I started with a portal, then turned around and handed it over to the nation.

"They're moving too fast; the heavy machine guns can't keep up!"

Captain Fierce Tiger's roar mingled with the gunfire, his voice cracking from shouting.

Those things jumped around in the ruins, using broken walls and tree trunks as cover, and dodging bullets by moving in a zigzag pattern.

The heavy machine gun had fierce firepower, but it was too bulky and slow to turn, making it unable to keep up with these darting monsters at close range.

"Sizzle—"

A cat demon suddenly leaped onto the broken wall next to it, less than thirty meters from the position.

The cat demon even glanced back, its green eyes fixed on them as if they were a group of dead people.

It was about to plunge into the trench.

"Close your eyes!"

Long Fei's roar exploded in the channel.

All team members instinctively closed their eyes, and some even buried their heads in the bunker.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three stun grenades exploded in mid-air.

The bright light suddenly illuminated the darkness, and even with my eyes closed, my eyelids felt a stinging pain.

"Meow—!"

The cat demon, who had just jumped onto the wall, let out a scream.

"Snow Wolf! Push forward! Free fire!"

"Tiger! Set that thing up! Fire all the grenades, don't hold back!"

"receive!"

Han Feng led the Snow Wolf team members out from the side, their QBZ-191 rifles firing incessantly.

"Da da da da da!"

A hail of bullets shattered the cat demon's body at close range.

The blind cat demon crawled around on the ground, its previous arrogance gone.

"Tong! Tong! Tong!"

The high-explosive grenades exploded in the monster horde, the shockwaves sending debris and severed limbs flying.

"Retreat! Tigers, retreat! Give us the shooting range!"

Long Fei's face darkened as he watched the red dots constantly appearing on the thermal imaging.

The stun grenades could only delay them for a moment. The cat demons behind them got smarter and started charging forward with their heads down.

"Bring on the main course!"

Several members of the Fierce Tigers team, carrying large tanks on their backs and holding thick spray nozzles, stepped forward.

"call--"

Several streams of flame, each tens of meters long, shot out.

"Awooo—!"

The dozen or so cat demons at the very front were instantly engulfed in flames.

They screamed and rolled frantically on the ground, trying to extinguish the flames on their bodies.

But once the flames touched it, they couldn't be shaken off; the more they rolled, the stronger they burned, even igniting the dry grass and bushes nearby.

The air was soon filled with the stench of burnt fur.

"This number... is probably five or six hundred."

Lin Mo tucked the terminal into his clothes and grabbed the QBZ-191 that was leaning against the sandbag.

The heavy machine gun barrel was already red-hot; if it kept firing, it would explode.

"Raine! Don't just stand there!" Lin Mo kicked the still-dazed Raine in the butt. "This isn't the time to watch the show! Grab a gun if you don't want to die!"

"Put the safety on! Pull the trigger forward! Don't aim at people!" Lin Mo shouted, then turned and rushed into the gap between the two flamethrower soldiers.

That was a blind spot in the firepower, and a few cat demons that had escaped were trying to sneak up under the cover of their burning companions' corpses.

"Bang! Bang!"

Lin Mo, his eyes bloodshot, fired two shots, accurately blowing the head off a cat demon.

"Aaaaah! Die!" came a distorted roar from the side.

The hunter from another world imitated Lin Mo, pressing the butt of his gun firmly against his shoulder and pulling the trigger.

"Da da da da da—"

The magazine of bullets was emptied in no time, most of them flying into the air, but a few were lucky enough to hit the charging cat demon.

"Reload! Stop yelling!"

Lin Mo tossed a full magazine to Raine, then quickly changed his own, keeping the gun pointed forward.

"On the left! One's missing!"

Long Fei's voice rang out from behind.

Lin Mo abruptly turned the gun around, but found it was too late.

A cat demon covered in flames pounced on the fire-breathing soldier like a madman.

This thing wants to take us all down with it!

"Bang!"

A muffled gunshot rang out.

The fire cat seemed to be hit hard in mid-air, flying sideways and crashing heavily into the wall, turning into a bloody mess.

Raine remained in the gun-drawing stance, smoke billowing from the muzzle, panting heavily.

He was the one who fired that shot just now.

"You...you hit him?"

Renn looked at his hands.

"Well done!"

Lin Mo gave him a thumbs up: "Keep going! Don't stop!"

The roar of flamethrowers and grenades lasted for a full ten minutes.

The open space at the west gate had been turned into a sea of ​​fire.

The charred corpses were piled together, forming a wall of fire.

The cat demons behind stopped and dared not rush forward any further.

A final scream was heard, and the remaining red dots began to retreat.

"Ceasefire!"

Long Fei's voice was a little hoarse.

The flamethrower released the trigger, and burning oil was still dripping from the nozzle.

The world fell silent. Only the crackling of the fire and everyone's heavy breathing remained.

"Huff... huff..."

Lin Mo plopped down on the ground littered with spent shell casings, feeling his arms go weak and unable to lift.

He took out his terminal and glanced at it.

On the screen, the once densely packed red dots have been reduced by more than half, and the remaining ones have retreated back into the forest.

"Now... I guess you've finally convinced them?"

Lin Mo wiped the soot off his face and looked at Long Fei, who was cleaning up the battlefield not far away.

"Casualties?"

"Two minor injuries, grazed by stray bullets, Li Na is receiving treatment," Han Feng reported.

Lin Mo supported himself on his knees as he stood up and walked to Long Fei's side.

"Team Leader Long," Lin Mo suddenly spoke, pointing to the relatively intact tower behind him, "What do you think of this place?"

"What? How is it?" Long Fei was loading bullets into the magazine without looking up.

"I mean... let's use this place as a base." Lin Mo thought it over and over and his eyes lit up.

"Look, the terrain here is open, and although the city wall is a bit damaged, it can still be used after some repairs. Most importantly, there's plenty of space."

"If only we could build a logistics base here..."

Lin Mo gestured to the name: "It's like a transit point. We can stockpile supplies here, and even set up a field hospital. When we explore deeper into the region later, this will be our base camp."

"Moreover, we've killed most of the cat demons here, so they probably won't dare to come back anytime soon."

When Ryan, who was squatting on the ground picking up spent shell casings, heard the word "logistics," he looked up blankly.

"Lin...Mo, what is logistics?" He didn't quite understand these Earth terms.

"Uh... how can I explain this to you?"

Lin Mo scratched his head and thought of a simpler way of putting it: "It's like a home. We can rest, eat, store our things, and even help you fight monsters here."

Lin Mo looked at Raine:

"Raine, we don't want to cause trouble for your village. After all, it's a residential area, and it's easy for the elderly and children to be frightened by us soldiers coming in and out with guns and cannons."

"Wouldn't it be great if we lived here, both protecting the Misty Forest for you and doing business with you?"

Renn was taken aback.

"this……"

Raine lowered his head, looking at the charred cat demon corpse at his feet, and said nothing.

"no."

Two voices rang out at the same time.

One was Long Fei. The other was Rein. The two exchanged a glance.

Long Fei slammed the loaded magazine back into the gun, coldly surveying the eerie ruins around him:

"This place has too much yin energy, and the terrain is complicated, making it difficult to defend. Moreover, it's deep in the forest, and the supply lines are too long. The roads are difficult to travel, and if supply vehicles come later, they'll have trouble getting through!"

"Once surrounded, it's a death trap."

Raine shook his head, his face pale. "Lin Mo, this place... is unlucky."

He pointed to the dilapidated statues:

"The old folks say this city is cursed. The cat demon only came later; the original inhabitants of this place... were far more terrifying than the cat demon."

"So...where are we going?"