Game: Civilization Paradise

Chapter 252: Chapter 252: Moved

"I am Vice City Lord Xiao Ning. I’ve been sent by City Lord Qian Luo to welcome you. I’ll be in charge of your subsequent arrangements."

"I see. We’ll be in your care, then."

"Not at all. We’re all one big family here."

Vice City Lord Xiao Ning and Vice City Lord Pomide began to chat warmly.

Just then, Rein walked over to Long Ming and his group.

"Long Ming, we’re heading to the settlement area now."

"Alright, I guess this is where we part ways. If you need anything, feel free to find me."

Long Ming said to Rein with a smile.

"Okay. See you."

After bidding Long Ming farewell, Rein turned and left.

Then, Luoxue turned to Long Ming and asked.

"Long Ming, we have to return to the inner city’s Military Department to report on our mission."

"Okay. I’m heading home, then."

"Alright, talk to you later!"

Luoxue nodded and led her team away.

Long Ming watched their retreating figures, falling silent for a moment.

"Boss, where are we off to next?"

Xiaopang sidled up and asked.

"We’re all heading home!"

Long Ming started walking toward a nearby subway entrance.

"Wait for me..."

Xiaopang hurried to catch up.

...

「The next day.」

「In the bedroom of his rented apartment.」

Long Ming sat at his computer, browsing the Civilization Forum and keeping up with the latest developments.

Mountain City Mountain, Sinful City, and Star Tower City had all withdrawn their troops and almost simultaneously declared a Level One State of War, initiating mass conscription.

At the same time, Mountain City Mountain activated all its stationary defensive armaments. It also dispatched all its construction teams to begin digging trenches, building bunkers, and establishing defensive positions around the mountain’s perimeter.

Last night, City Lord Qian Luo had given an online, city-wide address, calling on all citizens to prepare for war.

The entirety of Mountain City Mountain was now desolate. Nearly every shop on the streets was closed, and the atmosphere was incredibly tense.

As for the numerous smaller sanctuary cities on the outskirts, with the exception of a few that had abandoned their homes to flee to Mountain City Mountain, the rest were preparing to fight the tide of Blood Breath Beasts.

Long Ming kept refreshing the forum and soon spotted a new post.

"The battle is about to erupt! The tide of Blood Breath Beasts has already passed Ocardo Sanctuary City. It’s now heading for Aks Shelter City. The fighting is expected to begin in two hours and thirty minutes. Aks Shelter City is fully prepared!"

"City Lord Otto of Ocardo Sanctuary City is a total coward! He had so many troops and weapons but still fled without a fight!"

"Yeah, they made a fortune off us, and the second the war starts, they run faster than anyone!"

"What a disgrace!"

"In the end, it’ll be up to us in the mighty Aks Shelter City! Lord Kakun will lead us to victory!"

"You sure you can win?"

"Mountain City Mountain couldn’t even beat them. You guys must be really thick-headed!"

"Tch, Lord Kakun said it’s no problem at all. As long as we hold our ground, those brainless monsters won’t be able to do a thing to us!"

"Don’t try to undermine our morale! You should be glad you’re posting this on the Civilization Forum. If you said that to our faces, you’d be facing a court-martial!"

"Savage!"

"You can’t save someone with a death wish."

...

Reading this, Long Ming couldn’t help but shake his head.

BZZZT~

Just then, his wristband vibrated again.

He lifted his wristband and took a look. The last healing syrette had just been sold.

Long Ming looked at the 60,014,750,000 1-D coins in his account, his expression stirred.

He’d expected to make a hefty profit, but he never imagined it would be this much. And that was even after he’d decided to quit while he was ahead.

However, Long Ming quickly composed himself.

’These 1-D coins are great, but only if we can survive this monster tide. Otherwise, it’s all meaningless.’

With that thought, Long Ming logged into the livestream section of the Civilization Forum and quickly found the broadcast started by Aks Shelter City.

He clicked on the stream.

A man in a bulletproof vest and steel helmet was broadcasting with great passion.

"Everyone, this is your war correspondent, Hu Lang! Up ahead is the new defensive line we’ve established for Aks Shelter City. You could say it’s as solid as a fortress..."

Long Ming followed the camera’s view.

Aks Shelter City was laid out in a square, with ten-meter-high walls. City Lord Kakun and the others were standing atop them.

Using Aks City as the center, they had dug a five-meter-wide circular trench that completely encircled the city.

They had also diverted water to fill the entire trench, forming a moat.

On the ground inside the moat, they had set up rows of machine guns, dozens of tanks, and a mortar battery position.

Seeing this, Long Ming raised a hand to his forehead. ’I don’t know whether to call them clever or just ignorant.’

At that moment, countless comments scrolled across the stream.

Some supported them, others urged them to run, and many viewers were just flaming each other in the comments.

A little over two hours passed quickly.

In the distance, the figures of Blood Breath Beasts began to appear on the horizon.

The war correspondent Hu Lang spoke with confidence.

"Everyone, look! The monster tide is here! The time to witness a miracle is upon us! Today is destined to be the day Aks Shelter City makes its name known to the world!"

Long Ming took a deep breath and watched in silence.

The number of Blood Breath Beasts grew, swelling into a tide that swept toward them.

"That... that many?"

The war correspondent Hu Lang trembled, but he forced himself to continue broadcasting.

Soon, the monster tide was within firing range.

Dan’er and the others gave the order to fire.

BANG! BANG!

Shell after shell flew out, landing and exploding within the monster tide.

KABOOM!

A series of dense explosions erupted.

"Look! This is the absolute firepower of our Aks Shelter City! There’s no way those monsters can break through—"

The war correspondent Hu Lang was cut off mid-sentence.

Countless Blood Breath Beasts charged out from the explosions, heading straight for the moat.

"How is that possible?"

The war correspondent Hu Lang was completely stunned.

The defending soldiers began to pull their triggers in terror, spraying bullets at the approaching Blood Breath Beasts.

The dense spray of bullets hit the Blood Breath Beasts, but to little effect!

"Why aren’t our attacks working? Weren’t bullets really effective during the battle at Mountain City Mountain?"

Reporter Hu Lang asked in a panic.

"Are you an idiot? Mountain City Mountain’s troops switched over to this world’s weapons a while back."

"Plus, the three major cities don’t even produce the old weapons anymore. All the production lines have been converted."

...

Comments scrolled across the screen.

Hu Lang and the others were on edge.

But when the Blood Breath Beasts reached the edge of the trench, they all stopped and began to move around it, following its sides.

Seeing this, City Lord Kakun exclaimed in excitement.

"Haha! I knew I was a genius!"

Reporter Hu Lang also announced excitedly.

"Did you see that, everyone? The monster tide is taking a detour and leaving!"

"So clever!"

"So the monsters are afraid of water!"

"We should hurry and dig a moat too!"

...

People chattered amongst themselves.

Just then, a massive roar echoed out.

The war correspondent Hu Lang jumped in surprise, quickly pointing his camera toward the sound.

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