Those who were still living in the city at this time were truly trapped in hell.
Swarms of rats, with gleaming teeth, easily gnawed through their doors or sneaked into their homes through the windows, gnawing on everything edible in the house, including themselves!
"Rat! So many rats!"
"Help!"
"Mom! Save me! I don't want to die!"
"My child! I'll fight you to the death!"
"Rat! Rat!"
"Quick! Block the door! We absolutely can't let them in!"
Everywhere there were bare skeletons, gnawed clean, and splattered blood; the rats left nothing but barren land in their wake!
Even the mutated beasts that the survivors considered monsters could only flee quickly at the sight of such a scene. Those that were faster than the rats could escape, but anyone that was even slightly slower would be overwhelmed by the rats and become their food!
Lin Ruo, covered in two layers of water film, followed behind the rat swarm, watching the city after the rats passed, a scene of devastation, ruins, and fragmentation.
But she had no time for sentimentality, and she couldn't save these people anyway. She had only come along because she was concerned about the rat swarm and the Rat King's crystal core.
She quickly followed behind the swarm of rats, constantly using her mental energy to probe the group, trying to find the location of the rat king.
However, the rat swarm covered too large an area and spread too far, beyond the reach of her mental energy. She had to keep changing directions, making the search very difficult.
Just as the rat swarm attacked the urban area of City B, the base also detected the anomaly through the remote monitoring system previously installed in the city.
The monitor stared at the screen filled with gleaming eyes, speechless for a moment. How many mutated animals would it take to create such a monitoring image?!
He dared not be careless and immediately reported it to his superiors.
Ten minutes later, Base Commander Zheng Qiming, Deputy Base Commander Li Weiguo, two security regiment commanders Ye Lin and Jiang Haochen, along with three or four other management personnel, all arrived at the monitoring room. Looking at the dense, ever-advancing black mass above, their faces were all grave.
"What kind of mutated beast is this? Have you figured it out?" Zheng Qiming had a square face, a rugged appearance, and a tall stature. Before the apocalypse, he was the highest leader of the B City Military Region.
The monitor had carefully checked the information before the leader arrived and already had the answer in mind. He pulled up a separate image that clearly showed the outline of the animal.
"It is very likely a mutant rat, which becomes larger after mutation, but the possibility of a hedgehog cannot be ruled out."
"Rats, it must be rats! Hedgehogs don't reproduce that fast, there wouldn't be so many of them!" Li Weiguo stood to the side, his tone more serious than ever before. If these things really got to their base, then the base would be finished!
Ye Lin and Jiang Haochen behind them had grim expressions; they couldn't let their hard-won base be destroyed by these mutated beasts.
“Weiguo, I think we should use our reserve missiles.” Zheng Qiming turned to look at Li Weiguo. Now, all the major decisions at the base were made jointly by the two of them.
Li Weiguo hesitated. Their missile reserves were low, and a batch of them had been damaged by freezing in the extreme cold. Now they only had ten intact missiles.
If they use all their resources on this rat swarm, how will they deal with any insurmountable enemies they encounter later?
Most of their missile-making researchers have been lost in the apocalypse, and research materials are incomplete. It's unknown when the next batch of missiles will be produced.
Seeing that Li Weiguo remained silent, Ye Lin immediately stepped forward. "Commander, the most important thing is the present. We just conducted a population survey today, and our base already has 600,000 people. These are all human lives!"
Li Weiguo turned to look at him, his eyes gleaming, and after a long while he sighed, "Of course I know that."
He then looked at Zheng Qiming, who had been staring at him, his eyes filled with utmost seriousness. "Base Commander, I suggest we use the Dongfeng-21 ballistic missile!"
Upon hearing this, Zheng Qiming's gaze gradually softened. If he didn't agree today, he would have to resort to some means.
Li Weiguo was too bureaucratic. In his view, the power of discourse brought by the missiles was far more important than the lives of these survivors. Zheng Qiming was well aware of what he wanted to achieve by recruiting those superhumans.
Seeing that he was quite reasonable in the face of important matters today, Zheng Qiming felt a little relieved.
The situation was urgent, and he didn't have time to think. Zheng Qiming immediately turned to Ye Lin, who was standing next to him, and said, "Quickly, use missiles to attack these rats immediately. Make sure to eliminate them within 10 kilometers of the base!"
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