Chapter 312 Fierce Battle Beneath the City Wall
Chapter 312 Fierce Battle Beneath the City Wall
"I survived, but we also lost many lives."
And back then, that damned monster wasn't even here yet...
Victor's voice lowered until he couldn't continue speaking.
He never imagined that the giant deer would grow into such a terrifying monster.
If he had known this would happen, he should have stayed and dealt with that monster.
However, just as he was filled with self-blame, Zhao Lei's roar came through the walkie-talkie.
"Attention everyone, target is 8 kilometers away and is expected to enter engagement range within 15 to 20 minutes. Everyone, conduct a final ammunition check..."
As his roar subsided, sporadic responses from armed personnel came through the walkie-talkie.
"What's wrong with those who haven't responded yet? Are you scared out of your wits? If you are, you should get out of here now and not drag the whole team down."
Just then, Night Owl's disgruntled voice came through the walkie-talkie, followed by encouragement.
"Guys, you've all killed cockroaches before, right?"
Upon hearing this phrase about culture, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Killing monsters is like killing cockroaches. Just focus on their heads, and of course, don't waste bullets."
The sound of an owl eased the tense atmosphere considerably, and someone on the walkie-talkie couldn't help but make a joke:
"Boss, cockroaches aren't ten meters tall."
"Then let's just say it's a giant cockroach."
The tense atmosphere immediately eased after a few words.
Laughter echoed from the firing ports behind the city wall, though there was a hint of tension in the laughter.
On a section of the city wall, Lin Fan had already led his men over.
He stood at the command post in the middle of the city wall, with two communications soldiers beside him.
He held a walkie-talkie in his hand, his gaze fixed on the distance.
Looking into the distance, the herd of beasts was getting closer and closer.
The ground vibrations became increasingly noticeable.
Five kilometers.
Three kilometers.
Two kilometers.
The lead mutated wolf pack has entered the visible range and can be seen without binoculars.
One kilometer.
Without being ordered, everyone on the city wall instinctively raised their weapons.
Victor braced his shoulder against the butt of his rifle and aimed the crosshairs in the scope at the head of the mutated wolf at the front.
"Firing distance: 500 meters."
Zhao Lei's voice came through the walkie-talkie.
"Wait for my command."
Victor's finger rested on the outside of the trigger guard.
Four hundred meters.
Three hundred meters.
coming.
"Fire!"
As his voice fell, dozens of rifles on the city wall roared in unison.
Bullets rained down.
Seven or eight of the mutated wolves at the front were instantly knocked to the ground, grayish-green blood spurting from the bullet holes.
But many more wolves howled and charged forward, completely unafraid of the gunfire.
Victor pulled the trigger.
One shot.
The head of a mutated wolf exploded, and its body rolled and fell to the ground.
Two shots.
Another wolf was shot in the neck, but only staggered before continuing to charge forward.
"The shell is too thick!"
The archer next to him cursed.
Victor adjusted his aim, and the next shot went straight into the wolf's eye socket.
This time it collapsed.
These mutated animals, though thick-skinned and fleshy, have become even larger, making them ideal moving targets.
"A stab to the eye! A stab to the eye works!"
Someone is shouting.
But the mutated wolf pack was too fast.
After only a few rounds of shooting, the first wave of monsters had already reached the base of the city wall.
They started climbing up the wall.
The claws pierced the surface of the mycelial wall, just like an ice axe piercing snow.
But the next second...
The human-shaped protrusions on the mycelial wall came to life.
The humanoid mycelia closest to the wolf pack suddenly "peeled" off the wall.
They resembled humanoid creatures emerging from the mud, their grayish-white bodies half-protruding from the wall, their faceless heads facing downwards, and then…
Their arms transformed into sharp, blade-like protrusions, slashing fiercely at the mutated wolves as they climbed.
With a single slash, a mutated wolf was split in two, falling to the ground with a pitiful howl.
The mycelium-like humanoid figures on the outer perimeter of the city wall seemed to have been activated, with more than a dozen humanoid figures moving simultaneously across the entire wall, leaning out to attack the mutated beasts that were trying to climb it.
This is the defense mechanism of the mycelial wall.
The firepower from the city walls continued to pour in.
Victor shot them one by one, and the magazine was quickly emptied.
He changed to a second magazine and continued firing.
But he knew that those mutated wolves were just an appetizer.
The real trouble is yet to come.
As he had predicted, the mutated wild boars reached the city walls in less than two minutes.
Compared to the mutated wolves, these enormous creatures were like battering rams crashing directly into the city walls.
A mutated wild boar lowered its head and rammed its fleshy head against the base of the mycelial wall.
The entire city wall shook.
Victor felt the platform beneath his feet sway, and he almost lost his balance.
"Hold your fire! Focus fire on those wild boars!"
Zhao Lei is shouting.
Gunfire then intensified.
However, those mutated wild boars had ridiculously thick hides and flesh; ordinary rifles could only leave shallow craters when fired at them, and could not penetrate them at all.
Just then, in the middle section of the city wall, several evolved beings who had been assigned there took action.
The man with electricity crackling between his fingers raised his hands, and two thick arcs of electricity shot out from his palms, striking the mutated wild boar at the front.
The tangled arcs of electricity pierced through the wild boar's skin and exploded inside its body.
The wild boar that was hit convulsed twice from the intense electric current, then its legs gave way and it collapsed to the ground.
However, compared to the evolved being who controlled lightning, the abilities displayed by the other evolved being were even more unbelievable.
Then the man lightly stomped his foot.
The ground within a radius of several meters outside the city wall suddenly bulged up, and sharp stone spikes emerged from the soil, piercing the bellies of the two charging wild boars and propelling them high into the air...
But compared to these two remote evolvers, the abilities displayed by the other person are even more thrilling.
As the two activated their abilities, the man jumped off the city wall without hesitation, and as he fell, his body was covered with a layer of grayish-white scales.
This... is a city wall that's over ten meters high!
Victor's heart clenched as he watched the evolved human fall.
But when that person landed, the fracture he had imagined did not occur; in fact, it could be said that... the person was completely unharmed.
Not only that, the man also hit a mutated wolf as he fell.
The next moment, the man was seen riding on the wolf's back, and with one punch, he smashed the mutated wolf's head.
Without hesitation, he smashed the head of a wild boar next to him.
That seemingly slender fist, even weak in the face of that giant wild boar, made one's pupils tremble the moment it struck the boar.
The wild boar that was hit had its head deformed and collapsed without even uttering a sound.
Victor opened his mouth.
That punch must have had at least several tons of force.
"Is this even human?"
The archer next to Victor murmured something.
Victor didn't speak. But he was thinking something similar to what the other person was thinking.
The mutated beasts in the front row were being rapidly consumed by the combined attacks of the evolved beings and the mycelial wall.
but……
The one-eyed giant deer finally approached the city wall...
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