Boom!
Before the clash between the Level 8 New Human and the Level 8 zombie could even be seen, the air exploded under high pressure, with a waterfall-like white smoke obscuring everything, as if the shock wave of a nuclear explosion had followed. The soldiers felt the ground underneath their feet tremble, the earth tearing apart. At this mont, the defense wall could not withstand such devastation either, and a large section of the eastern defense wall instantaneously collapsed. This collapse triggered a chain reaction, with cracks "popping" all the way to Ghost Head’s feet, and the officer, realizing the peril, imdiately shouted, "Retreat!"
With a roar carrying so anger, all the soldiers responded, jumping down to the ground at their lifeti’s fastest speed; no one dared to hesitate.
"Jump quickly!"
He shouted to Brother Shi, but he didn’t need the reminder, as Brother Shi had already run to the edge of the wall, jumping down with all the strength in his knees!
Bang!
With a dull thud, Ghost Head grimaced as he smashed hard onto the ground from dozens of ters up. Even as a Level 2 New Human, it was tough to bear, nearly suffocating him as he struggled for breath. Just as he was prepping to catch his breath, he heard the voice of a square-faced soldier nearby: "Run fast!"
Upon hearing this, Ghost Head quickly turned to look behind him, the massive defense wall had begun to collapse, huge blocks of cent encased in H-steel were crashing down towards his head!
Seeing this, Ghost Head disregarded the intense pain in his body, hurriedly climbing from the ground to sprint forward.
"Faster!"
Brother Shi, who reacted quickly, was waving his hand at Ghost Head while running. With a thundering "boom," the fragnts of the collapsed defense wall hit the ground, throwing up clouds of dust, prompting the two to instinctively leap forward, narrowly escaping the bloody disaster.
Wh~hah
"Oh f*ck!"
Assured of his safety, Ghost Head breathed heavily. Between his legs, just a centiter from his crotch, a steel pin was thrust straight into the ground; if he were a step slower, his manhood would be gone!
But before he could catch his breath completely, an officer jogging past them waved his hand and shouted, "Everyone get moving, converge on the Eleventh District and activate the chs at max speed!"
As the officer’s words fell, the surrounding soldiers responded continually, not daring to rest, sprinting despite their injuries. Ti waits for no one, the first to fall behind would be the first to die!
With Brother Shi’s help, Ghost Head stood up with difficulty. About four to five hundred ters ahead, they saw a square where chs were parked. Each ch stood over five ters tall, with such a bulky appearance that it looked incredibly powerful! This was a war fanatic’s T300! A ch exclusively for Sanctuary City, with combat power only second to Cloud Gorge Base!
The two looked at the busy comrades around them, sowhat at a loss. According to the officer, the next step was to operate the chs for the upcoming battle, but why were all the other soldiers running towards the chs? Could everyone operate one?
"Um... I can’t operate..."
This thing, forget Ghost Head, even the nepotistic Brother Shi, who had a high-level New Human brother, had never handled one, let alone knew how to operate it?
If they couldn’t operate it, what were they supposed to do?
Just as Ghost Head finished, his butt was fiercely kicked once, he turned, seeing the square-faced soldier.
"What’s wrong?"
He asked the other with confusion, but the square-faced soldier didn’t answer, rely winked and shook his head, the aning was clear, Ghost Head instantly understood the intention.
chs were limited, and seeing the shiny, rugged steel structure inside a ch, it was obvious that being inside a ch was far safer than being outside. One might say this is seizing a ch rather than operating it!
"Quick!"
Realizing this, the three dared not delay, desperately running forward, yet they were still a step too late. By the ti they arrived, all the chs in the square had people seated inside them. Each ch could hold five people: two gunner positions, the main piloting seat controlling movent and lee, a battlefield observer seat, and a logistics aide seat.
Five people beca one unit within a ch, bringing out stronger combat prowess in battle! Although so chs had only three or four people, Ghost Head, Brother Shi, and the square-faced soldier couldn’t bear to give up, anxiously wandering for a while, only to find all originally vacant spots inside chs already filled, forcing them to abandon the plan.
"F*ck, too late!"
With each fully manned ch sealing its hatches, the towering steel bodies started to gleam with blue light flowing over them, and the unmistakable noise of the thresher engines starting resonated, prompting Ghost Head to curse under his breath. At this mont, another officer was moving around the chs with a loudspeaker, shouting, "Everyone else, within five minutes, take high ground and prepare for the upcoming battle!"
Hearing this, both Brother Shi and Ghost Head turned to the square-faced soldier, who, being a veteran, without giving it much thought, pointed to the nearest building and said, "Up there."
"Alright."
The three swiftly moved, heading to the top floor of the building. On the stairwell, Brother Shi glanced at the collapsed defense wall, the suspended dust blurring the view, suddenty realizing sothing, hurriedly asked the square-faced soldier, "Hey, the wall is down, we’re all here, can the Level 7 or 8 New Humans outside hold them back?"
"They can’t." The square-faced soldier, perhaps without listening carefully, just casually replied with this one sentence.
"This... won’t the zombie horde rush in soon? Are we supposed to fight them in the city?" Ghost Head was also sowhat worried, fighting a zombie horde in alleyways was extrely bad—occupied high ground wouldn’t provide much safety.
Yet before Ghost Head’s words had finished, without a reply from the square-faced soldier, as if to answer his query, a huge commotion arose from the center of Sanctuary City!
Whirr~
The sound was deep and dull, akin to a giant machine suddenly activating at that mont!
The three hurried their steps, reaching the stairwell and looking towards the center of Sanctuary City, witnessing a spectacular scene!
A massive, sturdy blue and red beam of light shot into the sky, as if soone aid a laser cannon at the sky for firing, but clearly, it wasn’t.
That beam shot up through the clouds, its purity undiminished until it vanished from sight. This wasn’t the view of a laser cannon powering up. After ten-odd seconds, the robust beam began to split, turning into over a hundred beams like softened dry noodles cascading down, precisely connecting with the energy links behind the defense wall, forming an orange semi-circular translucent do, shielding the entire Sanctuary City!
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