In the square, the Pandora mercenary group had just arrived.
At this moment, everyone was looking around in confusion, only to see a group of stone figures charging towards them from a distance. Even elites with such rich combat experience were somewhat bewildered.
What were these things that looked like people but were clearly just piles of stones?
However, Zhao Ziyang’s brows furrowed, his expression changing slightly as he shouted, “Prepare crossbows!”
Instantly, everyone else reacted, hastily taking out their crossbows, and then sharp, pointed bolts were shot out.
The bolts accurately hit the stone figures, but something unexpected happened.
These stone figures seemed devoid of life. Even when hit by bolts, even when pierced, they were completely unaffected and continued to charge towards them.
In just a moment, the stone figures were upon them.
The Pandora mercenaries quickly put away their crossbows and drew their bayonets, preparing to engage these stone figures head-on.
However, Zhao Ziyang stopped them, saying solemnly, “These stone figures are difficult to deal with. Retreat first, go over there!”
Zhao Ziyang could immediately tell that these stone figures were strange. Even though his subordinates were brave, if they got entangled, they might all be wiped out!
However, another accident occurred.
From a street in the distance, another stone figure patrol squad emerged, and then footsteps of ‘thump’ ‘thump’ ‘thump’ could be heard from another street.
Ye Cangtian, who was observing the square situation from a stone house, couldn't help but sigh!
Zhao Ziyang and the Pandora mercenary group were in danger!
A single stone figure patrol squad could wipe out Pandora, let alone three teams?
It seemed that there were many such patrol squads in the entire city, otherwise, the other two stone figure patrol squads wouldn’t have arrived so quickly.
“Tsk tsk, more unlucky ones have come in!” Huang Wu chuckled.
Ye Cangtian nodded. Indeed, people had entered the city and arrived at the square, and there were quite a few of them, entering in a mighty stream.
From their clothing, it was evident that these were temporary teams formed by multiple small factions and lone adventurers.
Besides the major organizations and powers, there were even more small factions entering the ruins this time.
Each team had dozens of people at most, and a few at least, along with some lone adventurers.
Perhaps they had encountered various local beasts in the ruins, forcing them to band together for warmth and unity.
About a hundred people had just walked into the square, looking quite disheveled, with all sorts of equipment.
Some of them didn't have any other weapons in their hands except for unusable assault rifles, with blood and residue from beasts still on the buttstock.
As soon as these people entered the city, before they could rejoice and cheer, they witnessed a scene that made them disbelieve their own eyes.
Stones? That could move?
And these stones were like people, with limbs and heads, holding stone spears in their hands, and they could run!
These hundred people were all a bit stunned!
What was going on?
Especially when they saw the Pandora mercenary group being chased by over a dozen stone figures, some of them, in their daze, couldn't help but chuckle.
“What are you laughing at? They’re coming towards us, everyone attack together!” someone cursed, then urged everyone to face the enemy together.
The crowd didn't back down, after all, weren't they just some moving stones?
No matter how powerful they were, could they be more powerful than the fierce beasts in the wild?
So, everyone didn’t take it too seriously, picking up their weapons and charging towards the two approaching stone figure patrol squads.
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“These guys are really tough, they actually didn’t run and charged forward!”
In the stone house, the three of them saw the situation in the square through the gaps. Huang Wu couldn't help but sneer.
These people were doomed!
Ye Cangtian shook his head helplessly. These people definitely didn’t know the situation with these stone figures, otherwise, they wouldn’t have foolishly charged forward.
Compared to the fierce beasts in the wild, these stone figures, with their immense strength and difficulty to kill completely, were truly the most troublesome.
At this moment, screams could be heard one after another from outside.
The scattered stragglers outside indeed suffered. Those in the front were instantly pierced by the stone figures’ spears.
Someone swung their long saber at a stone figure, but sparks flew everywhere, and the stone figure was completely unharmed. Instead, it directly snapped the person’s neck.
The battle was almost one-sided, with over twenty people killed in an instant.
The remaining dozens of people then retreated in terror, being chased frantically by the stone figure patrol squads.
In comparison, the Pandora mercenary group’s situation was much better!
With the hundred or so scattered adventurers who had just entered drawing attention, the Pandora group only suffered the pursuit of one stone figure patrol squad, and with Zhao Ziyang’s powerful strength providing rear guard.
When all members of the Pandora mercenary group had fled into the stone houses in the streets, they had only lost two mercenary members.
This was because the stone figures stopped pursuing when they reached the stone houses!
Seeing this, Ye Cangtian asked, “These stone figures won’t enter the stone houses?”
Huang San nodded. “Yes, although I don’t know why, as long as you escape into a stone house, they won’t pursue you anymore. Perhaps they cannot enter stone houses!”
Ye Cangtian pondered. Regardless of the reason, it seemed that the stone houses were their best shelters for now!
He looked towards the square again.
The people outside had been completely routed. Everyone was scurrying around like headless flies, being brutally killed by the stone figure patrol squads.
Some escaped directly from the city gate, fleeing outwards.
Others ran towards the streets, trying to push open houses, but some closed houses couldn't be opened, and they were eventually pierced by the stone figures’ spears.
Some were lucky enough to find an open stone house, run inside, and close the door, and then the stone figures stopped pursuing.
When the entire city fell quiet again, there wasn't a single living person left near the square.
The three patrol squads, after failing to find any targets, resumed their orderly patrols, as if nothing had happened.
“Finally, they’re gone!” Huang San and Huang Wu breathed a sigh of relief, then sat on the ground.
Ye Cangtian saw many food wrappers on the ground and couldn’t help but ask in surprise, “How long have you two been here?”
“It took me half a day to reach this city, so I’ve been here for a day and a half. Huang San here seems to have arrived even earlier than me,” Huang Wu said in a muffled voice.
“My lord, I had just entered the ruins and was outside the city. Although I wasn’t the first to enter this city, I was considered quite early!” Huang San nodded.
The spawn points in the ruins were random.
Compared to others, he was relatively lucky, not having experienced attacks from fierce beasts in the wild.
Moreover, he was cautious and only entered the city after others had scouted the way, and like others, found a stone house as a shelter.
Huang San knew that Ye Cangtian needed to understand the situation here, so he proactively explained, “About a thousand people have entered this city in the past two days! But several hundred have died, so only a few hundred are alive.”
“Some, like us, found a shelter and are just staying put. Some people seem to have headed towards the city center!”
“Actually, many people are like those just now, they don't understand anything. As soon as they enter, they are attacked by stone figures and can’t escape, so many people have died in the square these past two days!”
“Many have died?”
Ye Cangtian was stunned. When he first entered, the square was empty, with nothing left behind!
Then Huang San opened a small gap and said to him, “My lord, look, those corpses are disappearing!”
Ye Cangtian looked outside, and his pupils suddenly contracted.