Watching players die right before my eyes again felt awful.
Dark Tide had stopped shelling us. My health bar was still at 49%, which was relatively safe, but Crimson Firmament Alliance's situation was far from optimistic. Several people had the "Lightly Injured" icon above their heads, and that was after using First Aid Kits. Otherwise, these people probably wouldn't have escaped death.
"Fall back!"
With one command from Gun Like a Dragon, he led everyone away from that hellish hilltop.
"Alliance Leader Long."
As I sprinted with the Roarer in my arms, I said solemnly, "We really have you to thank this time. It's just a shame... Crimson Firmament Alliance lost one of your brothers..."
"It's fine. Everyone was mentally prepared for this already."
Gun Like a Dragon's gaze was heavy. "Ding Han, you don't need to blame yourself. You're a friend of Crimson Firmament Alliance. Since Zhang Ruolin and you were surrounded and we ran into you, we definitely would have helped. Besides, even without you, this group of us would have run into those five BOSSes anyway. On the contrary, with you here, we killed them faster. Otherwise, things might have become even more troublesome."
He frowned and looked back at the hill. "What was that Electromagnetic Pulse?"
"I don't know. Maybe Flame Wielder Regiment from Creek City dropped a bomb capable of triggering an Electromagnetic Pulse."
"Hmph, Flame Wielder Regiment... We'd better not expect too much from them."
Gun Like a Dragon seemed to want to say something, but held back.
Not long after, a group of people rushed down the slope and entered a forest ahead.
"Brothers."
I turned toward the people from Crimson Firmament Alliance and said apologetically, "Ruolin and I were attacked by five Generation 2 Power Armor soldiers. We only escaped because everyone