Game: Civilization Paradise

Chapter 243: Chapter 243: Fallen

At that moment, Fu Fuqing looked at Long Ming and snorted coldly.

"You? You can barely hold your weapon. You think you can stay behind and draw the monsters away? Don’t be naive. I’ll do it!"

"You..."

Long Ming looked at Fu Fuqing, his face darkening with frustration.

"Anyone who isn’t afraid to die, with me!"

Without giving Long Ming, Luoxue, or the others a chance to object, Fu Fuqing roared at the surrounding soldiers.

Instantly, a thousand soldiers broke away from the main group and gathered around Fu Fuqing.

"Go!"

Seeing this, Luoxue could only accept it.

Long Ming and the others immediately followed Luoxue and continued to break out to the left.

Meanwhile, Fu Fuqing and his thousand soldiers stayed behind. They unleashed a volley of fire on the Blood Breath Dogs, then broke out toward the front-left to draw the pursuing monsters away.

The two groups immediately split up.

But even with Fu Fuqing and his men desperately creating a diversion, a portion of the Blood Breath Dogs relentlessly pursued Long Ming’s group.

"They’re still chasing us! Those bastards!"

Jing Chuan glanced back and cursed loudly.

"Run!"

Long Ming’s group fired back as they continued breaking out to the left.

The Blood Breath Dogs kept nipping at their heels.

One by one, the slower soldiers were pounced on and mauled to death.

This pack of Blood Breath Dogs continued its relentless pursuit.

"It’s no use! We can’t shake them!"

Jing Chuan said to Long Ming, his voice filled with anxiety.

Long Ming’s expression shifted. He then noticed a small mountain peak ahead with a narrow path leading to the summit. His eyes lit up as he shouted to Luoxue and the others.

"I have a plan! Run for that small peak!"

"Understood!"

Everyone desperately fled toward the small mountain peak.

Soon, they reached the base of the peak.

Long Ming immediately shouted to the group.

"Quick, anyone who still has cryo grenades, get them out!"

"How do we use them?"

Luoxue and the others took out the last few cryo grenades they had.

"Give them all to me! The rest of you, get up the mountain!"

Long Ming took the cryo grenades they handed him and urged them on impatiently.

"I’ll stay with you. Everyone else, up the mountain!"

Luoxue decisively gave the order to Jing Chuan and the others.

"Yes, ma’am!"

Jing Chuan quickly led his men up the mountain.

Long Ming and Luoxue stood at the foot of the mountain.

Just then, swarms of Blood Breath Dogs charged toward them.

"Throw!"

Long Ming shouted to Luoxue as he threw a grenade at the attacking Blood Breath Dogs.

"Right!"

Luoxue immediately threw her cryo grenade.

BOOM—

The cryo grenades exploded one after another, freezing the Blood Breath Dogs solid as icy cold air spread out in all directions.

In an instant, the entire mountain path was cut off by the freezing mist.

Then, an unexpected scene unfolded: the Blood Breath Dogs chasing from behind suddenly stopped.

In their field of vision, there were only white figures, no red heat signatures.

"Let’s go!"

Long Ming immediately turned and ran up the mountain.

Soon, they successfully summited the small peak.

When they looked back, the Blood Breath Dogs hadn’t followed. They had all circled around to pursue the main force.

"We’re saved."

Jing Chuan and the others said, panting heavily.

"Find a place to rest and regroup."

Luoxue said to the group.

"Yes, ma’am!"

Jing Chuan and the others nodded in acknowledgment.

「A short while later.」

On the peak, Long Ming and his group found a relatively flat area.

Exhausted, everyone sat down, their faces filled with dejection and sorrow.

Long Ming glanced at the assembled soldiers. More than ten thousand had started the breakout, but now, fewer than five thousand remained.

Of these five thousand, nearly half were soldiers from the Fifth Battle Group wearing exoskeletal mechanical armor.

"Sigh..."

Long Ming let out a slow sigh, then raised his wristband to log into the Civilization Forum and check for the latest updates.

Although communications were down, their wristbands were fortunately unaffected, and the Civilization Forum was still accessible. It was a blessing in this dire situation.

The entire forum was in chaos, with everyone discussing the rout of the three-city expeditionary force.

Long Ming quickly filtered out the useless posts to find valuable information.

「...」

「On a desolate highway.」

The troops of the First Legion were advancing rapidly, their heavy tanks crushing any Blood Breath Beasts that stood in their way.

"Damn it! These fucking bastards! When we get a chance, I’ll slaughter them all."

Qiansha was seething with frustration. He had never been so disgracefully routed before.

"Lord Qiansha, please calm down. Kargil City is just ahead. What are our next orders?"

Captain Alang asked cautiously.

"What else can we do? We’ll retreat to Kargil City first and rendezvous with Qian Luobing and Qian Hai. Then we’ll head to Mandy City and return to Mountain City Mountain!"

Qiansha forcibly suppressed his anger and spoke calmly.

Just then, Captain Alang tapped his wristband. After a glance, he spoke, his expression somewhat strained.

"Lord Qiansha."

"What is it?"

Qiansha asked, annoyed.

"Mandy City has fallen. It was overrun by Blood Breath Beasts."

Captain Alang reported, bracing himself.

"Fuck! Are these Blood Breath Beasts trying to play strategist with me?!"

Hearing Captain Alang’s words, Qiansha nearly exploded with rage.

"Sir, the situation is dire. We’ve been flanked!"

Captain Alang’s face was filled with worry.

"I know. We’ll rendezvous with Qian Luobing’s group first and then decide."

Qiansha said through gritted teeth.

"Yes! Full speed ahead!"

Captain Alang immediately picked up his wireless communicator to issue the order.

「...」

「Kargil City.」

When Qian Luobing arrived with her troops, she was met with the sight of a massive number of forces that had retreated to the city. Tanks, armored vehicles, and transport trucks were everywhere.

These forces included not only Qian Hai’s Fourth Legion but also troops from Star Tower City and Sinful City.

Seeing this, Jiang Huai remarked to Qian Luobing in surprise.

"Troops from Star Tower City and Sinful City retreated here too."

"Ignore them. Rendezvous with Qian Hai first."

Qian Luobing said to Jiang Huai and the others.

"Yes, ma’am!"

Jiang Huai and the others replied in unison.

Not long after, Qian Luobing met up with Qian Hai.

"You’re here."

Qian Hai said, his expression grim.

"Where’s Qiansha?"

Qian Luobing asked directly.

"Qiansha will be here soon, but we have a big problem."

Qian Hai said to Qian Luobing, his face dark.

"What problem?"

"Mandy City has fallen. In other words, we’re surrounded after all."

"I know. We’ll discuss our strategy when Qiansha arrives."

Qian Luobing replied calmly.

"Alright."

Qian Hai knew it was no time to panic.

「...」

「On the small mountain peak.」

Long Ming’s brow furrowed as he read the posts on the forum.

Just then, Jing Chuan walked over and said to Long Ming in a low voice.

"Long Ming, come on over. We’re having a meeting."

"Okay."

Long Ming followed Jing Chuan over to where Luoxue was.

Soon, they were all gathered.

Luoxue looked at Long Ming and the others and said.

"Let’s discuss what we should do next."

"Right."

Jing Chuan and the others nodded.

Luoxue turned her head to Zhihan and asked.

"Zhihan, what’s our current headcount and status?"

"Commander Luoxue, the situation is not optimistic. We have a total of 4,822 people, but we’re almost out of ammunition and have very few supplies left."

Zhihan said, her expression crestfallen.

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