If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Gangya would never have believed what he saw.
The sound of gunfire came from the opposite snow slope, and bullets whizzed in the sky and fell around them like raindrops.
The two snow slopes were at least six or seven hundred meters apart. It was not easy to hit people without professional sights, but the number was dense.
Hundreds of rifles fired almost at the same time, catching them off guard for a while.
In just a few breaths, four predators were shot and fell to the ground, rolling down the snow slope, and the rest could only fight back hastily.
However, helplessly, their position was too bad, half of the team was halfway up the slope, and only half was at the top of the slope.
In addition, they were fighting against the light.
Looking to the west, a large sunset hung in the sky, and the entire snow slope seemed to be coated with a layer of gold. The higher up the slope, the harder it was to see clearly.
Gangya couldn't even count how many people were on the other side. He only felt that at least two hundred-man teams were rushing towards him in the twilight, and the vast snowfield was full of people.
"Boss! There are so many people ahead!"
"They are advancing towards us!"
"God of the Great Horned Deer, please give me the power of a monster and the agility of a divine deer..."
"Damn, how many are there?!"
"Have all the people from the northern suburbs come?!"
There was chaos all around.
Knowing that it was not appropriate to fight at this moment, Gangya made a prompt decision and shouted loudly.
"Retreat to the north!"
"Charge into the woods!"
Crossing the forest was a risky decision.
The snow in the woods would be thicker than on the plains, and there was a possibility of encountering carnivorous species such as mutant brown bears and snow wolves.
Originally, according to his marching plan, they would advance westward along the edge of the forest, then pass through the ruins in the north of Qingquan City, bypass the old school site, and head north to Yuanxi Town.
But who would have thought that they would run into so many people just as they touched the edge of the forest!
Gangya was in a terrible mood at the moment.
Many centurions received the order and immediately called their men to run northward.
Looking from afar, more than 200 people were chasing 120 to 30 people on the white snow. The scene was like chasing ducks.
However, the continuous gunshots were much more exciting than chasing ducks.
"Stop!"
"Don't run!"
"Dare you stop and fight me, you thieves in front?"
"My sword is thirsty!"
"Fuck! Damn, these dogs are running so fast!"
The people behind were shouting, and the people in front were also shouting, but no one could understand what anyone was saying.
Following the footsteps of the centurion, Beaver looked back in panic, only to see the bright bayonet shining white in the snow.
It was still 400 meters away!
These people have already inserted their bayonets.
Are they all crazy? !
"What kind of opponent are we fighting against..." Iron Knee panted as he ran out of breath.
"I don't know. If possible, I never want to come back. Damn it, we should go to the east and leave this rotten bone to Lion Fang and the others to gnaw on!"
"By the way, did you hear the explosion before? I feel that they have at least ten cannons..."
"There is at least a thousand-man team in the northeast, and now there are at least two hundred-man teams chasing us. Are there so many people in the entire northern suburbs!"
"Crazy, crazy!"
Listening to the nonsense of his subordinates, Gang Ya had no time to deal with them.
Finally, he reached the edge of the forest and breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking back at the dozen corpses left on the snow, Gang Ya felt a pain in his heart and turned his head back with gritted teeth.
"Run to the north!"
"We will meet in Yuanxi Town!"
I'm afraid that many people will fall behind along the way.
But it is better to escape than to be captured by the survivors...
...
"Damn it, let these bad guys get away!"
Watching the ten teams disappear in the woods, Wei Tail ran to the edge of the woods, stuck his gun in the snow, and panted while holding the barrel.
Obviously, they were just a little bit away from catching up!
However, the snow on the ground was too thick, and some places buried their calves, some buried their knees and even thighs, and they couldn't run at all.
Wei Tail couldn't help but think of Rou Rou.
If only her bear was here!
After waiting for a while, Si Si and other players caught up from behind.
"Awei, are you okay?"
"Wei Tail is OK, but it's a pity that we are still a little bit away!"
Looking at the frustrated Wei Tail, Si Si looked up at the forest in front and said helplessly.
"Enmm... After all, they didn't even follow the process and started running directly."
These people are so miserable, there is nothing they can do if they can't catch up.
Didn't the NPC in the exoskeleton in front catch up?
The deputy captain of the guard team stopped at the edge of the forest, fired a few shots into the forest, and then retreated.
It seems that he is not going to chase in.
Sis said in an encouraging tone.
"But, Awei was great today."
Hearing the praise, Weiwei, who was a little depressed in the last second, couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth and said proudly.
"Just kidding, Weiwei is super brave!"
Sis smiled.
"... Should I tell me now?"
"??? You are not right."
...
After rushing in the forest for a while, until it was completely dark, Gangya slowed down his escape and gathered his subordinates.
Looking at the sparse fifty people, his heart sank slightly.
Although it was expected that some people would fall behind, he didn't expect so many to fall behind.
The panting Beaver walked forward and made a suggestion to the centurion.
"... The brothers are already very tired. If we continue to walk, I am afraid that more people will fall behind. Those pursuers have not caught up. I suggest setting up camp here and resting until dawn before continuing to travel, so as to wait for those who have fallen behind."
Another centurion, Iron Knee, also echoed.
"I agree... The temperature at night is too low, and it is too dangerous to travel!"
It is dark and you can't see anything. Who knows what is hidden in the snow.
If you continue to walk, I am afraid that few people will be able to walk out of this forest alive.
Steel Teeth thought it made sense and nodded.
"Set up camp."
Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and leaned against the tree beside them exhausted.
Everyone was very tired.
Some people even fell asleep while standing.
Rubbing his frozen hands, a predator said tremblingly.
"I really want to make a fire..."
When everyone heard this, they all showed bitter expressions on their faces.
Make a fire?
Here?
Are you crazy?
Although the survivors did not seem to chase into the forest, they did not think that those people would let them go.
Maybe the hunters were nearby, just waiting for an opportunity to relax, and then rushed up to cut their throats.
Even when they were resting, many people were nervous, holding guns as cold as ice, and did not dare to relax their vigilance at all.
The night gradually deepened, the moonlight sprinkled in the woods, and the surroundings were quiet.
One after another, the brothers who had lost their way came to find them, but only a few were found, and most of them still had no news.
Now they can only pray that they are still alive, can walk out of this forest, and successfully arrive at Yuanxi Town to meet them.
A trace of sadness appeared on Gangya's face. This was the first time he felt confused about the future since he followed the footsteps of Black Snake to the south.
At this moment, the sound of footsteps on the snow came from the darkness, and he immediately raised his gun and pointed it over.
Gangya shouted in a low voice.
"Who."
Guns were raised around Gangya.
"It's me! Don't shoot!"
In the darkness, a man came out with his hands raised high, and his weather-beaten face was full of tension.
Seeing the face clearly, Gangya breathed a sigh of relief and lowered the raised gun.
"One of us."
Yu.
He was his subordinate before.
Although he lost to their opponent in the battle of Dongliu Camp, he is quite powerful and is also an awakener.
After withdrawing from Qingquan City, Yu was transferred by Black Snake and brought to his side to be trained as a centurion.
I didn't expect that the two would meet again in this way...
Gangya put away his gun and looked at him.
"Aren't you at Black Snake's place? How is the situation over there?"
Although he knew that it was most likely to be dangerous, he still asked with a fluke.
Yu's face showed a bitter expression.
"It's all over."
"Except for a few who ran away, the rest of the people are all dead."
Before Gangya spoke, Beaver on the side said anxiously.
"It's all over?! How is it possible... More than 600 people, even if they are caught, it will take a while."
When he said this, his face was filled with an expression of disbelief.
Gangya's expression at this moment was the same, and he couldn't believe this sentence.
No matter how bad the luck is, even if all the supplies are lost, it should be no problem to escape two centurions, right?
When they reach Yuanxi Town, they can regroup and reunite under the banner of Black Snake.
However, after hearing what Beaver said, the bitterness on Yu's face became even stronger.
After a moment of silence, Yu recalled what happened a few hours ago and spoke slowly.
"The fire was burning, and at least 10 shells... maybe 20, fell on our position. Then they started to charge, and there were whistles from all directions. We could only retreat to the north, but the situation soon became worse."
"Their cars drove fast on the snow, like sleds, and our armored pickup trucks were completely stuck in the snow and destroyed one after another."
"Automatic rifles, machine guns... and a long gun with a long barrel that can penetrate steel plates. Their firepower is very strong, and we suffered heavy casualties as soon as the fight started."
"It's not just firepower. They used axes and bayonets to fight us in close combat, and we were no match for them at all."
A trace of fear gradually appeared on everyone's faces.
Usually they would initiate hand-to-hand combat, use incendiary bombs and projectiles to force the defenders to leave the bunkers, and then charge with bayonets.
This saves bullets.
This is the first time they have encountered someone who fights more brutally than them...
Still unable to believe these words, Beaver hurriedly asked: "Where is that big guy? Don't we have that... thing called a tank?"
They can blow up armored pickup trucks, but they can't blow up tanks, right?
Yu shook his head.
"It was blown up."
These three short words made the air around them stiff as if it was frozen.
Everyone who was listening on the side couldn't help but hold their breath.
It was blown up?
That big guy weighing dozens of tons?
Gangya's expression was slightly moved, and he suddenly recalled the previous looting in the central region.
At that time, they were in trouble, and a survivor settlement could not be conquered for a long time.
The locals got a cannon from somewhere, and they suffered heavy casualties in the process of attacking.
Until later, their centurion Black Snake got a tank from the leader.
The shells bombarded the tank, just like tickling it.
The originally hopeless fortifications were like paper in front of the steel tracks. They pierced through them effortlessly and slaughtered the defenders.
And now, someone actually told him that the arrogant steel monster was blown up?
What on earth could blow it up! ?
"... There are at least two thousand-man teams besieging us, and these survivors may have received support from the Boulder City."
"We are not their opponents, and neither are Lion Fang."
"It was a wrong decision to target them from the beginning. The more serious mistake is that we actually thought we could end this war in winter."
Two thousand-man teams!
The people around whispered, and their faces were no longer just afraid, but fear that could be seen with the naked eye.
Steel Fang also looked solemn.
In addition to fear, he couldn't figure it out.
If these people were so strong, why did they fight him so hard more than a month ago?
Gangya remembered clearly that he only brought a team of 100 people to support the besieged vanguard.
Although he did not gain any benefit after a day of fighting, he at least killed a team of their elite.
At that time, he did not think highly of the strength of the survivors in this area, and at most he could gather two teams of 100 people.
If he had more people, he would not even need Lord Black Snake to take action, and he could take this place down by himself.
However, now, the people who escaped from the front line told him that there were two teams of 1,000 people besieging them!
It was only one winter, and the combat effectiveness was directly increased by 0. How did these people do it? !
Doesn't it take time to give birth to a child?
This expansion speed is too fast!
Gangya said after a long pause.
"...We must go to Yuanxi Town as soon as possible and tell our allies the intelligence."
He and Shiya are of the same clan, both of them are from the Ya clan, and Shiya should not embarrass him.
Beaver, Tiexi and other centurions looked at each other and did not dare to speak.
To be honest, after hearing Yu's description, they did not want to go to Yuanxi Town at all.
They just wanted to leave here and escape from the south of the Valley Province, the farther away from here the better...
...
The entrance to the inter-provincial highway.
The convoy full of supplies has been transferred to the relatively high road.
Although an encounter broke out on the way, the reinforcements led by Liu Ding arrived at the front before dark.
The war here has long ended.
The players even picked up stones and firewood to make a fire, cleared a piece of open space on the road, and cooked potatoes.
Many players are both combat professional players and life professional players.
For example, scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
As one of the veteran players who joined the game in the early version, he is not only a cook, but also a physical awakener.
He put his gun aside, picked up the snow and washed his hands, then started cooking with a pot and spatula.
The aroma of food filled the temporary camp, and the players couldn't stay idle, and it was as lively as a festival.
The prisoners tied to the side kept swallowing their saliva, but they didn't dare to ask for food.
Soon two players walked over with their noses pinched and threw a bucket full of nutrient paste on the ground.
"Eat it."
Although the nutrient paste was frozen like ice, the prisoners didn't dislike it at all, and almost fought for a few bites of food.
Several players stood aside and watched, chatting and talking.
"Speaking of which, where were the prisoners we captured sent to in the end?"
"There seems to be a prison at Changjiu Farm, and I remember there is one at the outpost as well."
"How can such a small prison accommodate so many people?"
"How is it possible that all of them live in the house? I heard that there seems to be a labor camp built to the north of Linghu Lake. I guess they will be sent there to open up wasteland."
"Digging potatoes? Exciting."
On the other side.
The rescued slaves were also given some rations and branches and firewood for daily use.
Liu Ding selected a few of them who could cook and set up a big pot to cook porridge in the open space.
Generally, when the hot porridge went into their stomachs, people's faces showed a relieved expression.
The new owner seemed not bad.
He didn't eat them, and even gave them hot food to eat.
Many people began to have hope for their future life.
Running to Liu Ding's side, Lu Bei stood at attention and saluted.
"Report! Statistics completed, a total of 488 slaves have been liberated! A total of 257 prisoners of war!"
That's nearly 700 people in total.
Liu Ding nodded, reached out and pressed the headset, reporting the situation on the front line to the headquarters.
Then the headquarters issued instructions to set off immediately after resting for half an hour, taking all supplies and prisoners of war to Changjiu Farm, and transferring the liberated survivors to a temporary shelter.
"You go and notify our soldiers to set off in half an hour."
Lu Bei said neatly.
"Yes!"
After saying that, the young man trotted in the direction of the players.
After conveying the manager's instructions, Liu Ding looked at the rescued slaves next to him.
488 people.
Most of them are young and middle-aged, 70% are men, 30% are women, there are almost no elderly people, and no children.
This is obviously not a normal age structure.
Obviously, there is only one possibility.
"...These beasts."
After taking a look at the prisoners fighting for the nutritional paste not far away, Liu Ding cursed in his heart and turned to walk towards the truck.
He needed to issue tasks and recruit players who could drive to drive the captured truck back.
The rest of the people could only walk.
Including himself.
...
"It's okay now. The bad guys have been driven away by us."
The cat above his head swayed gently, and Zhima Paste squatted on the snow, comforting the crying girl.
Not far away.
Ye Shi, who was carrying a sniper rifle, and Kuangfeng finally walked back from the north.
"MMP, why do I feel like I'm just a bystander in this battle again?"
Looking at Ye Shi who was cursing, Fang Chang, who was peeling potatoes, said casually.
"No, your intelligence is very useful, and what you do is also in line with the positioning of a scout."
Ye Shi: "Hey, that's what you said, but I waited for two days and didn't fire a single shot the whole time. Is that reasonable!"
Even those rookies had a fight!
Fang Chang smiled and said.
"That's just right, all the bullets you save are yours."
In the current version, in the war between factions, bullets will be issued before the mission begins, and you can keep them if you haven't finished.
This is also the reason why many players like to fight with bayonets.
Shooting may miss, and two shots will be a big loss. It's better to go up and fight, and ordinary predators are no match at all.
But recently, there are fewer.
The income from the mission has been rising again and again, and the price of bullets is still the same. The soldier profession is still 10% off, and the supplies are not so scarce.
Sometimes saving bullets is just a habit, and no one deliberately tries to save them.
Ye Shi rolled his eyes, squatted beside him, picked up a potato, and started to peel it.
He had finished all the dry food he brought with him. He was so hungry that he just wanted to eat a hot meal quickly.
"Where's Lao Bai?"
Fang Chang said casually.
"Something happened in reality. He left after the war score came out. He is now lying on the truck. I have to carry him to the save point later. You two can help me."
Ye Shi chuckled.
"Ah, this... Lao Bai trusts me so much?"
Kuang Feng glanced at him.
"What do you want to do?"
Ye Shi smiled wickedly and said, "Hehe, nothing, I just want to draw a beard for him or something."
Fang Chang rolled his eyes.
"Can you be more ambitious?"
Kuang Feng coughed lightly and said, "Are you sure you want to destroy the trust between people? We all have things to do during the day."
Upon hearing this, Ye Shi immediately became timid and said with a shy smile.
"Uh, I was just joking."-