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Chapter 7 The Fall of the City

It was another day of nothing. Lei Ling, commander-in-chief of the Southern Theater Command Mecha Warriors Force, sat leisurely at his desk, looking out the window boredly, pouring a cup of coffee and drinking slowly.

It was his turn to be on duty today. If nothing unexpected happens, in another hour, after issuing the dynamic report of that day, he can prepare to go to bed. At this moment, he is sitting on the roof of the 53rd floor of the military building, overlooking the lights of the city.

The exterior wall is still so quiet. Tonight's team leader Yin Zhendong is leading his squad to patrol the inner wall of the city. This capable old captain was also Lei Ling's old leader. He impulsively confronted his boss at that time because his brother died on the battlefield, so he has never been promoted. However, Lei Ling himself is not only talented, but also knows the worldly style and is very popular with his superiors. Therefore, he served as the commander-in-chief of the Southern Theater Command at a young age. Now Yin Zhendong is in his destiny and is about to retire. It seems that with him patrolling outside, Lei Ling can always rest assured.

Outside the exterior walls of this city, it was still pitch black and lifeless. But Lei Ling knew that in this darkness, there were countless murderous intents hidden.

When did the high walls around the city and intercity expressways start to stand up? He was not very clear either, but just heard his grandfather tell a story.

Grandpa said that scientist Anthony invented genetic modification technology and saved the sharply reduced humans. But Anthony himself also said that it is also a price to violate the laws of nature and resist the punishment of nature. Genetic improvement experiments, genetic modification surgeries, batches of genetic modification drugs have produced a large amount of waste, discharged into the wild, mixed into water sources, and since then, polluted a group of wild animals and infected many people living below the poverty line. Gradually, animals began to undergo subtle genetic mutations, gradually becoming cruel and irritable, and their physical characteristics became more aggressive. Polluted humans gradually became incomplete, lost their minds, and became walking dead.

The first attack occurred a century ago, when a village was massacred by wild animals with genetic mutations, and the scene was terrible. So the government realized the seriousness of the problem and built high walls outside the city, some factories and public facilities inside the exterior walls, and then inside walls to prevent new pollution from affecting existing humans.

At that time, the government also sent troops to wipe out the mutated beasts, but at that time they found that it was too late. The number and species of wild beasts were so numerous that they caught them off guard. Moreover, a strange virus was spreading between wild beasts and wild beasts, wild beasts and humans at a very fast speed. A large number of wild beasts quickly mutated and became various ferocious beasts, and infected humans also became their puppets. So the army retreated into the high wall and used only limited troops to protect the remaining territory of human beings.

Many years have passed, and although human technology is becoming more and more advanced and weapons are becoming more and more advanced, they do not know how many mutated beasts are outside now, and they will never dare to step out of the high wall to explore.

Thinking of this, Lei Ling was a little sleepy. Almost 100 years have passed, and there has never been a large-scale attack on humans. It seems that a balance between humans and nature has finally been found again. However, a few self-righteous young people would go on adventures secretly without listening to the dissuasion. In the end, the search and rescue team could only find their fragmented corpses and incomplete clothes in caves in the wild.

Maybe nature has forgiven humans. As long as we don’t do too much, we will not be punished again! Thinking of this, Lei Ling stood up, walked to the window, and stretched.

It was getting late, why didn't the secretary send the dynamic report? Lei Ling thought, turned around and returned to the table, preparing to call his secretary with internal communication equipment.

He was about to press the call button on the table when the phone suddenly rang.

"What a coincidence?" Lei Ling said to himself, "Asking."

The secretary's urgent voice came from the phone: "Commander, our radar found that there are many creatures gathering outside the outer wall, with unprecedented numbers, which seems to be not normal!"

Maybe they are having a party! Or maybe they are attracted by the city lights. Anyway, as long as they do not deliberately destroy, they will not be able to enter the exterior wall. Lei Ling thought, but he still issued an order according to the convention: "Send the location to Captain Yin's team and ask him to lead the team to see it, so as not to alarm the beasts outside the wall."

If they could really get angry and break through the exterior wall, I wouldn't have to be so bored! Lei Ling thought jokingly. Since joining the army, he has experienced countless practical exercises, but he hasn't even experienced a real actual combat experience. It feels like a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger.

It seems that today's dynamic report will be released later. I'm bored and might as well go to the command center downstairs to see if the radar is broken.

Just as he thought of this, he heard a loud explosion. In an instant, Lei Ling felt the earth shaking, like an earthquake. A bright light of fire came in through the window. He was still in shock, leaning against the wall and widened his eyes.

Damn, something really happened?

He walked to the window with a nervous expression and took a look at the scene outside the window. It was a power station! There are four high-efficiency solar power stations in the city, almost all of which are full-loaded. There is also a small nuclear power station 80 kilometers east. Later, in order to reduce pollution, they rarely started. Now a power station has been blown up, and the other three should have been in an overload state. If one more is destroyed, the city's electricity will be paralyzed.

Let’s go and see what’s going on! Lei Ling thought of it. He rushed to the front of the door in three steps, opened the door, went downstairs and went directly to the combat command center.

When they went down to the command center, all the officers were busy working together. When they saw Lei Ling coming in, they stood up and bowed.

Lei Ling waved his hand and signaled everyone to continue working. He nodded to the Chief of Staff Liang Yikuan, who was walking towards him, preparing to listen to his report on the current trends.

"Report to the commander, the Thunder Beast outside the wall just now used its own electromagnetic bomb to detonate the power station and exploded the inner and outer walls. Some alien beasts and puppets have invaded the outer walls!"

"Where is Captain Yin's troops?" Lei Ling asked impatiently.

"I rushed to the location of the accident just now."

"Call the satellite and see the battle situation." Lei Ling said, walked to the big screen and added: "Send the Second Armored Division to reinforce! The entire army entered an orange alert state." I hope it would be just a small-scale attack, so that I could try my skills. He thought with luck.

The big screen turned to the satellite screen and saw a small number of puppets and alien fighting beasts that had entered the exterior wall. Fortunately, Yin Zhendong's troops arrived in time and started fighting with the ferocious beasts. The robot troops advanced head-on, and the human mecha warriors surrounded the flanks. This is a conventional strategy. It seems that the old captain is still calm in the face of danger.

At this time, an alien beast rushed through the sea of ​​fire and threw down a warrior. Another female warrior rushed forward desperately and was caught by Captain Yin.

"What is she doing?" Lei Ling looked at the scene in front of her with a little disgust. The strange beast that rushed through the sea of ​​fire was besieged by other soldiers and killed the fire.

"Hmph, is that only a little bit of ability?" Lei Ling smiled contemptuously and became a little proud. Today's report seems to be able to be written beautifully.

"No! Another thunder beast!" Liang Yikuan shouted at a corner above the screen.

I saw a huge beast, looking like an elephant, lifted up its long nose like a cannon barrel, and a blue light lit up in its nose. Then a blue ball of light ejected out of its long nose and hit the burning power station again.

There was another loud bang, and the already incomplete power station exploded again, and all the soldiers were knocked down by the huge shock wave, and the scene was in a mess.

Lei Ling was stunned for a moment and shouted to a staff officer behind him: "Where is the reinforcements?!"

"It's... on the way!" The little staff officer stood up from his seat and answered the commander's question nervously.

Fortunately, the shock wave just now also knocked down the strange beast that climbed into the wall. Lei Ling quickly thought about the countermeasures in his mind.

"Where is the air force?" Lei Ling asked.

A female correspondent stood up and said: "Our wired communication lines seem to have been cut off, and now only wireless communications can be used. However, wireless communications cannot contact the air force, and some other troops."

An ominous premonition enveloped Lei Ling's heart. "Satellite picture, take a look at the current state of the Air Force."

The satellite image switched over, and everyone in the combat command was stunned. The only thing that came before them was a sea of ​​fire and some scrapped fighter plane wreckage. Their air force disappeared without warning.

Lei Ling, who had no practical experience, was completely shocked. While retreating, he murmured to himself: "There are planning, premeditations, and steps... They have evolved, becoming wise and organized." Lei Ling turned around and asked: "Is there any movement in the capital?"

Another correspondent clicked on the screen in front of him and reported: "It seems that the capital was under the same attack, and there are other major cities around the world."

The war was prepared quietly and planned to break out at the same time. We were unprepared... For a long time, we have lived too comfortably. Lei Ling sighed and said, "Be prepared for danger in times of peace, be prepared for danger, be prepared for any danger..."

The Chief of Staff stepped forward and said: "Report! The reinforcements have arrived at the gap in the exterior wall, and a new round of battle has begun."

The screen automatically cut back to the exterior wall of the city, and only chariots were parked at the gap in the inner wall. Due to the uneven gaps and the narrow entrances, the chariots were inconvenient to enter. They could only send robots and mecha warriors into the gap and participate in the battle again.

In the picture, Captain Yin Zhendong and the woman just now were supported by several soldiers and a young man and returned to the inner wall. More strange beasts and puppets rushed into the outer wall, and countless ferocious beasts were pouring into the gap like a tide.

"Roll the red alarm to inform all citizens that the Resident Evil invasion and the whole city will be evacuated. Building a second line of defense." Lei Ling said expressionlessly. He knew that he was isolated and had no help, so he could only calm down on himself, use his existing resources, and do his best to protect civilians.

"There are no traces of ferocious beasts found in the southern part of the city. Have you evacuated from the intercity expressway in the south?" asked the chief of staff.

Lei Ling nodded, "Send logistics troops to cooperate with the police station to evacuate citizens in an orderly manner at the south gate of the city and evacuate to Nantong City. All other troops will be suppressed by the fuck! Make every effort to protect the citizens from evacuating. If the citizens evacuate, we will evacuate again."

"Yes!" the chief of staff replied simply, and immediately issued an order.

Lei Ling knew that the situation was not good, and with the current strength of the defenders in the city, it would be difficult to resist such a large number of ferocious beasts, so he could only fight and retreat and seize the time. So he personally contacted the city government and the police station leaders to discuss the matter of cooperation in evacuation.

Before the city government could finish the phone call, a staff officer suddenly ran over and whispered to Lei Ling: "Commander, please look at the screen."

Lei Ling turned around and looked at the screen again, and was stunned. He could no longer hear what the mayor was saying on the other side of the video call. He saw a huge alien fighting beast, using its bloated body to squeeze through the exterior and interior walls, kicking the chariot blocked in the gap like a football. The cannons of the chariots were unable to use it, let alone the guns of ordinary soldiers.

"It's the mother..." The female correspondent just now looked at the huge thing in front of her and blurted out involuntarily.

The mother body moved forward step by step, stomping the mecha warriors like stepping on the grasshoppers to death, and stomping on the robot warriors. The infantry lacked firepower and had no choice but to fight and retreat.

The mother body pushed forward without slacking off, followed by countless small alien fighting beasts, with a powerful force. The high wall of the second defense line made of fine steel was as thin as a biscuit in front of it.

"Call the armored division to withdraw, preserve its strength, fight with other troops, and try to delay the pace of the mother's body." Before Lei Ling finished speaking, the surroundings suddenly became dark, followed by another loud noise. The room gradually lighted up again, and a line of words were displayed on the screen: The main power supply is lost, switch the backup power supply.

Still here...

Another officer came to report that without having to speak, Lei Ling knew what he was going to say. The second power plant in the west of the city was also blasted by ferocious beasts, and a large number of alien beasts invaded the city walls in the west. In order to avoid overload and explosion, the remaining two power plants could only adopt emergency strategies to reduce their power. Now the city is in a state of power paralysis, and only emergency lighting and some necessary facilities are available.

"Retreat! Retreat!" Lei Ling was completely disappointed and lowered his head and whispered...

After a night of melee, the city, which was still brightly lit yesterday, had become a ruin at dawn. Fortunately, the army has successfully evacuated most of the citizens. Now Lei Ling is walking slowly behind the vast army of citizens with the remaining troops.

As they walked, a series of fire lights rose in the direction of the city where they left, and explosions that shook the sky and the earth were constantly coming from afar.

Lei Ling was curious and got out of the car to watch. He saw a chariot slowly coming towards him in the thick smoke.

The chariot drove near and stopped and jumped out of the car. Lei Ling recognized three of them at a glance, namely Yin Zhendong, his staff officer Fang Qitian, and the rash woman in the picture, and one. He looked very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it. There were too many faces he had seen this night.

Lei Ling looked at the four people in a mess and asked simply: "What's going on?"

Yin Zhendong laughed twice, patted the stranger on the shoulder, then gave a thumbs up, pointed to the explosion behind him, and said to Lei Ling: "This kid's idea! The strange beast should not be able to catch up with him for a while!"

Although Lei Ling felt a little relieved, she still couldn't laugh. She just stretched out her hand and said to the young man in front of her: "My name is Lei Ling. Thank you!"

The young man also reached out to shake hands with him and said, "My name is Long Xingyi."
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