Chapter 171: Night Falls

Earlier, Guo Huai had held back because he worried it might disturb the residents who had never experienced real combat. But after fighting for so long, everyone now knew the traits of these Evil Beasts, so the requirements for fighting had to be raised.

Standing by the door and looking at the floor which was almost cleared of debris, the middle-aged police officer took a deep breath. “Rest for five more minutes, then we’ll all go out and finish the job together.”

“Officer, I’ve brought them,” Guo Huai had just finished saying when a loud shout came from afar. “Are you still there? The fog is getting thicker over here, and I can barely see anything.”

“We are here, come over,” Guo Huai replied.

Not long after he spoke, he saw a group of fifty or sixty people with various expressions walking towards them.

Once the group arrived, Guo Huai immediately turned to his partner. “Little Kong, tell them everything they need to watch out for. Everyone who fought with me just now, step out. We need to return to our combat positions.”

“Let’s go, let’s kick some ass!”

“We rested a bit, and now we have some strength. Let’s go.”

“Time to start work. With so many people, we can knock out more of them. Hopefully, we can hold on smoothly for 48 hours.”

Several residents, some sitting and some leaning, stood up one by one. Mo Xiaobai also picked up his plastic baton and followed close to Guo Huai’s side.

Now everyone finally understood why the weapon he chose was a plastic baton.

A plastic baton was long, thick, and flexible. Analyzed from the perspective of physics, when it hit a target, the kinetic energy created multiple vibrations, making it easier to damage the subcutaneous nerve tissue of the beasts.

When Mo Xiaobai and others returned to the spot where they had fought before, they found that the fallen and unconscious Evil Beasts had already been dragged away by their companions. No one knew when these beasts might heal up and return for revenge, but Mo Xiaobai was clear on one thing: as long as these injured Evil Beasts returned to the Abyss Altar, they would need at least five days of baptism before they could come out again.

By that time, although the ones coming out would be Evil Beasts undergoing a second baptism, Mo Xiaobai and the others would have long since re-entered the Plane.

Even if there was a crisis, it would be saved for the next “Update”.

As for how to deal with the next “Update”, Mo Xiaobai hadn’t thought that far ahead yet. He could only focus on getting through the current hurdle first.

As the roars and heavy breaths of the beasts gradually reached his ears, the fog around him grew thicker, but Mo Xiaobai remained completely calm.

In his past life, he had survived for fifteen years. Even though he was just an ordinary Player, he actually mastered some survival techniques.

He slowly narrowed his eyes into a thin slit, reducing his vision to the weakest point without letting everything go pitch black. At the same time, he focused all his attention on the sounds near his ears, holding his breath to listen carefully to every movement around him every second.

“Whoosh~”

A slight sound of wind brushed by. Mo Xiaobai didn’t even look, instantly rotated his steps to the right, handed the long baton to his left hand, and lifted it up sharply.

“Roar~”

A cry of pain echoed out at that moment. With his eyes squinted, a smile curled at the corner of Mo Xiaobai’s mouth. He knew he had hit the soft joint of the Evil Beast’s front left limb.

“My fighting style might not be as measured and balanced as Li Guang’s, with good defense and offense, but what I pursue is speed, precision, and ruthlessness.”

“This is the Magical Treasure I relied on to survive in my past life. How could I just throw it away!”

After landing that successful hit, Mo Xiaobai did not pursue the target. Instead, he took a huge step forward and swung the long baton with all his strength. There were only two “thump” sounds, and two more Evil Beasts were swept away by Mo Xiaobai.

Chaos!

A death struggle between humans and beasts!

In his past life, Mo Xiaobai had also only mastered these hearing skills after experiencing several evacuations and battles.

Now it was different. When it came to experience fighting these Evil Beasts, Mo Xiaobai was confident that no one on the entire planet understood them better than him.

This was the reason Mo Xiaobai dared to go downstairs: the most precious combat memories he had brought back from his past life.

……

Tick… tick…

Time continued to turn without stopping.

When night fell over Guning City, everyone who had returned inside the iron gate was so exhausted they didn’t even want to take a breath.

“Mo kid, can you hold on?”

Earlier, Guo Huai had kept a calm face, but now his whole body was soaked with sweat. It was not just the desire to survive that was keeping him going; if not for that, he would have collapsed already.

“It’s fine, huh~”

With the last ounce of strength, Mo Xiaobai managed to unscrew the cap of the mineral water bottle, then poured the water directly over his head. In such terrible combat, he really hadn’t experienced anything like this in a long time. He was just as exhausted.

The brand new plastic baton in his hand was now covered in scars, looking as if it had served for ten years. However, Mo Xiaobai held it tight because it was his weapon and his reliance in battle.

“Liu Zihao, your back injury is too serious. You must go home and rest. Wrapping it with gauze won’t help; you will still bleed.”

“Sister, just help me wrap it. There’s only a day and a half left.”

“How can I wrap your wound if you are standing here? You must lie down quietly. This is not the time to play the hero. Please go home, okay?”

Just as Mo Xiaobai finished pouring the whole bottle of water, an argument suddenly broke out behind him not far away. The people arguing were Chief Surgeon Liu Min and her younger brother.

Liu Min looked at her stubborn younger brother with a mix of pain and anger. “I am here treating everyone. I can help save many of you. With my brother injured this badly, do you want me to watch him die right in front of me? Zihao, please listen to me. Go upstairs and rest well. The remaining time will pass quickly.”

Listening to Liu Min speak, then looking at the huge wound torn open by the Evil Beasts on his brother’s back, everyone present fell silent.

While no one else spoke, Liu Zihao gave a bitter smile. “Sister, you have taken care of me since I was little. Now that I’m hurt, you are the one wrapping me up. I can listen to you and go back to lie down, letting them protect us. But Sister, have you ever thought that if one day they are gone and no one can protect us two anymore, how can I, a weak fighter like me, make sure both of us survive these monsters?”

“If I go back now, I will just have to wait to die later. Since death is certain either way, I’d rather choose to stay here and fight once. Everyone understands this clearly. Working together to fight now is better than fleeing alone in the future.”

“Wrap me up, okay? Didn’t you ask me to donate 400cc of blood every year? I haven’t donated this year yet, so let it flow out instead. I definitely won’t die.”

After Liu Zihao finished speaking, he sat quietly, waiting for his sister to wrap his wound.

Watching Liu Min cry while wrapping the gauze, many people around turned their heads, simply unwilling to look.

The only person in the scene with absolutely no change in emotion was Mo Xiaobai. It wasn’t that he was heartless; it was just that he had seen scenes like this too many times, and his nerves had gone numb.

“Roar~”

Less than four or five minutes later, the roaring of the beasts came again. This time, the approaching beasts were no longer tearing at the iron gate. Instead, they launched fierce, repeated charges.

“Bang~”

“Bang~”

“Bang~”

Despite appearing sturdy, the iron gate seemed to be on the verge of collapsing under these fierce impacts.