"Don’t worry, they will definitely come!" Gong Shun reassured him.
Harris returned to the group, and his subordinate asked, "Boss, do you really believe in them?"
"If we don’t trust them, do we have any other options?" Harris retorted, "This land will soon be overrun by the Zerg."
"The Zerg don’t negotiate!"
"Everywhere else is in chaos! Right now, Shen Zhou is the safest place globally. If we protect this place and make it to Shen Zhou, we still have a chance to live; otherwise, there’s no way out!"
"Yes!" The mercenaries continued to patrol the surroundings.
Soon, the agreed-upon day arrived.
Many people didn’t sleep a wink; for consecutive days, the sounds of gunfire and the screeches of the bugs were ceaseless.
Some bandits tried to take advantage, continuously attacking the camp.
The bugs had smelled the human scent, also attacking here. The outer perimeter of the camp had already fallen. Everyone was huddled together, anxiously waiting.
"Dad, will they come?" The child asked the engineer, Xu Kangping, in a low voice.
"They will come; they will come soon." Xu Kangping gently stroked his head, but he felt uncertain inside.
*Because the foot of the mountain where they were staying had already been completely overrun by the bug swarm. Even if the rescue team arrived, how could they break through the Zerg blockade to get to the camp and take them away?*
"It’s hopeless, it’s hopeless!" The foreign expert Jiben clutched a pistol in his arms, having already decided that if the bugs breached the defenses, he’d shoot himself for a quicker death.
"Boss, there are too many bugs!" The subordinate reported to Harris with a terrified look, "We’re almost out of the ammunition and artillery we brought!"
"Hold them off! Even if you can’t, you must!" Harris gritted his teeth, "We must hold on until they arrive!"
Gong Shun and the others were also battling the bugs, with limited ammunition remaining, so each bullet and shell had to be used sparingly.
Around their camp, many others were covertly watching. They also wanted to escape, but most lacked the proper credentials. Some worried they wouldn’t last that long, resorting to observing other camps with drones.
"They’re done for; there are too many people gathered, and the swarm has already encircled them!" A dark mass of bugs appeared near the camp.
"So many beetles and quite a few Level 6 bugs. The army can’t stop them, and with their meager arsenal, there’s no way they can win."
"These people are going to be devoured by the bugs!"
"Yes, even if their rescue team arrives, they can’t break through the Zerg blockade."
Inside the camp, people looked down from high points and could already see the swarm charging toward them.
Among them were massive creatures, larger than armored vehicles and heavy trucks.
Their faces were ashen; how could their defenses possibly hold off these terrifying creatures?
"Boss, we gambled and lost!" Harris’s subordinates were already in despair, their weapons merely tickling these creatures!
*"Is it really over?"* Harris murmured to himself; seeing these monsters, he couldn’t think of any escape plan.
At this moment, Gong Shun’s satellite phone was connected once more.
He Xingzhou’s voice came through, "Comrades, our organized rescue team has arrived. Please do not leave the camp. Do not leave the camp!"
"Where’s the rescue?" Everyone looked around, not seeing any team coming.
Someone shouted, "You’ve been tricked, they’re not coming! We’re all going to die, all going to die!"
At this moment, Xu Kangping’s child pointed to the sky and said, "Dad, there are planes in the sky!"
"Planes?" Xu Kangping raised his head sharply, looking in the direction pointed, indeed seeing small black dots rapidly approaching.
"There are planes, planes are coming!" Xu Kangping shouted.
Everyone stood up, some climbing onto the buildings to watch.
Harris held his binoculars; when he saw the approaching objects, he exclaimed in shock, "Not just planes!"
His expression changed, and with wild joy, he shouted, "Brothers, we are saved!"
"Boss?" The others were still confused; even if planes arrived, it didn’t guarantee their rescue.
With so many Zerg, there wasn’t even a place for the planes to land!
And with tens of thousands of people here, how could planes manage a rescue?
Within seconds, they understood why Harris was so happy!
Because flying above were not only fighter jets but also mechs!
The crimson mechs stood three to five meters tall, some even over thirty meters!
These mechanical creations flew through the sky, any mutated birds approaching them were shot down kilometers away!
The fighter jets started bombing the Zerg’s periphery, while the mech group headed directly toward the camp.
The thirty-plus-meter-high mechs landed outside the camp, instantly obliterating a level-six Zerg charging forward with laser cannons!
The mech pilot used a loudspeaker to shout, "Fellow citizens, we’ve come to take you home!"
Other mechs landed on the ground, their electromagnetic guns and laser cannons raining destruction. The once-unstoppable swarm fell en masse, turned into minced flesh under the bombardment!
Seeing this scene, hope and joy surged back into their hearts.
After months of repression, their moods suddenly lifted.
People burst into tears of joy and shouted out loud, "We can finally go home!"
"Thank you, motherland. We are saved!"