Chapter 428: Crisis

At the core fortress, Lin An forcibly suppressed the urge to rush to the frontline.

He could have, before the incident occurred, joined the city's defense, or simply killed all the mutants outright first.

But Chu An merely spoke a few simple sentences, and that dispelled his idea.

(Lin An, have you ever thought? If this matter is bound to happen, then if you act before the incident occurs to resolve the corpse tide, does that not mean there is something in the corpse tide that could trap you? We cannot afford to gamble, we cannot afford any mishap.)

(The best method is to wait. It seems foolish, but this is also your only chance to stop it at the first moment.)

The firelight from the explosion in the distance almost illuminated the deep night.

Thanks to the Awakened Ones' excellent vision, he could even see black shadows flickering quickly on the high wall.

Tragic screams and wails sounded continuously.

As expected, it should be the fastest wailing banshee.

The squad channel was opened in real time, yet no one spoke.

Only intense gunfire and heavy breathing could be heard.

Accompanied by a deafening explosion and blue light, the right-side wall suddenly collapsed halfway.

Lin An felt his heart tighten at the sight.

Was it a drill-like monster that destroyed the wall?

I don't know if Gao Tian and the others can hold out.

Anxious, uneasy.

Lin An forcibly suppressed his urge and quickly turned to ask Zhuanxu:

"Are there any abnormalities near the fortress?"

"How much durability does the base wall have left? Which section is most severely damaged?!"

It is now 1:21 a. m.

Less than half an hour remains before the incident occurs.

In this short yet long period, he could not help but ask Zhuanxu the same question several times.

A synthetic mechanical voice sounded at the moment of speaking:

"Honorable Commander, the core fortress currently shows no abnormalities. The Spirit Energy Core is operating normally."

"No other life forms have been detected."

"The overall durability of the Dark Crystal Wall is 81%, with the durability of the right third wall at 49%, which is about to reach a damaged state."

"It is estimated that this section of the wall will be destroyed in six minutes."

"The Spirit Energy Tower's Spirit Energy reserves are at 13%..."

A large amount of information scrolled out continuously.

As the base's artificial intelligence, Zhuanxu monitors in real time all information pertaining to the Spirit Energy structures.

Still no abnormalities...

Is the front line about to fall?

Lin An clenched his fists, feeling like a toyed-with mouse.

The core fortress is fine, and the Spirit Energy Node is also fine.

He has been guarding here for so long, not even a person—

not even a fly has come near.

Up to now, he has not detected even the slightest abnormality.

Three minutes ago he had already inquired of Gao Tian whether Mo Ling was still with them.

The information he received posed no problem.

Mo Ling was tightly guarded inside the Spirit Energy Tower, and she had not even used her own Undead Summoning skill.

All of this was to prevent a possible enemy from sneaking in.

Only two flesh-and-blood puppets were fighting desperately to kill the enemy.

Everything was perfectly normal, except that the situation on the front line was worsening.

Although neither Wen Ya nor Chu An gave any bad news, Lin An could guess that the front line was almost unable to hold.

Just thinking that he, as the strongest combatant and everyone's support and hope, could only watch his teammates fight helplessly made Lin An feel stifled.

If he could only make a move...

With an all-out burst, the corpse tide before him could definitely be blocked.

As long as there are no third-level mutants.

Under the area-of-effect damage of the Soul Shriek, however many second-level mutants come, that many will die.

Under the influence of the Fearful Body, Lin An only felt his suppressed emotions slowly rising.

His reason was gradually being devoured.

Time passed slowly, with soldiers dying every minute and every second.

Seeing the weak defensive point explode again, Lin An could no longer hold back and roared in the team voice chat:

"Gao Tian!"

"How is it over there?!"

On the wall, Gao Tian's hands trembled as he placed them on the bowstring, giving a bitter laugh.

Just now, a drill-like mutant slipped past their view and suddenly launched an attack from beneath the wall.

Fortunately, the sandworms are sensitive to underground movements; otherwise, this monster would truly have burrowed inside.

But even after discovering the monster, in order to kill this drill-like second-level mutant.

they had no choice but to detonate the ammunition depot on this section of the wall.

The explosion Lin An detected was like that.

In the explosion of the entire ammunition depot.

Over a hundred soldiers died in the explosion, and even two Awakened Ones who came to support were killed.

After a difficult breath, Gao Tian hesitatedly returned to Lin An, who kept asking.

"Lin Dui, everything's fine.."

"We can hold them.."

"Whoosh!"

He drew the bow again.

Without Lin An's Judgment Eye's weakness lock, even though he had advanced to Second Level, his actual combat power was only just catching up to before.

After a full 18 seconds of the hunting lock, the annihilation effect was triggered, shooting dead the tank that had just stepped on corpses with a single arrow.

Under the effect of the new skill Death Cycle.

At the moment the tank triggered annihilation death, all zombies within a ten-meter radius were also killed.

Although the effect was monstrous, against the sea of corpses it was merely a scratch.

Lin An could previously get slightly close to the city wall to apply the weakness lock on him.

But now, he can only rely on himself.

As the time of future events draws near, Lin An must also constantly guard beside the fortress, never leaving his post.

Seeing zombies falling from above, Gao Tian had no choice but to draw the bow again.

The arrows tore through the air like artillery fire, pinning the incessantly falling zombies mid-air.

Has the rotting giant corpse broken free?

Under continuous spraying, a large number of zombies, like fish caught in a net, kept biting toward the soldiers.

Hordes of zombies sprayed into the sky fell like artillery shells; even if they hit the wall top and broke their limbs, they still howled and attacked humans with their remaining limbs.

Stubborn and terrifying vitality.

Relying on Wen Ya's replenished mental power once more, Gao Tian drew the bow again and shot dead the wailing female demon slaughtering in the crowd.

Although Jing Tian was dispatched to hold off this kind of monster.

But with everyone at First Level, being able to entangle two of them is already not bad.

This is also thanks to the spirit energy defense tower, which occasionally drains the last bit of energy to assist in attack.

Otherwise, just the wailing female demons rushing onto the wall would be enough to give everyone a headache.

Looking at the wall with flames shooting into the sky, Gao Tian, his voice hoarse, contacted Chu An:

"Colonel Chu.."

"How much longer can we hold out.."

"My and Wen Ya's mental power... is almost exhausted.."

Mid-defense line.

Chu An, firing continuously with both hands, kept his expression unchanged; the bullets he shot, as precise as a lock, blasted apart the zombies charging up on the 'corpse ladder'.

He glanced at a distant rotting giant corpse stuck in place and two chargers, then paused for a moment:

"7 minutes."

"At most 7 minutes, the entire defense line will fall."

"The alloy steel cable is strong, but its durability is limited."

"Once they break free, we have no means to resist; we can only retreat."

"Moreover.."

"The premise is that the two unknown mutants hidden in the dark remain still, and.."

"The white mutant that Liang Shaoguang saw also does not participate in the battle..."

All kinds of unknown variables.

Emotionless judgment, as if unmoved even in the face of life and death.

Although the two pistols in his hands are merely standard-issue weapons, under Chu An's absolutely calm shooting, the spraying gunfire is like a blooming flower of death.

Rapid point shooting, headshots.

The zombies charging over corpses were shot down one after another.

Like art, the intersecting gunfire.

Without relying on any skill, they erupted with power not inferior to that of Awakened Ones' abilities.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The blood blossoms blooming in the night formed an impenetrable invisible barrier.

The corpses piled up along the wall almost filled the front half, forming a semicircle.

Chu An, almost standing at the very front of the defense line.

The soldiers beside him looked at Chu An with some surprise.

They had thought this bespectacled man had no combat ability.

However, no matter how Chu An performed, they could not turn the tide.

At the high point of the defense line, Gao Tian repeatedly pushed his physical limits.

"At most 7 minutes?.."

He glanced at Jing Tian entrenched in the bloody battle and the soldiers being devoured by monsters, and gave a bitter laugh.

"Lin Dui.."

We can't hold on much longer..

I've let you down..

At this moment, it is 1 hour 58 minutes until midnight.

There are 11 minutes left.