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"It's...it's City Lord Chen Yuan, the Shadow Lord of the Lighthouse, he's here!"
The officers who had previously been in contact with Chen Yuan's forces recognized the distinctive insignia and were so excited that they were almost incoherent.
Lin Zhenguo and Elena looked at each other in disbelief. Although they had witnessed Chen Yuan's power before, they never imagined that this time, they would witness such an unimaginable creation.
On the bridge of the Hope, Chen Yuan looked down at the struggling Jiuchuan base and the endless horde of beasts, his eyes cold.
"Chen Xin, lock onto all high-energy reaction targets, especially those Emperor-level and Monarch-level Nest Mothers, and give them to Jiuchuan Base to reduce the pressure as much as possible."
"Target locked, brother. The defense system of Jiuchuan Base was upgraded with our help, but it's only a matter of time before it falls under an attack of this scale."
Chen Xin calmly said, "'The Trial Spear Electromagnetic Railgun Array, No. 1 to No. 12, charging... Meteor Shower Missile Array, loading high-explosive armor-piercing warheads.'"
Chapter 272 Beast Tide Sieges Dragonbone Village
The giant electromagnetic railguns on both sides of the Hope began to adjust their angles, the capacitor banks emitted a thunderous roar like Thor's drumsticks, and the missile launch silos opened one by one.
The next moment, divine punishment descended from the heavens!
The twelve streaks of dark light moved at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, like thunderbolts from Mount Olympus, instantly traversing space and striking the most threatening target in the beast tide with unparalleled precision.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!!!"
The lava colossus orc's body was struck by at least three consecutive beams of dark light. The hard lava shell shattered on the first strike, and the second and third strikes penetrated directly into its core.
It let out a deafening wail, its massive body staggered a few steps, the fiery core of the flower bud suddenly dimmed, and then collapsed to the ground like a crumbling mountain, crushing countless Devouring Beasts below.
The Nest Queen tried to dodge, but the four dark beams blocked its retreat as if they had eyes, instantly tearing apart and detonating its abdomen and body, which were constantly spewing out offspring, turning into a firework mixed with blood, flesh and energy in the air.
At the same time, missiles rained down like swarms of bees, indiscriminately bombarding the areas where the beast tide was most concentrated.
The continuous explosions turned the earth into scorched earth, and tens of thousands of Devouring Beasts were torn apart, evaporated, and crushed into bone mud in the explosions.
The Hope's close-in weapon system's laser matrix unleashed its power once again, the blazing white beams sweeping through the air like giant brooms, mercilessly cleansing up the flying units in the sky. The Shadow Mantises, Bonewing Wyverns, and others were as fragile as paper in the face of the lasers.
Within minutes, the main force of the beast tide besieging the Jiuchuan base, especially the high-level threats, was wiped out by the Hope with overwhelming firepower.
The remaining super-genetic Devouring Beasts, having lost the organization and deterrence of the higher-level individuals, immediately fell into chaos.
Inside and outside the Jiuchuan base, there was a deathly silence.
Immediately, a deafening cheer erupted.
The joy of escaping death and the boundless awe for that miraculous warship were intertwined on the faces of every survivor.
Commander Lin Zhenguo took a deep breath, trying to calm his agitated emotions, and connected to the external communication channel. His voice trembled slightly.
"I am Lin Zhenguo. I am grateful for Lord Chen Yuan's help. We will never forget this kindness. We have no way to repay it."
On the bridge of the Hope, Chen Yuan flew down directly. "Commander Lin, Dr. Elena, let's leave the formalities for later. The global catastrophe is escalating, and we can no longer stay here. Please immediately organize all personnel, carrying important supplies and data, to board the ship and evacuate."
Almost without hesitation, Lin Zhenguo and Elena exchanged a glance, both seeing the determination in each other's eyes.
"All personnel at Jiuchuan Base, listen up! Abandon the base! Everyone, quickly pack your essentials and board the warships! Repeat, everyone, board the ships and transfer!"
The heavy gates opened again, but this time not to welcome enemies, but to welcome humanity.
The soldiers, researchers, and civilians of Hisakawa, filled with the relief of surviving the disaster and the uncertainty about the future, began to orderly and quickly enter the hatch one after another through the landing platform that the Hope had descended.
Chen Yuan flew back to the bridge, looked down at the ant-like migrating crowd below, and instructed Chen Xin:
"Collect all valuable scientific and technological data and samples from the Hisakawa base, especially those related to ASH and life source material research. These materials are of considerable value."
"Understood, brother."
As the last member of the Jiuchuan crew quickly boarded the ship, all the core equipment and data that could be taken away were moved. The Hope started its engines again, carrying this technological spark from Jiuchuan, and slowly took off.
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Meanwhile, Dragonbone Village, hidden among the remains of a giant creature, is currently facing an onslaught of a dense horde of beasts.
The area outside the village was no longer a silent wasteland, but had transformed into a boundless, writhing tide of Devouring Beasts.
Their sheer number made it seem as if the entire mana ecosystem of the earth had converged here, their roars shaking the heavens and the earth, even causing the massive skeletons that made up the village to tremble slightly.
"All personnel, get to your positions!"
Bai Yuekui's cool voice resonated throughout the entire defense line via the mech's built-in communication system.
She stood alone with her sword at the forefront of the village entrance. The pure white paint of the Pure Candle mech appeared particularly solemn under the interplay of the ghostly blue bio-aura and the scarlet light from the outside world.
The Returning Origin Wings on its back unfurled slightly, absorbing the chaotic Mana energy in the air and transforming it into pure life essence.
The village's defenses are now fully activated:
On the periphery, countless rotating superalloy spikes, like a raging metal jungle, burst forth from the ground one after another, engulfing the charging snake-dog pack, strangling and tearing them apart, instantly creating a brief meat grinder of blood and flesh.
Along the low walls and high bone structures surrounding Dragonbone Village, automated plasma turrets emitted rhythmic charging sounds, and beams of blue plasma were precisely fired, blasting away at the flying spikes and ranged attacks of the Winged Beasts and Earth Roars.
On the east and west sides, massive pale golden energy barriers stood tall, withstanding the onslaught of the surging beast horde. The walls formed by the energy barriers rippled, firmly blocking out the vast majority of the attacks.
Small automated weapon stations are set up on the rooftops of the village streets, ready to be deployed at any time. Electromagnetic rifles and lasers silently pick off stragglers who manage to slip through the net using their special abilities.
However, the scale and intensity of the beast tide have far exceeded those of the past.
It includes not only the generalized type, but also a large number of metamorphic types, and even monarch-level and emperor-level beings, with different forms.
Earth Vein Dragon (King-level): Resembling a combination of a giant pangolin and a worm, it can easily penetrate rock layers and launch attacks from underground, shaking the foundation of the earth spikes.
Storm Feather Eagle (Monarch-class): With an astonishing wingspan, it can create cutting airflow and disrupt the trajectory of plasma turrets.
Bone-Eating Swarm, a metamorphic cluster: composed of countless fist-sized flying units with sharp mouthparts, it looms like a dark cloud, specifically designed to corrode energy barriers and mech joints.
Abomination Butcher (King-level): A multi-headed, bloated monster wielding a giant hammer formed from biological bones. It possesses terrifying strength and extremely powerful frontal impact.
Further away, chilling auras of imperial power loomed faintly, as if awaiting the moment when the defenses would collapse.
Faced with the devastating offensive, Boss Bai led his entire team in a desperate resistance, relying on the reinforced fortress.
Bai Yuekui was the backbone of the group. She did not hold onto any one point, but instead, like a white ghost, she came to the rescue when the defense line was in danger.
As a swarm of bone-eating bees frantically corroded the eastern barrier, the Phoenix Feather Floating Cannons on her back instantly separated, and twelve small floating cannons combined to form a sacred barrier, blocking the swarm of bees.
At the same time, it emits a purifying beam, evaporating large swarms of bees.
Her very existence is an unyielding banner.
"Come on, you scum, today I'm going to kill as many as I want."
Shan Da took a few steps forward, shouting loudly to bolster his morale, and the Chongxiao mech was rooted to the main passage entrance like an anvil.
He activated the Immovable Mountain Stance, connecting him to the earth beneath his feet.
Facing the charge of the Abomination Butcher, he met it head-on without flinching, his massive metal gauntlets clashing violently with the biological bone hammer, producing a deafening metallic roar.
War Stomp was activated, and a circular shockwave stunned a large number of small beasts in the surrounding area. Then, the Rockbreaker Siege Pulse Cannon overload mode was activated, and a violent energy torrent blasted the Devourer beasts in front of it into pieces along with the rocks.
Chapter 273 Peak Emperor Level
At the highest point of the village, atop a rib, the Shattered Star's Annihilation mech blended almost seamlessly with its surroundings. The Star-Piercing Electromagnetic Cannon was set up, and the Eagle Mirror rapidly calculated the trajectory.
Her breathing was steady, and with each pull of the trigger, the core of a powerful individual that was directing or unleashing special abilities from behind the beast tide was inevitably pierced.
Space distortion bullets were fired intermittently, creating small gravity traps in the dense beast horde, tearing apart enemies within range and relieving pressure on the front line.
Xu Tong's Gale transformed into a blue lightning bolt, darting at high speed around the perimeter of the battlefield.
The magnetic levitation vector jet grants him ultimate mobility, allowing him to create afterimage clones that constantly confuse the enemy's senses.
He doesn't engage in direct combat with large units, but instead targets those fast-moving or special-abilities mutated Devouring Beasts.
A high-frequency oscillating wave blade is launched, precisely severing the energy transmission nodes or joints of the Devouring Beast like a scalpel, paralyzing it, severely injuring it, and then finishing it off with a final blow.
The group acceleration field is activated occasionally, allowing nearby comrades to act quickly and resolve crises at critical moments.
Xia Dou is located in a relatively safe inner area, but her role is crucial.
The Heart Whisper mech's telepathic tentacles extended to their fullest extent, expanding its mental sensing range to its maximum.
She can now simultaneously establish connections with more than ten marked, relatively weak Devouring Beasts, forcibly manipulating them to turn around and attack their own kind, creating a chaotic area of infighting within the beast horde.
The taciturn Mountain Guardian stands watch over the most central area of the village, including the medical station and command center.
His layered rock composite protection was activated to its maximum, and the massive energy gate generated by the unbreakable barrier system acted like a wall of sighs, blocking all energy beams and spores from remote attacks on the core area.
As the Earth Dragon attempted to emerge from underground, he stomped on the ground, creating a spiked field in front of him. Sharp energy spikes pierced the Earth Dragon's relatively soft abdomen from bottom to top, forcing it back.
Qianli and Guayan stood side by side, but his Budongshan focused more on regional protection.
The Wailing Wall composite armor system shimmered with a heavy light, and the arc-shaped energy shield deployed by the Guardian Barrier Generator covered most of the upper area where the villagers were taking refuge.
He pushed the deeply ingrained system to its limit, as if it were one with the entire giant remains, directing all the impact towards the earth.
When the barrier begins to fluctuate due to continuous impacts, Qianli becomes the last physical line of defense.
The Spring Breeze of the Wine Song is an oasis of life on the battlefield. The field of life-hymn emanates from her, a soft green halo enveloping a large area, continuously healing wounded warriors.
The purifying nova is released intermittently, dispelling the pervasive scarlet and corrosive spores.
Her presence greatly enhances the team's ability to sustain combat operations.
The battles without a gate are probably the most unpredictable and mysterious.
Like a true ghost, the Phantom mech switched between physical and illusory states under the influence of a strong phase field.
He moved freely inside and outside the barrier, appearing in the most unexpected places from the beast tide.
The phase-piercing blade popped out, ignoring conventional defenses, easily piercing through a monarch-level energy core that was attacking the barrier with all its might, before disappearing again before the monarch-level could counterattack.
He threw the quantum entanglement bomb into the densest part of the beast tide, and the resulting spatial singularity instantly twisted and devoured a large number of Devouring Beasts.
Tie Xiao and his Taishan mecha perfectly embody the aesthetics of violence.
His bio-dynamic resonance furnace operates at overclocked speed, amplifying its immense power to the extreme.
There are no fancy techniques, only the purest power.
The shockwave shattered the ground, and the spreading shockwave pulverized the Devouring Beasts and rocks within a radius of tens of meters.
He charged directly at a monarch-level beast, using his shoulder, covered in bio-force field absorption armor, to withstand the attack. Then, Tie Xiao fought the monarch-level beast with all his might.
The combination of the Skybreaker and Kolova, this couple of mechs, is seamless.
Kolova's Softwater released the Deep Tide Domain, greatly slowing down all herds within its range and creating a high-density fluid environment.