Natural Disasters Strikes: I stockpiled like crazy!-Chapter 282: Alien Beasts Tide (5)

Uncle Wang nodded, joy evident in his eyes. "Yes, I’m finally a grandfather. Heavens know how long I’ve been waiting for this. After the tide, how about we get together?"

Grandpa Meng nodded. "Okay."

At the mention of the tide, the atmosphere turned somber.

After the survivors had eaten and rested, they were called back. With the impending doom, no one could truly relax.

Weihao was more suitable for the leading role in a large-scale operation, as his face and identity were very useful. Nanzhi liked this arrangement since she could focus more on the Double EXP event.

Almost everyone knew the Lin Family, especially Lin Jianjun, the mighty general who had defended their homeland against foreign invaders thirty years ago. Together with his deputy, Pei, they had become famous figures in the military world.

Weihao’s fame was also considerable. The survivors assembled quickly as soon as he spoke like a well-drilled unit.

But this didn’t mean no one admired Nanzhi. Having witnessed her fighting prowess during the rescue operation, everyone scrambled to join her side.

Weihao divided the survivors into first and second shifts, then into four groups. Each side had roughly three hundred people.

Since the front was the most important, where the alien beasts were densest, Nanzhi and Weihao’s group were assigned there.

With their lives at stake, no one caused trouble.

Those who knew how to use conventional weapons were recruited first.

Watching the mountains of guns, explosives, and ammunition, the survivors’ confidence in defeating the tide increased.

Lin Weihao sought Nanzhi for something.

Hearing his request, Nanzhi’s eyes lit up, faintly guessing the idea Weihao was hatching. She found a hidden room and conjured all the drums of dirty water inside.

Lin Weihao stored all the drums in his space.

Nanzhi also thought of the possibility of encountering mosquitoes. She sought Baoyin, Feng Ran, Bingwen, and Hei Qian, giving them at least three bottles of green, slimy liquid and vials of mosquito-repellent serum, while explaining their uses.

"Okay, Sister Nan!"

"Got it, Sister-in-law!"

An hour of preparations passed. The evaluation of the first mission had been assessed by the system:

[You’ve rescued over 3,469 survivors. The rating of the rescue mission is five stars, the highest rating.]

The second mission, which had originally been "defeat the tide," changed as well. Instead, it now read: "survive until noon."

Nanzhi couldn’t have been happier. In the past, an alien-beast tide could last for days, or even weeks, giving survivors no break. Even if the base wasn’t breached within the time frame, the survivors would already be exhausted and hungry. Once no one was holding the line, it would only be a matter of time before the base was destroyed.

She didn’t hide the new mission content. Like her, Weihao was glad. He had no questions and trusted her unconditionally.

The survivors were new to the concept of an alien-beast tide. If they had been told before that such an event could occur, they would have shrugged it off because they had never seen different species of alien beasts gather and attack together. But after witnessing what happened hours ago, their worldview changed. Even inside the base, no one could feel completely safe.

The first-shift survivors quickly climbed down the walls of the community center and spread out.

Blazes lit up the sky as fire-type alien beasts unleashed fireballs, flying across the fourth walls. Although the fireballs didn’t hit the community center due to the distance, the blinding flames illuminated the night, allowing those climbing the second wall to see the distant scene clearly.

"Crap! Can you all see that? Are my eyes deceiving me? How can there be so many?"

"I... I see it. So this is what an alien-beast tide looks like?"

From where they had been rescued, it was too dark to see, but now it was clearer. A sense of dread settled in. Do we need to kill all these alien beasts?

Weihao sensed the morale of the survivors faltering at the sight of the tide. He immediately shouted over the intercom, "We just need to hold out until noon! These alien beasts will retreat once the temperature gets too high!"

The survivors’ eyes regained light and hope after hearing his words.

That was right!

In the past few days, as the temperature increased, the number of alien beasts roaming outside decreased sharply. Some survivors had even seen alien beasts, like rats, fleeing from the sun and running into the sewers.

Just like the survivors, these alien beasts dreaded the scorching heat.

Suddenly, Nanzhi, who was climbing the second wall, noticed a change on her Virtual Map, particularly on the fourth wall.

"The fourth wall has been breached," she said to Lin Weihao.

A column of dust rose from the distant section where the fourth wall had been breached, and the alien-beast tide swarmed through that part.

"Everyone to your positions! Let’s hold out until noon!" Lin Weihao shouted.

"Yes!"

"Gun squads, take care of the Tier 0 and Tier 1! Leave the higher-ranked targets to the ability users! Make every bullet count!"

"Ability users! Aim properly! Target the alien beasts’ weak spots!"

"Medical team, standby!"

"Yes!" Dai Yun and the others in charge of first aid responded.

Nanzhi, Weihao, Feng Ran, and Bingwen were the first to reach the third wall, followed by Wang Bo and his squad members.

A few minutes later, the other survivors also started catching up.

Looking down, they saw alien beasts flooding the breached part of the fourth wall, climbing the third wall, stepping on each other like a chaotic stack of stumbling blocks.

If they don’t do something soon, these alien beasts will breach another wall!

They can’t let that happen!

Several grenades suddenly smashed into the mass of alien beasts climbing upward. The explosions were powerful, scattering the pile of beasts.

Bang!

Those who remained standing were beheaded by bolo machetes or struck by purple lightning into ashes.

"Keugh!"

It was Nanzhi and her group who delivered these blows.