The large number of mutant animals and artillery shells attacking the city made such a loud noise that even residents living in the northwest of the base city heard the strong vibrations and explosions.
Following behind Xia Runrun, the fat parrot Xiaolu with a walkie-talkie hanging around its neck almost immediately widened its eyes and started talking into the walkie-talkie, quickly describing the situation and number of the guys who attacked the base city.
Xia Runrun glanced at Xiaolu, and also took out the communicator from her waist, and immediately contacted the city's radio and television station which had just been opened this month.
If these people had arrived a little earlier, the street broadcasts might not have been connected to the radio and television stations yet, and if they wanted to use each street broadcast, they would have had to re-record it. If they had arrived even earlier, the base had not yet been built, and there would not even be street broadcasts.
But it was different now. With the street broadcasts that had been made to prevent wild furries from entering and accidentally injuring residents in the base, and the ability to connect to radio and television stations at the same time, Xia Runrun immediately called the radio and television station.
"Hello! Is this the station director? I'm Xia Runrun! Turn on all the broadcasting equipment in the base now and turn up the volume to the maximum. I want to speak." Xia Runrun gave the order in a deep voice. Her voice was clearly transmitted to the radio and television station through the noisy background sound.
The new TV station director, who also heard the sound of artillery shells attacking the city, immediately turned on all communication broadcasts in the city.
A clear, slightly warm, yet firm voice like a spring breeze instantly spread from the radio and television station to the streets and alleys of Xingyue City, and also penetrated into the ears of the attacking mutant beasts word by word.
"I'm Xia Ruanruan, the base commander of the Zootopia Survival Base. I sincerely hope you outsiders will stop your siege!"
Xia Runrun's voice not only spread throughout the streets and alleys of Xingyue City, but also reached the ears of the yellow-haired young man and the black-haired young man outside Xingyue City, about 500 meters away from the city wall.
The black-haired young man, who was yawning and looking rather listless, immediately looked towards the direction of the city wall with an interested smile in his eyes.
"Wow! I didn't expect the mayor of this base city to be a girl. Judging from her voice, she's quite young and young. I'll catch her and bring her to the boss later, hehehe."
The yellow-haired young man smacked his lips and let out a lewd laugh. He curled his lips regretfully and shook his head, his face revealing disdain. "Although he's a city lord, his brain doesn't seem to be working very well. Who does he think he is? He just told us not to attack, so we won't attack? He's read too many Mary Sue novels and his brain is not working well. He really thinks he's so popular that everyone loves him and flowers bloom when he sees him? Does he think any man would kneel down and submit to him when he sees him?"
The black-haired young man nodded. Although the city lord was a little bit stupid, as long as she was good-looking and could earn him some live broadcast rewards like the twin sisters, it would be fine.
"The sun is shining brightly today. Hurry and have them capture this base. Try to clear the entire survival base before sunset."
"Yes! Boss! I promise to complete the mission!"
The yellow-haired young man smiled and gave an awkward military salute.
However, on the other side.
Zootopia Base Camp, the university town and surrounding areas where the survivors are now most densely populated.
Groups of survivors and mutant beasts rushed quickly towards the south of the base city, in the direction where the city wall was breached. Chu Hang sat on the head of a black and white bear, shaking his ears with a solemn expression.
Although they had not yet checked the situation in the south in detail, it was obvious that they had underestimated the enemy.
Since the construction of the Animal City Survival Base began, countless private shelters have either chosen to join the base or automatically closed their doors. These people have few weapons, the most powerful of which are a few simple guns and a few guns found in the ruins of the police station. Daily combat relies entirely on mutant animals.
This is also the true situation of other private shelters in the country besides official bases.
Their base has Xia Ruanruan, the base commander who can communicate with mutant animals like a cheat, so they don't have to worry about those mutant animals with powerful combat capabilities. Even those mutant animals that dared to attack Zootopia almost all became part of Zootopia in the end.
Only this time...
Chu Hang frowned, "The only thing that could penetrate the rock wall and break through it so quickly is a powerful thermal weapon..."
No matter how powerful the mutated animals and ferocious beasts are, they are still mortals. It is impossible for them to tear down a tall city wall with reinforced concrete as the foundation and a mixture of rocks and gravel as the walls in a short period of time.
"Could it be that people from other official survival bases are coming to attack Zootopia?"
"Zootopia has never had any conflicts with other official bases. Why would they attack Zootopia?"
It was precisely because they never thought that other official bases would attack Animal City, and because a large number of places in Star-Moon City needed to be renovated, that they neglected the defense of the base.
"But the most important thing right now is to solve the problem at hand and drive these enemies away."
Thoughts swirled, the little white cat pricked up its ears, its eyes fixed unblinkingly at the front. In this kind of battle, its true form was clearly inferior to its spirit form. Chu Hang used his position to leave his true form at school, while his spirit form quickly joined the main force and headed south of the city.
…
"I know you are all being controlled and have no control over yourselves. But for your own freedom, for the safety of your companions and families, and for me... please strive to regain control of your bodies and cease your attacks on the city."
The broadcast sound continued to expand outward along with the loudspeakers.
"Puff! Hahahahaha! Hahahahaha!"
"Hahaha!"
The yellow-haired young man and the others sitting on the mutant beasts outside the city laughed almost manically, almost getting a stitch in the side. How could this be a case of someone reading too many Mary Sue novels and having their brains go haywire?! This was clearly a case of someone having a mental breakdown! Even if this person had spotted those mutant animals and was controlled by them, what would that mean?
These mutant animals have red eyes and are sprinting madly. Who can't see that there is something wrong?
But what can we do even if we find out?
"Who does this woman think she is? Can the mutant animals regain control of their bodies just by saying a few words? If things could be solved so easily, those mutant beasts with owners in the Mingchang base would not have been controlled by us so quickly." The yellow-haired young man sneered repeatedly, concluding that the base city lord named Xia Runrun was naive, stupid, and mentally ill.
It's been several years since the virus outbreak, how can anyone still believe that something like this, which only appears in cartoons, can actually happen in real life? Is she a runaway princess from Mickey Mouse's house?
"Blow whistle number 3 and let these mutant beasts form a radial encirclement to directly clear out the entire Star Moon City! Everyone hurry up, the boss said that the entire city must be captured before the sun sets today!" The yellow-haired young man picked up the walkie-talkie and quickly issued the attack order.
The other team members wearing red and white uniforms and also sitting on the mutant beasts nodded in response to Huangmao's instructions and directly gave orders to Zhou Shen and other mutant beasts controlled by the beast-taming perfume.
However……
Just when the yellow-haired youth and the others thought that these controlled mutant beasts would desperately search and attack like every other mission, some of the mutant beasts struggled, frozen in place in pain, their double barrels flashing red back and forth.
"What's going on?!"
A team member who was sitting on the head of the mutant leopard was the first to react. The leopard he was controlling kept shaking its head and gasping for breath. It looked like a fish that was suddenly caught out of the dough, struggling hard with its tail and head shaking.
"Boom!——"
The leopard seemed unable to bear the pain in its brain. After a scream, it covered its head with its paws, fell to the ground, and rolled back and forth.
The huge mutant beast, which was as tall as two or three stories, fell down. The huge movement instantly raised a lot of dust, and the team member sitting on the leopard's head screamed and fell heavily, and was directly crushed by the leopard's body weighing several tons.
This time - he couldn't even scream, and fell silent in an instant.
The fall of the clouded leopard was like a set of dominoes being pushed down. A large number of controlled mutant beasts fell down screaming in pain. Even those mutant beasts that did not fall down screaming in pain had terrible headaches and were roaring.
Millions of mutant beasts immediately fell into chaos, and the scene was in chaos!
The black-haired young man, who had been lazily and completely unconcerned about the siege, could no longer sit still. He instantly turned over, his face horrified. His eyes were fixed on the mutant beasts that had entered the city wall and collapsed in pain within 200 meters of the wall, without any fighting spirit.
"What's going on?! Why did the mutant beast controlled by the beast-taming perfume suddenly go berserk?" The black-haired man looked at what was happening before him, almost in disbelief. This was his fortune that he had spent a whole year saving up. How could it lose all its fighting power in an instant just because of a few words?
After carefully observing his surroundings, the man discovered that the closer these mutant animals got to the city wall, the more painful their struggles became.
After they left the city wall within 200 meters, although they also struggled in pain, the pain was not as intense. When they reached the 500-meter range, which was where he was now, the giraffe under him was in pain and shaking a little, but it was still within the control range of his animal-taming perfume.
"Could it be that the woman just now wasn't lying? Could she really help these mutant animals regain their controlled bodies? And the range is only about 200 meters from the city wall?"
"hateful!"
The black-haired young man kicked the short horns on the giraffe's head twice. The strengthened body immediately made the mutant giraffe's velvety horns dent a lot, and blood oozed out. The giraffe subconsciously cried out in pain, but because it was controlled like a puppet, its whole body was motionless.
"If I had known that there were other people in this damn place who could inexplicably, without any contact, control the beast-taming perfume..." He would never have brought his army of mutant beasts here!
The most important thing is that in just this short period of time, 95% of the millions of mutant beasts have entered the city.
The only ones left outside the wall were the mutant beasts that usually surrounded him to protect him.
Was he going to leave like this in disgrace?! Absolutely not! He had spent over a year of livestreaming to finally control these mutant beasts!
The black-haired young man's eyes searched back and forth, and he could accurately spot the person who was controlling the mutant animals. He must have been close to these mutant beasts, and it was even possible that the other party was nearby.
Before the golden eagle mutated, its wingspan was about two meters. Now, after the mutation, its wingspan was more than ten meters wide. It flew through the sky with Xia Ruanruan in it, like a small helicopter. In just a few breaths, the black-haired man's gaze was accurately locked on a point about five or six hundred meters above the inner side of the city wall.
Xia Runrun sat on the back of the golden eagle, her eyes fixed on the mutant beasts below, watching them struggling in pain, trying to wake up from the control. In one hand, she held the "Zootopia Base Atlas", which was shining brightly with golden light and as hot as a branding iron, and in the other hand, she held the communicator and continued to increase the pressure on the mutant beasts below, so that they could break free from the control of the beast-taming drugs as soon as possible.
——"Physical wounds can be healed in a short time, but emotional wounds require the rest of your life to mend. Do you all want to be a walking corpse without a soul, just a body that can be enslaved at will? I know that attacking cities, other mutant animals, and survivors are not what you want. So I implore you to rely on your own willpower to wake up! Do you really want to wake up many years later and regret it for the rest of your life?
——"Are you willing to live with me? As long as you can wake up, we can live in the same survival base!"
Xia Ruanruan's voice, along with the broadcast on the street, continued to reach the ears of many controlled mutant animals, one sentence after another.
These mutant beasts, who were already struggling to break through layers of obstacles and regain control of their bodies, struggled even harder when they heard Xia Runrun's voice. Some of them were sweating all over, their fur wet. Some collapsed to the ground, covering their heads and rolling back and forth. Others roared and shook their heads, looking like they were having cramps and going crazy.
But no matter which one it was, the red light in the eyes of these controlled mutant animals was constantly fading and dissipating with Xia Ruanruan's words...
It was a struggle that came from the heart to resist and break free from bondage.
“Chiu!~…”
Suddenly, a bird cry was heard from afar, and several shrikes, which were about the same size as the golden eagle before the mutation, with dark red eyes, suddenly rushed towards Xia Ruanruan like small gray and white cannonballs!
The shrike is a small carnivorous bird that was called the 'butcher bird' by humans before the virus outbreak!
Not only are their beaks much larger and sharper than those of ordinary birds, but their claws are also the same. Even though they are small in size, they are one of the guard beasts beside the black-haired young man.
The deep crimson glow in the eyes of these shrikes was noticeably greater than that of the other mutants, clearly indicating a deeper level of control. They approached Xia Ruanruan's area, their expressions painfully affected by her words, yet they still managed to reluctantly follow the black-haired young man's orders.
"Hey!——"
The golden eagle, hovering in the air with its wings spread, spotted the attacking shrikes and immediately launched a counterattack, flapping its wings and waving its claws. Shrikes are small and fast, and even a single one is far from a match for the golden eagle. But with all 78 of them, one managed to fly close to Xia Ruanruan and, while she wasn't paying attention, grabbed her arm with one claw and pecked the back of her hand with its beak, leaving a bloody mark.
“Crash—”
Blood dripped down Xia Runruan's arm, and the smell of blood spread in the air. Her left hand, which was holding the communicator, was pecked by the bird's beak. Xia Runruan instinctively threw away the illustration in her right hand and quickly grabbed the wing of the shrike that wanted to attack again. The mutant shrike instinctively turned its head and wanted to peck Xia Runruan again, but subconsciously slowed down its movements when it heard Xia Runruan's voice, causing the speed of the bird's beak that was originally extended to slow down by half a beat.
"Ouch! You pecked me so hard, I'm bleeding..." The girl's voice sounded aggrieved and pitiful. Her thick nasal tone, with the tenfold skill power bonus granted by the illustrated book, instantly penetrated into the Shrike's ears.
"You really don't like me that much? Wuuuuu~" With red eyes and sobbing sounds, the mutated shrike controlled by the beast-taming perfume had its thoughts almost out of its control, but for some reason, it felt its soul tremble instinctively when it saw the human in front of it.
Panic, helplessness, as well as deep regret and guilt, suddenly rushed out from the depths of the shrike's mind.
"Chiu~Chiu~" (No, no, no, I don't like it... I, chiuchi... I want to kill her, I want to kill this... chiuchi, no, that's not right... I like her, no, I can't kill her... chiuchi)
Fragmentary cries squeezed out of its throat. The shrike, controlled by the beast-taming perfume, struggled hard against the control that bound every inch of its nerves. Even the movement of stretching its head to peck at people was frozen in place, and the red and black in its eyes flickered back and forth.
"Even though you pecked me, I know you didn't mean it... I want to be good friends with you, can you wake up? Chirp~"
"You and your best friend will live with me at the Zootopia base from now on, okay?"
"We can all meet up every day and play together. Would you please wake up?"
Seeing that the shrike in her hand no longer struggled and seemed to be trapped in the abyss of resistance and pain, Xia Runrun stretched out her injured left hand and gently stroked the shrike's small head, as if Xia Runrun's voice infected it, and as if the strong smell of blood stimulated it.
The shrike caught by Xia Runrun actually broke free from the restraints of the animal-taming perfume and woke up instantly.
The red light in the mutant shrike's eyes disappeared, turning into the purest brown-black. Its round little eyes saw the scratches on Xia Ruanruan's arm and the bloody holes on the back of her hand that were pecked. Tears fell from Doudou's eyes.
"Chirp~Chirp~" (I didn't mean to do that, chirp~)
The gray and white bird was so sad. It liked this human being very much the first time it saw her.
Since it had hurt the other party, the other party would definitely not like it anymore. The little shrike was so sad that even the feathers on its body became dull.
"I know you didn't mean it. Now is not the time to be sad. Can you help me wake up your companions and friends? Drive them into that city and don't let them leave." Xia Runrun didn't care about the pain on the back of her hand. She touched the bird's head and immediately showed a bright smile to the shrike.
"Chirp Chirp~~" (I'll try my best!)
The little shrike screamed very loudly and quickly flew towards its companions who were still being controlled to drive them away.
There were golden eagles, little shrikes, Little Green who had just reacted, and other mutant birds that came from distant bases. They drove the controlled shrikes and the other flying birds controlled by the young man in black into the base city.
After being warned by Xia Ruanruan, the mutant birds in the base did not dare to approach the men in black, but they did not consider the other controlled mutant birds that flew high or low.
That scene almost made the young man in black and others want to vomit blood.
Especially 666 Xiaolu and the others took them away in front of the young man in black and others, which made people feel even more infuriated.
"Boss, what should we do now?!" The yellow-haired young man looked towards the Zootopia base viciously.
He didn't dare let the mutant animals under his control get close to the city wall.
He looked at the many mutant animals lying on the ground inside the city wall, shook his head and slowly stood up, his eyes clear and full of hatred.
It goes without saying that the mutant animals that stood up with clear eyes have already escaped the control of the animal-taming perfume.
"What method did that woman use? How did she suddenly make so many mutant animals wake up?" You have to know that these mutant animals under their control were lured here one by one!
The Beast Taming Perfume was no different from ordinary perfume, so its control range was also only about 20 meters. To make these mutant animals obey their commands, they had to use this drug within 20 meters of them, and they had to re-spray it every month, otherwise the drug would lose its effectiveness and the mutant animals would revert to their original appearance.
"Every time that woman opens her mouth, a mutant animal wakes up... In that case, let's stop her from speaking! Kill her!" The black-haired young man's gaze was like an icy arrow, wishing he could shoot through Xia Runrun's chest.
"But boss... no, the opponent is in the sky, and we have no way to attack him." The yellow-haired young man also saw Xia Runrun in the air.
Even if they don't want to admit it, they are just ordinary people, not sharpshooters. At such a long distance, it is useless even if they have guns in their hands.
"If you don't have a gun, can't you use a weapon?" The black-haired young man waved at the few mutant birds left beside him.
"Just send these mutant birds flying with explosives and missiles. I don't believe they can escape this time!"
"Even if that golden eagle flies fast, it certainly can't dodge them all."
Since the other party dared to destroy his plan and let go of all the mutant beasts that he had worked so hard to control, don't blame him for being cruel!
The black-haired young man's eyes were filled with fierceness and cruelty.
…
Chu Hang and his group and the mutant beasts were not slow, but running on the ground was not as fast as flying in the sky. In addition, the university town was far away from the southern city area. When they arrived, they saw a group of mutant beasts struggling to break free from control, as well as those mutant beasts that had woken up and were staggering with confusion in their eyes, and the golden eagle hovering in the sky.
"If the mutant beasts get close to those guys, they will be controlled! Brothers who are good at shooting, get ready, stand on the city wall and be ready to shoot!" Chen Peng commanded the guards to quickly climb up the part of the city wall that had not collapsed.
Those guys were sitting on mutant beasts, wearing red and white uniforms that looked very handsome but also very eye-catching. As long as the guards could seize the opportunity this time, they might be able to kill several of them.
As a former policeman, Chen Peng took the lead and was the first to pull out the pistol from his waist. He lay on the city wall, used the terrain for cover, and prepared to shoot.
The only member of the escort team with a sniper, another former member, aimed it at the yellow-haired and black-haired youths. There was no other way, since those two had previously sat on the giraffe's head to show off, while the others had only stood on the elephant's head. Even though the sniper couldn't determine the identities of the black-haired youths, he knew they were definitely not ordinary people.
But the yellow-haired young men seemed to have discovered the reinforcements here, and they grabbed the giraffe's back hair and hid behind it.
It made it impossible for □□ to hit instantly.
The gun in the base city was exchanged from the Longquan Survival Base. It seemed that they were worried that ordinary survivors would use thermal weapons to attack other survivors. The eight major official survival bases in the country were unwilling to exchange more powerful thermal weapons for ordinary survivors.
"So we still need to develop our own military strength..."
But the overall situation was better than expected, and Chu Hang breathed a sigh of relief.
He originally thought that the mutant animals under his control would not like Xia Ruanruan like other mutant animals, and would only attack them. However, he did not expect that Xia Ruanruan had such amazing abilities that she could even help the mutant animals wake up.
Chu Hang: “Huh…”
The little white cat shook its ears and breathed a sigh of relief as it stood on top of the black and white bear. However, it was worried that the enemy's thermal weapons would harm the mutant animals within the city wall.
"Hoohoo~Hoohoo~" (We have to move these mutant animals that haven't woken up yet out of the battlefield!)
The little white cat made the sound of a black and white bear from its throat. This was the result of Chu Hang taking the black and white bear language class with Xiaolu in the past six months.
"Hoohoo, ha! Hoohoo~" (Okay, no problem~ Leave it to me, Xiong Baqi! Brothers, move the things! Quickly move all these mutant animals away!)
As the mutant animals under control around them woke up one by one, the transportation work became easier and easier, and a large area around the city wall was quickly cleared.
However, at this moment...
After its hearing was enhanced, the little white cat's ears moved slightly subconsciously.
Along with the sound of the street broadcast, there were also a series of "sizzling" sounds that were barely audible but particularly obvious in the noisy background!
Chu Hang: “!”
Chu Hang's pupils constricted subconsciously, and his eyes instantly caught sight of several black shadows rushing towards Xia Runrun from the direction of the yellow-haired young man and others.
Those black figures spread their wings and flew, clearly holding something in their claws?!
"Oh no! Shoot them down! Shoot them down! There are explosives in their claws!"
Huang Haichao, Chen Peng and others who were lying on the wall also saw the mutant birds flying across the sky at a high speed. The sniper who had a sniper rifle scope immediately changed his expression and shouted loudly to the people around him, and shot the sniper rifle in his hand at the mutant birds at a high speed!
"Boom boom!——"
The body's reaction was much faster than the brain's. Chu Hang jumped off the black and white bear's head, and the huge white cat's body rose from the ground.
An average mutant beast could reach three or four meters in height, making it easy to thrive on a neighborhood street. A beast around five meters tall could become a local tyrant, and if it were capable, it could even gather a group of followers! Even a behemoth like an elephant wouldn't exceed 20 meters in height after its mutation.
But the white cat's body suddenly grew larger, far exceeding a hundred meters in height!
The sudden rise of the massive monster nearly made everyone around drop their jaws in shock. Even the most resolute survivors couldn't hide their surprise. The two brothers, Xiong Weiwu and Xiong Baqi, were so shocked that their jaws almost dropped.
"Suddenly, a super-large mutant beast appeared?" The yellow-haired young man stuttered, his throat so dry that it was almost hoarse.
If it was huge and slow, it would be fine and would not be difficult to attack. However, the huge white cat opposite was not only strong in size, but also agile. Even though it was slightly slower than an ordinary mutant cat, it could still jump up and quickly slap a mutant bird away with one claw!
“Boom!——”
A bomb exploded in the cat's paw. The powerful force burned the cat's fur and curled its paw pads, but the huge white cat didn't care. Its expression did not change. It just waved its claws a few times, and all the birds around the mutant golden eagle were shot down.
The sniper, Huang Haichao, Chen Peng and others who were originally planning to attack: "......"
Although this suddenly grown cat is very strange, and no one knows where it came from, it seems that this cat is also a helper in their base...?
The golden eagle carried Xia Ruanruan and landed on the white cat's head. Seeing that the giant cat easily resolved the crisis, the huge white cat blew out two puffs of cold air from its nostrils, and took a step forward and swung its claws without hesitation.
The giant white cat is a hundred meters tall, and every step it takes shakes the earth.
"Retreat, retreat, retreat quickly!" The black-haired young man's original fighting power disappeared the moment the giant cat appeared.
His pupils suddenly shrank, and he desperately urged the mutant beast he gave birth to to escape quickly.
However, how could the speed of these mutant beasts compare to the giant cat's? In less than 10 minutes, these controlled mutant beasts were thrown to the ground one by one. The giant cat flicked its tail, sweeping the people in red and white uniforms to the ground one by one. Some of the unlucky ones fell on the spot, bleeding and breaking several ribs.
Finally, I boarded a mutant bird and quickly rushed to investigate the situation, and informed the Zootopia Survival Base—
The front troops of Longquan Survival Base: “…?”
Everyone at the Longquan Survival Base rubbed their eyes and almost thought there was something wrong with their eyes!
But this chaotic scene, so many mutant beasts, and the red and white uniforms that were specifically ordered by the superiors.
Everyone at Longquan Base: "..."
I always feel that if I turn around and report to my superiors like this, they will think I am crazy or have delusions!
…
"Be quiet and don't move!"
Half an hour later, the yellow-haired young man, the black-haired young man and others were trapped like dumplings and were dragged forward by people driving small motorcycles.
"You damned beasts! Not only do you so carelessly enslave other mutants and disregard their lives, you even blew up the walls of our base! We have to work so hard to repair them again. I think you deserve to be hacked into pieces!"
Huang Haichao pushed the man directly into the dark basement cell, cursing.
Xia Ruanruan followed behind Huang Haichao, staring at them coldly: "Where is the potion you used to control the mutant beasts? How many are left? Hand them all over to me."
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