This time I chose Paladin.

Chapter 46 The Blood Moon Rising!
three days later.

Langcheng.

"Where on earth did he go..." Xiang Feng rubbed his hands anxiously. He felt sick as he watched the moon in the sky grow redder and redder.

Many discerning people in the city saw that something was wrong with the moon, and people's hearts were naturally uneasy.

Although Xiang Feng knew what was going to happen and had done his best to prepare, no matter how much he prepared, it seemed not enough.

The rainy season was coming to an end, but people's moods had not improved. Instead, under the crimson moonlight, they had become increasingly depressed. If a bad thing happened, it was just a bad thing. But if a bad thing was about to happen, and no one knew what it was, it was torture.

Time passed minute by minute, and there was no sign of Nie Weiyang returning. Until a certain moment, when Xiang Feng had completely given up hope, two notifications popped up one after another.

[The [Rainy Season] event will end in 48 hours.]

[Level 1 Red Public Hazard Event - [Blood Moon Rising] has been added to the event list and will begin in 24 hours.]

Xiang Feng walked out of the tent and looked up at the sky.

The moon is rising.

It was a strange upward curve. No matter where they were, all players could see the moon rising from somewhere until it reached the zenith. This clear blood moon was turning cloudy and dark around its edges, leaving only a patch of light in the center, which grew brighter and brighter, like a seemingly unidentified eye.

Huge, terrifying. Blood-filled light filled the sky, splendid as a canopy.

People stared up blankly at the sky—in everyone's view, it was directly above them. Wisps of blood-red light emanated from the blood moon, like a network of blood vessels, enveloping the entire world.

In Lang City, Xiang Feng was stunned for two seconds, then suddenly came to his senses and grabbed Wei He beside him: "The reinforcement of the outer city fortifications is complete, right?"

Wei He had two huge dark circles under his eyes, but his eyes were hollow as he smiled broadly and gave a thumbs-up. "It's done. As long as they're not hit by missiles, they won't collapse even if I die. The construction guys originally wanted to use fiberglass concrete, but unfortunately they don't have the materials, nor the conditions to manufacture them..."

Xiang Feng nodded and put him back, then grabbed a clerk and asked, "Have you arranged for the non-combat personnel?"

The clerk also had huge dark circles under his eyes, but his eyes were hollow as he smiled broadly and gave a thumbs-up. "We're all maintaining the resource supply lines in the logistics department. If anything goes wrong, the people can quickly migrate out."

Xiang Feng nodded and put the documents back. He clapped his hands and looked around at the elite soldiers and generals with a solemn expression: "Very good, prepare for battle!"

"Yes!" The surrounding soldiers answered in unison.

Xiang Feng watched the troops he had single-handedly led disperse to various parts of Lang City. He watched as some combat professionals, who had been ordinary men just three months earlier, headed for their battle posts. He noticed some turning back to look at him, waving with smiles, and calling him "Captain Xiang." For a moment, his lip trembled, a quiver that didn't quite match his calm and serious exterior.

He didn't know how many of the people he knew would be alive after tonight.

He only knew that when faced with danger, nothing was right except to persevere.

"Old Nie..."

Xiang Feng sighed. He believed that Nie Weiyang was not someone who would die so easily, but when he thought of the information related to the "Second Administrator", he began to worry.

Could it be that Nie Weiyang encountered the BOSS of this world?

"I hope nothing happened," he muttered to himself.

If something happened to Nie Weiyang, it would be a major blow to Zhongzhou - at least to the Langcheng area.

……

When the sky turned completely blood-red, the dormant danger of the earth awakened. In the valleys, river bends, ravines, deep forests... the breeze was no longer fresh, and the smell of decay surged from the dampness, a mixture of blood, decay, and some indescribable pungent smell.

In Lang City, the soldiers stationed on the city walls became more and more nervous. Some of them could not help but repeatedly check the pistols at their waists. The touch of the cold metal seemed to give them some comfort.

"It's about to begin..." Wei He muttered to himself, clasping his hands together nervously. Xiang Feng and the others were on the other side of the city wall, all waiting for the same thing, the same disaster.

【[The Blood Moon Ascends] event is about to occur, countdown begins: 10…】 Far outside the city, in the bushes that have been cleared countless times, a creature crawls out—if it can still be called a creature.

It had a human-like torso, but its limbs were spider-like, their joints bent in opposite directions. Its head had almost completely atrophied, replaced by a gaping maw ripped from its chest, filled with spiraling teeth.

It quickly hid behind a tree, but stepped on a mine someone had planted. As the explosion lit up, it let out a scream, but behind it, a dense swarm of similar monsters crawled out of the darkness. Dozens of pairs of glowing eyes lit up among the grass, and high-pitched hissing sounds rose and fell, echoing in the night.

When people looked at them, a name introduction was refreshed -

[Dark Walker].

【9...】

"They're communicating with sound," a member of the information corps said to Xiang Feng with a serious expression, holding up a homemade telescope. "They may not be intelligent, but there's a pattern to their calls."

【8...】

Xiang Feng's eyes jumped, he cursed, and forcibly resisted the urge to give orders.

"Can you find a pattern?" he asked.

"Yes, but it would require the cooperation of a bioethologist," the other party said quickly. "If you really can't find one, someone with more experience in animal husbandry would also be fine."

【7...】

"The logistics staff have raised all kinds of animals. Go find them."

"Yes!"

【6...】

The leading monsters had already entered the minefield in the wilderness outside the city. Explosions were accompanied by thick smoke.

In addition to the smell of mold and decay, the air also began to be mixed with a strong smell of gunpowder. People with overly sensitive sense of smell began to retch when they smelled this disgusting mixture of odors.

But the enemy did not give people time to adapt. Black shadows crawled among the minefields like lightning. They were similar to the first monster, but different. Their mouthparts were more slender and contained some kind of needle-like organs. When they scraped through the bushes, the saliva that flowed out turned the grass and trees orange in an instant.

——[Speedrunner]!

【5...】

In the darkness stood up the players' old friend - the zombie. There was also another figure -

No, not people.

It had the general outline of a human, but its skin was an extremely strange grayish-white color, and bone spurs protruded from its joints.

What was most terrifying was its face: it had no eyes, only a mouth that split to the roots of its ears, filled with layers of sharp teeth. A terrible hissing sound came from its throat. Xiang Feng saw countless glowing eyes in the darkness, approaching Lang City from all directions.

——[Commander]!

【4......3......2......】

A gigantic monster with spider-like limbs rose from the deep forest, its massive silhouette cutting through the blood-red sky.

【……1. 】

[Level 1 Red Public Hazard Event [Blood Moon Rising] begins now.]

"Open fire!" Xiang Feng shouted angrily.

In the town, a black cloud of crossbow arrows flew up into the sky, drawing a tricky parabola in the sky, cutting half of the sky in the heavy rain, and shooting towards the predetermined point!
　I'd better play to my strengths and avoid my weaknesses and write more about fighting, saving people and pretending to be cool (simple and honest
　　
　
(End of this chapter)