Qin Shilei pondered for a moment and said, "You should migrate to my Hope City, which is Nanzhuang City."
Hope City now has an inner and outer city. The outer city has a side length of one hundred kilometers, which is more than enough to accommodate over two hundred thousand people.
Qin Shilei had also considered using one of the city-protecting steles here.
He still had two city-protecting steles in hand, one of which he had decided to use in Puchang City, while the other was still idle.
However, using a city-protecting stele could not guarantee the safety of Longhua City one hundred percent.
A city-protecting stele could block ninety-nine percent of zombies outside the city, but it had much less effect on insects.
The insects that appeared north of Hope City could climb over the city walls. Although they were slow, it indicated that the city walls could not completely block them.
Longhua City's strength was average. Even with a city-protecting stele, it would be breached when the insects attacked.
Upon hearing this, Han Hongyu was initially delighted, then showed a hint of hesitation.
Ever since his first encounter with Qin Shilei, he had begun to pay attention to him.
He knew that Qin Shilei was not only ranked first but also the lord of Hope City, and Hope City was protected by tall city walls.
Now that Qin Shilei was willing to take in the survivors of Longhua City, Han Hongyu should have been happy.
However, once he entered Hope City, he, as the city lord, would likely become a mere figurehead.
Perhaps seeing through the hesitation in Han Hongyu's eyes, Qin Shilei said with a smile, "Once it is safe, I will absolutely not stop City Lord Han from leaving. Your Longhua City can choose another suitable place to build a city at will."
"It was my short-sightedness, Brother Qin," Han Hongyu said with a wry smile. "I sincerely thank Brother Qin for your help and shelter."
Having made his decision, Han Hongyu immediately ordered his subordinates to organize the migration.
Qin Shilei also took out a map and quickly finalized the migration route with the other party.
Those insects would probably reach Longhua City in less than half an hour, and the migration of two to three hundred thousand survivors could not be completed in a short time. A tough battle would be inevitable.
Qin Shilei pointed to a place on the map and instructed, "Duan Tianhe, go to this county town and lure as many zombies as possible to this road. Once the survivors of Longhua City have passed, use the zombies to block the insects."
"Once the zombies and insects engage, you must immediately retreat to Hope City. No lingering is allowed."
He paused and then said to Han Hongyu, "I will go back to Hope City first to bring my pet. You will need to hold off the insects here for a while."
"Boss, please take Yang Jie back to Hope City first," Duan Tianhe quickly pleaded.
"Alright."
After Qin Shilei finished speaking, he and Yang Jie jumped onto Xiao Qiang's back.
Xiao Qiang immediately sped towards Hope City like a bolt of lightning.
Not to mention Han Hongyu's side, who was arranging helicopters to intercept the insect attack.
Qin Shilei, on the other hand, had Xiao Qiang accelerate to its maximum speed.
The powerful airflow forced Yang Jie to lie flat on Xiao Qiang's back, tightly grasping its feathers to avoid being blown away by the wind.
Qin Shilei was continuously sending messages on the chat channel.
Soon, his messages were seen by the specially assigned personnel, who relayed his intentions to An Qian.
Nowadays, many people use national chat channels to spread information.
Although the information on it refreshed too quickly to make communication convenient, it was still a good method.
More than ten minutes later, the two sides met in the air.
"Take this ring with you and be careful," Qin Shilei handed the Qiankun Ring to An Qian.
"Alright, then I'll be going," An Qian said, standing on Xiao Qing's back, and continued towards Longhua City.
Qin Shilei then hurried back. After dropping off Yang Jie at Hope City, he immediately went to the insect realm, put the golden beetle into the pet space, and then rushed back to Longhua City without stopping.
At this moment, the insects had already reached the outskirts of Longhua City.
Looking at the dense swarm of scythe-backed beetles and a small number of silver-backed beetles outside the city, many survivors on the defense line turned pale, and a small portion of them began to tremble all over.
Longhua City had about a thousand survivors at the Black Iron realm. Apart from a few who were managing the migration, most of them were standing on the defense line.
However, most of these survivors had only recently advanced to the Black Iron realm, and they were at no advantage in terms of strength compared to the insects.
Coupled with the vast disparity in numbers, the fact that these people had not yet fled indicated that Han Hongyu's management had been decent.
Zeng Deyuan said worriedly, "City Lord, if this continues, once the insects reach the defense line and cause casualties, these people will likely flee immediately."
Han Hongyu understood this. He had already made a pre-battle speech, but the effect was minimal.
Just as he was about to speak again to rouse everyone's fighting spirit, he suddenly saw An Qian spread her wings and fly into the sky.
"I am An Qian of the Gold realm. What is there to fear from mere insects? Watch me roast these stink bugs with my fire."
An Qian, dressed in a fiery red battle skirt, flew into the insect swarm like a goddess of war, exuding an unstoppable aura.
Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix!
Immediately, a giant phoenix phantom appeared above An Qian's head, accompanied by countless fiery red birds.
"Die!"
With a wave of her Tianfeng Sword, the phoenix phantom, carrying raging flames, charged towards the surrounding insects.
In the blink of an eye, the insects were burned to ashes.
The treasure chests, crystal cores, and ability beads dropped by the insects were collected by the Qiankun Ring.
Now, when An Qian performed Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix, she no longer had to stay in one spot.
Her figure flickered, and with the phoenix phantom, she continued to attack the insects on the right.
With a single move, she killed thousands of insects.
"Stink bugs, come again!"
The phoenix phantom disappeared, and An Qian immediately performed Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix again.
Three consecutive ultimate skills burned away all the insects near the defense line.
Such a ferocious and mythical ultimate skill left everyone stunned.
"Goddess An, mighty!"
"War Goddess, invincible!"
"War Goddess!"
"War Goddess!"
Someone must have started the chant, and then everyone shouted the name of the War Goddess in unison.
At this moment, everyone's morale was fully ignited, and their fear vanished.
Seeing that her objective had been achieved, An Qian spread her phoenix wings and flew back to the defense line.
"The rest is up to you now. I need to recover my energy." An Qian sat down cross-legged and took out two crystal cores to absorb.
To outsiders, she seemed incredibly powerful, turning insects into ashes with a wave of her hand, but her consumption was also astonishing.
Even after advancing to the Gold realm, she could only perform such ultimate skills five or six times at most.
Without An Qian's suppression, the insects soon surged forward again.
The survivors of Longhua City unleashed their attacks.
Zhang Xiaoli weaved through the entire defense line, sniping the silver-backed beetles.
Within five minutes of close combat, crises began to appear on various defense lines.
The disparity in strength between the two sides was simply too great.
"City Lord, we can't hold on! We should retreat quickly. If we don't leave now, we might not be able to," Zeng Deyuan said in a panic.
Han Hongyu turned to look at the migrating crowd in the distance and said in a deep voice, "If we retreat, those people will likely be torn to shreds by the insects in an instant. As the city lord, how can I abandon my citizens and flee?"
"Besides, Miss An and the others who came to help us haven't left. What face would we have to retreat?"
Although he said this, he knew that this city could not be held. Collapse was imminent.
One hundred survivors on the defense line had already been casualties, and this number was still growing.
An Qian had already used two ultimate skills again, and now she could only fight the silver-backed beetles climbing onto the defense line with basic attacks.
If no miracle occurred, the people on the defense line would soon be overwhelmed by the insects, and the migrating civilians would be caught and devoured by them.