Beautiful scenery never lasted long. Lin Xiao soared through the sky with the three women.
But just as Lin Xiao was about to fly into the atmosphere, he saw Qiang Wei and Ge Xiaolun descending from above in a rather bedraggled state.
"Qiang Wei, what happened?"
Lin Xiao opened the communication channel and asked in confusion.
"Boss, they're here. The Taotie are here. I saw their fleet, and they fired on me!"
Ge Xiaolun's voice was frantic. Faced with such a massive fleet, even the strongest heart would feel fear.
Lin Xiao fell silent. The changes he had brought about had already appeared. In the original story, the vanguard had attacked the entire world simultaneously, but this time, they might be focusing all their strength on China.
He opened the light screen. The number of Taotie warships shown had already reached twenty. Five of them were splitting off in different directions, while the remaining fifteen headed the same way.
"Xiaoguang, calculate the Taotie's attack routes!"
Four red arrows appeared on the screen. One ship was heading for America, while three were heading separately toward the vast European continent. The last one targeted the Maozi Empire, China's neighboring country.
The largest arrow pointed directly at Tianhe City in China, and Lin Xiao frowned.
I hope Morgana's nuclear restriction order works. Otherwise, China will become a scorched wasteland. He had risked attacking Morgana in the first place precisely for that.
"Super Soldier Company, assemble immediately and enter Level One combat readiness!"
Lin Xiao swiftly returned to the ground and gathered the Super Soldier Company at once. He had Lian Feng and Qi Lin organize the troops while he and Leina went to meet Du Kao for an emergency meeting.
On the evening of October 27, 2014, humanity faced its first invasion by an extraterrestrial civilization.
Twenty powerful space warships broke through Earth's atmosphere, targeting several of the planet's strongest nations.
China became the primary target of this assault. Fifteen Taotie flagship vessels nearly blotted out the entirety of Tianhe City.
"General Du Kao, how is the evacuation of Tianhe City progressing?"
In the Giant Xia conference room, Lin Xiao, Du Kao, and the others were holding an emergency strategy meeting.
"Since we made preparations in advance, the evacuation is proceeding reasonably well. But Tianhe City has too large a population. A great many civilians are still stranded in the urban area."
"Major General Lin, why not send out the Super Soldier Company as soon as possible? Tianhe City is in grave danger!"
The speaker was an officer from the South Sea Fleet. Since their assistance was needed, he was also attending this meeting.
Watching the chaotic scenes in Tianhe City on the screen, the officer could not help speaking up.
"Although the Super Soldier Company has formidable individual combat strength, there are only a few of them. They can't fight positional warfare. Infiltrating the enemy and launching surprise attacks is the correct strategy."
"Lieutenant General Chen Wu, please remain calm. The Super Soldier Company can only deploy once the Sixth and Tenth Army Groups are in position!"
Waiting was always agonizing. Although arrangements had been made beforehand, moving large-scale military forces still took time.
"They've opened fire! They're firing on the Evacuation Points!"
Suddenly, the host on the screen let out a terrified scream. A thick purple beam swept across an Evacuation Point in Tianhe City, reducing everything within it to nothingness.
The civilians still evacuating and the troops guarding the Evacuation Point were all killed. At the same time, several other Evacuation Points came under bombardment from the flagship vessels. In an instant, casualties exceeded one hundred thousand.
Everyone in the conference room rose to their feet. The Taotie had actually opened fire directly on civilians.
"Bastards! Bastards! Don't they have any conventions? They actually fired on civilians!"
The officer from earlier slammed his fist down on the conference table and did not dare look at the screen again.
"Expecting those beasts to abide by conventions was unreliable from the start."
Leina sat back down angrily. She had mentioned the Taotie's brutality before, but these soldiers had not seemed to believe her. They thought that civilians might be caught up in war, but would never be directly slaughtered.
"Tianhe City is one of China's great monuments, with a total population of more than thirty million. Although most have already evacuated, at least five million people remain stranded. Du Kao, I don't want to wait any longer."
Lin Xiao stood up, his icy gaze sweeping across everyone in the conference room as he directly opened the communication channel.
"War God Squad, heed my order. Proceed to Tianhe City immediately and reestablish the Evacuation Points. Five million civilians are waiting for your aid."
"Goddess Squad, deploy alongside them. Establish spatial wormholes at the Evacuation Points and transport the civilians out directly."
"Male God Squad, go shield your goddesses from the artillery fire!"
"Giant Xia emergency special operations unit, deploy. Enter the urban district, search for civilians, and guide them to the Evacuation Points."
"Yes, sir!"
The leaders of all four teams acknowledged the order at the same time. Without any hesitation, they boarded the transport aircraft waiting on standby.
As the commander of the combat division, Lin Xiao could directly command any combat unit aboard the Giant Xia.
Du Kao did not say anything. Although he felt it was still too early to deploy, he respected Lin Xiao's decision.
"Leina, you command the Super Soldier Company. Once the evacuation is complete, we begin our counterattack."
"Then what are you doing?"
"I'm obviously going to draw their fire for you!"
Lin Xiao stood and headed out of the conference room first. Rather than hold a meaningless meeting here, he might as well get to the battlefield sooner.
"Major General Lin Xiao, may your martial fortunes prosper, and may you return victorious!"
Every officer in the conference room stood. Led by Du Kao, they saluted Lin Xiao.
"Don't worry. I won't die!"
Lin Xiao waved his hand and quickly vanished from everyone's sight.
All of the Super Soldier Company's combat strength had gone to evacuate civilians. On the main battlefield, Lin Xiao could only rely on himself.
When he reached the deck, only Qi Lin and Lian Feng remained. Everyone else had already boarded and departed, while Leina had caught the last transport.
"Lin Xiao, what do we do?"
Lin Xiao could hear the nervousness in Qi Lin's voice. He gently patted her back and said,
"Don't worry too much. This is only a vanguard force. Come with me."
Lin Xiao took both women by the hand and brought them before one of the Giant Xia's hangars.
After he entered the command, the hangar opened, and Lin Xiao led the two women inside.
This hangar occupied a vast area. At its center stood three enormous figures concealed beneath black cloth.
"You finished those things? How did you do it?"
"You dismantled three Terminators to build these? Didn't you say they couldn't be completed for now?"
Qi Lin and Lian Feng were both stunned. These things were truly a surprise.
"Hehe, didn't Japan start developing large-scale humanoid combat mecha like Gundams back in 1999? I had Xiaoguang copy their research data."
"Damn, you're really wicked!"
"Not at all, not at all. I merely used it as a reference!"
Ignoring the disdainful looks from the two women, Lin Xiao forcefully tore away the three black cloths, revealing three half-crouching mecha before them.
"First-generation War God Mecha, activate!"
As soon as Lin Xiao entered the command, the three mecha activated and slowly stood upright. Their anti-reflective coatings also came online.
"Let me introduce them. War God: Zhao Yun. Height: twenty-one meters. The main structure is made of black gold, while the internal core uses blue-gold material. Its primary weapon is a spear, and it is equipped with a high-powered Plasma Ray and Blue Light Lightning beam."
"War God: Diao Chan. Built with Qi Lin as the model. Its weapons are a sword and shield. Its other specifications are identical."
"War God: Xiao Qiao. Built with Lian Feng as the model. Its weapons are a sword and shield. Its other specifications are identical."
"You really have strange tastes."
Qi Lin looked at the massive mecha whose body and facial features resembled hers and felt uncomfortable all over. Did it have to look so much like her?
"Have you improved its defensive measures?"
Lian Feng focused on something else. The analysis and information intrusions of those advanced civilizations could turn these huge machines into useless piles of metal.
"It didn't have any at first, but Morgana ambushed me today. They apparently couldn't break through my Blue Light electromagnetic interference, at least not in a short time, so I installed it."
"That's good!"
Seeing Lin Xiao's confidence, Lian Feng relaxed. At the very least, the Taotie would not possess such capabilities.
"Let's go. It's time to join the battle!"
Lin Xiao jumped onto War God: Zhao Yun's shoulder. The mecha then strode toward the hangar exit.
Although Lin Xiao had referenced Japan's Gundam systems, he had not installed any complicated manual control system. His artificial intelligence was not weak, so why waste the effort?
Therefore, these could be considered robots rather than true Gundam mecha. But regardless, with a larger frame, the power of every weapon would also be far greater.
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