The rumbling sound was obscured by the muffled thunder that continued to burst out in the sky.

Occasionally a flash of lightning flashed.

The entire Qinggang City seemed to be vibrating, and the buildings on the ground made an overwhelmed creaking sound.

Several plumes of thick smoke rose from a distance against the water of the rain, and boiling flames seemed to be burning hot in the sky.

For this city that has been occupied for a long time after the war, this kind of movement seems a bit strange.

But at this time, not many people cared.

Because deep in the seemingly unreachable thick fog, black lines are rapidly condensing and amplifying until...

"what is that!?"

Several Qinggang soldiers who were resting on the guard tower in front stood up out of curiosity, picked up the biological scanning detection eyepiece hanging around their necks, and looked at the black lines.

Um.

Although there is a trace of heat reaction, it is not obvious, and the value does not reach the level of living creatures at all.

After reading it, I am pretty sure that it is some mutated insects that emerged from the cracks due to the rain and are marching quickly through the cracks in the city.

This has happened more than once or twice over the past few decades.

Almost every time a mutant beast wave breaks out, these poor little guys will leave their homes and go to a safer place to survive. They will not return quietly until the beast wave is over, bringing advance notice and warning to the people in this city.

.

Wait...warning?

Several guards put down their goggles and their expressions suddenly became solemn.

The last mutated damp outbreak was four years ago, with a scale of level three.

According to the new alliance's classification of this thing, there are five levels in total.

Among them, Level 5 is the weakest, Level 1 is the strongest, and Level 3 is already a huge disaster for Qinggang City. At that time, there were four gopher old shelters that failed to persist and had no choice but to fall, killing nearly 100,000 people.

Loss of life.

From now on, according to the calculations of experts from the Foundation, the next wave of beasts will be at least eight years away.

Why did it suddenly break out now?

Confused, the man who clearly looked like the captain among the few people scratched his head and decided to go back and report to the captain behind him.

But before he could take off his equipment, he slipped down from the ladder of the sentry tower.

A soldier who picked up the eyepiece out of curiosity suddenly said in surprise: "Captain, something is wrong. Why are these heat response values ​​getting higher and higher, as if they are getting closer to us?"

"What?"

The captain who was raising his feet was stunned, quickly picked up the eyepiece and looked at the black lines again.

In the hazy, dreamlike fog, humans cannot directly penetrate the visual barrier and see the true mask of black lines.

But just like what the soldier said, the value on the biological scanning detection eyepiece is indeed getting higher and higher. It has exceeded the upper limit of mutant insects and is about to reach the level of mutant winged rats...

"No, sound the warning bell!

!”

For a moment, in the gap in the mist opened by the rain, the captain just glanced at it, and instantly cold sweat rolled down his back.

In that mist, insects and radioactive creatures are running towards...

That's obviously...

Humanity!

Human beings are limping along!

...

Buzz...

Buzz...

A low warning sound sounded, and they instantly connected in front of the lightning wall.

Apparently, more than one team had experienced distant changes and pressed the only warning tool in their hands.

Because there was a wave of attacks just a few days ago, there are still many troops deployed behind the lightning wall.

In less than thirty seconds, two groups of thirty soldiers wearing exoskeleton armor flew out and accelerated in the direction of the black line.

"what happens?"

"What's going on? Is someone attacking Sunny Harbor Shelter again?"

"Look there, someone seems to be coming."

"No way. They are here so obviously. Do they want to go head-to-head with Sunny Harbor Sanctuary?"

"Damn it, this group of people won't anger Qinggang anymore and blame us."

"Stay back quickly, another soldier is coming out."

"..."

Unable to see clearly what was happening in the distance, more and more wanderers coming out of the lightning wall were talking about it.

Maybe it’s because I don’t have much expectations for life in the first place.

As the crackling gun barrels and rumbling explosions suddenly erupted in the distance, these people not only did not run, but stopped and looked at it, with gloating on their faces.

Someone called again?

This Qinggang Shelter is indeed a street rat, and everyone is shouting to beat it.

It's a pity that if you want to defeat them, even all the gophers in this city may not be enough.

The best result is that these people's attacks can divert the attention of Sunny Harbor Shelter from torturing wanderers like them.

As for more, no one dares to ask for more.

While the mechanical exoskeleton soldiers were fighting, five helicopters also hovered from behind the lightning wall, and their blades brought a huge storm sound and flew in the direction of the outbreak of the battle.

Since it was flying almost close to the ground, the scattered rainwater fell more violently, hitting the homeless people below with crackling sounds, causing many groans of pain.

boom!

The fire of the explosion ignited the entire ground, and the rolled up air waves instantly engulfed the surrounding fog.

As expected of Qinggang City's ace air power, the addition of combat helicopters instantly changed the situation.

The most obvious thing is that the entire black line suddenly broke a large section in the middle, which was probably cleared directly by a few rounds of artillery shells.

"What a pity, they are here to die."

"With so many people killed in one explosion, I'm afraid it's time to run away, right?"

"It seems like they haven't run away yet. My God, are these people so brave?"

"Could someone come to rescue us? Those other wanderers who escaped..."

"You can pull me down. Who will come back to save you, a bad old man?"

The battlefield is not a brawl in a tavern. Even if you are bruised and swollen, you can get away by pretending to be drunk.

This is a real millstone of flesh and blood. If you step into it, you are very likely to become one of the elements whose sacrifice numbers are insignificant.

For elite soldiers, when the general casualty rate is around 10%, a serious low morale will occur.

Once the casualty rate exceeds 20%, a large-scale collapse will immediately occur.

For a group like homeless people who have never been trained at all, 10% is the highest limit.

Especially when the 10% is suddenly lost, the impact will be even greater.

However, what is strange is that.

Even though a large section of the black line in the distance was suddenly cleared, the remaining black line still did not break away.

They are still taking "stable" steps and persisting in moving forward firmly and persistently.

"?"

The commander standing on the lightning wall became a little angry, picked up the communicator in his hand and cursed:

"Kevin, what's going on? Release all your weapons and let them see how powerful we are."

"If these people come within 500 meters of our base, Lord Hades will definitely skin you off!"

"Yes...yes...but...they...they are not afraid of death!"

Intermittent sounds came from the communicator. The fireman responsible for shooting the machine gun swallowed his saliva, and there was a slight tremor in the middle of the sound.

"Those wanderers are back, they're...back again!"

"What? The Wanderer is back!?"

A flash of joy suddenly flashed across the commander's face, and he quickly turned up the volume of the communicator.
To be continued...