Chapter 16: Green Flame Wolf

People were fleeing everywhere in the city. Fortunately, the sniping by the military and the Air Force slowed down the Fierce Beasts, preventing them from sweeping through the entire city too quickly.

In the west of the city, streets became outlets. A large crowd poured out, fleeing the city at all costs. On roads, in the wilderness, and on hills, there were people fleeing everywhere, a dark mass covering the mountains and plains. As long as they could run, no one would stop. Transportation tools like cars became burdens in this situation and were abandoned on the side of the road.

The location of the Orphanage was in the southeast of Shuhai District.

When Zhou Liming brought An Xiaowei here, there were still a few scattered people fleeing on the streets, but the main group had already left. Of the nearly ten million people, only about half were estimated to escape. For example, the east of Zhe B City had completely fallen into the hands of the Fierce Beasts.

The gates of the Orphanage were tightly closed, unlike other shops that were open.

Anxious to get An Xiaowei over the wall, Zhou Liming entered. It was quiet inside, but he could hear faint crying and soothing voices coming from within. Familiar with the Orphanage, Zhou Liming knew these crying sounds were coming from the cafeteria. When he appeared in front of the cafeteria, its door was also tightly closed.

“Dean, Dean, is that you?” Zhou Liming pounded on the door and shouted inside.

The faint crying inside suddenly stopped. The voice of Dean Zhou came from within: “Who is it?” Hearing the Dean’s voice, Zhou Liming was instantly overjoyed and said, “Dean, it’s Zhou Liming. Open the door quickly.”

The door opened quickly. What came into view were more than a dozen swollen, red eyes.

“You, you… why haven’t you left yet?” Seeing familiar faces, Zhou Liming was greatly shocked. Not a single young child from the Orphanage had run away. The staff of the Orphanage had already fled long ago. Inside the cafeteria, only Dean Zhou was there, trying to soothe the frightened children.

Zheng Le saw it was Zhou Liming and pounced at him immediately, shouting in panic, “There are monsters, there are monsters.”

Although Dean Zhou was a bit anxious, he did not look panicked. He said, “The whole city just fell into chaos. The children are still small. If they follow the crowd to flee, they are easily pushed down and trampled. That would only harm them. Others took the older children and fled. I stayed behind to take care of them. Why did you come back?”

Zhou Liming did not explain. He listened to the noises outside. The area around the Orphanage was very quiet, and the fleeing crowd had long since left.

“Dean, we are leaving now. If we stay here, we are just waiting to die.” With only one Air Force squadron in the sky, it was impossible to suppress the Fierce Beasts flooding into the city. Not to mention their firepower, even if they were fierce, they would have exhausted their ammunition by now. The Earth location of Zhe B City meant that fighter jets could not be resupplied in a short time.

Even more troubling was that the Fierce Beasts were not just landing on the city’s outskirts. In some empty coastal areas, a large number of Fierce Beasts were also landing. It might seem safe to leave the city now, but it was only temporary. In other words, some Fierce Beasts might have already run ahead of humans.

The current situation was in complete chaos. Zhou Liming did not know anyone in inland cities, so he had no way to understand the current situation on the coast. The only solution was to keep fleeing inland until the Fierce Beasts stopped their steps or until the army stopped them.

Realizing the severity of the situation, Dean Zhou did not hesitate. He organized the children to prepare to leave.

The seemingly quiet streets with no people appeared safe. Without the possibility of trampling, it also indicated that the appearance of the Fierce Beasts was not far off. Perhaps in just a minute, Fierce Beasts would appear. How could these old and young people stop them?

The streets were indeed very quiet. Shoes dropped by people fleeing were everywhere on the streets, messy to a terrifying degree.

Holding a fire axe, Zhou Liming walked at the back of the group of more than ten old and young people. An Xiaowei led the team, while Dean Zhou was in the middle, constantly soothing the children with pale faces. Fortunately, the children of the Orphanage were very independent. They could keep up with this slow jog. Even if they were afraid, they bit their lips and did not cry out loud.

Roars of Fierce Beasts that chilled the heart came from time to time in the distance. Occasionally, a few screams were heard, making people’s hair stand on end.

Zhou Liming was tense all over. This group in front of him, except for himself, consisted of women, the elderly, and children. In this chaotic city, he had no confidence at all about whether they could get out. Now, he could only do his best and leave the rest to fate.

The way was relatively smooth so far, and no Fierce Beasts appeared until the end of the street.

However, at the end of the street, a tearing sound and the sound of bones being crushed reached Zhou Liming’s ears. He suddenly stopped, made a silence gesture, and then looked up to survey the area. The sound came from a small truck not far from the street, but it was blocked by the truck, so Zhou Liming could not see clearly what it was.

The tearing sound also stopped suddenly. It seemed to have discovered Zhou Liming’s group.

Two soft nasal sounds of Fierce Beasts panting made Zhou Liming’s face change.

A wolf head with green fur poked out from behind the small truck. Blood dripped from its mouth. Its two eyes stared at Zhou Liming and the others. Then another one poked its head out from the side, biting a large piece of meat with cloth on it. It chewed slowly and then tilted its head back and swallowed it into its stomach.

Without thinking, one could guess what they had just been tearing and eating.

An Xiaowei’s face turned pale, and her whole body trembled. The children in the group ranged from eight or nine years old to as young as three or four. Although they did not know what they were, seeing the two strange Fierce Beasts, the children who had just managed to hold back their tears burst into loud crying again.

“Don’t cry, don’t cry!” Dean Zhou tried to soothe them, but it had no effect.

Perhaps the crying made these two Green Flame Wolves give up their delicious meal, and they slowly walked out from behind the small truck. When their full appearance was displayed in front of Zhou Liming, he could not help but hiss and gasp. How could beasts that could be called Fierce Beasts be easy to deal with?

Their bodies were covered in green fur, looking like they were burning with green flames. They were tall and sturdy, with strong and powerful legs. The teeth in their mouths were solid and extremely sharp. From their silent movements, it could be seen that their actions were agile, and their speed was very fast. They were Fierce Beasts that specialized in agility.

Taking a deep breath, Zhou Liming clenched his teeth and said, “Dean, take the children and go first. I will hold them off. Go as far as possible.”

Someone had to hold them off. Otherwise, no one knew what the consequences would be. Perhaps no one could escape. At present, he was undoubtedly the most suitable person. Only he had the ability to hold them off.

Dean Zhou looked at the more than ten children and finally nodded. With grief in his voice, he said, “Liming, you… take care.”

An Xiaowei wanted to say something, but she couldn’t. She could only lead the way and run quickly to a side street near the intersection. Without saying anything, the children knew what to do. Under the call of Dean Zhou, they all exerted all their strength and started running behind An Xiaowei.

Seeing the prey fleeing, the two Green Flame Wolves let out a low roar and ran like arrows.

Zhou Liming’s leg muscles suddenly tightened. He moved sideways to stand in front of the two Green Flame Wolves. Clenching his teeth, he said, “Deal with me first.”