Epoch of Twilight

"The front is the first line of defense, and it is also the most important line of defense." Company Commander Xia said, with a hint of emotion in his tone.

It was a gray fortress, and even if you watched it from a distance, you could still see its huge size. It has no resemblance to the bunkers in World War II. These are hemispherical war monsters, armed to the teeth.

Weapons of different types and calibers filled every inch of this hemispherical building, and even a few magnificent cannons could be seen in it. Even if a grown man is stuffed into the huge black hole, it would be more than enough to rub it, which is daunting.

And at a glance, whether it is a horizontal row or a vertical row, such fortresses are one after another until the end of the line of sight, which makes people feel shocked.

As he slowly approached these fortresses, Luo Yuan couldn't help but feel emotional surges in his heart.

It is difficult for him to describe such emotions in words. There is a kind of uncontrollable excitement and a kind of timidity. He wants to take a look urgently, but also has a vague fear. He has been wandering outside for too long. Human society has already produced a little sense of strangeness, and with such a long experience of being free from any constraints and allowing me to act recklessly, can I still adapt to adding heavy shackles to my body again? But all these little emotions couldn't stop him from thinking about the past.

"Thousands of such forts have been built in total, and two-thirds of them are placed on the periphery. Its walls are about three meters thick and can defend against almost any attack. In addition to cement, the ground is paved with a layer of half a meter thick. steel plates, and in addition to the operating personnel, each fort had a battalion of artillery as a mobile force."

At this time, tens of kilometers away, a fort suddenly burst into flames, and the long chain of fire stretched straight to the sky, like a long whip of a god, a mutated bird that could not go circling in the sky, screamed and struggled fell down.

"Can the beast tide break through such a defense?" Luo Yuan looked back and turned his head to ask.

Company Commander Xia was silent for a while, then said: "It can generally withstand the beast hordes below level five."

Without waiting for Luo Yuan to ask, Company Commander Xia explained: "This is the vague division of the danger level of the animal swarm in the reconstruction area. The scale of the first-level animal swarm is about 10,000 or less, and the scale of the fifth-level animal swarm is one. One million to five million. However, this division is not accurate. The density, impact, and individual size and strength of the beast horde have a huge impact, but for the reconstruction area, the most terrifying thing is not those mutant beasts or mutant birds. It was a swarm of insects. The swarms of insects were not only extremely large in number, but also small in size, making it difficult to defend against.

Before, the reconstruction area encountered a bug swarm, and the damage was so severe that several outlying cities were turned into ruins. "

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"so big!"

I didn't feel anything from a distance, but when I walked up to it, I felt its hugeness and thickness. It was nearly a dozen stories high, with an area of ​​tens of thousands of square meters, like a giant beast lying in the desert. , coupled with the fact that the whole body is covered with weapons, it gives people an oppressive atmosphere, which makes people feel anxious!

Even Luo Yuan felt a little uncomfortable, these cannons made him very insecure.

At this time, the huge iron gate of the fort suddenly opened, and a fully enclosed jeep drove over quickly.

Luo Yuan quickly stopped the giant lizard and King Kong, turned over and waited for the jeep to approach.

After a while, the car door opened, and two dark-skinned soldiers walked out quickly, trotting over all the way,

"This is military fortress No. 151 in the line of defense. How many of you are survivors?" One of the officers with the rank of lieutenant said loudly, his eyes couldn't help the giant beast floating up.

"Hello, Comrade Lieutenant, the four of us are soldiers from the 15th Brigade of the 19th Army. We lost contact due to a plane crash. I am Xia Qiang, the company commander of the 3rd Regiment and 5th Company. They are the survivors." Company Commander Xia looked excited. After saluting, the other three soldiers also saluted at the same time.

When the lieutenant returned the salute, his face was obviously a little surprised: "It turned out to be a comrade who lost contact? You are really lucky to survive, but the 19th Army is not here. I heard that it is stationed in a new oil field area. Specifically I am not very clear about the situation, you may have to report to the Military and Political Department of the reconstruction zone."

Lianchang Xia nodded his face. He was obviously mentally prepared for such a thing.

Then the lieutenant turned his attention to Luo Yuan and his party, with a hint of curiosity and scrutiny in his eyes. He had seen quite a few survivors before, some in ragged clothes, with numb eyes, some with agitated expressions and painful tears, and some rebellious and vicious ones, but none of them were as special as this group of people.

Their clothes were surprisingly clean and tidy, as if they were newly replaced, and there was no dirt between their nails. They were obviously cleaned frequently. Their skin was fair and their faces were rosy. They had obviously never experienced hunger, and the food was good. Moreover, apart from being a little excited and joyful, the expression was extremely peaceful. This feeling was not like a survivor of the last days, but more like a person in peacetime.

But this was not what he was most curious about. Before he came out, he suddenly received an order from his superiors to welcome a group of evolutionaries riding mutant beasts, and to give them special treatment.

He has never seen the video of Luo Yuan fighting with the desert crypt worms, so he naturally does not know how important his evolutionary ability is to the reconstruction area. Subterranean mutant beasts have always been a very difficult problem. They usually go deep underground. Very stealthy, until now there is no good detection method.

What's more serious is that in the desert area, there are still many such underground creatures. Almost every day in the reconstruction area, hundreds of attacks occur, and thousands of people die unexpectedly. Moreover, they are becoming more and more cunning, elusive and elusive. After one blow, they will flee far away underground, and it is almost difficult to be killed. Now they have become the nightmare of human beings.

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The fortress looks hideous on the outside, with a sci-fi feel, but the inside is rough and empty.

The uneven concrete floor, the rough walls that have not been painted, and various inspiring slogans, the only thing that attracts attention is the rows of huge rocket cars on both sides, a few children walking in the aisle, and even Not as tall as a tire.

A group of people entered the fort with several soldiers, asked a few simple questions, and took a photo. The only difference was that Huo Dong had a box of canned food presented by the lieutenant in his hand, and each of them had a passport hanging around their necks. , and stamped.

This made Luo Yuan feel a little cordial.

However, the difference from before is that it does not have a plastic shell, only a piece of wood and a thin hemp rope. After the end of the world, resources are obviously quite scarce, and plastic can no longer be wasted here.

There are many fortresses in this area. The group of people stopped for a while and waited for inspection. Fortunately, the time was very short. Just check the pass and let them go immediately. After passing thirteen forts, they finally got rid of the endless traffic. examine.

Company Commander Xia was a little silent along the way, his expression was sometimes emotional and sometimes preoccupied. As a nominally "war-damaged" person, he really couldn't imagine what his family would be like. The reconstruction area encourages childbirth and strictly prohibits being single. Especially women, that's how his marriage came about, and as a newly promoted "widow"...he had to be mentally prepared.

Luo Yuan unpacked the wooden box full of canned food. The inside was also wooden canned food, with engraved patterns on the outside, which simply marked the type, date and grade of the food. Eight canned meats were grade four, and the other four were It is canned vegetables with a grade of one.

Level 4 is dark blue and level 1 is white.

From five o'clock in the morning to four o'clock in the afternoon, due to his excitement, he didn't stop at all along the way, and he didn't eat anything except water. Luo Yuan opened the cans one by one.

These things may be quite precious and valuable to ordinary people, but for Luo Yuan and his party, that's all. Not to mention the dark blue ones, even the green ones have eaten a lot.

Canned meat is a mass of rice flour. The tough mutated animal meat has obviously been ground, and it seems to be mixed with a lot of starch, but the taste is much better than the original one. Not only is it rich in umami, And it is easy to eat, so that everyone who hasn't eaten various seasonings for a long time will have a big appetite.

In the end, even the dehydrated canned vegetables were eaten by everyone without any care.

There is still a considerable distance between the first line of defense and the reconstruction area. It was not until seven o'clock in the evening that Luo Yuan finally vaguely saw the lights in the distance!