Resurrection Empire

Chapter 605 - 227: Day One, Boiling Starfire_3

This shot, using the Scorpion Lion Conversion by Yujin that exceeds his level as a guide, within an error margin of 0.1 seconds, nearly two hundred Special Piercing Explosive Bombs ranging from First Level to Third Level accurately hit the weak point on the neck of the Ruined Beast, successfully breaking through its defenses and blowing its head off, landing behind the city walls.

Sun Miao, who walked out of the laboratory, took charge of the town hospital, and no matter the severity of the injury, as long as it wasn’t irreparable severe disability, timely treatment was given.

The transportation of the injured did not require human efforts to lift stretchers; passenger buses from a subsidiary transport company under the Ren Group turned into ambulances, quickly coming and going.

On the other side, Ju Qingmeng took charge of the Military Weapon Store, leading skilled vagabonds in quickly repairing damaged equipment while reasonably allocating ammunition and military supplies.

Ma Dafu took charge at the town government, responsible for registering the injured and deceased, distributing compensation in an orderly manner, while also coordinating the allocation of engineering materials within the town.

Fierce battle flames burned outside the city walls for a whole day.

Ren Zhong’s significant investment of effort, time, and money finally blossomed into a dazzling brilliance on this day.

Ren Zhong saw all of it with his own eyes.

Citizens on Source Star also saw clearly through the high-definition satellite cameras hovering in the sky via Source Star TV, each with their own thoughts and shocks.

Unaware of how time passed, it was already eight o’clock in the evening.

By then, parts of the city walls, repeatedly damaged and repaired, had already become dilapidated and shaky.

Outside the city, the corpses of Ruined Beasts were piled up like mountains.

Ruined Beasts shot dead by firearms, blown up by rocket launchers, or bombed by thrown explosives lay all over the ground.

However, the intensity of the Beast Tide attacking the city hadn’t diminished; it actually grew fiercer.

On top of the piles of Ruined Beast corpses, countless Ruined Beasts either charged forward stepping over the bodies of their companions or burrowed into the heaps to devour their companions, evolving on the battlefield.

Furthermore, Ruined Beasts started attempting to break through underground.

Fortunately, Zheng Tian had already made preparations.

Over a hundred thousand people without combat power had been moved into safe zones loaded with numerous automated weapons, including the town government’s basement, Military Weapon Store warehouses, Starfire Resources warehouses, and first-class cabins of improved collective sleep pods, some citizen villas within the White Wall, and more.

As soon as these Ruined Beasts poked their heads out, they were met head-on by a large number of Armored Soldiers, Mechanical Warriors, and other powerful melee professionals.

Even occasional Strong Ruined Beasts above the Third Level that slipped through were quickly intercepted and eradicated by Jiang Kai and other Fourth Level professionals, or by Chen Hanyu with a micro legion.

The casualties from this raid were very low.

Throughout this whole day, Ren Zhong at the Chenhui Mine wasn’t actually working.

He had applied for leave, shut himself in his dormitory, and monitored the situation in Starfire Town through the synchronized battlefield command system.

He saw everyone’s performance.

Under extreme pressure, no one let him down.

In fact, he had imagined that in such an apocalyptic scenario, when people fall into despair, the dark side of humanity would be infinitely magnified, causing chaos in the town with many dying in internal strife.

This was not impossible.

At the time, Yang Bingzhong had tried to blackmail Ma Dafu by prematurely releasing census results, banking on this psychological logic.

But the result was far beyond his and Ma Dafu’s expectations.

Ren Zhong pondered for a long time to find the answer.

Perhaps it was only he who was truly in despair.

The vagabonds were not in despair.

Because the vagabonds pinned their hopes on the "almighty" Mr. Ren.

As long as Mr. Ren did not give up on Starfire Town, hope remained.

Even those vagabonds new to Starfire Town were infected with this understanding through interaction with the native vagabonds.

Moreover, the vagabonds in the wild were already used to living in daily despair.

Their nerves had long been tempered by reality to be as hard as iron and stone.

They were not afraid of dying on the battlefield.

The compensation handed out by Ren Zhong and Ma Dafu revealed their stance.

Even if they died, their families could still live on.

This was very similar to boarding the Mengdu Group’s death train, a thing vagabonds were accustomed to.

No one knew that Ren Zhong’s heart was actually trembling.

It was trembling with excitement.

He saw enormous war potential in the vagabonds!

He saw hope.

He also realized that hope had always been there, just buried too deeply, too well controlled by the twisted era.

...

"Mr. Ren, the situation is very dire now. Obviously, we had cleared most of the Ruined Beasts around the town days ago. How are there still so many!"

"The Mengdu Group, after all, is one of the nine major enterprises, possessing resources beyond our imagination and won’t be easily stumped by our small moves."

"True, we held on during the day, but everyone is very tired. At night, we must take turns to rest, which will significantly reduce our defensive strength. What should we do?"

Zheng Tian called Ren Zhong, asking urgently.

Ren Zhong thought for a moment, "According to the original plan, during the day, the two hundred Gunsmiths and Mechanical Warriors who used the Demon Infant Metal Weapons did not participate in high-intensity combat, right?"

Zheng Tian replied, "Yes, in the afternoon, I forced them into hypnosis to rest."

"Keep this group active at night. Also, screen for elite members within the town, and use some of the basic professionals who rested during the day to bolster the numbers, forming a ten-thousand-man night watch legion."

"Okay! But...there are already so many Ruined Beasts piling up outside, can I trigger the traps?"

Ren Zhong shook his head, "The time isn’t ripe yet."

"Huh? But casualties have started to occur continuously."

"We must wait a little longer to achieve the maximum battle result in one go! I will handle it."

"Alright."

...

It was one in the morning.

By then, Zheng Tian had fallen into a deep sleep due to exhaustion.

The Legion Beast suddenly mobilized an attacking battalion composed of thousands of Third Level Ruined Beasts to fiercely assault the city walls.

At this moment, Ren Zhong, hundreds of kilometers away, notified Yujin, the deputy commander on night watch, to activate the traps.

Outside the walls of Starfire Town, a massive explosion raised terrifying smoke and dust, forming a mushroom cloud shrouding the town.

Amidst the peaceful sleep of over a hundred thousand vagabonds, thousands of Third Level Ruined Beasts were sent skyward.

The momentum of the Beast Tide’s impact instantly stalled.

The first night passed quietly in such a peculiar manner.

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