Chapter 65: You Go First

"Huh?"
Quite powerful? Not completed Extreme Tempering? Can these two descriptions be used together?
Zheng Zaishun couldn't understand.

Wells felt conflicted, but he quickly became calm: there was nothing to deny.
He said, "I'm not as good as him. I've been defeated by him before."

"What?" Zheng Zaishun couldn't understand even more now. He had already opened his genetic lock and had a development level in the Fortification Chain. But even so, after seeing the power of Wells' iron fists, he wouldn't dare to say he had a guaranteed victory even if he went down personally—maybe only about a seventy percent chance.

The suppression of realms, which allowed Wells to give him such a feeling, was already quite remarkable.

However, if, as Wells said, the Li Wei who could defeat him existed before completing Extreme Tempering, then was there a possibility of surpassing himself before completing Extreme Tempering?

This was too magical!

Zheng Zaishun couldn't believe it.

Wells sighed and said, "That's the truth."

"Okay..." Zheng Zaishun still had some doubts in his heart, but he didn't plan to say anything more.

After a moment, the communicator rang again, and Li Wei's voice came out from the speaker, "Let's discuss the next tactics. We plan to wait for the semi-mechanical creatures to launch another attack on you before rushing in from their rear. At that time, I hope you can cooperate."

Zheng Zaishun's attitude was not as enthusiastic as the first time he talked to Li Wei. He said, "How do we cooperate? Let me think about it."

"Among you, there is an Evolutionist in the Fortification Chain and one in the Power Chain, right? Then, when those semi-mechanical creatures attack, I hope you can come out of the defensive line and charge. After attracting the enemy's attention, our team will directly rush out from behind. We are confident that we can eliminate those semi-mechanical infantry within twenty seconds, weakening their long-range firepower and also restraining the Flesh Giant. At that time, we can besiege and eliminate it together."

After listening, Zheng Zaishun was not happy. "You want us to be bait to attract the enemy? I can hold on for twenty seconds, but will you be able to support us in time?"

"I said it's okay."

Zheng Zaishun was even more annoyed, "You, who haven't even completed Extreme Tempering, are bragging like this?"

Impulsively, he said something he shouldn't have said, and regretted it as soon as the words came out.

There was silence on the other end for a long time, without any response.

Zheng Zaishun became anxious. He couldn't bring himself to apologize to someone who hadn't even completed Extreme Tempering, but if they really left, their commission here would be ruined, and he didn't know who would die when they broke out.

He turned his head and looked at his two brothers who were looking at him expectantly, and his heart softened.

"I'm sorry, Brother Li Wei, I have a sharp mouth and said something I shouldn't have. I apologize to you, please don't take it to heart."

He could only apologize.

There was still no response on the other end.

"Hello? Hello? Is anyone still there?"

Still no sound.

Zheng Zaishun panicked and looked at Wells, hoping that this local member of the Clover Guild could say something.

"Uh..." Wells sighed heavily, took a few steps forward, and took the microphone.

"Hello, this is Wells."

After a moment, there was finally a voice on the other end.

A female voice came through, "Wells? What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in the hospital?"

"Forget about that. The person who just spoke is a colleague from Iron Cross Avenue. He was a bit rude. I hope Li Wei won't mind. There are three to four hundred refugees here. If you leave, they will have no hope of survival."

"So you still care about these things."

Such sarcastic words were certainly not spoken by Cai Yutong. This was Li Wei's voice.

Wells felt a heavy weight in his heart, almost spitting out a mouthful of blood.
He took a deep breath and said, "Li Wei, what's the difference between you and the old me? For a moment of anger, you ignore the lives of hundreds of people?"

"Heh, it sounds like you've really changed." Li Wei said, "I'm not as naive as you. I was just packing up and preparing to retreat. It's not because of a moment of anger. The guy next to you obviously doesn't trust us. His tone doesn't seem to want to cooperate with us. The enemy is very strong, and I have to consider the safety of our team. If you don't cooperate with us to launch an attack, we won't take this risk."

Zheng Zaishun quickly said, "I'm sorry, brother, I didn't mean that. We will follow your plan. When the monsters attack again, I will take the lead."

"As long as it's like this, it's good. I'll say it bluntly. If you don't go up, we won't move. I hope you can seize the opportunity."

"No problem."

After ending the call, Zheng Zaishun sighed deeply, feeling somewhat relieved.

"Wait, do we really have to take the lead? We'll be risking our lives!" One of his brothers beside him said worriedly.

Zheng Zaishun smiled bitterly, "What else can we do? They have the initiative, and I made a mistake in my words, leaving no room for negotiation afterwards."

After speaking, he glanced at Wells. Just now, the conversation between Wells and the people on the other side of the communication device was obviously not normal. It seemed that there was still some other story between Wells and them.

However, this kind of thing had nothing to do with him. He said, "That's it. I'll go talk to Brother Wang Erde. We need his support to charge later."

Wells spoke up, "I'll charge with you later."

Zheng Zaishun said, "It's very dangerous. You haven't even opened your genetic lock."

"It's okay."

"Then it's up to you."

...

About twenty minutes later, the enemy returned.

The strategy adopted by those mechanical creatures was still firepower suppression. The K5 rifles of the semi-mechanical infantry and the high-speed rotary machine gun carried by the Flesh Giant fiercely sprayed firepower.

If these guys had artillery in their ranks, the defensive line in front of the gate of Minggao Community would have been broken through long ago.

Zheng Zaishun, Wells, and Wang Erde, who were already prepared, were fully armed and crouched behind the front cover.

Zheng Zaishun made a gesture to the other two, then took a deep breath and rushed out of the cover!

He held an iron plate in both hands, protecting it in front of his chest. But under the dense steel storm, the iron plate was quickly riddled with holes and torn apart.

Zheng Zaishun threw away the iron plate. His defense was not dependent on this thing!

A force from deep within his body surged to the surface, turning his whole body gray, like a stone!