Donghai City, as the economic center of Great Yan, was currently home to nearly twenty million permanent residents, and the city was immense in scale.
After the arrival of the doomsday game, countless monsters appeared from the void, indiscriminately attacking all life within sight.
Fortunately, due to the hot weather, there were not too many people on the streets.
In the doomsday game, as long as there were over three thousand people gathered within a certain range, an initial safe zone would be granted.
Throughout Donghai City, thousands upon thousands of safe zones were densely distributed.
During the day, the residents within the safe zones frantically sought help online, but when evening arrived, after the nuclear bomb exploded in the distance, the entire Donghai City's communications died due to the effects of electromagnetic radiation.
Afterward, as the sun completely set and a blood moon hung high in the sky, the powerful monsters that had rampaged during the day gradually disappeared.
However, in the darkness, a new type of monster emerged, weaker but terrifyingly numerous—the Night Wolf.
If viewed from high above, the entire city had become incredibly dark, and within this darkness, thousands upon thousands of tiny star-like points flickered.
These were the safe zones, each surrounded by a halo of light.
Outside the safe zones, countless scarlet eyes hungrily gazed into the world within the light.
Inside the safe zones were many citizens who, having lost communication and facing this sudden doomsday, were plunged into confusion and panic.
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As time gradually passed and people began to notice the light outside the safe zones shrinking, an atmosphere of unease grew more intense within these thousands of safe zones.
Having gained the strength of professionals, among these nearly ten thousand safe zones, there were no shortage of brave souls who dared to venture out to level up.
However, level 0 professionals were far too fragile against Night Wolves of at least level 5.
Perhaps a few brave individuals and lucky ones had gained greater strength, but more often than not, people watched in horror as others were torn to shreds by wolf packs.
At this time, due to the power of the Frost Giant Dragon, Donghai City, located in the south, was experiencing a rare heavy snowfall.
The cold brought by the snowy night, however, could not compare to the chill in the hearts of the people within the thousands of safe zones.
The rate at which the safe zone lights diminished was not uniform.
When the protective light of the first safe zone completely dissipated, the night became profoundly silent...
The residents within the safe zone watched in despair as powerful, hulking hunters emerged from the darkness.
The next moment, ten thousand wolves charged!
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"Ah!!!!" A piercing scream shattered the silence of the night. The so-called safe zones, at this moment, became slaughterhouses in the darkness.
And this time, it was humans being slaughtered!
Occasionally, professionals with slightly greater strength attempted to resist the wolf packs, but being low-level and outnumbered, they were instantly overwhelmed and reduced to bloody, mangled corpses by the terrifying tide of wolves.
"Doomsday!!! Humanity is doomed!!!"
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Within a residential compound protected by a halo of light, the halo had now quietly extinguished.
Terrifying Night Wolves prowled freely between the buildings. The so-called anti-theft doors were merely a matter of time before they were breached by the Night Wolves' fangs.
And before the anti-theft doors were completely opened, the residents inside could only embrace each other in despair, awaiting the arrival of death.
"Ahhhh!!!" A man, seemingly unable to bear the stress, opened his window and jumped before the Night Wolves could break down the door.
*Thud...* The man was lucky enough not to die from the fall, but both his legs were completely fractured.
The immense pain caused him to cry out in agony.
But the next moment, as he looked at the several towering Night Wolves emerging from the darkness, at their sharp fangs and the saliva constantly dripping from their gaping maws, the man's face turned deathly pale.
The next moment, the Night Wolves surrounded the man who had jumped from the building.
Under the light of the blood moon, the man's dying screams carried far, far away...
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Within a school's safe zone, a burly man and his companions fought fiercely against the attacking Night Wolves. Their bodies were covered in blood, making it impossible to distinguish between their own and the wolves' gore.
"We cannot retreat!! Behind us are all women and children! If we retreat, everyone is finished!"
The man roared, brandishing the fire axe in his hand.
Inspired by the man's words, his companions tightened their grip on their makeshift weapons.
But no matter how strong the resolve and will, without the support of power, it was merely an illusion!
The next moment, seeing that the Night Wolves' attack was not yielding results, a figure much taller than the other Night Wolves emerged from the darkness.
A terrifying pressure surged towards the man, causing his companions behind him to collapse under its weight.
Only the man's eyes turned completely blood-red, and fueled by a new strength, he raised his axe and swung it at the newly appeared giant wolf.
A flicker of mockery flashed in the giant wolf's eyes, but it made no move to dodge.
*Thud!!!*
A dull thud echoed from the wolf's head. The man, who had been on the verge of frenzy, was now so shocked that his eyes nearly bulged out!
The fire axe, forged of steel, had shattered?!!
The giant wolf shook its head slightly, dislodging the fragments of the fire axe. The next moment, it flashed forward and lunged directly at the man.
In the face of imminent death, the burly man managed to raise the axe handle!
*Bang!!*
A wolf's claw, the size of a dinner plate, collided directly with the axe handle. The burly man was sent flying, spitting large mouthfuls of blood.
The next moment, continuous screams erupted.
The man, who had fallen to the ground, watched as his companions were systematically killed. Ignoring the blood constantly flowing from his mouth, he tried to get up and fight back.
But the excruciating pain that coursed through his body clearly told him that more than one bone had been broken!
As he struggled, the giant wolf had finished its slaughter. It paced back towards the man, its gaze filled with a human-like mockery.
"Beast! Beast!" The man glared furiously at the giant wolf before him, but he was now powerless to resist. And once he died, the level 0 children behind him would likely all perish!
And such tragedies were unfolding continuously throughout Donghai City.
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Countless wolf packs, forming a black ocean, surged with the night, fiercely assaulting all safe zones that had lost their protective halos.
Death and blood seemed to be dyeing the entire city red.
Of the thousands of bright points of light that had once dotted the city, nearly a third had now been extinguished.
This meant that millions of people were directly exposed to the wolf tide.
There were not a few who, like the burly man, fought back valiantly, but human strength was too weak. Against the tide of wolves, they had no power to retaliate!
Just as the giant wolf took a few more steps, intending to crush the man's head before him,
Suddenly, it stopped its attack as if sensing something.
The man, who had already despaired, saw the giant wolf's anomaly and was about to plunge the axe handle he was gripping into the wolf's body!
But the next moment, a gray blur flashed, and the giant wolf had already disappeared.
Seeing that his target for a desperate struggle had vanished, the man instinctively looked in the direction the giant wolf had been staring.
The blood blurred his vision, and in a daze, he thought he saw,
In the direction the giant wolf had gazed, a corner of the sky had lit up.