239: Chapter 239 Catching a Turtle in a Jar

That teeth-gritting "rustling" sound, masked by the torrential rain, seemed exceptionally eerie, as if countless paws were treading across the wet, slippery grass.

The two security personnel on night watch felt their hair stand on end instantly.

The intuition of being watched by countless eyes from the darkness made them shudder violently.

Without any hesitation, one of them pulled the bolt of his gun and roared at the top of his lungs:

"Everyone get up!! We have a situation!!"

"Prepare for combat!!"

This shout echoed through the vast, empty hall of the ruins.

Everyone who had been sleeping was instantly jolted awake; long-term training made them instinctively spring from their sleeping bags and grab the weapons at their sides.

"What is it? What happened?"

"Where?!"

Everyone formed a circle, back-to-back, looking nervously toward the entrance of the ruins.

Several powerful flashlight beams instantly pierced the darkness, shining in the direction the sound had come from.

However, the next second, when they saw the scene at the end of the beams:

"Hiss——!!"

Amidst the sound of gasps for air, everyone's pupils constricted violently in an instant!

In the pitch-black curtain of rain outside the ruins, countless pairs of eerie green light points had appeared at some unknown moment.

Dense and layered!

Like ghost fires floating in the darkness.

As the flashlight beams swept across, one, two, ten, a hundred...

They were Desert Wolves, massive in size with exposed fangs!

Their fur was soaked and plastered to their bodies, making them look even leaner and more ferocious.

Their greedy and cruel gazes were locked tightly onto everyone inside the ruins, while foul-smelling drool dripped from their mouths.

But that was not the most terrifying part; the most terrifying thing was the number!

The flashlight beams couldn't even reach the end!

The plaza outside the ruins, the broken walls, and even the edge of the distant woods were all occupied by these Desert Wolves!

Even the deafening sound of the rain could not drown out the low growls emanating from their throats!

"This... how is this possible!!"

"My god! Did they summon all the wolves in the entire Forbidden Area?"

"There are just too many!! How are we supposed to fight this?"

Everyone's scalp crawled at this moment, and a feeling called despair began to spread among the crowd.

If it were only a dozen or even a few dozen, they could handle it with the firepower they had.

But there must be thousands of them!!

This was simply beyond the scope of biological common sense!

Fei Erfeng's hand holding the gun was trembling slightly.

He turned his head sharply to look at the figure who was still sitting cross-legged in the shadows, as if he had long anticipated all of this.

His eyes filled with shock and confusion, and he asked in a hoarse voice:

"Mr... Mr. Song!"

"What exactly is going on?"

"Desert Wolves are solitary or small-pack creatures; how could there be such a massive pack of wolves here?!"

Facing the crowd's terror and Fei Erfeng's questioning, Song Yiqing slowly stood up.

He brushed the dust off his body and walked to the front of the group.

Looking at the overwhelming green beast eyes outside, his expression remained as calm as water, as if what was before them was not a death trap, but an ordinary farce.

He did not turn back, but merely explained indifferently:

"This is not an ordinary pack of wolves."

"The Wolf Tide is here."

As these words left his lips, everyone present felt a chill run through their bodies.

The dense pack of wolves had already appeared within their field of vision.

And now, with all of them huddled in one place, it was no different than being fish in a barrel.