The sounds of intense combat echoed from all the city gates.
Only the south gate remained eerily silent.
Dense fog enveloped the surroundings, reducing visibility to mere meters.
It was impossible to discern what was happening.
Could it be that the south gate was the main assault direction for the most powerful monsters?
And so, all the ordinary monsters had rerouted?
Zhang Chen gazed into the direction of the fog.
Soon, prompts appeared beside the mist:
[Behind the dense fog are a large number of mutated insects...]
Zhang Chen glanced in other directions.
Since the fog was everywhere.
The prompts that appeared were still such uninformative sentences.
Hmm... it seems that if I can't determine the direction of the insect tide's origin... aimlessly looking around like this is useless...
Suddenly, a burnt smell wafted through the air.
Then, a gust of wind finally dispersed the thick fog hanging over the military base.
"Ah, the fog is gone..."
Xiaobai said with a look of disappointment.
Her mind was still that of a child, curious about everything.
She had no idea how much trouble the fog had caused the survivors just moments ago.
Zhang Chen stretched his body and finally got a clear view.
"Good heavens!"
It turned out it wasn't that there were no insects on his side.
It was that all these insects, about a hundred meters away from him, had automatically bypassed them!
It was because of Er Pang!
Er Pang's passive skill, [Wolf King's Majesty], caused those instantly killed by Er Pang to flee actively.
"Good heavens..."
The monsters released from suppression on the thirty-first day were still beings instantly killed by Er Pang?!
Zhang Chen shook his head helplessly. Was he being overly cautious?!
He suddenly shot upwards, hovering in mid-air.
He was still within Er Pang's deterrence range, and the mutated giant mosquitoes could not approach.
Zhang Chen looked around.
Zheng Hao's team was generally powerful, and the cultists were fearless.
Therefore, their defense was impenetrable.
Bai Hanlin and Guan Xin's side only had two strong individuals, and the combat power of the others was too low, resulting in the predicament of the two being besieged.
"Xiaobai, go and support Dr. Bai!"
Zhang Chen said to Xiaobai on the ground.
"Okay!"
Xiaobai leaped lightly and jumped directly onto the city wall.
Then, she charged towards Bai Hanlin's direction, shouting and killing as she went.
Most little girls would be afraid of insects, but Xiaobai was a bit special.
She seemed to particularly like insects.
She swung two six-legged monstrous insects like nunchaku.
Using them as weapons, she easily sent other insects flying.
Those two unfortunate insects were smashed beyond recognition, their ichor dripping all the way.
In the end, Xiaobai still felt it wasn't enough.
She directly threw away the monstrous insects and leaped with all her might.
She grabbed the leg of a mutated giant mosquito that was about to take flight.
However, the mutated giant mosquito was only a little over a meter long, and its leg had no ability to bear weight.
With a creak.
Xiaobai yanked off two of the mutated giant mosquito's legs.
In pain, it flew away without looking back...
"This guy... is she playing?"
Zhang Chen's face was filled with a dark line.
He was increasingly understanding the true meaning of the phrase "Xiaobai is humanity's hope."
This environment was as terrifying as hell for them, the transmigration souls.
But for Xiaobai, it was like her usual living environment.
Even while killing insects, her movements were so joyful and relaxed...
It was as if the entire apocalypse was tailor-made for Xiaobai...
Zhang Chen slowly withdrew his gaze and focused his attention back on Zhao Longchuan's side.
Currently, among the four city gates, apart from the south gate being undamaged, Zhao Longchuan's side had suffered heavy losses.
On this side, there was only Zhao Longchuan, a high-level awakened one.
Zhao Xiyue had not yet recovered and was primarily responsible for the city's defense.
Dong Tiejun was only at stage two of intermediate awakening, making it indeed difficult to resist the charge of the insect tide.
Moreover, the recent fire seemed to have enraged the insect tide.
The insects charging towards this side were clearly several times more numerous than at the other three gates!
A dense, black mass, as far as the eye could see, was the color of black-brown carapaces.
The ground was completely invisible...
This horrifying number was likely more than ten times the zombie tide Zhang Chen had cleared before!
"Hmm... I'll gain experience here!"
Up to this point, Zhang Chen hadn't killed a single monster.
He didn't even know what these guys dropped!
[Soul Burn] Level 1, activated!
Instantly, a blue flame enveloped Zhang Chen's entire body...
[Divine Scorching] activated!
[Dark Harvest] activated!
It's time to try out my new abilities!
With this thought, Zhang Chen flew directly towards the mutated giant mosquitoes in the sky.
These guys ambushed from the air and ignored terrain.
This was the greatest threat to the survivors.
I'll deal with them first, then deal with the ground insect tide!
After Zhang Chen flew beyond Er Pang's suppression range.
The dense swarm of mosquitoes immediately detected Zhang Chen's presence.
They swarmed and twisted, coalescing into a giant, black mosquito swarm.
Forming an arrow that covered the sky, they surged towards Zhang Chen...
A density of giant mosquitoes like this, if they swept over a group of survivors, would instantly leave a field of dried corpses on the spot...
But Zhang Chen was completely fearless. The two sides flew head-on, getting closer and closer.
At the moment they were about to collide!
The mosquito swarm seemed to be engulfed by an invisible wall of fire.
The front dozen or so mosquitoes, when still five or six meters away from Zhang Chen...
Instantly turned into a wisp of mist and disappeared!
They were instantly killed by the passive skill?!
At the same time, Zhang Chen also received the automatic collection prompt:
Ding! Automatic collection successful, congratulations on obtaining [Energy Crystal Core] *18 + 12 (80% Talent Bonus), [Intact Mutated Insect Wings] *8, [Mutated Gene Fragment] *1, [Mutated Fertilizer] *3.
Ding! Among them, Dark Harvest killed 5 mutated giant mosquitoes and obtained 1 additional energy crystal core!
The [Energy Crystal Cores] contained within mutated giant mosquitoes were far richer than those from zombies.
Generally, about 10 zombies would yield 5-6 [Energy Crystal Cores] and about 30 [Mutated Fertilizer].
But after killing a dozen mutated giant mosquitoes just now, they dropped 18 [Energy Crystal Cores], with a drop rate of almost 1:1. The only drawback was slightly less fertilizer.
This showed that after the suppression was lifted, the creatures had become stronger, and the crystal cores they contained were also richer.
These were all miscellaneous soldiers, similar to ordinary zombies.
I'm really looking forward to seeing what good things stronger mutated monsters can drop...
While Zhang Chen was contemplating, he didn't stop flying.
Instead, like a sharp blade, he charged into the giant mosquito swarm, tearing a gap in the dense black curtain in the sky like a pair of scissors.
Wherever he passed, he left behind a faint wisp of mist.