Entering the Shahai Laboratory, defending the city
Ignoring the screaming Demon Race who scattered and fled, Shisui hovered lightly above the Shahai Laboratory.
On the surface, this place appears to be just a temporary container transshipment point at the port, maintaining a certain distance from residential areas and underground shelters.
On ordinary days, although many people pass by here or carry goods, they have no interest in what is happening underground.
They had no idea that beneath this seemingly ordinary land lay a massive Laboratory, six stories high and covering an area of over 300 square meters.
The Shisui Kakugan opened, observing the structure and location of the Laboratory up close.
After some estimation, he roughly deduced that the Laboratory was about twenty meters deep.
Immediately afterwards, he gently waved the Ukaku behind him, and wisps of Feather Powder drifted out of his hand like smoke.
Feather Powder quickly spread, completely sealing off the ground area above the Laboratory.
At the lower back of Shisui, eight thick Bikaku stretched out slowly as if they were alive.
They intertwined and coiled together, eventually coalescing into an incomparably sharp spiral spear.
The tip of the gun gleamed coldly, pointed straight at the ground.
With a whoosh, the spear pierced down with Lightning speed!
"Bang!"
In an instant, a dull, loud thud echoed from the ground.
The stone bricks shattered instantly, and dirt flew everywhere.
The flowing Blade Scales on the Bikaku continuously dig and expel the soil.
As the Bikaku continued to penetrate deeper, a huge gap was forcibly drilled into the ground.
Moreover, this gap is constantly widening and deepening, approaching the underground Laboratory.
Three seconds later, "Clang!"
The tip of the Bikaku touched something unusually hard.
Shisui knew that was the ceiling of the top floor of the Laboratory.
He didn't stop moving; more spiritual energy surged into his tail.
The area where the Kagune touched the ceiling began to expand, and a large number of Rc Cells covered the sturdy, modified metal wall.
"Click, click..."
A dense, subtle grating sound arose, and the metal wall began to dent.
Two seconds later, a tiny hole, only one millimeter in diameter, appeared in the thick ceiling.
The opening kept widening and widening.
Amidst the horrified gazes of some Demon Race researchers who hadn't yet managed to escape, Bikaku burst through the wall.
Shisui's figure then appeared and landed on the ground floor of the sixth floor of the Laboratory.
Hi~
He greeted the researchers who were frozen in place by the murderous aura.
Feather Powder instantly engulfed these unfortunate souls.
Fear made the researchers breathe rapidly, and large amounts of Feather Powder entered their respiratory tracts and lungs.
The next moment, a feeling of suffocation overwhelmed them, and they collapsed to the ground like livestock being choked.
With Feather Powder clearing the way, he strolled Shisui past the convulsing Demon Race and strode deeper into the Laboratory.
With a diversion of some attention from his brain, Radiant Feathers began to rummage through the data and documents in the Laboratory.
Meanwhile, on the ground...
The Feather Powder flowed into the gap and disappeared completely.
After all the Feather Powder had entered the cave, Radiant Feathers, who remained behind, pushed nearby shipping containers to cover the opening.
This perfunctory cover-up cannot last long.
When an awakened being passes by and pauses to observe for a moment, they will be easily discovered.
However, the Shahai City is currently being swallowed up by war, and very few people are paying attention to this area.
This is also the result the Demon Race wanted, to reduce the risk of the Laboratory being discovered during wartime.
However, this very point was exploited by Shisui.
After covering the entrance to the hole, Radiant Feathers quickly left, using it as an anchor point to hide in the shadows of a distant street corner.
"Boom--!"
A tremendous roar came from the east of the city.
In front of the tall and thick city walls of Shahai City, the increasingly thin Psychic Energy Shield had become dim and lifeless.
The Insect Race vanguard, arriving before the shield, simultaneously raised their steel-blade-like forelegs.
A blade of light, formed from the Psychic Energy of thousands of Insect Race soldiers, appeared.
The next moment, it crashed down heavily!
"Boom--!"
Another loud bang.
"Snap!"
Immediately afterwards, a crisp cracking sound rang out.
The Psychic Energy Shield could no longer withstand the attack powered by thousands of Insect Race, and collapsed with a deafening roar.
More sandstorms swept into the city.
The sandstorm, which had initially managed to stay in the East District, began to further encroach on the Shahai City.
"Everyone, get to the city wall!"
"Reinforcements will arrive soon. For the sake of our families and the people behind us, we will hold our ground and never retreat!"
The mayor of Shahai City shouted loudly, ignoring the yellow sand rushing towards him.
He took the lead and stepped forward without hesitation to the front of the city wall, watching the swarm of insects rushing in like a tide.
At this moment, all 20,000 Demon Race soldiers had perished.
If they wanted to buy time until rescue arrived, their only option was to hold out against the city walls.
The Psychic Energy Shield outside the walls of Shahai City is a new defensive line built in recent years due to fiscal surplus.
The city walls themselves, and the magic array operating within them, are the last and most solid line of defense for Shahai City.
The city walls glowed with flickering firelight amidst the sandstorm, all their energy focused on defending against the enemy's attack.
As a result, the city could only be left to the mercy of sandstorms blowing into it.
Fortunately, it successfully halted the Insect Race's advance.
The Insect Race soldiers repeated their old trick, raising their forelegs high before slashing down together.
"Boom--!"
The attack made the sandstorm even more violent.
Unfortunately, the city wall remained completely undamaged.
"All troops! Aim!" The Demon Race defenders, naturally, wouldn't let such a golden opportunity for a counterattack slip by. "Fire!"
The Psychic Energy Cannon was aimed at the densely packed Insect Race soldiers below the city wall.
At this moment, they attempted to climb the city wall by stepping on their companions.
But the next second, the shell exploded, and the piled-up Insect Race were instantly blown to pieces.
The city wall didn't even shake; it stood firmly amidst the explosion.
Just as the mayor of Shahai City breathed a sigh of relief and was about to direct the logistics department to send various supplies to the city wall in an orderly manner...
The earth before us seemed to suddenly tremble slightly.
As the rustling sound of the Insect Race walking grew closer, the frequency of the earth trembling became more and more obvious.
A heavy Ministry of War, a joint force of Beastfolk and Insect Race, has arrived.
The first swarm of insects automatically parted to create a wide passage, leaving the heavy cavalry unimpeded and on a smooth road ahead.
Therefore, their charging speed did not decrease but increased.
Above, the Beastfolk's spear was pointed directly at the city wall in front of them.
Below, the Insect Race's sharp mouthparts came together in a shape resembling a triangular pyramid, also facing the city wall.
The Ministry of War were dispersed in various locations, with all members sharing a common goal and highly focused on mental and Psychic Energy.
They transformed into sharp arrows, shooting towards the city wall.
With such a commotion, the mayor naturally couldn't miss it.
"Aim at the cavalry! All gunners, aim at the Ministry of War!"
He shouted, issuing commands at breakneck speed.
But it was too late.
Once the sight of cavalry is seen, there is no escape.
"Call out!"
The air was sliced open with a popping sound.
Immediately afterwards.
"Bang!"
The city wall trembled violently from the impact.
Every spot that was hit left a dent about half the size of a fist on the originally smooth wall surface.
The mayor didn't see the small pits, but the violent shaking of the walls said it all.
The mayor's eyes widened in fury as he watched the Ministry of War retreat, preparing to charge again.