Wasteland for All: I Can Infinitely Upgrade My Vault

After talking with Ye Wei for a while, Zhong Li quickly led Zhu Que back to the battlefield. Attracted by the saintess's blood, the monsters surged towards the Black Sand Refuge like a red tide.

Zhong Li still felt uneasy leaving only three girls to withstand the wave.

Hongluan is indeed very powerful, capable of instantly killing monsters with her Blazing Blood Counterattack, but that output comes only after she activates [Blazing Flame Limit] and deals high damage.

Hongluan is only level 4 now, and she can't kill monsters with normal attacks, which means she is at extremely high risk during her skill cooldown period.

As Zhongli returned to the battlefield, he saw that Hongluan, Liulu, and Zhuque had been forced to move to the protective wall, where dozens of red tide creatures had densely surrounded them.

Zhuque raised her long, alluring eyebrows and immediately said sternly, "Hongluan plans to lure the monsters away and then activate [Blazing Flame Limit] to instantly kill them. We can't let her do that; it will waste a lot of Moon Essence time! I'll go lure the monsters away."

Hongluan knew she couldn't do that, but she had no other choice. If she didn't retreat to higher ground and lean against the protective wall, she would soon be torn to pieces by the swarming monsters.

Only Suzaku's champion-level characteristics can lure the monster away and regain control of the battle.

Zhongli looked at Zhuque's pale face with concern and asked, "Are you alright?"

Suzaku replied decisively, "No problem, it's just that I'm bleeding a bit too much. I'll just eat some compressed biscuits to replenish my nutrition."

Zhong Li nodded, and without saying anything more, took out three Eagle Industries grenades and five Molotov cocktails and handed them to Zhuque, saying, "There are too many monsters. When you jump, be careful to use items to reduce the monsters' attribute status."

Zhuque caught the projectile and charged towards the monsters without hesitation. Five Molotov cocktails were thrown into the monster pile under the protective wall, and flames blazed up, instantly making the atmosphere of the battlefield even more intense.

The monsters' vision was blocked by the raging fire, and some of them were immediately attracted by the Vermilion Bird, roaring as they charged towards it.

At this moment, Zhong Li decisively fired his gun. The monsters were rarely crowded together, and his [Judgment Spear] could deliver the most perfect output.

After defeating him, he retreated back into the protective shield. The monsters roared angrily and turned to charge at Suzaku.

This tactic should be usable in other shelters, provided the shelter administrators have enough courage and determination to continuously deplete the monsters' health around the protective shield and eventually kill them.

However, Black Sand Refuge should absolutely not be used, because it requires proactive attacks to kill large numbers of monsters and prevent them from gathering together. Otherwise, if the number of monsters accumulates to a certain level, they will transform into a Spectral Cluster, and the threat level will rapidly rise from Level I to Level IV or V.

However, such intense fighting would rapidly deplete everyone's physical strength. After the bright moonlight shone in the shelter for more than an hour, every soldier's face was splattered with foul-smelling blood, and they were panting heavily.

To make matters worse, after the fierce battle, everyone's psionic energy was completely depleted!

Even with the healing potions that the saintess purchased from the trading module being delivered, everyone was already completely exhausted.

Zhongli couldn't remember exactly how many monsters his side had killed; it might have been three hundred or four hundred. In any case, as the main force in the battle, Hongluan had reached level 5, and Huowu and Liulu had reached level 4.

Even Suzaku is almost level 10!

Level 10 is the limit of the current rank. After breaking through, you can advance to the next rank.

Suzaku gritted her teeth, determined to break through, but the current situation made it impossible for her to continue.

She still has a long way to go before she can level up, and the number of monsters has already reached more than two hundred, with more monsters roaring and converging on her from afar.

Suzaku had no room to maneuver at all; for every monster she attacked, another monster was present within a ten-meter radius.

If it weren't for the fact that her weapon's melee form possessed a finishing move that could instantly kill a Crimson Erosion creature, she would have been surrounded and killed long ago.

Hongluan's situation was even more critical because she had to confront the enemy head-on. She was completely surrounded by flames. She had already thrown out all the incendiary bombs she had seized from the ratman dungeon. The towering flames had made their faces haggard, their lips cracked, and their sweaty bodies had long since been dried up.

However, the Red-Eroded creatures continued to emerge, and the oppressive feeling of the Red-Eroded invasion was even more terrifying than Zhongli had imagined!

Zhong Li felt that these mere six or seven hundred Red Erosion creatures were not even a vanguard of the Red Tide. At this rate, Zhong Li would not be surprised if another two or three thousand Red Erosion monsters rushed over.

This is good news for the Saintess, as having enough Red Eclipse creatures means she can maintain the Moon's Radiance for a longer period.

But for the soldiers engaged in fierce fighting, it was utterly hopeless.

Surrounded by such a massive red tide, the soldiers couldn't even break out; they were in a completely desperate situation.

In the battle against the Red Tide, everyone was constantly dancing on the edge of death.

Zhuque exhausted her last bit of spiritual energy and appeared beside Hongluan. She was even more tired than Hongluan because she not only had to fight, but also had to run around to attract the monsters' pursuit, which almost drained her strength. It felt like there was a raging fire burning in her lungs.

But as soon as she landed, she gasped for breath and said, "Hongluan, come with me. I'll escort you back. We must get back inside the protective shield before the Devouring Spirit Cluster is triggered."

Hongluan quickly glanced at the crimson, eroded flesh on the ground that looked like it was writhing alive, her brows furrowed, and asked, "Captain, are we just going back like this? The Administrator... he's gone! The crimson erosion carpet has already formed."

Huo Wu's expression was indifferent: "Besides, there's no going back now. The monsters have blocked the way to the protective shield. These beasts are more cunning and treacherous than ordinary people."

After a moment of silence, Liu Lu smiled, her eyes crinkling, and jumped around waving as she shouted to Zhong Li, "Manager, you'd better watch out for my prowess! I'm going to go and fight the Eclipse Swarm! If you can, take out your camera or paintbrush and record my charge at the Eclipse Swarm, that would be super cool!"

Durian Lu's words essentially voiced everyone's sentiments: we can't just force our way into the area where the red tide is most concentrated.

In such a fierce battle, there was no time to deal with the red erosion monster's red erosion bubbles. These bubbles mixed with the blood, flesh, and fragments scattered on the ground, forming a red erosion fungal carpet.

Based on past experience, this will greatly accelerate the formation speed of the Erosion Cluster!

So rather than risking your life on the way back, it's better to fight to the death, put yourself in a do-or-die situation, and see if you can defeat the Eclipse Cluster and permanently eliminate a hidden danger for the shelter.

Once the Corrosive Cluster takes shape, this place will become a source of corrosion for Red Corrosive creatures and a monster's lair, impossible to eradicate without overwhelming power.

Historically, once a symbiotic cluster has formed, its threat level has only increased, and very few have been successfully eliminated.

Moreover, there might be a sliver of hope for survival if they manage to defeat the Eclipse Cluster. As long as there is a chance, no one will give up easily.