Amidst the incessant sound of artillery fire, music dominated by the suona pierced through, echoing in the parking lot behind the Technology Building.

At this moment, the heavily armored vehicle, controlled by the towering fish-man, was rushing towards Shang Jianyao, who was hiding behind a pile of concrete.

Seeing this, Shang Jianyao leaped up, swiftly scaled the concrete pile with both hands and feet, and jumped to the other side.

Bang!

The heavily armored vehicle crashed into the concrete pile, causing a violent tremor and scattering rocks.

Due to the impact, the tall fish-man wearing a laurel of branches nearly flew out of the driver's seat, smashing the windshield.

Fortunately, his previous affectation and irrationality weren't too severe, and he remembered to buckle his seatbelt.

As his chest was pressed by the deploying airbag, causing a sense of suffocation, the unusually tall fish-man suddenly regained his senses:

Why am I doing this?

Isn't this trading my own safety for the life of a mere enemy?

Was I influenced?

Is he an Awakened?

Amidst the rapid flow of thoughts, the fish-man wearing the laurel of branches once again drove the car, attempting to turn around.

His car was very sturdy, and it didn't suffer much damage from the crash. The roar of the engine sounded as expected.

Just then, the unusually tall fish-man saw a dark shadow land on the hood of the vehicle, causing the car to tremble slightly.

An image of a monkey-like face with pointed features and a spirited expression immediately appeared in his eyes.

Shang Jianyao had returned and leaped onto the hood of the vehicle!

During this process, he put both pistols back into his ammunition belt.

Then, he took off all the grenades and piled them in front of the windshield.

This vehicle wasn't a true armored car, but a large-displacement car modified with armor and bulletproof glass. In this situation, the bulletproof glass might not be able to withstand the simultaneous explosion of multiple grenades.

Of course, Shang Jianyao wasn't certain that he could definitely shatter the windshield; his main purpose was to scare the opponent.

He wasn't sure if he could shatter the windshield, and the tall fish-man wearing the laurel of branches was equally unsure if the windshield could withstand it!

No one would conduct such an exaggerated experiment when testing performance.

Even if the modifier patted his chest and guaranteed it, no one in this situation would believe him without reservation.

Seeing the dark green grenades slowly rolling in front of the windshield, the tall fish-man wearing the laurel of branches instantly held his breath, nearly forgetting to maintain the "Suffocation" effect.

The next second, as the vehicle began to reverse, Shang Jianyao grinned and smiled.

Unfortunately, the fish-man couldn't see it because of the mask.

At the same time, Shang Jianyao pulled the pin on a grenade.

He placed the grenade carefully, waved at the tall fish-man wearing the laurel of branches behind the windshield, jumped off the vehicle, and rolled towards another piece of cover.

When Shang Jianyao pulled the pin on the grenade, the tall fish-man wearing the laurel of branches was eager to open the car door, but his hands couldn't complete the action.

"Loss of hand movement"!

At the crucial moment, he wasn't restricted by this; the door corresponding to the driver's seat opened on its own.

It was as if an invisible hand was opening the door for the tall fish-man wearing the laurel of branches.

He leaped out in a panic and rolled towards the concrete that had been half-collapsed earlier.

Boom! Boom!

The explosions rang out one after another, so close together that the sounds almost merged into one.

A pillar of fire rose into the sky, accompanied by the "silent" shattering of the windshield.

As the explosion subsided slightly, "Xiao Dao Hui Overture" echoed once again.

As if empowered, Shang Jianyao swung his arms and rushed out of his hiding place, heading straight for the tall fish-man wearing the laurel of branches.

The "Suffocation" effect had disappeared.

Thump, thump, thump!

Shang Jianyao ran as if in a race, and the distance to his target was no longer too far.

Suddenly, his heartbeat accelerated, like a car that had heavily stepped on the gas pedal but whose brakes had failed.

In the sound of thumping, his running slowed, his back slightly bent, as if relieving the symptoms of chest tightness, shortness of breath, dizziness, and blurred vision.

Behind the concrete pile that had been further collapsed, the tall fish-man wearing the laurel of branches stood up.

The dark blue cloak he wore was tattered, and his greyish-black scales were covered in dust.

At this time, he had given up maintaining "Suffocation" and switched to using "Accelerated Heartbeat" against Shang Jianyao.

Facing an Awakened who had closed the distance, he didn't dare to be careless in the slightest, striving to resolve the situation as quickly as possible.

...

The Redstone Collection defense line in the area of ​​AI Er Supermarket and Sixth Sky Shopping Mall had reached a precarious state. In many places, the mountain monsters had rushed to the front, and hand-to-hand combat had broken out.

Long Yuehong, whose mind was a little numb due to lack of oxygen, suddenly woke up.

He breathed in air that he usually didn't find so wonderful.

Even though it was mixed with the smell of gunpowder, it was still so intoxicating.

Taking a deep breath, Long Yuehong picked up the grenade launcher and was about to turn around and shoot outside.

But as soon as he completed the previous action, he saw the mountain monsters who had climbed onto the collapsed buildings, saw the blue skin under the moonlight, and saw the grenades being thrown over.

Grenades.

Fuck… Long Yuehong cursed inwardly.

At the same time, he instinctively pushed hard with his feet and flew horizontally towards the wall on the other side of the room.

During this process, he saw Bai Chen also making similar jumps and rolls, entering the prepared second line of defense.

Thump!

As soon as Long Yuehong landed, he abandoned the grenade launcher and scrambled around the wall, hiding behind a pile of sandbags.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The violent waves brought by the grenades raged at the original line of defense, causing the walls on both sides to gradually become unable to withstand it and collapse. Several Redstone Collection Town Guard members who didn't react quickly enough were torn apart, their blood splattering everywhere, and died without a whole body.

Immediately afterwards, seven or eight mountain monsters holding submachine guns and assault rifles jumped over the half-collapsed window sill and entered this line of defense.

Without any hesitation, they raised their guns and swept around.

In the sound of "da da da", several town guard members who tried to fight back were riddled with holes, their limbs broken.

This section of the defense line soon only had Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, Han Wanghuo and a few others left.

They all remained calm and didn't randomly stick their heads out, even though the enemies were getting closer and closer.

The sweep soon subsided to a certain extent. Bai Chen put down the "Orange" rifle, took off her jacket, and placed it aside.

Then, she threw the clothes up in the air, while jumping sideways out of the construction.

Da da da!

Several holes were shot in her clothes.

While in mid-air, she had already drawn a "Ice Moss", and a "United 202", continuously shooting at the seven or eight mountain monsters scattered in the room.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Every shot Bai Chen fired hit, but some hit vital points, while others landed on limbs and other positions.

Hearing the screams of the mountain monsters, Long Yuehong's heart stirred. Without hesitation, he picked up the "Berserker" assault rifle slung over his body and squatted down.

He swept the area with more mountain monsters, over the sandbags.

This didn't require precision, it mainly suppressed the opponent, allowing Bai Chen to have time to dodge after firing.

This was one of the training subjects of the "Old Task Force". Although Long Yuehong had never used it in actual combat before, having a lot of experience, he was no longer as panicked as before in the face of dangerous situations. He was able to calm down and dared to make decisions.

In this way, he could display about 70-80% of what he had trained, and also, he and Bai Chen had cooperated in Weed City and had a certain tacit understanding.

During the sweeping, Long Yuehong saw that Han Wanghuo on the other side also took the opportunity to fight back.

His marksmanship was extremely accurate, and every shot hit.

After this round of counterattack, more than half of the seven or eight mountain monsters who had rushed in had fallen, and the remaining three found cover on the spot and started shooting with Bai Chen, Han Wanghuo and others.

There was no doubt that Long Yuehong and the others had the upper hand, but the mountain monsters behind were still rushing over!

In addition, what Long Yuehong was most worried about was the feeling of "Suffocation" coming again, which would cause the defending side to quickly lose combat effectiveness in one or two minutes.

...

The parking lot behind the Technology Building.

The tall fish-man wearing the laurel of branches moved some distance in the opposite direction to avoid being affected by Shang Jianyao's Awakened ability.

Shang Jianyao tried hard to get closer or draw his gun to shoot, but he couldn't succeed because his heartbeat was getting faster and faster.

He was approaching the limit, but had a kind of stubbornness engraved in his bones, slowly walking forward step by step.

Just then, Jiang Baimian, who was blocked by the flower bed, suddenly sprang up, holding "Ice Moss" in one hand and "United 202" in the other.

Bang! Bang!

Her pupils locked onto the fish-man wearing the laurel of branches, and both hands pulled the trigger at the same time.

She had already woken up and had been pretending to be unconscious, waiting for an opportunity!

—After falling into a semi-conscious state, the auxiliary chip in her bionic limb sensed that there was something wrong with her physical condition, activated the emergency function, and used the stored current to give her a stimulation to wake her up.

When Jiang Baimian pulled the trigger, the eyes of the tall fish-man wearing the laurel of branches suddenly froze.

The concrete blocks around him flew up one after another, blocking between him and Jiang Baimian, forming a wall with many gaps.

It was as if there were invisible hands manipulating everything.

Bang! Bang!

The two bullets fired by Jiang Baimian were blocked by the concrete blocks and failed to hit the target.

But her attack freed Shang Jianyao. His heartbeat no longer lost control, and because of his strong physical function, it quickly developed in a normal direction.

Thump, thump, thump!

Shang Jianyao rushed in front of the tall fish-man in a few steps and swung his right fist.

The tall fish-man wearing the laurel of branches raised his hand to block, but found that he couldn't make this move.

The next second, Shang Jianyao's fist came through the gap in the concrete block and hit the side of his face heavily in the magnificent melody played by the suona and various instruments.

With a bang, the tall fish-man wearing the laurel of branches lost his teeth and his body tilted in the corresponding direction.

The floating concrete blocks around him fell to the ground with a "pa pa" sound.

Shang Jianyao's left fist followed closely, hitting the other half of his face, straightening his body.

Then, Shang Jianyao slid his hands down, grabbed the enemy's shoulders, and pressed him downwards.

At the same time, he bent his knee and bumped it upwards heavily.

Pfft!

The tall fish-man's body stiffened, but Shang Jianyao didn't stop. He raised his arms, clasped his hands together, and swung them down heavily towards the opponent's neck like wielding a stick.

Bang! The tall fish-man wearing the laurel of branches passed out directly.