Chapter 249 She brought people to help him
On the other side, Zuo Shan and his group had just left the beach and hadn't even reached the Dolphin Hotel when they heard the piercing alarm of the beast tide.
Zuo Shan had never seen such a scene before, but Kang Zhenghao and his mercenaries had all learned the relevant common sense.
From the day they joined the mercenary group, they were told that all mercenaries had the obligation to be on the front line when faced with a beast tide attack, to protect ordinary people from the beast tide's attack.
Once the beast tide alarm sounds, they must unconditionally report to the district's government center and accept the management's assignments; otherwise, their personal information will be marked as "deserting in the face of battle," and no mercenary group will ever hire them again.
Kang Zhenghao immediately said seriously, "Master Liu, please escort Zuo Shan and the others back. I need to take my men to the government affairs hall of District 41 to report for duty."
“Alright, you can go ahead. I will protect them with all my might,” Master Liu said decisively.
Although he was not a mercenary, he was well aware of this ironclad rule.
He actually wanted to help, but he was worried about Zuo Shan and the others, especially since they had a child with them.
At this moment, the streets were in chaos. The mercenaries were all running towards the central square, and those who had relatives or friends living in the central area were taking their elderly relatives and children to their homes for refuge.
Everyone knows that the beast tide has started on the coast. Once the beast tide breaks through the defenses, the residential areas closer to the bay will definitely be the first to be affected, which is extremely unsafe.
At this point, the Dolphin Hotel was in a better position, since it was farther from the beach. People who had been scrambling to stay near the beach were now rushing out to find safer hotels in the central area.
At this moment, Zuo Shan was no longer thinking about where to hide for safety; she knew the principle that when the nest is overturned, no egg remains unbroken.
If a ninth-tier expert like Mortilan Shield were by his side, his safety would naturally be guaranteed. However, in the face of such a great disaster, he could not only consider personal feelings.
If he were truly that kind of person, she would definitely look down on him.
When we left the beach earlier, the sea creatures had already emerged, but the manpower allocated by the management couldn't possibly arrive in time.
Thinking of this, Zuo Shan rushed into a nearby small supermarket, bought a megaphone from the owner, and then went to the swarm of fishermen fleeing the beach, shouting loudly:
"All non-mercenary ability users, let's go support the beach first, otherwise once the sea monsters break through the beach defense line, the entire District 41 will be completely overrun."
At that time, none of us will escape death!
The mercenaries running towards the central area naturally dared not stop. Even though they knew they had to guard the beach, the beast tide alarm had been sounded, and they had to report to the management and accept unified deployment.
However, most of the non-mercenary superhumans stopped in their tracks.
People often have a herd mentality. When they see the mercenaries running, they naturally follow suit. Some of them actually think while running that if the sea monsters come ashore on a large scale, Area 41 is only so big, and it won't be safe to run anywhere.
Moreover, even if the sea monsters fail to break through the defenses, in this extremely cold weather, if they leave the hotel they have booked rooms for and can't find suitable accommodation in the central area, are they going to freeze to death in the open?
Hearing Zuo Shan's appeal and seeing that even a woman carrying a child on her back wasn't in a hurry to run away, many of the burly men blushed.
Because there hadn't been a beast tide for a long time, they fled in terror as soon as they saw one, forgetting the cruelty of the beast tide and finding themselves with nowhere to escape.
Zuo Shan was the first to turn back and run towards the beach. At least a third of the fishermen were not mercenaries. The group of about six hundred people returned to Azure Bay.
At this moment, Mortilan Shield, leading more than sixty superhumans, had been fighting continuously for half an hour. If it weren't for the ice wall as an obstacle, and his proper command, with the two groups taking turns, the third-tier superhumans among them would have already exhausted their superhuman abilities.
Even so, everyone still felt the strain.
Sea monsters kept coming in endlessly; as one batch died, a new batch would take its place.
Furthermore, the carcasses of dead sea creatures become energy sources for newly arrived sea creatures, unlike humans who do not eat their own kind.
Conversely, the flesh and blood of their own kind have a strong attraction for them, stimulating them to keep coming back for more.
Mortilan Shield was also a little anxious. His hastily erected ice wall had suffered considerable damage after several rounds of impacts from the sea monsters.
While attacking the sea monsters, he also had to find time to repair and reinforce the ice wall. Other ability users could take turns, but he was the main attacker here. If he stopped, the sea monsters could climb the ice wall in no time.
With reinforcements slow to arrive, he couldn't help but complain: "The management of District 41 is really incompetent. They're only focused on stopping the land and sea monsters' attack. Nobody has thought about the bay for so long."
If he hadn't happened to be there today and stood in his way, the sea monsters would probably have already crawled all over the streets and alleys of District 41.
It seems that after a long period of peace, the current management team is completely incompetent. After this incident, it's time to replace a group of incompetent managers.
Another round of snowflakes fell, and Modilan couldn't help but think of Zuo Shan and Bao Bao, wondering if they had arrived safely at the Dolphin Hotel.
With him guarding this place, at least the sea creatures won't be able to climb ashore and threaten them.
But what if the other side of the land mutates and becomes damp, breaching the defenses of District 41?
It's a shame he was too busy. If he had known this would happen, he should have left Mina and Matt behind. At least with them protecting them, he wouldn't have had to worry about their safety.
Just as he was feeling worried, he turned around and saw a large group of people rushing towards the beach. He was immediately shocked: Could it be that the defense line over there has been breached?
Suddenly, he saw Zuo Shan running wildly with a child on his back near the front of the crowd.
How could she run so fast? Then he remembered that she was a speed-type ability user, so it seemed normal for her to run fast.
Beside her followed the little girl Pan Duole and the iron-eating beast cub Xiao Bao.
Why did they come to the beach? Didn't he already tell them to leave?
Suddenly, she pulled out a megaphone and shouted towards the ice wall, "Commander, we've arrived to help defend against the sea monsters! We are all second- and third-tier ability users, please allocate them appropriately!"
Modilan felt a warmth in his heart: this woman must be worried about him. Seeing that the authorities had not sent anyone over for a long time, she disregarded her own safety and encouraged these people to come back and support him.
"Listen to my command! All ice-type ability users, stay below and reinforce the ice wall. Other second-tier ability users, form groups of ten, and third-tier ability users, form groups of five, and ascend the ice wall up the stairs!"
He amplified his voice with his supernatural power, making it clear to everyone present. As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and hundreds of steps suddenly appeared on the wall.
Each step was marked with the numbers "5" and "10". Without hesitation, the group formed teams and began to climb.
After climbing the ice wall, they saw that the commander had already left them cover in the appropriate positions, which could be used for both offense and defense.
Furthermore, each bunker is marked with a different number such as 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 directly in front of it.
Then the commander said, "When I call '1,' all personnel in cover with '1' in position, fire. Each firing interval is three minutes. The same applies to positions 2 through 5. Do you understand?"
"Understood, Commander!" everyone answered in unison.
The superhumans who held their ground first discovered that their bunkers were also marked with different numbers, which made things easier; they could rest for four rounds after each round of attack.
In this way, even if you stay up all night, your superpowers won't be depleted.
Zuo Shan was the only Tier 1 person in the group, but because Pan Duole, Xiao Bao, and Master Liu were all Tier 3, she was grouped with them.
A powerful third-tier lightning-type ability user in the team joined their group voluntarily to balance the combat power.
The young man was burly and rugged, with eyes that glared like copper bells.
"Hello! My name is Barlow, and I hope we can work together successfully!" He smiled heartily.
"Brother Balo, thank you for taking care of our group." Master Liu took the initiative to shake hands with him.
"It's not so much about taking care of her, but I really admire this woman. She carried her child on her back and didn't try to escape. Instead, she rallied everyone to come back and help fight off the beast tide. It makes me, a grown man, feel ashamed!" Barlow said sincerely.
Actually, he hadn't intended to run away before. He wanted to go to the central square with the mercenaries to fight together, but after hearing Zuo Shan's shout, he felt that the beach needed more manpower, so he came along.
Since everyone was on the same page, there was no need for formalities, and they began to exchange ideas, figuring out how to combine their abilities to make them even more powerful.
Zuo Shan noticed the unique snowflakes on the Modilan Shield, which were extremely lethal. Recalling the Tianluo Umbrella that he had seen on TV before, which could release countless hidden weapons, he immediately designed a rotating metal umbrella in imitation.
It can rotate continuously, and the umbrella ribs are equipped with sharp blades. The umbrella rod also contains countless flying blades. As long as the switch is pressed, the flying blades can rotate and fly in all directions.
At the same time, she also designed a medium-sized crossbow for herself, suitable for shooting sea monsters that had climbed halfway up the ice wall at close range.
Master Liu is a third-tier metal elementalist, but he has always focused on weapon crafting and his combat ability is not strong.
Upon seeing the weapon designed by Zuo Shan, he immediately perked up. When Xiao Bao took out the Heavenly Net Umbrella, he immediately took out a refining furnace and refined the Heavenly Net Umbrella into a third-tier magic weapon.
Pandora and Balo infused the artifact with supernatural fire and lightning, respectively. As a result, when the artifact is used, it spins and cuts through the sea monster's body while spewing out flames and lightning, increasing its destructive power by more than five times.
This third-tier magic weapon possesses the power to be invincible among its peers.
When the commander shouted 5, Master Liu released the Thunderfire Heavenly Net Umbrella, aiming his crossbow at the sea monster's head with the left fan.
Her hobby used to be archery, and now she was firing at close range, so her arrows almost never missed. Even the toughest sea monster couldn't withstand an arrow piercing its brain.
To make it easier for her to hit the fast-moving sea monsters, Balo would often first release lightning to shock them, then finish them off with an arrow from her left hand.
Xiao Bao simply threw a handful of scrap metal into the air, which liquefied into thin streams of metal that floated in the air. When the metal streams approached the sea monster's eyes, they immediately condensed into sharp spikes that blinded the sea monster.
A blind sea creature is essentially useless, and it won't inadvertently hinder the progress of other sea creatures.
Pandora, not to be outdone, was inspired by Uncle Matt's mental net and created her own Fire Net skill. She would send a Fire Net to whichever sea monster charged the most fiercely, and then grill it like seafood.
Of course, she has to choose the right sea monster to use this skill. It is more difficult to use it against ice-type monsters. The advantage is that her fire is not afraid of water, and no amount of water can extinguish it.
To maximize her effectiveness, Zuo Shan reluctantly took out half a bucket of vegetable oil, so that when she encountered a tough problem, she could pour a little vegetable oil on her fire net.
Seeing everyone so busy, Ah Chen wanted to help out too.
But this is a battlefield, not an ice cave, and there are no fishing nets to help catch fish, so the baby is very worried.
Suddenly, he saw a sea monster whose eyes had been blinded by Xiao Bao. Unable to tell which way was which, it accidentally crawled in the opposite direction and knocked over one of its companions.
Huh? You call yourself? That's great!
So, Baby channeled his mental energy into the head of a second-tier sea beast and commanded it, "Go and attack the one over there!"
He transmitted the command with his mind. At first, it didn't seem to work, but when he tried hard to think about it, the sea beast really turned its head and started fighting with the sea beast next to it!
Wow! Baby is so amazing!
Ah Chen couldn't help but slap himself.
Unfortunately, he still has too few special abilities. Commanding a sea monster to fight requires a long rest, which is too tiring.
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