Du Jianan sat on the bed with an expressionless face. His eyes were dull.
It had been three days since he came to this city. He had changed from a high-spirited man to a middle-aged man.
In fact, the Order did not mistreat him at all. They even provided him with good wine and meat for three days. The convenient life and delicious food were several times better than what they had in the stronghold.
As a result, many of the people who came with him had a look of pleasure on their faces.
Du Jianan was a little cautious. He thought that this was a sugar-coated bullet from the Order. They wanted to make him submit and leak the information about the stronghold.
For this reason, he specially ordered his subordinates not to leak any information no matter what. Once he found out that someone had left the stronghold and betrayed the Grand Commander, he would not be merciful.
Everyone knew Du Jianan's temper and methods. In such a large stronghold, he was indeed the second-in-command. Some people even said that the Grand Commander was Du Jianan's biological son.
Du Jianan was now 49 years old. He was considered middle-aged. The Grand Commander was only in his twenties. Judging from the age, this information was not impossible.
After all, there was no such thing as an airtight wall in this world.
Whether it was the son or the husband, both of them had worked hard for the stronghold. The reason why they were still alive was because of the Grand Commander's protection.
No one was stupid enough to verify the authenticity of this information. Whether it was Du Jianan or the Grand Commander, once they tried to verify it, they would die.
No one would ignore Du Jianan's threat. He was famous in the stronghold for being a man of his word. Because of this, everyone who came to visit him had been very careful with their words and actions. They even skipped their daily communication. They were like a group of mutes. They were afraid that the information would be stolen and they would be beheaded.
However, to Du Jianan's chagrin, three days had passed, and all they did was wait. No one had come to steal the information they were seeking.
At this point, Du Jianan understood one thing. The information that he thought was important was nothing in the eyes of the Order.
That was why he and his people were left out. No, rather than being left out, it was better to say that the Order did not care about the so-called alliance.
In Du Jianan's eyes, the strength of Order was not something a stronghold could compare with in terms of population and prosperity.
Du Jianan sat alone in his room and couldn't help but exhale deeply. Even though he didn't want to admit that he was inferior, he had to recognize the truth. The two of them were not comparable at all.
Du Jianan looked at the Demonic Martial Cannons on the city wall. A few days ago, the Demonic Martial Cannons had been tested. Du Jianan saw with her own eyes that countless living, ferocious and terrifying beasts had been turned into a pile of minced meat and broken limbs under the bombardment of the cannons.
One thing to know was that among those wild beasts, there was no lack of ferocious beasts that even he was quite cautious of. If he were to fight against them, the chances of victory or defeat would be 50-50.
What was even more frightening was that from the beginning to the end, the warriors of Order didn't even make a single move to attack. They were just like a group of spectators, indifferent and expressionless as they watched the monsters die one by one.
At that moment, Du Jianan couldn't help but feel despair. The stronghold that he was so proud of was like an ant in front of him, not even worth mentioning.
Du Jianan had his own pride, but at this moment, his pride was completely lost, leaving only a belly full of helplessness.
He originally thought that the legendary Order was not much stronger than his stronghold. After all, when the apocalypse came, everything was destroyed, and they were able to establish their own territory on the original land. This was already considered a rare and commendable thing.
But when he really came here and saw everything, Du Jianan knew what it meant to be a frog in a well. The difference between them and the Order was not just a little bit.
It was an unimaginable gap.
This gap was like the difference between the sky and the earth. There was no comparison at all.
The stronghold was still under threat. He couldn't wait any longer!
Du Jianan suddenly stood up from the bed. At this time, his eyes were focused. Looking at him, it was obvious that he had made some kind of preparation.
Du Jianan was a businessman during peacetime, and he wasn't a simple businessman. Even within the national scope, he could be ranked in the top 500.
At this position, he could no longer be described as a businessman. Du Jianan was obviously a real entrepreneur. He was good at business, and naturally knew the rules and methods of negotiation.
His original intention was to let the Order speak first. What about himself? He pretended to be a representative of the stronghold who accidentally passed by. Both sides lived together in the apocalypse, so naturally they needed to support each other. In this case, Du Jianan would slowly reveal his fox tail. He would use the opportunity of visiting to bring back a large number of reinforcements. At that time, on one hand, he could solve the problem of the stronghold and save the people who were extremely important to him. On the other hand, he wouldn't be looked down upon by the Order. After all, all this happened inadvertently.
Although Du Jianan used a threatening tone to deal with his subordinates to prevent them from leaking the secret, this matter was originally a secret. Everyone who came here could pass the test. They were the commander, and also a group of people that Du Jianan was incomparably assured of.
There was an extremely heavy pressure on their shoulders. Except for a small number of people who had obvious signs of corrosion, most of them were obviously burning with anxiety. If it wasn't for Du Jianan's prestige here, they would have already told the Order's higher-ups directly.
Du Jianan couldn't wait any longer. If this continued, even if he really managed to get reinforcements back, when he returned to the stronghold, perhaps only a piece of wasteland would be left behind.
During this period, the Order had always been perfunctory, saying that the real leader hadn't returned yet and couldn't make an effective discussion. However, Du Jianan knew that no matter if it was Xu Zhe or Lu Wei, they had some privileges when they went out.
I can't pretend anymore!
Although he knew that he would be looked down upon by the other party, and even have an even more negative impact, Du Jianan warned himself that for such an important matter, he had to at least try!
If this continued, the stronghold would truly fall into the realm of eternal damnation.
Thinking until here, Du Jianan didn't care about his face anymore. He said to his confidant outside the door, "Go and explain the situation to the acting mayor. Tell him that I want to meet the other party."
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The sky was still overcast, as if it was covered by a thick curtain. Countless tiny white dots drifted with the wind as if they wanted to fill up the entire world.
The weather in the apocalypse was very abnormal. Originally, there was still a long time before the real winter, but today, for some unknown reason, it suddenly snowed like goose feathers.
Even though it wasn't night yet, the entire camp fell into silence.
The soldiers who had been on guard for the whole day had already fallen asleep. No matter if it was ordinary people or professionals, there was no exception.
Devil Town.
The name sounded a little scary, but this was still a human stronghold. Du Jianan and the others came from here.
This place was only one-fifth the size of Order, with a population of hundreds of thousands. Originally, they relied on planting and raising monsters to barely survive. Although it wasn't as prosperous as Order, the situation of starvation had decreased by a lot.
But just when everyone thought that good days would finally come, two weeks ago, a dimensional crack suddenly opened in the surroundings.
The dimensional crack opened, and a group of ferocious and terrifying monsters appeared. They were like half-orcs, with extremely ugly faces and strong muscles. Even if a bronze-ranked professional went head-to-head with them, they still wouldn't have a good ending.
Those monsters crawled out of the dimensional crack, and unlike other cracks, they didn't close in a short period of time. That crack opened for a full three days before it completely disappeared.
In three days, the monsters that were originally scattered had now numbered in the tens of thousands. Looking at them from afar, they were like a black wave, causing fear in people's hearts.
Devil Town also tried to launch an attack in an attempt to destroy the dimensional door, but every attack ended in failure. The strength and unity of those monsters undoubtedly made the people in Devil Town feel a trace of fear.
Although they didn't want to admit it, if they really fought, Devil Town was no match for the monsters. The monsters destroyed most of the fields and ate all the wild beasts and insects scattered around.
Under such influence, even if Devil Town had some stored food, the people were still in a state of panic, and an aura of fear pervaded the streets.
Everyone knew one thing, and that was that the so-called city walls couldn't stop these monsters. Du Jianan couldn't, and neither could the chief commander.
Earth lay on his bed, his mind occupied by some bad premonitions. He tried many ways to distract himself, but in the end, they all ended in failure.
Moreover, even if he really did enter the dreamscape, he would dream of unimaginable and terrifying scenes, and all the people he was familiar with would die in the dreamscape.
This feeling of confusion caused him to become haggard, and even if he went to bed early, he would only be able to fall asleep at three or four in the morning. Even then, his short sleep would be filled with one nightmare after another, and the slightest noise would wake him up.
Earth lay on his side, a furry tail scattered to the side. He was a werewolf, but compared to the violent personality of the average werewolf, Earth was an anomaly. Even after seeing Full Moon transform, he could still remember his teammates, and wouldn't lose his composure and attack anyone.
Earth had sharp hearing, so he took on the role of an inspector in the camp. During this period, his workload was very heavy, and sometimes he would even work around the clock without any time to rest.
Today, there was finally someone to take over his shift, so Earth could rest early and replenish his body. However, because of the chaotic thoughts in his mind, he couldn't fall asleep at all.
He had to go out for a walk, and only then could he calm down some of the pressure in his heart.
Earth liked a girl, and the other party was an ordinary human who did some trivial things on a daily basis. They met on the street, and at that time, the girl was surrounded by a few thugs, and her path was blocked.
In the old-fashioned hero saving the damsel in distress, Earth relied on his own terrifying strength to successfully repel the thugs, and thus rescued the girl.
Just like in many plots, Earth and the girl fell in love, and he wanted to give her a stable home, even if she gave birth to a wolf cub, he would feel at ease and wouldn't feel uncomfortable at all.
For this reason, Earth even quit his job as an inspector, and his goal was to find a relatively easy life in this stronghold as a professional.
Devil Town was not as good as Order, and there were too many forces entrenched here, and the hooligans at the bottom didn't have the guts to bare their fangs and brandish their claws at professionals, but that didn't mean that they wouldn't bully the weak humans.
This was a very common thing in Devil Town.
The girl thanked Earth. If it weren't for him, she didn't know what kind of terrible things she would have experienced that night.
However, things didn't go according to man's wishes. Just as Earth was ready to settle down, the sudden arrival of the monsters ruined his plan.
As an excellent warrior, Earth was specially recruited, and there was no possibility of rejecting such a situation. It was precisely because of this that Earth returned to the battlefield.
After coming here, Earth realized how powerful the monsters he had to face were. If it weren't for his extraordinary strength, he would have been dragged away by the monsters several times.
Earth resented those monsters, because it was because of these guys that his plans were ruined.
Of course, Earth's favorite thing to do was to occasionally look at his wife's photos.
This would let his tired body relax a little.
Earth stood in the snow, his gaze fixed on a certain point, and no one knew what was in his mind.
"Whoosh!"
However, just as he was about to return to his hometown, he felt that his surroundings had suddenly changed, and he felt that the world was spinning. When he came back to his senses, he found that there was a deep pit in the ground in front of him.
That deep pit seemed to have been hit by a cannon. Not only that, but the surrounding ground had also been severely corroded. It could be said that without the blessing of a legendary angel, there was no possibility of building on this land.
After that, several similar explosions came from the direction of the camp, completely breaking the silence of the night.
This was … an attack!
Earth seemed to have a premonition, but just as he was about to go back and tell his teammates, a series of explosions had already sounded, and then directly hit the camp not far away.
At this moment, Earth's eyes shrank into a thin line. He saw something. The camp he lived in was like a piece of melted chocolate under this terrifying attack, directly turning into a pool.
Mixed in were some blankets, stone bricks, and human remains.
Earth took a deep breath. At this moment, he really didn't know what to say.
Sorrow surged from the bottom of his heart. In that stronghold, there were his teacher, his friends, and his comrades, but he had quietly melted.
Everyone was dead. In the huge camp, only he was still alive.
Earth couldn't believe his eyes at all. If it weren't for the fact that he could still hear enough explosions in his ears, he would have suspected that he was still asleep and that everything here was a dream.
But Earth wasn't stupid. He knew that he wouldn't be so awake in his sleep. Therefore, those monsters outside the city still came after all!
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