The sudden rain fell on the thick plastic raincoat.
A well-built woman was holding a child who looked to be three or four years old, staggering forward.
The child opened his hazy eyes and looked at his mother blankly.
The cold wind outside made him feel a little cold, and he shrank slightly into his mother's arms.
"Run! Run with the kids!"
A man with a big beard and a round hat was standing behind them with an old rifle, shooting into the dark night.
The woman looked back at the man and gritted her teeth slightly. Heavy raindrops fell on her cheeks, mixed with water and tears.
"Mom, why doesn't dad come with us?"
The child huddled in his mother's arms opened his eyes wide and asked cautiously.
"Dad, he..." The woman hugged the child tightly and ran forward frantically, "He has his own things to do. You go to sleep first. Once you wake up, everything will be fine."
"Hiss——"
A faint sound came from the depths of Rain Curtain.
"Damn you piece of trash, come at me if you can."
The bearded man took the rifle in his hand and fired into the dark Rain Curtain.
The bullet seemed to hit something, making a crisp sound.
The man fired his gun while running in the opposite direction from where the woman was escaping.
However, he stopped before he could take two steps.
A huge long strip-shaped object that looked like a series of shields blocked his way.
Immediately afterwards, slender arthropod legs stretched out from under the long object, dragging the huge object and began to crawl.
The man was so frightened that he took half a step back. Then he paused, as if he thought of something, and took a step forward, aiming at the thing with legs and shooting fiercely.
"Ah~"
At this moment, a painful roar came from the side.
A rotten head suddenly came out of Rain Curtain. Under the head was a dark body covered with jointed limbs and legs.
This is a huge centipede, but it has a human head on its head.
It seemed that this was not the first time the man saw this centipede. He was frightened for a moment, then came to his senses, suddenly raised his gun and shot at the man's head.
The bullet passed through the rotting human head, but the head actually cracked the corners of its mouth, revealing a twisted smile.
In the pitch-black Rain Curtain, the tail of a huge, slender centipede slowly squirmed, stood up little by little, and approached the man's body from behind.
The jointed limbs opened little by little, like a huge mouth opening its teeth.
Bang——
At the moment when the man is about to be impaled by these limbs.
A crackling gunshot hit the centipede's open belly.
Immediately afterwards, five figures emerged from Rain Curtain.
Some of them were carrying Submachine Gun, while others were holding sharp knives. They worked together and rushed into Rain Curtain.
Violent gunshots hit the joints connecting the centipede's limbs.
"Ah~"
The rotten human head roared, seeming to be in great pain, and the entire centipede body began to squirm violently.
And in this squirming gap, a strong man held a long knife, flashed from behind the centipede's upright "tail", and directly cut off the seam of the third to last section of the centipede's tail.
The entire centipede stiffened for a moment, and then slowly dropped its body. Its densely packed jointed legs loosened little by little, and finally became completely motionless.
Bearded Man, who was holding the rifle, had not yet reacted. He looked at the experienced elite team in front of him in surprise.
"This is the human-headed centipede. The human head you see is actually its tail, and its head is at the other end.
That human head is used to attract attention. Every time it eats a person, it will lift that person's head up and replace the original head.
If you see this kind of centipede next time, just hit the third seam on the side without the head. "
The leading man with a long knife quickly explained.
"You are the Wild Hunters... are you Wilderness Wanderers?"
The man looked at the dark skin of each member of the team and asked stammeringly.
They are residents who live near the city gate, and they still have a basic understanding of the wilderness.
"Well," the man nodded and put the long knife behind his back, "Go back and retreat behind the defense line. There is no Exotic Beast there yet."
"My wife is still over there,"
The man was suddenly startled, then turned and ran behind him.
The five members of the Rangers team took a look and followed.
"Ah!!!!"
They hadn't walked a few steps when they heard a loud shout in front of them.
The knife-wielding man immediately rushed out quickly, followed closely by his teammates.
A group of huge black wolves were pressing on a woman, opening their huge mouths and about to bite the child in the woman's arms.
But the huge mouth was blocked by a long knife.
The man holding the long knife violently threw the black wolf away and fell to the ground.
The teammates behind him immediately followed up and shot through the black wolf randomly.
Bearded Man rushed up immediately and hugged his wife and child who fell to the ground in shock.
But before they could get together for a moment, the man with the long knife suddenly shouted, "Back off, let's back off."
"What's wrong?"
Wilderness Wanderers, one of the younger teammates asked.
"This is Shadow Wolf."
The man with the long sword shouted softly, protecting the teammates behind him and retreating.
Shadow Wolf is a social animal and often moves in groups.
Just as everyone was retreating, a pair of vicious eyes emerged from Rain Curtain.
A densely packed pack of pitch-black wolves appeared in the heavy rain ahead, their backs arched high, their heads lowered, and sticky liquid hanging from their bared fangs.
Everyone was trembling and retreating. Even the man holding the knife had wisps of sweat on his forehead, mixed with the rain.
At this moment, a ray of light flashed across the sky, followed by a dazzling laser. Where the laser swept, the vicious Shadow Wolf turned into pitch-black coke.
There was even a bit of meaty aroma emerging in the rain.
The remaining Shadow Wolf didn't care to see where the laser came from, whimpered twice, turned around and ran away.
The man holding the knife raised his head and looked in the direction of the laser.
A blond woman with a graceful figure wearing Combat Suit fell from the sky. She closed her palms and glanced at the man holding the knife, "Are you Wilderness Wanderers?"
The Bearded Man who was holding his wife saw Federal Bureau of Investigation's Olive Shield Emblem on the woman and quickly shouted, "Sir, they are good people."
"I know," the woman nodded and looked at the man holding the knife, "Who arranged for you to do this."
"Our leader arranged for us to establish a defense line here."
The man holding the knife lowered his head. The pressure he felt on the woman was no less than the Shadow Wolf group just now.
"Leader? Which camp's leader? What's his name?"
The woman continued to ask.
Wilderness Wanderers is the leader, the camp is called the leader, and the family is called Clan Leader.
"Rona···"
The man said softly.
"Oh~"
At this moment, a violent roar came from the direction of the city gate, interrupting the man's words. The terrifying pressure made everyone here hundreds of meters away tremble.
"This is the roar of Blade Turtle."
The man holding the knife lost his voice.
"C-Rank,"
The blonde woman seemed to understand what the roar meant. She glanced at the direction where the roar came from and threw a Gauss Rifle to the man with the knife, "You guys stand back."
Then she jumped up, spitting out flames from her feet, and disappeared into Rain Curtain.
After the blond woman left, the man with the knife also led everyone back.
There is only one way to die if you stay here. The simple defense line they established is impossible to prevent C-Rank. If the blond woman did not block Blade Turtle, everyone would die.
"Brother, here you go."
On the way back, the three- or four-year-old child suddenly took out a lollipop from his arms and handed it to the youngest member of the Rangers team.
The young Wilderness Wanderers glanced at the lollipop in the child's hand, opened his mouth, stretched out his hand, paused in mid-air, and retracted it slightly. But in the end he took the lollipop from the child.
"Hey, hey,"
The child watched him take his lollipop, smiled, and then thought for a long time, and finally came up with a difficult question, "Brother, how old are you?"
"Fourteen years old."
Young Wilderness Wanderers bit the candy and responded softly.
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South Gate.
A beautiful girl wearing a red leather skirt, holding a Mithril Box in her arms, walked out of a small side door next to the city gate, followed by dozens of strong Wilderness Wanderers.
"Don't run around after you enter the city, be careful."
The soldier who brought them in said casually, and then rushed back immediately.
Due to the loss of the command center, all the soldiers of South City were a little panicked, but they did not lose their fighting spirit, but still stayed at their posts to stop Exotic Beast.
Penny relied on Exotic Beast to rescue several lone South City soldiers, and got the opportunity to lead people into the city. She raised Bracelet and tried to contact Wilderness Wanderers in the city while looking around.
"Where is the blonde sister..."
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The headquarters of Federal Bureau of Investigation is in the east. South Gate is the farthest gate from Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is also far away from Chenxi Municipal Police Department.
Although Federal Bureau of Investigation does not intervene in the internal fighting of Fortress City, it will fight against Exotic Beast.
The bald Smith should be C-Rank. He walks slowly and will probably go directly to Southeast Gate, which is closer to the headquarters.
And Selina is Full Body Prosthetic. In the city, the speed is even much faster than Seraph Mech. She will most likely be sent to support the farther away South Gate.
He Ao doesn't know if there are other C-Ranks in Federal Bureau of Investigation. Even if there are, by the time we get to South Gate, it will probably be too late.
In addition to Federal Bureau of Investigation, the consortium must also have C-Rank, but they will never send out their C-Rank before infringing on their interests.
Although Seraph model Mecha is a mass product, the quantity is not large.
According to Enoan's character, these Seraph Mech must be controlled by himself to control Dawn City, and those large ships cannot be used in the city.
It is already difficult for those soldiers who have lost Command Center to resist the Exotic Beast outside the city, but it is almost impossible to take care of them inside the city.
Based on the above situation, once South Gate breaks into C-Rank Exotic Beast, most likely no one can stop it in a short time, and many people will die.
The strength of Selina should be D-Rank, close to C-Rank.
That's why He Ao asked Penny to take Bitter Ape's Heart from South Gate and give his heart to Selina. With the blessing of Transcendent Item, Selina should be able to hold down that C-Rank Exotic Beast.
He Ao didn't know if Penny had entered the city at this time, but it was almost time.
But he has no time to contact Penny now.
He stood up from the ground with difficulty and looked ahead.
His current condition was not good. In any case, he had eaten the explosion at close range. The clothes on his back had been completely burned and mixed with blood and flesh.
Blood marks scratched by fragments hung on his body.
Not far from him, Old Man, who was leaning on crutches and with gray hair, also slowly stood up.
Old Man is leaning on a red crutch, wearing a beautiful military uniform, with gray hair, looking majestic and kind, although his military uniform, like He Ao's clothes, is in tatters, and there are blood stains all over his body.
"Boy, you surprise me."
Old Man looked at He Ao with a smile.
A huge fireball slowly emerged above his head, and the scorching air waves evaporated the raindrops.