The night finally descended the moment the troops assembled.
The heavy rain during the day burned away the thick cumulus clouds, leaving only the faint blue sky of dusk. The stars shone brightly and the Purple Moon shone brightly.
In the old civilization, if there was a bright starry sky, there would not be a bright moon.
However, in this era, the Purple Moon was like the most responsible guardian. No matter what kind of night it was, it would always appear as if it was on duty.
'It's a good day,' Tang Ling thought. In front of him, an elite warrior was kissing his weapon, a folded spear, while he was muttering prayers.
The whole troop's operation plan had been announced and the troops were about to depart.
No one knew how many lives would be lost in the battle tonight. Praying seemed to be the only consolation.
But was it useful? Tang Ling did not believe in any imaginary things. He was only interested in the fact that the overall commander of the operation tonight was Ralph.
On that day, he went through his first exam, the Bloody Cage Battle, and he was the Purple Moon Division Leader who was responsible for maintaining order.
Now, in less than two months, they would have to fight side by side.
Life was unpredictable after all.
**
July 11th, 2177, Friday night.
22: 16 am. It had been less than two hours since the troops departed, but the sudden drop of coldness enveloped the entire night.
There was no longer the stifling heat of the summer night. Instead, there was only a bone-chilling cold wind blowing through the brightly lit warehouse area.
Under the searchlights, the broken walls of the garage stood tall in the middle of the battlefield ruins. There were a total of 37 cuboid garages that looked like rows of boxes.
One could not help but wonder what was inside the boxes.
In the northwest corner of the garage, garage No. 19 was just a small one.
It was just a small warehouse in the densely packed warehouse district. It was also rectangular in shape. Perhaps because it was storing items that needed ventilation, there were rows of narrow windows at the top of the roof.
Time flew.
Even though the garage was close to the Universal Source Rock, it was slightly dilapidated. The night breeze blew through the narrow windows, causing the frame to squeak.
Huu! Tang Ling panted slightly. Even the cold night breeze could not cool down the heat from the strenuous activity in his body.
His forehead was covered in hot sweat. In an instant, beads of sweat formed and rolled down from the corners of his eyes.
"Andy, take three steps back to the left." A hoarse voice came from Tang Ling's throat. The moment he spoke, he dashed out.
With a leap, he crossed a distance of more than three meters. Before he landed, his body stopped abruptly. With a turn of his body, he swung his C-grade alloy longsword …
A stream of black, slightly viscous blood splashed up. A zombie on Andy's left suddenly stopped moving, and in the next moment, its head was separated from its neck. The shriveled head fell to the ground and rolled four to five meters away.
"Thank you." Andy was still in a state of shock. Tang Ling pulled Andy behind him and said, "Something's not right …"
Before he could finish, his expression changed. He pulled Andy over and dove down. A Level 1 Crawler with a slightly deformed body with a powerful jumping ability jumped over them and almost grazed their scalps.
"It's my mistake." Yu's voice came. In the next second, he jumped over them and grabbed the back of the Level 1 Crawler with his right hand that was glowing in a metallic luster. He dug his fingers into the Crawler's flesh and pulled hard, snapping the Level 1 Crawler's spine.
The Crawler struggled for a while before it stopped moving.
Vian, who was covered in black blood, ran out from a corner with a pile of broken cloth bags. She kicked the Crawler that was lying on the ground and cut open the Crawler's stomach to search for the Crawler's heart.
A slightly dirty crystal was dug out from the Crawler's heart.
Vian tossed the crystal to Tang Ling.
Tang Ling caught the crystal without even looking at it. He stuffed it into the small pouch that he carried with him. At the same time, Orston, Amir, and Christina ran over from the southeast corner. All of them were panting heavily and covered in black blood.
"Do you have more water?" Orston ran to Tang Ling and asked loudly before he even sat down, "Do you have more water?"
Tang Ling tossed a water bag to Orston and reminded him, "There's not much water left. Remember to wipe your hands. Don't drink the blood of the zombies. There might be some deadly fungus in it. "
Orston gulped down a few mouthfuls of water and tossed it back to Tang Ling. He said, "You still care about that? What do you think? Can we get out from the north side of the garage? "
Andy lowered his head dispiritedly. His expression said that the situation was not good.
The north exit of the garage was completely sealed off and there were at least a thousand zombies gathered there.
Orston cursed when he saw Andy's expression. He kicked a zombie's broken body away.
"Save your strength." Tang Ling frowned when he saw Orston's action. He leaned against the wall and seized the moment to recover his strength.
"So what if I save my strength? We'll die here sooner or later. Make your choice. Do you want to live as a zombie or do you want to end your own life at the last moment? "Orston said with a cold smile.
Through the broken window of the garage, one could still see the Purple Moon and stars in the night sky. The distance that should have been within arm's reach had become an insurmountable barrier.
It was no wonder that Orston was so depressed.
More than an hour ago, the battle had deviated from its original course! No one would have thought that in the northwest corner, which was the closest to the garage exit, the so-called safest area, there would be so many zombies that could not be killed at all.
It was not supposed to be like this.
The whole operation plan was clear. Ten Purple Moon Warriors would form the vanguard to clear and lure away all the zombies wandering outside the garage.
The garage area was then divided into 12 areas.
There were a hundred elite soldiers, the First Reserved Camp, and a hundred squads of warriors who were on duty that night. They were each responsible for the 12 areas of different sizes.
The goal of the mission was to clear the garage and all the zombies around it.
Two squads from the First Reserved Camp participated in the operation. They were responsible for the safest area.
At the northwest corner of the warehouse area's exit, it was formed by three relatively small warehouses.
The Summit Squad was responsible for two of the three garages while the Fierce Dragon Squad was responsible for one.
When they ran into unbeatable mutated zombies like the Steel Slaughterer or the five-element evolved human, they could send out a signal flare and the Purple Moon Warriors would come to their aid.
The Fierce Dragon Squad's operation was unusually smooth at first.
They entered garage No. 19 without any obstacles along the way.
There were around 400 zombies hidden in the garage. That was the number that Andy had confirmed.
He was the fastest and the most agile, so Tang Ling arranged for him to scout the area first.
400 zombies was considered a safe number for the Fierce Dragon Squad. When Tang Ling got the answer, he even doubted whether he was being too cautious.
With that being the case, the Fierce Dragon Squad charged into the garage without any extra arrangements.
If everything went smoothly, the 400 zombies would be cleared in less than an hour and the Fierce Dragon Squad could retreat from the battlefield.
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