Although most of Cheng'an District's defensive forces had been wiped out by the God of Courage, many more soldiers had broken up into small units and blended into the district, into the population itself.
The most complex and brutal form of modern warfare was urban combat. The complicated terrain, dense buildings, invisible enemies, and gunfire that killed without a trace... all of it made city warfare eerie and unpredictable.
For invaders like the barbarians, who knew nothing about the way humans waged modern war, it was like stepping halfway into hell.
Perhaps the strongest barbarians could sense danger in advance, or even dodge a sniper's bullet. But for most of them, **bullets with a muzzle velocity of roughly three times the speed of sound were absolutely lethal (the propellant had already been replaced).
More and more refugees were pouring into the safe zone. Tents crowded the plaza in the center of the small district. Everyone wore a look of worry, and many were still wailing in grief.
Some of the refugees had come from Cheng'an District, but more had fled from nearby districts that had not yet fallen. As panic gradually spread, more and more citizens began moving to the suburbs and countryside. Only a small fraction had poured into the safe zone; most had scattered into the villages around Hedong City, or had left Hedong at once, heading farther away.
Chen Shouyi walked down the street and glanced toward the plaza before turning his gaze away.
The rumors had been gradually confirmed: a being suspected to be a barbarian god was roaming Cheng'an District.
Its power was terrifyingly great. It had even stopped all the artillery shells and rockets in midair in an instant, then sent them flying back along their original paths, severely damaging the troops stationed in