Traveler, High School Student, Homeless

"With Kelan leading the team, there will be no problem. He is the most powerful collector in the tower."

"I hope there is nothing wrong with them. Alas, it seems that there is no material received today."

"Just know how to eat, eat, eat, and guard your position, you idiot!"

After playing with the children for a while, Kamijou Touma, who left the floor where the children were staying, heard the guards talking.

Has the team of collecting supplies led by Mr. Crane not returned until now?

Kamijou Touma stopped in his tracks and looked out the window on the side of the corridor.

The sun had gradually set, and the whole city was pitch-black under the setting sun at dusk, reflecting the blood-colored sky. For some reason, it showed a strange sense of terror.In the distance, the sound of something screaming and roaring could be heard, gradually turning from vague to clear.

The night in Harlan is extremely dangerous, which is the consensus of everyone who lives here.

"Klan, Kelan, how is your situation? Well, it's fine. It's getting dark, so hurry up and find a nearby safe area to stay overnight. This is not something you can joke about."

In another corridor not far away, Jed was talking with a communicator.

"Mr. Crane, is he all right?"

Kamijou Touma took a few steps closer to his savior who was very concerned about him and asked.

"Ah, it's you, Kamijou. He's fine. He just encountered a little accident and couldn't return in time. They've found a safe area to rest."

Seeing that it was Kamijou Touma, the strong woman smiled, reached out and touched Kamijou Touma's head.

"Well, I'm not a child."

Kamijou Touma looked helplessly at the woman who was a head taller than him.

"Sorry, sorry, subconsciously, after all, I have a younger brother who is about the same size as you. It seems that you are a very strong little man, and you shouldn't touch your head casually like this."

Jed showed an apologetic smile, calming the boy's emotions in a low voice.

The problem is that this kind of comforting words sound more like the feeling of treating a child, but speaking of it, Miss Jed has a younger brother, who is a man I have seen before who had a few words with her and then slipped away. what?

The lights in the corridor turned on at this moment, and the sky outside was completely dark.

There is almost no light in the city at night, and there are only a few places where the lights can be seen.This city is now a carnival place for the dead, and any rational explorer would not go out in such an environment.

"Oh, Jed, you're here, and the Boy Who Lived, even though the scar isn't in the shape of a lightning bolt."

A muscular man came down from one side of the stairs, saw Jade and Kamijou Touma and said with a smile.

"Don't make me sound like Harry Potter, I don't know magic, Mr. Bracken."

Kamijou Touma sighed.

Appearing in front of him, this muscular man in a yellow jacket was another manager of the tower, Harris Bracken.He is a former parkour instructor with a sense of justice, kindness and integrity.It's just that recently, it seems that he has suffered some injuries and his head is wrapped in a bandage, and the outing mission that was originally in charge of him has now fallen into Kelan's hands.

"I heard that you want to join the going out team, believe me this is not a good choice."

Bracken looked at Kamijou Touma, he was very aware of the various attempts the boy had made to join the outing team during this time.

"If possible, I still hope that I can do more."

The boy smiled and said that he didn't intend to change his mind.

"Staying here is very safe, there is no need to take risks," Bracken said carelessly, "In the tower, you don't have to worry about being threatened by any—"

pat-

The lights in the corridor suddenly went out at this moment.

Chapter 230 Five: The Bloody Night's Rhapsody Plays

"Hey, what happened, why did the lights suddenly go out!"

Bracken roared at this moment.

The sound of panic resounded everywhere, and the sudden darkness made people panic, especially in this city with hidden terrors, such things were even more frightening.

"Everyone, don't panic, guards, turn on the backup lighting!"

Jed yelled at this moment, calming the panicked crowd a little.

The light of the flashlight was quickly turned on, and the dark environment became slightly brighter. Jed shouted for the guards to act, led the survivors on each floor to gather, and immediately sent special personnel to the lower floor to investigate the cause of the power outage.

"Is there something wrong with the wiring?"

Bracken guessed in a low voice.

"Impossible. Our internal management of the line has always been very strict, and we have prepared a backup generator. Someone is definitely sabotaging it. Bracken, let everyone prepare for battle!"

With a cold tone, Jed took a sharp scimitar from his back and said seriously.

"Rice?"

Realizing something, Bracken showed an angry expression.

"What Rice?"

Kamijou Touma is a little confused, are they talking about the survivors outside the tower?

Jed said just now that someone was doing sabotage on purpose, sabotage?In other words, among the survivors from the outside world, are there any forces that are hostile to the tower?

After living in this settlement of survivors for so many days, Kamijou Touma would occasionally hear people here mention that there are other survivor camps outside.

Although two different cities were mixed in, the city of Harlan itself occupied most of the blocked area.Therefore, as long as the defenses that can stop ordinary zombies are arranged, and then the ultraviolet lamps covering a certain range are set up, a safe zone can be constructed.

After the chaos caused by the initial infection frenzy ended, people who had summed up the experience of dealing with night monsters and zombies began to gradually arrange various safe areas, and gradually expanded the scope of human activities.Although due to the scarcity of human beings and the lack of resources, the human side has only been able to occupy a small area so far, unable to communicate with each other, so they can only communicate with each other during the day, and have not been able to reduce the number of those zombies on a large scale.

Under such circumstances, the communication between different camps is naturally not close, and some camps are equipped with communication devices, which is not bad, and they can also communicate with other camps.But some small camps are basically nothing, and no one even knows whether they exist.Although the tower has contacted some of the camps, in general it is barely able to communicate with some nearby camps, so Kamijou Touma only knows that there are some other camps in this city.

But now it seems that there are not only different human camps in this city, but among these human camps, the mutual harm that humans have always done is obviously continuing, and even because of the deterioration of the living environment, this cruelty has also changed. more straightforward.

【Roar--】

A beast-like roar sounded from outside at this moment.One after another, there is a creepy feeling in the dark night.

"It's the night devil! The night devil is here!"

Someone in the gathered crowd shouted in horror.

"Don't be afraid, we have weapons, we are inside the building. It's not so easy for those ghosts to come up!"

Jed shouted loudly at this moment, leading the survivors to a higher floor together with the guards.Neville also took Xiao Sa down with a gun, and organized the crowd to evacuate together.On one of the floors of this high-rise building, Jed deliberately set up a place that can temporarily block the night demon, and nailed all the windows.Although I didn't hope that this preparation would come in handy at first, but at this moment, thanks to this place, I can build a defense.

"The ultraviolet light on the first floor is off, this can't be a zombie, someone must have invaded!"

Bracken, who stood by the window and looked down, yelled.

"Can you not pick this time to break the bad news!"

At this moment, the crowd who managed to stabilize themselves became even more panicked. Jed cursed in a low voice, and Bracken, who realized that he had said something wrong, quickly shut his mouth.And those whistling roars are getting closer and closer, and it is certain that something is rapidly approaching from the outer wall of the building.

Is it what they call the night goblin?

Kamijou Touma, who was among the crowd, swallowed.

click-

The sound of shattering glass suddenly resounded at this moment.

"Ultraviolet light! Quick!!!"

Jed let out a roar at this moment, and the guards standing in a row behind raised their flashlights at the same time.The dark purple light burst out in an instant, followed by a shrill roar, accompanied by the sizzling sound of flesh and blood, a thing whose whole body was illuminated by the light was struggling and retreating.

"What is this……"

The boy couldn't describe what he saw at this moment.

It was a blood-red thing that could only be considered close to a human in terms of its general body structure.

The skin has completely disappeared, the exposed muscles and blood vessels protrude, the slender arms and legs have sharp claws, the blood-red eyes are full of madness, the torn mouth has been opened to the throat, and the chin is from the middle It was split into two halves, covered with sharp fangs, and on the chest were protruding barbs one after another.

This behemoth was at least [-] meters tall. Under the irradiation of the ultraviolet light, it screamed and wailed, and retreated continuously, and quickly retreated to the window.And also at this time, Bracken roared, and directly bumped into it with his muscular body.

"Get off!"

【Roar--】

With a shrill roar, the monster was directly knocked out of the building and fell to the ground.

"Has the defense on the first floor been breached? No matter, Jed, quickly lead people up, and I will evacuate the people on the lower floor!"

While roaring, Bracken and several guards rushed towards the stairs below.

"Everyone, come up with me, guard the exit of the floor, and never let these ghosts succeed!"

Jed shouted without the slightest hesitation, and organized the rest of the staff to evacuate the survivors upstairs.

"Let me help too."

Kamijou Touma squeezed out of the crowd to look at Jed and said, but was immediately pushed back into the crowd as soon as he finished speaking.

"Go up and hide, and survive to the end safely is the most important thing you can do to help us."

As he said this, Jed carefully observed the surroundings, while continuing to direct the guards to shrink the line of defense step by step, and retreated to the floor as a temporary defense point with the survivors.

bang-

Violent noises came one after another at this moment.

The blood-red body flashed past, and another ferocious night monster roared and crawled in through the window.

The ultraviolet light was irradiated almost immediately, but the night monster screamed and jumped up, directly pierced the cement with its sharp nails and lay on the ceiling, and quickly fled to the side of the corridor in the blink of an eye, away from the Effective range of the UV lamp.

Followed by roaring sounds one after another, from upstairs and downstairs at the same time, one after another blood-red night monsters rushed into the floor, looking at the people who were retreating into the defense point with a ferocious expression .

"There are so many..."

Just a preliminary sight, there are already more than [-] night devils, crowded in the corridor that can accommodate three or four people side by side.

The boy couldn't imagine how many such things were wandering around in the city at night.

"Uh ah ah!"

Another roaring sound suddenly sounded. Unlike the night monster's beast-like roar, this sound was more like a human being.But compared with the voice of a normal person, this roar is like a completely mad mental patient without any reason, full of extreme anger and desire.

A figure climbed into the tower together with the night demons pouring in at this moment.

"It's a runner, I knew this thing would appear with the Night Demon, can they all climb up such a tall building?"