The entire Maka Race was wiped out.
There were no casualties on the Abyss Wanderers' side.
The leader of the homeless was an old man whose face was half rotten.
He kicked at the corpse on the ground and ordered the men around him, "Check if there's anything usable left in the landing ship."
Hearing the noise, several people crawled into the burning landing ship.
He let the flames burn his body.
"This is the last landing ship."
"Not a single person on the ship survived."
"The task given to us by those strange-looking Maka Race has been completed."
"Give them the photos from the scene, and they can settle the final payment."
The old man's voice was hoarse and grating, like a piece of iron rubbing against sandpaper.
The bystander nodded and took out a black card to take a picture of the scene.
Meanwhile, several wanderers emerged from the landing ship after inspecting it, carrying a jumble of odds and ends.
Some parts of their bodies were still burning, but they simply patted them off without a care.
The old man looked around. "Let's go."
Immediately, a group of homeless people quickly left the scene.
All that remained was the wrecked landing ship and corpses strewn across the ground.
Qin Ze and Zhan Li withdrew their protruding heads and leaned their backs against the hill.
"It seems your Maka Race isn't a monolithic entity either."
"The horde of monsters that attacked the transport ship must have been summoned by these wanderers."
Because they were not far apart, the two of them could hear the conversation of the homeless people clearly.
Zhan Li frowned, seemingly lost in thought.
"They're gone."
"Aim to reach Torch City before dark."
Zhan Li got up and crossed the hill.
Qin Ze shrugged and followed closely behind.
After several hours of travel, Qin Ze finally spotted the front lines of Torch City before nightfall.
The bunkers were densely packed together and connected by trenches.
When one of the positions is attacked, other bunkers can quickly send men across the trenches to provide support.
"Stop."
"If we go any further, we'll be riddled with bullets."
Zhan Li stood half a step behind Qin Ze and called out to him.
Qin Ze tilted his head and asked, "Should I call out to them first?"
Zhan Li: "Come closer to me."
Upon hearing this, Qin Ze walked to his side, Zhan Li immediately activated his Shelter Space.
Under the cover of the Shelter Space, the two successfully passed through the first line of defense without alerting the enemy.
Soon, the endless black walls of Torch City came into view.
Zhan Li breathed a sigh of relief, "We've finally arrived."
After running all the way, Qin Ze was exhausted and just wanted to find a hotel to rest.
Long queues formed at the entrance of Torch City.
In the distance, several transport convoys returning from the front lines were heading back to the city.
Suddenly, a blood-red rift a hundred meters long appeared above Qin Ze and Zhan Li's heads.
An alarm sounded on the city wall, and the city gates were immediately closed.
The people and transport teams queuing to enter the city scattered like birds and beasts.
Qin Ze asked blankly, "What happened to your kidneys?"
Rumble--
The earth trembled, and a distant thunderclap seemed to strike.
Qin Ze turned his head and saw a huge, dark mass of strange beasts rushing towards him.
The herd of strange beasts was boundless, like a river bursting its banks, its size reaching the Tide.
Zhan Li cursed, "What bad luck! We ran into a beast tide."
Qin Ze couldn't help but ask, "The front lines have fallen so easily?"
Zhan Li said in a deep voice, "How could we possibly hold off such a massive beast tide with just those rotten fish and shrimp on the front lines?"
"The purpose of the front-line positions is simply to give Torch City an early warning, buying them time to prepare their defenses."
As soon as he finished speaking, two large gates opened in the city wall directly opposite the crack.
Two armies in black armor emerged from the left and right, forming ranks in front of the spatial rift.
Qin Ze stared at the crack above his head. "Does this kind of crack appear often?"
Zhan Li nodded. "On average, two to three times a month."
"The location of the spatial rift is random, and the coordinates it leads to in the world are also random."
"Only the four spatial gates in Torch City are the Gate of the Abyss directly to the world of the Maka Race."
"Every time a spatial rift appears outside the city, a beast tide will surge forth, as the alien beasts attempt to cross the rift and invade the world."
Qin Ze suddenly realized.
So this is the reason for the formation of animal tides worldwide?
Therefore, it seems that every beast tide in the Human Race world has been weakened, or even significantly weakened.
The strange beasts that descended upon the world were merely fish that managed to slip through the defenses.
Beast tides and Tide waves from the Abyss are commonplace.
Boom boom boom--
The Torch City's defensive cannons began to unleash their firepower.
The advance of the beast tide suddenly halted.
Mushroom clouds, tens of meters high, exploded from within.
The monster at the center of the explosion melted instantly, while nearby monsters were thrown high into the air by the shockwave and then crashed down, spreading out like a pancake on the ground.
Tens of thousands of soldiers formed several square formations in front of the spatial rift.
A semi-transparent barrier formed around the square formation.
The beast horde crashed headlong into the barrier, shattering it into pieces with a loud bang.
The person in the center of the formation, wielding a long spear, began frantically poking at the alien beasts outside.
The spear is a specially made Martial Artifact with immense destructive power; a single thrust can leave a huge, gaping wound.
If it's stuck on the head, it can instantly blow it off.
Intermediate Martial Artist charged out from the rear of the formation, targeting and eliminating the most threatening intermediate-level beasts.
The seemingly endless tide of beasts was thus contained before the spatial rift.
Qin Ze couldn't help but sigh.
The combat effectiveness of a professional army is terrifying.
Zhan Li glanced at it and said calmly, "No high-level exotic beasts, no big problem."
"The beast tide should be over in a little over three hours."
Qin Ze and he hid in the Shelter Space, observing the battlefield from a distance.
A bolt of black lightning suddenly shot out from the horde of beasts.
Zhan Li's expression immediately changed drastically. " Hunting Beast!"
He immediately dispelled the Shelter Space and cast a Fire Movement Technique on the head of the oncoming Hunting Beast.
The Hunting Beast suddenly turned sideways and pounced on Zhan Li, skimming along the wave of fire.
Zhan Li pushed Qin Ze aside and punched the Hunting Beast squarely in the face.
This Hunting Beast is only slightly over C-rank.
Zhan Li, at the peak of level six, could cripple him with just one punch.
In the blink of an eye, the Hunting Beast suddenly vanished, and Zhan Li's fist struck the air solidly.
"Later."
Qin Ze loudly reminded him.
Zhan Li turned around quickly, and a black claw was growing larger in her pupils.
"Die!"
Blazing flames erupted from beneath Zhan Li's feet, forming a wall of fire.
Just as the Hunting Beast was about to ram against the wall, it suddenly vanished.
Seemingly annoyed by Qin Ze's meddling, it appeared beside Qin Ze this time, preparing to launch a sneak attack.
Upon realizing its little trick had been discovered, it hid itself in the void.
Qin Ze silently counted to three, then suddenly stretched out his right hand and grabbed to the side.
Just as he finished Hunting Beast and hid away from the void, Qin Ze grabbed him by the neck.
"Gotcha, you naughty dog."
Qin Ze smiled slightly as he watched the Hunting Beast struggling with its limbs.
Whew~
A surge of blue flame erupted from Qin Ze's wrist, instantly engulfing the Hunting Beast.
For a moment, the surroundings were filled with the aroma of barbecue.