"A city?! How is that possible? How can there be a city in the fog? Lu Ning, you must be mistaken."
Alex's voice came through the car radio.
The others were also somewhat incredulous.
They are considered seasoned Awakened Ones, and their understanding of the Mist is far superior to that of ordinary people.
Could there be a city hidden in the fog?
How is that possible?
Then, as if struck by a thought, Liu Qiang said, "Could it be one of the base cities swallowed by the fog?"
"Impossible! There was no base city in the area where Fog 233 is located!" Yan Feng immediately retorted.
The others remained silent.
Lu Ning turned to look at Colin and the others: "Can't you see?"
Colin, Yan Feng, and Liu Qiang, who were inside the car, all shook their heads.
Lu Ning thought for a moment: "Perhaps it's like how I can see mental pollution; I'm seeing things that you can't?"
Upon hearing this, Colin and Yan Feng, who knew Lu Ning quite well, nodded slightly.
They could accept this explanation.
“Since only you can see it, and it’s still shrouded in mist, we shouldn’t worry about that now, right? Let’s go to the border fortress to rescue them first,” Yan Feng said.
Colin nodded.
Two off-road vehicles rushed toward the fifth border fortress.
The closer they got to this border fortress, the more monstrous beasts and mutated beings they encountered.
Although this area is not directly affected by the beast tide, some of the monsters and mutated creatures in the peripheral areas will also break away from the main force to attack other border fortresses.
Clearly, the Fifth Border Fortress falls within the attack range.
When they saw the fifth border fortress, they found that the area within two or three kilometers of it was filled with monstrous beasts and diseased creatures.
These monstrous beasts and mutated creatures frantically attacked the gates of the border fortress, or attempted to leap directly over its walls.
However, the fortress walls were very high, covered with machine guns and soul crystal cannons, and even some powerful missiles.
These weapons, crafted with human ingenuity, may not be very useful against high-level infected individuals and monsters, but they are quite effective against low- to mid-level infected individuals and monsters.
The sounds of booming engines, gunfire, and roars echoed across the battlefield.
A large number of monstrous beasts and mutated beings fell outside the city walls, though perhaps a few powerful monstrous beasts and mutated beings managed to reach the walls.
However, these calamity beasts and diseased beings were also suppressed by the firepower and were seriously injured. They were quickly killed by the awakened ones on the city wall.
The two sides reached a stalemate.
However, this is only temporary.
Because all human weapons require resupply.
Machine guns need bullets, and their barrels need cooling. Soul Crystal Cannons need a lot of Soul Crystals, and similarly, their barrels also need cooling.
Even missiles are not unlimited.
Faced with an overwhelming and relentless barrage of monstrous beasts and afflicted beings, the supplies at the border fortresses may not be able to keep up.
Once supplies run out, the small number of awakened individuals within the border fortresses are simply no match for the vast, overwhelming tide of calamity beasts.
Even if the horde of calamities here is only a small diversion.
Unable to get close, Colin decisively said, "Get out of the car, break through, and then figure out a way to get everyone out!"
Lu Ning and his group got out of the car and looked at the densely packed hordes of calamity beasts. Even the Mist Bureau experts, who had reached the fifth rank, frowned slightly.
Lu Ning's expression was completely calm. Compared to the tide of flesh and blood monsters he had encountered in Base City 121, the number of these calamity beasts and mutated beings was child's play.
At that time, almost all the creatures in the entire base city had turned into flesh and blood, so how could they possibly compare to these calamity beasts and mutated beings?
Lu Ning said, "I'll lead the way, you guys follow."
Colin, Yan Feng, and Liu Qiang immediately followed behind Lu Ning.
Alex and the others were taken aback to learn that Lu Ning's strength was still at the level he had reached during the Fallen Incense Burner stage.
"Should we just charge in like that? Wouldn't that be too reckless? Should we come up with a strategy?"
Yan Feng frowned and said, "Stop whining! Trust Lu Ning, his strength is far greater than you think! What we need to do now is break through and rescue people, time waits for no one!"
As the captain of the first team, Yan Feng himself had some prestige.
In addition, Lu Ning's performance during the Fallen Incense Burner period was also impressive.
Although Alex, Yang Xue, and Ye Yinfeng were somewhat worried, they still chose to follow.
"Damn it, so be it!" Alex cursed.
Just as everyone caught up, Lu Ning took out the Crimson Sword from the black box he was carrying.
The moment the Crimson Sword appeared, the intense mental pollution caused Colin and the others behind it to catch their breath.
Everyone stared in shock at the dark red greatsword in Lu Ning's hand.
"This is... the Crimson Sword? How did it become like this?" Colin stared wide-eyed in disbelief.
The Crimson Sword was originally a mid-level Soul Weapon of the Seventh Division.
Lin Xiao had been using it all along, and Colin had seen the sword before.
But in Colin's memory, the Crimson Sword was not like that at all!
There shouldn't be so many eerie runes on the sword; Colin felt dizzy after just one glance at them.
The blood-red eye on the tip of the sword hilt is even more chilling.
Those eyes revealed an extreme killing intent and greed, as if they wanted to kill and devour everything.
As Lu Ning charged toward the infected and the horde of calamities, he calmly explained, "I previously used the Crimson Sword to absorb a portion of the flesh and blood of that evil god's avatar in Base City 121. Now, the Crimson Sword has transformed into a high-risk soul weapon."
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