The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 314 The Only Way Out (6K words, monthly ticket requested)

After some inquiries, Xu Shu got some scattered information.

He collected this information, wrote it down on paper, and after comparing it, he had some clues.

First of all, the Star Tower did fall down at noon, which was completely consistent with his judgment.

And fortunately, after the Star Tower fell, the demons in the dense black blood vessels seemed to have all disappeared, and not a single one appeared - this was undoubtedly great news, otherwise, with the number of demons Xu Shu saw at that time, the safe zone would have been bloodbathed by now.

Secondly, the current decision of the top brass in the safe zone to deal with this incident is to hold on.

According to Tang Ying, the large force in the city is now forming a defense line on the city wall to resist the monsters.

The roar of artillery fire that Xu Shu had heard before was actually the garrison's method of directly surrounding the entire safe zone by bombarding the ground with artillery fire.

As for some fish that slipped through the net, the personnel who had originally participated in the city-wide defense were responsible for sniping and clearing them out. The "city-wide defense" plan was originally intended to confuse the public, but unexpectedly it eventually returned to its original purpose.

"Hold on to the safe zone and wait for rescue?"

Xu Shu shook his head repeatedly after hearing this.

This is a completely foolish choice.

Instead of evacuating during the day when it was relatively safe, they waited until nightfall, which made it even more difficult to leave.

At first glance, it seems safe against the huge city wall, but this is basically a slow death, because the Star Tower cannot be resurrected after death.

But after thinking about it, Xu Shu also remained silent.

Defending the city...seems like this is a strategy chosen when there is no other choice.

Compared to mobilizing the masses to go to a terrifying and gloomy wilderness to carry out a "human migration operation" where life and death are uncertain, it is obvious that defending the city and waiting for help looks safer and more acceptable.

After all, humans have relied on the Star Tower for many years. Between safe zones, only extraordinary people have been able to rely on the Star Tower teleportation array to move, while ordinary people rarely leave the border.

Moreover, after the catastrophe, the surface of the earth has undergone drastic changes, and the original map has long been invalid.

There are no clear roads for walking on in the wasteland between adjacent safety zones.

In other words, mobilizing the people to "open up new land for survival" is simply a fantasy.

They would never consider the option of leaving the safe zone.

Defending the city is indeed a slow death, but it is the only option at the moment and a choice that cannot be avoided.

"…Is the upgrade drive available?"

After being silent for a while, Xu Shu suddenly asked. He tried to push his hips, but found that he still couldn't open the upgraded network.

Tang Ying shook her head and said, "No, the previous mission was arranged by Director Bai and announced via radio."

"I see. That's strange. The sea has clearly disappeared, so why can't we upgrade the network? Is there something else blocking the signal? This shouldn't be the case..."

Xu Shu frowned, not quite understanding the logic behind this.

But he had a not-so-good guess, that is, the star tower also serves as a signal tower.

So, without the star tower, there is no signal in this area.

This is quite possible. Although it does not affect the signal of the upgrade drive in the wilderness, there seems to be a certain distance limitation, such as it must be within a certain distance from the border line.

If this is the case, the signal problem cannot be solved.

It is also worth mentioning that Tang Ying and her companions did not seem to encounter the most terrifying Chosen One - Serchis again.

Now he is no longer the chosen one of God, but has gone one step further and become the son of the evil god: Paimon.

Maybe they saw that they couldn't get the job done and simply retreated?
Xu Shu didn't think much about it, but asked: "Bai Ju? Which Bai Ju?"

"Bai Sanxiang." Tang Ying said as a matter of course.

"He's still alive?"

Xu Shu was a little surprised, as he thought Lao Bai was dead.

"Take me to him."

"Okay!" After being rescued again, Tang Ying became very well-behaved. Without asking any more questions, she went out immediately and walked east with Xu Shu.

She knew that although Xu Shu was a "strongman", he had amazing physical skills, so she did not drive, but decided to use her feet to run at full speed.

After running less than five kilometers, Tang Ying saw Xu Shu standing in front of a tricycle that was crushed by a wall on the side of the road for a long time. Although she didn't understand why, she was still waiting quietly.

After peeling open the wall, they saw a corpse on the ground that had been eaten to the point that only the bones were left. It had been dead for a long time, and there were various cakes and pastries scattered all over the ground around it.

In the hand of the mutilated corpse was tightly grasping a wrinkled photo, which was blurred by blood and could barely be identified as a family portrait of a family of three.

"I told you not to come out today, but you didn't listen."

Xu Shu sighed, picked up a relatively clean piece of mung bean cake from the ground, put it in his mouth and chewed it.

It has a refreshing fragrance and is not sticky to your teeth. It tastes great.

Xu Shu dug a hole and sold the body of the cake vendor. Without delay, he continued on his way.

Not long after, we encountered another group of colleagues who were struggling in street fighting, a common 1+11 team.

Their enemy was a very agile...human, but this person had mutated. He laughed wildly while eating the baby in his hands. His fighting ability was very strong. During the battle, he had killed several people on the spot.

The two did not stand by and watch, but instead worked together to help eliminate the invading monster.

After that, we encountered several monsters invading the safe zone. Some of them killed people in houses, while others were surrounded and killed by security personnel.

There was a slight delay along the way, but in less than fifteen minutes, the two reached the city wall on the east side of the safe zone.

There was constant artillery fire here. In addition to the basic guns and tanks in the rear, rows of huge mechas were moving back and forth, firing all kinds of missiles as if they were free, bombarding the area in front.

"The offensive combat mecha charm developed by the Arctic Heavy Industries Group only requires an entry-level transcendent to operate it, and can exert a very high destructive power. In terms of lethality alone, it is even close to that of a mid-stage second-order transcendent. Its disadvantages are that its speed is not fast enough, its resistance to erosion is not high enough, and it lacks sufficiently effective melee means. Being approached by an enemy is equivalent to death." Tang Ying explained consciously.

There are so many shortcomings... Xu Shu glanced at her and nodded after a while, but he had some doubts in his heart.

How did she know that I didn't know this?
Xu Shu suppressed his doubts and took a look.

The targets of the bombing were various monsters in the open space below the city wall, which looked like a combination of different creatures and mutated human bodies.

——Dark creatures.

These things are also old monsters. They originally never dared to enter the safe zone at all. They just lay on the city wall to bask in the moonlight and lived in peace with the garrison for many years.

And tonight, they crawled out from the ground in a daze, and under the leadership of a group of demons and aliens, they discovered that they could enter the safe zone. So they couldn't stop, and a battle between mecha soldiers and dark creatures began.

For some reason, the East City Gate seems to be the key breakthrough direction, and the situation is most serious here.

However, under the baptism of artillery fire, the monsters were suppressed and beaten to a position three hundred meters away from the city wall.

Occasionally, some special monsters that are extremely fast and difficult to hit are also targeted and killed by the patrolling teams of extraordinary people.

Xu Shu saw that there were separate sentry towers nearly 20 meters high on the city wall from time to time, and there was a sniper on each sentry tower.

"Scout"?
No, maybe it's "Sentinel"!
The sentinels' ability is that the higher they stand, the farther they can attack, and they have their own reconnaissance capabilities, making it difficult for them to be ambushed. The more sentinels there are, the greater the control over the battlefield.

In the current situation, the power that a "Sentinel" can exert is not just as simple as representing a second-level transcendent. They can motivate some ordinary soldiers to exert destructive power far beyond their original power, and are the most popular profession on large-scale battlefields.

Judging from this scene, Xu Shu couldn't understand why the top leaders of the safe zone had the courage to order the safe zone to be defended to the death.

This is the confidence that the artillery fire has given them.

pity……

The monsters in front of us, as numerous as mountains and seas, are just a small vanguard force.

If you lose the safe zone of the Star Tower, more and more monsters will be attracted around you, and you will eventually be possessed and killed by ants...

The only outcome for the fighters who stop the enemy here is death...

While Xu Shu secretly sighed in his heart, he grabbed an unknown monster that had turned into a shadow and crawled out from the corner, and slapped it several times, killing it.

It's quite a pity that this thing didn't drop any crystals. It was a dark creature.

In a tower, Xu Shu saw Bai Sanxiang with a pale face.

At this moment, he was injured and was receiving treatment from two doctors, who also provided him with a table of food.

His face no longer had the wildness and rebelliousness of the past, but instead showed a bit of old age, and an expression of deep and unremovable sorrow.

"White game!"

Xu Shu bowed and walked in quickly.

Bai Sanxiang picked up a piece of cloth as white as dumpling skin and pressed it on the wound on his shoulder that looked like a human face. He glanced at Xu Shu in surprise and said, "You haven't appeared for so long. So you are not dead?"

Xu Shu shrugged and said, "Director Bai, you know, this is actually... what I wanted to ask you."

"Ah..." Bai Sanxiang grinned for a while and tore off the dumpling skin. The human face was also torn off by him like a sticker. It gradually became hideous and turned into pus, leaving a bowl-sized scar on his shoulder.

After doing all this, Bai Sanxiang waved his hand and retreated to the left and right.

Tang Ying didn't leave.

Bai Sanxiang was stunned for a moment and looked at her in confusion.

At this time Xu Shu nodded, and Tang Ying nodded and walked out.

Bai Sanxiang sighed and said, "You are amazing, kid. I've heard from Old Yu that you are good at dealing with women. Today I'm really enlightened. It's a pity that Tang Huoxiao died in the battle, otherwise I would have let him see what his daughter is like now!"

"Who is Tang Huoxiao?" Xu Shu sat over and picked up a chicken leg and started chewing it.

"Tang Ying's father was also a man. What a pity." Bai Sanxiang picked up a cup of medicinal wine and poured it on the wound, making a sizzling sound.

Xu Shu was silent for a moment, looked at his wound, and asked, "Is it serious? Do you want Alice to help?"

"Save your energy, it's not that serious. I'm sure Alice must have been very tired to be alive today." Bai Sanxiang shook his head.

Xu Shu did not comment.

After all his men had gone out, Bai Sanxiang watched the door completely close before he lowered his voice and said with a breath of cold air: "Let Alice out quickly! Hiss~"

So your calmness just now was all fake?

Xu Shu was startled, and quickly opened his backpack. He patted the orange cat's butt and told her to get up and work. At the same time, he asked in surprise, "No way, is it really that serious?"

Alice yawned and spit, then used her cat's paw to smear Bai Sanxiang's saliva, and then blew on the wound. After a while, the scar healed, but the wound seemed to recover very slowly. Bai Sanxiang grinned and said, "The evil corpse is the most difficult to deal with. Fortunately, this thing is only in the early stage of the third stage. If it was in the middle stage, you wouldn't be able to see me now."

"Corpse evil, evil mouth?"

Xu Shu subconsciously touched his waist and thought of the red-haired corpse dog inside.

So it seems that Bai Sanxiang was attacked by a third-level Yangshen Corpse Dog?

This thing is really powerful. I suffered losses from it when I was at a similar level to it... What a pity, Bai Sanxiang seemed to have killed that corpse dog, otherwise he could have used it to feed Narrow-sleeved Guanyin. A third-level evil spirit with a suffix is ​​very rare.

Xu Shu didn't dwell on this and asked, "Is it necessary to guard against even our own people?"

What he meant was that Bai Sanxiang was obviously seriously injured, but he still pretended to be calm.

Bai Sanxiang sighed and said, "We have to be on guard. Haha, you probably can't guess who the traitor that Lao Yu is talking about is, damn..."

Xu Shu interrupted, "Could it be that he is a demigod stationed there?"

Bai Sanxiang: "...How dare you guess? And you guessed it right?"

"Now that you've said that, I can't guess anymore. Am I a fool?"

Xu Shu remembered what the archbishop had said at the time, saying that the thing would spread through memory, and whoever it was spread to would definitely become the other party's traitor, and he couldn't help but take two steps back.

He looked at Bai Sanxiang, feeling a little unsure.

Could this Bai Sanxiang be a traitor?
But their plans have all failed, do they still need a mole?

After a brief thought, Xu Shu asked calmly, "Master Han Mo betrayed me?"

Bai Sanxiang shook his head and said, "It wasn't him. It was Zou Wanqing, she was the Venerable Fengrao. While everyone was discussing asking for help from the headquarters, she attacked and killed Master Han, and they both died together."

"What I didn't expect was that there were two traitors among us. Even Ning Baishou betrayed us! For the sake of a god..." Bai Sanxiang suddenly paused, and then continued, "For the sake of a treasure, he became a running dog of the Tzeentch sect and used special methods to destroy the Star Tower!"

Xu Shu pricked up his ears when he heard this.

what?
Ning Baishou destroyed the Star Tower?

So who am I?

He didn't interrupt and continued to listen.

In just a few words, Bai Sanxiang recounted his experience of being trapped in the Star Tower.

According to his description, after Zou Wanqing launched a sneak attack on Han Mo, she was struck to death by the Star Tower, and both demigods died.

After that, Master Han's three disciples prepared to activate the Star Tower's special alert mode in accordance with the emergency management regulations. According to them, after activating that mode, the Star Tower will enter a state where they will kill gods and Buddhas when encountering them, and the highlight is that it will be invincible!
However, at that time, Ning Baishou used a strange begging bowl-like object to pour out black liquid, controlled the center of the star tower, and trapped everyone there.

About half an hour later, at noon, the center of the Star Tower was destroyed and the Star Tower collapsed. Several people survived and escaped.

Bai Sanxiang and the senior officials who did not enter the center of the Star Tower at that time and were on duty outside verified this matter and confirmed that the strange black blood river that enveloped the Star Tower was exactly the same as the black liquid that Ning Baishou poured out of the bowl.

Xu Shu was stunned when he heard this.

He was originally worried that he would be hated for pulling out the tower with three pulls - even if his starting point was good, the destruction of the star tower was an indisputable fact.

I originally wanted to keep this matter secret, but unexpectedly, someone else stole the limelight.

Then what Ning Baishou got was not a black bowl, but a black pot...

Of course Xu Shu would not confess voluntarily, but hesitantly said: "The name Ning Baishou sounds familiar, he seems to be..."

"Haha, everyone in the safe zone is familiar with his name. He is the director of the Control Bureau who climbed up step by step from a scavenger!" Bai Sanxiang gritted his teeth, with strong hatred in his eyes.

He sighed, "No one would have thought that Ning Baishou, a figure who has always been admired by millions of people, would betray the human race in order to break through the fourth realm and become a demigod..."

"So it was him... What did you say just now, breaking through the fourth realm?" Xu Shu interrupted.

Bai San groaned, knowing that he had said something wrong. After thinking for a while, he said frankly, "Well, the people of the Tzeentch sect promised to give him a divinity. With this divinity, he can successfully break through the shackles and step into the threshold of the fourth realm. From then on, he will no longer be bound by the shackles of life form and become a demigod, half-human existence...

"Alas, perhaps I have no right to blame him. If it were me, I might not be able to withstand such temptation..."

Bai Sanxiang seemed to be lost in thought.

Xu Shu found this somewhat strange.

He also thought that Ning Baishou was also contaminated by that "memory", so he betrayed him.

But if you think about it carefully, it doesn't make sense, because the "Venerable Abundance" Zou Wanqing that Bai Sanxiang mentioned is a demigod who still betrayed. Most likely, she is the one whose memory is polluted. Therefore, Ning Baishou, who was present at the time and had planned it in advance, must not have been polluted.

After all this time, it turns out that he betrayed in order to reach the fourth level?
Xu Shu didn't understand.

To reach the fourth level, isn't it possible just by having hands?

For example, if I reach the maximum level of the third stage and then take a curse, wouldn’t it be the fourth stage?
What is divinity?
Is that thing necessary?
Xu Shu didn’t quite understand the world of these people, although he also took note of this point of knowledge.

But now is not the time to talk about this.

After understanding the situation, he preliminarily judged that Bai Sanying should not have been contaminated - otherwise he would not have to tell everything and could have concealed it completely, at least he did not need to talk about the bowl and Ning Baishou - therefore, Xu Shu chose to believe him 80%.

After making the decision, Xu Shu asked, "Director Bai, how long are you going to hold out?"

Bai Sanxiang was stunned at first, then realized that Xu Shu was talking about defending the city wall, so he said, "Two days at most! Our safe zone is now completely disconnected, and someone will definitely notice something is wrong. By then, in three days at most, no, two days! In two days, support from the East Pole Zone will arrive!"

Xu Shu asked back: "The support has arrived, is it useful?"

"What do you mean?" Bai Sanxiang felt a little confused by the question.

Xu Shu said: "I mean, once the support arrives, can they rebuild the safe zone?"

"The Star Tower is gone, what can we use to rebuild after the disaster?" Bai Sanxiang shook his head.

"Then can they rebuild the Star Tower?" Xu Shu asked again.

He was asking knowingly.

The origin of the Star Tower, "Twenty-Four of Zhu Xian" is in his hands.

According to what we have seen and heard in the legendary "Re-enactment of History", these swords are each uniquely suited to their respective roles. There cannot be so many of them, otherwise they would not have been numbered.

As expected, Bai Sanxiang replied: "Of course it is impossible to rebuild it."

Can't rebuild...

Xu Shu nodded, gave up some of his thoughts, and said, "If they can't rebuild the Star Tower, what are they doing here?"

Bai Sanxiang said: "For such a big event, there will definitely be a demigod coming! The power of a demigod is enough to change our temporary predicament."

"You're really awesome. Will you come and help us fight off the monsters? Or will you help us collect the bodies?" Xu Shu smiled.

"Of course..." Bai Sanxiang stuttered.

He discovered the problem himself.

Since D8B3 zone has lost contact, the Dongji District Headquarters will indeed send someone to check it out, and they will definitely be demigod-level strongmen, maybe one, maybe two, but no more than two at most. This is the treatment of a third-class safe zone.

These two demigods will be teleported directly to the adjacent safe zone, and then...fly over across the wasteland.

But what comes after that?
The demigod-level warriors will discover the situation in area D8B3 and they will not be able to solve it.

After all, even the masters of the Heavenly Ranking have to act with caution when they arrive in the wilderness.

A demigod-level warrior cannot just walk sideways in the wilderness, but must be more cautious.

So, these demigods had to fly back to find more people for rescue.

But this back and forth takes a lot of time.

Then, after a series of considerations, the people in District D8B3...

Well, let’s not talk about whether it will be abandoned.

I guess they are all dead by now...

There was a long silence in the room.

"Do you have any ideas?" Bai Sanxiang asked, breaking the silence.

Xu Shu said calmly: "Migrate. Everyone in the entire safe zone should unite and migrate to the adjacent safe zone. As long as we cross the border, we will be basically safe."

"Migration... I've thought about what you said before. But let's not talk about mobilization. How can we cross the wilderness with our strength?"

Bai Sanxiang felt a bitter taste in his mouth.

These two words are easy to say but difficult to do.

The distance between the two adjacent security zones and the border line is two thousand kilometers.

This distance is not very far.

For ordinary people, even if the road is unobstructed and they drive straight ahead without resting, it will still take at least a day and a night to get there.

What's more, this is still an ideal state, which is far from possible in reality.

The terrain in the wilderness is complex and there are dangers everywhere. How is it possible to go straight ahead?
With a population of more than two million in the safe zone, how easy is it to complete a migration?

No, it's not that easy.

This is simply impossible to accomplish!
"Do you have any way to solve the road problem in the wasteland? If we really want to migrate, I don't know how long it will take. By then..." Bai Sanxiang pursed his lips and said nothing.

With so many people gathered together, not to mention that their mobility is almost non-existent, just think about how many monster attacks they will encounter along the way?
Even if there are extraordinary people leading the way, two million people may seem like a large number, but once they reach the wilderness, they can only give those monsters a hard time.

Xu Shu said: "There is no way to solve this problem. I know many people will die, but at least it is better than waiting to die here.

"Bai Ju, stop kidding yourself. You know better than me. With the way you're playing now, you won't last even for two days, let alone until midnight. Your defense will be broken. By then, everyone in the safe zone will be buried with these bastards who don't even want to drop crystals!"

"But……"

"If a tree is moved, it will die; if a person moves, he will live. Director Bai, don't hesitate any longer. Leaving here and crossing the wilderness is our only way to survive! Even if only one out of a hundred survives, it is better than all of us dying here!" Xu Shu said firmly.

Bai Sanxiang's face turned pale. Xu Shu completely saw through his weakness.

However, when he thought of the horrific number of possible deaths, Bai Sanxiang simply couldn't make up his mind.

At this moment, a gentle and mellow voice suddenly sounded beside him:

"Comrade Xu Shu, I'm here to help you."

(End of this chapter)