Chapter 413

Chat l2 Long'an Base Spirit Energy Tower.

"Brother Lin."

"Lord Lin An.."

An Jing Tian's expression was slightly excited, and he successfully returned with the Awakened Ones behind him.

Although using Wen Ya's skill to coordinate an instant kill of the mutant, the process was as expected.

But this trip going so smoothly was also something they hadn't anticipated.

After dragging the Licker corpses up, the Awakened Ones responsible for the Spirit Energy Tower swiftly threw the corpses into the tower, converting them into spiritual energy.

After quickly dealing with the mutant, the remaining zombies only needed to shoot at the wall.

Compared to the previously envisioned all-out siege, up to now, the members of Long'an Base have generally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, that's all.

When the Lickers were at the city's gates, they were still worried about how to deal with this monster jumping up.

One claw kills a swath; without concentrated fire, it can't be killed.

"Not bad."

Lin An smiled and gave a compliment, drawing sideways glances from the others in the tower.

The melee Awakened Ones who had previously been worried about their own safety now wished they could be the next to go up.

Lord Lin An said that the items dropped from killing mutants should be prioritized for the Awakened Ones who made the kill.

It's this easy to kill a mutant; I could do it too!

After receiving Lin An's affirmation, An Jing Tian, somewhat excited, handed up the dropped equipment.

Six equipment materials, one white claw-type weapon.

After receiving the equipment, Lin An casually glanced at it.

Quite ordinary; maybe it's suitable for Liang Shaoguang?

As a Moon Wolf, he was assigned to the outermost position in this city defense, responsible for scouting potential human threats.

Although the biggest threat, Wangjiang Base, has been temporarily stabilized.

But no one knows whether other forces might have noticed the gathering zombie horde and followed it here.

After patting Jing Tian on the shoulder, Lin An didn't say anything else.

Jing Tian's growth is rapid.

As his own brother, Lin An has always valued An Jing Tian highly.

Although during this period his talent limited him, and he wasn't brought on many operations, in Lin An's heart, An Jing Tian has always had considerable potential.

The earlier operation was smooth and fluid, showing that An Jing Tian has been getting plenty of real combat practice in private.

If he advances to the Second Level, relying on the characteristics of the Abyss profession, Jing Tian will surely become a considerable asset.

Actually, against zombies, An Jing Tian is better suited to fighting players.

The assassin hidden in the shadows kills with a single strike.

The zombie horde in the distance remains motionless, while Long'an Base here orderly processes the zombies at the foot of the wall.

The first wave of attacks was easily resolved, greatly boosting everyone's morale.

Although he didn't really want to dampen morale, after thinking it over, Lin An still chose to apply pressure:

"Don't let your guard down."

"The first wave of zombie attacks was merely a probe; the real difficulty lies ahead."

"When the second wave of Second-Level mutants attacks, this method won't work anymore."

"By then, it will be a matter of literally throwing lives at the zombie assault!"

After having the squad leaders convey the zombie horde's attack pattern, Lin An then looked toward the right side of the horde.

The probing attack and the first wave of zombies saw a total deployment of about 70,000 zombies, plus three mutants.

This number is merely a drop in the bucket for the zombies.

At their feet, the corpses have piled up to about three meters high, and in some weakly defended spots, they have even reached five meters.

Now it looks extremely easy, largely thanks to the existence of the dark crystal wall.

The 20-meter alloy wall is indeed effective against ordinary zombies.

In other safe zones, even after a month they could only build up to 3-5 meters.

In other words, the current 'small' number of zombies encountered is enough to overwhelm their defense system.

Without the wall as a barrier, humans would have to engage in close-quarters combat with the zombies.

Once drawn into melee combat, that marks the beginning of disaster.

When players and zombies are mixed together, all heavy weapons become unusable.

Even firearms dare not be fired in bursts, for fear of friendly fire.

At that point, the only option is to throw lives and Awakened Ones into the fray.

In my past life, many safe zones had their walls breached by mutants, after which the zombies could easily drown the Awakened Ones.

Under such massive numbers, even the strongest Awakened Ones would be literally worked to death.

As report after report came in, the base members who had been in high spirits restrained their careless attitudes considerably.

The Second-Level mutants haven't even made a move yet, let alone the large numbers of zombies.

Just as Lin An was listening to Colonel Chu's report on ammunition consumption, the internal communication from Mo Ling suddenly rang:

"Lin An, the operation has been fairly smooth; the number of zombies lured away is roughly around 80,000."

"But there was a small mishap."

The voice was crackling, and from the audio faintly came a series of explosions.

What accident!!

Lin An's heart tightened.

Mo Ling leading away the zombies is key to the plan; her ability can repeatedly pull and drag the zombie horde, buying time.

More importantly, the zombies drawn away will expose the mutants.

After all, once the mutants swarm in, even if they're all First Level monsters, An Jing Tian can't replicate his earlier technique.

No matter how quickly the Mental Power Barrier is released, there will still be a brief delay.

Once surrounded by a large number of monsters, rushing down to strike beside a mutant is just suicide.

After a brief pause, Mo Ling replied wearily:

"Although my talent has been strengthened, leading away this many zombies is still too taxing."

"There's nothing we can do; we can only approach the right side of the zombie horde."

"Originally we were only attracting ordinary zombies, but for some reason, a Second Level mutant is hunting us."

"That guy isn't slow, and he throws bombs like fireballs.."

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

On the other end of the line, explosions sounded one after another, mixed with Yun Tian's occasional curses.

"Shit! He's actually throwing grenades!"

"One of my tires has been blown out!"

Lin An frowned slightly and instinctively asked:

"Should we send reinforcements to you..."

"No need."

Mo Ling seemed to anticipate what he wanted to say, and simply refused outright.

"We can get away; don't divert troops on your side."

"Only you and Gao Tian can handle a Second Level threat."

Lin An remained silent, only managing to remind him to be careful before saying nothing more.

The base lacks high-end combat power.

If either I or Gao Tian were to leave even briefly...

If the zombie horde suddenly launches a full-scale attack, the trouble would be great.

However, Lin An sensed some inexplicable meaning from the little girl's voice.

Inside the transformed mech cabin of Yun Tian, Mo Ling looked pale as she gazed at Yun Lin.

"You mean..."

"You saw me... personally destroy the Spirit Energy Core..."

Yun Lin gave a bitter laugh and nodded heavily.

She found it hard to believe, and felt as if she had misseen it.

But the scene that appeared in the image was even witnessed by time itself.

After 36 hours, Mo Ling entered the Spirit Energy Core hung with an electronic screen.

Then she personally destroyed the node.

After obtaining Yun Lin's confirmation, even Yun Tian, who was dodging mutants, dared not speak further.

Everyone knows one thing.

Destroying the Spirit Energy Core means the mission has failed.

And the price of mission failure is the extermination of everyone.

Curled up inside the mech, Mo Ling helplessly hugged her knees.

Yun Lin's foreseen vision will definitely come to pass.

At least in the Amoeba Worm World, this has already been verified.

For a moment, feelings of despair entwined around his heart.

Mo Ling stared blankly toward the base, muttering to herself.

Lin An...

What should I do...