After turning up the ringtone and speaker volume, Skinny Monkey slinked over with the gadget and threw it on top of a van. He was lucky that he had no dangers along the way and did not attract the attention of the black corpse.
After the thin monkey returned to the team, the five people lined up and began to crawl slowly towards the west path. They climbed over the railing lightly and crossed a section of yellow green belt, communicating only with eyes and gestures.
When a few people walked around a road sign, only thirty meters away from the west path, the music that Zhang Cheng had set in advance on his mobile phone also started ringing.
A high-pitched instrumental percussion suddenly sounded, which might startle anyone who overheard it. But the black corpses were obviously much slower. They mechanically turned their heads and looked at the white pickup truck, and the next moment they let out a roar.
"Ho-" "Ho ho ho..."
One, two, three, more and more black corpses surrounded the place where the noise originated. They staggered forward, like a crowd watching the excitement before the end of the world, and quickly surrounded the small truck compartment.
Maybe it can work!
Slender Monkey and Da Zhuang looked at each other with the same joy in their eyes.
It didn't take long for most of the nearby black corpses to be attracted. In front of the toll booth, the loud DJ dance music resounded, and the densely packed black corpses looked like the atmosphere group pursuing disc knights in the disco. They bared their teeth and jumped to the music, venting their "excitement".
"Society is very simple, but people are complicated~"
"If you had it to do over again, would you love me~"
"Dududududududu, dududududududu, come on..."
"BGBGM, BGBGM, toot toot..."
"Don't want no short dick man, Don't want no short dick man, Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, Don't want, don' t want, don't want, do..."
"And they turn me they Take It, Oh, Oh! EVERYBODY TAKE IT OFF! Oh, Oh, Oh! Right now! TAKE IT OFF! now! TAKE IT OFF! Right now! TAKE IT OFF."
Chen Liang was dumbfounded and turned to look at Zhang Cheng with a look of disbelief on his face.
Shouhou didn't know what words to use to describe his feelings at this moment, so he could only forcefully smile and say: "Brother Zhang Cheng, I didn't expect you to be quite... wild."
"I just found it." Zhang Cheng explained bravely.
Li Yishan said: "Stop making trouble, something is wrong ahead, prepare plan B."
The others immediately followed his instructions and looked ahead.
It should be said that cell phone ringtones work well with a loudspeaker. Most of the black corpses had already been attracted, and since the loudspeaker was in a higher position, no one had ever grabbed it. Hundreds of black corpses surrounded the van with intense emotions, like adults and aunties rushing to buy goods on a supermarket discount day.
If the driver of the truck was sitting in the car alive now, he might be frightened by this scene. However, there was also an unrecognizable black corpse in the cab, so he joined the carnival equally excitedly, slapping the window glass with both hands, and hitting his head hard like the roof of the car, like an addict who mutilated himself when he was addicted to drugs, with an expression on his face. As ferocious as it is.
However, perhaps the west side is farther away from the loudspeaker. There were still a dozen black corpses wandering along the path they were preparing to break through.
"Are you ready?" Li Yishan asked.
Others nodded.
"Follow me and don't fall behind."
As soon as he finished speaking, he threw the winding alarm clock out. The round kitchen alarm drew a beautiful parabola in the air, and when it landed, it sounded a "ding-a-ling" sound. Although the sound was not loud, it temporarily attracted the attention of the dozen black corpses.
"rush!"
"Da da da." Halfway through the fight, gunshots suddenly rang out.
Li Yishan took the lead, raising his assault rifle and directly scanning the two black corpses. Chen Liang followed closely behind, guarding each other with him, knocking down more black corpses one after another.
The thin monkey protected Zhang Cheng in the center of the team, and at the same time was wary of the special black corpse that might appear. The group of people marched forward along the path.
"Hoo uh——"
"No, I was discovered."
The black corpse next to the truck no longer cared about the ringing, and instead ran towards these live human baits.
"Da Zhuang!"
"Company Commander, just watch it!"
Da Zhuang, who was at the end of the team, chuckled, turned his body upside down and pointed the muzzle of the Vulcan Cannon at the group of corpses that were chasing after him. There was a crisp "click" sound, and the seven gun barrels rotated in turn, spitting out orange-yellow gun flames like a violent giant beast.
In an instant, white gunpowder smoke enveloped the strong retreating figure, and the "pop-pop" sounds of bullets breaking through the air were heard one after another. Hundreds of bullets were fired in a matter of seconds. Sand and dust were flying, and pits appeared one after another on the dry grass. The black corpse running at the front bore the brunt of the attack and had his legs cut off, falling down like wheat being harvested.
One row fell, the second and third rows also tripped, and a pile of black corpses quickly fell on the narrow path. At the same time, countless bullets were still vying to get into it, shattering many humanoid limbs and splashing rows of flesh and blood.
The huge recoil caused a strong vibration, so the muscles in Da Zhuang's whole body tensed up, and the veins on his thick neck were exposed. But what is surprising is that this man stood upright, solid, and as still as a mountain, which made Zhang Cheng a little surprised.
"Silly big man, be careful! Let's go!" The black corpses in front have been cleared away. Thin Monkey greeted, followed Li Yishan and helped Zhang Cheng rush out of the path.
"Hey, I'm here."
Da Zhuang followed closely behind, striding over several black corpses killed by rifles, and caught up with the Vulcan cannon.
Only when they reached a safe area did they stop panting.
Looking back on this encounter, they were able to break out of the siege without any injuries, but it was thanks to Zhang Cheng's plan.
"Academician Zhang, your brain is really amazing, you are worthy of being a cultural person." Da Zhuang said matter-of-factly, patting his chest, "I am really convinced by you this time."
"Just a few small ideas." Zhang Cheng smiled casually and did not take credit.
But Shouhou thought he was embarrassed, so he simply put his arm around his shoulders and joked: "Brother Zhang Cheng, please stop being humble with us, haha."
"That's right." Da Zhuang also echoed.
At this moment, Chen Liang pointed to the distance and exclaimed: "Why is there smoke there?"
People looked along his direction and saw a thick black-gray smoke rising from the top of a mountain. It looked like the fire was not small. However, that is where they are going!
Li Yishan said in a deep voice: "Let's go and have a look!"
Several people looked at each other, checked their equipment, and silently started running faster.
Section 2
Four hours after the battle for the Jiao Fusion Core ended, the Evolution team returned to Fengwei Mountain in the evening.
In front of the Langya City base, everyone formed a square formation in solemn silence, with those with abilities in the front and ordinary evolved people behind. The injured and war dead were placed on stretchers made of tree branches. Some people did not leave any remains, and only some clothes and belongings were symbolically covered under white cloth.
After obtaining the gelatin core, the ability users' strength almost doubled, and it only took fifteen minutes to end the battle.
Later, when cleaning the battlefield, it was discovered that in addition to the five people killed by the pangolin and the bone-spurred black corpse, seventeen more people died and more than thirty people were injured on the three battlefields after the black beast Goshawk caused chaos. Comparing the total number of people, the casualty rate of ordinary evolvers is about 18%, and none of the ability users are attrited. The battle loss rate is much lower than any battle for the glue core that Lang Hua knows of in the previous life.
The biggest harvest of this trip was naturally two green, three red and five gel fusion cores, as well as large and small corpse beasts and black beast crystal cores, totaling more than 1,300.
Putting aside the corpse beasts for now, these black beasts are full of treasures. Not only can their crystal nuclei be used to make evolutionary potions, but their flesh and blood can also be a great tonic for replenishing energy and promoting evolution. Compared with the barren apocalyptic environment, the energy quality in evolved organisms is quite high, and cooking with it can be considered a luxury.
In front of the city gate, Lin Wenjin was reporting to Lang Hua the results of his trip.
Seeing Lang Hua inspecting the broken black beast corpses, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's just a pity that the third-level dark gold pangolin, that armor looks like a good material for defensive clothing."
"Yes, there will be all these." Lang Hua smiled and didn't care.
He then ordered: "Send all these materials to the research institute in the back mountain. I think Dean Chen will like these experimental products very much."
"Understood."
Lang Hua slowly walked to the stretchers, squatted down to check each person's injuries, and paused for a long time in front of each dead person, as if to remember what each of them looked like. People were very quiet. Their noses were sore when they saw Lang Hua's actions, and the mist in their eyes gradually blurred their vision. Although they have seen many life and death separations in the past two months, they have also accumulated a lot of affection during the half-month training. Facing these comrades who fell on the charge, they thought of themselves for a moment.
At this time, Xiao Heizi came over to report: "Deputy City Lord, everyone is here."
Lang Hua stood up and looked at the city gate. He saw that all the members who stayed at the base had arrived, and the team members who were transporting supplies had also returned here. Without further delay, he climbed to the top of the city under the watchful eyes of everyone.
"Everyone has worked hard during this period. I am your deputy city leader Lang Hua."
"Brothers and sisters of Langya City, you have proven yourself with your courage. You are the biggest contributors to this battle."
"When the end of the world comes, mankind will face many ups and downs and encounter many hardships, but we have never thought of giving up."
"It turns out that only the bravest will survive in this apocalyptic world."
"From now on, Langya City will also implement a reward and punishment system. Those who have made mistakes will never be tolerated, and those who have made merits will never be buried."
"Congratulations to everyone. The warriors who survive this battle will be the first citizens of our Langya City and enjoy the best welfare benefits."
"The war dead will also be buried in Fengweishan Cemetery, and the families of the deceased will receive martyrs' allowance every year."
"Langya City will never forget these heroes who took the lead, nor will it forget those who sacrificed their lives and blood for the great rejuvenation of human civilization."
Lang Hua's tone became increasingly passionate, causing everyone in the audience to raise their heads and chests in unison. Looking around, everyone has the most determined look on their face, and their eyes are full of confidence and desire for the future.
Along the way to escape from Shashi, they lost their relatives, friends, and lovers, as well as their wealth, status, and even their dignity as human beings. But in the battle at Nata Mountain, they achieved an overwhelming victory at an extremely small cost, which made them almost worship Lang Hua.
They also hope to one day regain their homeland. They had reason to believe that this man was worth relying on and worthy of being the leader of them all.
Looking at them, Lang Hua's eyes swept across every pair of eyes present, and the magnetic voice continued to echo in the clearing in front of the forest.
"Since 'Advent', social order has collapsed, and civilization is in danger. Everyone who survived the disaster has been forced to reach a crossroads in life."
"Should I choose to indulge in pleasure, die in a drunken dream, and surrender in the putrid quagmire? Or should I persist in choosing to wear the stars and the moon, brave the wind and rain, and forge ahead on a road full of thorns while others are rotting and growing maggots?"
"I think everyone here already has the answer to this question."
"I am very happy to meet you all. I am very happy to see so many good sons and daughters in the disaster. I can see hope in your eyes and the possibility of our future victory."
"I have a wish. I hope that I can see civilization rebuilt and the mountains and rivers still exist in my lifetime. I hope that our descendants will no longer live in such a frightened life and no longer be afraid that one day they will suddenly die in their sleep."
"Thank you all for your trust and support in me. It's because of you that I dare to overestimate my capabilities and say such ridiculous and arrogant words."
People in the audience burst into laughter in unison.
"My lord, you are so humble!"
"Deputy City Lord, we will follow you!"
"Yes, let's destroy this shitty apocalypse!"
"Little brother, you are so handsome, I want to give birth to a monkey for you~"
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Lang Hua raised his hand to signal, and people quickly became quiet.
The next moment he stopped smiling and continued: "I know it is not easy to find hope in despair. But I am still willing to pay my blood, passion and life for it."
"I believe that man can conquer nature. In life, one must have dreams and hopes."
"I hereby swear an oath only as a human survivor."
"I, Lang Hua, swear to become a member of the human resistance army, determined to continue to run on the front line of life and death for the survival of the race and the revival of civilization."
"I swear to my ancestors that the interests of the human race are my interests, and the enemies of the human race are my enemies."
"Life is endless, struggle is endless; determination is unswerving, until death."
Lang Hua raised the long knife in his hand and shouted to everyone present:
"May the name of the human race be passed down from generation to generation and remain immortal!"
As expected, a loud sound was also heard from under the city wall. The sound was like the roar of dragons and tigers, resounding above the jungle, and seemed to be able to penetrate the barriers of space and spread into the slit of space above the atmosphere.
"We swear to be a member of the human resistance. The interests of the human race are my interests, and the enemies of the human race are my enemies."
"Life is endless, struggle is endless; determination is unswerving, until death."
"May the name of the human race be passed down from generation to generation and remain immortal!"
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