There was no time to say thank you, because the supporting firepower quickly emptied the magazine.
Moreover, many places needed to replenish manpower, so they were transferred away after their magazines were emptied.
Numerous infected people continued to advance into this area, quickly surrounding them again.
Seeing the suicide squad members still surrounded, the commander gritted his teeth and said, "Bring the flamethrowers over."
"The stairwell has been opened. Have the squad push up and make sure we take back the heavy machine gun position."
The commander didn't have many men left to use; these were the last remaining fresh troops.
The rest are those who were relieved on the front lines. They only have limited rest time before they will be sent back to the front lines to replace them.
The messenger saluted and left to relay the instructions.
The commander thought for a moment and then ordered the vice-captain to seek help from the city lord.
Upon hearing the vice-captain's request, Dugu Xing glanced at the time and looked troubled.
"It's only been seven hours, and they can't hold on anymore?"
"Many people haven't even had time to rest, they've been fighting on the front lines the whole time, and now they're all out of food and ammunition," the deputy captain said.
"Alright, let's allocate some supplies first. I'll figure out a way to manage the manpower. Just hang in there a little longer," Dugu Xing said kindly to the vice-captain.
"As you all know, maintaining operations in the rear also requires manpower, and I don't have any extra manpower here."
The deputy captain was filled with mixed emotions upon hearing this, but he still obeyed the order and went back to report.
"These people can't even do this small thing right, and the city lord has to worry about it. I'm telling you, you're being too lenient with them," a mercenary leader said sarcastically.
"The city lord is truly magnanimous. If you ask me, it would be better not to give anything at all, otherwise what if others follow suit?" another mercenary leader chimed in obsequiously.
"They can't even do a good job guarding the gate. What's the use of keeping these people around? We might as well replace them with a new batch. Four-legged toads are hard to find, but there are plenty of two-legged people these days."
“That’s right, that’s right,” the others chimed in.
The commander's confidants stayed by his side, while those sent to the front lines were all newly recruited members.
Dugu Xing didn't say anything upon hearing this, but he also didn't object.
If the entire market area falls, I must preserve as much of my strength as possible to make a comeback. The city lord's mansion is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it has ample food reserves.
He actually had a personal guard of fifty men, all of whom were level ten beginners and led by professionals.
It wasn't that he didn't want to help, but rather that he didn't know when this battle would end, so he had to hold onto these trump cards.
Almost all the mercenary leaders present were professionals. It's no exaggeration to say that the people sitting in the room were at least as strong as, if not stronger than, all the people fighting outside.
The shouts of battle outside didn't seem to affect them much; they chatted amongst themselves inside.
It's just a pity that the necromancer can't be used by me!
The image of Liu Nian flashed through Dugu Xing's mind, but it was just a pity.
At this moment, Liu Nian was casting a damage-deepening curse on a large scale on the infected. Most of the mages were currently out of mana and were either fighting hand-to-hand with various weapons or being carried to the central rest area to rest for a while.
The reserve force has been completely depleted, and the rest time for rotation is getting shorter and shorter.
Flamethrowers can indeed stop them from advancing, but once the fuel runs out, they're just a pile of scrap metal.
Liu Nian's summoned creatures were entangled with two Bursters, who had just gained a foothold on the city wall.
This line of defense is extremely fragile, like a small boat in a storm that could capsize at any moment.
Without reinforcements, and with the summoned creatures tied up, casualties among the crew were inevitable.
One of the suicide squad members was dragged away by a Licker and was instantly swallowed up by a sea of infected.
Before his armor was torn apart, he endured the excruciating pain and trembled as he pulled out the grenade. After struggling to pull the pin, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Captain, I'll go first!" He said these words with his last strength.
Then, blood-red fireworks, symbolizing death, burst forth.
"Big Mouth!" the other members shouted, looking in the direction of the explosion.
The captain, his eyes red and his face ashen, stared silently at the direction of the explosion. He picked up his weapon and killed the infected in front of him, only his tightly gripping hand betraying his emotions.
"Move forward." He kicked the infected person blocking his way off the city wall.
Watching the tragic figures on the city wall, adventurers tried to advance beneath the gradually leveled wall, hoping to receive reinforcements.
Now all orders are gone; the only thing left to fight for is morale and courage.
As Liu Nian summoned the skeletons, infected individuals bypassed the summoned creatures' defenses and rushed towards him.
Liu Nian knew he was in trouble, but he had no way to dodge it now; it was the crucial moment to cast the spell.
"Hopefully my spellcasting won't be interrupted," Liu Nian prayed, gritting his teeth as he prepared to take the hit head-on.
Tiffany had already exhausted her magic points and was taken back into Liu Nian's spatial storage. With everyone around engaged in battle, no one had time to pay attention to the fact that Liu Nian had suddenly lost a skeleton.
At that moment, a sword flashed behind him, the long sword slicing across Liu Nian's shoulder, cutting the incoming infected person in half, and black blood splattered all over Liu Nian.
Finally, the summoning spell was successfully cast. Liu Nian took a quick look and saw that the person was the unlucky guy he had just saved.
Before she could even say thank you, Liu Nian had to cast a damage amplification spell again, because new enemies were charging at her.
However, Liu Nian was much more relaxed this time, as more adventurers blocked his way.
Protecting the vulnerable mage force was their only thought.
The team gradually grew from a few people to dozens. Through their unity and cooperation, and at the cost of several more lives, they finally reached the machine gun emplacement.
The machine gunner skillfully operated the heavy machine gun, and soon the roar of the machine gun rang out again.
The roar was so loud that it invigorated the surviving adventurers.
Good things come in pairs, and at the same time, a system notification came from above.
This zombie horde will end at 6 PM, one hour remaining.
This reunited the human front, enabling them to fight bravely against the enemy.
Upon hearing this, City Lord Dugu Xing finally made up his mind to order his men to prepare for assembly.
As they walked through streets filled with blood and corpses, they seemed like saviors.
The infected were no match for them and were crushed.
One of the mercenary leaders even unleashed a second-tier fire wall spell, dividing the battlefield.
The arrival of this new force instantly reversed the situation!
The joy of victory can alleviate physical fatigue, and as time gradually diminishes, everyone fights with all their might.
Finally, the system notification sounded again.
[Congratulations to player Liu Nian for successfully surviving the zombie horde; rewards are being calculated.]
Then, the infected who were a little further away from the city walls mysteriously disappeared, leaving only those who were fighting the players.
After clearing them out, it was finally over, Liu Nian thought.
The system was still processing the settlement rewards, so he ignored them and just wanted to find a place to rest!
Dugu Xing stood on a makeshift platform made up of infected people and shouted, "Surviving adventurers can get double the supplies from him!"
Upon hearing this, someone in the crowd shouted, "Savior!"
"hero"
"hero"
"Long live the City Lord!"
The surrounding noise started a few times and then gradually grew louder as they surrounded the city lord and cheered.
Liu Nian had long lost his former radiance, looking like a mud figure rolled out of the mud, covered in blood and flesh scraps.
Looking around, the ground was littered with corpses, and wounded soldiers who had not received help were still lying on the ground groaning in pain. The blood of the suicide squad members on the city wall was still dripping down the logs.
The savior, embraced by the adventurers in the crowd, was dressed in pristine clothes, like a god descended from heaven.
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