Chapter 97

After listening, Zhang Xiaohou looked at Mo Fan with some surprise. He had never considered these things before.

Zhang Xiaohou himself could not tell whether Mo Fan's words were right or wrong; he just subconsciously believed in Mo Fan's choice.

Zhang Xiaohou did not know that Mo Fan was actually a very experienced demon hunter. In such an environment, Mo Fan had come to understand an important truth: never underestimate the power of numbers. Why do the Hunter Alliance always form small teams to go out hunting? Don't they know that more people mean more safety? In fact, the more people there are, the more likely they are to attract the attention of a group of demons, and the more likely they are to become food for higher-level demons.

The vanguard team would not have too many people. If they encountered a group of demons, they could easily avoid them, move more freely, and make quick decisions to either escape or fight.

But if it were a large group...

If they did not encounter a large group of demons, they would be fine. However, once they were noticed by a war general-level creature and its group of demons, the large group would surely be massacred, and such a massacre would be beyond their control.

...

The vanguard team consisted of ten people, with Xue Musheng in charge of leading them.

After passing through the school gate, there were not many people left on the streets.

Scattered urban waste, overturned stalls full of broken goods, and shops that were open but unattended...

When the red alert was sounded, all the citizens either hid in their houses or started running towards the safety barrier, creating a chaotic scene. This was also the main reason why the school staff did not evacuate immediately.

However, a large number of people had not yet reached the safety barrier. As Tianlan Magic High School began to move towards the safety barrier, many nearby residents flocked over, hoping to use the strength of the students and teachers of Tianlan Magic High School to safely cross the terrifying 3-kilometer stretch.

The vanguard team walked at the front of the group. Climbing to a high place, Zhang Xiaohou soon saw the scene of many civilians gathering towards the school...

"Probably this large migration will exceed 4,000 people. Many in this urban area did not reach the safety barrier in time. They dare not travel alone, so they are now being drawn into the large group like small iron filings from different places," Zhang Xiaohou said, jumping down from an old building.

"Right, more people can help avoid attacks from small groups of demons, but it will also make the entire large group more cumbersome," Xue Musheng said.

High school and university are different. University students have a combat power greater than a regular army, while high school students are all apprentices under the age of eighteen. Under the red alert, it is already remarkable that they can protect themselves, let alone protect the civilians, which is really too much to ask.

"This is also inevitable; we can't just leave them behind," Zhou Min said.

"Let's go. Now that the large group has become 4,000 people, our burden is even heavier," Xue Musheng said.

Everyone nodded.

Zhang Xiaohou and Zhang Luying, the two wind mages, were responsible for scouting, while the others followed closely.

Xue Musheng was clearly a teacher who had served in the military, with some experience in personnel allocation and maintaining formation, so he was not at a loss in the face of this situation.

The ten-person team moved relatively quickly, passing straight through the main street at the school gate, then through a pedestrian street and a residential area with elevators, where they could see the safety barrier.

The main street was one kilometer long, filled with abandoned vehicles, completely blocked. Not to mention school buses, even bicycles would find it difficult to find a smooth path.

Traffic was basically paralyzed, and they could only walk. Three kilometers, not long, not short, no one could predict what would happen.

"There's a giant-eyed gorilla rat at the newsstand ahead," Zhang Yinglu said, running back with a pale face and slightly out of breath.

"It's gnawing on a child," Zhang Xiaohou added.

When they saw it, the child was already dead. Just seeing such a bloody scene was shocking and sad.

Continuing forward, they bypassed a large bus blocking the street and could see the blood-stained newsstand and the ten-year-old boy lying in a pool of blood.

"Where's the giant-eyed gorilla rat?" Xue Musheng frowned, searching but not seeing the giant-eyed gorilla rat they mentioned.

"It was just there..."

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