Battle at 5,000 Meters Above the Ground (Part 2)

Thunder roared and rain poured down from the sky, but inside the nuclear-powered aircraft, it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

The senior engineer closed his eyes, appearing calm on the surface, but his senses were heightened.

The world before my eyes seemed to have changed completely. The seats and the aircraft had disappeared, leaving only a thick black tide, wave after wave.

The pressure on Senior Engineer was the greatest during this special operation, as he had to single-handedly cut off the radiation field of five Class B mechanical beasts.

This is the price of instant success.

He had to accept it, even if he only had one life.

The system task notification sounded at this moment.

[Mission: Beast Tide - Ground Zeroes]

Difficulty: Hard

Mission Briefing: Terrifying mechanical wings have blotted out the battlefield sky, tearing through the iron curtain; perhaps this will be the turning point in this beast tide.

Mission objective: Shoot down 5 Class B Radiation Birds

Mission Rewards: Experience +15000, Mechanical Legion Favorability +1000, Colonel Kep Favorability +400, Xiao Huang Favorability +300, Mechanical Puzzle Fragment *1, Biological Weapon Blueprint *1

The black tide began to thicken, like flowing black liquid. The liquid was ignited, and black flames covered the world.

Amidst the raging flames, a gigantic black creature appeared in the engineer's field of vision.

With each breath it takes in and exhale, there is a surging stream of radiation particles; as its wings flap, enormous positive and negative charges begin to coalesce and decompose.

This is the origin of the dark clouds and torrential rain.

Weather weapons, which are artificially created earthquakes, tsunamis, torrential rains, flash floods, and thunderstorms, are strategic weapons possessed by a Level 2 civilization, and their danger level is no less than that of nuclear bombs.

The B-grade mechanical beast, according to the level classification, is a level 40 boss template. It is equivalent to a small-scale weather weapon of a country. Although it may not be able to destroy the framework of the continent, it can destroy a small city with the help of a beast tide.

What the senior engineer did was to temporarily cut off their "power supply," causing them to short-circuit.

The special forces colonel looked at the senior engineer, and a strong aura of danger gradually emanated from him.

Starting from her fingers, a rich, blood-red color spreads upwards, reaching her shoulders and scapulae, where the Reaper Queen's red outer armor gradually takes shape.

Many of the colonists turned to look at him. They were high-ranking soldiers of the Mother City Colony Legion, but they had been transferred to this rural area because of their former superior, Demon Mountain. Although they didn't say it, they looked down on these country bumpkin hunters.

However, the biological aura emanating from their bodies caused their bio-armor to react automatically, causing their black muscles to bulge out.

The bio-armor is a high-level bio-armor with biological early warning capabilities. According to the equipment level, it belongs to the first tier of advanced technology of a first-level civilization.

"Salina!"

A short-haired woman with a scar on her face stood up and, in just three seconds, transformed into a two-meter-tall superhuman.

The leg muscles slowly tore apart, revealing two energy nozzles.

Besides her, her four teammates were the same.

The Bio-Beastmaster is a third-tier class, and these Mother City warriors are all elite templates. Five level 30 elites, combined with high-tech Bio-Beastmaster armor, should theoretically be able to suppress a B-rank beast for the time being.

Unless this beast can fly, has mechanical armor, and is aided by a beast horde.

Kepp stared at the senior engineer, while the crimson blood on the senior engineer's arm began to appear on his thigh.

Visible radiation began to appear in the nuclear-powered aircraft.

Not far away, visible to the naked eye, a "giant bomber" was engaged in aerial combat with more than a dozen fighter jets belonging to the security forces.

Although it was one against ten, the ones being suppressed below were the security forces' bomber squadron.

Moments later, three more fighter jets were caught and destroyed by the "giant bomber" at close range.

The senior engineer's "vision" gradually became clearer, and he could see the true appearance of the "bomber". It was a "giant bomber bird" that he had seen once in the urban area. However, that one was a C+ level, while this one was a B level leader.

The "Giant Bombing Bird" is twice the size of a regular bomber, with a length of 100 meters and a wingspan of nearly 120 meters. In addition to its mechanical wings that can be folded twice, it also has huge bird eyes that look like searchlights. Its belly is also twice as round as that of a bomber, and it is unknown how many "energy bombs" it produces inside.

It lacks missile and machine gun systems, instead relying on steel talons and a formation of "drones"—its offspring, flying gun-wielding beasts equipped with machine guns, protecting its flanks.

As these drones grow larger, their weapon systems will be gradually abandoned, replaced by the development of energy storage tanks.

The "Giant Bombardier Bird" made a nimble ascent and descent, once again smashing a fighter jet. A hint of disdain flashed in the bird's eyes.

However, the next moment, a strange sense of danger arose in its heart.

Amidst the black tide of radiation, a colossal monster hundreds of meters tall slowly emerged. It possessed six pairs of bladed limbs, each giant blade growing out of its back and merging with it as it moved.

[Predator Domain Expands]

[In the food chain connection]

[Food chain tagging failed]

Almost instantly, thick flames erupted from the mechanical wings of the 'Giant Bombardment Bird,' acting like some kind of booster, and the hundred-meter-long monster lunged at the 'Giant Reaper.'

However, the Giant Reaper beat it to the punch, its six bladed limbs transforming into a chain of blades that cleaved through the darkness.

The giant bomber bird's figure jolted violently, and the light in its two huge bird eyes hissed and dimmed instantly.

The next moment, five bio-engineers appeared in mid-air, their energy nozzles on their bio-engineering armor opening simultaneously as they grabbed the giant bird's claws, back, and other parts.

The black muscles on the armor bulged wildly, and the arms and thighs instantly grew to the thickness of a water tank.

The maximum force of a single bio-armor is three tons. With the combined efforts of five bio-armorers, a force of fifteen tons instantly subdued the "Giant Bombing Bird." Amidst the raging storm, this enormous mechanical bird crashed down from the sky.

"Done!" the driver exclaimed in delight.

[Class B Radiation Bird *1]

"Are you alright?" Colonel Cape asked with some concern, looking at the senior engineer whose eyes, ears, nose, and mouth were all bleeding.

The senior engineer waved his hand, and when his radiation field collided with the Class B radiation field, a backlash was inevitable. If anyone could touch the senior engineer's skin, they would find that his body was burning hot at the moment.

"How about we deal with the smaller one first?"

"No, pick the biggest one first!"

The senior engineer's idea is correct. The larger the mechanical bio-beast, the greater the impact of the radiation field and the greater the power consumption. As long as it is cut in time, the success rate of "crashing" the opponent will be higher.

Following the same pattern, two other giant semi-mechanical flying creatures of the same size were quickly knocked down.

The senior engineer's eyes had turned bright red, a sign that the harvester's cells were boiling.

With the absence of these three B-grade radiation beasts, the radiation intensity in the sky began to decrease significantly, and even the darkness began to lessen.

A bolt of lightning suddenly ripped through the darkness and struck the nuclear-powered aircraft heavily.

Holy crap!

Although the pilot had undergone neural enhancement modifications, he was still too slow to react. Fortunately, the nuclear-powered aircraft did not have propellers, and its surface energy-resistant coating blocked most of the lightning damage.

Sparks flew in the cockpit, and although various indicators on the instrument panel rose sharply, they were eventually stopped.

Within the dark clouds, blinding white light stretched out in a continuous line. The pilot, realizing what was happening, jerked the control stick around. In the next instant, streaks of lightning transformed into spears of thunder, relentlessly striking down upon the aircraft.

Kep's face suddenly darkened, and his bio-armor transformed, with black eyes covering most of his face. He passed through the radiation layer, the ionosphere, and reached the atmosphere, where a huge bird-shaped energy body was frantically stirring up the atmosphere and creating dark clouds.

Class B radioactive life form – the Ionizing Radiation Bird!

"We'll block it; you finish the cut as quickly as possible!"

The next moment, the remaining seven superhumans simultaneously transformed and burst out of the cabin.

Compared to advanced mechs, the firepower, endurance, and control system of the colony armor are far inferior. High-level mechs can even directly connect to satellites and carry out orbital bombardment.

However, the bio-armor also has its advantages: its close-combat burst damage, biological adjustment, and energy defense are all superior to other mechs of the same level.

The seven level 30 elites from the mother city instantly suppressed the ionizing radiation bird, at least greatly extending its time of piloting weather weapons.

The pilot breathed a sigh of relief and was about to say something when the cabin suddenly shook violently, and the next moment, a cabin door was ripped open.

A violent storm surged towards them in an instant.

"Holy crap, who is it?! Why aren't the electronic sensors, thermal radiation sensors, or advanced detectors reacting at all?"

The senior engineer narrowed his eyes and looked into the raging storm. He couldn't see it with his "prosthetic eye," but in the radiation field, there was a bird-shaped radiation life form. The intensity of this life form definitely exceeded 100,000, making it a Class B life form.

"So, the last B-rank is the Invisible Bird? No wonder its species isn't listed in the data."

The "Invisible Bird" circled around, seemingly planning to launch another sneak attack from a different direction.

"Little Huang, good luck to you. Remember to bring a parachute."

"Parachute? What do you mean? Hey, how did you know my name is Xiao Huang?"

Before the pilot, Xiao Huang, could finish speaking, the other side of the cockpit was suddenly ripped open. At the same time, two 'scabbards' on the engineer's waist shot out with a loud bang, like a rocket launcher, and then the engineer's figure disappeared.

Why enhance the "Monomer Claw"? The most important aspect of this auxiliary equipment is its ease of use, not its equipment level.

In fact, the enhanced '3D Maneuver Gear' was prepared for hunting large radioactive beasts.