Those who reincarnate must die.

Finally, after discussion, Old Ma personally led the team, selecting a dozen or so soldiers to accompany them. These soldiers were all dressed in light armor, carrying guns on their backs and crossbows in their hands. According to the principles of post-apocalyptic survival, crossbows are more convenient unless in an emergency, as they are silent and concealed.

Normally, this kind of frontline work wouldn't require him, as the leader, to lead the team. But Old Ma insisted on coming because adding towers was a major issue concerning the survivors, and the higher the rank, the more he should be at the forefront.

In addition to the soldiers, Lao Ma also arranged for Xiaoman, the girl Zhang Lang had rescued earlier, to follow them.

It is said that this little girl was born with exceptionally sensitive hearing, and she had intentionally trained herself from a young age to be able to discern the location, distance, and condition of enemies from sound and echoes—she was practically a living radar. It was precisely because of this special ability that she often went out with expedition teams to find food. This time, she was the first to discover the pack of Cerberus, and then, while fleeing, she accidentally got separated from the main group and was caught by a Cerberus, which led to the scene that Zhang Lang witnessed.

Zhang Lang had suspected she was a surviving supernatural being, but was told the girl had undergone specialized testing, proving it was merely a special skill, not a true superpower. To have mastered a skill to this extent was quite remarkable…

Zhang Lang estimated that the food and water he left would be enough for Xiaoya for at least five days. He could stay here for a few more days before going back and help the survivors with some tasks.

After preparations, everyone rested for a night. The next morning, the group finally arrived at the designated location and prepared to get to work.

Before Zhang Lang was a sealed gate, made of solid wood covered with sheet metal and studded with nails. One side of the gate was covered with sandbags and bricks, and it was covered with a thick layer of dust, indicating that it had not been opened for a long time.

On the other side of this gate lies the tower that has not yet fallen to the survivors. When the city wall was built, each tower had gates on both sides of the tunnel connecting to the inside of the wall. These gates were designed to effectively prevent the enemy from occupying the entire wall and to buy time.

When the apocalypse came, when Old Ma led his men to escape into the city walls, he sealed off the gates at both ends of the walls, making the passages inside the walls relatively closed to prevent the monsters hidden inside the walls from invading the survivors' area.

"This is the first tower we need to capture!" Old Ma explained.

"Once it's open, the space inside will be quite spacious, with three floors in total. There's also a gate on the other side of the tower, which should normally be closed. Our task is to clear out this tower first! Before that, we need to remove the obstacles blocking our way... It hasn't been cleared since it was sealed off, so please be as quiet as possible when you're working, and don't alert the monsters on the other side. It wouldn't be good to be ambushed as soon as we open the door..."

He was only halfway through his sentence when a huge rock rolled past him, making a few loud thuds on the ground before finally coming to a stop.

"Huh?" This rock is so big, it must weigh at least two or three hundred pounds, how did it come to be...?

Before anyone could react, sandbags flew by and stones rolled out. In a short while, the area in front of the gate was cleared, and no one was hit by the thrown debris. The situation was handled very well!

"This is..." Old Ma was stunned. These weren't garbage bags filled with cotton pads; they were solid stones and sandbags! The smaller ones weighed a couple hundred pounds, and the larger ones probably weighed over five hundred pounds. How could this be...?

Everyone looked on in surprise, only to see Zhang Lang standing in front of the gate, turning back to ask them, "Does this thing have any mechanisms? Won't it break if we just lift it up?"

"Just move it..." Old Ma felt a little speechless. "Lifting it directly wouldn't break it, but that gate weighs over two thousand pounds, and there are slots in the ground. Lifting it might be..."

Before he could finish speaking, a rattling sound was heard, and Zhang Lang lifted the gate with one hand, as if it weren't a heavy gate but a large piece of corrugated cardboard...

"How is this possible? The lower edge of the gate is inserted into a slot in the ground; there's nowhere to get it. How did he...?"

Old Ma looked at the ground in astonishment and noticed a noticeable chip at the edge of the slot, the gap seemingly shaped like a finger...

Just then, Xiaoman suddenly warned, "Be careful, there's something behind the gate, hurry..."

Before she could finish speaking, Zhang Lang suddenly stretched out his empty hand and, with a snap, grabbed a monster. No one even saw how it appeared…

"...Very fast..." At this moment, Xiaoman finally managed to utter the rest of her sentence...

The thing in Zhang Lang's hand struggled fiercely. He frowned, tightened his grip, and with a snap, crushed the thing to death and threw it on the ground.

The group cautiously approached for a closer look and discovered it was a small animal resembling a hairless rabbit, but about the size of a wolfhound. It had very long ears with two sharp claws at the ends, a somewhat elongated face, and long, exceptionally sharp incisors protruding from its mouth, making it appear unlikely to be used for eating grass. Its two powerful hind legs were twitching reflexively, providing considerable speed.

As you can imagine, when such an animal leaps up at lightning speed, its two hooked claws on its ears are like the blades of a weasel, capable of severing a person's artery in an instant! In the dimly lit passageway, you won't even have time to react!

Zhang Lang raised his hand and shot an arrow. The arrowhead was imbued with magical light, and once it entered the tower, it immediately illuminated the dimly lit ground floor. Through the door that Zhang Lang had propped open, everyone could see that behind the door were more than a dozen of these animals, curled up and poised to attack. They were probably intimidated by the threat of Zhang Lang's earlier killing attempt, which was why they hadn't yet leaped over...

"These are the first monsters we need to eliminate!" Old Ma raised his hand and ordered, "Fire!"

Immediately, all the soldiers drew their bows and fired arrows, raining down on the dangerous rabbit monsters. However, these monsters were agile and dodged immediately. Only three were actually hit by arrows, two of which were killed by Zhang Lang himself…

His crossbow has two arms, which can fire two bolts in succession!

"These cunning creatures!" Old Ma gritted his teeth. "Shout, 'Don't rush in! Quick, throw in the Molotov cocktails and oil drums! The main structure of the tower is stone; it won't burn. Clear out and occupy one floor first..."

"No need for that trouble..." Zhang Lang stepped into the tower, said "Wait a moment," and then closed the gate from the inside.

"Wait..." Old Ma tried to stop them, but it was too late. With a bang, the heavy door slammed shut, and then a muffled commotion came from behind the door.

"He's fighting..."

Xiaoman closed her eyes, her two little pigtails trembling slightly:

"Fighting that rabbit monster... Hey, he's gone up to the second floor... There's movement on the second floor, there are some bigger things there... Hey? The battle doesn't seem to be getting any more intense... He's gone up... to the third floor!"

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