Chapter 475 The Return of Darkness (Thirty-Seven)
The roars rose and fell.
The sentries standing atop the high walls are fighting a desperate battle against wave after wave of mutated creatures.
Bullets rained down, striking the mutant's tough skin and splattering slime, but they continued to advance relentlessly, relentlessly assaulting the defenses.
"Hold on! We can't let them break through our defenses!" came Zheng Shao's roar.
Rows of soldiers took turns firing, continuously sweeping the area outside, and bombs were thrown one after another at the monster horde.
Many strangers moved among the soldiers, helping to move ammunition and care for the wounded.
Even though they were complete strangers, and not even from the same world, they shared the same goal.
The two tents were located at the foot of the mountain, with people coming and going. Although a quiet environment was needed to calm the crowd, the two guides couldn't care less about that at the moment.
It's okay if the intervention isn't thorough enough, as long as the mental state is stabilized for a short period of time.
Yun Zhao gripped the man's hand tightly. She couldn't see clearly, but she could sense that the battle was extremely fierce.
She slightly raised her other hand.
Countless cyan-green fluorescent lights suddenly appeared and rushed towards the sentries at the front line.
In the darkness of night.
The spiritual threads shimmering with green light were particularly eye-catching, like stars scattered across the night sky.
The sentries on the front lines are engaged in fierce combat with the mutants. The whistling of bullets, the roars of monsters, and the booming of explosions intertwine to create a chaotic battlefield.
Suddenly, the sentry felt a warm power surge into his mental realm.
My nerves, which had been extremely tense, relaxed considerably in an instant.
Zheng Shao realized, "It's Guide Yun! Guide Yun came in too?!"
"It's the cloud guide's mental support!" another person shouted, his tone tinged with surprise.
The other sentries also felt this power.
The emerald green spiritual threads, like a gentle stream, slowly seeped into their consciousness, dispelling fatigue and fear, and bringing a brief moment of peace and strength.
The mental state, which had been on the verge of collapse due to the prolonged battle, gradually stabilized under the soothing influence of this power.
"My God... this feeling is so good..." a young sentry murmured, gripping his gun even tighter.
Zhuang Wan was resting in the tent with her eyes closed. When she heard the shouts, she opened her eyes and saw a sky full of twinkling stars.
She quickly regained consciousness.
Not stars.
This is... the spiritual thread of an S-rank guide...
Zhuang Wan was somewhat dazed. As a guide herself, she was well aware of the immense spiritual power contained within these spiritual threads.
Is there really such a big difference between S-class and A-class?
How could anyone possess such immense power...?
The sentries at the front line were roused, and their formation, which had been slightly disordered due to exhaustion, became orderly again.
Their firepower intensified, with bullets raining down, sending the mutants charging at the forefront flying through the air in a swarm of slime.
The next moment.
A phoenix engulfed in flames rose from the mountainside, raised its head, cried out, and flew towards the front lines.
With each flap of its wings, a burst of intense heat was created.
Zheng Shao then learned that Team Leader Xie and Guide Yun had arrived.
"Brothers, follow Fire Phoenix, counterattack!" Zheng Shao's voice rang out from behind the defensive line, filled with excitement and encouragement.
The sentries responded in unison, their morale soaring.
Halfway up the mountain.
Xie Tu led her to a big tree to rest, took a bottle of water out of his bag, unscrewed the cap and handed it to her, then asked, "Want to take a nap?"
She hasn't had a proper rest.
Xie Tu was worried that if she used up too much mental energy now, she wouldn't have the energy to dispel the darkness when it got light.
Yun Zhao looked at the phoenix engulfed in flames: "What about the fire phoenix?"
"It can hold on for two hours." Xie Tu didn't even look up; his gaze remained fixed on her.
Fire Phoenix, currently fighting on the front lines: [...]
The little bluebird let out its usual mocking laugh.
Yun Zhao thought for a moment, then shook his head. "The time is too short. It's better not to sleep. I can just sit and rest."
Xie Tu didn't force her.
His gaze swept across the battlefield. With Fire Phoenix joining the fray, the front line was temporarily under control. He turned around and sat down next to her, taking out a military walkie-talkie as he did so.
Yun Zhao noticed his movement. "Are you going to contact Commander Zhong?"
Xie Tu nodded, fiddled with the walkie-talkie, switched to a private channel, and said bluntly, "Commander Zhong is acting a bit strange."
Some memories flashed through Yun Zhao's mind.
The old man, dressed in a military uniform, looked stern, yet kindly told her, who was a child at the time, that his family could serve hot pot...
The traffic lights are flashing.
The call connected quickly, but no one spoke.
There were no gunshots or monster roars on the other end of the walkie-talkie; the silence was eerily quiet.
It seemed as if the chaos over there had come to an abrupt end after the sentries left.
Xie Tu spoke first, getting straight to the point: "When did the commander discover this?"
What followed was a long silence.
Commander Zhong spoke after a long pause, asking, "Captain Xie, do you remember my adjutant? Not the one in the picture now, but Old Xu, who has been with me for thirty years."
Xie Tu didn't know what he was trying to say for a moment, and replied, "I remember."
"I personally sent him on his way."
The voice coming from the walkie-talkie was very aged, "The moment I pulled the trigger, many images suddenly flashed through my mind. My consciousness was telling me that darkness had occurred, but back then... it wasn't like this experience, and there were no time travelers at all."
"Later, I had someone install listening devices in your subordinates' guns under the pretext of delivering firearms."
Commander Zhong: "I'm sorry, I know it's wrong to do this, but I have to find out where you came from and what your purpose is."
Xie Tu instantly understood the reason.
The sentinels at Dawn Base possess a sense of crisis, but this sense of crisis is only directed at the mutated monsters, not at the remaining rational natives.
From beginning to end, they underestimated the self-awareness of the indigenous people.
Information was extracted from a few words.
"There was no time travel at all. Captain Xie and the group of people on Zhongshan Mountain came from outside the city."
Military district building.
The office was empty, with a dim yellow light flickering overhead.
Commander Zhong, holding a walkie-talkie, turned to look out the window, where the soldiers stood motionless.
Since they left, the entire military area has been frozen in place, with no one moving around anymore.
Commander Zhong's gaze slowly moved downwards, and he saw that his feet were like ethereal shadows, glowing with a faint light, and the ground beneath his feet was clearly visible through them.
He moved his toes, but there was no tactile sensation as he should have.
Those illusory feet seemed to be just a blurry projection, undulating slightly with his movements, but without any real physical feedback.
Commander Zhong paused for a long time, then said, "Nanjing, in the end, couldn't be defended...?"
After saying this, the old man burst into tears.
The surrounding noise, the sound of gunfire, and the roars of the mutants all seemed to fade away at this moment.
Only Commander Zhong's aged and heavy voice echoed in my ears.
These words are too heavy.
Yun Zhao's body trembled slightly, and his fingers unconsciously tightened their grip on Xie Tu's hand.
She couldn't help but think of Major General Qin.
Back then, she didn't experience the same intense emotions she has now.
They only see themselves as bystanders in history.
At that moment, Xie Tu's emotions changed drastically, the golden light that had been drawn away...
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