Wasteland Commander

As Wang Dashan gave the order, everyone in the Survivor Alliance sprang into action.

First, within the Inner City District, two groups began to fight.

Both were survivors, seemingly clashing over territory and building houses, exchanging blows fiercely.

This commotion caught a lot of people's attention, quickly gathering a large crowd.

Some cheered and jeered from outside, even attracting the attention of the guards in the watchtower.

Meanwhile, the four Evolvers in the Beheading Squad took advantage of the chaos to approach the core area.

Their goal was clear, to infiltrate the core area through the Water Gate.

Dawn City has three water gates: one in the Main City District, one in the core area, and one behind the core area.

Circumventing to the back was not feasible, as there were too many watchtowers, all guarded by the Dawn Army, whereas this Water Gate was less strictly guarded.

The group reached the waterside, unnoticed by the guards in the watchtower, as they focused on the fight.

The four slipped into the water together.

They initially thought they'd need to dive underwater to pass through, but unexpectedly, the sluice gate was already open.

"Heaven is helping us!"

The four were overjoyed, eagerly swimming along the current into the core area of Dawn City.

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The fight escalated from one-on-one to a brawl, with dozens of survivors joining the fray, more being drawn in constantly.

Seeing everyone captivated by the spectacle, someone at the Water Gate slyly turned the winch, raising the sluice gate.

"Gada Gada…..!"

The sluice gate was gradually lifted, slowly rising above the water surface.

Meanwhile, in the Outer City District, the first wave of divers, weary from waiting, entered the water.

What they called divers were actually a group of people skilled in swimming.

Each carried a large tub filled with weapons and ammunition.

Covered in black cloth, making them hard to spot in the dark water.

The divers pushed the tubs underwater, stealthily moving upstream.

Their progress was slow, just enough to avoid drawing attention.

Wang Dashan watched the dark water, straining to spot the moving tubs, but couldn't see clearly, only vague shapes.

He saw the tub group nearing the Water Gate.

Suddenly, a guard in a watchtower turned toward them.

A searchlight randomly flashed, directly hitting Wang Dashan's group.

"Hey! What's with all the sneaky stuff?" a sentry shouted loudly at them.

Wang Dashan and his group immediately felt a chill.

Terrible!

The divers hadn't entered the city yet. If discovered now, the consequences would be disastrous.

Wang Dashan quickly turned, forcing a smile.

In a panic, he didn't even know what to say in explanation.

Blurting out: "Brothers of the Dawn Army, you've been by the Star River all this time, are there big fish in the river?"

"Big fish?"

"Yes, I always feel the splashes and rapid flow, as if there are big fish swimming in the water."

As he spoke, a splash indeed arose suddenly.

The sentry shouted at him: "What big fish? This river is just over thirty meters wide and less than ten meters deep. What big fish could there be? You guys just guard the city walls, the sluice gates are closed, even if there are big fish they can't come in or go out."

The sentry added reluctantly: "Just guard the city walls properly, what will big fish do for you, serve as food?"

A nearby sentry calmed him: "Forget it, it's the middle of the night, they are bored there, let them watch if they want."

The previous sentry reluctantly turned away, continuing to watch the commotion in the city.

Wang Dashan held back his frustration.

"Even a small sentry of the Dawn Army is so arrogant!"

"I won't argue with you now, but just wait."

"You'll see soon enough!"

Below, the water roiled, luckily unseen by the sentry.

Wang Dashan and his group immediately looked toward the inside of the city wall.

The wall over a meter wide, the first wave of divers should be coming through, right?

They watched the water surface intently, afraid to miss the moment their companions entered the city.

Time ticked by...

The water flowed smoothly, without disturbance.

The air felt stagnant.

A cold raven from the forest flew overhead.

"Caw… caw…"

Wang Dashan couldn't help rubbing his tired eyes.

Are the Alliance's divers so skilled now?

Coming through with tubs and still undetected?

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Wang Dashan's group wanted to call out.

But they didn't dare.

The soldiers in the watchtower occasionally glanced back, seemingly suspicious of their recent actions.

In this situation, the second wave of divers arrived.

Each wave consisted of ten divers, in three waves total.

According to timing, the first wave should have already entered the city.

The second wave, seeing no sign of the first, assumed success and immediately followed.

They moved so covertly that even Wang Dashan and others on the city wall had difficulty noticing them.

Covered in black cloth, blending completely into the night.

Ten tubs floated along the current once more.

Wang Dashan strained his eyes and finally caught sight of the tubs.

The sudden disappearance of ten divers made him very worried, and he wanted to see what was really going on.

Just as the divers were approaching the Water Gate, a sudden flash of light came, and the guard in the watchtower shone the light over again.

"You all seem to have quite the interest, haven't seen enough of the fish yet?"

Suddenly, there was a rushing sound of water below, as if something was happening.

Wang Dashan didn't dare to look down, he smirked without replying.

Luckily, the guard didn't ask more questions, just flashed the light again and turned it away.

The chaos in the city was about to end because a patrol platoon of the Dawn Army was coming over.

Wang Dashan and his men looked down again, watching the divers.

Still no movement.

There must be a problem!

Otherwise, those divers couldn't have just vanished into thin air, and those basins didn't float over either.

Wang Dashan knew something had definitely gone wrong.

But he didn't think they'd been discovered, because no one from the Dawn Army had come over here.

Maybe there are some underwater mechanisms that can kill invisibly.

No wonder the Dawn Army dared to let them guard the Water Gate; there had long been an ambush here.

It's funny how they thought they had found a flaw, wanting to target the Water Gate, but ended up getting a silent setback.

It's not going to work, the third batch of divers absolutely cannot go over.

It's a pointless loss, and they might still be discovered.

Wang Dashan could vaguely see that the third batch of shadows was about to enter the water, so he couldn't care much anymore, suddenly picked up his gun, and fired a burst of bullets in the distance!

Ratatatat~~~!

"Who goes there! Sneaking around the Dawn Army camp, are you looking to die?"

This was the signal for failure, telling the people outside to retreat immediately and find a place to hide.

However, the direction he fired was the opposite of where the divers were about to go into the water.

As expected, after he fired, the lights behind the watchtower on the wall brightened instantly!

Beams of bright white light shot out, searching in a sweeping pattern.

"Where? Where's someone?"

Wang Dashan pointed to the distance: "It seems to be over there, I saw a few shadows."

The sentry continued to search with the spotlight, also buying time for the divers to retreat quickly.

As the shadows retreated, Wang Dashan felt slightly relieved.

Anyway, the matter wasn't exposed, and tomorrow he'll look for another opportunity; maybe those basins and weapons will float downstream.

Just when he thought he had saved the last batch of divers, a sudden change occurred!

With a rush of water, a scream broke the night!

This time Wang Dashan saw something.

In the darkness, a massive shadow surged out of the water!

He couldn't clearly see what it was, it seemed like a group of giant pythons!

Not ordinary pythons; pythons nowadays couldn't grow that large.

It felt like the ancient Titanoboa had mutated!

A stench shot straight into the sky!

He seemed to feel the ocean!

The divers had no resistance at all and were instantly swept into the water by those giant pythons.

He even saw one diver about to escape thirty meters away, still caught by a giant python, screaming as he was dragged underwater.

"Godzilla~~~!"

The divers' screams echoed through the night sky.

The water splashed, waves surged.

A rush of river water even crashed onto the shore, splashing directly up onto the city wall.

Wang Dashan was drenched with ice-cold river water, his clothes entirely soaked.

But the chill on his body was far less than the cold in his heart.

Where did these pythons come from?

Can the Dawn Army even raise cold-blooded animals?

His mind felt blank until the commotion on this side caught the Dawn Army's attention, only then did he regain his thinking ability.

The spotlights swept this way; there was already no one there.

Only some basins left on the shore.

"Send someone to take a look."

The Dawn Army opened the city gate, a platoon of soldiers swarmed out, and after reaching there, took away the ten basins.

Watching the Dawn Army return to the Inner City District, Wang Dashan felt even more desperate.

It's over!

The Dawn Army would definitely suspect them; that's a given.

But what would they do?

Wang Dashan wasn't sure if Ye Fan would immediately go to war, but he knew he would never be captured without a fight.

Six hundred people holding a side of the city wall might not be without the power to fight.

But he didn't want to break relations immediately; he still held on to a glimmer of hope in his heart.

Maybe the Beheading Squad would succeed.

As long as the beheading operation could be completed, with the Dawn Army leaderless, maybe they'd still have a chance.

"Hurry up, hurry! Get moving quickly, have our people leave the residential areas and gather under the city wall. If the Dawn Army attacks, gathering together will give us the power to resist."

"And stay away from that damn river!"

Wang Dashan yelled hysterically; tonight's events had completely overturned his understanding.

Those who infiltrated Dawn City quietly approached, all extremely tense.

The plan had failed, and the Dawn Army was likely going to attack.

Wang Dashan, while tensely ordering everyone to prepare for battle, waited eagerly for news from the core area.

"Bros, it all depends on you now."