Super Gene Hunting Ground

Chapter 192: Chapter 192: Attacking the Urban Area

On the very night they completed their genetic evolution, Yang Xiao and Xia Luo convened a meeting with the main person in charge of the three strongholds, as well as all the experts who had entered the Primary Stage of the Primordial Gene.

The meeting had only one agenda item: attack the city district.

For the people from Xianan University, attacking the city district was about seeking revenge.

Last time, Xie Jun’s invasion led to the death of over a hundred of their brothers and sisters, a grudge that remained etched in their hearts, and now it was time to settle the score.

For the people from Kongming Academy, it was more about an exhilarating sense of glory.

Now that Xianan, Kongming City, and Star City all recognized Yang Xiao as the boss, even Xia Luo publicly acknowledged Yang Xiao’s leadership position.

If they took the city district, it would mean that Yang Xiao would become the King of Nanmu City, and those who had followed Yang Xiao from the start of the apocalypse would naturally feel exhilarated and proud.

Yang Xiao spoke first; he had to set a flag for this attack operation, to have a justified and well-grounded cause.

”Two months ago, Xie Jun led his troops to attack us in force, attempting to conquer us, to make us his slaves.

After we defeated Xie Jun, over a hundred injured prisoners were rescued by us. They told me that Xie Jun had conquered more than a dozen Genetic Store strongholds in the Northern Suburb of the city district, taking all their Snow Wolf Armor and also demanding they turn over one-third of the Genetic Fragments obtained from hunting Mutated Creatures as protection money.

Such a person, once he grows powerful and conquers us, do we have any chance of survival? We’ll just become paving stones on his path to evolution, slaves to him.”

Yang Xiao directly pointed out Xie Jun’s greed and brutality.

Who would want to be a slave to someone?

Naturally, everyone present was enraged.

”A person like Xie Jun must not be allowed to grow stronger.”

”That’s right, we must attack the city district while our Strength is growing and kill Xie Jun to rid ourselves of future troubles.”

”Boss, just give the command to attack, your brothers will follow you through thick and thin!”

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Yang Xiao gestured with his hand and continued:

”There’s another very important issue. This cold winter, no one knows how long it will last, maybe a year, maybe two, or three years, or even longer.

The fish in the nearby ice rivers are almost dug out, and if we go further upstream or downstream, people from other Genetic Store strongholds are also digging for Ice Fish. Although we don’t lack food for the moment, we need to plan for the long run.

Before the apocalypse, Nanmu City was a medium-sized city, with hundreds of large-scale supermarkets and malls, not to mention the small ones, at least thousands, plus large grain storage warehouses.

If we can take over the city district, we won’t have to worry about food for the next three years, and also, we won’t have to eat fish every day, cough, I mean, we’re so tired of eating fish every day that it makes us want to throw up—really, TM sick of it!”

Yang Xiao’s final quip resonated with everyone, eliciting a burst of laughter from the crowd.

In the apocalypse, everyone has an innate greed for food. Even if they don’t say it, the longing and desire for food run in their veins.

Yang Xiao spoke directly to this craving desired by everyone, painting a picture of a supermarket filled with a dazzling array of snacks.

Various bagged, canned, and sealed snacks, all sorts of condiments with shelf lives of 2 or 3 years, made everyone’s mouth water, wanting to attack the city district immediately and savor the long-lost delicacies.

Xia Luo looked at Yang Xiao, feeling ever more admiration for this junior who was even younger than him.

In Yang Xiao’s speech, there was never any mention of hollow slogans about domination. Instead, he went straight to the point, touching the sore spots of everyone, making them wholeheartedly support his proposal.

”Of course, if we take over the district, we will possess even greater Strength and resources, providing better conditions for our future survival, enabling us to go much further in this post-apocalyptic world.”

”Yang Xiao, you give the word on when to attack, and we’ll be waiting for it!”

Xiao Zhe said.

Xia Luo, Zhao Qiang, and others nodded in agreement.

”Alright, since everyone agrees on attacking the district, let’s compare the strengths of both sides. Currently, both Xianan University and Kongming Academy’s overall Genetic Evolution Level is 10, which has already surpassed the district, and moreover, the two campuses can contribute a greater number of combatants than the opposition. The only disadvantage we have is that they are on the defense and we are on the attack.

Xie Jun will defend his territory to the death along with the city’s people, so everyone must be prepared for their incredible and tenacious combat potential to erupt.”

”Kill Xie Jun, and I reckon their will to resist won’t be that strong,” someone remarked.

”That’s right, shoot the horse before the rider, capture the bandit before the king; as long as we deal with Xie Jun, there shouldn’t be much of a problem.”

”Last time we released over a hundred wounded captives; I believe the people in the city won’t hate us that much.”

”But killing Xie Jun directly won’t be that easy, will it?”

”Don’t underestimate the enemy’s fighting capabilities!”

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There was a flurry of discussion.

Xia Luo stood up and said:

”When we attack the city district, we face a significant threat: Xie Jun and his men have guns; they could possibly shoot at us from hidden positions or even engage us in street combat. They are familiar with the layout of the city, which is another disadvantage for us.”

Yang Xiao nodded,

”Xia Luo is absolutely right, the enemy can use firearms for long-range shooting which might spring ambushes on us, and by utilizing the city alleyways for combat, they can prevent us from gathering for a pitched battle, making a quick resolution impossible.”

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After a long discussion, everyone summarized the various potential problems and thought of corresponding strategies.

Since we are going to battle, it was decided to draw a thousand elites from Star City to each bolster Xianan University and Kongming Academy, to prevent possible sneak attacks on our home bases by Xie Jun and his people.

Each person was to prepare several days’ worth of dry rations, and during the fight, the logistics team would regularly send roasted wolf meat, fried fish pieces, steamed buns, and other food to the front lines.

Yang Xiao gave everyone just one day to prepare, because by now Xie Jun must have learned about the Genetic Evolution Level increase at Xianan University and Kongming Academy and would start to be vigilant and think of various strategies, so we must strike quickly to disrupt their arrangements.

Yang Xiao originally planned to launch an attack early the next day but considered it too hasty and postponed it by one day.

After a day’s preparation, early on the third day, Yang Xiao and Xia Luo led over one thousand five hundred people and charged into the city district across the frozen river.

Huang Wen led a flying team of more than two hundred people soaring through the sky, with two Giant Eagles following by her side.

Those two Giant Eagles gave everyone a tremendous boost of confidence.

A hundred-member Flying People Team from Star City was called in to perform the tasks of lookout and alert in various locations after Yang Xiao and the others had passed through.

Most of the thick fog that had enveloped the city district had been dispersed by Xie Jun’s people, giving a clearer view. The buildings in the city were heavily damaged during the great disaster, and many skyscrapers had collapsed. Nanmu City, once a concrete jungle, had completely changed its appearance, with even the former streets altered.