End of the World

The battle on the city wall lasted until the second half of the night before it slowly subsided. A pile of corpses had built up outside the wall to a height of more than ten meters. The blood flowing from the corpses even formed a small river that flowed into the low-lying areas, forming a temporary black pond.

A ray of light appeared in the eastern sky, the darkness gradually faded away, and the sky was about to brighten. The night was finally coming to an end. The soldiers on the city wall rubbed their tired eyes, looked at the rising sun, and smiled. They had survived and could finally have a good rest.

The reserve troops took over the defense of the city wall. The soldiers who had fought all night ate a quick breakfast and went into their respective tents, falling into a deep sleep to recharge their energy for tonight's battle.

As soon as the sun rose, the Army Aviation helicopters took off. Although one of them was shot down by corpse moths last night, they still had to fly. The Army Aviation believed that during the day, the pilots could easily spot the corpse moths and avoid them.

Helicopter reconnaissance reports came in that yesterday's battle had wiped out nearly half of the zombies, and there were still hundreds of thousands of them outside. As long as there was enough ammunition, it was only a matter of time before they were wiped out.

In order to slow down the pace of zombies coming out of the city, the military sent the cannon battalion to bombard two squares where zombies gathered in the city. Countless zombies were killed and wounded. The shells flew from nowhere and the violent explosions attracted zombies from several surrounding blocks, causing the zombies to stay in the city for a while. It would be terrible if there were survivors nearby.

The 130-caliber cannon has a range of 40 kilometers, and its position on Wuping Mountain can cover the entire urban area. However, the urban area is blocked by high-rise buildings, and the area that can be struck is very limited. The military in the shelter has not considered bombing the urban area into ruins. First, the current ammunition reserves do not allow it, and second, although the city is dangerous, it concentrates most of the supplies. If the city can be recaptured, it will be a guarantee for future development. The battle with zombies is a long tug-of-war!

The battle on the city wall began. The zombies' attack was dispersed a lot, and the damage caused by artillery to them was reduced. The commander noticed this situation and ordered the soldiers to make more precise strikes, and the frequency of artillery firing was reduced.

Faced with modern military defenses, the zombies' old-fashioned human wave charge is no longer very effective. No matter how many they are, they are just a number. As long as there are no equal number of corpse moths to cooperate with the zombie swarm, ordinary zombies or a few mutated zombies will only be slaughtered in front of the city wall.

While the city walls were steadily striking the attacking zombie horde, order gradually returned to the tent area with the assistance of the troops, and the security team took over the tent area again.

Last night's attack by corpse moths killed two hundred people, and thousands were killed or trampled to death in the chaos, most of them were elderly people and women. This does not include those who were killed by the troops for causing trouble.

Wu Bin and his group spent a night in fear in the RV. Almost no one slept much. In the morning, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that the troops had quelled the chaos. It was finally over.

When Qiao Xinghua and Dafeng were repairing the damaged wall, two security officers came over and asked them to deal with several bodies on the road.

The two men felt guilty about killing someone last night and thought they were asking for trouble.

After finding out the reason, Dafeng patted his chest and promised to handle it. The security team members had no doubts, they thought that Brother Long and his friends were killed by the army.

"Oh my god, I'm so scared!"

"How can killing one person be more stressful than killing ten zombies!" Qiao Xinghua was even worse than Dafeng. His legs and feet felt weak whenever he thought about it. He had killed someone!

"What's wrong with you two?" Fang Xiaoyun went to help An Wenwen check her body, and when she came back she found that Dafeng and Qiao Xinghua looked strange.

"No...nothing, I just pricked my hand accidentally!" Dafeng explained immediately.

"How can you be so careless? Come over here later and I'll give you a Band-Aid!" Fang Xiaoyun had no doubts and thought Dafeng was just embarrassed to admit it.

"Thank you, Sister Yun. Take care, Sister Yun!" Dafeng smiled and saw Fang Xiaoyun off.

The two men didn't waste any time. They went out onto the road, picked up some garbage on a flatbed truck... well, they threw the bodies of several people onto the flatbed truck like garbage, and followed the instructions of the security team members to take them to a small square.

There were two trucks parked in the small square, loaded with a lot of corpses, obviously all of whom died in the chaos last night. When the security team members in the square saw Dafeng pulling the corpses over, they instructed them to put them aside and wait for processing.

Dafeng and Qiao Xinghua unloaded the items carefully. They didn't dare to throw them around randomly, as it would seem disrespectful to the deceased.

After unloading the bodies, the two men looked around the small square. Most of the dead here were women. Most of them were in disarray, and many were even naked. They had suffered inhumane violations before their deaths.

Two people mourned for them in silence. They escaped the disaster but could not escape the beast in human form. In this doomsday, women need to learn how to survive, not only to survive, but also to live better. Without the ability to protect themselves, they can only become vassals of the strong.

While collecting data on the victims in the tent area, the army was also counting casualties or battle losses. When the data came out, the group army commander Qian Guoyong had a gloomy face, because the casualties on the city wall caused by the attack of the corpse moth insects exceeded 2,000 people, almost the strength of two regiments, of which 800 died, 400 were seriously injured, and the rest were slightly injured. The serious injuries and deaths were equivalent to the loss of two battalions.

"It seems that conscription is necessary..." Qian Guoyong put down the battle damage report in his hand and muttered to himself.

After repelling the zombie horde, they wanted to implement the subsequent plan, but the existing troops in the shelter were insufficient to carry it out. In addition to the militia reserve, at least two thousand people needed to be recruited. Considering that the qualities of the newly recruited soldiers were not as good as those of the regular troops, they could only make up for it with numbers. Qian Guoyong gritted his teeth and ordered the recruitment of four thousand new soldiers.

Five days after repelling the zombie horde, the shelter issued a conscription notice. The tent area immediately exploded with people talking about it, but few people volunteered. Everyone had heard about the casualties of the city wall troops, and it was said that the casualties were heavy, otherwise why would they recruit 4,000 new soldiers.

At this time, the ugly mentality of all kinds of people is fully exposed. Everyone thinks that it is better to live a miserable life than to die, and they are all selfish.

The conscription office saw that this was not going to work. They could only recruit a few hundred people relying solely on voluntary participation. So they had no choice but to carry out compulsory conscription. They designated an area and required one person out of every three people. The area designated by the conscription office was exactly where Wu Bin and his group were.

"What do you think about the announcement from the recruitment office of the shelter?" Wu Bin called everyone together to discuss. The nature of the compulsory work is different now, and the shelter's recruitment at this time is probably preparing for a large-scale action.

"Maybe they couldn't recruit enough people to the shelter, so they had to resort to this desperate measure!" Qiao Xinghua guessed that most of the people who fled to the shelter were strong men, and they were qualified sources of soldiers.

"One person is drawn for every three people, so we have to send at least two people!" Li Xun counted and found that there were eleven people in total, including Ye Yuanxin, and Chen Guangjun was not included.

"But didn't they say that groups of more than ten people must send three people?" Meng Zihan said.

"Indeed, there is such a clause, but Xiao Yuanxin is only nine years old, why should she be counted as a member of the population?" Qiao Xinghua was a little confused. Xiao Yuanxin was not counted as a member of the population when food was distributed, so she was not included in the food rations.

"What can we do? Those guys in the office have the final say on everything!"

Everyone shook their heads and decided not to dwell on it. The more they thought about it, the more they felt like they were being targeted.

"Count me in among the three!" Dafeng slammed the table and decided to apply.

Wu Bin glanced at Dafeng and found that this guy was winking at him: "Count me in!"

Qiao Xinghua smiled, patted Li Xun's shoulder, raised his hand and said, "All those who are arguing have left, how can I stay? Count me in as the last one!"

Hearing this, Dafeng laughed and said, "That's right. It would be boring if there was no one to quarrel with in the army."

"Hey! Why don't you ask for our opinion!" The girls saw that Wu Bin and the others decided to quit after just a few words.

"It's better not to listen to women's opinions!" Dafeng waved his hand and blurted out that he didn't have a girlfriend yet, so he didn't need to worry too much.

"Dafeng, what did you say? Say it again!" He Yuxin said to Dafeng, as if she didn't hear it clearly.

Seeing this, Dafeng quickly changed his tone and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am just a child and my words are innocent. Don't take it to heart!" He Yuxin blocked his food rations, so Dafeng still had to be cautious and give her some face.

The girls looked at Dafeng blankly. How old is he? He still speaks without restraint? They knew Dafeng's temper. They didn't need to take his words too seriously.

"This is the only way to arrange it. If you don't go when they force you to enlist, we don't know what the consequences will be!" Wu Bin persuaded, knowing what the girls wanted to express.

He Yuxin and Meng Zihan looked at each other and swallowed back the words that were about to come out of their mouths. Now they had no choice but to support.

At night, the moonlight was exceptionally bright, spreading softly over the tent area. The smoke from the firewood lit by some survivors made the vision even more hazy. Thinking of tomorrow's expedition, Wu Bin sighed unconsciously, wondering if he could come back alive this time.

Hearing the sound, Wu Bin turned on the car light and saw He Yuxin coming. At this moment, she looked so charming, with a slight rosy blush on her cheeks, she was extremely beautiful.

"Why didn't you sleep?"

"Brother Bin hasn't slept either!" He Yuxin noticed that Wu Bin was looking at her and walked over naturally.

"I'm thinking about applying for the job tomorrow!" Wu Bin spoke frankly. It can be said that everything is out of his control.

"Wu Bin, you have to promise me that you will come back alive!" He Yuxin held Wu Bin's hand. Wu Bin was her destination. If something happened to him, He Yuxin didn't know if she would collapse.

Listening to He Yuxin's serious words, Wu Bin felt warm in his heart, but he found that he could not make a promise to her. The future was no longer in his hands. It turned out that a man's promise to a woman was so heavy.

"Don't worry, we'll be fine!"

He Yuxin was very dissatisfied with Wu Bin's words. She hit Wu Bin hard a few times and said, "Bad guy! You stole someone's heart and don't want to take responsibility!" After saying that, her eyes were filled with tears.

Wu Bin knew that what He Yuxin wanted was his promise to her, so he grabbed her pounding hands and said, "I promised you that I would always protect you and wait for me to come back!"

"Huh! I thought you forgot!" He Yuxin threw herself into Wu Bin's arms, sobbing softly.

Wu Bin sighed inwardly that this promise was too heavy, but then he strengthened his belief that from now on he would not live for himself, but for the people closest to him.