The game has become a real alternate world-Chapter 693 - 375 Breakthrough

Shecui City.

"Damn rats! Get out of the way!"

On the city wall.

The Snake-man soldiers cursed, thrusting their Long Spears forward.

Perhaps because the battle had gone on too long, the spear snapped in half.

But it had already pierced several rats, which were flung off the city wall.

The Snake-man’s tail whipped fiercely, striking away more incoming rats.

But it also caused many scales on the tail to be peeled off.

The pain didn’t stop him.

He casually picked up a nearby Weapon and started slashing away, fighting the rats that charged at him.

The slaughter on the city wall continued.

More rats kept coming one after another, climbing up towards the city wall from below.

"Boom!"

A resounding explosion.

An irregular mass of energy was launched over.

It directly hit the city wall, blowing out a huge gap.

In an instant, two Snake-man soldiers were blasted away.

Looking down, one would see an Alchemy Equipment, seemingly assembled from garbage and unknown components, among the ratman’s ranks.

It looked extraordinarily crude.

Beside the Alchemy Equipment.

They were forcibly binding some seemingly wounded ratmen, cramming them into the device.

After a miserable scream, another Energy Cannon shot over.

The Alchemy Equipment recoiled, ejecting a pile of gray debris.

Another rat struggled as it was crammed inside.

"Disgusting creatures!"

A Mage on a nearby watchtower muttered, covered in rat blood.

The Metal Scepter in his hand was also stained with fragments of rat bones.

He took a deep breath, and with his last bit of Magic Power, pointed towards the Alchemy Equipment.

A bolt of lightning struck down directly from the Magic Staff.

It instantly destroyed the irregular mass of Alchemy Equipment.

With the destruction of the Alchemy Equipment.

The rats attacking the city gradually retreated.

They could finally catch their breath.

Inside the Command Camp in the city.

The general of Shecui City frowned.

Since the war began, his brow had never relaxed, especially as the city was increasingly at a disadvantage.

The door was pushed open.

A blood-soaked commander walked in.

"Breakthrough, General, we can’t... we can’t hold them anymore."

No wonder he was like this, having just beaten back the last wave, nearly losing his last soldiers.

The general didn’t reply but asked, "How many are left..."

"136 soldiers, all wounded. There are over 500 more wounded in the rear who can’t fight.

We’ve started organizing the city’s residents to resist, but... it can only buy a little time.

We have no reinforcements."

This was the most critical.

Without reinforcements, any defense was a gradual slide into the Abyss of despair.

Not to mention the increasingly scarce resources in the city, and the rats constantly sneaking in to cause trouble.

"Reinforcements, sigh."

The general sighed helplessly.

It’s not that he didn’t want to, but everyone around them was barely surviving themselves, and a city to their northeast had already completely fallen to the rats.

Some refugees who fled didn’t know how they managed it, but they made it into the city, bringing news from outside.

The area most severely attacked was the port city in their rear.

The main reason to speculate was that the rats wanted a seaport to expand their operations.

So the attacks on the port city were the most intense.

Now they were surrounded by rats, and no outside information could be transmitted in, nor could they send out requests for help anymore.

Even if there was, it was too difficult, and the possibility was almost negligible.

"Didn’t they say Blue Sky Harbor had already repelled the rats’ attack?" The commander clung to the last straw.

The general shook his head helplessly.

"That’s what the information said, but the fight supposedly drained Blue Sky Harbor’s forces too.

Even their resources are nearly exhausted; the last batch of supplies they sent was the best they could muster."

No matter if this information was true or not, it was something they couldn’t refute.

Knowing this, he could only shake his head helplessly, finally making up his mind.

"Break through, create a gap. Let the city’s residents, run as many as can run."

Falling into the rats’ hands would mean becoming food.

The commander took his orders and left.

The general stood still, seemingly aged by many years.

"Is this the end of Shecui City’s history?"

He collected his thoughts, his expression becoming resolute, picked up his Weapon, swayed his snake tail, and swam out.

Let this old man fall with the city.

They would launch an attack in the afternoon, and plan to break through at dusk. At night, the rats would surely take the initiative to attack, and by then they would have no chance.

Furthermore, the night would be the rats’ main battlefield, making it not conducive for their fight, and they might not hold out past tonight.

The city’s residents were gathered in a panic, but they were mentally prepared.

The rats hiding and watching in the city clearly noticed the residents’ intentions, but evidently, this time they moved quickly, before the rats could pass on the information, they had already gathered at the city gate, launching a breakthrough spearheaded by the remaining soldiers.

"Those long-tailed creatures are coming out, quick, attack!"

"They want to escape, don’t let them get away!"

The rats clearly spotted them, immediately organizing troops to come and besiege.

This breakout was a desperate assault.

Hence, these soldiers were practically living in death.

Anyway, staying in the city was a dead end, better to gamble.

The city’s male residents also grabbed Weapons one after another.

Though they might not have had much training, dealing with a few rats was more than enough.

The "spearhead" formed by the crowd stabbed towards the rats’ encirclement.

"They’re afraid of us, don’t let them run!"

"Haha, yes, yes, go!"

The rats’ noisy, shrill voices rang in the ears.

They rushed in, clashing together.

At this moment, the rats’ morale was clearly very high, not afraid of casualties, they ferociously cried out as they attacked.

It brought them tremendous pressure, if this continued, their breakthrough would fail to have any effect.

And they didn’t have much time, they must fight quickly, if delayed, more rats would swarm in forming a siege, then they would surely die.

The general rallied the strong ones still in the army at the forefront, clearing out the rats fervently.

"Hehe, can’t let you run away."

A rat dressed in Battle Armor blocked their path, actually fighting toe-to-toe with the general.

"Impossible! How can a rat have such strength!"

This shocked the general immensely.