Chapter 21: Beast Swarm Siege (Part 2)
He thought about it and realized it made sense. The city guard belonged to the category of a regular army, usually responsible for maintaining the security of the entire county. They were paid by the state and didn't need to work or hunt outside the city to survive.
His mother took out another ring, thought for a moment, and handed it to him, saying, "Inside this are a wheeled motorcycle and a hover-disk motorcycle. Keep them safe. If we get separated on the road, having them will make traveling faster. But remember, although the wheeled motorcycle consumes less energy, it's quite noisy and easily attracts the attention of savage beasts. Use it with caution in the wild."
He nodded after hearing this. Although the hover-disk motorcycle was safer, it also consumed more energy. If they really got separated on the road, the beast crystals on him might run out. If the beast crystals were exhausted, the thermal weapons and the transportation spirit tools used for escaping would all become useless. The hover-disk motorcycle in the ring was a Rank One intermediate spirit tool with thin armor; it should be a speed-type model.
"Mom, why are there so many storage rings at home?" he asked curiously. To his knowledge, these storage rings were quite valuable.
"Hehe, child, in the wild, anything can happen. You don't just have to fight savage beasts; you must also always watch out for the greed of others. Most of these rings belonged to other people," his mother didn't say much more, offering only a brief explanation.
Inside his twelve-year-old body was an extremely mature soul; he naturally understood the meaning behind his mother's words.
Humans have a kind and beautiful side, but also a dark and evil side; it is all driven by desire. In the county, the city guard maintained order, and there were also some unspoken rules that few people openly violated. But in the wild, one was at the mercy of fate, and everyone had to show their own divine ability.
The reason the family didn't show these storage rings was likely because they were so-called "stolen goods" that couldn't see the light of day, only brought out for use at this life-or-death moment.
He didn't ask any more questions. After putting on the rings, he covered them with a pair of fingerless gloves. No one would suspect that he actually had two precious storage rings on his hands.
"If the county is breached, I don't know how many people will die, sigh..." After his mother finished packing, she divided all the weapons in the armory into two portions, giving one to him and keeping one for herself. "Let's go."
He nodded sadly, taking a lingering look at the home where he had lived for twelve years. This was his first home, the first home where he had felt warmth.
"Tong'er, in a moment, you students will gather under the leadership of the school teachers and assist in the battle using thermal weapons. But you must never leave the student group. If there is danger, you can withdraw at any time." His mother mounted a wheeled motorcycle and sped toward the outer city with him.
At this moment, the rumbling of the earthquake was constant. The entire street—or rather, the entire sky—was filled with transportation spirit tools rushing in one direction.
The fields of the entire outer city were divided into over a dozen areas. Basically, every faction in the county had its own gathering area. These areas were pre-planned, and it was first-come, first-served.
Leaving the outer city, they saw the tall east city wall. This side directly faced the danger of the savage beasts. The other three sides were protected by formations, compressing the beast swarm's siege force to a single wall so that humans could also concentrate all their power to deal with it.
The wall was over thirty meters high, but even so, looking from his position, he could vaguely see a group of flying savage beasts pouncing downward frantically. These savage beasts looked somewhat like pterodactyls, but their heads resembled bobcats.
The fierce battle had already begun. Countless laser beams shot into the sky, and flying savage beasts fell continuously. Although the city-protecting formation could only protect three walls, the protection for the sky was quite tight. Even if the flying savage beasts dodged the attacks, it was difficult for them to invade from elsewhere.
Standing far away, he watched this spectacular scene as if watching a fantasy blockbuster, and an indescribable passion surged in his chest.
He saw them clearly; he had studied these flying savage beasts in his textbooks. They were called flying fur beasts and were low-level savage beasts that won through numbers. They weren't much of a threat in small numbers, but in large numbers, the threat was significant. However, looking at it now, under the attack of a large number of spirit tool thermal weapons, numbers were useless.
Every second, tens of thousands of lasers shot out from the city wall, and every second, tens of thousands of flying fur beasts fell.
"Tong'er, these flying fur beasts are easy to deal with. The truly difficult ones are those giant savage beasts or intermediate savage beasts; they are the greatest threat to the city wall. As long as the wall stands, any number of other savage beasts can be handled," his mother explained. "I believe you've also learned in school that giant savage beasts usually act alone in the wild. If you encounter one, just avoid it. They aren't a big threat in the wild. What's most terrifying in the wild is encountering packs of savage beasts like black wolf beast packs."
"I know, Mom," he replied with a nod.
"We're here. I'm going to find your father; you go to the school's gathering place." His mother put away the motorcycle and said to him with some reluctance, "Take good care of yourself, okay?"
"Mom, you too, and Dad, you both take care as well," he replied sadly, almost on the verge of tears.
In the distance, the sounds of various loudspeakers could be heard.
"Students and teachers of the Southwest Campus, please gather in Area 3."
"Warriors of the Mercenary Guild, please gather in Area 1..."
"Students and teachers of the Southeast Campus, gather in Area 5, Area 5." This voice was exactly Principal Long's voice. There were many such voices, from the government, the military, schools, chambers of commerce, and the Mercenary Guild.
"Go on, I'm going to Area 1 to find your father," his mother said.
"Goodbye, Mom." He was very uncomfortable with this feeling of parting. After speaking, he turned and ran toward Area 5.
More and more people arrived from the inner city. This was a major event concerning the survival of the entire county and related to everyone's vital interests. At this time, almost everyone would come to help. At the same time, they brought their children to the school's protected area. If things took a turn for the worse, these children could be the first to evacuate under the school's protection.
People from the county government were also organizing the experts of the Mercenary Guild, while the military was assigning these experts to various defensive lines. The aerial defense line could only rely on the city walls and formations to hold out, but the ground defense line was different. The entire ground defense line was divided into three stages. The city wall line was only the final one. There were also two lines located at the entrances of two canyons, fifty and a hundred miles outside the city, occupying advantageous terrain to block the beast swarm layer by layer.