I Became A Mech Soldier After Waking Up in The Future.

On the drawbridge's deck, the nine remaining people were in a grave situation.

Although brief and didn't directly impact the drawbridge, the aftermath shock of the artillery bombardment was still causing people to shudder, deafening their ears temporarily and bedazzling their eyes.

As the artillery bombardment finally came to an end, the Zerg swarm tide came in wave after wave, fiercer than ever, making Keiko and the others didn't even have the time to breathe. They desperately tried to squeeze their brains, searching for a path of survival.

"Damn it! They are really trying to kill us all!"

Keiko's furious bellow could be heard from Jeanne's and Leah's intercom. In fact, their complexions were no better than Keiko's right now.

"I'm just a little doctor. This is too much action for me," Leah said weakly, though it was unknown whether she was serious or just joking.

"Well, just think of it as one of your unlucky days," replied Jeanne, shrugging.

"Unlucky day, huh? Well, I'm just hoping this isn't my last day."

"We will survive this together, definitely..."

After a few moments, there wasn't any following attack coming from the city wall.

Jeanne said, "It seems that the situation in the city has been resolved. The enemy should've been captured and General Frode should've taken back control."

The city gate behind them was closed, and they weren't stupid enough to believe that, even if the traitor had been found and their allies had successfully wrestled the power inside the city, they would be able to enter the city soon.

Though, the entire case might unfold differently if there was no swarm tide that threatened the Frodheim city's survival.

Hiding in the moat was also a no-go. After all, there were already a lot of monsters that had invaded their canals and waterways. Doing so was the same as committing suicide.

Their only option now was to find higher ground so they could easily keep their eyes on the enemies' movements and make it easier for the reinforcements to rescue them.

Keiko looked around, and when her gaze spotted the armoured car's roof, she sighed. It seemed that it was the only place they could go.

Keiko turned her head to Jeanne at the same time as Jeanne looked at her, exchanging glances. They nodded at each other in understanding. It seemed that they thought of the same thing.

Jeanne and Keiko, as well as the limping Dr. Leah, joined hands to carry all the fainted soldiers onto the roof of the car, ignoring their injuries and tying them back-to-back. Jeanne knew that there would be reinforcements who were going to rescue them sooner or later. By doing so, it would make the rescue process easier and more time-efficient.

While Jeanne and Dr. Leah were busy treating the injuries that were holding them back, Keiko drove the armored car they were in between the other two armored cars, with their backs against the city wall, and an overturned car in front of them acting as a barrier to slow down the enemies' advancement.

She hoped that this arrangement could help them buy some more time and increase, even a tiny bit, their chances of survival.

Luckily, Jeanne had a good eye and searched for all the weapons on the scene before the arrival of the swarm tide, which saved her the time of picking up weapons.

She had also suggested Keiko equip one of the exosuits that used to be worn by one of the deceased soldiers, which, only after a fair moment of hesitation, Keiko had reluctantly agreed to.

After parking the armored car, she jumped behind the overturned armored car body, and she was able to use more than 30 large and small guns, 6 standard short-handled sabers, 1 long saber, and 3 crossbows in the places where she could reach quickly.

Holding two machine guns in both hands, she stood in front of the formation, looking at the rapidly approaching swarm tide in the distance with an expression as calm as a lake and a straight back as imposing as a mountain.

Jeanne and Alita were on the roof of the car with the injured soldiers. They also had a lot of weapons at their disposal. Not only to protect themselves but also, most importantly, to cover Keiko from sneak attacks that could come from the side.

Jeanne gritted her teeth and gazed at Keiko's back. Looking at her body full of wounds, she felt pretty helpless. In such a desperate situation, she could only rely on Keiko. 

Jeanne began to despise the mysterious third party who concealed their identities.

They was obviously so powerful and capable, but they were still hiding behind, leaving the injured Keiko to face the swarm tide alone.

Thinking of this, Jeanne felt hatred in her heart, but she just gritted her teeth and tried not to think about it. Now she couldn't cause trouble; they have to get through this! 

"Major, did you know that in the old era there was once a great book titled "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" from a country known as China," Keiko's voice suddenly came from the earphones, and Jeanne looked at her back and did not speak. "Whether I can survive today or not, I might have my story written as a biography or an epic in the future, or it might even pass as a myth, just like that book."

"You are not allowed to die! This is an order!" Jeanne roared angrily at Keiko, seemingly really angered by Keiko's comment. 

Keiko sighed; this eldest miss had never read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and had no idea what she was talking about.

In the book, there was a story about how Zhang Fei, a loyal general of Liu Bei, stood with a spear in both of his hands on Changban Bridge, facing Cao Cao's six thousand cavalries without fear.

Today, she also ended up in a rather similar situation with Zhang Fei.

If she was also facing a human army just like Zhang Fei, she might even blurt out the same line as him: "I am Keiko Lee, and anyone can come and challenge me to fight to the death!"

Unfortunately, she wasn't. But it didn't dampen her spirit.

"Today, I, Keiko Lee, with machine guns in both hands, stand in front of Trudheim's city gate, facing tens of thousands of Zerg and predators alone."

"If I don't die today, there's nothing to be feared in the future! KILL!!!!!!!" 

The zerg swarm was almost at the door. 

Keiko scanned through the various kinds of predators and zergs; most of them were only F-rank and E-rank monsters, some of them were D-rank monsters. However, their numbers were overwhelming.

It was obvious that this wave was just the first wave, the vanguard for them to test the water, only cannon fodder.

With only this many weapons in her hands, she might not be able to fend them off, but if only to buy some time, Keiko was confident she could hold on for around 20 minutes or so.

Keiko raised her machineguns, aiming at the black cloud in front of her and roaring loudly, and then released the barrage of bullets.

TRATATATA!!

Roaarr—pfft!!

The monsters went down one after another upon arrival, just like cascading leaves at the end of the fall.

Although the rain of bullets didn't completely kill them, the upcoming monsters gave no damn shit about them and mindlessly trampled the laying monsters to death as they uncaringly march forward. 

Keiko felt like she had found the most efficient way to eliminate these groups of gigantic insects. She just needed to incapacitate them, and the following monsters would take care of the enemies for her.

"Keiko!" Jeanne didn't even notice that she subconsciously called Keiko by her first name, not by the usual address of "Second Lieutenant Lee" They're not slowing down!"

"I know," Keiko replied while her fingers were still pulling the triggers, "their numbers are way more than we thought. We can only do our best while waiting for the reinforcement!"

The swarm had already edged over the city wall—only 50 meters away from where Keiko was.

The drawbridge was not very wide, and Keiko was able to cope with the double-gun fire.

The clanking sound of bullets dropping on the ground and the pungent odor coming from the sparked gunpowder filled the air.

But the consumption of bullets was so terrible that Keiko didn't have time to load the bullets at all. After emptying one machine gun, she could only throw it away and use her feet to lift the next one to continue shooting.

As soon as her firepower weakened, the swarm quickly approached.

Keiko's heart sank as more and more monsters poured into the moat, stuffing the waterway with their own bodies to build a path and stack a ladder for the tens of thousands of monsters behind them.

The Swarm would be able to flood the suspension bridge from the side at any moment soon. 

Suddenly, the rumbling of the helicopter sounded from above. Jeanne looked over and said, with a voice full of joy, "It's the reinforcement! The reinforcements are finally here! Keiko, just a little bit more and we will be saved!"