Xiling Building.
This is one of Xiling Star's iconic buildings, home to Shenghui Group, Xiling's largest conglomerate. When the earthquake struck, the intelligent AI immediately activated its defenses. Its foundation is secure enough that cracks and fissures in the ground didn't spread to this area.
A combination of various factors made Xiling Building a rare lucky winner in this disaster.
But even so, at this moment, people in the building were still in panic.
All the survivors gathered on the ground floor of the building, and looked at the scene outside in fear and trepidation through the thick protective glass.
The sky and the earth collapsed, the mountains collapsed and the earth cracked, and soon from the ruins, one ugly and terrifying insect race after another crawled out.
The giant bladeworm was like a walking tank, wielding a blade as tall as a man. Every flash of its blade would bring about screams. Blood splattered everywhere, corpses were scattered all over the ground, and the frail human body was like straw to be harvested before it, completely vulnerable.
And there are riftworms, swarms of riftworms, hiding in the shadows of the night.
The ruins provided the best cover for them, allowing this group of dark-night killers to move around like swaying tree shadows, taking away countless lives in the blink of an eye.
The people in the building huddled and trembled, not even daring to turn on the lights.
At the beginning, there were survivors nearby who ran over and banged hard on the protective door of the building.
"Help, help!" they cried and begged, "Let us in, please, let us in!"
At that time, the employees in the building did not realize the seriousness of the problem.
A soft-hearted employee ran to open the door, and just as his fingertips touched the "open" button, a dark shadow suddenly flashed outside the glass door.
Then the people in the building watched helplessly as the man who had just been clinging to the glass, pounding and crying, suddenly stiffened, the look of fear on his face suddenly frozen, and then he collapsed into pieces like a cream cake that had been cut and disassembled.
Blood spurted onto the glass door and slid down the transparent and clean door.
The head was still intact, falling directly into the center of the debris. The broken hair was stained with blood, and the pair of panicked round eyes were still staring outward, staring at the employees in the building.
Not far behind the deceased, several rift worms were lying on the ruins, their scarlet vertical pupils spinning around, and their malicious eyes were fixed on the glass of the building.
One of them was covered in blood, with a thin scarlet tongue sticking out of its mouth, licking its forelimbs intermittently.
"……vomit!"
The employee who was about to open the door was faced with the killing attack. His face turned pale instantly, and he covered his mouth and vomited with a "wow".
At dinner, there was acid in the stomach, and finally dark yellow bile... It was all vomited out in a short while.
No one dared to open the door anymore.
In the current situation, they can barely protect themselves, so how can they care about others?
As time went by, there were fewer and fewer survivors outside, and no one could rush out of the glass door anymore - they would be caught by the sensitive Zerg outside the building, and they would be chewed like dried fish, and eaten in a few bites.
Blood flowed like a river, and broken limbs and bones were piled on the ground outside the building.
The fewer survivors there are around, the more eye-catching the group of humans in the Xiling Building becomes.
Soon the Zerg set their sights on these delicious foods.
They sent their massive, giant bladeworms charging forward, their blades slamming fiercely into the defensive barrier again and again. The employees inside the building felt the pounding strike directly at their fragile hearts, their fragile hearts unable to bear the weight, trembling violently with each pounding.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The noises became more and more frequent, and the building's defense barrier became increasingly precarious.
Someone couldn't help themselves and trembled as they stood up. "We, we can't wait like this any longer. The Federation must be trying to rescue us. I'm going to the rooftop. Anyone want to come with me?"
Many people stood up.
Although the backup power supply was still running, they didn't dare take the elevator and climbed up the thirty-plus floors of the building with their own legs. As they opened the door, the cold wind from the rooftop instantly rushed in, blowing across their heads and faces, instantly sobering them up.
"There will be a way, there will be a way..." someone murmured in a low voice, but it sounded more like a prayer, "The Federation must have already organized a rescue. We will see a Federation helicopter soon, soon..."
Before he could finish his words, a huge black shadow suddenly flew across the sky.
Before the man could react, a sharp claw had already hooked onto his shoulder. The claw was curved, its tip razor-sharp, and the instant it hooked, it pierced the man's scapula, dragging him up into the air amidst his shrill screams!
It flew into the air and then suddenly loosened its claws!
Everyone on the rooftop watched their former colleague fall from the sky, struggling desperately with their hands and feet, but still turning into a puddle of mud. Everyone felt a chill creeping up their spines in an instant.
The black shadow in the sky changed direction in an instant and aimed at them.
“…Quick, go back!”
"It's a winged insect! There are actually winged insects!"
The huge crowd screamed and ran back in panic. Their steps were too hurried and several people accidentally fell and were immediately left behind by the main group.
"Wait, wait!"
No matter how they screamed, the door slammed shut in front of them, and the rooftop's defense shield suddenly unfolded, isolating them outside the defense circle.
Without exception, those who were left behind became food for flying insects.
The people in the building are really despairing.
Today they finally felt what it meant to cry out to heaven and earth but get no response.
In the face of brutal killings and the survival of the race, power and money are useless and cannot extend their lives even for a single minute!
"Fuck, fuck!" Some people were on the verge of collapse, running back and forth, shouting, "Where are the people from the Federation? Where are our soldiers?"
"We all pay taxes, why doesn't anyone come to rescue us!"
"Have we been abandoned? Have we become abandoned? Has Xilingxing been given up? Hasn't it?!"
No one knows the answer.
The signal had long disappeared, and they had no way to contact the outside world. They could only wait for death to approach step by step in anxiety and panic.
Plop, plop.
The despair in my heart has already become overwhelming.
"It's no use, it's no use!"
Someone sobbed, clutching their head and wailing amidst the Zerg's repeated impacts: "The Federation has fled, the Legion has retreated, no one can save us, we are finished!"
Panic spread like a substance in the crowded hall, and despair became the most powerful source of infection in the world, spreading rapidly among the crowd.
But at this moment, a white light suddenly flashed before everyone's eyes.
Unlike the dark forms of the Zerg that only bring murderous intent and despair, this light is brilliant and graceful, like the first ray of dawn that breaks through the darkness.
Just at sunrise, the sky and the earth suddenly darkened.
A moment later, a strong light suddenly appeared in the distant sky!
The employees huddled in the corner, staring blankly at the bright light outside the glass door, and the morning light reflected a group of agile figures.
Various spiritual power characteristics glowed around them, invisible threads blocked the swarming shadows, the black scythe accurately cut open the chest of the giant blade insect, and thunderbolts struck the swarms of rift insects, as if a thunder calamity from the nine heavens had descended, splitting the layers of dark clouds, and the world returned to light in an instant!
Limbs flew everywhere and blood splattered everywhere.
Only this time, it was the Zerg that died.
With Gu Qiongsheng's healing skills, the soldiers don't need to worry about conserving their strength.
Zhou Feng was even more so, with arcs of lightning jumping and flashing, and the lightning plasma from the thunder pool fell to the ground and formed a pool.
Her sharp figure rushed to the front, and she was wantonly showing off her mental power. Every time she brushed past, countless Zergs would fall down with screams - Zhou Feng was completely crazy about killing, and she was also very happy with killing. It was as if there was a spring in her body, and her mental power kept pouring out. She had never fought such a rich battle before!
But what shocked the employees the most was a pretty girl in the back.
She simply turned her head and waved towards the glass door of the building. Then it seemed as if an invisible force came from afar, penetrated the crumbling defense door, and landed on the survivors.
Warmth, comfort, all the most beautiful words in the world can be associated with it. The employees stood there in a daze, and suddenly they felt their hands and feet no longer trembling, and their hearts inexplicably became at ease.
They had been nearly crushed by the intense feeling of despair just a second before, but at this moment those feelings were fading away, and only the glimmer of dawn remained before them.
Even many years later, the survivors still remembered this scene clearly.
The sun was rising, the morning light was bright, and in the sky, a beautiful girl opened the glass door and stretched out her hand to them.
Her fingers are slender and white as porcelain.
The smile is as beautiful as the spring breeze.
"It's okay," she said. "The Federation hasn't given up on Xiling Star, and humanity hasn't abandoned us."
"We're here to rescue you."
…
The search and rescue operation continued until the evening of the same day.
Zhou Feng's team has been busy, sending batch after batch of survivors to the base. After a short rest, they rush to the next disaster area without stopping.
Fortunately, with Gu Qiongsheng around, they can always stay at full capacity and their work efficiency is at least three times higher.
Gu Qiongsheng's experience acquisition also achieved a magical balance.
When she reached level 16, she had saved up an extra mana bar, which thankfully came in handy. The warriors were incredibly helpful, and her system panel kept buzzing with notifications all day long, with one experience gain notification after another flooding the screen. She even jumped to the next level before she'd even used up her mana bar.
This crazy upgrade speed only slowed down slightly when Gu Qiongsheng reached level 19.
But to level up 3 times in one day is simply astonishing speed.
Gu Qiongsheng was very satisfied with this and was full of motivation.
Unfortunately, eight hours later, Zhou Feng received a new instruction.
Their squad was, after all, just one team. On more land, the Zerg were wreaking havoc, overwhelming the land. The remaining soldiers, overwhelmed, were already fighting and retreating. They too needed to shift into retreat mode, preparing to board their ship and depart at midnight tonight.
Strategic retreat has become inevitable.
Hearing this news, Gu Qiongsheng felt a little disappointed.
Before her eyes, there were still colorful bubbles floating, so many that they looked like white waves surging at high tide. But Gu Qiongsheng also knew that they couldn't save everyone after all, so they were just doing their best.
"I still need to quickly reach level 30 to start the master-disciple mission."
After muttering a few words, Gu Qiongsheng shook his head.
Just at this moment, they had just rescued a few survivors from the rubble and were preparing to return home as instructed.
Suddenly, a man rushed out from among the survivors. He was dressed in tattered clothes, but his eyes were burning, and he tightly grasped Zhou Feng's hand.
"Thank you, thank you! I finally waited for you!"
He was so excited that his eyes were red. "Sir, I have a request that might be... inappropriate. Could you please go to the east?"
"Our research institute is over there, and there are probably a dozen or so people trapped there. They also have our latest research findings on the characteristics of psychic power... Please, don't leave yet, save them!"
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