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The news of the bird repellent working reached the base, causing a stir in the command center.
Within the current visible range, no other birds were flying towards the direction of the base. The majority of the bird flock had stopped southwest of the base, near the water area where Xu Song and others had previously discovered the duck flock. Additionally, many birds had landed in the former B City Zoo and near the moat.
Upon hearing this news, the tense and prepared individuals at the base finally breathed a sigh of relief. The information from satellite photos added to their excitement— “Mutant insects and mutant birds are hunting each other?!”
Birds are natural enemies of insects, and although this large flock of migratory birds had also undergone mutations after the apocalypse, their size did not become as massive as the land creatures. Of course, compared to the pre-apocalyptic counterparts, their size was still impressive.
However, facing the swarms of insects in the urban areas, these mutant birds were like brave warriors attacking even the giant mutated creatures, not to mention the relatively smaller mutated birds.
The mutated birds welcomed the mutant insects as a feast willingly. The dense sea of insects was like a banquet for them.
The migratory birds and insects were in a battle, bringing double joy! In the urban areas, there were still a lot of equipment and resources that humanity needed to reclaim for a better life. Currently, with the mutated insects occupying the city, the survivors at the base found it challenging to venture into the city center and retrieve those items; they could only operate on the outskirts.
But now, with the arrival of migratory birds, the natural enemies of the insects, people hoped that they could help control the insect population.
Moreover, if the migratory birds could feast on the insects to their satisfaction, they might not be as interested in attacking the base survivors when they discover the human settlement the next day.
With a mix of anxiety and anticipation, people entered into sleep.
Everyone hoped that these migratory birds would eat their fill in the city and then head north, sparing the survivors at the base. The next morning arrived, and a large flock of migratory birds, black and oppressive, took off from various directions, heading towards the north, where they had lived in the beautiful lakes in previous years. Disappointingly, only a small part of the migratory bird flock had clashed with the insect army in the city area yesterday.
What was even more terrifying was that, during their migration north, these bird flocks had tasted the sweetness of attacking human bases. Therefore, they developed an almost desperate interest and curiosity toward the B City base!
The human presence, like a glaring signboard, attracted the high-flying army of migratory birds!
“Activate all bird repellents!” The command center issued the order, and all bird repellents at the base started operating simultaneously.
“Do you feel better?” Xu Song and the others never expected that this new type of bird repellent would affect Yue Zheng.
This bird repellent interfered and scared flying birds through sound waves. Ordinary people’s ears could hardly distinguish these sounds, but that didn’t mean that individuals with abilities like Yue Zheng would not be affected.
“It’s okay.” Yue Zheng frowned, making an effort to adjust his psychic power and suppress the sensitivity of his ears.
This was truly an unforeseen disaster. Who could have thought that these bird repellents would have such a negative impact? Fortunately, the bird repellents interfered with the sky, and Yue Zheng was on the ground, so the impact on him was relatively small. However, this would undoubtedly severely limit his flexibility in future battles.
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“It seems that I can only attack on the ground later.” Unable to jump around like before, this greatly restricted his combat effectiveness.
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As soon as the bird repellents were activated, it wasn’t just Yue Zheng who was affected in the base; many auditory ability users directly fell down, losing their combat capabilities. The news reaching headquarters almost made the leaders in the command center cough up blood.
“Why didn’t we know about this before?”
“Report, sir, during the initial experiments, we didn’t have auditory ability users assist in the experiments…” The news about the migratory bird flock came so urgently that there was no time to study whether they had any negative effects before putting them into production. Who had the time to specially invite auditory ability users to assist in the experiments?
“Fortunately, the combat capabilities of auditory ability users were not too high to begin with… Replace those people.”
Not replace them? What else could be done? Especially the defenders on the walls around the base, the bird repellents on the top of the buildings inside the city could radiate to the walls. If the auditory ability users were still on the walls at this moment, it would be suicide!
Frantically replacing people, the dark and surging tide of birds had already surged into the airspace above the base!
Indeed, the bird repellents could affect some birds. When they wanted to descend to attack the “delicious food” on the walls, they were suddenly disturbed by the sound waves! Some smaller, weaker, and more sensitive birds even fell directly!
However, when these migratory birds realized, and hovered to a certain height, the effects of those bird repellents no longer reached them!
The enraged migratory birds, suddenly attacked, took advantage of their large numbers. After circling in the sky for two rounds, they began the “air raid”!
Since birds gained abilities, terrestrial creatures were simply unlucky. They could freely launch various abilities downward in mid-air, whether it was water balls, fireballs, or other mutated abilities. As long as they closed their eyes and threw them down, the creatures below could only dodge and avoid getting injured.
And now, the base was almost unable to resist the “air raid” of this flock of birds!
The prepared bird-catching nets and electric nets, like the bird repellents, were completely ineffective due to the distance! The original plan of using bird repellents to peacefully drive away these “passing by” birds in the base had completely failed.
“Bang, bang, bang!” Gunfire erupted, extending from the outermost perimeter into the interior of the base. Although the initial obstruction and attack were only near the southern outer wall, since birds had wings, in a short while, there was almost damage everywhere inside the base caused by the abilities of the flying birds.
What was even more terrifying was that, upon hearing the gunfire and smelling the scent of blood, the following army of migratory birds actually continuously converged here!
“Prepare for an attack.” Seeing that some birds had already hovered over Area A, Yue Zheng frowned and said to Xu Song and the others.
Their car was parked next to the command center. On top of the car, which was once enveloped by a thick wall of earth, a few things resembling gun holes were left. This was a temporary structure built by the earth ability user to help them, covered by a layer of adamant vines planted by Tiancheng in the unseen part.
At this moment, Xu Song and the others were guarding in this “fortress,” defending against the airborne attack.
“The distance is too far, switch to sniper rifles.” Yue Zheng estimated the distance and found that the handguns they usually used couldn’t reach the almost tiny flock of birds hovering. Of course, there were some flying relatively lower, but they were equally challenging to hit.
Mother Xu took a sniper rifle upon hearing this and loaded a bullet into the chamber, aiming at the sky.
In preparation for this defense battle, Team 0246 had specially ordered a large number of spare bullets. Due to the collaboration, the base also provided them with a considerable amount of weapons and ammunition.
Compared to Mother Xu, Yue Zheng used official ammunition. The two occupied a shooting hole each, aiming at the sky and starting to snipe.
Xu Song stood in a relatively larger opening, launching his shotgun rockets into the sky.
The number of birds in the sky continued to increase, covering it like a dark cloud.
Various abilities and small stones were constantly thrown downward. Many bird repellents were damaged under this violent projection.
Even with a machine gun in almost every pair of hands in the military, they could hardly stop this group of frenzied birds. Even weapons like anti-aircraft guns and mortars could not prevent their attacks on the ground.
When those bird repellents were damaged beyond repair, bird meat bombs began to plunge towards the ground.
Screams echoed from all directions in the base, and the enlarged bodies caused these birds not to be killed with just one shot. Even those birds that fell from above still had some strength, launching attacks on humans with their sharp beaks and claws.
Everywhere was blood, everywhere was battle. This post-apocalyptic Eden, in the battle between two species, gradually became soaked in blood, as if turning into a hellish battlefield.
Switching back from the sniper rifle to the handgun, Mother Xu’s arms became sore due to the recoil, causing both her arms to ache. Yue Zheng was relatively much better, and his strength-based mutation made his endurance extraordinary. After the bird repellents were smashed by the bird flock, the sounds that had previously disturbed his hearing and affected his brain were gone.
At this moment, as the bird flock descended, he could return to his original combat style without worrying about being affected.
Abu and the two ostriches also left the temporary fortress with Yue Zheng and Xu Song. Abu used his wind ability to leap occasionally, grabbing a bird that fell inadvertently and biting its neck directly.
The two ostriches followed Abu closely, pecking at them quietly while the birds were attracted by Abu. They opened blood holes on their bodies.
“Area One can’t hold on, the bullets are consumed too much, and the bird flock in the sky is still endless!”
“Area Three can’t hold on either, equipment is severely damaged!”
“Tanks, the tanks are overturned by them!”
Bad news kept coming through the communication device, and the people in the command center had gloomy faces. Some people’s legs were trembling slightly under the tables where others couldn’t see.
“Commander…”
“Withdraw… withdraw underground…” Elder Wu closed his eyes and sighed lightly. The bird flock was too huge. They had underestimated the bloodthirstiness of this bird flock… Yes, if it were the bird flock from before the apocalypse, once encountering an attack or fright, their first choice would be to collectively flee. But now, even if they knew there was a presence threatening them below, they still refused to leave…
“Evacuate, evacuate everyone!”
After the news came, those who had already intended to retreat breathed a sigh of relief and moved towards various underground entrances.
In the base, people without much combat ability, and some equipment and instruments that were afraid of damage, had already gradually evacuated into the newly built air-raid shelters a few days ago.
Now, those left outside were mostly members of various ability squads or middle-aged men and women with certain combat capabilities.
But now, it seems impossible to defend the surface anymore…
Upon receiving the message, Yue Zheng and his team withdrew to the entrance of the conference room. Yue Zheng swiftly killed a goose that had just landed nearby, picked up the walkie-talkie, and said, “No danger outside for now. You can come out.”
Elder Wu and the others came out of the conference hall. In a hurry, they looked up and found a large white net above their heads. Before they could figure out what it was, an ability bomb dropped from a bird above. While everyone exclaimed in shock, the ability bomb fell into the white net and instantly evaporated without a trace.
“Quick, let’s go!” Yue Zheng noticed that some people were still stunned in place and loudly reminded them.
The security guards escorted the leaders hastily into the underground tunnel, and Yue Zheng and Xu Song retreated near the car.
“Should we go in too?” The families of important personnel and researchers from Zone A had already entered early. At this moment, those evacuating were the defense personnel from various areas.
“Yeah, even if we can still hold here, it probably won’t last long. If we are surrounded by those birds…” Yue Zheng’s voice trailed off, and suddenly he looked up, frowning at the west.
“What’s wrong?”
“Wing sounds… and those birds seem a bit different.”
Xu Song immediately released his psychic power and was astonished to find that two larger birds were flying from the west, and… “It seems like… eagles? Or hawks?”
Regardless of what was flying towards them, the two immediately turned back towards the shelter. Seeing them return, Mother Xu asked anxiously, “Should we go in too?”
“Yeah, let’s go to the anti-aircraft shelter first.” Yue Zheng nodded and walked towards the driver’s cabin.
“Withdraw the Vine later.” Xu Song patted Tiancheng’s head.
Tianyou approached and said, “Two powerful ones are coming from that direction!”
“From the west? Those two eagles?” Xu Song looked up, and just as Yue Zheng drove the RV out of the cover, through the flying birds in the sky, he could already see two black dots getting closer and larger…
The huge iron gate rumbled shut, locking layer by layer with electronic locks.
The space in the air-raid shelter was not small, with facilities such as ventilation ducts, dedicated electrical passages, water passages, etc. In terms of the reaction time for this event, it was already quite remarkable that the air-raid shelter was built so efficiently in such a short moment.
But it is said that Zone A has several air-raid shelters, which were simultaneously built when the base was first established. Especially the one where Xu Song and others are now located, there are even individual rooms. This is not a temporary dug-out shelter outside, where a large group of people can only squeeze together, sitting silently on the ground, counting the days with their fingers.
Pet eagles incoming!?! Hahahahahahaha….