Chapter 468 The Return of Darkness (Part 30)
Xie Tu finally spoke, his voice low and deep, "We will protect it."
On the other end of the walkie-talkie, chaotic noises mixed with gunshots came through.
Commander Zhong was silent for a moment, then slowly nodded: "You're right, we can't give up. As long as there's a glimmer of hope, we must fight to the end."
Yun Zhao remained silent, listening quietly to their conversation.
She raised her wrist and looked at the communicator.
The moment the news came, the pollution concentration rose again.
—91%.
Yun Zhao couldn't figure out what the gatekeeper was trying to do.
It doesn't want the city to fall, so what should they do to fulfill their obsession and get out?
Xie Tu quickly hung up the phone and used the walkie-talkie to notify the sentries outside, "Immediately proceed to the border and enter the safe zone for rescue!"
The fact that Commander Zhong sent a special message indicates that the situation in the safe zone is not optimistic.
The sentries were completely baffled.
Didn't you just say to leave it in the buffer for cleanup?
Xie Tu quickly explained to them, "Something happened in the safe zone."
Everyone's hearts tightened, and they quickly jogged over to get the car.
Their tanks and ammunition supply vehicles were parked not far away.
The group immediately drove to their destination.
...
The high walls of the safe zone looked particularly heavy in the darkness.
To enter the safe zone and provide support, the mutants in the border area must be dealt with.
Main battle tank units are stationed here, firing at full power to eliminate the mutants trying to break through the defensive line.
Old Gao parked the car behind the mutant and was about to speak when he heard a 'bang' and felt a jolt from the car.
He was startled. "What happened?!"
Sun Chao opened the sunroof, glanced back, and muttered, "It was Captain Xie's car that hit us."
Even with such bright lights on, they still managed to crash.
"I guess the child was making a fuss in the car and Captain Xie didn't notice."
"It's nothing, this car is sturdy, don't worry about it."
Old Gao said, "How do we get across? Beyond this point are monsters everywhere, and the border area is within the firing range of tank units. We can't get into the safe zone at all."
He had barely finished speaking.
A giant fire phoenix reappeared, charging into the battlefield with raging flames.
All the unaffected mutants along the way were burned into a lump of slime without uttering a sound when touched by the phoenix's flames.
"Team Leader Xie's spirit is still so domineering..." Sun Chao couldn't help but sigh, his tone tinged with envy.
Xie's voice came through the walkie-talkie.
"Everyone, release your spiritual energy and help the army end the battle as soon as possible."
All ten sentries responded, "Yes, sir!"
Old Gao closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then suddenly opened them.
A gigantic, illusory python emerged from behind him. Its scales gleamed coldly in the firelight, and its forked tongue flickered with a chilling pressure.
"Go!" Old Gao shouted.
The giant python swiftly slid into the battlefield, directly coiling around a mutant. With a powerful twist, the mutant's body was instantly deformed, emitting a sickeningly loud sound of bones cracking.
Sun Chao was not to be outdone; his spiritual form was a cheetah.
The cheetah was incredibly fast, reaching the center of the battlefield almost instantly, its sharp claws tearing open the throat of a mutant.
At the same time, the other sentries in Group 10 also released their spiritual entities.
On the battlefield, various forms of spiritual entities and mutants clashed fiercely.
Countless dark substances rapidly entered the spirit body, eroding the sentinel's mental domain.
When the pollution concentration is too high, the rate of erosion is also very fast.
The sentries soon began to feel unwell.
Behind them, wisps of greenish-blue fluorescence emanated from the tightly closed chariots, drifting towards the battlefield.
Help purify the dark matter on the spirits.
Xie Tu calmly surveyed the entire situation.
A fire phoenix circled above the battlefield, its flames raining down, reducing hordes of mutated creatures to ashes.
His voice came through the communicator throughout the squad: "Don't linger in the fight, clear a path to the safe zone as quickly as possible!"
"Understood!" everyone responded in unison.
Old Gao's giant python traversed the battlefield, and wherever it passed, the mutants fell one after another.
While controlling his spiritual body, he shouted to Sun Chao, "Old Sun, cover me! I'm going to help the tank unit clear out the monsters on the flank!"
"Roger that!" Sun Chao's cheetah quickly rushed to Lao Gao's side to provide him with support.
Xie Tu has contacted the newly appointed lieutenant general and ordered adjustments to firepower to support their attack.
The main battle tank's gun quickly aimed at the mutant on its flank and opened fire.
Amid the explosions, the mutants' offensive was temporarily suppressed.
...
Safe zone.
The riots broke out without warning and were even more violent than before.
Those infected people who were isolated lost the light of humanity in their eyes, which was replaced by a kind of beastly madness.
On the streets, survivors ran in all directions, but had nowhere to go.
The crowd surged forward like a tide, and screams, cries, and the sound of shattering glass mingled together, creating a suffocating sound wave.
The mutant chased its prey, tearing and scratching, blood flowing on the stone pavement...
The sentries of Group 8 fought desperately to slow the mutants' advance and cover the civilians' escape.
"What do we do now?!"
While firing, Li Hongyun shouted to his teammates, "Should we notify Captain Xie?"
"The notification is useless! Captain Xie and the others can't get here right now!"
Lai Yannian gritted his teeth, "Retreat towards Zhongshan! Quickly!"
The sentries protected the people at the quarantine point, running forward as fast as they could.
The sound of gunfire could be heard from all directions.
The 12th group was stationed at the military region's base, but many soldiers had undergone mutations, and the area was already in chaos.
Fortunately, they were all well-trained soldiers, and the situation was still under control.
Group 11 was responsible for evacuating residents from the five surrounding quarantine sites.
They escorted those who remained sane into the government building, while those outside stayed with the army to establish a defensive line in an attempt to stop the mutants' attack.
The sentries didn't understand.
Why would the gatekeeper do this? Doesn't it want the city to fall?
Or is it... to kill them?
*
Yun Zhao was still thinking about this question.
The sounds of artillery fire outside continued, and Xie Tu stood on the roof of the vehicle directing the operation.
With nothing to do in the car, she simply took out paper and pen from her bag and started scribbling to organize her thoughts.
The gatekeeper is currently known to be Nanjing City.
Yun Zhao did not believe that the gatekeeper had any murderous intent toward outsiders; it was simply repeating the process of its own demise.
They changed the process, but not completely.
It was clearly stimulated by electric light.
Perhaps it can be understood that everyone misunderstood its meaning?
Or is the light merely a facade, and the gatekeeper's true hope is that the city can truly escape the encroachment of darkness?
The sun? Is the real light it wants the sun?
But how could that be?
What no one can do even two hundred years from now is even more impossible in a polluted area.
This five-star contaminated zone is beyond the gatekeeper's control, and its obsession cannot be fulfilled...
Wait, something's not right!
If this is a contaminated area, she can do it!
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