Under the increasingly darkening sky, tens of thousands of wanderers pressed tightly against the base of the Lightning Wall, staring fearfully at the black-gray tremors in the distance.
Unlike yesterday, the sight of the undead gathering this time was even more horrifying.
The ash seemed to be held aloft by an invisible hand, drifting back and forth through the air before ultimately gathering into standing human shapes.
Row after row, column after column.
The undead formed military ranks that were perfectly straight and unnaturally orderly.
They made no sound at all, yet their sheer presence already left many people struggling to breathe.
"Not good. They seem to have weapons today!"
"Oh my god, how did these undead really evolve weapons?"
"They only have Cold Weapons. They definitely—definitely can't be a match for those Mole People on the wall, right?"
"Hard to say. Yesterday, they almost flattened the Industrial Zone with bare hands. Today, they have these things."
"God help us! Where did these demons come from?"
"..."
Yesterday, hundreds of thousands of undead had still been charging bare-handed.
But today, different types of close-combat Cold Weapons had suddenly appeared in their hands.
There were spears, short blades, great hammers, and... bows and arrows!
Now that they had evolved ranged attacks, these creatures' offensive power would rise another level.
The Qinggang Guard Team, which had only barely held them back yesterday and had nearly been overwhelmed, was clearly in for serious trouble!
However, just then.
The Lightning Wall's gate suddenly swung open, and more than a dozen squads of soldiers wearing Exoskeleton Armor walked out.
Upon seeing them, the wanderers instinctively moved aside, afraid that they might accidentally bump into them.
Yet, to their surprise.
The soldiers who emerged no longer wore the arrogance they had shown before, and that overt