How many bats were there in the end? The sky was already very dark, but later when the typhoon came, the clouds moved faster, and it seemed to brighten up a bit.

But then it suddenly darkened again, and this time it wasn't because of the typhoon.

Hiss.

When the little zombie looked up sharply, her pupils shook with shock. A vast, dark swarm of mutant bats flew over, circling in the sky above.

The sense of oppression was terrifying.

Through the earpieces came the "Holy crap!" exclamations from Chen Xiaofei and the others.

"Damn, why are there so many of these things? Have they gone mad? It's endless!"

"This isn't right."

"Everyone be careful, it doesn't look good. There are too many."

Qin Luo's expression was also grim. "Everyone regroup first, don't stay scattered. It feels like more than half of this batch are one-star mutant bats."

His words made Chen Xiaofei and the other two draw in sharp breaths. They all indicated they understood and started converging towards the center, ignoring the other bats for now.

Qin Luo was about to call Xu Duoduo when he found she was already running over with her chainsaw. Good, she was a quick thinker. Seeing her approach, he scooped her up in one motion!

"Watch your ability consumption. Xu Duoduo, you too. Don't overuse it and become dazed again."

Qin Luo had just noticed that she had started using her space ability to lock onto mutant bats in small areas, then using spatial compression to blast them into a blood mist.

Xu Duoduo nodded. Her wooden whistle was stained with blood, so she didn't blow it.

Soon, all the members of their team gathered together. The residents here were following the base's instructions and didn't dare open their doors, but there were still kind-hearted people who approached the windows to ask if they wanted to come inside and rest.

Qin Luo replied without turning his head, "No need. Keep your doors and windows closed and don't open them again. Please be extra careful for your own safety. Thank you for your concern."

The kind resident sighed worriedly, "Then take care, comrades!" before obediently closing the window and drawing the curtains.

Xu Duoduo was also put down.

Chen Xiaofei and the others were panting as they ran, but everyone finally met up again.

But that's when the unexpected happened.

Xu Duoduo suddenly felt a sense of crisis maxing out. She seemed to have a kind of premonition about danger each time, and then everything seemed to slow down like slow motion.

The mutant bats circling in the sky suddenly all concentrated and dove towards them.

Their target was the four of them plus one zombie!!

Qin Luo immediately shouted: "Be careful!!" Then he used his skill [Lightning Call]. With a rumbling sound, several lightning bolts struck down from above, forming into spherical lightning in mid-air and blasting towards the swarm of mutant bats.

Xu Duoduo's eyes widened as time seemed to freeze. After a second's pause, the entire world was filled with the diving swarm of mutant bats.

First, there was a "pitter-patter" of a large number of mutant bat corpses falling down, killed by the lightning storm.

But the mutant bats that survived luckily continued their attack, directly covering the four of them plus one zombie.

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To the naked eye, their team couldn't be seen at all, only the blackish mutant bats flapping their wings. The residents peeking from the upper floors couldn't help but gasp, clenching their fists in worry.

"It's over! The combat team is dead, what are we going to do?"

"Oh my god! With so many bats, they must have gnawed their bones clean!"

"So terrifying!!"

"Waaah, I don't want to die, waaah!"

"Mommy, I want my mommy, waaah! Mommy, I'm so scared, waaah!"

"They were all so young, what a pity. Why did headquarters only send five people?!"

"Right! Headquarters! Quick, call for help!"

"Can't they save them? This is so irresponsible, it's irresponsible for our people's safety, and it's irresponsible to their combat team! They're still so young, there's even a little girl!"

"Wait, look quickly!!"

Something wasn't right.

It really wasn't right.

Even if they were surrounded by bats, why weren't there any screams of agony?

Suddenly.

Flashes of light appeared within the blackish swarm of bats, along with surging electric currents.

The next second.

The blackish swarm of bats suddenly let out shrill bat screams. After the electric current finished coursing through them, there was a sudden "zzzz" explosion. Then the lightning storm blasted them away, and blackish-red bat corpses exploded everywhere.

They even burst out many shiny mutation cores, directly covering the ground.

Then, one after another, earth spikes shot up five or six meters high out of nowhere, directly skewering some of the bats like kebabs. Several small tornadoes also appeared out of thin air, sweeping up the mutant bats and shredding them within the whirlwinds.

The remaining bats seemed to suddenly fall into confusion, all losing their direction and a large portion crashing to their deaths.

They even started killing each other.

A moment of silence.

The ground was covered with mutant bat corpses, while the four people and one zombie stood unharmed.

They didn't even have blood stains on them. Miraculously, it seemed like there was an invisible protective shield in front of them. The falling bat corpses actually slid down about a meter in front of them.

"Damn! Little squad leader, that was so cool! This protective shield feels amazing!!"

Chen Xiaofei couldn't help but laugh out loud, throwing his head back.

Xu Duoduo was already starting to feel dizzy. In the critical moment earlier, she just thought that she couldn't let the four of them get hurt, absolutely not. In the emergency, she suddenly had an inspiration and a new skill appeared: [Spatial Shield]. After activating the skill, she could lock onto targets and provide a protective shield.

She had directly generated five of them, emptying out the bit of ability energy stored in her body. Now she felt nauseous and dizzy, her little face pale.

It was Qin Luo who noticed something was wrong. After dealing with the remaining mutant bats with his ability, he went over and scooped her up in one motion, letting her lie on his shoulder.

"Is the little squad leader okay?"

"Ah, my bad. I didn't notice that the little squad leader seemed to have overused her ability! I was too busy being happy!"

"Didn't Professor Ji give the little squad leader some diluted mutation core serum before? Let her drink some quickly." It was Bai Shu who reacted quickly enough, reminding them in time.

Qin Luo supported her waist, looking at the little zombie lying limply on his shoulder. She had almost fallen asleep as soon as she touched his shoulder.

"Forget it, let her sleep for a while to recover her strength. Let's clean up the battlefield first."

They were too preoccupied to be happy about the ground full of mutation cores.

Because it had really been too dangerous. It was fortunate that their coordination had been quite good.

Xu Duoduo instantly formed protective shields, Qin Luo directly unleashed his ultimate move, Wang Weihu and Chen Xiaofei created earth spikes and tornadoes respectively.

Bai Shu activated an illusion, making the bats dizzy and kill each other.

Otherwise, the scale of this attack would have been too horrifying. There were at least tens of thousands of mutant bats.

Wang Weihu and Bai Shu were also mentally exhausted, having emptied their abilities. Qin Luo was also close to his limit. Chen Xiaofei, who had been very confident at first, directly collapsed on the ground after his excitement wore off and his adrenaline dropped.

Bai Shu pushed up his glasses and chuckled, "Show off, who could outdo you?"

He had predicted this!

Everyone's levels were about the same. Even Qin Luo found it taxing, how could Chen Xiaofei escape? Sure enough, he was too tired to even crawl.

They could only clean up the battlefield themselves, quickly collecting the mutation cores.