The countless Experimentals in the forest were shuttling back and forth in the shadows like a swarm of spiders. Even an experienced warrior like Xu Man turned pale with fright.
Xu Man, who knew what was going on, immediately understood that "Xu Xianchu" must have happened to run into the nest where the Experimentals were currently living in when he was escaping. That was why all the Experimentals had been attracted here.
Those who did not know what was going on might even think that Ren Xiaosu had called for reinforcements to take revenge on him!
However, Xu Man was even more certain of "Xu Xianchu's" identity. After all, Liu Bu had said that Xu Xianchu had once used his shadow clone to carry him as he advanced.
To be honest, Ren Xiaosu did not expect that Liu Bu would accidentally help him conceal his identity and even selflessly sacrifice his life for it.
The Experimentals were chasing after Ren Xiaosu in a frenzy. They were all drooling as they crawled forward.
When Xu Man saw this, he immediately shouted on the radio, "Attention from the direction of the city, set up a defensive line!"
The Kyung Clan Consortium had a lot of people in the forest, several hundred of them. But it seemed like there were even more Experimentals than they were!
But Xu Man had actually given priority to informing the city to set up a defensive line instead of giving the order to retreat.
Xu Man said on the radio, "Everyone present, immediately form up into squads and defend and fire in order to buy time for the city!"
As Ren Xiaosu ran wildly, he watched from afar as the Kyung Clan Consortium's platoons stopped in their tracks at the same time. Then they started firing from a half-kneeling position. Without any fortifications to rely on, they had actually built one with their bare bodies.
Ren Xiaosu's speed was much faster than the Experimentals when he was on the shadow clone's back. So when the Kyung Clan Consortium opened fire, he had already successfully deviated from his original trajectory and avoided the Kyung Clan Consortium's firing path.
However, Ren Xiaosu was also shocked. Could this be the difference between the consortium's combat personnel and the private troops? These consortium soldiers were actually willing to sacrifice their own lives and safety to buy time for their comrades behind them!
How did the young man in the white suit manage to lead such a troop?
In fact, Ren Xiaosu had overestimated the consortium's troops. In other words, Qing Zhen's soldiers had given Ren Xiaosu the illusion that the consortium's soldiers were very united and powerful. In fact, Qing Zhen's soldiers were also the cream of the crop in the consortium's circle.
Xu Man was a warrior with a lot of combat experience, but that did not mean that he was not afraid of death.
One of the most important qualities in combat was to be able to assess the situation and accurately judge the situation!
He knew very well that if he stayed to buy time for the city, he would definitely die. However, if he retreated, his comrades in the city behind him would definitely die without sufficient preparation.
Qing Zhen had already ordered the army to build fortifications, such as simple blockhouses and fences. These were all necessary.
But Xu Man knew very well that they had wrongly estimated the number of Experimentals in the Jing Mountains. According to the intelligence, there should only be less than a hundred Experimentals in the Jing Mountains.
Back then, there were only 87 living specimens in the Pyro Company's Experimentals!
Could it be that the Pyro Company had deliberately leaked the wrong information in an attempt to kill Qing Zhen after they could not get past the Kyung Clan and restart the research lab? As a matter of fact, Qing Zhen had killed quite a few of the Pyro Company's members over the past two years.
Of course, Qing Zhen was not a fool. He had brought several times more people here than he had originally planned, so Qing Zhen would not die here.
Xu Man was not worried about Qing Zhen's safety. What he was worried about was Stronghold 112's brigade getting severely damaged.
At this moment, Xu Man's radio channel was open to the entire region. As such, he could hear Qing Zhen's calm voice in his helmet. "Save them and slowly retreat to the edge of the city. I've already made preparations."
Xu Man heaved a sigh of relief. He shouted on the regional radio, "Hold the line! Reinforcements are almost here!"
As long as they held the line long enough, they would not die. At the very least, most of them would not die.
If it were the big shots of the other consortiums, their first reaction would probably be to give up on their lone army.
Ren Xiaosu had taken advantage of the chaos to circle around the Kyung Clan's territory. His shadow clone was running all the way south. Ren Xiaosu had thought it would be safer to travel north, but who knew it would be even more dangerous there?
When the Kyung Clan came to the Jing Mountains, they had deliberately avoided the volcanic area because it was impossible to guard against the poisonous gas there. As such, the volcanic area became the only place that the Kyung Clan did not sweep through. But who would have thought the Experimentals would be hiding near the volcanoes?
However, these Experimentals were not provoked by Ren Xiaosu. He had suddenly encountered them on his way here. These hundreds of Experimentals were clearly planning to launch a surprise attack on all the humans in the Jing Mountains!
Ren Xiaosu could not tell what had attracted them. Or was it the precursor to the volcanic eruption that had awakened them?
Ren Xiaosu could not care less. Even if he had to face the face bugs or the wolf pack, it would still be better than facing the Kyung Clan and the Experimentals!
He could still take on four of them, but if he encountered a few hundred of them, he would really be helpless! If it were not for the fact that his shadow clone could carry him on its back and escape, Ren Xiaosu would probably have sprawled on the ground and pretended that he was also an Experimental. What if the other party's intelligence was lowered and they believed him?
Ren Xiaosu thought to himself, 'Why are there so many Experimentals here? It's obvious that Xu Man did not expect there to be so many of them. Could it be that they've been able to continue reproducing over the years? Could those Experimentals without chains on their arms have been born later?'
It was not that Ren Xiaosu's imagination ran wild, but that he could not understand. These Experimentals did not have much entertainment in the deep mountains and forests. Other than giving birth, what else could they do?
When he killed the four Experimentals, Ren Xiaosu was filled with pride and felt invincible. But in less than half an hour, his pride was ruthlessly shattered by reality.
Ren Xiaosu thought, "I'm invincible!"
Reality: "No, you're not."
The entire Kyung Clan Consortium's combat troops were heading north to rescue Xu Man and the others.
Meanwhile, Ren Xiaosu took advantage of this opportunity to flee south. That was the route he had taken to return to Stronghold 113.
Yang Xiaojin and Luo Xinyu were nowhere to be found, while Xu Xianchu leisurely left the Jing Mountains on another route.
This adventure was actually more like a farce. However, it revealed the real world to Ren Xiaosu.
Currently, he only knew about the Pyro Company and the Kyung Clan Consortium. But there were still many other consortiums and strongholds in this world, and the world was much larger than he had imagined.
While Ren Xiaosu was fleeing for his life, he suddenly heard another tremor coming from the volcano behind him. This time, even the ground started trembling.
Lava erupted from the crater of the volcano and rose into the sky like fireworks. When the lava came into contact with the cold air in the air, it quickly condensed into hot rocks. Following that, it was as though a meteor shower had started raining down in the vicinity. A large swath of the forest was engulfed in a sea of fire!
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