Chapter 21 People of All Kinds

The news of the attack on Zhongyuan Base No. 3 immediately received the highest attention from the "Fire Source" War Command after Jiang Mo successfully uploaded the video!

Standing in this country teetering on the brink of collapse, even the most powerful figures have turned their attention to this place.

However, amidst the worries and well wishes, a tactical missile capable of leveling the entire base is already in its silo.

As the Ash Priestess flew towards the center of the base, she saw a line of vehicles on the north-south vertical road.

There are quite a few people with connections who can get out of this base; the north gate is completely blocked.

Some vehicles were driving recklessly, trying to force their way through the congested traffic, but only made the congestion worse.

Some of the vehicles contained armed personnel, with flames constantly spewing from the windows, who threw down the corpses of fallen insects as they drove.

The North Gate was the most lively place, with some people honking their horns and cursing; others coming out with guns to try to calm things down and clear the road; and still others sitting in their cars suddenly transforming, sticking out several thick tentacles from the windows and crawling into nearby cars.

That's really interesting.

The Ash Priest glanced south. Although he felt that the war in the south had dragged on for a while, he still paused in the air and watched with great interest for two minutes.

Soon someone on the main road spotted it, and it immediately let out a sharp, piercing roar!

Some people scrambled into their cars, while others abandoned their vehicles and fled in panic.

Many more people underwent a transformation on the spot, and some even knelt down and kowtowed to it in the pouring rain!

The Ash Priest laughed and twirled in the air, its snow-white wings stirring up a curtain of rain, making it appear even more magnificent and sacred, like a higher being.

After laughing, one of its ribbon-like tentacles suddenly stretched out, reaching an extreme length! It pierced through the roof of the car directly below it!

The white tentacles turned red, growing rapidly like a red vine, their tips extending and penetrating into another car, branching off to enter different vehicles, including those that were armed...

In just two minutes, it had wiped out the entire road, and the North Gate was restored to silence.

However, more Fallen Insects were born and swarmed into buildings in all directions.

The Ash Priest paused briefly on the roof of the administrative building on the base's main road. It still preferred high places, but considering the battle situation, it didn't stay long before flying to the civilian hospital.

It vaguely remembered that there was something strange about this building before, which was probably a human.

In its perception, humans with soaring pollution levels are like gray dots in a chaotic scene, with the occasional dot with very low grayness or even pure white standing out.

It landed on the roof of the outpatient building.

But at this moment, amidst the cacophony of screams from the insects near and far, a clear infrasound wave, conveying a message to it, came from the direction of Dongying.

The Ash Priest's sparse brows furrowed slightly.

......

Qi An and the other two had already gone down to the second basement level.

The first basement level is filled with military tents, portable water filters, compressed rations, and other miscellaneous items, while the second level is entirely filled with conventional individual combat weapons.

They have almost unlimited ammunition replenishment, but there are also nearly 50 Fallen Insects on this level!

All 50 fallen insects were converted soldiers, and they had probably undergone some basic training from the yellow-robed priest on the third floor. They all knew how to use guns!

The yellow-robed priest on the third floor had also gone upstairs and was quietly guarding the warehouse where the poison gas bombs were stored at the end of the corridor on this floor, directing the worker insects.

The overwhelming firepower pinned Qi An and his companion down in the first storage room behind the stairs, severely limiting Chen Xi's stealth attack!

However, to prevent someone from breaking into the warehouse, the location of the staircases on each underground floor is different!

“Let’s go to the house diagonally across the street, there’s a cannon there…” Jiang Mo said.

But before he could finish speaking, a grenade exploded right at the entrance to their warehouse!

Chen Xi quickly pulled Qi An and the other man into a blind spot inside the warehouse, but Qi An was also shocked by the shock, his ears ringing and a mouthful of hot liquid rising to his throat!

Despite the flying shrapnel, Chen Xi kicked the warehouse door shut, preventing the flames from the explosion from spreading inside.

But then there was another loud bang, and the entire iron gate suddenly deformed!

Gun parts on the warehouse shelves clattered down amidst the violent shaking. Qi An watched as Jiang Mo was hit on the head by a heavy bundle of bullets, and blood immediately streamed down his face!

Fortunately, everyone in the apocalypse has enhanced physical strength, otherwise this blow might have killed someone!

Jiang Mo covered her head, her brain buzzing and she felt dizzy.

He spat out a mouthful of vomit mixed with blood, and in his dazed state, he realized that he shouldn't have split up the troops! Two guards were still too few!

Although both guards were injured, they did not panic or despair.

Qi An grabbed Jiang Mo with one hand and overturned the unsecured shelf in the middle of the room!

Amidst the deafening roar, she grasped Jiang Mo's hand to cleanse it for him and pulled out gauze to cover his forehead.

At the same time, Chen Xi used the nano-vibration blade to cut through the wall-mounted shelf and then pierced into the wall.

The wall, supported by steel and cement, was cleaved through by that knife, with its immense force whose reinforcement level was unknown!

Chen Xi, like a black fish, darted into the hole, then cut again in the next warehouse! Darted in and cut again!

The gunfire in the corridor subsided slightly, but several insects had already reached the door of Qi An's warehouse!

How could the already deformed iron gate withstand the barrage of machine gun bullets? But just as the bullets were about to pierce the iron gate, Qi An grabbed Jiang Mo and lunged towards the hole in the wall.

Chen Xi had already dug the hole all the way to the second-to-last storage room at the end of the corridor. Qi An was running frantically through the hole, but stopped at the third-to-last room.

She crouched on the bottom shelf, where she had packed several boxes of gunstock parts and nailed steel plates to the storage rack. Then, she positioned the gun on the second shelf and fired at the fallen insects that had discovered the hole and were chasing after her!

Meanwhile, the yellow-robed priest in the second-to-last storeroom noticed the commotion, broke down the door, and pounced on Chen Xi!

Despite his severe dizziness and headache, Jiang Mo managed to maintain a semblance of military discipline, finding cover on the shelves and aiming his gun at the door of their warehouse.

For a time, their firepower took the initiative from all three directions. Qi'an was almost a one-man fortress because the cave could only accommodate one insect to squeeze through!

3 minutes....1 minute!

Qi An shot and killed a fallen insect carrying a machine gun. Jiang Mo found the one with a cannon. He missed the headshot with the first shot, but the second shot pierced its cyst!

As a slender tentacle pierced Qi An's back, Chen Xi killed the yellow-robed priest!

The fallen insects cried out in alarm, and their attack became noticeably slowed and chaotic!

Qi An endured the excruciating pain in his back, left the shelf, went straight out into the corridor, and kept firing until he emptied the entire magazine before finally stopping as if he were exhausted.

Jiang Mo and Chen Xi didn't stop firing, because by the time her magazine was empty, there were basically no living Fallen Insects left in that layer.

There are no more living Fallen Insects in this underground warehouse!

The stench was almost unbearable, but Jiang Mo realized that the two guards had indeed helped him get through the three trials and he was about to get the weapon!

Qi An's hands and arms went numb and trembled. He staggered back a step, but was immediately caught by Chen Xi, who had appeared in front of him.

"Your special training for me has been quite effective." Qi An pulled out a band-aid from his pocket.

Chen Xi tightened his grip, as if about to laugh, but he still felt awkward about Qi An spending all his time with him because of Chen Yuezhou.

He kept a straight face while disinfecting and applying medicine to Qi An, but his movements were extremely gentle.

His fingertips would tremble as if burned whenever they touched her skin.

After applying the medicine and purifying the wound for two minutes, the three replenished their ammunition and continued their descent.

The third floor was dark but safe, and the fourth floor was the same...

Before they could reach the stairs from the 4th to the 5th floor, they suddenly heard footsteps coming from the storeroom on one side!

All three of them were startled!

Qi An slammed on the brakes and stumbled backward, nearly causing his wound to hit the hard ventilation duct!

But a moment later, voices rang out from behind the warehouse: "Is it a rescue? Has the higher-ups sent rescuers?"

The voice was urgent but hoarse and incoherent. A loud crash echoed behind the iron gate; the person seemed to be in a hurry to get out, but had even forgotten how to open the door.

They are not fallen insects, but people who are about to mutate!

Qi An immediately thought of the completely enclosed stairwell they had entered when they went down to this floor.

Each floor of the warehouse can be sealed off from the bottom, so some survivors sealed off four floors!

With Jiang Mo's access and Chen Xi's high-tech sword, neither electronic nor physical barriers could stop them, so they were able to get down smoothly.

Jiang Mo hesitated, and Chen Xi looked at Qi An. Seeing her nod, Chen Xi drew his sword again and slashed a square hole in the iron gate.

There wasn't just one person in this warehouse, there were four!

One of the female soldiers gripped a pistol and stared intently at the Level 4 mutant who was ramming the door, while the other two male soldiers kept their eyes fixed on the doorway.

The male soldier with the level 4 mutation was still banging on the door irrationally, but the two male soldiers who were still sober saw that Qi An and the other two were normal, unmutated humans no matter how they looked at them, and almost burst into tears!

Rescue has really arrived!

This disaster was even more unexpected for the warehouse guards who were unaware of the situation on the ground.

Suddenly, everyone's contamination levels started rising. A mutant had appeared on floor 1! The captain and the purifier rushed to floor 1, but the purifier was contaminated! The captain is also unresponsive...

Half of the 15 guards on the fourth floor went up to check the situation, but none of them returned. The remaining guards had no choice but to seal off the floor, waiting in despair and suspicion.

There were three other people in the warehouse diagonally opposite. They all came out after hearing the commotion and got a clear look at the three "rescuers".

"Commander?"

"Wind Chaser Team 2! Qi An!"

Some people recognized Jiang Mo, while others recognized the already wildly popular Purifier from the Chengfeng Team 2.

Amidst puzzled, shocked, and enigmatic gazes, Qi An nodded directly: "Yes, that's me."

Without any hesitation, she grasped the mutated male soldier's hand, which had become soft and slippery.

Qi An used the "price" of raising the pollution level to 50% to purify the male soldier in two minutes. After the purification was complete, he immediately withdrew his hand and moved behind Chen Xi, letting him block the male soldier's entanglement.

She ate one of the small blue pills herself, and then threw the rest of the pills to them:

"We have a mission, and I can only purify this one person. It's chaotic outside, so you don't need to rush up. Just stay here and hide for a while."

After she finished speaking, she made a "keep going" gesture and turned around to continue running forward.

Jiang Mo repeated, "You guys hide here for now," and then followed the two people in front of him.

The seven surviving guards huddled together in the corridor, watching their backs disappear into the deeper darkness in an instant.

It seemed that only the fading sound of footsteps proved they had been there.

But the male soldier who had been purified by Qi An suddenly cursed, "Damn it, if I ever see anyone cursing the Wind Riding Team 2 again, I'll beat the shit out of them!"

The rest of them all nodded emphatically!