doomsday lamb

This was the quietest afternoon that Langya City had spent since the four-day siege.

Under the warm yellow sunset, Langya City was silent after being burned by the war. The fire in front of the city wall had gradually extinguished, and the air was filled with the scorched smell of cooked carrion, which was nauseating.

According to Fu Lianhe's report, the corpse wave did not leave after retreating. After leaving countless corpses under the city wall, the number of corpse mutants staying at the edge of the jungle in Fengwei Mountain still exceeded 600,000. Satellites showed that ten rooms in the sand city were empty, and finally

A group of black corpses will rush to Fengwei Mountain in the evening to join the zombie tide. If the corpse group launches a general attack, it may be tonight.

In order to deal with the slopes where hundreds of thousands of black corpses were padded with flesh and blood, the frontline combat squads ignored the crystal nuclei remaining in the black corpses and directly used a large amount of gasoline. As the fire raged, the burned ashes gradually drifted away with the heat wave.

In the sky, it merged with the clouds in the sky, and finally turned into snow and floated down. In the evening, the ground and beside the city gate were covered with this kind of gray-black "snow flakes". If you reach out and touch it,

There will be a greasy feeling.

Many rows of white tents under the city wall are also covered with this kind of corpse ashes. This is where nurses from the logistics hospital treat soldiers. There is a single room in the corner. At this time, a girl is lying on the hospital bed with her eyes closed.

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A gray-white wolf cub nervously circled the hospital bed, whining anxiously from time to time.

"Little wolf, be good. She will be fine." Lang Hua picked up the wolf cub and stroked its head comfortingly, but the brilliance in his eyes was dimmer than anyone else's.

"Lily...I'm sorry..."

The girl in her dream is Yang Xiaoxiao. She has been mumbling from time to time since she fell into coma, with her limbs trembling, and large beads of sweat frequently falling on her forehead, which looks very distressing.

Duan Qing sat beside the bed and gently held Yang Xiaoxiao's hand, and the other party gradually became quiet.

"Dean, is Xiaoxiao really okay? Why haven't you woken up yet?" Duan Qing asked.

Chen Xinyan pushed up her glasses: "Don't worry, I have injected her with the antidote. Then she can recover slowly just by resting. The reason why she hasn't woken up yet is because her spirit was greatly stimulated after the serious injury."

After she finished speaking, she turned to look at Lang Hua, as if the other party had something to say to them. There was definitely a reason for Yang Xiaoxiao's situation. Whether as a doctor or as a friend, they all had the right to know the truth.

But Lang Hua just shook his head and refused to say more.

"Don't mention what happened in this ward to others. Some things are very strange. I will explain them to you when I figure out the whole story."

Lang Hua breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that Yang Xiaoxiao was fine. After saying that, he put down the little wolf and walked out. There was already someone waiting outside the door.

"Master." "Chief."

The two attendants with swords and swords followed Lang Hua to the military training field in the outer city. The place was crowded, and everyone except the soldiers on duty had gathered. Under Chen Hui's instructions, people lined up in a simple formation, almost overwhelming the Chairman.

The square in front of the stage was crowded.

After experiencing life and death battles, the temperament of these people has changed greatly. Although the people are all unkempt, they stand upright and line up neatly, with a faint shadow of the iron-blooded army. Only when Lang Hua passed by, did it appear in the crowd

There was a small commotion.

"Look, the deputy city lord is here."

"It's him, it's really Leader Lang."

"Have you heard that it was the deputy city lord who fought off the zombies and saved us?"

"What's this? I heard that he even beheaded a corpse king."

"Ah? It's true or false."

"Why are you lying to me? My cousin is the squad leader of the combat squad next door. All this information is on the radio. These guys are leaderless now. Thanks to the timely return of the deputy city lord, we can save our lives."

"To kill the Corpse King in a wave of millions of corpses, this... this is so amazing."

"You must be ignorant, right? The deputy city lord is the most powerful person in our base. Apart from the real heavenly soldiers and generals, who can walk back and forth from the zombie tide intact?"

"What does it mean to be strong? This is what we call strong!"

"Wow, he is so young. He is so handsome. I really want to marry him."

"Come on, look at your tall and thick appearance, how do you look like a woman?"

"Sister Lan Fang, don't listen to his nonsense, I support you."

"Hahaha, Kui boy, just make fun of me."

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The sun was setting, the temperature was slightly cool, and the ground in front of the formation was completely white. Under many white cloths, there was a person sleeping peacefully. His face was calm, his eyes were closed, but he was not breathing.

There is no such thing as missing in the zombie wave. It is usually the fate of most people to die without any bones left. These corpses are not everyone who died in the previous zombie wave sieges, but they are all the complete corpses that people can snatch back.

Among those who cannot come back, some have relatives and friends who are still alive, and some of the deceased's clothes are placed on a solitary white cloth. Some are so lonely that only a piece of cloth with their name written on it is pressed against the stone.

The bottom is swaying in the wind.

There are also some soldiers who are usually taciturn and have almost no interaction with the people around them, so no one knows what they were called. Sometimes they know a nickname, and the banner only says "Langya City Resistance Fighter ×××"

A few big characters.

When their eyes touched these unknown martyrs again, everyone fell silent. Their eyebrows were lowered, and there were memories, confusion, and a ray of deep mourning in their eyes.

Lang Hua also walked past these corpses with a respectful attitude. He climbed all the way to the rostrum, looked at the people in the audience, and looked at the more than 4,000 disgraced evolvers. For a moment, he didn't know how to speak.

But people are still waiting for his speech quietly, with expectations, admiration, and uneasiness in their eyes, just like they were waiting for leader Lang Hua's divine soldiers to descend from the sky under the siege of the corpse tide. As ordinary people, these

Their experiences over the past few days have already reached their physical and psychological limits. At this moment, they need Lang Hua’s presence and Lang Hua’s presence.

Around them, Lang Hua needs to do something and say something.

Thinking of this, Lang Hua took a deep breath and opened his bright eyes to look at everyone in the audience.

"Hello everyone, I am your deputy city master Lang Hua."

"Today I stand here to mourn with you all the people who died. In the past few days, everyone in Wolf Cliff City has experienced the darkest time. In the previous battles, I know that many people did not

Survive.”

"We should be grateful. It is their sacrifice that allows us to still stand here, breathe the sweet air, and feel the joy of life. We should always remember that they died for us, gloriously and selflessly.

They bravely sacrificed their precious lives on the road to resist the apocalypse. We will always miss them because they are our companions, our relatives, and the belief that we will fight hard from now on."

"To be honest, not long ago, I and a group of ability users made a surprise attack on the rear of the corpse tide and successfully killed a corpse king. This corpse king was only in the early stage of the fourth level, but its strength was stronger than mine. Fortunately, he did not disgrace his life.

Lang Hua has cut it off with his sword."

"What I want to tell you through this incident is that the black corpses are not so scary, and the zombie tide is not invincible. There are often many factors that influence success or failure in battles. Strength, timing, wisdom, and even belief may all be the key to victory.

The decisive factor. And attacking the rear of the corpse tide over a long distance is more often just a manifestation of courage."

"In this shocking battle that unexpectedly attacked the Corpse King, in addition to Captain Yang being seriously injured, two of the accompanying ability users died. In terms of strength and fighter experience alone, they were not outstanding, and their condition at the time was not at its peak, but

I admire their courage. Without them, our mission might have failed, and perhaps I, Lang Hua, would have been swept away by the tide of corpses and died."

"We will miss them forever, and I would also like to thank the Battering Ram team, especially Captain Cloak Hammer, for risking his life to retrieve their bodies. If we are all still alive after this battle, I, Lang Hua, promise to give him priority in obtaining the research institute's production

The Star Herbal Potion.”

The Star Herbal Potion is a treasure that can promote low-level evolvers to mid-level. For a moment, everyone looked at the burly man in the center of the battering ram team. The three members of the team straightened their bodies proudly and saluted Lang Hua.

Not a standard military salute.

After returning the gift, Lang Hua began to look into the distance.

He continued: "Although the zombie tide has retreated now, I hope everyone understands that this is only temporary. I think they will come back again soon, probably tonight. There are currently more than 600,000 black people outside Langya City.

The corpses are watching eagerly, and the best way we can pay tribute to the dead is to fight the next battle well, and then survive more people, so as not to let their efforts go in vain."

"If we perform well, I think they will be pleased and won't drag us away to the West."

There was a burst of good-natured laughter from the crowd, and this atmosphere diluted the gloom in people's minds about the zombie siege to a certain extent.

When the laughter subsided, Lang Hua continued: "We miss these brave and fearless people. Similarly, three people also became deserters. Last night, they took advantage of the darkness and while others were risking their lives to fight,

Running dejectedly from a small road in the back mountain

Lost. I think even if they had known that the zombie tide would retreat this morning, they would have run away without hesitation last night. Because these people are like this, they always value their lives more precious than others, in order to survive for themselves.

Anything can be accomplished.”

Speaking of this, Lang Hua's eyes became slightly dim.

"The Tao is different, so I won't force you to stay. Because I know what we need is a strong group, a group that can work together to survive this zombie wave, and can unite and advance together in this apocalyptic disaster. If it is because of lowering the

It would be my dereliction of duty to plant one "time bomb" after another on the front line."

"In the face of disaster, everyone has their own choice. I have no intention of condemning. But their mistake was that as commanders, they fled when the battle was at its fiercest; their mistake was that they threw away the trust of their companions in order to survive.

The mistake was to leave without saying goodbye when our comrades needed them most, and to hand over their comrades' backs to the enemy!"

"I cannot accept this kind of betrayal."

"During the day, the Ministry of Information handed me a note, which recorded in detail the battle damage since the siege of the city by the zombies."

"I don't want to hide the contents of this report from everyone, let alone deceive anyone. I think every brother and sister who has fought so far is qualified to read the contents of this battle damage report. And there are some words in it that I

I want to read it to everyone here.”

"These are the few words written by Fu Lianhe of the Ministry of Information at the beginning of the report. He wrote: 'After three days of fierce fighting, our army lost nearly half. Among them, there were 1,181 people in Fort No. 3, except Cao Liangsan.

While the soldiers fled, the rest of the soldiers were wiped out and no bones were left. The western edge defense line was also affected by this, with numerous casualties and more than half of the troops reduced.'"

Lang Hua pinched the piece of paper, his fingers turning blue due to excessive force, and his eyes almost erupted with substantial anger.

Upon hearing these tangible figures, everyone in the audience was filled with indignation, but some people's eyes were wandering and they looked uncomfortable.

Lang Hua's voice struck the hearts of these people one after another.

"I think everyone is familiar with the three people who escaped. Cao Liang, Qi Jingmin and Jin Youcai. They are the few second-level ability users in Langya City, and they are also the leaders of the autonomous association of non-governmental organizations. Last night they were ordered to serve as No. 3

The commander of the bastion, and also the commander of the western edge

Support mission. Many soldiers on the west side of the edge are participating in battle for the first time, so the headquarters has arranged most of the ability users in the city here. The overall strength is half a point stronger than the No. 1 Bastion in frontal combat. It is said that yesterday

The strongest defense line at night is not an exaggeration.”

"But such an impenetrable defense line was broken through several times by the Black Corpse. All the soldiers were slaughtered and no one survived. The reason is that after Cao Liang and the other three escaped, they were leaderless and the team lost their command. Moreover, they were attacked by the third-order ghost monkeys.

The situation was completely chaotic. Three people with abilities capable of dealing with the ghost monkeys escaped, and the remaining people were naturally unable to resist.

By the time the command headquarters noticed the situation here, it was already too late."

"It is not an exaggeration to say that these three people are fully responsible for such a tragedy. They are the murderers, and they single-handedly pushed their comrades who fully trusted them into hell. If there were two or three more on the entire defense line at that time,

The consequences for seven or eight people like Cao Liang are unimaginable."

Lang Hua took a deep breath and said: "I also heard about what happened in the base a few days ago. I heard that some of you wanted to intimidate the city lord's mansion for your own selfish desires and to compete for the materials and power in the base.

Launch a disgraceful coup."

"At that time, the city defense army was fighting outside, risking life and death to collect supplies for most of you, and clearing away dangerous sources such as wandering corpses nearby. For example, City Lord Yang is still leading the team outside and has lost contact with the base for many days. I don't know.

Is it safe? The base officials are working hard to build the city, but some people who get something for nothing are taking advantage of the emptiness in the city to oppress the builders of the city. It really opened my eyes."

Lang Hua's voice was clearly filled with anger: "You are so brave to extend the butcher knife to the necks of your compatriots!"

With a "bang" sound, a fireball flew out quickly and shattered a rockery twenty meters away. And the creator of it, Lang Hua, raised his right hand in vain, with white smoke still drifting from his fingertips, but a pair of eyes.

Staring at everyone in the audience.

For a moment, many people heard their throats rolling and swallowing saliva. If this kind of attack were to affect a flesh and blood body, the consequences would be unimaginable. And this was obviously just a casual blow from Lang Hua.

"Maybe I should have found those people and killed them, but I didn't. I know that most of them have paid the price for their rashness. They followed Cao Liang and carried the banner of the Autonomous Association, and in the end none of them died without landing.

On Bastion No. 3."

"I have always been merciless towards betrayers. I also know that some of you have been watching indifferently from beginning to end, perhaps hoping to get some benefits from fishing in troubled waters."

"But I no longer intend to pursue those who survived after the war."

"It's good that I single-handedly created Langya City, but I never wanted it to be my private property. I can give you appropriate freedom, but what some of you are doing is hurting other kind and hard-working people.

, brave people. I cannot tolerate this. Let me reiterate for the last time, maggots will never be welcome in Langya City. If you want to live like the capitalists before the disaster by only eating human flesh and drinking human blood,

Then please leave here and go somewhere else."

At this time, some people had already lowered their heads, including most of the people with free abilities. Lang Hua was right. Although they did not betray directly like Cao Liang, they were essentially no different.

"Comrades," Lang Hua clapped his hands to focus people's attention. "At the beginning of the disaster three months ago, which of us didn't struggle to escape from Shashi? Along the way, we experienced close calls, being chased by monsters, and hungry.

The severe cold is approaching step by step, and the compatriots are killing each other. I think no one understands the fragility of life better than us, and no one understands the value of human nature better than us."

"The reason why we can gather here, spend a lot of time and energy, and risk being besieged and annihilated by the zombie tide, to build a city to accommodate more people, for what purpose? Is it to be able to find people in the apocalypse

Hope of life.”

"We call ourselves the 'Wolf Cliff City Human Resistance Army'. But have you ever thought about what we are resisting? Is it a hideous monster, the coming famine, the long-lost sense of security, or the inherent in our human nature?"

Weaknesses?"

"Before the catastrophe, we humans had established an unprecedented civilization. We had achieved such lofty glory and so many great achievements, but what about now? A disaster will knock us back to our original shape?"

"Even if the world has changed, beasts with undeveloped intelligence can still live well. The jungle law of the jungle is not so strict that humans cannot survive."

"I believe that even if everything returns to the primitive state, even if there are as many monsters in the world as spring rain, human beings can survive in a corner without being completely extinct."

"But I want to ask everyone, what happens next? What to do next? Do we want our children to live in such a world as soon as they are born, experiencing people eating people, monsters eating people, precarious every day, and living like a garbage dump?

Cockroaches in there?”

"I think what we want is not just survival, but life. It is the life we ​​once missed day and night. I am thinking that if we can defend this city today, maybe we will be able to defend ten, maybe three, in half a year.

In a few years we will be able to regain a city and return to the home in our memories to see it."

"Perhaps in the distant future, mankind will be able to rebuild their homes and rekindle the fire of civilization. At that time, our children can live as carefree as we once did, away from war, killing, hunger and death...

"

"Friends, it is impossible for people to live without memory. How beautiful life was in the past, but how painful it is now. Life always has to move forward, and human civilization should not end hastily because of this natural disaster."

"But there must always be the first one to take a step, the first one to stand firm and not retreat. Maybe he will be injured, he will die, he will disappear and his soul will return to the dust." Lang Hua's eyes gradually showed light, and he pointed

Pointing to one person after another in the team, "But maybe after the first one, there will be a second one, and thousands of people will stand up and pass on the fire step by step."

"Who can tell what will happen in the future? I, Lang Hua, am just like everyone else, I don't know how long I can live and how far I will go."

"But I know this will be a long-distance race, a relay that will go down in history."

"This time we decided to fight. We are doing it for ourselves, for our relatives and friends, for our children, for theirs, ours, and everyone's future!"

"Maybe a thousand years from now, no one will remember your names, but your achievements are destined to last forever!"