Chapter 104 Mutated Wolves
The next morning, as the four best friends were preparing to leave, Yu Wei hurried over and said, "Major Ji, I'm afraid you can't leave today. The base has been attacked by a pack of mutant wolves! Major Zhang said you should stay at the base and we can handle it."
Ji Yang frowned, but didn't say anything in the end. This was Zhang Guoxin's territory, and it was not appropriate for her to interfere.
But she was still worried. She was well aware of the wolves' ferocity. Given the characteristics of this pack, and the massive post-apocalyptic mutations, it wasn't an exaggeration to call this attack a miniature beast tide.
Yin Shan consoled him, "The Grassland Base is quite strong, with even more psychics than ours. Wolves are social animals, so they focus more on improving as a group. Their individual strength isn't particularly outstanding. Aside from the mutant wolf king, they're nothing to be feared."
Wang Lu also said, "Soldiers must be trained. You were trained too. How can we just leave everything to the people above us? Besides, this is the end of the world, so personal strength becomes even more important. There may be losses when mutant beasts attack the base, but it is also a good opportunity to improve everyone's combat skills!"
Hou Ting said, "Don't worry! Nothing will happen! At the very least, we're here too. How can we just stand by and watch anything happen to the base? They can even handle mutant lava beasts, let alone a small pack of wolves!"
Yin Shan knew that Ji Yang was just worried about Zhang Guoxin, so he stopped trying to persuade him. He secretly spread his mental power and paid attention to the situation.
Half an hour later, Yin Shan's brow furrowed slightly. She wasn't sure if she'd overestimated the psychics at the grassland base or underestimated the wolves; the situation wasn't looking promising. After a brief moment of thought, she began discussing a battle plan with Ji Yang and the other two.
As for Zhang Guoxin, the wolves were originally afraid of fire, so he initially let the fire-type mutants rush to the front, trying to plant the seeds of fear in the hearts of the wolves.
Combined with other superpowers, they could get rid of the wolves. But now it seemed that these wolves were no longer as afraid of fire as before. Although they were still afraid, they would not scatter in panic because of the fire. Moreover, the wolves had excellent night vision and were more at ease in the eternal night.
They were having a tough time. After two hours, they had only taken out a dozen or so, and there were still over 300 mutant wolves lingering outside the base.
He hasn't seen the mutant wolf king so far. God knows how this wolf pack can have so many mutant wolves!
He knew that these mutant wolves kept wandering around and rarely attacked, just to wear them down. They kept watching these mutant wolves day and night, and they would eventually tire and relax. At that time, the wolf pack would launch a large-scale attack.
Yu Wei said, "Major, relying on them like this is not a good idea. The wolves are always on guard. It's no problem for them to rely on them for a few months, but we can't stand it!"
It’s not that they don’t want to use guns, but at this point in the apocalypse, the damage that guns can cause to mutant beasts has been greatly reduced, not to mention that bullets are now a non-renewable resource.
Zhang Guoxin said: "Even if we use guns, it won't have much effect. We have already used up all the heavy thermal weapons last time!
50 meters from the base, set up a firebreak and light a fire! Have all water-based psychics on alert! Wind-based psychics, always pay attention to the wind direction.
Yu Wei was stunned. Not to mention that the firebreak was only 50 meters away from the base, which was too short a distance. It was true that wind-type mutants could change the wind direction, but that required constant consumption of their energy to support it. Moreover, they only had about ten wind-type mutants. Once the wind direction turned towards them, these ten or so wind-type mutants could only hold on for three hours at most.
If the wind still blows this way in three hours, the base will be in trouble!
Yu Wei wanted to persuade him, but Zhang Guoxin said, "Follow orders!"
Yu Wei took the order to direct the others to set up a firebreak, while Zhang Guoxin led his men to keep an eye on the wolves. He sighed softly, thinking that Ji Yang might have to help.
After his superpowers awakened, Ji Yang could be said to be the number one person in the military base, but the grassland base was his territory after all, and he didn't want to ask for help unless it was absolutely necessary.
If Hou Ting knew what Zhang Guoxin was thinking, she would probably scold him for being a different person every day. It's already this late hour, and he's still being so chauvinistic!
A wolf pack usually consists of about 10 individuals, and the largest group is no more than 37 individuals.
A wolf pack consisting of 300 wolves was simply impossible before the apocalypse. After the apocalypse, with the help of mutations, a wolf pack of this size is enough to destroy a small base.
Just when the Weiming people started to set up the firebreak, the wolves seemed to understand what they wanted to do and rushed forward to interrupt the setting of the firebreak.
Yu Wei was extremely angry. Half of the 50-person team digging the firebreak was gone!
Zhang Guoxin, of course, noticed the wolves' movements and said, "Yu Wei, inform everyone at the base that I want a 50-man superpowered death squad to dig a firebreak. Also, I'll be bringing a team to follow closely behind. Any mutant wolves that come our way will be eliminated!"
Team 1 and Team 3 are the only special forces teams left under his command. He just sent Team 3 out to go around the rear, and there has been no news from them so far.
This was his only option now, to lure the wolves over and defeat them one by one. This was simply trading lives for their own!
Although this method was not good, it still worked. However, after three rounds of attacks, the grassland base lost 150 psychics, Zhang Guoxin was seriously injured, and only 3 of the 12 people in Team 1 were left.
Yu Wei finally became anxious and cried angrily with tears in his eyes, "Major! You know how powerful Major Ji is! Why didn't you ask for help? There's been no news from Team 3 yet! Our brothers are almost wiped out! Why on earth did you do this?!"
Is it for your pitiful self-esteem? Or for military merit? Why?
Zhang Guoxin didn't expect Yu Wei to say that. He was stunned for a moment, then became angry. Just as he was about to speak, someone came up behind him.
Yin Shan had long been aware of Zhang Guoxin's difficulties and could understand his difficulties, so he had Ji Yang and the other two go around behind him, while he stayed behind to take charge. After hearing Yu Wei's words, he laughed angrily and said, "It's not for his pride, but this is the end of the world. We are here, so you feel there is hope and can ask for help. What if we are not here? What will you do?
In the end times, no one can be immune to danger, everyone is likely to die, and the only one you can rely on in the end is yourself!
Major Zhang sent out his only remaining special forces team in order to preserve the grassland base to the greatest extent possible. Look at these grassland men behind you. Their faces show the determination to defend their homeland and the courage to fight to the death, but there is no fear or resentment!
And you, as his soldier, cannot understand your superiors and are now disrupting the morale of the troops. You should be killed!"
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