Beast Tide

In the offices of the six-story factory, the three new managers met.

A major from the logistics department, a lieutenant colonel from the equipment department, and Zhao Xie, the logistics supervisor.

The lieutenant colonel smiled and looked at Zhao Xie: "Supervisor Zhao, we've given you a chance, so don't let us down again."

Zhao Xie looked at the gradually taking shape modified factory and took a deep breath.

He thought he would be sidelined because he hadn't gotten the information, but he didn't expect to have another chance.

He was to temporarily take over Lao Zhou's supervisory position and be in charge of the production of bio-prosthetics.

The security team's experts have confirmed the feasibility of bioengineering.

The major waved his hand, and a group of people in white coats rushed in. Behind these people were nutrient tanks containing huge biological organs, including large tentacles, peeled arms, and a large mass of writhing blood vessels.

"These are all radiation organs transported from the front lines. A company of soldiers will be coming over to undergo modification later."

The major raised his chin; on the display screen not far away was the 'human modification data' that had been secretly photographed.

"You and Director Du come from the same background, so we believe in you and are giving you a second chance. You must seize it!"

"The higher-ups have high expectations for the bio-warrior program," the major paused, "And if you fail, you know what the consequences will be."

"Yes!"

After bidding farewell to everyone, the major went straight upstairs, where one of the temporary command posts was located. He found Brigadier General Gevill and whispered something to him.

"Yes, Zhao Xie is capable. Otherwise, Lao Zhou wouldn't have transferred him to the security force and let him do things on his own. I will have our prosthetic doctor assist him."

The major hesitated, but finally couldn't help but say, "General, now that we've acquired the technology, why risk a complete falling out?"

Geviel sneered, "So what if we tear off the mask? As long as we get there first, our security force can control this powerful weapon ourselves. It's worth it."

"What are those two doing now? Are they struggling to find biological materials for modification?"

The major paused for a moment, then said, "Uh, it seems they're manufacturing other mechanical equipment."

Geville waved for the major to leave, paused for a moment, and then opened an email in the visual sensor.

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The temporary factory, located on an eight-story building, saw its production efficiency increase by 30% immediately after Director Du took over.

"Monster-attracting artifacts," "special effects production machines," and "beast-taming circles" are being produced in a continuous stream from the production line.

The senior engineer crawled out of a machine, his face contorted in pain and covered in grease.

"Running away with the bucket back then was definitely a wise move; it exhausted me."

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"Keep quiet during work hours!"

The girl with the ponytail has entered "Director Du mode," with a serious expression, as if nothing could disturb her.

The senior engineer wiped his hands, his expression shifted, and he looked out the window. The overhead light suddenly went out with a hissing sound.

"The beast tide is coming!"

In a visible area, red light first began to cover the area, then a black line appeared, and large and small radiated beasts, led by their leader, were advancing towards the humans in an orderly manner.

"So, it's a red radiation zone right from the start?" Daisy frowned at one of the firing points, her expression somewhat grave.

Red represents a Class D radiation beast, meaning that anyone who cannot withstand the aura of a Class D radiation beast is completely unable to participate in the following battle.

"After the last failure, you seem to have lost your edge," Huang Wen's electronic voice sounded from the drone.

Daisy was taken aback.

"You wouldn't have been this anxious before."

Daisy didn't refute, but instead took a deep breath, and the three electromagnetic guns in her hands sizzled.

"This area is now in your hands. From this moment forward, you will be the commander-in-chief of this defense zone."

"What I lost on the battlefield, I will take back on the battlefield!"

Almost the instant the beast tide appeared, countless helicopters took off, covering half the sky like flocks of birds.

Various types of missiles also emerged from the armed bunker.

The next moment, hundreds and thousands of missiles were launched simultaneously, like a brilliant meteor shower.

Before the mechanical bio-beasts in front could react, they were engulfed in the explosion.

The commander of the beast tide is very clever.

The ones appearing on the front lines are all mechanical bio-beasts; if it were radioactive beasts instead, it might trigger a chain reaction of explosions.

The missile bombardment was almost non-stop, and the mechanical beasts' advance was also uninterrupted.

Above the beast tide, a dark mass of mechanical birds descended from the radiation layer, led by different kinds of mechanical bird bosses, heading straight for our own sky territory.

Among the flock of birds were hundreds of corrupt armed aircraft.

Their surfaces are covered with a layer of bright red flesh, and they are fighting against their former teammates with the most standard tactical maneuvers.

The air war broke out before the ground war.

"Calling Flying Dragon 430! Calling Flying Dragon 430!"

A helicopter pilot couldn't resist using the radio to contact his former comrade-in-arms.

"Ma Yong, you idiot, what are you doing!" the weapons controller couldn't help but yell.

"I think I just saw Feng Jian! He's not dead yet!"

The radio suddenly connected, and a tired voice came through.

"Am I Feng Jian, or Ma Yong?"

"Old Feng, thank goodness you're still alive! Make an emergency landing immediately, I'll send someone to pick you up!"

"An emergency landing?" Feng Jian's voice turned strange. "I'm afraid it's too late."

"Too late? How could this be—"

Ma Yong's pupils suddenly contracted as he saw two tracking missiles precisely locate him, followed by a massive explosion in mid-air.

Inside the Flying Dragon, Feng Jian was calmly operating the aircraft. In his modified prosthetic eyes, the pupils had disappeared, leaving only the strange numbers generated when the wild virus hacked in.

On the ground, the battle also officially began, with two hundred large combat robots standing at the forefront. They were three stories high, with their upper bodies covered in heavy armor and equipped with more than a dozen large melee weapons.

They have four arms, and as the combat chip is activated, their hands skillfully draw electromagnetic serrated blades, melee energy cannons, six-barreled Vulcan cannons, and gravity guns.

It was like a giant metal wave crashing into a mechanical dam.

"Boom!"

Even from a great distance, many people saw cracks in the glass in front of them due to this "explosive impact".

'Inject battlefield concentration agent?'

"Yes."

Should we administer muscle-boosting drugs?

"Yes."

Should we administer a neurotrophic agent?

"Yes."

As one needle after another was inserted into the pinholes in the armor, Zhou Cong's expression turned cold and fanatical.

His physical performance is at least twice as good as before.

As for the aftereffects, what do they matter as long as we can survive the beast tide?

Standing in front of Zhou Cong were a series of "manipulated exoskeletons". They looked very similar to large robots, but instead of being controlled by "artificial intelligence", they were controlled by professionals with cables attached to their bodies and various joysticks in front of them.

This is a combination of 'neural manipulation' and 'manual manipulation'.

They will be replaced when the combat robot's body is damaged by more than 50%.

And after the robots returned to the battlefield, they filled other defensive lines.

Behind them, there are more than two hundred exoskeleton warriors like Zhou Cong.

They have other tasks.

The mission is simple: decapitate the Class B radiant beasts when the beast tide reaches a stalemate.

There is only one way to resolve the beast tide—kill as many high-level radiated beasts as possible, causing the beast tide to revert back to a radiated zone.

Large radiant beasts are temporarily unable to penetrate the oasis, but small mechanical beast hordes are able to slip through gaps in the battle lines.

Although they are described as small, many of them are two stories high.

For a mechanical bio-beast, this is already relatively 'small'.

Within the "field of vision" comprised of countless surveillance cameras, Huang Wen silently watched as countless mechanical bio-beasts stormed in.

As a person in a vegetative state, he had not felt anything for a long time.

The beast tide gave him a long-lost sense of excitement.

The next moment, twenty "monster-attracting artifacts" were activated.

The power of the electronic eyes of the mechanical bio-beasts surged, causing most of the mechanical beasts to go berserk before being diverted.

The "open version virtual projections" along the road were also turned on one by one.

Simulated buildings, simulated roads, and even simulated defenders will maximize the movement of the herd in the predetermined direction.

According to Huang Wen, he planned to lure the radioactive beast into a maze filled with machine guns.

Landmines, grenades, machine guns, rocket launchers, and cybernetic weapons—a saturation attack was launched simultaneously.

The mechanical beasts' eyes, mouths, connecting pipes, and nerve circuits were all vital points, and one by one, these semi-mechanical beings fell on the road to their charge.

Many more mechanical beasts went into a frenzy, for their electronic eyes saw enemies everywhere.

"Seventeen!"

"Eighteen!"

"Nineteen!"

The mechanical beasts, forced to scatter, were defeated one by one by the well-prepared mechanical hunters.

Keiko Matsushima wields a knife, her combat chip fully activated, leaving a trail of blood-red cherry blossoms in her wake.

She is only missing a school uniform compared to Japanese high school girls.

Fatty Xiang roared and transformed into a deformed giant, wildly sweeping his enormous spiked club.

Compared to his previous transformations, he became even more ferocious after absorbing the Reaper's cells, often charging forward while enduring bullets from Gunpowder Beasts.

Daisy, with her three hands, blocked a C+ grade leopard-shaped mechanical beast.

The man and the leopard stared fiercely at each other, and surprisingly, they bore a striking resemblance.