Chapter 155: Attack on the Settlement Area

After refusing Huang Xi's proposal, Yingzhou let Yingfang take Huang Xi to meet his parents, so that he could have some peace and quiet.

Yingzhou's mother was undoubtedly the happiest today; her eldest son had started a family, and her second son had truly returned alive, which made her feel that happiness had come too suddenly, and she found it somewhat hard to adapt.

For the first time in a long while, Yingzhou felt a trace of tranquility. Since arriving in this world, it seemed he had only experienced a period of calm at the very beginning, and afterwards, he had never truly relaxed; his nerves had been constantly taut, and now that he had relaxed, he felt his Spiritual Power had settled down quite a bit.

"Ding, detected that the indigenous people of the Faith host are being attacked."

Just then, the system's notification sound appeared in Yingzhou's ear, causing his entire body to stiffen.

"What's wrong, Little Zhou? Are you feeling unwell?"

Seeing Yingzhou's strong body suddenly stiffen, Yingzhou's mother asked with concern.

"Ah, it's nothing. You guys keep talking, I'm going back to my room first."

Yingzhou got up and left, leaving the three of them at the dining table.

"I always feel that Little Zhou is under a lot of pressure in his heart right now. Will he be alright?"

"Mom, don't worry. Although Yingzhou has changed a lot now, he will be fine," Yingfang said, watching Yingzhou's departing figure, comforting his mother.

"That's right, he might just be a little tired now; let him rest for a while," Huang Xi also chimed in from the side.

"Is that so? Perhaps I'm overthinking it?" Seeing this, Yingzhou's mother also gave up on her plan to question Yingzhou.

Yingzhou returned to his room and asked the system, "What's going on? Has something gone wrong in the Fourth Defense Zone?"

"Host, do not panic, stay calm. It is some indigenous people here in the Ninth Defense Zone who have been attacked. Now, the host can use Faith Value to support them, boosting their physical fitness to let them resolve the crisis."

Only then did Yingzhou remember that it was the survivors who had followed him back from the Zerg Hunting Ground.

"Charlie, Ajie, and the others? Shouldn't they have already left the Settlement Area and started their lives by now? How could they be attacked, and also, it looks like their positions are all together?"

"Please make a choice as soon as possible, Host."

Ninth Defense Zone Survivor Settlement Area.

Charlie and Marie were gathered with Ajie and the others tonight, and not far away were more than 20 children rescued from the Zerg Hatchery.

"I feel like our numbers here have been constantly decreasing, but they don't seem to have any intention of letting all of us go. Are we being monitored?"

Charlie looked around and said to the surrounding survivors.

"But we have no way to leave right now, and even if we did, we would definitely be caught and brought back," a survivor said in a somewhat low tone.

"You can't say it like that. We are all partners who fought side-by-side in the Zerg Hunting Ground. Although Yingzhou is not here right now, we must also unite so that we can face various sudden situations."

Ajie spoke up at this moment, "What Charlie just said does indeed have some merit. Some of the people guarding us here have already withdrawn today, and those children rescued from the Zerg Hatchery are now only about half left. This doesn't look like they are being sent to the Outer City to live at all."

Having said this, Ajie's voice paused, and he looked at his companions around him, "I think they treat us more like items; they take two when they need them, and lock us up when they don't. This feeling is just like it was in the Zerg Hunting Ground."

Ajie's words resonated with many people around him; indeed, this was completely different from the return to the Human Alliance they had imagined.

Just as everyone was discussing, a burst of rapid gunfire suddenly came from outside, causing Ajie and the others to stop talking.

Charlie vigilantly opened the door of the temporary housing in the Settlement Area and saw a few soldiers firing at the outside. However, the attackers outside seemed to have come prepared; dozens of black shadows were seen, their faces wrapped, their movements extremely agile, climbing onto the sentry towers of the Settlement Area to take out the firing soldiers.

That soldier was completely overwhelmed and had his throat slit by a black shadow that appeared around him.

"Enemy attack!"

Five or six soldiers retreated to the vicinity of the house where Charlie and the others were, and Charlie heard them shouting something loudly.

"Who are these people? Why are they attacking us?"

"They must be sent by the Alien Race to grab those children! Damn it, we just withdrew the main force today, they came at such a time! Damn it!"

These conversations were not only heard by Charlie, but even the other survivors in the house heard most of it.

"What should we do? Are those black shadows outside human?" a survivor looked at Ajie and asked in a hurried tone.

"Not sure, but we must go out now to help those few soldiers; these attackers definitely won't let us live."

Ajie briefly stated his point, and everyone nodded, reaching a consensus.

"Let's go! Charlie, you stay behind to take care of Marie!"

After leaving these words, Ajie took his 20-plus people and went out.

"Charlie, we'll be okay, right?" Marie tried hard to keep her voice from trembling, but her lips were still shaking a little.

"I don't know either, but I definitely won't abandon you. When Yingzhou was training us before, he told us that even if we returned to the Human Alliance, we would have to face many things, and we must not betray our companions when that time comes!"

Charlie looked at Marie's panicked appearance, watched the situation outside vigilantly, and whispered to comfort her.

Ajie led his group of partners to the back of the few soldiers who were resisting.

"What exactly is going on here?" Ajie shouted loudly at a soldier who was reloading.

This soldier clearly had a stress reaction, instantly condensing a large Hammer in his hand and swinging it at Ajie. Fortunately, Ajie was prepared, stopping him the moment this Human Alliance soldier attacked. The strength of the two instantly stalemated, but Ajie clearly felt that he was being suppressed by the other's strength.

"Wait, we are survivors from the Settlement Area, not the enemy!"

Ajie gritted his teeth and said to this soldier.

This soldier also reacted at this time, discovering that this ordinary survivor, who was usually honest in the camp, was actually able to contend with him in strength at this moment. He immediately withdrew the Hammer and said with a grave expression, "No time to explain. If you want to help, we still have some weapons and equipment in a warehouse not far away, and we happen to be going there to replenish ammunition."

The other few soldiers also saw the scene just now; it was the first time they had seen an ordinary person capable of matching a soldier who had Awakened Back Spirit in physical fitness.

"Okay!" Ajie nodded, took his companions, and followed behind these soldiers to the warehouse where weapons and equipment were stored.

There were still some scattered gunshots in the camp resisting, but the gunfire was gradually decreasing.