In the dimly lit room before the second zombie horde.
The masked group of four men and one woman, who hadn't appeared for a long time, started discussing the zombie horde once again.
"The last sudden zombie horde wiped out over forty million people. Is this what you call training? Go train yourself when there's no one left!" The fox woman, who was usually calm, couldn't help but feel her blood pressure rise when she saw the report and took the lead in roaring at the person opposite her.
“You’re right, but most of the remaining people have already started to become professionals. Isn’t that progress? What else? According to your thinking, when they attack, they will still be living a life of idleness in the city. Are you going to stop them then?” the wolf-masked man retorted leisurely.
“You…” The fox woman was angry, but she couldn’t refute it.
It is an indisputable fact that resources in cities are abundant and far superior to those in the wild.
Moreover, despite the heavy casualties, many people defeated the regional bosses, successfully obtained regional cards, and built their own cities in the wild.
“You’re right, but the zombie horde will only get harder and harder. All the seeds we cultivated have died. What are we going to do? Where are you going to go by yourself?” The dog-masked man couldn’t bear to see the woman in such a predicament and spoke up to defend her.
A single zombie horde can reduce the number of survivors by half, a challenge that must be taken into consideration.
It's also impossible to only retain top players and ignore the fate of other players; the fact that most players are lagging behind in level is also a problem that needs to be considered.
The forces of top players alone are not enough. The ultimate goal is to make them qualified soldiers, not cannon fodder. If we wanted cannon fodder, why go through all this trouble?
“What you say makes sense, but time is of the essence. Their claws have already infiltrated.” After some consideration, Tiger Mask said this.
"The size of the zombie horde remains unchanged, but the difficulty has been reduced. The release of high-level monsters will be temporarily delayed, and the duration will be adjusted to six o'clock."
The data shows that many players are worn down and die because they don't get proper rest; this is something to be aware of.
"Isn't this too lenient? The enemy won't be merciful to them." The bear-masked man, who hadn't spoken before, hesitated for a few seconds before saying.
"I haven't settled accounts with you for tampering with the Adventurer's Hall quest settlement yet, don't make me say it a second time."
"Any more questions?"
Although the man in the tiger mask was asking everyone, his eyes kept lingering on the bear and wolf. Their little schemes were exposed on the spot, and they were so embarrassed that they couldn't lift their heads and dared not look the man in the eye.
"Hmph, meeting adjourned," the tiger-faced man said, withdrawing his gaze.
War always requires sacrifices, and he understood the anxious state of mind of Xiong and Lang, so he didn't pursue the matter further.
Everyone left with their own ulterior motives, leaving only the tiger-faced man sitting alone in the room, lost in thought.
After having a tasteless lunch at the city lord's mansion, Liu Nian ignored the aftermath and ran away with his bucket.
There's no way around it, it's just my personality; social gatherings are pure hell for people with social anxiety.
Intermittent bursts of ambition, followed by a continuous period of just getting by!
This is the ideal life.
Moreover, he hadn't rested all day, and in order to avoid dying suddenly, Liu Nian hurriedly returned to the hotel to lie down.
I pounced on the bed, not caring if the sky fell!
Soon, rhythmic snoring filled the room.
Unlike his laissez-faire attitude, the city lord and Chen Ling are now busy allocating the necessary logistical supplies.
Now that they've formed an alliance, how could Chen Ling possibly stay out of something as serious as a zombie horde?
Maintaining a city with several thousand inhabitants requires a significant amount of money, not to mention basic necessities like food, clothing, shelter, and transportation.
The battle needs to last all night, and all the city gates are now closed, allowing entry but not exit.
Even the guards brought by the merchants were conscripted; there was no leniency whatsoever.
When life and death are at stake, harsh punishments and severe laws are unavoidable.
Personnel without combat capability were all concentrated in one area.
Everyone's faces became much more serious, except for Liu Nian, who was sleeping like a log!
All the bronze-level mercenaries gathered together to meet with the city lord, chatting and catching up, but Liu Nian was the only one missing.
There were only so many high-ranking mercenaries. Zhou Momo, who had sharp eyes, didn't see Liu Nian and was about to look for him anxiously when she was pulled away by the others to chat and socialize.
As one of the few high-ranking female mercenaries, many sons of high-ranking officials in the city came to curry favor with her, hoping to leave a good impression.
Their purpose is self-evident.
Soon it was time for the zombie horde to arrive, and the sergeant received orders for all combat personnel to assemble at the designated location.
The soldiers searched house to house for any adventurers who remained, and the Rose Hotel, though owned by Chen Ling, was no exception.
So when she was woken up, Liu Nian was completely bewildered.
Not everyone has the skill of information gathering. Now that there is an Adventurer's Hall, everyone's equipment has gradually become more luxurious, so Liu Nian's equipment is just average in their eyes.
Moreover, the more skilled adventurers were all recruited by the city lord as reserve forces. Therefore, based on this information, Liu Nian was mistakenly taken to the front-line square as an ordinary adventurer.
It was still a defensive battle. As we arrived at the city wall, we saw many temporary tents set up along the streets, and many logistics personnel were constantly placing military supplies.
The four-story container can barely accommodate two rows of troops. After the monsters use human wall tactics to build up their numbers, they can go down and engage in street fighting.
However, what the sergeant guarding the city didn't say was that they, currently on the containers, would most likely be wiped out by the monsters before the urban warfare phase even began.
Each container had two staircases for going up and down. Liu Nian, who carried a one-handed sword, was assigned to guard one of the staircase entrances.
The front row of containers are filled with spearmen, while the back row consists of archers.
Before the zombie horde arrived, everyone was given some simple food.
"Time's almost up." Liu Nian glanced at his watch and muttered to himself as he ate a Devilsaur rib at the stairwell entrance.
The aroma of the ribs in Liu Nian's hand attracted many people to secretly peek over, and the steamed buns in her hand suddenly lost their appeal.
Not everyone is so extravagant as to use resource cards to eat. The mainstream survival mode is to use resource cards to exchange for rice and flour with merchants.
However, they soon had no time to pay attention to Liu Nian, because a massive horde of zombies was rushing towards them, and the ground was shaking like drums.
Liu Nian was looking at the troops on the ground from the perspective of a crow. There were various mutated infected, lickers, berserkers, blood-sucking beetles, and of course, night demons.
Having dodged the Night Demon's claws, Liu Nian ordered Big Black and the others to stop scouting and exited the crows' perspective.
This time, there were even blood-sucking beetles. Liu Nian's expression turned serious as he looked at the composition of the zombie horde.
The effect of the Devilsaur Ribs had taken effect, and seeing his current health of 60 points, which was about the same as the others, made him feel much more at ease.
The horde of zombies had flooded everything in sight and was frantically ramming into the containers.
The second zombie horde has officially begun!
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