Mechanic endlessly amassing troops in the apocalypse

But now, the incessant howls of nightwalkers are echoing outside the hotel.

It seems that we were still unable to stop the Nightcrawler from summoning his companions.

But Li Fei didn't care about anything else, and he didn't even have time to check the panel. He rushed to Wang Meng's side, hoisted him onto his shoulder, and ran downstairs.

At that moment, several more blood-red, gut-like tentacles attacked from behind.

All connections with the mechanical cat have been severed.

The second phase of this monster is despair-inducing, but fortunately it doesn't seem to have the ability to move. So far, it hasn't made any move to chase after us, only using its tentacles to pursue us.

"They're like a persistent ghost." Li Fei's lips twitched. Without turning his head, he blindly fired two shots at the top of the stairs behind him.

boom!boom!

The shotgun shells exploded in the confined space, the flash briefly illuminating the pursuing tentacles, causing the two foremost tentacles to splatter fluid and pause slightly.

"Reload!" The skill was activated by thought, and the magazine was instantly full.

Li Fei didn't stop and fired two more shots, this time adjusting the angle slightly, aiming more at the wall and ceiling at the corner of the stairs.

Boom! Crash—

The shotgun's immense power shattered the concrete above, sending debris and dust raining down and temporarily creating an obstacle zone, further slowing the tentacles' pursuit.

Taking advantage of this gap, Li Fei initiated a sliding step, carrying Wang Meng on his back, which greatly increased his speed, allowing him to quickly widen the distance and catch up with the large group that was fighting and retreating downstairs.

The situation was extremely critical, yet chaotic. Hundreds of night stalkers surged from all sides of the street; they were more agile, faster, and more threatening than zombies. The combatants in the group used the cover and vehicles at the hotel entrance to form a makeshift defensive line.

Su Wan'er directed several team members with shields to stand in front, using narrow terrain such as doorways to let in only two or three Nightwalkers at a time, and then working together to kill them.

Those behind them used spears to attack and harass.

Tang Mucheng was placed in a relatively safe location at the back and was looked after by someone.

Although the Nightwalkers are fierce, they are only level 2-3, with limited individual strength and a lack of tight organization. Their attacks are mostly instinctive, and they have not been able to break through against human teams with simple coordination and terrain advantages.

However, their numbers were considerable, and their constant roars put continuous pressure on and drained the defense, resulting in two or three players sustaining minor injuries.

Li Fei was about to take down Wang Meng.

He first handed Wang Meng over to the person in charge of taking care of the wounded, then picked up his shotgun and strode to the front of the defensive line.

"Make way, everyone!"

Upon hearing his voice, the team members at the front perked up and immediately parted to the sides to create a gap.

Just then, a night stalker pounced in, howling.

Li Fei didn't need to aim carefully; he simply raised his hand and fired a shot.

boom!

With a dull thud, the night stalker was struck as if by an invisible giant hammer, its entire upper body almost exploding, with bone fragments and dark red flesh splattering backward, causing the two following behind to stagger backward as well.

Simple, straightforward, and efficient!

"Clear the passage and advance step by step!" Li Fei calmly ordered, while reloading his weapon.

With Li Fei leading the way, the team's morale soared.

With each shot he fired, he cleared out several zombies and even disrupted the formation of a small group of night stalkers. The other team members then took the opportunity to move forward and deal with those enemies who were injured by the shockwave or who were separated from their units.

The rhythm of the battle immediately became clear: advance, shoot, finish off the enemy, then advance again.

Although the Night Stalkers are ferocious, they are not fearless zombies. When they see their companions falling in such a tragic manner, and when their attacks fail to break through the defenses of the human leader, they cannot help but feel fear.

A night stalker that had lost half an arm was the first to retreat.

Then came the second one, the third one...

Furthermore, the leader, the Night Demon, had yet to appear, while the Iron Can and the humans before them grew increasingly fierce and filled with murderous intent.

Finally, when Li Fei shattered the head of another Nightstalker who was trying to sneak up from the side with a single shot, the remaining Nightstalker group completely collapsed.

They stopped trying to attack, and instead hissed as they turned and fled into the dark alleys on both sides of the street, scattering like birds and beasts in the blink of an eye, leaving behind only a mess of corpses.

With the crisis temporarily averted, many team leaders who had been on edge breathed a sigh of relief. The feeling of exhaustion washed over them, and many collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, wiping the blood splattered on their faces.

But Li Fei did not relax at all.

He looked up at the hotel rooftop, where the shadowy, enormous tentacles, vaguely dancing in the darkness, hung like the Sword of Damocles.

More importantly, they were on an open street, and the strong smell of blood seemed to be telling the mutated creatures that there was food here.

Who knows what other things they might attract? The Nightcrawlers retreated, but what if they attracted even more troublesome mutants?

"Get up, all of you!" Li Fei ordered directly. "This is not a place to rest. If you want to live, don't dawdle."

No one had any doubts about Li Fei's orders.

Despite their exhaustion, everyone gritted their teeth, stood up, gripped their weapons, and cautiously looked around.

Li Fei walked to Su Wan'er's side, glanced at Tang Mucheng in her arms who was still unconscious but whose breathing was stabilizing, and asked in a low voice, "Wan'er, where do you think we should go?"

This is when Su Wan'er's luck comes into play.

Su Wan'er's delicate eyebrows were tightly furrowed together.

Then it suddenly unfolded again.

"I've got it!" She snapped her fingers, then pointed to a spot. "Let's go there!"

Li Fei followed the gaze and his eyes lit up.

The shopping mall! Right, since those people were able to get out of the mall, it means the mall is safe now. We can use it as our base!

Without further hesitation, Li Fei immediately gave the order to move towards the mall.

Soon, the group arrived at the mall.

Li Fei frowned as he looked at the dimly lit first floor.

If there's a mechanical cat at this point, the best approach is to send it in to explore.

Unfortunately, all the mechanical cats perished in battle.

Sigh... I'll go check it out myself.

Just as Li Fei was about to go in, he suddenly stopped.

There was a person standing at the entrance on the first floor of the mall.

If I remember correctly, this person was one of those on the rooftop just now.

Li Fei immediately took the shotgun from his back and put it in his hand.

But the man suddenly raised his hands, shouting, "Don't get agitated! Don't shoot! My name is Mei Xicai, and I'm here to surrender!"

Surrender? Li Fei chuckled. "If surrendering could solve the problem, what would be the point of having zombies?"

"What? What are you talking about?" Mei Xicai was slightly taken aback, then quickly replied, "I...I still have value!"

"What's the value?" Li Fei raised an eyebrow.

"I know where there's a survivor base! It's safe there; you can take your team there for refuge!"

A survivor base? Li Fei's interest was piqued.

He used to hate survivors, but now it's completely different.

Now that I can harvest faith points, the more survivors I have under my command, the better.

Seeing Li Fei's silence, Mei Xicai knew something was amiss and immediately knelt down, begging for mercy: "Brother, I really didn't do anything wrong. As long as you don't kill me, I'm willing to be your gun! I'll do whatever you tell me to do!"

Using it as a gun? Li Fei was somewhat surprised.

To be honest, even though he just mentioned a survivor base, he was still prepared to kill them to prevent future trouble.

But just as he knelt down and begged for mercy, a notification popped up on the panel that his faith had increased by 1.

In other words, at the very least, he genuinely wants to do things for me right now.