Chapter 196: Besieged on All Sides
The two companies together have a total of about 240 people. The ammunition they brought this time is enough. One shot can blow a mutant animal seven or eight meters tall into pieces of meat.
When Ji Chen came out, Xu Zhiyang said with trembling hands: "Brother Ji... give me the crystal..."
Ji Chen took out a large bag from his backpack and handed it over.
Xu Zhiyang crushed it all and absorbed the energy inside, but it was far from enough.
These only make up one tenth.
"It seems that it won't work. I need to use the crystal core."
Ji Chen hesitated again and again, and said, "I'll go in and get it, are you okay with that?"
"It's okay." Xu Zhiyang's face was pale and he took several deep breaths.
When Ji Chen came over, he found that he seemed to have recovered and his complexion looked much better.
"Wood crystal core."
Xu Zhiyang took it, put it into the inner pocket of his clothes and zipped it up. There was heavy gunfire behind him, and Li Huiyin and Lu Nian had already retreated.
Xu Zhiyang stood aside for a long time, his ears ringing with buzzing sounds, and the successive bombardments gave him a headache.
He looked up at the sky and guessed that tomorrow would be a good day with a colorful Milky Way stretching across the sky.
The moonlight was so bright that it seemed to have covered everything in the world with a layer of frost.
"Are you okay?" Li Huiyin pinched his shoulder.
Xu Zhiyang smiled bitterly: "Not so good. I'm panicking and have a very bad feeling. I brought all the crystal cores with me this time. The energy is like a mountain, pressing down on my internal organs and causing pain."
Li Huiyin said worriedly, "Why don't you go in and rest. It seems the situation is under control for now."
"It's okay, just take a while, I recover quickly."
Xu Zhiyang leaned against the wall and suddenly stood up straight.
"There's a bigger force approaching, be careful!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a big bulge suddenly appeared on the ground more than 20 meters away, as if something was about to break out of the ground.
At the same time, there were chaotic vibrations in the distance, and Ji Chen picked up the night vision binoculars to observe.
"More mutant animals are approaching! Everyone on alert! Once they're within range, open fire immediately!"
The bombs exploded one after another.
Heavy machine gun bullets were fired continuously, barely holding the first line of defense.
The freezing guns distributed also played a huge role. One bullet could instantly freeze a mutant animal into an ice sculpture.
Xu Zhiyang kept his eyes fixed on the strange bulge on the ground. He pulled out his fan, and the wood energy was ready to go.
The next second, a huge monster with a diameter of at least twenty meters suddenly broke through the sandy ground!
The moonlight was suddenly blocked by this thing, and everything in front of me was dark.
Ji Chen exclaimed in surprise: "Desert worm!"
It was exactly the worm that Xu Zhiyang had just crushed with the wind, but this one was more than a hundred times larger than the previous one and its body was also very long.
Now only half of it is exposed above the ground.
Such a terrifying big guy attracted all the firepower in an instant, and bullets hit it continuously.
The insect felt pain, bent down, opened the mouthparts at the top, and poured a pool of corrosive liquid onto the first row of soldiers!
Xu Zhiyang waved his hand, and a huge wind wall blocked the attack, and returned it with an invisible wind blade!
This attack did not cause much damage to it, and even made it more angry.
Xu Zhiyang continuously absorbed the energy emitted by the wood crystal core, gathered strength in his hands, and glanced sideways at Ji Chen.
"Brother Chen! Retreat!"
Ji Chen immediately gave an order for everyone to retreat to the base.
Xu Zhiyang stood up and stood in front of the first row of soldiers, condensing stronger wind to block the attacks of worms and other mutant animals.
"Zhiyang! Come back!" Ji Chen shouted at him, "Stay inside, it's almost dawn!"
Xu Zhiyang nodded and was about to step back.
At this moment, there was a louder noise in the distance, and countless animals were rushing towards here and the ground.
In the unfrozen ground farther away, there were bulges as thick as train tracks, as if the sand here was alive and kept moving.
"Why is the door down? Be careful!"
Xu Zhiyang turned around suddenly when he heard the sound.
The huge door suddenly fell down, so fast that no one could react, and it smashed back hard.
Those who didn't have time to leave just now can imagine what happened to them.
At least a dozen people were killed or injured!
Most of the soldiers have already entered. Fortunately, Li Huiyin is always influenced by Xu Zhiyang's premonition and does not let Ji Chen and Lu Nian stand at the door.
Moreover, this door is operated by a huge wheel, which requires many people to turn to pull it up.
Xie Qun shouted from inside: "Captain Ji! There seems to be a problem with the load-bearing shaft! I'll find someone to fix it right away!"
Ji Chen looked at his companions who were covered in blood, gritted his teeth and turned his head away.
The youngest one here, the one who was willing to follow us to Kunlun Mountain to die, had just reached adulthood.
It is really heartbreaking to see the young man who was full of passion in the last second become a pool of minced meat in the next second.
There were at least forty or fifty people locked up outside the door, and Xu Zhiyang was too busy to take care of them.
Finally, more mutant animals came from all directions, and worms as big as trains broke out of the ground one by one!
Xu Zhiyang couldn't believe it. It was already so bad here, what about Zhu Ci and Fu Qingbai's situation?
"What should I do!" Although Li Huiyin was panicked, she still stood firmly beside him.
Xu Zhiyang gave her all the recovered gold energy, "Fly up, protect yourself, take Brother Ji Chen in, don't worry about me!"
"I'll send him in, but I'll come out." Li Huiyin shook Xu Zhiyang's hand, tears in her eyes: "I can't abandon you, never."
Xu Zhiyang forced a smile: "I know, I'm going to ask Ah Yang to help."
Li Huiyin nodded, turned around, and pulled Ji Chen up and flew away.
Lu Nian turned back into a giant fox and kept using his claws to resist the mutant animals that pounced on him. He was already covered in blood from being scratched by a mutant cat.
Xu Zhiyang was filled with rage, and he swung his fan and killed the mutated desert cat.
The blood stimulated more animals to rush forward.
Xu Zhiyang took off the black stone from around his neck and put it in his pocket.
The next second, red-eyed Ah Yang appeared beside him wearing the same clothes she had left last time.
"What's wrong with you!" Ah Yang grabbed his forearm.
Xu Zhiyang's tense body relaxed a little, and he pointed to the other side with a fierce look.
Behind the wind wall were densely packed mutant animals, bugs, reptiles, and snakes as big as trains!
Ah Yang took a deep breath, his eyes widened in shock, and he turned around and tried to run away.
Xu Zhiyang grabbed him with his backhand, "Where are you running to?"
Ah Yang thrashed around on the spot: "I can't win! Run away!"
"If you dare to run away, just try it!" Xu Zhiyang was so fierce for the first time, but his tone softened the next moment.
"Good boy, help me, I'm dying..."
Ah Yang's eyes widened as she angrily asked, "Where's your boyfriend and my boyfriend?!"
Xu Zhiyang imitated him and asked back, "Did you forget?! They went to provide support somewhere else!"
Ah Yang: "...I think so, I forgot."
"Forget it, forget it. I'm dead. What do you say I should do?!"
Xu Zhiyang clenched Ah Yang's fingers:
"Bring those who haven't entered into the base and tell Brother Ji Chen that there are high platforms on the left, right, and rear sides. They can use the walls to set up their weapons and lie low... Leave these three sides to them. I can only barely hold the front gate."
"There are so many animals at the front door. I'll take them in and they'll come out to help you!"
Ayang patted Xu Zhiyang's shoulder, and the most innocent smile appeared on her face.
The smile was so relaxed and carefree. Xu Zhiyang didn't know how long it had been since she had seen such a smile on her face.
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