At the gong ringer's warning, more and more people began gathering at the gate.
Unlike usual, Bai Yaoyao did not lead everyone straight into the fray. They were bound to leave eventually; they could help for a while, but not forever.
Without enough pressure, without experiencing life-and-death battles, their growth would be very limited.
It was better to watch how they fought on their own and offer some advice, then step in when they could no longer hold out.
Without another word, the Ability Users all went to find Sun Weihao and took their places behind the Black Night Squad, ready for battle.
Zhi Yi and the others did the same. When they heard that zombies were coming, they headed to the front and naturally mingled with everyone else. They were already very familiar with one another.
Those without abilities quickly climbed the walls in their assigned teams. Some manned guns, some operated makeshift catapults, and others carried bows and arrows.
A hundred or two hundred people came up, yet not a single one stood idle. Everyone quickly reached their station.
Many elderly people and children began preparing weapons, food, and water inside the base. There was even a woman holding a baby, carrying the child with one arm while hauling stones up to the wall with the other.
Bai Yaoyao also took a moment to observe. Most of the people coming up onto the wall were the "old, weak, sick, and disabled."
That was because all the young, able-bodied people had taken weapons and left the base. Behind the Black Night Squad and the Ability Users, they formed a broad, fan-shaped arc, with more rows extending inward.
Bai Yaoyao had heard Sun Weixing mention before that almost everyone in the base came out when zombies attacked. But hearing about