After discovering the wolf pack's tracks, Shen Feng immediately decided to flee. If there had been city walls here, Shen Feng would have chosen to defend the city. After all, fleeing in the dead of night, any slight malfunction of the vehicle would lead to everyone being surrounded by wolves.
However, in the current situation, staying in the wilderness was even more dangerous. There were no defensive facilities here. Once surrounded, the only option was to fight.
Under the current circumstances, Shen Feng had only one viable plan: head north. Since the wolf packs on both sides were still two kilometers away, they had enough time to escape from the camp. There was bound to be a gap between the two wolf packs, and that gap was their chance to escape.
Shen Feng drove away, extinguishing the campfire on the ground to prevent a fire.
However, as Shen Feng began to flee, Lu Xian noticed something was wrong and quickly said to Shen Feng, "City Lord, these wolf packs are still tailing us. The two packs have already converged."
Hearing this, Shen Feng was immediately surprised and asked, "How could these wolf packs be so fast? Even with night vision, they shouldn't be this powerful, right? They managed to find us so precisely in the dark. How could this happen?"
Wolf eyes glow green at night, appearing as if they were emitting light. Even in the dark, they could clearly see their targets. Many villages in the north had heard stories of wolves raiding sheep pens at night, killing lambs and eating them while humans slept.
Shen Feng was driving at high speed. Even for ability users, beyond the range illuminated by the headlights, they could see nothing further. It was still dark, and the surroundings were pitch black, making it almost impossible to see anything. It was hard to imagine wolves being able to detect them from two kilometers away and pursue them.
Lu Xian also couldn't understand why. The wolf packs seemed to have a special way of locking onto them. Was there something in the car attracting the wolves?
Shen Feng and Qi Lingshan drove separately, fleeing into the distance. Their destination was Ulaanbaatar. Although Outer Mongolia was sparsely populated, that was relative. In their capital, there were still hundreds of thousands of people living. It was much less than before the apocalypse, but hundreds of thousands of people could still be considered a large city.
As the capital, Ulaanbaatar was bound to have city walls. With city walls, the threat posed by the wolf packs would be negligible.
Although they had been targeted, Shen Feng was driving an off-road vehicle with a high chassis and great speed. The wolf packs, though numerous, were not fast enough. As the saying goes, two legs can't outrun four wheels. Similarly, even with two extra legs, they couldn't be faster than a car.
Under the rapid acceleration of the off-road vehicles, both cars escaped the wolf packs' range. At this point, Shen Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief. They hadn't even reached Siberia yet. If something had happened now, they would have had to flee back to Yuzhou.
Shen Feng wasn't too worried about the wolf packs; he could escape at his speed. However, the situation for the others in the team was less certain.
The cars drove across the grassland for half the night, finally shaking off the wolf packs behind them. At dawn, Lu Xian took out his binoculars and saw small black dots on the distant grassland. Without a doubt, these black dots were wolf packs. They had stopped on the mountain now, at least twenty kilometers away from the cars. Most likely, they had given up the pursuit, realizing they couldn't catch up.
"There are quite a few of these wolf packs, thousands of them," Lu Xian murmured.
Gray wolves do move in packs, but generally, wolf packs consist of a dozen or two, or thirty at most. They don't act in the thousands or tens of thousands. The largest wolf pack observed by zoologists was over a hundred. If the numbers increased further, the wolf packs would start fighting amongst themselves.
"These wolves are truly fearless. They dare to attack humans. Aren't they afraid we'll start a wolf-hunting campaign again?" Lu Xian murmured.
Shen Feng said while driving, "Dying of starvation is also death. Attacking humans is also death. Since it's all death anyway, might as well be a well-fed ghost." Shen Feng said to Lu Xian.
After driving for half the night, they soon saw the road leading to Ulaanbaatar, and the city walls were still faintly visible in the distance.
Lu Xian used his binoculars to observe the distant city and noticed a lot of smoke in the sky above the city. He couldn't help but say, "We're lucky. The people in the city are making breakfast. We'll have food when we reach our destination."
Shen Feng shook his head, "Mountains look close but are far away. It looks close, but there's still a long way to go."
After driving for another two hours, Shen Feng and his group finally reached their destination. However, at this moment, there was countless black smoke in the sky above the city, and cries of pain could be heard from within. Countless wild wolves were rushing into the city, many with blood and flesh remnants around their mouths. Seeing this, everyone was stunned.
"Has Ulaanbaatar been breached?" Xu Xing couldn't help but ask.
Shen Feng's original plan was simple: find a safe place to rest briefly and then continue their journey. However, after driving all night and reaching the outskirts of the city, they saw dense wolf packs pouring into the city. Cries of pain and explosions could be heard from the city, interspersed with sporadic gunshots.
"City Lord, hurry, the wolves here are closing in," Lu Xian quickly reminded Shen Feng. This was not the time to be dazed. They had just shaken off the wolf packs behind them, only to run into more wolves head-on. If they remained dazed now, they would be surrounded.
Lu Xian used his abilities and found that there were wolves almost everywhere. The number of wolves within the city was not small, and the wolf packs outside the city were even larger, with an unknown quantity. Perhaps tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands.
"We can only go around. Let's hope we don't alert these wolf packs," Shen Feng said in a deep voice.
Next, Shen Feng changed direction and headed northeast. Small groups of wolves had already started chasing them. Desperate wolves were not afraid of humans; they would rush forward to bite even if it meant death.
Shen Feng casually unleashed dozens of wind blades, eliminating the wolf pack. After all, it was only a few dozen wolves, which did not pose a significant threat to Shen Feng, and they were easily dealt with.
Listening to the cries from the distant city, Xu Xing couldn't help but shake her head. She wanted to act heroically, but the situation was too dangerous now. The wolf packs in the distance were dense and had already surrounded the city. She had no choice but to abandon her heroic intentions.
Qi Lingshan observed the city walls while driving. Logically, with city walls, human combat effectiveness would increase exponentially. Yet, the city had been directly breached. No matter how numerous the wolf packs were, they shouldn't have been able to achieve this.
"Xu Xing, take a look. Is there any damage to the city walls?" Qi Lingshan said to Xu Xing in the passenger seat.
Xu Xing quickly took out her binoculars to observe the city walls. She also felt something was wrong. If a city could be breached with city walls, then Ulaanbaatar's defenses were too weak.
However, upon Xu Xing's observation, she found that the city walls were almost undamaged. There were only many holes dug at the base of the walls. Even the city gates were opened from the inside, and wild wolves entered the city swaggeringly.
"Strange, there's no damage to the city walls. Did the people inside open the gates to invite the wolves into the city? Isn't that too hospitable?" Xu Xing couldn't help but say.
City walls were the earliest defensive structures invented by humans. At first, they might have been just earthen enclosures, but later, as development progressed, the walls continuously grew taller. In the age of cold weapons, city walls played a huge role. A city defending itself with city walls could withstand ten times the enemy force.
Therefore, strong fortresses are often breached from within, meaning cities that are difficult to attack from the outside can only be captured with the help of internal personnel.
Shen Feng was mentally preparing to flee north. Fortunately, they were not surrounded, and escaping was relatively simple.
Suddenly, a dark shadow fell in front of the car with a dull thud. Shen Feng quickly swerved to avoid it. Upon closer inspection, he saw a gray wolf on the ground. After landing, its limbs were directly broken, and it was continuously spitting blood from its mouth, clearly suffering internal injuries.
Lu Xian was startled by the sudden turn of events and quickly looked up. He saw many dark shadows in the sky – they were eagles. In the talons of many eagles, wild wolves were being carried. The wolf that had just fallen was thrown down by an eagle.
"Damn, this move looks familiar!" Lu Xian felt a sense of familiarity upon seeing the current situation.
This move was indeed familiar. After all, Lu Xian had seen this scene before in Yanjing. At that time, the mutated birds were throwing zombies into the city, while the eagles on the grassland were now throwing down wild wolves. The methods were the same, indicating that mutated birds had similar thought processes.
Upon seeing this scene, everyone understood how Ulaanbaatar had been breached. No wonder there was no sign of an attack on the city walls. If wolf packs attacked a city, the towering city walls would be an insurmountable obstacle. However, with the help of eagles, the wolf packs could directly enter the city. Judging by the situation, Ulaanbaatar had not anticipated an aerial attack, which led to the wolves entering the city and being directly breached.
At this moment, the two cars were speeding through the suburbs. Dozens of eagles in the sky were circling above Shen Feng's head. Perhaps they felt that Shen Feng and his group were troublesome, so they hesitated to descend but continued to drop wild wolves from the air. Although it couldn't cause substantial harm to Shen Feng, it greatly interfered with Shen Feng's path, forcing Shen Feng to constantly be wary of falling objects from the sky.
Wild wolves falling from high altitudes were almost certainly doomed. However, even dying wolves would bite before their demise. Just looking at the drooling mouths of the wild wolves indicated that a bite would result in a significant loss of flesh. Even if one could endure the pain, it was still dangerous because the saliva in the mouths of wild wolves contained pathogens, and one could easily contract rabies.
Lu Xian used his abilities, constantly sensing the surroundings. At this moment, Lu Xian's observation focus was no longer just on the wolf packs on the ground; even the eagles in the sky had become targets of observation.
Lu Xian soon discovered the problem. Wolf packs had also appeared to the north and were continuously approaching them!
Upon discovering this situation, Lu Xian immediately felt that something was terribly wrong. The path ahead was blocked by mutated beasts, and looking back, thousands of wild wolves were also approaching.
"City Lord, we're surrounded. There are wolves in front and behind. What do we do now?" Lu Xian asked anxiously.
Shen Feng naturally did not doubt Lu Xian's abilities. Although Lu Xian had failed to provide timely warning last night, it was because Lu Xian was asleep. Under normal circumstances, Lu Xian could detect enemies in advance.
"We need to find a way to shoot down the birds in the sky. Have you noticed that the movement of the wolf packs is being guided by the eagles in the sky?" In such a critical situation, Shen Feng noticed something amiss: the way the wolf packs were hunting.