210: Resisting the beast tide

The fierce ten million Demonic Wolves quickly reached the chasm in front of the defensive line and then came to a halt.

This chasm was twenty meters wide and thirty meters deep; facing such a massive gap, the Demonic Wolves simply couldn't jump across and could only linger at the edge.

Seeing this, the King-Strength Demonic Wolves in the rear roared continuously toward the sky, urging their subordinates to charge forward.

They, along with those Great Lords and Lords, could jump across, but they weren't stupid; naturally, they left the role of cannon fodder to these low-level Demonic Wolves.

Hearing the leaders' urgings, the Demonic Wolves in front did not hesitate, jumping into the pit one after another in an attempt to fill the chasm with their corpses.

Seeing this, You Lan atop the city wall immediately ordered the long-range players to attack; a dense barrage of skills poured down, and the Demonic Wolves at the very front were instantly killed.

She didn't use the machine-gun arrows or tower attacks, opting instead for player skills; since the Demonic Wolves couldn't cross anyway, she saved the ammunition for later.

But the Demonic Wolves were completely unafraid of death; the twenty-meter-wide chasm was nearly filled in less than 10 minutes.

Seeing this situation, You Lan felt the time was right and gave the order to detonate the traps.

Instantly, the ground ten kilometers ahead exploded, and millions of Demonic Wolves were annihilated within it, leaving only a little over ten thousand, all of which were high-level monsters.

Seeing this, the leading King-Rank Demonic Wolves showed expressions of fear.

With their subordinates almost wiped out, they had become somewhat timid.

Ten million Demonic Wolves had died before even touching the city; they didn't think the remaining hundred thousand or so could destroy it.

But they had to advance regardless; they had no way back. Unless they could destroy the City Crystal, they wouldn't be able to escape.

Under the offensive of the over one hundred thousand Demonic Wolves, millions of players each released a skill, drowning the last of the wolves.

It wasn't that the high-level Demonic Wolves weren't strong, but that there were too many players; even without breaking their defense, they could be instantly killed.

Once the first wave of monsters was wiped out, the tens of thousands of players stationed on both sides set out to quickly pick up the drops.

With so many Demonic Wolves dead, the entire battlefield was covered in equipment and Materials; not only were the defending players extremely excited, but even the countless onlookers were green with envy.

Although defending the city incurred massive costs, if the city were successfully established, these drops could help the Gang recover quite a bit of its health.

However, once these items were picked up, they would enter the city warehouse and could only be taken out if the city establishment was successful.

If the city establishment failed, the warehouse would naturally be destroyed, leaving nothing, and the Gang would suffer heavy losses.

After consuming so much manpower, resources, and wealth—including the Ranks and equipment lost by players upon death—any Gang that failed to establish a city would practically be bankrupted.

If the city establishment succeeded, the wealth gained afterward would be an unimaginable astronomical sum.

This was a gamble; life or death depended on the Gang's capability.

In his previous life, after the Dragon Country's government was the first to succeed, all the Super Guilds learned the specific difficulty and made ample preparations, so no failures occurred.

They had large consortiums investing in them; without full preparation, they wouldn't have attempted to build a city.

It took half an hour to kill the Demonic Wolves, and the remaining half hour ended quickly. A resonant BGM sounded, and the second wave of monsters descended.

The second wave consisted of Level 45 Flame Demonic Monsters. The configuration was the same as the first wave, but while the Level increased, the quantity decreased by 10%.

The Flame Demonic Monsters couldn't jump across the chasm either; they just threw fireballs from the edge.

Seeing casualties among the players, You Lan activated the traps again, blowing up most of the monsters, and then worked with the players to wipe them all out.

These traps were set by a large number of Summoners and Assassins after the Demonic Wolves were killed.

The traps were mostly gunpowder and Magic Crystal Bombs, as well as Explosive Talismans secretly purchased from the Japan by the government, and landmines and explosives bought from the USA.

As time passed, the fifth wave soon arrived.

The first few waves went according to plan without causing much loss, but the fifth wave was a bit difficult.

This wave consisted of over 5 million Level 60 Silver-Armored Demonic Rhinos and 3 million Silver-Feathered Demonic Eagles.

The sky and ground were a dark, dense mass as a terrifying Devilish Qi loomed over, and the world grew dim.

Seeing this, You Lan immediately gave the order.

All arrow towers and anti-aircraft machine guns were to aim at the sky; a million-strong flying unit stood in the rear to resist the invasion of the Demonic Eagles, while the rest of the firepower attacked the ground monsters.

Facing this wave of monsters, You Lan didn't dare to be careless; the firepower of the first defensive line was fully unleashed, as it was imperative to stop all monsters, otherwise, it would cause massive losses.

After about an hour of combat, the fifth wave of monsters was wiped out, but the first defensive line was almost completely destroyed, and millions of players had died once.

You Lan originally wanted to rebuild the defensive line, but the next wave of monsters had already appeared; there wasn't even time to pick up equipment or set traps, so she could only lead the people back to the second defensive line.

The sixth wave consisted of Level 70 Earth Demonic Monsters, totaling over 7 million, all of which were ground monsters.

However, tens of thousands of high-level Earth Demonic Monsters had bodies as huge as small mountains; not only was their defense strong, but a Magic Spirit Cannon grew out of their bodies.

Under the exchange of artillery fire, the Earth Demonic Monsters were eventually wiped out, but the second defensive line was mostly destroyed, and personnel casualties were heavy.

As soon as the battle ended, You Lan had people quickly repair the defensive line and redeploy some defensive weapons.

Before they could do much, the seventh wave arrived, and she could only order an attack.

But with the loss of a large number of weapons, the second defensive line didn't hold for long and was directly destroyed.

Out of necessity, she could only have the long-range cannons in the rear open fire.

With the powerful magic crystal cannons, Divine Martial Cannons, and Demon God Cannons, the seventh wave of monsters barely reached the city gates before being wiped out.

Except for the 2 million players on the city gates, almost all the other 8 million had died once, and some had even died twice.

Once the death count reached three, they could no longer defend the city.

Elder Hong and the others were somewhat despairing.

The firepower of the final defensive line was very strong, but there were still five waves of monsters to come, each stronger than the last.

By now, it was almost certain that the defense would fail.

If they couldn't even withstand the 12 waves of monsters, let alone the subsequent attack by a billion players.

"Xiao Ying, where did that kid go?"

Elder Hong scanned the surroundings but didn't see Xiao Xing.

He heard that Xiao Xing had an atomic bomb in hand, as well as drone missile rain and powerful pets.

If there was still hope, it rested on Xiao Xing; they could at most defend against one more wave before being essentially crippled.

"Grandpa, don't worry, we will succeed."

You Lan and the others showed faces full of confidence.

She didn't explain much; everyone would know soon enough.

Moreover, not to mention the city's defensive weapons, the ten of them had all attributes over a million; without worrying about exposure, resisting the upcoming monsters would be easy.

But Xiao Xing had said that unless it was absolutely necessary, they shouldn't easily reveal their strength to avoid causing public outrage.

"This...!"

Elder Hong couldn't get an answer and could only scratch his head.

Seeing Qing'er, Wan'er, and the others all showing confident expressions, he didn't ask further; after all, Xiao Xing had many powerful means, and he would come out sooner or later.

The eighth wave of monsters descended.