Chapter 17: Precarious
A minute later......
In the continuous tremors and extremely shocking scenes of the earth's crust, Xie Cong, who had been squatting on the ground, finally straightened up.
The ground stopped shaking......
What appeared in front of everyone's eyes was a solid stone wall nearly 100 meters long, about two meters thick, and six meters high.
On the ground where the stone wall leans to the periphery, there are dense ravines that are bottomless and like spider webs.
"Okay......"
Xie Cong patted the dust on his hands and admired his masterpiece with satisfaction.
There was an indescribable look of exhaustion on his face......
Using his ability to summon this stone wall of nearly 100 meters out of thin air, it seemed to be quite easy, but in fact, he had almost reached the limit of his ability.
If he persists for a while, it is estimated that he may fall at any time.
Naturally, the bull and the others on the dock also found out about this situation......
However, this did not prevent them from being grateful and in awe of Xie Cong.
That's normal!
It only took more than ten seconds to complete the work of nearly 1,000 people in a day, which is still like a person who has nothing to do, then no one needs to live!
Take a short break......
When he regained a little strength, Xie Cong walked up to Manniu and patted his shoulder again, "Young man, I have already helped those who can help, I hope I can see you again tomorrow......"
Say it!
After ignoring the noise on the dock, leaving Mu Zhongyun and the remaining two people to count the list on the dock, Xie Cong and Storm took the speedboat and returned directly to the ship.
But after Xie Cong left for about ten minutes.
He sent three more speedboats to transport hundreds of guns and ammunition.
This made the survivors on the docks really excited......
With these guns and ammunition. Coupled with the city walls, it will undoubtedly be a lot safer tonight!
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This scene on the dock seems to be accidental.
Even Mu Zhongyun and others. I thought it was just a whim on Xie Cong's whim, so I stopped it.
But in reality?
Since Xia Jian made the decision to take in some people......
All the work after that is actually in preparation for screening who can be taken away and who must be eliminated.
That's right!
Xia Jian's shock!
Deliberately not to announce the conditions for the time being.
All this Xie Cong has done so far is actually paving the way for this purpose!
Incredible looking!
But that's just the way it is......
Want to use less than 100 people to control nearly 10,000 people?
It is also necessary to eliminate those who do not need it and prevent all kinds of accidents. and must be completed within forty-eight hours......
It's almost an impossible task, no matter who else comes.
At this time......
Whether there is ability or not, whether there is strength or not, let's not talk about it.
Xia Jian can do it. The first is to eliminate those unstable factors, if you are not careful, there will be a possibility of misfire at any time......
So......
To put it bluntly. It doesn't matter what your ability is. What Xia Jian needs are those who are easy to control!
And those who choose to stay on the dock undoubtedly meet this condition.
It's not 100% certain, but at least 90% or more.
Next......
Since the personnel are confirmed, they naturally can't be let hang up at night.
At this time, Xie Cong naturally had to get off the horse!
In addition to intimidating and giving hope to these people, we will help them as much as we can.
With the personalities of Xia Jian, Xie Cong, and Yasha, none of them is the kind of stupid person who puts himself in for the sake of these irrelevant people.
Of course......
All of the above. It wasn't Xia Jian's idea alone, but more he listened to Xie Cong and Yasha's opinions.
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Let's not talk about Xia Jian and Xie Cong. What are you thinking......
At least Xie Cong used up his mental power, and the stone wall he summoned was a great favor to these survivors on the dock at this time.
What was previously unfinished and the most dangerous lot has now become the safest.
All that's left is to patch up the other sporadic gaps a bit.
This gave everyone a lot of confidence that they would survive tonight safely......
"Brute?"
Manniu was all concerned, and at this time, he was still calm in the shock that Xie Cong gave him just now!
In a daze, he suddenly heard someone calling him.
I couldn't help but shudder, and when I looked around, I found that it was the old man who had been opening the way for himself before, calling himself.
"What's the matter?"
The brute bull looked at the old man suspiciously.
This old man gave a very good impression, called Mao Shaoqiu, a man in his fifties, still working outside, he was an old worker who was responsible for watching the site on the construction site before, and he used to be good to Manniu! Now the natural rewards are paying.
Mao Shaoqiu pointed not far away, "They told you to come over......
Following the direction he pointed, the bull saw a group of people, gathered.
Those people he knew......
Most of them are people with a certain amount of strength.
The number of people is about two hundred......
If the bull guessed correctly, they should have gone to discuss the defense at night.
……
Just when the brute bulls were discussing how to take turns defending at night.
Mao Shaoqiu had already come to the stone wall by himself......
Since he was old and couldn't do it anymore, thanks to the care of Baotou on the construction site, he looked at the materials on the construction site for several years.
The wages are a little less!
But it's easy......
Unlike those colleagues who went through the back door and got this job, Mao Shaoqiu knew how difficult his job was, and he was naturally conscientious, lest there be a little mistake.
Stop......
After several years of training, he didn't learn anything else, but he practiced a pair of fiery eyes.
Even if the moon is dark and the wind is high, there is no light at night. Without the help of a flashlight, Mao Shaoqiu could still see hundreds of meters away......
Wait until the end times......
The strength has not increased much, Mao Shaoqiu's ability to see at night. It has been further enhanced.
This is also a mutation that is not a mutation!
In short, even if he didn't have much strength, relying on these eyes alone, Mao Shaoqiu survived in the last days.
Many people on the dock know that Mao Shaoqiu has such a pair of fiery eyes.
Therefore, how did other people's work just begin to be assigned, and Mao Shaoqiu's tasks were arranged early. Nature is his old job, occupying the highest point and holding a telescope. Act as everyone's eyes!
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"Huh?"
Ten minutes later, Mao Shaoqiu faintly saw a stiff figure in the distance, coming out of the dark corner. Realizing what was about to happen, he immediately lifted the telescope that had been hanging around his neck. Take a closer look.
It's the Head Chaser......
It is about a little more than a thousand meters from the city wall.
"Attention everyone. It's out......"
Mao Shaoqiu immediately opened his throat and shouted to the crowd gathered below.
Soon......
The crowd that was still gathered together immediately dispersed and evenly distributed across the entire line of defense.
Wait until the preparations are complete......
"Old man......"
The brute bull went straight to the bottom of Mao Shaoqiu, "Where is it?" ”
"......"
Mao Shaoqiu pointed in the direction where he had just discovered the dark chaser.
Without saying a word, the brute bull immediately jumped off the six-meter-high stone wall, jumped over the dense ravine, and rushed straight towards the rising dark chaser.
In the division of labor just now. The Wild Bull has been assigned to the mobile group!
Very free to move......
There will be no one to command!
Of course, strong people like them. Others don't dare to command even if they want to!
Their main job is to eliminate as many lone dark seekers as possible around the docks. By doing so, you can avoid more Darkchasers and be attracted to them! It is also possible to reduce the pressure on the defense line as much as possible when the real dark chasers are coming.
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I have to say that the person who can make this arrangement does have some real skills!
That is, the contradictions of all strata are reconciled!
and to make the best possible rational use of all human resources......
The effect is obvious......
At least for the first few hours after nightfall, the entire line of defense was as steady as Mount Tai.
After experiencing the initial apprehension and worry, most people have lost the nervousness they had at the beginning and gradually calmed down.
Maybe that's how it will end tonight?
At a time when most people think so......
The survivors who had all gathered nervously on the city wall gradually withdrew most of them according to the previous arrangement, and only a third of the personnel remained on it, closely watching every corner where there might be a dark chaser, and clearing it as soon as possible.
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Of course......
If there are no accidents, the more than 2,000 people who remained on the dock may really spend their first night at the dock safely due to their thorough preparations.
But there can never be any ifs in this world!
Perhaps, from the time the four or five thousand people decided to leave the docks and take refuge in the city for a night, the result was already doomed.
How can such a large area as a port accommodate so many people!
There will inevitably be a conflict between people and those who chase the dark!
It's like going back to the day of apocalypse, the night the Darkchaser first appeared......
The turning point is about four hours after nightfall......
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At night, buildings loom in the night sky!
Like a bloodthirsty beast that hides in the darkness......
Mao Shaoqiu, who was on duty, found that on the top floor of a building on the left, a flash of fire suddenly flashed.
"Woo ......"
Immediately, a crisp gunshot rang out in the distance.
"Ah......h
Immediately after, a terrible scream resounded through the night sky!
"Alas......"
Mao Shaoqiu shook his head......
How many times has this same thing happened?
As early as a few hours ago, Mao Shaoqiu couldn't remember!
Sympathize? Or is it schadenfreude?
Mao Shaoqiu didn't know what kind of taste he was in his heart at this time!
Maybe there's a little bit of both......
Ever since nightfall, something like this. It's constantly being staged in the city!
At that time, the crisp gunshots that came from time to time were like firecrackers, constantly coming from all corners of the city!
But compared to these gunshots. The screams of despair and fear from the survivors before they died were more frequent!
These voices continued to stimulate Mao Shaoqiu's originally tough nerves!
And as time goes by, Mao Shaoqiu has also gotten from gloating about these people at the beginning to being so complicated now!
And Mao Shaoqiu is not alone in this situation. It's the general condition of the entire dock, all the survivors!
Of course......
Now that it is difficult to protect itself, no one is stupid enough to want to save those people!
That's not called saving people!
That's called death!
"Woo ......"
"Sudden ......"
However, just when Mao Shaoqiu was thinking nonsense. In the direction of the building just now, gunshots were heard again!
It's just that the place where the tongue of fire appeared this time has reached the bottom floor of the building!
And the gunfire is even more intense. There's even the distinctive sound of an automatic rifle......
"Is there anyone still alive?"
Look in the direction of that building. Mao Shaoqiu couldn't help but be a little curious......
From such dense gunfire and screams from time to time, Mao Shaoqiu was almost certain that there were definitely not a few people who were discovered by the dark chasers this time!
And those who can gather together on such a large scale are usually those survivor teams with a certain strength!
Driven by curiosity, Mao Shaoqiu once again raised the telescope hanging around his neck......
"Huh......"
However, when he really saw the specific situation under the building, Mao Shaoqiu was still surprised!
Dense gunshots, tongues of fire that kept flashing, and people kept flashing in the tongues of fire......
Mao Shaoqiu saw it clearly!
Underneath that building, it wasn't at all the kind of strength he had seen before. But a team with a limited number of people is a huge team with almost 1,000 people......
These people after leaving the dock. Why do you get together again?
Why would you hide so close to the docks?
Regarding these questions, Mao Shaoqiu may never have the opportunity to know the Tao!
But he knew that this team of nearly 1,000 people would definitely be unlucky!
And not bad luck in the general sense!
If there is no miracle, what awaits them is very likely to be the total annihilation!
In fact, the situation is also developing in the direction that Mao Shaoqiu expected!
The survivors, who have lost the protection of their bunkers and are completely exposed to the night, are like sheep thrown into a pack of hungry wolves!
The dark chasers, who were driven by the smell of blood without the power to fight back, rushed to share the food......
And as more and more people die, the smell of blood in the air becomes stronger and stronger, and it continues to attract more dark chasers, gathering from all sides of the city!
Then the fragile line of defense improvised by this group of survivors was quickly destroyed by the successive shadow chasers!
In front of these wolf-like shadow chasers, their rudimentary defense line is simply useless and vulnerable!
And then the disaster began!
The swarming Dark Chasers, roaring excitedly and violently, began their sumptuous flesh and blood dinner!
Thousands of survivors, in the face of the tsunami of the Dark Chaser tide, could not even raise a wave, just the blink of an eye, and they were completely annihilated!
Only a few lucky ones remained, and they survived by luck!
Running in all directions......
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Then, at this time, Mao Shaoqiu, who had fiery eyes, was suddenly attracted by a team of about ten people!
These more than 10 people were lucky enough to survive the horrific massacre just now!
Maybe it's fate!
In the process of escaping, they invariably chose the direction of the dock, and then converged again......
And behind them, there was naturally an overwhelming group of dark chasers who followed them......
"Bad ......"
Almost subconsciously, Mao Shaoqiu had a very bad feeling in his heart!
Having witnessed a massacre, he knew very well that once he brought these dozen or so people close to the dock and brought the shadow chasers who were following them to the dock, what awaited him would be the same fate as them......
Mao Shaoqiu, who felt the seriousness of the matter, immediately notified the people below of the situation......
However, the people on the dock are, after all, a temporary team composed of some survivors who didn't know each other!
Efficiency first!
The most important thing is that there is no unified command system that everyone can agree on!
But that's not the deadliest ......
Not uncommon people have witnessed the scene just now!
Again, not everyone knows what the consequences of letting those people go will be!
Someone wants to intercept them early!
And some people, after hours of suffering, feel sympathy for these people, and want to let them come with the thought that everyone is a compatriot and can help them!
Disagreements arise!
And in the crowd, there is no strong and powerful character who can suppress all the different voices!
So much so that when Mao Shaoqiu found out that the situation was wrong, he told Manniu about the scene he had just seen, and Manniu led a group of evolutionaries, regardless of the obstruction of some people, and wanted to intercept and kill those people halfway, but found that it was too late!
Those more than ten people, since they were able to escape from the desperate situation of certain death, how could they not have any ability!
In the face of the rain of bullets, they were forced to rush to within 100 meters of the dock, only to be unwillingly poured into a pool of blood, and then they were divided into bodies by the group of dark chasers who followed......
After those dark chasers finished eating the dozen or so people, they cast their blood-red gaze on the simple city wall a hundred meters away.
"Roaring ......"
Looking at the dense prey on the city wall, the group of dark chasers, let out a roar of excitement, and then launched a charge towards the city wall.
Disaster is inevitable!
Then, more groups of dark chasers followed, like locusts, and swooped down on the stone wall!
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Dense gunfire, gunfire in an instant.
The tongue of fire is swallowed, and the bullets rain down......
At this time, Mao Shaoqiu was extremely happy......
Glad they had reduced the area of their defenses, glad that they were on the docks, and that if the pursuers wanted to come over, they had to pass through a narrow passage, and that the men on the ship had sent these guns and ammunition in the evening.
And after discovering the situation here, another batch of ammunition was sent over......
But the killing has already begun......
If you don't wait for one side to be completely wiped out, and if you don't wait for the sun to rise again, it will definitely not end easily!
No amount of ammunition can withstand such a squander......
"Ah......h
A scream suddenly rang from the top of a large truck.
After stubbornly blocking these dark chasers under the city wall, in the past two hours, the first dark chaser broke through the already not very strong defense line.
"Kill ......"
Good thing they still have evolutionaries!
With the roar of the wild bull, more than 100 strong men, wielding weapons, launched a counter-charge against the dark chasers who rushed towards the city wall.
For a time, the battle entered a stalemate......
The situation is precarious......
……………………………………………… (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )