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Chapter 58 Fear is the instinct of living beings, courage is the hymn of humankind!
Silence lingered for two seconds amidst the wind and howls.
The sea breeze carried a heavy stench of blood, but it couldn't dispel the gloom of despair.
Chen Yan's words were like a bucket of ice water, dousing everyone from head to toe.
quit?
That's easy for you to say.
If we quit now, where can we quit to?
On this ocean submerged in death and corpses, the Nanjing defense line is humanity's last isolated island.
The island sank, and everyone died.
Zhou Hai and Zhao Ze's fists clenched so tightly they cracked, their bodies trembling slightly from uncontrollable fear and overwhelming resentment.
Looking at Chen Yan's cold and ruthless face, and then at the boundless, hellish ocean of death in the distance, they were caught in an intense inner struggle.
Fighting is a matter of life and death.
No, it's a certain death!
If we retreat, how long can we survive?
In the midst of this suffocating silence, Zhou Hai was the first to break the deadlock.
"I'm scared!"
He suddenly raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, his voice hoarse yet unusually loud, like the howl of a wounded lone wolf!
"That elite-level floating corpse's bone scythe just grazed past my ear, I was fucking terrified! My legs were spinning!"
He pointed in the direction of the Blazing Flame and roared, "But what I fear even more is letting down those survivors on the ship behind us who gave their lives for us!"
"I promised them I would help them survive!"
"I, Zhou Hai, haven't had much formal education, and I don't understand any grand principles! But my father taught me from a young age that a person lives by their word! What you say, you have to keep!"
"I'm not afraid of death!"
"I'm afraid of being a coward who breaks his word and betrays his promises!"
Zhao silently slammed the heavy hammer down on the deck, making a dull thud.
He raised his head, looking at Zhou Hai's back, his voice low but as firm as a rock.
"I'm scared too."
"But I promised Zhou Hai that I would protect this home. The Blazing Flame is our home."
"As long as my home is here, I am here. I cannot back down!"
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Su Li, who had been silent all along, slowly tightened her grip on the hilt of the knife.
Her usually cold face flushed slightly with excitement, and her clear voice trembled slightly, a tremor she herself was unaware of.
"I'm afraid of dying."
"But I'm even more afraid of watching my comrades die in front of me while I desert."
"As long as you don't back down, I... won't back down."
The three people's gazes were like three burning torches, igniting a faint but stubborn light in the darkness of despair.
In the end, everyone's eyes were focused on Lu Sheng.
They are waiting for the team's true leader to make the final decision.
Lu Sheng took a deep breath.
He met Chen Yan's scrutinizing, even somewhat oppressive gaze without flinching.
He spoke slowly, each word distinct and clear, his voice not loud, yet it clearly reached the hearts of everyone present.
"General Chen, fear is a biological instinct. We are not gods, of course we will be afraid."
"but……"
He paused, his gaze passing over Chen Yan and landing on the blurry outline of Zijin Mountain behind him.
"Behind us are the 100,000 survivors of Zijin Mountain, the last hope of countless families, and the only remaining spark of human civilization on this land."
"Once we retreat, the fire will be extinguished."
"Therefore, in this battle, we cannot retreat, and there is no way to retreat!"
The words fell.
On the deck, there was a deathly silence.
Looking at the group of people in front of him, who looked somewhat disheveled but whose eyes had been rekindled with a burning passion, Chen Yan's cold expression finally began to melt away.
A genuine, undisguised expression of approval and emotion appeared in his eyes.
"good!"
"Well said!"
"Fear is not shameful! The true heroes are those who dare to carry their fear and still choose to move forward!"
Chen Yan dropped his probing posture, and his smile was as bright as the midday sun.
His gaze swept over every member of the Blazing Fleet, over every excited soldier on the deck, and his voice, like a booming bell, resounded throughout the entire battlefield!
"I, Chen Yan, in my capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the Jinling War Zone, hereby declare!"
"From this moment forward, you are my most trusted comrades-in-arms!"
"Today, I fight alongside you all!"
He suddenly raised his fist, pointed it at the endless horde of corpses, and with all his might, let out a roar that shook the heavens and the earth!
"For humanity—"
"Fight your way out!!!"
"kill!!"
"Fight your way out!!"
On the deck, everyone's fighting spirit was completely ignited at this moment!
They roared in unison, their voices converging into a torrent of steel that instantly drowned out the howls of the zombie horde and soared into the sky!
however!
Just as everyone's fighting spirit reached its peak!
"唳——————!!!!!!"
A shriek, sharper and more terrifying than ever before, seemingly capable of tearing the soul apart, suddenly roared from the deepest part of the zombie horde!
P.S.: Dear readers, please stop criticizing me. I know I haven't fully explored the power of the God-level sequence yet, but I'm already filling in that gap. I originally planned to write at a slow pace, not a typical overpowered story where everything is presented too quickly. That kind of plot would be very boring. Please, have mercy on me... I've been working very hard on this. This is the first update of the day.