At the Locust Great Wall defenses, nearly ten hours had passed since the swarm began its assault yesterday. The bugs were charging every part of the wall like mad, heedless of their casualties. The terrifying advantage of their numbers was on full display in this battle.
Warnings of swarms converging had come in from every defensive zone, from Vampire Coast to Abyss City. On the main front bordering the Gnoll Kingdom, the frontline's ammunition reserves had been exhausted in just three hours. While they waited for more, only the near-constant aerial bombardment by the Sunships had managed to keep the battle barely under control.
But the brute-force attacks of the giant dragon bugs had already inflicted dangerously severe damage on the wall itself.
Old Qin had only just woken up and hadn't even had time to eat when he received a warning from the Earth Priest. More than fifteen sections of the wall had suffered serious damage, and the other damage was too extensive to tally. He had no choice but to activate the Hell Divers and send them to the most dangerous areas.
Of course, he also had to equip these elite troops with weapons powerful enough to deter the enemy, such as the low-end power armor mass-produced by the Sangha Empire.
The one piece of good news was that the defenders of the Great Wall had replaced much of their equipment with mechanical weapons over the past while. As a result, close combat with the swarm wasn't causing the kind of horrific casualty ratio that would give any commander a brain hemorrhage.
At present, along the front of the Great Wall—a wonder of civilization in its own right—Steel Bears guarded the Dragoons as they struck back against the sea of bugs. Soldiers without armor weren't allowed on the