jiangcheng City.
Until he found new sources of zombies, Alex had no plans to continue increasing the graves for burying B-level mutant zombies. However, the six level-2 graves in City of Darkness No. 3 could be used to bury some regular zombies. After all, it was better than nothing, and with the watering from the Blood Plasma Well, the daily output of Apocalypse Coins was quite substantial.
Alex's first choice for upgrade was the Forbidden Soul Demon House and some advanced defense buildings like high-level city walls and Destroyer turrets. Puppetizing the remaining soldiers in the base shelter was imperative.
With a flicker, Alex appeared again in the command center. This time, everyone he saw had undergone a change, and a row of numbers appeared above everyone's heads.
Above Guang Beijia's head, loyalty was 85%, while the enslaved slaves, tethered like dogs, had loyalty ranging from 0% to 50%. Quite loyal.
However, this was irrelevant. Alex had no intention of sending these people to be enslaved in City of Darkness. The lower the loyalty of these dog-like servants, the happier Alex felt when torturing them. If these people obediently submitted to him, it would be less satisfying for Alex.
After all, after getting used to the feeling of being catered to in various ways, Alex occasionally wanted to try something new. These people could be kept for a change of taste.
As for those soldiers, Alex now had a second Forbidden Soul Demon House and could puppetize all the remaining soldiers. Then, using these soldiers and the advanced weapons under his control, he could completely control and enslave the ordinary people in the city.
"Gu, Shen Han, take all the soldiers in the shelter who have not been puppetized yet and send them into the Forbidden Soul Demon House," Alex walked into the office and ordered the two who were waiting on the side.
Currently, there were about fifty soldiers in the entire base shelter who had not been puppetized. Most of these people were loyal followers of Gu. There were also some remaining soldiers from the Public Security Management Team after a major battle and a purge, leaving only about a dozen soldiers in the team.
"Yes!" Both of them bowed.
"If it were a nuclear bomb, given the distance, we would undoubtedly be dead!" Gu shook his head solemnly.
As a well-trained soldier who had received extensive military education, Gu knew more about nuclear weapons than Alex and Shen Han. The destructive power of a nuclear bomb was far from being as simple as what they had witnessed. Moreover, the intense seismic waves made him speculate that the explosion had occurred in an underground facility with multiple protective layers.
"It's probably a nuclear power plant leak, followed by a chain reaction of explosions. It's a miracle that it hadn't been triggered until now, given that no one has been managing it for almost four months," Gu continued to explain.
The power of a nuclear bomb explosion is not inherently terrifying; although its explosive equivalent is strong, the coverage area is not extensive. Even considering the shockwave, an explosion of this magnitude only covers an area within a radius of approximately 5.6 kilometers.
However, what makes nuclear explosions truly frightening is the nuclear radiation. Radioactive substances produced by nuclear explosions contaminate or pollute various objects, including the ground, air, personnel, and weapons. These radioactive fission particles remain suspended in the air.
Most dangerously, wherever the wind blows, water flows, or clouds drift, these particles spread, causing contamination on the surface of the ground, personnel, and objects. This contamination can lead to severe blood disorders, cataracts, leukemia, other malignant tumors, decreased fertility, or fetal deformities.
Although this explosion originated from a nuclear power plant and does not have the same explosive power as a nuclear bomb, the control of nuclear radiation was confined underground. In reality, the amount of radiation reaching the surface may not be excessive.
Yet, even this level of nuclear radiation could pose significant risks to the surrounding area.
"Will our current location be affected?" Alex asked, looking at the explosion site.
"Yes, based on the distance, the explosion likely occurred at the location of Lianzhou City, over two hundred kilometers away. If I'm not mistaken, it's likely the nuclear power plant in Lianzhou City that exploded," Gu replied after some thought. "At this distance, we will undoubtedly be influenced by some nuclear radiation.
We should pray that the leaked radioactive material this time is not substantial."
As the three were talking, another intense explosion sounded from the east. This time, there was no obvious seismic wave, but the air noticeably felt the impact of shockwaves. The explosive power was significantly less, but the explosion was much closer to their current location. The magnitude of this explosion clearly indicated that it was not on the same level as the previous one.