The sky trembles, roaring like thunder!
Countless small-scale battlefields, divided and segmented, the scent of gunpowder mixed with blood, weave together like a viscous swamp, engulfing everyone.
Exoskeleton armor units march in formation, like silent statues of death, their mechanical weaponry roaring, cold saw blades spinning, slicing apart one follower creature after another, blood splattering and soaking the scorched earth, as cruel as a scene from hell!
"Break the blockade! Firepower cover!"
Spiritual fluctuations flow like electronic signals, circulating through encrypted channels of various squads.
Suddenly, a corner of the sullen, cloud-filled dome breaks open!
The humans seize the opportunity!
Gun barrels fire bullets, machine guns spit flames, the lethal metal torrent cleaning away swathes of the follower creature masses, like a tide.
Yet the lower servants, mere flesh polymers, costless as they are, stack up to form the first line of defense, hindering the advance.
Firepower cover lasts for barely thirty seconds, the dense black energy stream fills the gap again, and the torn sky swiftly closes, the roar of the hot weapons abruptly ceasing.
"Advance! Advance! Twenty minutes! We must capture the front position!"
An elite officer transmits orders via spiritual communication to all teams.
New recruits, not equipped with armor, launch a charge, equipped only with the most basic mechanical weapons.
Blades, chainsaws, battle axes, using ancient and primitive violence to shred the enemy!
"War. This is the most realistic scene of war."
Near the polluted area of the east zone, a airship ascends, the bright and dazzling emblem of the Divine Machine, like a lighthouse in the night, dispelling the thick fog.
"Lieutenant! The exorcism ceremony can guarantee about thirty-five minutes, during which the airship is unaffected, but if the pollution intensifies, the time will be halved!"
In the airship cabin, the accompanying liaison officer reports.
"Twelve minutes is more than enough."
Wearing the officer’s uniform, Qin Shi nodded, his fingers tapping the army knife resting on his knee:
"Qiuyuan, Xiaotang, proceed according to plan."
Two thousand meters ahead of the airship.
"Boss! I have about one-hundred-fifty night bats behind me!"
"I’ve got three-hundred-seventy-four over here. If they swarm, less than half a second and I’ll be drained dry!"
The flickering spiritual imprint in the Sea of Consciousness links Qin Shi with Long Qiuyuan and Ye Xiaotang, facilitating communication exchange.
The polluted area renders high-precision electronic devices unusable, making spiritual ability the best option.
"Xiaotang, scan for any targets on the must-kill list."
Qin Shi ignores the panic and tension emotions from Long Qiuyuan and Ye Xiaotang in the spiritual imprint, closing his eyes and gently caressing the Perfect Electric Shock Saber.
"Morgan! There’s a level two disaster guy, an elite follower, night bat Morgan!"
Ye Xiaotang gasps, like sprinting madly, the roaring wind scraping past her ears.
Qin Shi shakes his head.
"Boss, if it’s a level three disaster, we couldn’t even run away! Night bats have flying capabilities!"
Her hysteria is like an overworked corporate slave on the brink of breakdown.
Long Qiuyuan swings dual blades, turning to slice apart two incoming night bats, their skin dark red, flowing with the Power of Shadow.
"Level three disaster night bats often master ’Phase Shuttle’ or ’Spiritual Scream’ ability. If we can annihilate this group of night bats, we should attract the ’Night Bat King’ slumbering within the lair."
Long Qiuyuan’s Life Force surges, unleashing a crescent wave, instantly shattering the low disaster level night bat group, flesh dropping like raindrops from the sky!
"Let’s give it a try."
Qin Shi activates the Life Magnetic Field, sensing a strong, dormant fluctuation, cold and slippery, like a mass of blood mist looming.
"At least earn back the fuel costs for the airship’s ascent."
This airship named "Kirov," specially allocated by White Poplar Barrier City, serves as the elite officer’s "ride."
With an effective payload of fifteen tons, a cruising speed of one-hundred-twenty knots, a hovering altitude of three-thousand meters, and radar sensing range covering a radius of three-hundred kilometers.
Primarily responsible for communications relay, battlefield surveillance, and long-range positioning.
Although stylish and useful, each ascent costs three units of energy, with each ten-minute flight increasing consumption by one unit.
Ordinary officers can’t afford such extravagance.
"Boss! Rescue me! I can’t hold on!"
Ye Xiaotang signals with both hands, she isn’t a combat unit, struggling with night bat pursuit.
Qin Shi opens his eyes, rising.
The cabin door creakily opens by the liaison officer, fierce winds rush inward, lifting the dark military uniform, coat tails whipping backward, hair strands swept into disarray.
"Lieutenant Qin Shi of White Poplar Barrier City joins the battlefield."
Qin Shi takes a deep breath, weaving Life Force into a domain.
Platinum light rises within, spilling out, wisps coiling around him, clinging firmly to the uniform surface. The source of this content ɪs Novᴇl_Fire(.)net
Under the Life Magnetic Field’s sensing, approximately two kilometers from the airship, the silent fluctuation of the night bat lair is awakening.
Qin Shi strides to the cabin door, unfurling the domain like a majestic mountain, blocking the gusts outside.
Grasping the still-sheathed Perfect Electric Shock Saber, he lowers his center of gravity, leans forward, and leaps down!
"If I didn’t see wrong, Lieutenant Qin seems to have not taken any landing equipment?"
The liaison officer is a bit stunned.