Long Yuehong didn't say much and went to the church's public restroom with Shang Jianyao.
Since Shang Jianyao needed to take a dump, and he didn't want to wait inside the restroom, he simply went to the entrance, enjoying the cold wind blowing from the other side of the corridor, watching the vague shadows of the plants outside the window.
The night was so quiet.
A quick glance revealed a window slowly opening, and a figure quietly climbed into the corridor from the outside.
Long Yuehong's heart tightened, and he drew his "Frost Moss" pistol.
Soon, with the aid of the clear, bright moonlight, he saw the appearance of the intruder clearly:
Only about 1.6 meters tall, his yellow hair softly plastered to his head, with bright, spirited green eyes, a boy of about fifteen or sixteen.
Viel... Long Yuehong recognized this "Hide-and-Seek Champion."
Almost simultaneously, Viel also looked at him, revealing a harmless smile:
"Is it the custom of you outsiders to sleep at the entrance of restrooms?"
Long Yuehong had a good temper and didn't pay attention to the mockery in the other party's words, simply explaining:
"Waiting for someone."
"That guy wearing the monkey mask?" Viel walked towards the public restroom, step by step.
"Yeah." Long Yuehong nodded frankly.
Viel sized him up for a few seconds and suddenly smiled:
"Do you hate that guy? His words are unpleasant, and he's so tall."
Long Yuehong didn't expect the other party to ask so directly, stammering:
"He, he's actually a very good person, with no bad intentions.
"Sometimes, he deliberately mocks you to stimulate you, to give you the motivation to strive forward. Sometimes, he's really pointing out your shortcomings, giving you advice he thinks is good, and it's all for your own good."
As he spoke, his words gradually became more fluent:
"He never really discriminates against anyone, not even Subhumans. He thinks they can be friends."
Viel frowned:
"Don't you have your own temper?"
Long Yuehong hesitated and said:
"It depends on the situation. You can't get angry about everything.
"I'm trying to change. If I don't like certain ways, I'll just say it directly."
He paused for a moment and smiled self-deprecatingly:
"I've always been mediocre. I'm only, uh, 1.75 meters tall, which is below average among males in the clan. I'm not smart enough, and my grades are just ordinary.
"I used to be a little inferior, feeling like I couldn't compare to anyone around me, and even luck wasn't on my side. I often secretly felt sad and angry. But now, I've learned one thing: first, compare myself to myself. As long as I'm stronger than yesterday's self, then it's worth being happy and proud."
He didn't know the attitude of the Redstone Town residents towards genetic modification, so he rationally concealed the relevant content.
Viel listened quietly and was silent for a while before saying:
"You really are a soft touch."
After speaking, he took a few steps to the side, using the window frame to climb into the ventilation duct.
"Aren't you sleeping?" Long Yuehong was a little curious.
Viel stuck his head out of the ventilation duct, smiling as he said:
"This world is very dangerous, and there are people who want to harm you. I can't let others know where I rest."
Without waiting for Long Yuehong to respond, he rubbed his smooth yellow hair, boastfully saying:
"The ventilation duct system is another world.
"When you use it to climb to different places and see the situations in different rooms, you'll discover many interesting things. This is what you usually can't see..."
As he spoke, Viel frowned and made a face behind Long Yuehong.
Then, he crawled back into the ventilation duct, quickly moving away from the area.
Only then did Long Yuehong realize and turn around, finding Shang Jianyao, wearing his monkey mask, standing at the entrance of the public restroom at some unknown point.
"I thought about it. Isn't what he described just now 'peeping'?" Shang Jianyao seriously commented on Viel's words before he left.
Long Yuehong was stunned:
"When did you come out?"
Shang Jianyao didn't answer, offering a sincere suggestion:
"You can eat a little more at every meal."
"Why?" Long Yuehong asked blankly.
Shang Jianyao explained:
"That way, you can get heavier every day, and become stronger every day than yesterday."
...How much did this guy hear? Long Yuehong's lips twitched slightly, speechless.
At this moment, Shang Jianyao touched his stomach and said frankly:
"I wasn't finished just now, I'll continue."
Long Yuehong was first surprised and amused, then immediately understood what was going on.
"He sensed someone climbing into the church from the outside, so he hurriedly finished and came out to join me to fight side by side?" Long Yuehong felt the warmth brought by the word "companion."
After using the restroom, the two returned to the "Old Task Force's" room, taking turns keeping watch and sleeping.
............
The southeast area of the city ruins, atop a high-rise building near the edge.
This place was wired with electricity and maintained, with lights and an elevator, one of the "watchtowers" carefully constructed by Han Wanghuo after he took office as sheriff.
Scheler was a Red River man, his hair shaved short, golden-brown in color.
He wasn't old, only in his twenties, but he had experienced many battles, not some newbie who hadn't seen the world.
At this time, he carried an automatic rifle and used binoculars with night vision capabilities to observe the long-abandoned fields outside the city and the hills further away.
Although Redstone Town only bordered the lake on the west side and was most vulnerable to Fishmen attacks, with the first line of defense set up there, Han Wanghuo did not ignore other areas:
There was another line of defense north of the church, against the Mountain Horrors in the mountains, while there was a "watchtower" in each of the peripheral areas of the city ruins, to guard against accidents—Lake Wrath was very large. Given the nature of the Fishmen, they could land from other places and attack by detour.
While observing, Scheler glanced at his two companions not far away.
They were both members of the Town Guard, one a Greytongue named Tan Tian'en, and the other a half-blood named Gaudi, who were currently using binoculars with night vision capabilities to guard different directions.
This was Sheriff Han Wanghuo's intentional arrangement. He had evenly distributed Greytongues, Red River people, and half-bloods into each squad, firstly hoping that they could develop friendships and trust in the process of fighting against foreign enemies together, and secondly, to supervise each other and prevent any party from doing bad things.
Gaudi, with his high nose, deep eyes, black hair, and brown pupils, saw Scheler looking at him and smiled, starting a conversation:
"The relic hunter team I introduced to the town before is quite restless. It seems they've figured out what happened to the Hewig's arms robbery."
He spoke in Red River language.
Scheler frowned and said:
"That's just Baz's accusation."
Because Vigilant Song He hadn't forbidden the church guards from spreading Baz's identification, and the Town Guard members had been organized again and were no longer hiding separately, many of them heard the truth about the arms robbery in the evening.
Tan Tian'en, who had been listening to their conversation in silence, looked into the distance and interjected:
"What kind of people are Hewig and An Hebas? Don't you know?"
He deliberately used Greytongue, not caring whether Scheler could understand it or not.
The half-blood Gaudi sighed, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Just then, Scheler's voice suddenly grew louder:
"Something's happening!"
Gaudi and Tan Tian'en forgot about the previous topic and simultaneously looked in the area Scheler was monitoring, holding their night-vision binoculars.
At the junction of the hills and farmland, under the dim moonlight, a group of people came out in the night, approaching the city.
Some of them were sitting in cars, some pushing carts, and some walking directly, seemingly in large numbers.
The moonlight brightened a little, and Scheler saw the specifics clearly:
Some of the humanoid creatures were covered in gray-black scales, with protruding eyes, like fish with legs that had crawled ashore; others had bluish skin, wearing animal hides.
They were either holding submachine guns, assault rifles, and other weapons, or carrying gun barrels, tripods, ammunition, and other things, or pushing artillery carts, or sitting in armored vehicles, like a group of ghosts emerging in the deep night.
Fishmen! Mountain Horrors!
"Notify Captain Han!" Seeing this scene, Gaudi blurted out.
Scheler and Tan Tian'en remained silent, not answering him.
This area had only their team. Once they gave an alarm, the enemy could immediately lock onto their location.
After a few seconds, Scheler and Tan Tian'en responded simultaneously:
"Okay!"
After they looked at each other, they watched Gaudi take out the military alarm he had ordered from "United Industries."
Woo!
Woo!
Woo!
The sharp, piercing sound rang out from the top of the building, spreading in all directions.
The Fishmen and Mountain Horrors, who had been lurking in the night, stopped simultaneously and looked this way.
They quickly separated a group of people, either pushing the artillery carts forward or setting up light mortars.
After sounding the alarm, Gaudi, Scheler, and Tan Tian'en began to evacuate the roof.
Boom! Boom!
Cannons spewed out crimson light.
............
In the sharp "woo" sounds, the three members of the "Old Task Force" who were sleeping woke up instantly.
Bai Chen, who was on duty, said calmly:
"It's coming from the southeast. It should be an enemy attack."
"Fishmen and Mountain Horrors are attacking?" Jiang Baimian thoughtfully straightened her clothes.
Living in such an environment, they all slept in their clothes.
Bai Chen didn't dare give a definite answer:
"It should be. They chose to bypass the defense line."
"Team Leader, what do we do? Stay in the church or return to the hotel camp?" Although it was Long Yuehong's first time experiencing a large-scale battle, the chaos in Weed City had given him enough of a baptism.
Before Jiang Baimian could answer, Shang Jianyao had already seriously offered a suggestion:
"Didn't we say we would 'sell' half of the arms and accumulated supplies to the Town Guard?
"Now is the perfect time."
Ah? Long Yuehong was a little surprised.
Jiang Baimian immediately looked at Shang Jianyao, meeting his gaze for more than ten seconds.
In the silent quiet, Jiang Baimian withdrew her gaze and smiled:
"Since we said it, let's do it.
"First ask Vigilant Song to find out where to find Han Wanghuo and the Town Guard."
As soon as she finished speaking, a series of cannon sounds came from the same direction in the distance.
Boom! Boom!
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