Chapter 75: Save the Leaders?

Without a second thought, Colonel Du jumped up and said, "No need to consider it. My military order is to protect the scientists, not your old leaders. I’m telling you, we only have two hours to break through the fog wall and retreat. I don’t have enough manpower, so forget about it!"

The official with glasses angrily said, "Du Qishan, if you don’t even save the higher-ups, don’t blame me for reporting to your superiors when we get to Nanjing City!"

Colonel Du sneered, "Go if you want! Don’t block the way now! Sergeant Ban, what are you waiting for? Didn’t you hear my order?"

"Yes!" Ban Shijun replied crisply, reaching out to push the police officers blocking the door.

The official with glasses suddenly shouted, "Hold it!"

Then, he walked up to Chu Yunsheng and the others, pointing at them and said loudly, "Du Qishan, you are a military man, they are not. I want to conscript them, and you can’t stop me, can you? Most of these people are from Kuncheng!"

Colonel Du shook his head and said irritably, "Go ahead if you can!"

Before he finished speaking, a shadow like a whirlwind rushed forward, kicking the official with glasses away. He spat and said, "Conscript, conscript, conscript, I’ll let you conscript. Damn, you still have the nerve to mention that we are citizens of Kuncheng. When the bugs came, you officials ran the fastest. Now you dare to ask us to save you, these parasites? Go to hell!"

Someone from behind chimed in, "Well said! This guy deserves a beating, blabbering on and on, just wasting time!"

The official with glasses staggered to his feet, his finger trembling as he pointed at the awakened warrior, "You dare to assault a government official!"

The big man who kicked him glared and said, "So what if I did? What’s left of your official demeanor? Colonel Du and his team are trying their best to break through the fog wall, but you officials are only thinking about saving the leaders, not organizing the citizens to follow the army’s evacuation. You’ve been sucking up from the sunny era to the dark era, and you still think it’s not enough?"

The official with glasses adjusted his slightly damaged glasses, stammering, "You, you, you..."

Colonel Du glanced at his watch, time was running out. He waved his hand, and the soldiers, wearing steel helmets and holding fully automatic rifles, filed out. The officials and police officers immediately lost their nerve; their weapons were no match for the regular army, let alone the large group of awakened warriors following behind.

This had little to do with Chu Yunsheng, but he appreciated Colonel Du’s firm stance. If Colonel Du had really intended to save the leaders, he would have opposed it. With only two hours left, saving people was a joke.

Chu Yunsheng remained silent, holding the Thousand Cleave Sword, and followed Ban Shijun and the others into the dense fog.

Since the dark era began, he had always been able to maintain a good mental state. Once he entered the fog, he was fully focused and alert to his surroundings, unaffected by other factors. Even when he was close to breaking through to the Second Heaven Realm, he could control his thoughts well.

The professors had listed the order for destroying the fog sources: 5-3-1-7-2-9-8-6-4. So they would head directly to the fog source in Zone 5.

Chu Yunsheng had observed the fog source from a distance several times. It was on the upper layer of a giant creature, a green, oval-shaped fog source over ten meters in diameter, like a rugby ball, with miniature green lightning constantly striking inside.

Chu Yunsheng was now standing on the middle layer of the giant creature in Zone 5. Except for one flesh worm that was killed by the awakened warriors, there seemed to be no flame monsters nearby. He gave a signal, and the soldier with the rocket launcher immediately fired. The rocket whistled and shot straight toward the fog source.

Bang!

The rocket exploded near the fog source, causing a violent shockwave that lifted some of the giant plant’s leaves.

The fog source trembled slightly, and some green fog leaked out, but overall, it was not significantly damaged.

Everyone looked around nervously. If no flame monsters appeared, they would immediately rush to the top of the giant creature and launch a coordinated attack on the fog source.

10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds!

There was no movement. Chu Yunsheng waved his hand, and Ban Shijun immediately led everyone to climb up quickly.

Chu Yunsheng did not need to join the attack; he had to maintain his best state to guard against the possible appearance of flame monsters and handle any emergencies in the fog zone.

The attack by nearly a hundred people was spectacular!

Various fire and ice attacks were dazzling, like a Hollywood sci-fi movie.

In addition to the attacks by the awakened warriors, several soldiers with exceptional physical abilities were also selected to rush to the top of the giant plant and install explosives.

It took only a little over two minutes to completely destroy the fog source!

Of course, if the other eight could not be destroyed at the same time, they would quickly regenerate in the next 12 hours!

The commotion did not attract the expected flame monsters but instead drew a large number of vibration-sensitive flesh worms and red-eyed monsters.

However, Ban Shijun and his team, relying on their numbers, charged through, killing any worms and red-eyed monsters they encountered. The monsters’ bodies littered the ground, which was convenient for Chu Yunsheng, who collected them all with his storage talisman.

After several rounds, the group did not expect such smooth progress. They first went to Zone 5, then Zone 3, and finally Zone 1, encountering no flame monsters. They quickly destroyed the fog sources and moved on to the next fog zone.

On the contrary, they slaughtered many flesh worms and red-eyed monsters. Chu Yunsheng not only increased the number of red-eyed monster corpses but also captured a dying flesh worm with a beast-sealing talisman, nurturing it with essence energy along the way.

When they reached Zone 7, they followed the usual procedure of probing and surrounding the fog source. Just as they were about to leave, a streak of flame seemed to pierce through time and space, swooping down. Before Chu Yunsheng could react, it had taken three awakened warriors, and the blazing flames burned fiercely on the three hanging under the flame monster.

In a short while, the three were reduced to ashes, and their essence energy was completely absorbed by the flame monster! This monster could absorb energy like Chu Yunsheng’s essence-absorbing talisman, but while Chu Yunsheng absorbed dead things, the flame monster could absorb living beings!

Ban Shijun quickly led everyone to dive down and run toward the fog wall, leaving the battlefield to Chu Yunsheng.

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