First District, Command Center. The man acknowledged as the strongest human alive—the Shadow King—was standing before a wall-sized map projection, frowning in deep thought. The map unfolded the entire planet’s current state.
Areas marked in “high threat” purple, “danger” red, “caution” yellow, and “attention” cyan covered most of the world. These corresponded to territories controlled by Fifth‑Tier, Fourth‑Tier, Third‑Tier, and Second‑Tier Zombies. The ruined city where Jiang Li had first arrived was marked yellow— a “caution” zone.
Of course, by now the Third‑Tier Zombies there had already been wiped out. It no longer met the yellow-level standard and should be classified as cyan. However, in this age, communication and information transfer were extremely difficult, and the map hadn’t been updated.
The four-colored zones spread across the globe showed clearly that most of the planet had fallen into zombie hands. Only five white areas remained, representing the last five human territories. The white region surrounding the First District was the largest—about equal to the Second and Third Districts’ combined safe zones.