Chapter 897: 107. I Wait Here
"Where are Colonel Hansen's orders? Why haven't we received any more orders from Colonel Hansen? Did Colonel Hansen abandon us?"
On the battlefield between the Barghests and New America, the Barghests around the stadium had been forced to huddle inside the stadium's fortifications, barely holding back the approaching New American forces.
After Colonel Hansen took command, the Barghests had fought desperately under his encouragement. But halfway through the battle, Colonel Hansen's commands suddenly vanished, as though Colonel Hansen himself had disappeared without warning.
Though some creatures bearing obvious traces of Biotechnica later charged out to help them assault New America's positions, without Hansen's decisive command, the Barghests' resistance only grew weaker and weaker.
New America's frontline commander had already noticed something was wrong—the Barghests' resistance was becoming fragmented. Their squads were like puppets with their strings cut, their tactical coordination stiff and their fire network riddled with gaps.
It was as if their command system had completely collapsed, leaving no one capable of stepping forward to direct them.
Though the commander was deeply puzzled, opportunities on the battlefield vanished in an instant. After confirming that this was not a feigned retreat meant to lure his soldiers into a possible ambush, he issued his orders.
The New American soldiers split into two groups: one used flamethrowers and heavy weapons to clear out the still-frenzied modified creatures, while the other advanced in alternating tactical formations, like a pair of pincers slowly closing around Dogtown.
At this rate, Dogtown Stadium would completely change hands within half an hour at most.
Yet just as the pincer offensive was about to close, a low-frequency signal suddenly came from deep within the stadium. Every modified creature seemed to have had its pause button pressed at once, their scarlet artificial eyes