A thick gray-green fog is creeping closer.

Looking at the nearby walls and machine-gun positions, the pupils lurking in the darkness gradually refracted a scarlet light.

It's six o'clock, Qingquan City has just fallen into the night, and the temperature is not too cold.

The night is the best cover for the spore clouds that fill the air, as well as the fruiting bodies that lurk in the underground passages.

The wind had barely blew that night, and the visibility of the streets in the northern suburbs had dropped to less than fifty meters in the silence.

Looking at her children, Thea was in a smug mood.

The only pity is that the humans cut off the branches of the underground tunnels in the northern suburbs, otherwise it could have infiltrated the fruiting bodies into their rear and then suddenly attacked.

Planning could have been perfected.....

"Come on, boys."

Looking down on the bloodthirsty souls with her invisible eyes, Thea, who stood on the scarlet fungus carpet, let out a silent cry.

"Turn them into life-giving nourishment—"

"Devour them!"

"Roar!"

The loud roar completely tore apart the silence of the night, and the xenos who suddenly rushed towards the defense line were like a torrential rainstorm, and the murderous aura that rushed to their faces almost made everyone pause their breathing.

Long tongues of fire erupted from the huge walls that towered like dams, and the noisy cannonballs made tracks in the fog and landed on the ruined streets.

The surging hordes of fruiting bodies fell one by one, but soon the fruiting bodies behind them rushed forward one after the other.

The flames of the explosions were like stones crashing into the waves, and they couldn't make the slightest wave in the waves.

Less than a kilometer of defense from Boulder.

Looking at the surging waves, the faces of the soldiers holding assault rifles in their hands involuntarily rose with panic.

They were all soldiers of the correctional battalion.

At the same time, he was also a criminal who was caught in the strike hard a year ago.

For the wave, they who have lived at the foot of the giant wall are not unfamiliar.

However, when it comes to the real face of the wave, even the most

The most vicious criminals also feel the fear that goes deep into their bones uncontrollably.

The usually dull-headed eater is like a drug.

Even the weakest fruiting entity turned into a ferocious beast at this moment, and coalesced into a whole under the traction of the hive consciousness.

It's an existence that even the Claws of Death can't avoid, and there's no single xenomorph in the wasteland that is a match for these guys.

They will devour everything they see!

Tear the prey apart, chew it, devour it—

Until every inch of flesh and blood of the prey is integrated into this huge hive, completely becoming a part of that terrifying consciousness body.

"Damn, how many of them are there?!" Looking at the fruiting entities that were disappearing and filling in the vacancies under fire, one prisoner couldn't help but let out a cry of fear.

"The god of the bighorn deer is above."

Squatting behind a nearby bunker, another prisoner couldn't help but muttered prayers, trying to overcome his panic by invoking the name of the bighorn deer god.

And not far from him, a strong man with a shaved head was glancing back from time to time, his eyes constantly alternating fierceness and panic.

If it weren't for the Overseer's machine gun in the back of their heads, he wouldn't have hesitated to run away, as far as he could!

There were only 100 people in one position, and each team of 100 was responsible for one street.

In front of them were the tide of slime molds, and behind them were the positions of the militia regiments. If they fell, those men would not hesitate to drop artillery fire on their heads.

As the commander of these prisoners, Bit's eyes were full of struggle.

This is their only chance to be free—only to prove their loyalty with blood.

to be human again!

At the moment when the artillery fire stopped, one

Only the Eater was already on the verge of machine-gun fire, and he pulled the trigger and let out a terrified roar at the same time.

"Ahhh!!h

The tide has made contact with the position of Boulder City, and the position of the alliance is still quiet for the time being.

But almost everyone can feel the undercurrent that lurks beneath the silence.

The three fungus devouring death claws moved along the edge of the building, carrying dozens of slime mold-infested monsters, approaching the edge of the No. 3 position of the Alliance's No. 06 defense zone under the cover of night and gray fog, interspersed with the No. 4 position in the middle of the defensive line.

The human brood is right in front of their eyes!

The pair of amber pupils were imprinted with a thirst for blood, and they could almost see the noise coming from the building

of the building.

However, just as they bared their fangs, orange-red fires suddenly rose into the sky, lighting up the streets near Position 3 into daylight.

The three fungus devouring death claws and dozens of fungus eaters were instantly exposed to the light of the flares, and at the same time, two flat 20 quadruple anti-aircraft guns were already aimed at them. Looking at the sneaky approaching group, Kakarot, who was lying next to the window of the abandoned building, yelled excitedly. "Fire!"

Thick trail rays of light were like catkins blown away, carrying a devastating hurricane and blowing towards the dozens of xenos standing on the street.

There was no time to react, and the three fungus devouring death claws let out a painful roar in the rain of bullets, and they wanted to escape from the street with their tails.

However, the Storm Legion, which had been waiting for a long time, certainly wouldn't let them succeed.

The players crouching in the windows of the building had already set up their 37 heavy rifles and pulled the trigger at the same time as the anti-aircraft guns fired.

"Bang-!"

One of the fungi-devouring deathclaws was instantly shot out of the skull, and the chests and shoulders of the other two fungal devouring deathclaws burst into a bloody mist.

Although the new spores have a strong fire extinguishing effect, they are combined

According to the recommendations of the Institute of Biology, the League had already replaced the core of the armor-piercing incendiary bomb with an incendiary agent based on magnesium.

The high concentration of carbon dioxide does not have a flame retardant effect, but acts like an accelerant, making the white light inserted in the body of the bacteriophic death claw burn brighter and brighter!

A roar of pain echoed through the streets where bullets rained down, and Thea sent the first wave of elite monsters to take the lead, and they were instantly wiped out by the Storm Corps.

"I don't think this mother's micro-manipulation technique is very good."

Looking at the smoke of the cannon barrel, the ghost hunter lying behind the window laughed, and replaced the 37 heavy cavalry gun in his hand with a new magazine.

The voice of Brother Kakarot could be heard in the communication channel.

"Don't let your guard down, it's just the beginning, and there's still a group waiting for you!"

The grave ghost hunted smiled and replied casually.

"Don't worry, it's a steady batch!"

Dozens of elite monsters were wiped out in an instant, and the Storm Corps completely stunned the vanguard of the wave that rushed to the alliance position.

On a scarlet fungus carpet, Thea, who could no longer perceive those assimilated fruiting entities, was stunned on the spot.

Unlike normal fruiting bodies, the fruiting bodies formed by the assimilation of slime molds cannot be produced in the hatchery, but can only be captured from the wasteland by its fruiting bodies and transformed by it.

And Deathclaw, as a creature that almost stands at the top of the food chain, is almost ten or even dozens of times more difficult to capture than xenomorphs such as youkai and myriapods!

It had intended to tear a gap in the Alliance's defenses, and send a large force to flood the humans.

However, the cunning humans saw through its plans!

After a brief moment of stunned, Thea, who was stunned on the fungus carpet, let out a terrible howl, and the cells in her body trembled in the anger.

But that's it-

The reaction of those people just shows that its guess is correct!

They do have some kind of brood that dominates their consciousness.

And that "brood" is really important to them!

Otherwise, they would not have been able to deploy so many defenses in front of that noisy concrete block when their kind were under such heavy attack.

It opened its mouth, restless spores transmitting its silent rage.

At the same time, under the pull of that rage, the fruiting entities lurking near the Alliance's 06 position also burned with boiling battle intent.

One by one, the gnawers poured out from the entrances and exits of the subway station, with

At the same time, on the edge of the North Second Ring Road, more and more higher fruiting bodies began to gather.

Among them are creepers crawling along the walls of buildings, as well as tyrants with heavy armor.

The northern suburbs of Qingquan City, which was originally as quiet as a lake, boiled in an instant with the dense emergence of these fruiting bodies.

At the same time, it was not only the slime molds in Qingquan City that were boiling, but also the radio channels of the alliance.

"A large number of fruiting bodies are pouring out of the underground passages!"

"The number is expected to be more than one million!"

"Mommy...... Have all the xenos in the city escaped?!"

"Haha, just in time!"

"The fruiting bodies near Sector 06 are forming a phalanx, and there has been an exchange of fire at positions 1, 2, and 3!"

"Let the Death Corps turn around at once! Act as planned! 「

"Roger!"

At the same time, on the No. 4 position of the No. 6 Defense Zone, looking at the fruiting entities that kept emerging on the street, the face of the ghost hunting that was laughing at the grave a second ago changed instantly.

Seeing that a tyrant rushed up and was about to knock their bunkers piled up in the street into the air, he immediately pulled the trigger and fired a 37 armor-piercing incendiary bomb.

Bright white sparks pierced the tyrant's body in an instant, but it didn't stop its movements.

Until he added two more shots, the hideous body

before he collapsed into the black mud.

However, the tyrant was only an inconspicuous one in the wave.

Countless fruiting bodies surged across its corpse like a tidal wave, surging toward the position beneath him, swooping down against the tumultuous tracer.

The grave's ghost-hunting index finger was almost glued to the trigger, and there was no time to let go.

One box of magazines was empty, and he immediately replaced another one, and the barrel of the gun was hot and red.

Looking at the more and more fruiting bodies on the street, he couldn't help but curse.

"I wipe ...... Are these guys in a hurry?"

Pieces of flesh dragging green smoke fell near the position, and a corrosive acid mist quickly rose.

The grave ghost immediately put on a gas mask, cursed in his mouth, endured the itching of the neck stalk, picked up the 37 heavy cavalry guns and continued to fire.

In fact, he really got it right. Thea was indeed a little anxious.

On the one hand, it was determined that the brood behind that line of defense must be the weakness of humans to the north. On the other hand, the Alliance's firepower was really beyond its expectations.

The swarthy windows spewed tongues of fire, and the cannonballs that fell from the sky harvested its children.

Its power can extinguish the flames, but it can't stop them

The explosion of the shell.

And that's not all-

The humans seem to have figured out what it's capable of, and they've cleverly used the alternate firing pattern.

That is, a spore vacuum zone was blown up with a shell, and then an incendiary bomb was thrown, and the shell was used to cover the advance of the fire.

Although it was able to extinguish the flames eventually, it still did not prevent large swaths of fruiting bodies and their corpses from being charred by the flames.

Fresh lives quickly faded away in the flying and jumping sparks, but the Alliance's defense line had not yet shown a trace of weakness-

In that endless death, it can feel the compassion of the children!

As if to see its hesitation in the face of death, its mother, who was watching it from behind, let out a majestic exclamation.

"Don't hesitate—"

"That will only lead to more deaths!"

"As long as we can make them a part of our body, it's not worth the price.

"This is our fate!"

Compared to the fruiting entities that died in the wave in previous years, this casualty is really nothing.

Feeling the majesty of her mother, Thea's momentary hesitation vanished, and was replaced by madness and bloodlust again.

At its urging, almost a moment's effort, surging

The wave rushed through the blockade of the fire net.

A large number of devourers poured to the bottom of the building, engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the players crouched on the first floor.

Seeing that his children had rushed to the Alliance's position, the spore cloud floating beside Thea finally showed a hint of relief.

However, the relief did not last long.

The group of humans did not run away with their tails between their legs, but instead broke out with a stronger fighting spirit in the hand-to-hand combat.

It suddenly remembered that it should have realized that these people were different from those who lived in the walls.

Under the command of the hive consciousness, they have no fear of death at all, and they do not care at all about the wave that swells in front of them.

It's as if it's not a man-eating monster that rushes into their faces, but a walking experience pack—

"Brothers! Copy the guy!"

"Fight with them!!"

"Whoa!"

Led by a squad leader, a dozen exoskeleton-clad power-based players charged towards the slime molds that rushed up the steps, forming a moving wall of steel hanging from their chests.

I saw a ruthless man carrying a whining and spinning chainsaw in his hand, howling and rushing into the raging tide to swing and slash, each swing was a bloody rain of blood.

Covered in black blood, the guy standing on top of the pile of corpses let out a weird laugh.

"Quack, this game is too special to decompress—"

Before he could finish his words, a tyrant rushed in front of him, dragging a dull roar into him.

Startled, he quickly swung the chainsaw in his hand, but the speeding saw blade slipped on the tyrant's armor.

The tyrant in pain stretched out his arms angrily, grabbed his shoulders with both hands and pulled hard.

With a stabbing sound, the unlucky player who was caught was torn in half by the tyrant on the spot, turning into a mist of blood and sprinkling onto the ceiling.

Throwing the body in half at the devourers behind it, the tyrant strode forward with a meteor, blood painting its dark armor a hideous scarlet.

If ordinary mercenaries saw this scene, they would probably be scared to death.

However, it is not a normal human being standing in front of it, but a group of players who are not afraid of death.

They are like warriors of torture.

This bloody scene did not extinguish the fighting spirit in their hearts, but made the players even more crazy.

At the same time, the solemn voice of the manager was heard while the BG radio was playing.

"The enemy's main forces are charging our positions, and these stupid guys don't realize they've slipped headlong into our trap!"

"Hold on! The final victory must be ours!

In response to that voice, there were shouts of war.

"Whoa!"

The noise of gunfire and artillery crushed the night in Qingquan City, and the battle against the tide officially began.

At the same time that the 10 positions in the No. 06 defense area were completely turned into meat grinders, the death corps that rushed to support Boulder City received the order to turn around and immediately turned around and killed them in the direction of the North Second Ring Road.

Armed trucks with machine guns sat up to 3,000 high-spirited players.

Although their equipment is not excellent, they are all ruthless people who are more ruthless than the xenomorphs.

Because of their aggressive play, they hardly purchase very expensive equipment and consume limited logistics points, and the LD series rifles worth 200 silver coins are their most expensive equipment.

This is followed by bayonets, sapper shovels and grenades!

Originally, they were supposed to rush to Sector 06 to support the Storm Corps.

However, just now, the Alliance's biological research institute has analyzed the possible lurking area of "Thea" based on the concentration difference and flow trajectory of the spore cloud through various observation sites scattered in the war zone and drones.

So, the Death Corps has a new mission—

With the support of the Goblin Corps, they will launch an attack on the headquarters of the wave!

With a walkie-talkie in his hand, he yelled loudly in the Corps' communication channel.

The Storm Corps is under attack by a wave, and our fountain dude is blocked in the corner by slime fruiting bodies!

"Our mission is to help them, but not to help them out, but to eradicate those disgusting things!"

"They will soon pay a heavy price for their stupidity and hubris!"

"Onward!!"

At this moment, the entire Qingquan City was filled with thick spores, and it was obviously impossible for Thea standing on the fungus blanket not to notice this mighty team.

Its emotions suddenly revealed a hint of panic.

Although it has a higher level of wisdom than its brothers and sisters, it still did not expect that those humans would leave the precarious brood not to guard, but to go straight to itself.

Most of its children were on the front lines, some flocking to those who lived in the walls, and some to the brood of the "northerners", leaving not much power left to protect it.

That's right.....

How did they find themselves here?

"Mother...... They found me."

Thea called out to the brood in the city center, "I need your help."

The brood in the center of the city had apparently noticed the group of human soldiers who had suddenly turned around and headed straight for the North Second Ring Road.

After a brief thought, He replied in a kind voice.

"Don't panic, I've sent reinforcements in your direction, and they can't hurt you."

It was his most elite men, and one of his most reliable guards.

The group of people 200 years ago was no match for that guy, let alone these guys who had been degraded for 200 years.

The children before him didn't deserve his help, but Thea was an exception.

He was pleased with it.

In every sense of the word, it is the best choice for the community to expand their territory.

With her mother's comfort, Thea's mood calmed down a little, and she refocused her spirit on the two positions located in the north and west of Qingquan City.

It could feel that the two lines of defense that had been struggling to hold up were showing signs of collapse.

Especially the group of people who are guarding the walls.

Under the impact of the wave, they continued to suffer casualties, and they have already issued a wail on the verge of collapse.

Its mother was right.

As long as they are determined to do whatever it takes, they will be able to completely overwhelm those ugly organisms with numbers, and their fragile civilization is vulnerable to higher life.

Yet there was still a hint of uneasiness in its heart.

Those guys have been fighting its mother for two centuries, is it really that simple...

On the roof of a building on the edge of the Second Ring Road, two Viper transporters slowly descended, dropping twenty heavily armed players.

They wore all five-type exoskeletons, and almost all of them were lightly armed.

Twenty already assembled gliders were stacked next to the stairwell.

Lao Bai took one out of it, held it tightly in his hand, and handed it to Ye Shi beside him.

Ye Shi was about to take it, but saw that Lao Bai did not let go, but grinned at him.

"You kid have it figured out? Your gear isn't cheap. The target of the mission was the city center of Cheongsen, which had been captured by the post-war reconstruction committee.

For two centuries, the survivors of Clear Springs had not attempted to conquer it again.

As a "hell-level difficulty" level that has existed since the launch of the server, even players who are not afraid of death only swim on the edge of it, and have never gone deep into the depths of that hell.

Now is the best opportunity, and almost the only one.

Most of the fruiting entities in the entire Qingquan City were contained

on the line of defense laid out by the Union.

However, even if their mission is successful, there is a high probability that they will not be able to come back.

Ignoring Lao Bai's advice, Yashi rolled his eyes and snatched the paraglider away.

"Wow, what's the matter."

No matter how expensive equipment is, it has a price, and this kind of mission "related to the future of the alliance and the direction of the main story of the game" can only be done once.

If he misses such an interesting thing, he will regret it for the rest of his life.

Seeing Ye Shi's non-joking expression, Lao Bai smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Indeed, it's just a piece of equipment...... By the way, if my axe drops, remember to help me pick it up."

Fang Chang on the side also smiled and patted the mechanical compound bow in his hand, casually hanging it behind his back.

"And my dawn, this guy has been with me for a long time, and I don't want to lose it.

Tempest touched the bridge of his nose.

"My robot is ...... too It was left to me by a friend of the Trailblazer."

Ye Shi looked at this group of bad friends helplessly.

"Why are you so sure I'll survive?" Fang Chang's expression subtly averted his gaze.

"I don't know...... Instinct, perhaps?"

Ye Shi wanted to say something, but the quit smoking next to him suddenly couldn't help but complain.

"You've got all the G on his head, and this guy can come back, and he won't be able to come back."

Lao Bai: "Hahaha, it's okay, if we live, we will bring his ashes back!"

As soon as he heard this, Ye Shi immediately reacted, and exclaimed in his heart.

Boy.

These dogs can't see themselves at all!

At that moment, an arc of light crossed the sky, flying straight in the direction of the city center.

It was the Lingyun fighter piloted by the Luo Yu brothers, and it was also a signal for them to attack.

Rescuing his smiling expression, Lao Bai walked to the south of the building with the glider, tapping his index finger on the tactical helmet and closing the pitch-black eyepiece.

"Our ace pilot has set off."

"It's time for us to follow!"