Although the soldiers at the first line of defense quickly set up another batch of machine guns, the mutated zombies had already approached within four or five meters.
After they shot and killed three or four of them with machine guns, the mutated zombies had already jumped over the defense line.
Seeing that the machine gunners were about to be killed by the mutated zombies, the evolved soldiers who were waiting in formation nearby immediately drew their swords and met them.
Instantly, on the defense line built mainly of trucks, sword light and sword shadows danced, and zombies roared repeatedly.
The sound of machine guns and artillery shells exploding sounded again, shooting the approaching zombies to the ground.
Although the military occupied an advantage on the defense line, casualties were still unavoidable.
There were machine gunners, rocket launchers, and evolved individuals.
Qin Shilei patted Xiao Qiang, "Let's go down!"
"Whoosh!" Xiao Qiang let out a cry and swooped down towards the side of the bridge.
"Company Commander, it's a giant bird." A soldier shouted in panic.
"There's someone on the giant bird, it should be our human pet," a soldier with good eyesight responded.
When Xiao Qiang was about to land at the same height as the bridge, Qin Shilei forcefully stepped off and jumped onto Lu Yang Bridge.
He drew Xue Po and charged towards the mutated zombies on the defense line.
With a sweep of his sword, a zombie's head fell to the ground.
A faint warm current flowed from Xue Po into him, and Qin Shilei felt his strength recover slightly.
Blood Reversal!
Qin Shilei activated the skill on Xue Po.
The mutated zombies within ten meters instantly became two points slower.
The evolved soldiers of the military immediately seized the opportunity and killed all those mutated zombies.
Although mutated zombies did not rely on the blood within their bodies for energy, Blood Reversal still had a good effect on these low-level mutated zombies.
Qin Shilei flickered, turning into an afterimage, and charged towards another mutated zombie.
A cold light flashed, and the mutated zombie's head fell off with the sword.
Qin Shilei kept moving on the defense line, and with every sword strike, a zombie's head was chopped off.
Soon, dozens of mutated zombies that had rushed into the defense line were all killed by Qin Shilei and the military's evolved soldiers.
A few mutated zombies that managed to pass the first line of defense and rush towards the second line were also easily killed by the soldiers at the second line.
The company commander on the defense line walked up to Qin Shilei and said sincerely, "Thank you for helping us defend the line!"
"It's my duty," Qin Shilei replied indifferently, "I'll go check the other bridges. Goodbye."
Qin Shilei casually picked up the treasure chest dropped by the mutated zombies he killed, turned, and ran out of the bridge, jumping onto Xiao Qiang's back.
As expected, mutated zombies also attacked the other bridges.
Some eliminated mutated zombies without losing a single soldier, while others defended the line at the cost of a small number of soldiers.
The most tragic was the battle on Mapu Bridge.
The first line of defense had already been captured, and ordinary zombies once crossed the first line of defense to the second line.
Although the first line of defense was recaptured afterward under the leadership of the military's top experts.
But hundreds of soldiers had been torn to shreds by the bloodthirsty zombies.
Perhaps the military also realized the ferocity and intelligence of the zombies, and urgently dispatched a large group of soldiers to participate in the defense.
Qin Shilei patrolled the sky for more than an hour. Seeing that the defense line was temporarily safe, he turned back to Villa Number Five.
As soon as he returned to the villa, Mu Ziping brought the military's conscription order.
"To better defend the bridge defense line on the Chi Yuan River, each legion must send more than ten high-level evolved individuals to participate in the defense."
There are a total of seven bridges on the Chi Yuan River in Heshan District, connecting to other districts.
Therefore, seven defense lines were constructed.
The military's hundreds of thousands of soldiers were perfectly capable of defending just seven defense lines.
He didn't know what the military was thinking, but as soon as the war started, they were rushing to conscript evolved individuals from the civilian population.
An Qian turned and asked, "Qin Shilei, our two legions need to send at least twenty evolved individuals. How do you think we should arrange it?"
Qin Shilei pondered for a moment and replied, "Let's gather the legion members first, and try to select eight-star or nine-star evolved individuals, or those with special abilities."
Soon, the legions of the two of them reassembled in that square.
Deputy Officer Mu held a loudspeaker and shouted, "To assist the military in defending Lu Yang Bridge, our legion needs to send more than ten high-end combat forces. All evolved individuals seven stars and above, please step forward."
A murmur erupted from the crowd below.
"The zombie counterattack hasn't even been a day, and they're already asking us to help defend?"
"Can't the military hold on anymore?"
"Should we escape Nanzhuang City from another direction in advance?"
"I heard that three to four million zombies are attacking. If we go to help defend, we'll be doomed."
"Forget it, although it's hard to leave one's homeland, life is more important. Let's escape."
After a long while, only thirteen company commanders stepped forward.
The 007 Legion certainly had more than thirteen company commanders whose cultivation reached seven stars and above.
But those people, for various reasons, chose to hide among the crowd.
Even some of the thirteen company commanders did not want to step forward.
But they had revealed their cultivation before, and even if they wanted to hide, they couldn't, so they had to step forward with clenched teeth.
Qin Shilei scanned the group of soldiers who nominally belonged to him.
He said in a deep voice, "This conscription by the military is not sending us to our deaths, but rather giving us a great gift."
"I just participated in a defense battle at Lu Yang Bridge and obtained more than ten bronze treasure chests."
"Lu Yang Bridge was mainly defended by the military's artillery fire. Ordinary zombies couldn't even get close to the defense line before being shot dead."
"And those mutated zombies, once they got close to the defense line, would be swarmed and killed by many evolved individuals."
"Isn't this opportunity to obtain bronze treasure chests easier than you charging into the zombie horde in the city?"
"We fled from Ning'an City, escaping from the encirclement of zombies from all directions."
"There is no absolutely safe place in this terrible doomsday."
"If you run away every time you encounter danger, you will eventually have nowhere to run."
"Only by seizing every opportunity to become stronger can you live better."
"We have the natural barrier of the Chi Yuan River to defend against zombies. Heshan District will not be easily breached."
"Do you choose to participate in the defense and leave Nanzhuang City immediately, or never be allowed to set foot in Nanzhuang City again? Please tell me."
Qin Shilei did not use Mu Ziping's loudspeaker, but his low voice echoed throughout the entire square.
Not long after he finished speaking, thirty to forty evolved individuals walked out one after another.
In fact, Qin Shilei had a list from Mu Ziping in his hand.
It recorded the names of fifty-six evolved individuals who were above seven stars.
Compared with the people who stepped forward now, there were still two missing.
Qin Shilei spoke again, "Let me say it again, all those whose cultivation has reached seven stars and above, please step forward voluntarily."
"You can choose to obey my command and participate in the defense, or you can leave the 007 Legion, hide somewhere in Heshan District, or leave Nanzhuang City directly."
After a while, a thin person walked out and said, "Commander, I'm sorry, I choose to leave Nanzhuang City."
"Okay," Qin Shilei replied with a single word.
The person turned and left the square.
Then, the last person was never seen stepping forward.
Qin Shilei shouted coldly, "Liu Min, step out!"
After a long time, a middle-aged man in his thirties sheepishly stepped forward.
Qin Shilei questioned, "Has your cultivation reached seven stars?"
Liu Min flatly denied, "I haven't reached it."
Qin Shilei took out a piece of paper and read, "Liu Min, seven-star swordsman, ability fire, comprehensive evaluation: Class B, low grade."
Liu Min argued, "That was something I made up to gain the military's attention."
"Hmph!"
Qin Shilei snorted lightly, then suddenly disappeared from the high platform.
His figure reappeared in front of Liu Min.
In the other's astonishment, he chopped off the other's head with a sword.