The sounds of gunfire and explosions in Xinchuan City had been ringing throughout the night!
Since the fall of Xinchuan, last night had been the most turbulent night, but it was also the night to restore the dignity of mankind.
In addition to Xia Pingan and the others who had stayed in Xinchuan, the teams that had returned to Xinchuan City last night had also taught the monsters a good lesson and killed a lot of them.
Perhaps it was a tacit understanding, or perhaps it was the most effective way to deal with the monsters that humans had explored with their wisdom and experience. The composition and fighting style of the teams that had returned to Xinchuan last night were exactly the same as the fighting style of the teams of warriors and summoners led by Xia Pingan.
The drones were responsible for monitoring the battlefield from above, searching for enemies, and providing information about the battlefield for the teams, just like the remote viewing ability. The summoners were responsible for killing the phantom monsters and demon spirits that appeared, while the combat teams paired with the summoners were responsible for dealing with the demon rats and the big spiders. More than half of the members of the combat teams were carrying heavy weapons such as rocket launchers and rifle grenades.
There were too many monsters entrenched in Xinchuan City. Last night's battle and Xia Pingan's three explosions in the core area of the monsters had caused heavy damage to the monsters entrenched in Xinchuan City, but there were still a lot of monsters left in Xinchuan City. It was not something that could be dealt with in a single battle.
As the sky gradually brightened, all the teams that had been fighting in the city for most of the night quickly withdrew from Xinchuan City with great tacit understanding.
Xia Pingan originally wanted to go to the three shelters that he had blown up to see if he could get some Realm Pearls, but after looking at it with his remote viewing ability, he completely gave up on the idea.
The three underground shelters and the buildings on the ground had completely collapsed. The area within a hundred meters of the shelters was like a volcanic crater, billowing thick smoke, and raging fires were still burning.
The thermite bombs he had buried in the explosion sites produced a temperature of nearly 3,000 degrees Celsius that could melt steel. The area around the entrances of the three underground shelters had completely collapsed, and the high temperature produced by the explosions had caused the buildings connected to the ventilation ducts of the shelters to burn.
The explosions at the three locations had killed countless demonic creatures, numbering in the thousands. There was definitely more than one Realm Pearl.
It was said that Realm Pearls were impervious to fire and water, and were as hard as diamond. However, the explosion had produced such a huge force and shockwave, and Realm Pearls were such small things. Even if a Realm Pearl had exploded, it would have been buried underground or blown away by the shockwave.
The underground of the three shelters had completely collapsed and were buried by tens of thousands of tons of debris. It was impossible to enter even if they wanted to.
Xia Pingan used his remote vision to carefully search the area near the explosion. Other than the raging fire, thick smoke, and some broken pieces of Demon Rats and Demon Fire Spiders, he didn't see a single Realm Pearl. At least, he didn't see any Realm Pearls in the nearby streets.
Xia Pingan had no choice but to withdraw from Xinchuan City with his men.
Xia Pingan led his men to the outskirts of the city where the Special Logistics Office was located. The combat squads that entered Xinchuan last night also withdrew in the same direction.
Several Demon Rats and Demon Fire Spiders wandering in the town near the small airport of the Special Logistics Office were killed by the squads that retreated here. When the sky was completely bright, everyone "met up" at the Special Logistics Office …
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"Manzijin …" A soldier nearly two meters tall with oil paint on his face and a heavy machine gun easily in his hand saw Xia Pingan, Manzijin, and the others coming over. He immediately shouted and rushed over.
Manzijin was also excited and quickly ran over. "Cheng Tiankui …"
The two men hugged each other and then punched each other's shoulders.
"I thought you were dead …"
"I'm not dead, it's just that Xiao Dao and the others …"
The soldier with the heavy machine gun burst into tears, and so did Manzijin.
Xia Pingan immediately knew that the soldier with the heavy machine gun should be Manzijin's comrade-in-arms. Judging from that person's spirit, he should also be a member of the 87th Corps Fire Dragon Commando.
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"Everyone, how have you been …" Xia Pingan also greeted the summoners over there.
Although the summoners were not familiar with Xia Pingan before, they had fought side by side when covering the evacuation of the corps and the civilians that night. They had even sniped the Demon Specters and could be considered comrades. Naturally, they felt emotional when they met again, as if they were old friends.
"Xia Pingan, it's really you!" The summoners also saw Xia Pingan, and both sides were excited.
When the soldiers in those teams heard the name "Summer Priest", they all looked towards Xia Pingan, then stood at attention and saluted Xia Pingan. Their eyes were full of respect as they looked at Xia Pingan. Those soldiers did not expect the 87th Legion's High Priest to be fighting in Xinchuan City until now.
"Long time no see …" The soldiers on the other side separated, and an officer wearing a ghillie suit, a pair of glasses, a face full of smoke, a beard, and a rocket launcher on his back walked towards Xia Pingan.
"Staff Officer Guo …"
That person was Guo Wei.
Seeing Guo Wei again, Xia Pingan noticed that this Staff Officer Guo's aura was different from before. It was an aura that had been tempered by the flames of war.
…
More than ten minutes later, Xia Pingan and Guo Wei were chatting and exchanging information on the airport runway outside the Special Logistics Department. Not far away, the soldiers who had just arrived were moving things from the Special Logistics Department's warehouse. There were still some food and weapons stored here that those people urgently needed.
There were also many people lying on the ground resting.
A group of summoners had gathered together and were also exchanging information.
Xia Pingan and Staff Officer Guo chatted as they walked, and before they knew it, they had arrived at the airport lawn far away from the crowd.
Hearing Guo Wei say this with his own ears, Xia Pingan felt a little uncomfortable for a moment.
"Chairman Tang was sacrificed?"
Guo Wei nodded and said in a low voice, "When we evacuated that night, Chairman Tang wasn't the first to evacuate. Instead, he stayed behind to command the troops to cover the evacuation of the residents of Xinchuan City. His vehicle was hit by the artillery of the tank controlled by Mo Ling, and he was sacrificed on the spot …"
Xia Pingan felt a little suffocated in his heart. Up until now, the image of Tang Guofeng squatting on the grass in the stadium to tidy up the appearance of the soldiers who had died in battle kept appearing in his mind.
War was just that cruel!
Cities would fall one after another, ordinary people might die, and people with high positions might also be sacrificed. Apart from strength, identity and status could not be used as shields in front of bullets and artillery shells.
"Then … what's the situation of the 87th Legion now?" Xia Pingan finally asked after being silent for a long time.
"The troops of the 87th Legion have been scattered, and we have lost contact with the Supreme Military Management Committee. The Mo Ling wave that appeared that night didn't just appear in Xinchuan City, but all over the world. The military of all countries were caught off guard, because no one expected that so many Mo Ling would come out of the spatial rift. The wrong allocation of summoners caused an irreparable disaster and loss!"
"What about you guys? What's your situation now?"
Guo Wei smiled bitterly. "We've gathered some people now. Some of the soldiers of the 87th Legion who were separated, some of the fleeing citizens, and some of the summoners from the Demon Suppression Guards have slowly gathered near Yunwan Mountain. The 87th Legion has a base and ammunition depot at Yunwan Mountain. There are about 20,000 people gathered at Yunwan Mountain, and the number of soldiers and summoners is only about 3,000 …"
Xia Pingan knew about Yunwan Mountain. It was located in the southeast of Xinchuan City, more than 170 kilometers away from Xinchuan City. It was relatively remote, and there were several military farms nearby.
He didn't expect some people to gather there.
"What's your plan?"
"Actually, we don't have a plan yet!" Guo Wei shook his head. "After the 11th, the summoners of Yunwan Mountain recovered some of their strength, so everyone discussed sending a few teams to Xinchuan to check out the situation here before making a plan. Unexpectedly, after we arrived, we discovered a huge explosion in Xinchuan City. The magical creatures in the city were very chaotic, and there were even people fighting, so we joined in …"
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