Chapter 170: Goal, Survive

1:20:51:11.

The countdown ticked away second by second. After a long battle lasting over an hour, no one could keep their face from turning red or their heart from pounding.

“It’s too tired. It’s crazier than farming monsters on the Plane.”

“When is this ever going to end?”

“Can we hold out for two days?”

“I just heard someone screaming over there. They must be hurt. Are you guys okay?”

“I’m fine, but I’m running out of energy.”

After finally taking down another wave of Evil Beasts, the temporary squad was completely exhausted. Several people spoke weakly and breathlessly. If the Evil Beasts weren’t everywhere on the ground, they would have just wanted to lie down and stay there.

“This is called crazy?”

Police officer Guo Huai, a middle-aged man, spoke while poking around the unconscious Evil Beasts with his baton: “You should really go check ahead. The monsters they are dealing with there are ten or even a hundred times more numerous than ours. Have some confidence in yourselves. We will retreat to the community gate. Today, no matter what, we must hold this place.”

“But guarding here is meaningless. The monsters are increasing, and we definitely won’t be able to stop them in the end,” a young man in the squad said helplessly. Half of his baton was broken, and his whole body looked completely disheveled.

As several people gradually retreated into the community, another team withdrew from the outside. Along with other scattered groups of residents, nearly a hundred people gathered again at the entrance of the community, which wasn’t very large to begin with.

“Brother Guo, I already have some injured people.”

As soon as the young police officer saw Guo Huai, he immediately spoke of bad news: “Everyone’s situation is not good. Everyone is hurt to some degree.”

Guo Huai also saw the scene around him. Then he picked out a few people with minor arm injuries: “There is something I need to ask you to do. You are residents here, so you know which families have doctors, right? Take these few heavily injured people to them for emergency treatment. Also, go shout in front of every building to find people who have frequently farmed monsters on the Plane and get them to come down.”

“As you all have seen the number of these monsters, hiding won’t get you through 48 hours. It is time to let more people contribute their strength now. Do you understand?”

As Guo Huai spoke, the eight lightly injured people immediately nodded. They paired up and lifted several heavily injured residents. One of them pointed to a building on the west side: “I know the director of the General Surgery Department from City Hospital No. 1 lives there. Let’s go check if she is home.”

“Okay.”

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen people had left. Guo Huai immediately waved at Mo Xiaobai: “Little Mo, come here. First, let’s block up the community gate to gain a little more rest time. Then send a few people to move the water from the police car. Drink up quickly to replenish your fluids. Only then can we hold out.”

Listening to Guo Huai’s orders, no one asked more questions.

Everyone cooperated silently. Some grabbed water, while others blocked the gate.

Together with Guo Huai, they locked the gate tight. Although Mo Xiaobai’s face showed no change, he understood clearly that this could only block the enemies for a moment, not stop the Evil Beasts forever.

In fact, even surviving until tonight with it would be difficult.

Taking a bottle of soda from a young resident he had never contacted before, Mo Xiaobai heard the other person speak: “Bro, where did you learn your stick techniques? I was following right behind you just now. If you hadn’t blocked most of the beasts, I would probably be hurt by now.”

“Me? Do you believe in Shaolin Temple?”

Mo Xiaobai raised his eyebrows and spoke. The young man next to him nearly spit out his water: “Shaolin? Are you talking about the one on Song Mountain, or the one on the Plane?”

“Of course, the one on the Plane.”

“That’s impossible. Where would a Shaolin Temple come from on the Plane? I’ve never even heard of it. Bro, don’t mess with me.”

“Why not? In the Great Tang Dynasty, I happened to open a small Instance related to Shaolin, and I learned a couple of Shaolin stick moves.”

Mo Xiaobai blinked, wearing a serious expression. For those who didn’t know him well, like the young man before him, his words were very easy to believe.

Even if they didn’t believe it completely, they believed at least eighty percent of it.

“There really is a Shaolin Temple? Then there must be Wudang, and what about Huashan, Quanzhen Sect, and the like?”

“I’m not sure about those, but there is definitely a Shaolin Temple.” This answer, Mo Xiaobai did not tell a lie. In the Plane, a Shaolin Temple did exist, and there was more than one Instance related to it.

But this Shaolin was completely different from the Shaolin Temple in Wuxia movies familiar to Huaxia People.

Do not expect to copy a Sutra of Lankavatara and suddenly get the Nine Yang Manual. At least Mo Xiaobai had stayed on the Plane for fifteen years and had never heard of settings like Internal Force or the Nine Yin/Nine Yang manuals.

“Look! Another monster is coming!” Just as Mo Xiaobai was wildly telling tall tales, someone in the crowd pointed toward the gate and shouted.

Hearing this, Mo Xiaobai looked toward the iron gate and saw an Evil Beast resembling a feline animal pounce violently at the gate. Its sharp claws scraped against the iron, sparking a shower of fireworks.

“This gate can’t stop them either.”

Watching one Evil Beast after another rush in and shake the gate bars, some people began to feel something was wrong. If the Evil Beasts continued to shake it with all their strength, the gate would fall sooner or later.

“Grab your knives and stab them out!” Guo Huai didn’t waste time. He took out a fresh clip he had just found in the police car, replaced it, and walked forward to shoot at the limbs of several Evil Beasts.

Residents nearby who had no guns also took out their knives and stabbed outward.

In a short while, the first injured feline Evil Beast crashed to the ground with a thud. Immediately after, the nearby Evil Beasts also retreated one by one.

However, even as they retreated, these Evil Beasts did not forget to drag away their companions.

Within two or three breaths, the situation at the iron gate returned to calm. No Evil Beast corpses were left behind, only a puddle of blood that proved a confrontation had once taken place there.

“Why do they take the injured monsters away?”

“Look! All the beasts outside that haven’t died yet are being dragged away by their companions!”

“Do these monsters also know how to save their companions?”

Several residents who were still standing at the iron gate did not leave soon. They quickly noticed the scene twenty meters away where the Evil Beasts were dragging their injured kin. They couldn’t stop exclaiming in surprise.

Since when did even monsters have such high intelligence?

Mo Xiaobai was very clear about the reason for the Evil Beasts’ similar behavior.

Guo Huai actually knew this too. Especially after seeing that all injured Evil Beasts were taken away by their companions, he became even more convinced that these Evil Beasts could not only Respawn after death but also have methods to heal injuries.

All the strange changes of the Evil Beasts would be a thorny problem for humans. Guo Huai thought for a long time and finally revealed the “secrets” he knew: “We have all experienced a fierce battle before. There is some information I hope you all can understand. We are no longer facing simple beasts. They have their own commanders, nearly infinite numbers, and even better medical means than humans. Even worse, they can Respawn.”

“Remember this well. Our current goal is to survive, at least for 48 hours. Inflict as much heavy damage to those Evil Beasts as possible, rather than trying to kill them completely. Just like Little Mo and I did, let those Evil Beasts go save their companions. For now, the more companions they save, the less danger we face.”