Chapter 453 The Return of Darkness (Sixteen)
The piercing air raid sirens blared throughout the city.
The distant sound of artillery fire was deafening.
The survivors in the safe zone huddled together, their faces pale, like a flock of frightened lambs.
The air was thick with the smells of sweat and fear, and occasionally a few suppressed sobs could be heard.
Those whose homes were in the safe zone huddled together, crouching in what they considered the most secure place—the bathroom.
The house with its doors and windows tightly closed couldn't give them a sense of security at this moment.
A young couple embraced tightly, the wife's face buried in her husband's chest, her shoulders trembling slightly.
Her husband gently patted her back, but his eyes were empty and blank.
The little boy clutched his worn-out teddy bear tightly and whispered, "Mommy, will we die?"
His mother didn't answer, but simply hugged him tighter.
The dark matter in the air became unusually concentrated.
The sentries held their breath, afraid that if they opened their mouths they would inhale a mouthful of dark matter, which was slowly eroding their mental realm.
"The pollution concentration is 88%," Xiao Yunzhao said, staring at the numbers on the communicator.
Xie Tu remained standing in the same spot.
The quarantine zone has long since become a battlefield.
Soldiers held their ground on all four sides, amidst constant artillery fire, plunging the entire neighborhood into a boiling vortex.
“A riot has broken out in the buffer zone—” Sun Chao’s voice abruptly stopped.
Satellite communication signal lost.
In the central area of the quarantine zone, drones hovering overhead and firing incessantly began to go out of control, their engines emitting abnormal buzzing noises, and one after another they wobbled and crashed to the ground.
The military had already learned the situation from Xie Tu.
A highly destructive bomb was pre-installed inside each drone.
Soon, the first drone swooped down like a kite with a broken string and crashed into the mutant swarm.
The shockwave from the explosion instantly overturned nearby monsters, creating a huge bang.
Flames shot into the sky, and black slime splattered everywhere.
—Boom! Boom! Boom!
One drone after another began to crash, like a rain of death.
The explosion illuminated the entire quarantine zone as if it were daytime.
Thick smoke and dust obscured the sky.
The mutated creature's roars were drowned out by the deafening explosions, yet its figure continued to weave through the flames, seemingly tireless.
Fortunately, the walkie-talkie is still usable.
Sun Chao's voice soon came through the walkie-talkie again.
"Reporting, Captain Xie! A riot has broken out in the buffer zone! Large numbers of mutants have poured out of areas E and F!"
The time is ripe.
Xie Tu used another wireless communicator to contact the city command center.
He remained calm and got straight to the point: "I need supreme command of the quarantine zone and the buffer zone."
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the communication.
Commander Zhong, standing in front of the command platform, seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. "Captain Xie has been waiting for this moment?"
Xie Tu neither confirmed nor denied, only replying, "Yes."
"The dark matter is eroding very quickly. In at most another hour, satellite signals will be completely cut off, and the front line will soon be in an awkward situation of being without command."
Xie Tu's gaze swept across the battlefield before him, the flames from the explosions reflecting on his face, making him appear exceptionally cold and stern. "You have no other choice."
On the other end of the communicator, Commander Zhong's breathing was heavy and slow.
The communication range of military walkie-talkies is only fifty kilometers.
This is out of range.
Inside the command center, the large screen flickered with real-time images of the isolation zone and buffer zone. The signal was unstable, and countless images turned into static.
Dozens of channels that were reporting the battle situation are now losing contact one by one.
The highest-ranking commanders on site are all present, and contact is still being made with the buffer zone.
Should we relinquish command?
The dark apocalypse Xie Tu spoke of has come true; their fate awaits...
Commander Zhong was silent for a moment, then sighed, "Command is now in your hands. But remember, this is not a game, but a war concerning the lives of millions."
"Understood," Xie Tu replied briefly, then disconnected the communication.
He quickly turned on the walkie-talkie, his voice calm and forceful: "Attention all departments, this is Xie Tu. I am now in command."
"Repeat, this is Xie Tu, and I am now in command."
"1st Army Group received! Obey orders."
"12th Army Group received! Awaiting further instructions."
"31st Group Army received! Ready to deploy at any time."
Xie Tu calmly ordered, "Sectors C and D, immediately tighten your defenses and delay the advance of the mutants."
"All units in Zones A and B, assemble in the direction of the nearest fortress and completely seal off the quarantine zone."
"Sectors E and F, hold the safety passages at all costs, and immediately begin to eliminate the monsters in the buffer zone."
"yes!"
"receive!"
Xiao Yunzhao stared at him as he gave orders, her clear eyes filled with curiosity.
He was directing mutants to fight each other, and they were killing each other, which seemed to be a lot of fun.
The little bluebird shook its feathers: [Fun!]
Xiao Yunzhao spoke up: "I also want to command them to fight."
“It’s not the right time yet,” Xie Tu replied.
Xiao Yunzhao: "When can we do that?"
Xie Tu: "The big shots always make their appearance last, and with one move they turn the tide of the entire situation."
Xiao Yunzhao felt that what he said made sense.
"That's right, I should be the last to appear." He successfully steered the conversation off-topic.
Xiao Yunzhao tilted her head. The two had already established a mental connection, and she could sense that Xie Tu's mental domain was gradually becoming somewhat unstable.
Are you feeling unwell?
Xie Tu feigned weakness: "Yeah, they're not having an easy time either."
Xiao Yunzhao turned to look at the fourteen sentries behind him.
The sentries remained in place, but were clearly starting to break down.
Pollution levels climbed to 90%.
The higher the concentration, the more intense the erosion.
The thick, dark substance seemed to come alive, churning wildly and constantly squeezing the surrounding space, trying to devour everything.
One of the young sentries in Group Seven began to look unfocused.
Cold sweat beaded on the sentry's forehead, his fingers gripping his weapon so tightly that his knuckles turned white from the force.
Xiao Yunzhao proudly raised her head, "You guys are really weak."
Before the fight even started, they all looked like they were about to kick the bucket.
"Yes, it's because we're weak."
Xie Tu said calmly, "The sentries in the buffer zone and the safe zone are probably not having an easy time either. Without Xie Tu's help, they won't be able to hold out for long."
The walkie-talkie was on.
The safe zone is temporarily out of contact, and the buffer zone is completely silent, not daring to utter a word of rebuttal.
Smart people already know what Xie is up to.
That's too humiliating!
If you want to receive mental protection, you have to coax them!
However, how can Xie's daughter protect the sentries in the safe zone from such a great distance?
Xiao Yunzhao mercifully said, "Alright then."
The next second.
Her spiritual power spread out like invisible ripples.
The mental threads traversed safe zones, buffer zones, and isolation zones, passing through gunfire and shouts, sensing mental fluctuations, and precisely locating the mental core of each sentry.
The sentry, far away in the safe zone, felt a warm power surge into his mind, and his tense nerves gradually relaxed.
The sentries behind them were the same.
A cool, refreshing power enveloped their consciousness, dispelling the erosion of the dark matter.
Everyone was shocked, their eyes filled with astonishment.
What incredible mental strength!
Is this really the kind of power a little girl could possess?
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