Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 320: A Long-Distance Contest
[The Plague Witch Alice, under the command of the hostile force Zhao Kewu, has launched a malicious attack on the natural beings under your rule. This will be considered a declaration of war against your forces. Once she enters the area within a 50-mile radius of the Pioneer Card, she will be locked onto by the Pioneer Card.]

Your small town base has been occupied. All 724 individuals have been infected with Level 2 Blood Plague, and the situation is critical.

[The Plague Witch Alice has not been found within a 50-mile radius.]

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A few lines of cold information appeared silently, but Li Wei remained unmoved, simply gazing calmly into the distance. Sure enough, the distinguished guest was troublesome, but it didn't matter; he was equally confident.

"Help!"

"Save us!"

"..."

At this moment, the natural persons outside the city wall were crying out loudly, and some of them even shed tears of blood. They jumped onto the bus and tried to climb up. No matter if they were high-ranking, middle-ranking, or low-ranking members of the base, they were all the same. Their instinct for survival was very strong. At this moment, they didn't want to detonate the nuclear power plant anymore.

Is it because the whip hasn't fallen on you gentlemen?

"Back off! Everyone back off! Don't come any closer! You son of a bitch!"

On the city wall, Grant roared, his eyes bloodshot. Suddenly, he couldn't hold back and fired a crossbow bolt, blowing the head off a portly old man in the crowd below.

He was a former member of the underground base committee, and fifteen years ago he was a councilor in that small county town.

He was also a hardliner who repeatedly threatened to detonate a nuclear power plant and perish together with others...

It is said that he carries a detonator with him even when he sleeps.

So why aren't you detonating it now? Before, when you were so arrogant and didn't treat ordinary people like human beings, you were clamoring to detonate it because you weren't infected, right?

Now look what's happened! You've been infected with level two leukemia and you're coming to me for help. I'll save you, my foot!
Grant's actions were like a fuse!

After all, about 80% of the people in the combat squad at this moment had either escaped from the small town camp, or withdrew in advance when they realized something was wrong, or were abandoned two months ago.

So who hasn't experienced or witnessed a few unpleasant things?
Such a heinous criminal deserves to be killed!
In a short period of time, twenty or thirty former high-ranking members of the base, or those who had acted as accomplices, were killed below the city wall.

Death finally calmed the other people down; they were forced to stop climbing and slowly retreated under their reprimands.

"All of you, don't panic! Follow orders! It's just a level two infection. The lord can save you. I'm Grant, you all recognize me. A few months ago, I was forced to do experiments by those fat pigs and became a level two infected, but I'm alive and well now..."

Grant roared, but he also calmed down and began to take control of the situation, not only the situation below the city walls, but also the emotions of the friendly forces on the walls. He had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

Similarly, Benjamin, Santiago, Javier, Mark, and others were also trying their best to control the situation. This time, Li Wei did not intervene at all.

The two player units, Zhao Guozhu and Zhao Xuanxuan, only act as high-level attackers and will not intervene in the command system.

This will be a true test for the free soldiers to stand alone, and a real test for the squad leaders.

Soon, the situation gradually stabilized, but the pungent stench and bloody smell were still quite strong, making people feel uneasy. Something was not right.

"Pfft!"

Someone seemed to have collapsed, gasping for breath, convulsing all over, and the next moment they coughed up black blood and died!
However, just a few seconds later, a burst of flames shot out from between his mouth and nose. He had become a level three fire-type ability user!
And this is happening frequently. The chaotic magical particles ferment in their bodies, causing distortions and changes. In the end, while they gain some magical power, they also pay a price!
That's how magical zombies came about.

"boom!"

A fireball landed on the city wall, which immediately became the clarion call for the superhumans to charge forward. When they first awakened as level 3 superhumans, their blood of natural humans and their pursuit of the last vestiges of reason would drive them mad!
And that was Alice the Plague Witch's goal!
Li Wei's past actions of using the blood of natural beings to lure mutated creatures into attacking Scarface's fortress are essentially the same as her current actions. Although both are dirty, they are indeed very effective.

Moreover, that witch Alice must have used a potent drug; she must have used at least twenty units of magic.

In the blink of an eye, these seven hundred-plus natural humans were transformed into two or three hundred level-three ability users. They didn't even need to be driven; the natural humans' aura was enough to drive them into a frenzy of attack.

Well, the stronger a natural human is, the faster they mutate. The weaker and more malnourished they become, the more likely they are to be bullied, beaten, or insulted. Natural humans who can only live like oxen or horses in the mud are actually much better off.

The chaotic magical particles contained in the Blood Plague Toxin could not resonate within their bodies at all.

Therefore, at this moment, a clear division was created on the battlefield.

The high-ranking members of those bases were wiped out in the first wave, but the middle-ranking members who acted as accomplices, having eaten and drunk their fill, were the first to become Level 3 superhumans.

Meanwhile, the cattle and horses at the bottom of society, which had been almost completely ruined, hurriedly retreated, fearing that they would be affected.

This group, numbering about three or four hundred people, was saved; the suffering they had endured had become a lifeline.

The battle began immediately.

On the city wall, four squads fought in formation, their shields pressing forward to hold up the battle line and form a moving shield wall with the crenellations. Behind the shield wall were two rows of spearmen, swiftly thrusting and repelling or killing some agile ability users.

On either side of the shield wall, there are ten-meter gaps where powerful figures like Benjamin, Santiago, Grant, and Mark wield three-star enchanted greatswords or sabers to wreak havoc.

The four squads formed four positions, and with the support of crossbowmen from the rear, they managed to maintain their footing and control the situation despite having fewer than one-sixth the number of the enemy.

Of course, the addition of Zhao Guozhu and Zhao Xuanxuan also played a decisive role.

However, it is inevitable that some level 3 ability users will quickly upgrade to level 4 ability users after consuming CPUs and GPUs.

Of course, even if these level 4 ability users charged onto the city wall, they still wouldn't cause too much of a stir, because as the reserve team members entered the battlefield with spears, the elite soldiers in the four combat squads had already begun to advance, and level 3 and 4 were no problem for them.

But at this very moment, something unexpected happens!
Three tiny mice, no bigger than a thumb, appeared out of nowhere and jumped right into the mouths of the three level-4 ability users. Each mouse carried about five units of magic power.

The magic entered their stomachs, comparable to taking a powerful tonic, and they immediately began to transform into level 5 ability users.

One of them was the first to complete its transformation. Its body was covered with sharp barbs and scales, its hands and feet were in the form of a beast, and a huge tail grew from its back. It was clearly an agile reaper. In a flash, it jumped onto the city wall, ready to start a massacre.

At this moment, in this place, no one can suppress it! Neither Zhao Guozhu nor Zhao Xuanxuan can; they can't keep up with its speed.

I have to say, this Plague Witch Alice really knows how to play!

But it was all for naught.

The instant the Level 5 ability user left an afterimage in mid-air, Li Wei had already rapidly drawn his bow on the rooftop a hundred meters away and fired five arrows in three seconds!

Using a three-star sniper armor-piercing arrow, the level 5 ability user was instantly blown to pieces, and three life cores were destroyed, including the last life core that was just beginning to take shape.

Those two enchanted armor-piercing sniper arrows were right in front of him; they were not worthy of his attention.

A golden light flashed, and the first universal gold card fell out.

However, at the same time, the second level 5 ability user completed his transformation. With a roar, he transformed into a huge stone giant with a height of over six meters!
"Roar!"

"boom!"

With just one punch, more than a dozen Level 3 ability users who stood in its way were smashed into mincemeat. It also had a strange blood-red ring around its body. It didn't need to consume CPUs or GPUs; as long as it was covered by this blood-red ring, anything, whether flesh or blood, would become nourishment for it!

This is one of the biggest trump cards that the Plague Witch came up with.

"Boom! Boom!"

The fist, as big as a small car, slammed heavily onto the city wall. Even though it was a level 3 city wall and there were huge stone walls around it to cushion the impact, the entire wall still shook violently, and even the camp buildings behind it began to tremble.

On the city wall, soldiers and superhumans who were fighting fell in droves.

Fortunately, the city wall was wide enough. In addition to the main width, a platform for auxiliary combat was built at the back using logs; otherwise, many people would have rolled off the city wall.

"Boom boom boom!"

The level 5 stone giant, however, pressed its advantage relentlessly, its massive fist continuing to pound relentlessly. No one could stop it, and almost all the superhumans within a 50-meter radius were wiped out. Even two soldiers on Li Wei's side were affected.

In a short time, although the outer stone wall used for buffering absorbed most of the force, it was also completely collapsed, and some huge cracks began to appear in the main body of the city wall.

But this stone giant seemed to be evolving and becoming stronger every second. A brightly colored tumor even began to grow on its back, like a stone mushroom!
"Back off! Everyone, get out of this area!"

"Armor-piercing rounds! Prepare armor-piercing rounds!"

Grant, Benjamin, Santiago, Javier, and others directed the retreat, scrambling and stumbling along, not caring about their disheveled state, as long as they could escape.

The shockwave from the stone giant's heavy blow felt like a sledgehammer hitting someone in the back of the head, causing them to black out.

Only a few dozen of the superhumans remain, and they have all fled far away.

Meanwhile, the Level 2 infected who had not become Level 3 superhumans had already run more than a kilometer away.

As for Li Wei, he remained motionless, not even taking the initiative to kill the third, incubating Level 5 ability user.

Because the person he's waiting for hasn't arrived yet.

At this point, this can only be considered a contest from a distance.

(End of this chapter)