At this moment, on Tai City's map.
Black dots representing anomalies densely swarmed in every direction, their numbers constantly increasing, while several silver dots were being pressed ever tighter.
The silver dots marked the Spirit Association's wristband locations. There had originally been forty of them, but now fewer than ten remained.
"The Pioneers' aura is extremely alluring to anomalies, probably like braised pork to meat lovers. Once those bats lose their targets, they'll attack ordinary people without restraint."
"In the A, B, and D zones, the Pioneers traded their lives to unleash a Spirit Qi Mist Sea, temporarily halting the bats' spread. Residents in those three areas are still safe for now. The biggest problem is the apartment complex at your ten o'clock. A large number of anomalies are rapidly approaching it."
The Liaison Officer's voice was heavy as a location marker lit up on the wristband.
"Received. We'll head to the marked location immediately."
Su Qingying was covered by a transparent Spirit Qi barrier. The uniform beneath it was already tattered, and blood continued to seep out.
She took a hemostatic agent from the portable medical kit and quickly treated her wounds.
"Move!"
After swiftly and silently tending to their injuries, everyone headed toward the apartments.
Before reinforcements arrived, the only way the anomalies could take Tai City was by stepping over every Pioneer's corpse.
The high-rise apartment district.
As far as the eye could see, there were rows upon rows of floor-to-ceiling windows.
It was the mutated bats' favorite hunting ground.
Several windows had already been shattered by bats. Screams rose and fell one after another, chilling everyone to the bone.
Whoosh—
Bai Qiushi flicked several Spirit Qi Blades from his sword fingers. The bats at the windows were struck down, but they did not die immediately. Instead,