Mo Shao and Little Ka ultimately headed to the towering city walls.
It wasn't actually quiet here. On-duty military and police, as well as personnel dispatched by various factions, were defending the city with a stockpile of firearms. The noise of gunfire and bullets was particularly clamorous.
However, it was precisely because of the racket here that the city remained "safe"—with only ghosts intruding, things were already quite secure. The Honkai Beasts, mummies, ghouls, monsters, zombies, magical beasts... every creature with a physical body was kept outside the walls.
In the early stages of the apocalypse, the firepower of firearms was still very reliable.
—Especially with the Theme Gacha Machine available, there was no need to fear running out of guns or ammunition. They could fire away with total abandon!
Of course, Mo Shao and Little Ka did not appear before them, instead remaining in a secluded blind spot in their line of sight.
“Alright, it’s a bit quieter this way,” Mo Shao said, calling upon the power of the Sacred Sound Component to lower the pitch of the surrounding ambient noise.
“It really is safe here.” Recalling what she had witnessed, Little Ka couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
After moving away from the noise of the crowds, the night in Seven Hills City was actually excessively "peaceful," with no endless streams of monsters breaking through.
“That’s normal; after all, this place is surrounded by sea on three sides and occupies high terrain.” Mo Shao wasn't surprised. Flying monsters were, in the end, the minority.
Furthermore, the waters were connected to the Ocean Planet Phantom Realm, which was already the territory of the Steel-toothed Sharks. In a sense, they had even become friendly units.
Now, all they needed to do was hold the city gates. With an infinite supply of firearms, it could be said to be quite simple.
As for the ones that could fly—like the Vanguard-class Honkai Beasts—they couldn't be controlled much, and the people inside the city would have to handle those themselves.
Even so, this was much safer than their previous days wandering outside; at least there were many people keeping watch together.
Moreover, the Honkai Beasts near Seven Hills were not infinite. Once those within the city area were killed, they were naturally gone.
...
Well... the way Phantom Realms descended was always quite vague.
Like Tacet Discords, there were cases of infinite respawning, but there were also Tacet Discords in certain places that would stop respawning once dealt with.
To put it bluntly, some followed a game process, while others followed a "realistic" process. However, one thing was certain.
—The more a thing violated "reality," the harder it was for it to become "real" itself. This meant its upper limit was low, and its potential for growth in intelligence was poor.
A Gulpuff that could respawn repeatedly might eventually possess the mindset of a beast, but that would be its limit.
However, a wild Gulpuff that could not respawn had no so-called upper limit; they would chaotically fuse with other things.
Looking at the situation of these monsters now... Mo Shao peered down from the city wall. Some Honkai Beasts had clearly undergone mutations.
There were plant-like mutations and zombie-like mutations, and a small number of Honkai Beasts had even directly devoured passing ghosts.
This immediately reduced the effectiveness of firearms significantly, although it was still a manageable situation for now.
She would have to deal with these two groups later. Managing these things early on could significantly reduce future pressure.
However, such mutations were not entirely positive. The more fusions occurred, the more conflicts arose—until the point they spontaneously collapsed at some moment.
So overall, this was a case of rapidly increasing combat power but lacking long-term sustainability... right?
—That was not actually the case.
Because things like the tenacious life force brought about by various sources would provide them with relief—various zombie viruses, for instance.
Of course, fusion mutations didn't just pick the good parts; they fused everything. Therefore, the more fusions, the more chaotic their minds became.
—And perhaps, the more weaknesses they had.
Among these Honkai Beasts, some still had brains and knew to seek advantages while avoiding harm. But others were already mindless, attacking whoever they saw.
Before they mutated to a state where "super strength" outweighed "super intelligence," these guys were actually much easier to deal with.
...
As the night deepened, the true crisis within the city finally arrived tonight—the departed souls of the city had already converged here.
Thousands upon thousands of ghosts passed directly through walls and bullets, seeping into Seven Hills City—now there were more ghosts than people!
Compared to the previous undead, there was far less love and hatred to speak of now; for most, all that remained was a craving for life.
The ghosts brought a howling netherwind, and the bonfires flickered as if they would go out at any moment.
When quantity led to a qualitative change, many objects were also possessed and intruded upon by the ghosts. The most conspicuous examples were various statues.
Particularly those large gladiator statues; many ghosts clustered together and directly possessed them.
Next, as if using the Rat Talisman, the statues began to move slowly and started to... dismantle the lights among the crowds.
They didn't go to kill anyone—not because they didn't want to, but because they couldn't. The statues' movements were simply too slow and far too easy to dodge.
However, the moment the lights went out, the ghosts within the statues surged out rapidly, diving into one body after another.
—These were all the people who had made no preparations.
After successfully possessing a body, the first thing the clever ones did was—continue dismantling lights to make the situation even more chaotic!
In any case, these bodies could be snatched at will. As long as they made the situation chaotic, there would be plenty of bodies to snatch later!
...
Mo Shao and Little Ka were not inactive either.
“We’ll just protect those guarding the walls.” Mo Shao looked at the chaos inside the city, shook her head, and looked back at the city walls.
It was too chaotic over there, and it was impossible to distinguish who should be killed. In any case, she had said everything she could beforehand; the rest was up to them.
It was better to focus on a place where friend and foe were easily distinguished and the returns were highest—without a doubt, that was here on the city walls.
After all, these people were guarding the city; they couldn't allow ghosts to disturb them. She still intended to use Seven Hills City as a temporary stopover.
“Mhm.” Little Ka nodded in agreement. She didn't really want to bother figuring out overly complex things either.
In any case, someone reliable was doing the thinking; she just had to listen.
And the method to deal with ghosts was simple. First, naturally, were the Jack-o'-lanterns. These items aligned with Halloween, so their effect was the best.
However, the number of pumpkins on her side was limited, and even using them all wouldn't completely cover the city walls. After all, these things couldn't be accelerated with Bone Meal.
—One could only accelerate the pumpkin stem; accelerating the generation of the pumpkin itself was not possible.
Therefore, areas not covered by Jack-o'-lanterns had to be watched. But dealing with them was simple—just use electricity!
With a casual flick of Mo Shao's finger, majestic golden lightning pierced through nearby ghosts, instantly turning them to ash!
Although in Pokémon, the Electric type didn't have an advantage over the Ghost type...
—As everyone knew, here in Huaxia, the advantage of lightning over ghosts was far more than just double damage!
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