Chapter 46 Zombie Night Attack
Before nightfall, Jiang Baiyue returned to the Baiyue Base.
Large raindrops pelted down, their biting cold seeping into the skin.
Jiang Baiyue exclaimed in surprise and quickly took out a bamboo hat from the warehouse and put it on.
"Damn it, it's raining! Quick, run to the mission hall!"
"Oh dear, it's so cold. It was sunny this morning. What happened? Let's go back quickly."
"Make way, don't block the doorway."
"This, this is the White Moon Base?!"
"I heard that White Moon Base is quite peaceful, with no disputes... Ah!"
At the chaotic base entrance, a scream drew everyone's attention.
"Zombies! So many! So many zombies!!"
The screaming man, wearing a miner's hat, had his headlamp illuminate the area outside the base's perimeter as he turned.
"I'm going to die—"
"Close the door! Close the door!"
A group of people hurriedly slammed the wooden door shut, their eyes wide and their hearts pounding with panic.
Jiang Baiyue climbed up the stone wall using the stairs next to her, shining her flashlight outwards.
Many helmeted zombies were approaching the base, and those that were close were being shot at by arrow towers.
No, there are too many. The arrows on the arrow tower can only shoot at a single target, and only at the nearest zombie.
The helmeted zombies were so tough that the arrow towers couldn't kill them with a few arrows, and they would just shift their targets, making it impossible to stop them from getting close to the wall.
In just a short while, more and more helmeted zombies had reached the base of the wall and began attacking it, looking up and roaring at Jiang Baiyue who was being shone through the light.
"What should I do?! Should I hurry back to the underground city via the space station?!"
"You think you've escaped by going back? The other bases will suffer the same fate!"
"The number of survivors is dropping rapidly. We have to fight! We have to shoot with bows and arrows, we can't just wait to die."
"Yes, yes, that's the only way... that's it..."
Jiang Baiyue's gaze swept over the group of people who had followed her, and each of them had a deep sense of unease and confusion on their faces.
When people are not united, they need a goal to unite them.
Self-interest is a goal that no one can refuse.
Jiang Baiyue quickly edited the information and sent out the notification.
Base attack and defense mission
Mission objective: Defend against zombie attacks and protect the base from being breached until dawn.
Mission Rewards: 1. The top 1-100 players in terms of cumulative monster kills will receive permanent residency; 2. Free time spent washing up in public restrooms. (Note: Click for details)
Guan Qingqing was drinking porridge with one hand and checking her private messages with the other. Just as she was about to reply, a task notification suddenly popped up, and she froze.
Having spent seven days in this famine-stricken world, figuring everything out on her own, her understanding that this was a game world had become somewhat blurred.
Upon hearing the notification and seeing the red, shaking screen in front of her, she felt a pang of anxiety after reading the contents and looked at Lin Muzi across from her.
Lin Muzi had already taken out her weapon, stood up, opened the wooden door, and went out to check the situation.
Guan Qingqing took a big gulp, put down her bowl, and went outside. As soon as she went out, she saw many people running towards the gate.
"A lot of zombies are attacking the city! Help quickly, or we'll all die if they get through!"
"I don't have a bow and arrows. Can anyone lend me some materials so I can make one?"
"What's going on? Is that notification real? Isn't White Moon Base supposed to be safe? Nothing happened last night, so why today..."
"Stop asking. Just go look at the stone wall and you'll understand. I kept watch until 5 a.m. last night, but there weren't nearly as many zombies as today."
"They're all helmeted zombies. You know how tough they are to fight today."
Guan Qingqing overheard the gist of the conversation in a few sentences. She remembered the attack on the hunter camp a few days ago and understood that today the White Moon Base was also officially facing a zombie siege.
She switched to the forum section and found that messages were being refreshed very quickly, and other bases were also facing zombie attacks.
"2233: How terrifying! I just got back to base, and there weren't so many zombies outside just now, but suddenly they've all gathered at the base entrance!"
"No work, no work: This is so sudden! This never happened in previous games. The zombies aren't attacking the base either. Things are different now, so different..."
"Under the Lemon Tree: It's still raining, I don't dare go out to clear out the zombies. This wooden fence looks really unreliable. Friends, I'll say my last words first: tell my mother, Comrade Zhou Meihua, that I'm not angry with her..."
"Mantis Shrimp Isn't Blind: If we all work together to fight off the zombies, we'll definitely get through tonight safely!"
"You can dream about anything: Damn, we're surrounded by bats! I should have left sooner!"
"Da DouDou: We're zombie bears here! He slapped the iron wall with a loud bang, I almost thought there was an earthquake."
"Swords have no eyes: What are you afraid of with iron walls? You're a level 2 base, you can definitely withstand it."
"Camphor tree seeds: I thought everything was fine after the protection period ended, but the real danger is only arriving tonight..."
"No vegetables: Emergency reload of bullets, bombs, bows and arrows, and pistols! DM me! @Everyone"
"Loves Carrots: Switch to ranged weapons! Switch to shield defense weapons and items! @Everyone"
"Throwing meat buns at a dog: Trading healing pills, antidepressants, aromatherapy, art books!! @Everyone"
Guan Qingqing also sent a message asking to buy bullets. After sending the message, she turned off the screen, took out her weapon, and chased after Lin Muzi.
The base gate was already crowded with people, and Guan Qingqing shouted loudly for the elderly women and men to make way.
"Make way for this girl, she's going to fight zombies, we can't let her cause trouble."
"Oh dear, what's going on!"
"Will I even survive tonight...?"
Guan Qingqing squeezed through the crowd, her hair already a mess. She looked up and saw a long queue forming on the stone wall stairs to climb up.
"Come quick, Qingqing!"
Lin Muzi turned around and saw her best friend, waving: "I'll give you the bandages. Follow me for a bit, don't stray too far from me."
"Everyone, listen to me!"
A woman with a buzz cut and dressed in what looked like motorcycle gear raised her hand and shouted. The people around her stopped talking and looked at her.
"If the base is breached, none of us will survive. You all understand that, right?"
"...Then let's work together and send some of us to the arrow towers in other parts of the base, preferably players with ranged weapons like bows and arrows..."
Someone immediately responded, picked up their weapon, and led their teammates toward the other side of the base.
There seemed to be family members of these people nearby, who followed them away with worried expressions.
Jiang Baiyue breathed a sigh of relief, but looking at the messy doorway, she was also at a loss.
Even after raising my voice, I still couldn't stop these people.
She glanced at the damage level of the stone wall; it was slowly increasing—0.0053%.
The woman with the buzz cut took out a heavy shield, led her teammates to open the base gate, quickly went out to close it, and immediately began fighting the zombies that were running towards them.
Jiang Baiyue climbed down the stone wall, ran to the mercenary bar, hired two more mercenaries, and led the four of them out of the base.
Ho! Ho! Ho ho!
The roars of zombies echoed through the night sky, and the shouts of the players became the accompaniment to the zombie symphony.
Standing surrounded by four mercenaries, Jiang Baiyue kept nocking arrows and firing.
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