Chapter 1 "Mingmei, you can't go!"

Mu Ning, having told Mingmei everything she knew, immediately threw herself onto Mingmei, preventing her from going outside.

"I'm not going outside the city."

Mingmei almost couldn't breathe from that chokehold.

"Then where are you going?"

Mu Ning knew that Mingmei's ability was a treasure in this game, though not for tonight. Still, she couldn't let her leave and risk danger.

"You said signal flares were lit, a large number of ability users are gathering outside the city, and weapons are being transported there. Did you remind the residents living at the border of the outer and inner cities to move into the inner city?"

"That's not my responsibility, and I don't know. My boss is also outside the city, but you absolutely can't go out again! It's dangerous!"

The last time the upper echelons reshuffled, Mu Ning sided with Julian, so she wasn't affected and was even transferred to the logistics department to continue her carefree life.

Plus, it was only the first day of the new year, and Julian was away. She was originally planning to laze around for the holiday, but this sudden change in the middle of the night disrupted her plans.

She's only in charge of procuring materials and equipment; what Mingmei said isn't her concern, and she doesn't know anything about it.

"But I think they should have been notified, right?"

"Still, I need to go back and check, just in case. I'll definitely come back into the inner city afterward."

After Mingmei explained, someone called Mu Ning, asking her to confirm some materials. She stopped trying to persuade Mingmei, only reluctantly and repeatedly reminding her to be careful and come back safely.

As Mingmei walked back, she saw many people dressed and carrying packages, rushing from the outside in the middle of the night. It seemed the higher-ups had indeed notified everyone to enter the inner city for refuge.

Just as she squeezed to the entrance of the inner city, she saw Zhen Po holding Da Bao and Er Bao (named by Zhen Hu) squeezing in with the crowd.

Lou Jia followed behind him, holding one child in one arm and leading another by the hand, with one on his back and two tied to his waist behind him. The whole family was together, heading towards the inner city without losing anyone.

They looked a bit disheveled, but Mingmei quickly stepped forward to help.

"Are you okay? You reacted so quickly?"

Mingmei's eyes fell on Da Bao and Er Bao, seeing them quietly nestled in Zhen Po's arms, not throwing a tantrum because Zhen Hu wasn't there.

Relieved, she turned to Lou Jia, pulling the two children in front of him. The two children, who had almost lost their footing in the crowd, were not only steadied by Mingmei but also protected by the three adults around them.

"Not long after you left, someone came to tell everyone to pack up and head to the inner city."

As she spoke, Mingmei felt a chill on her nose. She looked up and realized it was snowing again.

"First, to the resettlement area in the inner city..."

Because there were several children with them, the adults didn't have time to worry about the news from the outer city.

...

"Boom!"

Julian caught Lu Xiaoyao as she was sent flying. The force of the impact sent both of them crashing into the outer city wall that had just been breached by the giant wolves.

"Xiaoyao!"

Lu Gui, who had come to provide support, saw this and his eyes instantly turned bloodshot. Against the biting wind, he raised his hand and launched a massive wind blade at the hind legs of the giant wolf, which was nearly fifteen meters long.

Just now, as they arrived with reinforcements, several trucks with ultra-bright headlights drove in from the inner city, instantly illuminating the battlefield near the outer city gate as bright as day.

Everyone could then clearly see the battlefield: nearly ten giant wolves, some over ten meters long, the largest nearly twenty meters long, were fighting with the ability users.

The corpses of ability users, the corpses of giant wolves, and the damaged city walls shocked the arriving ability users!

It was then that Lu Gui saw his sister holding a giant version of the fire axe he had personally given her for the New Year, struggling to climb onto the hind legs of a giant wolf, using her ability to heavily chop at the wolf's hind legs. The giant wolf, in pain, sent her flying.

Then came the scene where Lu Gui caught Lu Xiaoyao, giving a useless buffer, and both crashed into the wall. In a fit of anger, Lu Gui followed up, directly severing the injured giant wolf's hind leg with a wind blade.

Instantly, the snow on the ground was dyed red, and even Lu Gui's face was splattered with blood.

The giant wolf, having lost a leg, wasn't dead yet. With a howl, three more giant wolves surrounded Lu Gui.

However, his teammates quickly surrounded him, as well as Mu Chen and the others, who had rushed over because the giant wolf they were facing had suddenly changed targets and left.

"You guys go save people."

Lu Gui remembered that his sister and Julian were still in the wall. What was the point of everyone gathering around him?

Qi Hai Kui, who possessed both strength and speed abilities, heard Lu Gui's words and dashed towards the outer city wall. The rest of the team once again engaged in a fierce battle with the giant wolves.

Compared to the fierce fighting on the front lines, the medical station in the rear was also full of wounded. Some were injured in stampedes while being evacuated from the outer city into the inner city, but most were casualties from the outer city battlefield.

"The outer city wall is destroyed?"

"Yeah, there will probably be people coming to transfer medical staff to the outer city soon, to set up emergency stations closer to the battlefield. I heard that the inner city has even released the medical ability users they've been keeping hidden."

"Really?"

Wang Wenying, while helping the wounded in her care stop the bleeding, disinfect wounds, and apply bandages, couldn't help but turn around and ask, "Is the front line really that dangerous?"

"Yeah, it seems several ability users died because they were too seriously injured and couldn't be evacuated in time. They died before they could even be brought here. So, when I went to get disinfectant just now, I heard the doctor say that we might have to send people to the front."

"Oh dear, is it that dangerous? Then who would want to go?"

"I certainly don't want to go!"

"But if we can't save the ability users, we'll be in even greater danger in the future."

Hearing their worries about the dangers of the front lines, Wang Wenying said this. Just then, the player with healing abilities who had come to select medical staff heard her words.

"That's a highly conscious one."

...

The situation in the outer city was getting worse and worse, and the battle line was constantly advancing towards the center of the outer city.

Wang Wenfei covered the wound on her arm, her vision blurring due to blood loss.

This giant wolf, though not very strong, was exceptionally agile and turned out to be the fastest and most aggressive.

She and the other ability users had tried to stop it, but now only she remained in front of the wolf.

Also a wind ability user, she wasn't as strong as Lu Gui, the god of death. He had already joined forces with others to kill two giant wolves in the front, but she hadn't killed a single one and had even lost several ability users.

Wang Wenfei heard movement behind her and turned to see a row of high-powered thermal weapons ready and aimed at the giant wolf.

"Ha!"

This scene of desperation turning into hope instantly made Wang Wenfei smile, but the giant wolf's howl and leap, as it flew over her head, froze her smile again.

The "bang" of an explosion behind her startled her, and she immediately turned back to see that the giant wolf had not only jumped over their thermal weapon defense line but had also done a "turnaround," flipping over two tanks, causing them to collide! Then, it charged straight toward the deeper part of the base!

"Not good! It's heading towards the medical area!"