Under the overwhelming numerical advantage, even though Yangfan Middle School's defenses were solid, they were still short on manpower.
What was more, these White Bones Monsters were like perpetual-motion machines. As long as they remained alive, their attacks would never end. Wave after wave crashed in, each one stronger than the last, their momentum like a rising tide.
The survivors at Yangfan Middle School were only flesh and blood, after all. With one wave of attacks after another, their physical and mental exhaustion would only grow worse.
The survivors' defensive lines were constantly weakening. Several had been struck by White Bones Monsters. Their injuries weren't fatal, but they had lost the ability to fight.
With no survivors left to defend the third floor, White Bones Monsters had crowded every inch of its corridors. They had piled up along the railings, too, as densely packed as birds on high-voltage wires. The sight made their scalps tingle.
No matter how desperately the survivors on the fourth floor tried to hold them back, the White Bones Monsters kept coming one after another. Their numbers weren't decreasing; they were growing.
Even more frightening, the White Bones Monsters seemed to be changing as they attacked. Whether they were following orders from their leader or their Spiritual Sense was continuing to awaken was anyone's guess.
The monsters were actually stacking themselves one on top of another, like people in a human pyramid, building higher and higher. Just two or three of them could easily reach the fourth floor.
That meant the White Bones Monsters no longer had to leap up from the third floor like before, and their casualty rate dropped significantly.
After all, while they were jumping, the survivors had an excellent opportunity to kill them.
But by stacking themselves like this, the monsters could