At this moment, everyone was in stealth mode, but the Zerg were not.
Seeing that the warehouse was empty, the woman in charge said, "Since there's no one here, let's search other places. Tonight, search all the warehouses, factories, and buildings with three floors or less in this area of the East District, and mark them."
The others nearby replied, "Yes, boss!"
Just as they were about to turn and leave, a wall suddenly appeared in the doorway.
Marble Bricks can instantly change shape according to the terrain; placed horizontally, they can pave roads, while placed vertically, they can become walls blocking the way. Old Mo blocked their retreat as they turned to leave.
This group of Zerg should be a "vanguard reconnaissance team" sent out. They are agile and physically strong, and may have already fused and upgraded. Naturally, they cannot be let go, otherwise, they will bring the main force over.
Yu Hanjiang coldly said, "Fight!"
The Zerg, whose path was blocked, noticed that someone was there. Their expressions changed drastically, and their eyes instantly turned a terrifying scarlet red!
They couldn't see Xiao Lou's team members, but everyone else could see them clearly.
The woman, number 178, emitted a squeaking sound. No one understood the Zerg language, but the other four Zerg, all over 180 cm tall, immediately scattered upon hearing it.
The male Zerg of cm moved nimbly, crawling swiftly through the warehouse like four whirlwind shadows, flashing past everyone's eyes!
Ye Qi took out his erhu and played "Moon Reflected in the Second Spring".
This time, at least three were controlled by the group control system; the other two were too far away to be affected by the sound waves.
Yu Hanjiang immediately threw a packet of medical alcohol and a burning cloth at one of the controlled Zerg.
Engulfed in flames in an instant, the insectoid creature let out a painful squeak!
The surrounding companions dared not approach it when they saw the flames. The two that were being controlled were about to wake up. Ye Qi and Long Sen immediately took over the control, while Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou were responsible for the fire attack. One on the left and one on the right, they killed two more in the blink of an eye!
This also includes the female minor leader.
Seeing their leader dead, the remaining two male Zerg began to flee frantically. Ye Qi, quick-witted and agile, used his flute to control one, which was instantly burned to death by Yu Hanjiang. As for the other, Long Sen chased after him, playing badminton... Although Long Sen's badminton shuttlecock usually had a very low probability of hitting a moving target, this time, he actually got lucky and hit it.
The Zerg probably knew it couldn't escape through the doorway, so it quickly climbed up the wall, trying to escape from the roof. Long Sen aimed at the wall it was climbing and shot at it, hitting it in the back. The Zerg was stunned and unable to move. Qu Wanyue hurriedly threw alcohol and fireballs at it!
The flames ignited instantly, and the mournful cries of several Zerglings sent chills down one's spine!
Moments later, the five Zerglings turned into charred corpses on the ground. Dousing their bodies with alcohol and then setting them on fire prevented the fire from spreading to other parts of the warehouse. Some nearby fruit boxes that had caught fire were quickly extinguished by Lao Mo and Liu Qiao.
Looking at the corpses on the ground, Long Sen said with a grim face, "This group of Zerg is agile and has excellent physical fitness. I've been in a sports school for so long, and I can tell at a glance that these are people who have undergone professional training. Their running, jumping, arm strength, and leg strength are all top-notch."
Xiao Lou pondered, "So, the Zerg select their parasites? They choose those with strong physical abilities to fuse with?"
Yu Hanjiang also felt this was highly likely. He whispered, "After all, the Zerg only use human bodies to control humans as puppets. If they parasitize a person with a weak body, their own mobility will also be affected."
Ye Qi agreed: "That makes sense! For example, no matter how fast a two- or three-year-old child or a seventy- or eighty-year-old elderly person climbs, they can't climb as fast as an adult male athlete who is over 1.8 meters tall—they even select humans for upgrades, they really don't treat people like human beings!"
Shao Qingge turned around helplessly and said, "In the eyes of the Zerg, humans are just shells for them to parasitize. Of course, the higher the quality of the shell, the stronger they can exert their power."
Everyone: "..."
In the eyes of insects, humans are the lowest of creatures? This sent chills down everyone's spine.
Xiao Lou analyzed, "That group of five was probably the Zerg vanguard scout team. They split into groups to explore and find people, infecting any weaker humans they encountered. If they encountered any tougher ones, they would bring the main force over to clean them up."
After all, with hundreds of thousands of Zerg in this city, things would fall apart if they didn't act in shifts.
There must be high-ranking commanders among the Zerg, responsible for the infection work in each city area. Ye Qi sighed, "They are indeed highly intelligent beings, and they even have a vanguard! It's a pity they didn't know about Invisibility Cloak and were wiped out by our surprise attack."
The successful annihilation of the vanguard team brought a slight sense of relief to everyone.
However, no one dared to let their guard down, since there were likely tens of thousands of Zerg legions behind the vanguard.
Everyone prepares for battle; Invisibility Cloak grants 30 seconds of free time.
Just as the Invisibility Cloak effect ended and everyone could see their teammates again, Ye Qi suddenly turned deathly pale: "What a strange sound! Listen!"
A series of crunching sounds came from the eavesdropping device —the sound of countless footsteps pounding on the snow, mixed with eerie sounds of people gliding along the snow, and a woman's voice broadcasting through a megaphone: "The Zerg army is coming! Run!"
This voice is familiar to everyone; it belongs to Senior Sister Gao from the Yuanfang team.
Yu Hanjiang looked closely and saw that in the distance, Senior Sister Gao and her 12-person group were frantically trying to escape using displacement tokens!
Their team's movement markers were also quite unique. Three of them were riding something that looked like a "scooter" and were able to glide very fast on the snow. Their speed was comparable to that of a car in the overtaking lane of a highway. I wonder if they might accidentally overturn.
There are also two pole vaulters! This board is somewhat similar to the long jump board of Long Sen and Qu Wanyue, but Long and Qu use two legs to jump. Their long poles can be used to support their weight on the ground, allowing them to jump over many building obstacles. It is very useful and also saves a lot of energy.
Ye Qi quickly spotted Cheng Ziyang in the crowd. This senior student was wearing a pair of roller skates, which moved at a speed similar to the scooters next to him, and were completely unaffected by the terrain.
Yu Hanjiang frowned. There was a ring of gasoline buried outside. If it were lit now, it would wipe out the entire Distant Place Association. Although Cheng Ziyang had betrayed Ye Qi, his other eleven teammates were innocent college students. He couldn't just blow them up too.
Yu Hanjiang said in a deep voice, "Cross the boundary of that tree within ten seconds!"
There was a safe distance between the tree and the warehouse, a distance that Yu Hanjiang had calculated to ensure they wouldn't be affected by the explosion.
The outer ring of the big tree was where they had arranged gasoline barrels.
Because of the continuous snowfall over the past few days, the sealed gasoline drums were buried under the snow and could not be seen. However, once a large amount of gasoline is ignited, the heat wave and intense fire generated by the explosion will instantly overturn the snow and burn countless people.
Zerg!
10 seconds, 9 seconds...
Senior Sister Gao and the others were unaware of Xiao Lou's plan. They only heard the other side shout that they had to run across the boundary of that tree within 10 seconds, so everyone immediately sped up. As they approached, Xiao Lou finally saw what was behind them—
Not far behind them, a dense army of Zerg was chasing them frantically. Countless humanoid Zerg crawled and jumped on the snow, a dark mass that surged toward them like a tide!
His teammates' faces suddenly turned pale.
Long Sen couldn't help but curse, "Damn! There must be at least tens of thousands of them!"
Liu Qiao said with a blank face, "Our university has several thousand students. Even if the whole school gathered in the auditorium, there wouldn't be this many people. No, there wouldn't be this many insects."
The joke was a bit lame, and Qu Wanyue managed a weak laugh, unable to speak anymore.
Everyone stared nervously into the distance, but Yu Hanjiang calmly took out his [Madman].
This is the largest and most powerful submachine gun among all of Yu Hanjiang's firearms!
Countdown: 3 seconds, 2 seconds, 1 second...
The members of the Distant Place Association used every ounce of their strength to run, finally managing to cross the tree's boundary. Yu Hanjiang thought to himself, " Xiao Lou, open the barrier, light the fire!"
Xiao Lou was already prepared; the Compass was drawn. Upon hearing Captain Yu's voice, he quickly circled the area around the big tree.
Yu Hanjiang, holding a submachine gun in both hands, leaped into the air using his Lightness Skill Card!
The man's sharp eyes were fixed on the surging Zerg, then he aimed at the snow under the tree and pulled the trigger, unleashing a frenzied barrage of fire!
Bang bang bang bang!
Gunshots rang out incessantly!
The members of the Distant Place Association were so frightened they nearly knelt down, thinking the man was going to wipe them out in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, Yu Hanjiang's aerial barrage didn't harm a single bullet; instead, all the bullets hit behind them.
The first gasoline can was pierced by a bullet and failed to ignite due to the snow. However, Yu Hanjiang fiercely swept the entire row, and the sparks from the bullets exploded all the gasoline cans in the circle. If even one was ignited, it would trigger a series of chain reactions.
The intense gunfire was like something out of a gunfight movie!
Yu Hanjiang emptied the hundreds of bullets in [Madman] within seconds, and a loud "boom" suddenly rang in everyone's ears!
The heat wave from the gasoline explosion sent a group of Zerg that had been chasing them flying high into the air!
Their bodies were instantly blown to pieces, without even a chance to reassemble!
The Zerg army charged forward relentlessly, with the first wave being blown to smithereens and the rest immediately following suit.
But then, the raging fire that erupted around them instantly set the approaching Zerg ablaze!
A terrifying squeak echoed from the swarm, a sound that sent chills down everyone's spines. If this horde of insects were released, the consequences would be unimaginable!
The members of the Distant Place Association were collectively stunned.
They were only a few meters away from the explosion site; the gasoline blast was right behind them.
They could even clearly feel the heat in the air, as if their buttocks were about to catch fire... but they were unharmed and unaffected by the explosion and flames. It was the Compass ring that Xiao Lou had placed that helped them, shielding them from the surrounding damage.
Xiao Lou shouted, "Run!"
Senior Sister Gao and the others then realized what was happening and immediately used various movement tokens to run to their side.
The bespectacled man, still shaken, steadied his glasses, which nearly fell off, and exclaimed, "Wow, you guys actually planted explosives down there?"
Yu Hanjiang calmly said, "It's gasoline."
A group of college students looked on with admiration.
What happened next impressed them even more. Xiao Lou took out a hairdryer, and Yu Hanjiang glanced at him and whispered, "Let's go!"
Yu Hanjiang held a submachine gun in one hand and gently wrapped his other arm around Xiao Lou's waist, carrying Xiao Lou into the air.
Xiao Lou identified the direction and activated Hairdryer's skill.
The wind fanned the flames! The raging fire, blown by the Hairdryer, immediately spread fiercely towards the direction from which the Zerg were attacking!
Power bank refreshes Hairdryer's skills.
One wave isn't enough, let's have another.
The Zerg's screams were like being in hell.
The number of them killed by bombs and burned is impossible to count.
The fire burned brighter and brighter, spreading along Xiao Lou's path. The wind from the Hairdryer spread, catching the Zerg army completely off guard. No matter how many of them there were, they couldn't get past the barrier formed by the towering flames!
High in the air, Xiao Lou used Hairdryer to fuel the fire, while Yu Hanjiang held him and flew around. The Lightness Skill Card allowed them to float for 8 seconds before finding a landing spot. Working together, the two quickly surrounded the entire warehouse with rings of fire.
The 360-degree ring of fire completely halted the Zerg army's advance.
Recalling the scene of Yu Hanjiang leaping into the air and firing a barrage of shots that ignited gasoline barrels, everyone was still shaken!
The two coordinated perfectly. If Xiao Lou's Compass was even a second slower, the heat and flames from the explosion could have affected them. And if Xiao Lou used the hairdryer incorrectly, the flames could have backfired.
Connected by a Telepathic Connection, they know each other's thoughts, which is why the two can work together perfectly.
After stabilizing the situation, Yu Hanjiang gently landed on the snow with Xiao Lou in his arms and said calmly, "We can hold them off for a while. Everyone spread out and keep an eye on the fire circle. If the Zerg manage to climb into the fire circle by stepping on their own bodies, we should immediately take control and deal with them—but I don't think they'll dare to, since they are most afraid of fire."
Xiao Lou said, "Keep all the control skills just in case. Control the ones that crawl over and let them burn to death."
The firewall defense was virtually flawless.
Can a low-level Zerg break through this barrier formed by raging flames?