"Hahaha, I feel like I could kill a bull with one punch right now!"
"Me too! I feel like I can fly right now!"
The team members excitedly chatted, feeling the surging power within them, their faces filled with joy and excitement.
However, Ning Yu, the one who brought all of this together, was far from happy. As the team members' strength increased, the altar's energy requirements also grew, and his own supernatural abilities were almost completely drained.
"Cough cough..." Ning Yu clutched his chest and coughed violently, blood gushing out between his fingers. He felt his consciousness growing increasingly blurred, and everything before his eyes began to become indistinct.
"Help! The captain is dying!"
The team members finally noticed Ning Yu's unusual behavior and gathered around him, calling out anxiously.
"I...I'm alright..." Ning Yu, clinging to his last breath, pulled a crystal-clear stone from his pocket. "This is...the core of the...control...defense system...you...you take it...to...activate...the defense system..."
After saying that, Ning Yu's head drooped limply, and the stone in his hand rolled to the ground.
"Captain, wake up!"
The team members cried out in despair, but Ning Yu gave no response.
Just then, a team member covered in blood stumbled into the cave, urgently saying, "Captain... Captain... Something's wrong... They... They're here..."
"What did you say?! They're going to attack?!" A team member suddenly stood up, his eyes wide with disbelief, the weapon in his hand creaking from the force of the blow.
The team member who came to deliver the message was panting heavily. He wiped the blood from his face and said urgently, "It's true! There are many of them, and... and many of them are powerful superhumans!"
A heavy atmosphere weighed on everyone's hearts like a boulder. The team members looked at each other, their eyes filled with anxiety and unease.
“Captain…” a team member said in a trembling voice as he looked at Ning Yu lying on the ground.
"Our captain has entrusted everything to us; we can't let him down!" Another team member clenched his fist, his eyes gleaming with determination. "Even if it costs us our lives, we will hold this place!"
"Yes, let's fight them!" The team members were filled with excitement, picking up their weapons and preparing for the upcoming battle.
"Calm down, everyone!" The burly vice-captain, Zhang Shan, slammed his hand on the table, his deafening voice gradually silencing the restless crowd. "Panic won't solve anything. What we need to do now is carry out the captain's orders!"
He bent down, picked up the crystal that Ning Yu had dropped, and held it high. "This is an opportunity that the captain fought hard for us. We can't waste it!"
The team members looked at the faintly glowing crystal, their eyes welling up with tears. They knew that this crystal carried Ning Yu's expectations for them, and also the hopes of the entire team.
"Activate the defense system!" Zhang Shan gave the order, and the team members immediately sprang into action, installing the crystals into the grooves in the center of the altar.
As a dazzling light flashed, the entire cave began to tremble violently. On the ground around the altar, runes lit up, connecting with each other to form a massive defensive array.
"Defense system activated!"
"Everyone, to your positions, prepare for battle!"
Following the defensive strategy Ning Yu had devised, the team members quickly took their positions. Their eyes were firm and resolute; each was ready to fight for survival.
Outside the cave, shouts of battle shook the heavens and earth, foreshadowing an imminent great battle...
The air inside the mountain seemed to freeze, and the tense atmosphere, like an invisible net, tightly enveloped everyone. The team members gripped their weapons tightly, their palms sweating, and their heartbeats were exceptionally clear in the silent cave.
"boom!"
A deafening roar shook the cave violently, sending rocks raining down. The enemies outside the defensive formation had begun their attack.
"Hold on! Maintain formation!" Zhang Shan roared, his voice echoing through the cave. His gaze was resolute, and the giant axe in his hand gleamed with a chilling light, making him appear like a ferocious beast poised to pounce.
The team members gritted their teeth, suppressing their fear and anxiety, and exerted all their strength to maintain the operation of the defensive formation. Beams of energy rained down on the formation, creating ripples.
“Captain…” A young team member looked at Ning Yu, who was lying on a stretcher, pale-faced, his eyes filled with worry. Since returning from the ruins, Ning Yu had been unconscious, and the team had lost its leader, causing a sense of unease to spread through the ranks.
"The captain will be alright!" another team member whispered, but there was a hint of uncertainty in his voice.
"Don't forget, the strength we have now was earned by our captain risking his life!" Zhang Shan said in a deep voice. "We cannot let him down! Even if it costs us our last drop of blood, we must hold this place!"
His words were like a shot in the arm, energizing the team members. Their eyes were resolute, filled with a determination to die for their cause.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The attacks grew increasingly fierce, and the light of the defensive formation dimmed more and more, as if it would shatter at any moment.
"Hold on! Reinforcements are on their way!" Zhang Shan shouted, but he knew in his heart that this was just self-comfort. In this perilous apocalypse, who would risk their lives to support them?
Time ticked by, the team members were exhausted, and the defensive formation was on the verge of collapse. Just then, Ning Yu, lying on the stretcher, twitched his fingers slightly…
"Hmm..."
A faint groan, almost inaudible amidst the clamor of battle, yet it pierced the gloom of the cave like a bolt of lightning…
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