Published: March 2, 2025
No longer needing to accept tasks assigned by the military, no longer part of the army’s organization...
This also meant that they could completely ignore this damn war! Even living like maggots in a dung pit in this world was better than becoming a shapeless puddle of mud on the battlefield!
At the brink of life and death, the thinking of these armed civilians accelerated to the extreme, and in a short time, their intelligence levels surged.
They understood what they truly wanted...
Countless pairs of eyes darted around, trying to find a possible direction to break through.
At this moment, the squad leader had also finished his cigarette. He flicked the butt aside and smiled at his team members.
“I'll go ahead!”
After saying this, the peak level 7 squad leader turned around and rushed in another direction.
That's right, he had indeed been smoking, but it was also a form of observation, assessing the weaknesses in the enemy's defensive perimeter.
At this point, the former soldier had to seriously consider his own life.
In fact, strictly speaking, his situation as a peak level 7 individual was not much different from that of these armed refugees...
...
It was like a signal.
The squad leader's sudden movement attracted the attention of a large group of people.
The gap between soldiers and civilians was something that could take days and nights to discuss, but at this moment, a very obvious distinction emerged between the squad leader and these armed refugees.
That was the grasp of the battlefield situation.
The entire area around the Demon Realm Gate had already been covered by saturated artillery fire; any demonic clan member trying to breach the defensive perimeter of the Demon Realm Gate would be crushed into bits by steel and flames. To these armed refugees, this scene looked like a tangled mess; they couldn’t even figure out where to step.
The squad leader’s actions undoubtedly served as a bright lamp in the darkness, illuminating a path for these armed refugees...
Indeed, just because they couldn’t see the weaknesses in the defensive perimeter didn’t mean the squad leader couldn’t understand them. They didn’t know where to break through, so following someone who did was far better than running around like headless flies...
A typical herd mentality.
Thus, as soon as the squad leader stepped out of the defensive perimeter of the Demon Realm Gate, a throng of people immediately began to act behind him.
Like a black tide, not only did Team 865412 follow suit, even members of other teams that had entered before them rushed to keep pace with the squad leader, crazily sprinting toward a certain direction.
...
It was crowded...
Very crowded...
The Winter Family, standing within the defensive perimeter of the Demon Realm Gate, naturally saw the squad leader’s actions. However, the perimeter was limited in size and filled with demonic creatures. As soon as the chaotic crowd began to move, countless stampedes immediately broke out.
Mr. Winter and Mrs. Winter, relying on their powerful ancient demon racial talents, stood firm like two pillars amidst the tide, but unfortunately, what they could do was akin to two columns, desperately maintaining their small patch of land.
Not an inch could they advance...
“What should we do, Winter? What should we do...”
“Waaah... Daddy, Daddy...”
The panicked and desperate cries of his wife and child pulled Mr. Winter back from his daze. He looked at the chaotic demonic creatures around him and then at the bewildered faces of his wife and child. For a moment, a spark of inspiration suddenly ignited in his mind.
Desperation often crushes people, but some can endure tremendous pressure and find brilliant transcendence in such situations...
Well, saying that Mr. Winter exploded with power, defeating everything around him in an instant would indeed be unrealistic, but at this moment, he seemed to have found a not-so-great but still decent idea.
“Run, run over there!”
Mr. Winter held Little Winter and grabbed Mrs. Winter's hand, struggling to move his body. He shouted loudly, his voice breaking through the surrounding noise and reaching the ears of dozens of demonic clan members nearby.