Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies-Chapter 230 - Snowy Arena of Beasts
Chapter 230: Chapter 230: Snowy “Arena of Beasts
Chapter 230: Chapter 230: Snowy “Arena of Beasts
“Help!”
“Quick, get inside the base!”
“Leave the stuff, just run!”
“Honey, wait for me!”
“Get in the car first and close the windows!”
“Ah, my RV, my RV!”
“…”
Heart-wrenching cries of terror, the sound of someone crashing onto the icy surface, and the sound of flesh being torn followed.
The blizzard was fierce with limited visibility.
Unable to see what was happening behind the group, the crowd exchanged looks for a second before unrest erupted.
The warriors who had previously taken the German Shepherd to the back of the group to help check supplies had now ceased their inspections.
Weapon in one hand and holding the dog in the other, they marched back swiftly, continuously shouting,
“It’s the man-eating mutated rats, drop the supplies and retreat to the base entrance first!”
Some people, hearing the warning, hurried towards the entrance of the base.
Others, reluctant to abandon the goods in their vehicles, had just opened the trunk when they were overwhelmed by the Mutated Giant Rats that swiftly bit through their necks.
The temperature was excessively low, and the warm, salty liquid instantly turned into streaks of red slush and mist in the air.
The scent of blood dispersed by the wind infiltrated people’s breaths.
“Mutated rats?” Jiang Yan did not look back, but glanced at the entrance of the base.
Just as she was about to run towards the entrance, she saw the previously open gates close abruptly with a series of urgent whistles.
A few people, who were just about to enter the base, were pushed back indistinguishably and stumbled onto the icy ground.
Jiang Yan frowned slightly at the scene.
The road leading to Flame Base, apart from the Snow House District entrance, was quite unique.
Raised at the sides, lowered in the middle, forming a concave shape.
The piled-up snow on the sides was at least two to three meters high and five to six meters wide, artificially piled up like a dam.
It looked soft and harmless.
However, once someone entered, it was easy to inhale the powdery snow into one’s nose and mouth, leading to suffocation.
With movement, the snow would compress and harden.
Trying to climb to the top of the snow or through the snow wall to reach the Snow House District was utterly unrealistic.
And the middle of the road, although solidly iced over by the traffic, was, in one word, slippery.
Extremely slippery.
Running steadily and smoothly on it was similarly unrealistic.
It seemed the Mutated Giant Rats were coming from behind,
and now, the base had closed its only door of escape.
The roaring at the nearby Snow House District entrance indicated that its two gates were also closed.
Jiang Yan suddenly felt like a trapped turtle in a jar.
But what was the meaning of this?
“Open the gate! Please, open the gate!” At the entrance, the people who had been pushed down struggled to their feet and started banging on the solid wooden gate.
Some tried to push the gate open, but the hinged wooden gate seemed frozen in the crevice, immovable.
Warriors stationed on the ice wall and inside the ice cave had their weapons at the ready, all aimed at the road leading to the base entrance.
The warriors and their hunting dogs, who had been inspecting their supplies, couldn’t enter the base and without exception found cover in nearby snowbanks, readying their guns towards the roadway.
Jiang Yan took a deep breath.
It was clear that these warriors’ primary duty was to defend the base, not to attack.
A tough battle was imminent.
She took off her backpack and pulled out a black watermelon knife that could slice through iron, from Space.
In extreme cold, ordinary metals would become brittle and easily shatter.
However, her watermelon knife, made from a special alloy and rare metal tempering, was unaffected even if the temperature dropped by another dozen degrees.
Actually, the best weapon would be a gun.
But in such a situation, it naturally was not convenient to use.
“Mom, don’t worry, I’m here!”
Hua Bao, having sensed something amiss early on, immediately wrapped its vines around her, making armor to protect her head and heart, while the remaining vines kept watch in all directions.
“Hua Bao, just protect me and avoid any overt attacks,” Jiang Yan quickly instructed.
“Okay, Mom!”
Up on the ice wall, who knew how many eyes were watching below.
Although it was unclear why the base suddenly prevented them from entering, right now, it was best to lay low in the crowd and try to survive.
If necessary, she would not hesitate to escape into the Space.
The screaming continued, and because the road was so slippery, some who fell hadn’t even managed to get up before being trampled by those who came after.
Some ran halfway and then, gasping for breath, passed out right there.
Jin City was at a high altitude.
Many had altitude sickness before even running, and combined with their thick masks, they simply couldn’t handle it.
Snowflakes fluttered abundantly, and the smell of blood quickly filled the air.
Soon, people with fearful expressions had gathered around Jiang Yan.
All sorts of weapons were in their hands.
They were relatively near the base entrance, holding the advantage of location.
But they were also in danger; the road was flanked by several-meter-deep chasms, with only low ice walls at the edges. One slip could mean certain death.
Among the general unease, several large black shadows with blood-stained mouths appeared through the blizzard.
After more than a month, these mutated rats had grown two to three times the size of those seen in Xiangcheng.
“God!” Everyone gasped for air.
Jiang Yan instinctively tightened her grip on the watermelon knife.
Just then, the snowbanks on both sides suddenly began to shake.
Something was about to come out!
“Be careful!” a man shouted just as a mass of black, giant rats burst out from the snowbanks.
They bared their sharp teeth, swinging their claws, and with a single swipe, flipped a red pickup truck parked in front.
Some rats lifted their heads and frenziedly devoured the tires.
One person, originally hiding in the car, was dragged out by one of the giant rats that smashed the window and hooked them out.
Within moments, they were ripped open, not yet dead when they became food in the rats’ mouths.
The remaining rats, eyes glowing viciously, charged toward the people on the four-lane road.
“Ah!!!” A girl on the edge of the group covered her face with her hands, her legs buckled.
The person behind her gritted their teeth and pushed her forward, blocking the path of the giant rat.
The next second, her petite frame was torn apart.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
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“…” Gunshots finally rang out everywhere, bullets embedding into the bodies of the Mutated Giant Rats.
Blood splattered everywhere.
The rats, their bodies riddled with bloodied holes, seemed unaffected and continued their assault on the people.
Just then, the gunfire abruptly stopped.
Ropes suddenly fell from the ice wall, and large figures slid down from above.
