So the two of them watched Teng Anhui stumble away, and his figure disappeared into the dust mist that had not dissipated in the distance. It was a long time before the middle-aged man reappeared in their field of vision.

This time he used to walk. The steps are extremely fast, and occasionally stumble.

Bai Xiaodang couldn't help but look at his face as he approached. But Teng Anhui's face was calm, only the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed down, as if he was trying to suppress something.

Hawkeye couldn't help but ask, "What did you hear?" ”

Teng Anhui glanced at them, stopped and asked, "Have you seen all the things in the city before?" ”

Bai Xiaodang nodded slightly.

"Okay." He said in a solemn voice, "Then you stay here and don't leave." ”

He took a few steps forward and turned his head again: "Everyone should know about his affairs." ”

Bai Xiaodang couldn't help but ask again: "What did you hear?" ”

But this time, Teng Anhui did not stop, but quickly walked in front of the officer in the distance and said a few words. The other party hesitated for a moment and led the team to leave quickly.

Teng Anhui stood still and didn't move, but his shoulders drooped down suddenly, as if he had aged more than ten years in an instant. Then he turned and walked slowly to the two of them and lit a cigarette.

After taking a deep breath, he asked, "How far was the influence of that thing before?" ”

His gaze was deep and stern, and for a while, Bai Xiaodang couldn't think of anything else, and subconsciously replied: "There were still people in front of him who were affected. According to a rough estimate, it is about more than 40 kilometers. ”

Teng Anhui pondered for a moment. Nodding: "That's enough." ”

"What's enough?" Hawkeye asked.

Teng Anhui paced a few steps in place, forcing himself to grin slightly: "Heavy artillery." ”

"Before, he said he wanted long-range weapon support, but now the electronics are gone. However, there are still 90 150mm cannons left over from World War II in local military warehouses in the Philippines, which can shoot 38 kilometers. That thing was already dying, and it couldn't affect that far. Teng Anhui put the half-smoked cigarette on the ground and carefully extinguished it with his toes, "Artillery fire will not be less powerful than missiles." ”

Bai Xiaodang jumped up suddenly: "What did you say?!" Is that thing alive? How do you know about it?! ”

Teng Anhui looked at him: "Li Zhen told me." ”

"He's still alive too?" Bai Xiaodang turned his head to look at the ruins of the city, "Go save him!" ”

She said, turning to leave. But Teng Anhui grabbed her. Staring into her eyes with burning eyes: "The species is dying." But it's not something that we or ordinary people can come close to. Ordinary people will be alienated when they enter the city, but those of us who are capable will not be alienated, but we are not its opponents yet. So ......"

There was a crisp sound of "pop". Bai Xiaodang raised his hand and slapped Teng Anhui's cheek: "You are a bastard!" He trusts you so much, you're going to kill him with a cannon swarm now?! ”

Teng Anhui's face soon appeared with bright red palm prints. But he still stared at Bai Xiaodang and held her hand tightly: "I also want him to live." But. Species are recovering. He had no strength. ”

Hawkeye stepped forward in silence. grabbed Bai Xiaodang's other hand: "You calm down." I think it's ......"

"That's what he meant." Teng Anhui looked at Zamboanga City in a daze. Take a deep breath, as if using all the strength of your body: "You ask me what he said." ”

"What he said was, shoot at me."

Bai Xiaodang stood stunned for a while. Slowly release your hand and lower your eyes.

Then she asked again in a faint but clear voice, "What else did he say?" ”

"That's all there is to it."

The silence lasted for a long time.

The ashes fell in a flutter, and soon the ground was white. The heavy clouds faded away, and there was a rumbling sound on the horizon.

Heavy artillery group. The electronics failed, the army dragged steam locomotives out of museums, and modified some large machinery, powered by coal and diesel. The strangely shaped vehicle dragged more than 90 guns behind it, and the sound was comparable to that of an entire cluster of heavy armor.

Tall columns of black smoke floated up in groups, as if they had traveled through a steampunk movie.

Teng Anhui greeted him in silence and talked with the commander who led the team for about five minutes.

Then the convoy continued to move forward, and Bai Xiaodang saw Teng Anhui standing straight by the door of a traction locomotive, slightly shy, and looking straight ahead with an expressionless face. It was a bit funny, but she couldn't laugh anyway.

In fact, Teng Anhui did not say in detail. They saw other types of artillery in the passing convoy, including a long railgun with a Nazi anti-swastika on it. I don't know how the soldiers dismantled it and put it on a strange truck that was spewing billowing smoke.

This convoy is like an exhibition of human heavy weapons in the old era, but Bai Xiaodang felt a solemn and tragic emotion from everyone's solemn faces-

They are going to use these old and outdated weapons to deliver the last blow to the species.

and destroy with that person.

She felt that she could no longer bear the deep grief, and hid her face and began to weep silently.

Half an hour later, the shaking of the earth stopped.

Bai Xiaodang sat in place with his eyes closed, but Eagle Eye couldn't help but turn his head to look into the distance.

Long-range artillery of various types, towed by locomotives, is lining up.

It seemed like an improvised vanguard – the garrison near Manila couldn't have come so quickly. Among them were some very old, old-fashioned veterans in uniforms, who seemed to be operating these long-forgotten weapons. But these people showed good military qualities, and it took only an hour to set up an artillery position.

The muzzle of the cannon slowly rose and was aimed at the city of Zamboanga.

Hawkeye narrowed slightly—he thought he was delusional.

But then I realized that it was not a delusion. A faint point of light lit up somewhere in the downtown area. It kept beating and flickering, as if it was about to go out in the next moment. However, the light source held on tenaciously until there was a muffled thunderous roar between heaven and earth, and the first wave of artillery fire rang out.

The front line was filled with smoke, but the shells did not fall accurately.

Most of them shot far or close, and only three shots accurately hit the light source.

After a burst of fire and smoke......

The glimmer flickered feebly again.

Hawkeye pursed her lips.

In fact, after he had been a peripheral member of Kuaifeng for more than ten years, he thought that it would be difficult for him to have the emotions he has now.

But now he feels that he has become a little weak, and even like Bai Xiaodang, he doesn't want to watch it anymore.

However, a certain force drove him to force his eyes to widen, and imprinted this scene deeply in his mind.

He recalled Teng Anhui's words.

"They should know these things."

So he felt the need to see these things with his own eyes, and then spend the rest of his time stating them to many people until he ......

They all know these things.

The heavy artillery group roared again.

Dense shells set off waves of dirt in the city, and the species were silent from beginning to end. Perhaps, as the man said, it is powerless to resist.

The shelling lasted two hours and lasted nineteen rounds. Heavy smoke rose from the sky above the position, almost obscuring their figures.

In fact, after the second salvo, the dim light never appeared again.

Hawkeye bit her lip and stood tall like a javelin, seeing the men on the line after the shelling had stopped and the smoke had cleared.

At first, Teng Anhui took off his hat, slowly raised his hand, and saluted a military salute to the far away city.

Then more people stood in solemnity, took off their hats, and saluted.

So Eagle Eye looked at Bai Xiaodang who was turning around beside him, and slowly raised his hand and performed a military salute that was not very standard.

They stood for a long time in the desolate wilderness, facing the ruins, until the first drop of rain fell.

Because of the total failure of electronic equipment, many people are unclear about what is happening on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

The flagship of the Imperial Pacific Fleet, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "General Zhenguo", was sunk, and the Pacific Fleet was completely destroyed.

The whole of Mexico fell.

The U.S. Southern Wall was destroyed by mutated creatures, and thirteen states fell.

Venezuela and Colombia fell in Latin America and South America.

The color of the aurora in the sky gradually dimmed, slowly changing from intense incandescent to red incandescent color. This process lasted for two days and then stopped.

It didn't disappear as quickly as one might think it was the first time.

In many later sources, this period is referred to as "Scarlet Twilight".

When Bai Xiaodang and Teng Anhui sat on a rickety steam locomotive to evacuate Zamboanga, she asked Teng Anhui, "What kind of person was he in the past?" ”

Teng Anhui thought for a long, long time, and then narrowed his eyes: "He is a young man who is less than twenty years old. Like us, there are fathers and mothers. It is said that he also has a girlfriend. ”

"He's a very stern officer, but sometimes he's mild."

"I used to hear some news from China that he was stupid and stubborn."

"He is indeed very bold, he killed the kind of Chiyou, and it is said that he also burned half of the conference room in the South China Sea."

"But I think he's a very simple person. I think I ...... other than a sir, a king, a wanted criminal," he closed his eyes and smiled softly, "he's a good guy. ”

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The third volume is over. Whether the protagonist is dead or not, I don't think I need to explain.

Thank you for your monthly passes, recommendations, and tips. I made it into the top 100 today, so I'm very happy.

Maybe some people will find the transition after that not so exciting, but things always have ups and downs, and there can be no gripping conflict without plain foreshadowing.

Tomorrow will start with the fourth volume, or ten thousand more. (To be continued.) )