Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 1006 - 393: Nightfall

After Ye Lan announced that Dawn City was about to launch a counterattack against the darkness, the atmosphere of Dawn City before the great war became overwhelmingly busy and anxious.

All survivors, refugees, and caravans were gathered within the old district surrounded by Wall No.1. Under the management of Phoenix Society officials and the army, the entrances to 24 underground shelters were lined with people preparing to enter, mostly consisting of the elderly, children, pregnant women, and some weak and injured individuals. Before the final battle, anyone with any self-preservation ability, regardless of being a man or woman, voluntarily gave up seeking refuge and chose to join the city defense ranks.

In the crowd, a man squatted down, stuffing a package wrapped in old newspaper into his son’s hands.

"Listen to your mother." He tousled the child’s hair, his voice hoarse. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

His wife clutched his sleeve tightly, her nails almost piercing his flesh: "Stay safe... we’ll wait for your return!"

"Don’t worry." The man smiled, looking at the large number of citizens joining the defensive battle behind him: "There’s nowhere to hide now; we must defend the city."

On the other side, a middle-aged woman with a gun slung over her shoulder knelt to tighten her young daughter’s shoelaces and then placed the daughter’s hand into that of another boy, only seven or eight years old.

"Xiao Jie, you’re the older brother, you have to take care of your sister, understand?"

The young boy nodded woodenly, holding his sister’s hand tightly, his face immature.

"Mom, what about you?" The young daughter looked up, her face filled with unease.

"Be good, mommy will be helping outside and will come to find you soon."

The woman wiped her tears and turned away. Beside her, the emergency squad of the Phoenix Society was dragging along a lame middle-aged man.

"Let me go!"

The man was irascible, using a long gun as a crutch to struggle free, roaring: "I can still shoot. I don’t need to enter the shelter. Even if I die at the city gates, I can still make those monsters fall!"

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Various caravans collected ammunition and weapons from the Phoenix Society and the garrison’s defense supply points. Under the arrangements of the Phoenix Society’s defense command center, nearly thirty thousand soldiers formed defense lines within the city. Their primary objectives were threefold: firstly, to aid in the city’s air defense, secondly, to control any internal mutations within the city, and thirdly, if Wall No.1 fell, this force could rely on street defense lines to engage in street battles, stopping the monster tides from advancing in the direction of No.2, segmenting the battlefield and covering the evacuation of other survivor caravans.

Aside from the elderly, weak, sick, and injured entering the underground shelters, there were nearly 1.4 million survivor combatants within the city. They were composed of various caravans or collectives of the solitary, voluntarily joining hundreds of street-level defense lines. Simultaneously, a large number of citizens assisted the garrison and the Iron Guard Brigade by digging gun trenches, transporting ammunition, laying mines, and repairing equipment outside the city.

Overhead, dense transport drones resembled a celestial curtain, delivering weapons and ammunition toward the city walls through aerial routes after the underground facility network was sealed.

The Phoenix Society devised a dual-wall, heaven-and-earth defense combat system. Ye Lan and commanders of various levels stationed themselves in the control hall of the Double Star Tower City Ring, establishing it as a temporary command post and reinforcing it with significant forces to protect the City Ring.

"Woo woo woo~ "

At this moment, survivors constructing defensive structures and laying barbed wire in the street camps looked up to see countless large rotor transport ships continuously roaring overhead, hauling mighty war mechas to the frontline of the city walls, including the Iron Guard-3, Guardian X, and Fire God series.

Bang bang, the clouds ripped apart as the vortex engines of numerous C-99 ’Hercules’ transport planes roared thunderously. Steel cables dangled as eight interstellar raider machines, resembling skyscrapers, were slowly hoisted past the city’s high buildings. These weapons were mainly installed in the core encircled areas of the southern and western city regions, to confront S-Class direct sieges!

Within the inner city limits, all open spaces, tall buildings, and tower platforms were transformed into anti-aircraft barriers and high-energy firepower projection zones. Several energy centers were deeply buried beneath Star Port, supplying energy and powering automatic weapons for the entire city. Over one hundred thousand attack drones were charging and replenishing weapons, as numerous drone engineers urgently performed fault maintenance. To ensure uninterrupted command communications under the extreme darkness assault, over a thousand signal relay towers were established across the city.

"Teams of Superpower Users comprised of members from the North American Defense Line, Nightwalker Alliance, Blazing Angel Department, and some citizen organization members are divided into three classes and multiple special combat teams."

In the command center, General Xu stood before a holographic map, his expression stern.

"First Class: Comprising Superpower Users with capabilities such as Flying, Divine Speed, Wind, Fire, Thunder, and Light, which provide high mobility and self-preservation. Led by Minister Luo, they are responsible for the frontline, dealing with S-Class disasters, spearheading support and intelligence gathering, while performing high-altitude rapid reactions over the entire city!"

"Second Class: Mainly consisting of Superpower Users with abilities like laser, magnetic storm, Strange Eyes, Earth Stone, resonance, sound wave, or those capable of Remote Damage. Commanded by Chief Qi, these superpower users wield immense long-range offensive power, tasked with eliminating monster tides and large Abnormal Bodies from behind the defense lines of the walls and anti-aircraft positions!"

"Third Class: Includes all giants, Blood Energy, Demon Form, Beast Form, Metal Skin, Evil Bone, Invisibility, Energy Concentration, and all Genetic Evolvers with strong Body Technique mobility. These close-combat superpower users mainly assist within the city, supporting street defense lines and the guarding and defense work of underground shelters."