Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 31 City 023

After Yang Wu's battle with the Bloodthirsty Tank, the Phantom Squad had completely accepted him.

Along the way, Zhou Zheng, Zheng Tao, and Wang Zhi took turns dealing with the monsters and continuously provided guidance to Yang Wu.

Yang Wu had already gained a lot of combat experience in the previous simulation, and with the constant guidance from everyone, he became even more adept at hunting monsters. Although he wasn't as clean and efficient as the others yet, that was due to his physical condition.

If we're just comparing experience and skills, then only Captain Chu Tian and Vice Captain Zhou Zheng, both high-ranking generals, could truly outclass Yang Wu.

The next morning, the Phantom Squad of six finally arrived at the outskirts of City 023.

The sun had not yet risen. Although it was the height of summer, the heat in the air had dissipated considerably after a night.

A gentle breeze brought a refreshing coolness.

"roar!"

"Awooo..."

The roars of beasts could be heard from time to time. It was early morning, and even without human warriors hunting monsters, the monsters would still fight each other for food.

Of course, these frantic roars had absolutely no effect on the battle-hardened Phantom Squad.

"Captain!" Zheng Tao asked in a low voice, "We haven't been to City 023 in a long time. Where are we going this time?"

Everyone else looked at Chu Tian, ​​awaiting his command.

At this moment, apart from Yang Wu, the other members of the Phantom Squad were quite relaxed.

Having grown accustomed to the intense battles in City 003, suddenly arriving in City 023 felt like a max-level character entering a newbie village.

As long as they don't go to the city center of 023, they can easily manage in this ordinary suburban location!

"Our target this time is a dilapidated community two kilometers to the south—Siyuan Community," Chu Tian said in a low voice. "Before the Great Nirvana, Siyuan Community was a very famous community, covering a vast area and capable of accommodating more than 100,000 people."

Now, the Siyuan residential area is teeming with monsters; in this suburb, there's nowhere more suitable for us!

"Yes!" The Phantom Squad members all nodded.

"We've now entered urban area and haven't found a safe house yet. We must be extremely careful and absolutely cannot hunt monsters like we did on the road!"

Chu Tian glanced at Yang Wu and said solemnly, "The monsters here are extremely numerous; they fly in the sky and run on the ground—you name it. If we are forced to fight them, we must finish this quickly!"

"I see!"

Yang Wu nodded in agreement.

On the way here, Zhou Zheng, the vice-captain of the Phantom Squad, had already told him about the precautions to take when hunting monsters in the abandoned city.

The most important point is to avoid inciting a large-scale riot by the animal herds.

Because most monsters prefer to gather in abandoned cities, the density of monsters in cities is far greater than that seen on the road.

In small places, a beast pack usually consists of a beast general-level monster leading hundreds of ordinary beast soldier-level monsters.

In large cities, there are often large herds of beasts, led by several beast general-level monsters and thousands of beast soldier-level monsters.

Even with the strength of the Phantom Squad, they would never dare to charge into such a horde head-on.

"Let's go!" Chu Tian waved his hand and gave the order.

Walking cautiously along the road, the Phantom Squad was already on high alert.

Lu Qing had already sheathed his bow and arrows, and was now holding a menacing heavy machine gun in his hands, with a large number of bullet chains wrapped around it, ready to fire at any moment.

Although the machine gun's firepower is no longer comparable to the bow and arrow in Lu Qing's hands, its firing rate is far superior. If encountering a horde of beasts, the machine gun's ability to inflict massive damage on low-level monsters is still astonishing.

The short two-kilometer distance could be covered in less than half a minute with the speed of a warrior at the general level and at full power.

However, it took the Phantom Squad nearly ten minutes to reach their destination—Siyuan Residential Area.

Within ten minutes, Captain Chu Feng's throwing knives had already killed dozens of beast soldier-level monsters and two beast general-level monsters.

Fortunately, the mentalists' methods were unbelievable; some monsters died before they even noticed Yang Wu and the others.

"Go upstairs!" Chu Tian used his mental power to scan a relatively well-preserved residential building, and after confirming the situation inside, he whispered the order.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!

The six members of the Phantom Squad rushed into the residential building and continued to advance up the stairs.

Wang Zhi, wielding a sword and shield, walked at the very front.

Clearly, Wang Zhi's strength was least affected in such a confined space.

After killing several monsters inside the building, the group arrived at a fairly nice room on the sixteenth floor of the residential building.

After quickly locking the doors and windows, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and began to rest on the already worn-out sofa.

"During our time in City 023, our Phantom Squad will rest here!"

Chu Tian took a piece of dried meat from his backpack and handed it to Lu Qing, then said, "Brother Zhou, tell everyone about our surroundings, so we don't provoke any lord-level monsters!"

"Yes, Captain!"

After speaking, Zhou Zheng took out a map from his backpack and gestured for everyone to look at it together.

Even before arriving here, Zhou Zheng had already gathered a great deal of intelligence about City 023.

Yang Wu and the others quickly surrounded Zhou Zheng and listened attentively as he explained the situation.

"This is where we are now!" Zhou Zheng pointed to a location marked Siyuan Community on the map and said, "There are two Lord-level monsters within 20 kilometers of us! One is the low-level Lord-level monster, the Fire-Scaled Three-Horned Boar, located 15 kilometers to the south in Times Square, and the other is the mid-level Lord-level monster, the Mighty Demon Ape, located 19 kilometers to the northwest."

"These two lord-level monsters are the two overlords of the eastern suburbs of City 023! They each command many beast general-level monsters, as well as a large number of beast soldier-level monsters!"

"Everyone, please be extremely careful! No matter what happens, we must never go near these two places!"

"Understood!" Yang Wu and the others replied in unison.

"Alright!" Chu Tian said, "As long as we don't provoke these two lord-level monsters, our Phantom Squad shouldn't be in too much danger here!"

"Wang Zhi will be on guard duty today. Everyone, take a half-day rest. We'll start hunting monsters this afternoon!"

In the wilderness, even when resting, people must be assigned to keep watch.

No martial arts team dared to relax, because even in the safest place, monsters could still appear.

"Yes, Captain!" Yang Wu and the others replied in unison.

After speaking, Wang Zhi, fully armed, went to the balcony to stand guard, while the others replenished their energy and water before resting.

(End of this chapter)