On the towering city walls, countless soldiers were on high alert, pointing their guns at the huge tide of corpses not far away.
Every step forward of the zombie tide formed by hundreds of thousands of zombies seems to make the earth tremble. They have no brains, or rather, they share one brain. They have clear goals and will never retreat. When they come, nothing can stop them.
Yang Guoqin stood on the city wall. He was not wearing a uniform, but a camouflage uniform that was easy to move in, with a gun at hand.
The cigarette in his hand burned out, but he seemed not to notice it. It was not until it burned his hand that he put out the cigarette with a wry smile.
The former Hongyun Base was the front line of all bases. Compared with bases like theirs with ordinary residents, Hongyun was a real combat base.
There are more than 300,000 people, but less than 50,000 are engaged in production. The remaining 200,000 are all young men and women. As soon as they can move, they start learning to hold guns, from toy guns to real guns. As soon as they can read, they learn to kill zombies. They are the elites cultivated by all the bases with great efforts, and they are to guard the most dangerous front line for mankind.
But when the zombie tide came, each base gave its all to support them. Except for the soldiers who stayed behind, all the remaining troops were sent to Hongyun, including countless supplies, countless soldiers, and they even sent new recruits under the age of eighteen.
Just like that, Hong Yun collapsed after less than a week.
Until now, no one knows how the Red Cloud soldiers managed to hold on during those final few days. How they felt when they realized that human power was no match for the zombies and they could only watch the zombies break through their defenses and their comrades fall one after another.
At this moment, Yang Guoqin didn't dare to think too much.
The general died in hundreds of battles. If he couldn't defend Luoyang, he would live and die with Luoyang.
"Where are the people from the Vanguard Camp?!" Yang Guoqin shouted at the soldiers who were running towards him.
The soldier stopped and didn't even bother to salute: "They have already gathered, they are down below."
Yang Guoqin had a stern face. His wrinkled face showed no sign of wavering, let alone fear. It was as if he was not facing hundreds of thousands of zombies, but just an ordinary performance. "We must resist the first wave of impact. The photon cannon cannot be used here."
Now the only thing they can count on is the photon cannon. The photon cannon can only be used once after charging. They don't know much about the photon cannon. They don't know its attack range, nor do they know how much damage it can cause to the zombies.
You must wait until the main group of zombies enter the shooting range.
The leading group of zombies that open the way for the main force has to be stopped by manpower.
"General...is the photon cannon really reliable?" the soldier couldn't help but ask.
Yang Guoqin paused and said nothing, and the soldier did not continue asking.
Their only slim hope now is the photon cannon.
After what happened at the Hongyun Base, other bases will not send troops here this time.
They are not the only first-line base. Everyone knows that if Luoyang Base falls, other bases will also be affected and will not be much better. They also know that all bases share a common destiny.
But the more realistic situation is that too many people have died in the past thirty years, and there are not many young people left.
Last time, we had burned our boats and how many lives were lost?
Fill it out this time, what about next time?
If it is the last moment of humanity, we must find a way to protect the last flame and send the remaining humans underground.
But there is no other solution, the underground is not suitable for human habitation.
No one knows what humans will eventually become once they move underground.
At the gate of the city wall, Zhang Yao was checking his gun.
"A few hundred thousand." Someone said with a smile in the front, "It's a large zombie tide. It's not a shame to die here."
Zhang Yao also laughed. She raised her head and shouted to He Zihao who was about to go to the cover area to set up his gun: "He Zihao! If I get bitten, remember to give me a bullet!"
He Zihao looked at her in silence, as if this was their last time together. He engraved her face deeply in his mind.
"Don't worry, I'll definitely leave one for you!"
"Vanguard Battalion!" the leading sergeant shouted, "Move out!"
The vanguard camp of several thousand people left the city gate in an orderly manner. The soldiers behind them looked at them, all of them with solemn expressions.
The gate was opened at this moment, and tanks drove out of the city gate, with the vanguard battalion leading the way in front and tanks following behind.
But everyone knows that tanks don't have many shells, and in the end they are just a roadblock that can only last for a short time.
In front of the barbed wire, the waiting soldiers exchanged glances after seeing the vanguard battalion approaching. When the leading sergeant came closer, the barbed wire gate opened after a long absence, and tens of thousands of small groups of zombies in front were right in front of them.
Some grenades exploded in the air before they hit the ground.
The sound of gunfire and explosions almost destroyed the soldiers' eardrums.
Blood and flesh were flying everywhere, and broken limbs were everywhere.
Zhang Yao held the gun, and in less than half an hour, her mask was destroyed.
A piece of iron flew in from nowhere and cut a huge gap in her mask that could not be closed.
It’s over. When these two words popped up in Zhang Yao’s mind, she felt an indescribable sense of relief.
Ever since she joined the army, she seemed to have been waiting for this day, waiting for death to come, waiting for death to "save" her from fear.
Only at this moment could she be truly fearless.
Zhang Yao took off her mask and breathed freely on the battlefield, allowing the air that might carry the virus to attack her.
Her hands were steady, and all her worries and fears left her when she noticed the mask was torn.
Since you are destined to die, you should make your money back before you die.
"Do you have any more grenades?" Zhang Yao shouted to the people behind him.
The soldier behind her was stunned when he saw her uncovered face, but quickly shouted, "Two more?"
Zhang Yao: "Don't waste it! I'll clear the way for you! Throw it over there!"
The soldier yelled, "Yes!"
Zhang Yao didn’t know how many comrades were ahead of her, she just kept moving forward.
The muzzle of her gun was always pointed at the zombies in front of her, and she treated every shot as the last in her life.
The bullet pierced the air, making an almost inaudible whistle.
The zombies fell down, and stood up again if their brains and spines were not hit. They seemed to be immortal and endless, and they kept rushing towards the soldiers.
Zhang Yao passed by several comrades who were bitten.
Rather than wasting a bullet, she dropped a small knife she was carrying.
She just hoped that if she was bitten by a zombie, someone would leave her a knife.
Allow her to end her life with dignity as a human being.
When Ye Zhou rushed to the city wall, he saw such a tragic battle scene. This was only a small part of the zombie tide, far less than one-third.
The vanguard battalion led the way, tanks guarded both sides of the city gate, and ordinary soldiers poured out continuously.
But no one knows how many people can come back, or even if they survive, they will have nowhere to return to in the end.
Ye Zhou stared at the scene outside the city wall in amazement, witnessing a true mountain of corpses and sea of blood.
Compared with this tide of corpses, the tide of corpses he saw when he first arrived in this plane was just a tickle.
He couldn't even see the end of the zombie tide. He could only see a huge swarm of zombies that were as dense as ants.
Even the zombies exploring the front were more numerous than the entire zombie tide last time.
The soldiers who continued to pour out of the base were like a mantis trying to stop a chariot in the face of such a tide of zombies.
Even though he didn't understand war, he knew these soldiers were actually committing suicide.
No matter how absurd the story is, it cannot have an ending where the soldiers return triumphantly.
"Why not use the photon cannon directly?" Ye Zhou asked Yang Guoqin. It was rare for him to be so anxious.
Yang Guoqin no longer looked relaxed like he did when dealing with Ye Zhou before. He whispered, "Now that we have used the photon cannon, even if we destroy the zombies in front, what about the zombie tide behind?"
Ye Zhou was speechless. He knew that Yang Guoqin was right. The photon cannon took too long to charge and could only be used once. But watching countless soldiers die made any explanation seem extremely pale.
Yang Guoqin commanded the reserve soldiers to charge forward. When a group of soldiers in the front fell, the soldiers behind had to quickly fill the gap.
"Where are the tanks? The tanks can't be used?" Ye Zhou asked Yang Guoqin.
Yang Guoqin shook his head: "The range is limited, and our dye power is insufficient. We must wait until the zombies reach the range."
Ye Zhou finally couldn't help it. He said to Zou Ming who was standing beside him: "Where is my gun?"
But this time Zou Ming did not obey him. Instead, he grabbed his arm and whispered in his ear: "Go back to the supermarket. If the situation is not right, perform a plane jump."
Chen Shu didn't move either. She didn't want to participate in this defensive battle.
"Do you remember what you said?" Since Ye Zhou had not responded, Zou Ming continued to whisper in Ye Zhou's ear, "This is not your dimension. You don't have to risk your life for the people here. You still have to go home."
Ye Zhou was stunned.
Yes, this is what he had advised Zou Ming before.
But at this moment, looking at so many soldiers who were ready to die, he felt a grief and indignation he had never felt before.
Ye Zhou wiped his face.
He understood that Zou Ming was right, and he was indeed not prepared to sacrifice his life here.
There are no relatives, friends or compatriots here.
But he still said: "If, if the base is really going to fall, we can also find a chance to leave."
"But before that, I think I need to do something."
He doesn't want to regret it later.
I don’t want him to feel ashamed when he recalls today one day in the future.
"Where is my gun?" Ye Zhou looked into Zou Ming's eyes.
His eyes were bright and firm, as if something had been rejected by him.
Zou Ming pursed his lips: "I'll get it for you."
Ye Zhou looked at Chen Shu. He only asked himself, not others, so he said, "Why don't you go back to the supermarket first?"
Chen Shu smiled at Ye Zhou and shook the gun on his shoulder: "Although you are very talented, you still need to practice for a while to catch up with me. Let's go, I will take you to the cover area. Zou Ming knows where to find us."
While Ye Zhou and Chen Shu were talking, Yang Guoqin was called to the other side by the soldiers.
The photon cannon was carried onto the city wall, guarded by a dozen soldiers.
As a "cannon", the size of the photon cannon is really not enough. It doesn't look majestic and doesn't seem to have any power.
Although the shell of the photon cannon is not plastic, it looks almost the same as plastic.
Except for Yang Guoqin and Ye Zhou, almost no one believed that this little gadget could save the Luoyang Base.
Ye Zhou believed in the power of the photon cannon because he knew the quality of the weapons sold by the system.
The pistol sold by the system was much better than the one Yang Guoqin provided him.
Since it is a cannon, no matter how small its power is, it will not be much less than a cannon.
And Yang Guoqin believed it simply because it was their last straw.
"General, the tide of zombies has reached the range." The soldier reported to Yang Guoqin.
Yang Guoqin nodded and shouted, "Prepare to launch!"
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Zhang Yao could hardly stand anymore. Her face was covered in blood. Occasionally when she lowered her head, she could see the bulging blue veins on her arms. This was a sign of her transformation into a zombie.
Her shoulders and arms were all scratched or bitten by zombies.
Having been in the army for many years, she knew that she only had two hours left.
In two hours, she will go from being a soldier guarding the base to a zombie attacking the base.
Maybe she will die at the hands of her comrades, or maybe, she will become the murderer who kills her comrades.
The few soldiers she was protecting were the same as her. They had thrown away their remaining grenades and used up the bullets in their guns. They were unable to return to the barbed wire for resupply. After running out of bullets, they could only rely on bayonets and other cold weapons.
The tide of zombies was less than two hundred meters away from them.
Zhang Yao was still standing, her back straight, and turned to look at the city wall.
She knew someone was watching her and pointing a gun at her.
Zhang Yao forced a smile on her face that was uglier than crying. If this was the last time she would leave her expression to someone in this world, then she hoped that at least in the other person's eyes, she would still be smiling at the last moment of her life.
"Here they come!" the soldier beside him shouted, "Don't be distracted! Hold up your guns!"
He was still trying to cheer up his comrades: "Defend this wave, then we will retreat!"
But everyone knows that they have no way out.
Zhang Yao raised his gun and pointed the bayonet at the huge tide of zombies in front of him.
Slowly, they could see the faces of the zombies in the tide of corpses.
It was unknown how long they had been dead. Many zombies' faces were covered with maggots, and not an inch of skin could be seen. They were like living people taking a walk, neither slow nor fast. If they turned around and ran at this moment, there seemed to be a glimmer of hope.
But no one ran.
The few hundred remaining elites in the Vanguard Camp were like isolated islands in the vast ocean, facing the impact of the waves.
Zhang Yao's vision began to blur, and she could hardly see the zombies in front of her.
She heard a strange voice, as if someone was calling her. That voice made her feel relaxed and peaceful.
The physical pain and fatigue disappeared as the sound arrived. She seemed to have left her body and floated into the air.
Just when she thought she was dead, the vague voice disappeared, and was replaced by some strange electric sound, which was sometimes high and sometimes low. Zhang Yao looked up at the sky in confusion.
"boom--"
The bright white light made Zhang Yao unable to see anything.
The heaven and earth were enveloped by this bright light.
Hotter than the sun.
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