The Preset Battlefield

When wartime regulations are in effect, military orders must be carried out unconditionally and immediately.

Without An Xiaoxue needing to say anything, the driver, who was ex-military, slammed on the brakes.

"Don't panic."

"We're about to abandon the vehicle, but before you do, forcefully pull the red lever in front of your seats, grab your emergency equipment, and then get out."

"Don't be nervous, all of this was explained to you after you got on the bus."

The students on board were all elites.

Furthermore, with the strenuous physical training currently being implemented, their practical skills were quite good.

Even though many were panicking, they were still able to follow instructions.

Xu Tui quickly returned to his seat. Cheng Mo had already pulled the red lever for him, and he immediately obtained his emergency equipment.

The tactical shield, disguised as the back of the seat, was eighty centimeters high, fifty centimeters wide, one centimeter thick, and weighed about ten pounds. It was made of special materials, and during the on-board introduction, it was said to be bulletproof.

Then there was a helmet.

And a tactical dagger for students to defend themselves.

The high school seniors, who had undergone years of strenuous physical training, had physiques and strength that were not much different from adults. With a little armament, even if they couldn't fight, they still had some ability to protect themselves.

Amidst the screeching sound of collision, the vehicle came to an abrupt halt in a hollow, the tilted vehicle naturally forming a defensive barrier.

The front and rear doors, along with the two emergency doors, opened simultaneously. Within five seconds, everyone had jumped out of the vehicle.

An Xiaoxue and the two uniformed security guards were the last to disembark. Cha Yifeng, who had already been bound tightly with ultra-fine boron rope, was also thrown out of the vehicle.

"Raise your shields and protect your vital areas, await rescue!"

As An Xiaoxue lightly commanded, she stood at the very front of all the students, her chin slightly raised, her tied black hair fluttering in the evening mountain breeze.

In that instant, the students who had been terrified by An Xiaoxue's transformation into a female Asura suddenly felt an immense sense of security.

In the sky, dense firelight appeared once again.

Judging by their general direction, they were all aimed at the escort vehicles.

The escort vehicles were equipped with heavy weaponry.

Seeing this scene, Xu Tui's heart clenched.

Whether the heavy weapons on the escort vehicles were destroyed or the escort vehicles themselves were destroyed, it would mean a fatal blow to their side's military strength.

What would be the fate of students like them then?

"Since when have traitorous organizations been able to operate so rampantly within the Huaxia region? This is completely different from what's advertised on television."

Just as Xu Tui's heart began to sink, the escort forces finally began their efficient counterattack.

Electromagnetic jamming rounds and high-energy decoy flares rapidly split up in the sky.

The dense firelight attacking from the sky, which had originally been in neat formations, suddenly became chaotic.

They exploded into a ball in the sky.

Only a very small number hit their targets.

Firelight, explosions, the smell of gunpowder, and the students' cries merged into a cacophony, giving the students who had just left Jincheng Mansion a sense of having lived through another life.

Was this still the world they were familiar with?

Abruptly, a phrase often heard on television surged into Xu Tui's mind—The peace and tranquility we enjoy is because someone is carrying the burden for us!

Over a hundred people charged forward on personal flight devices.

Under the personal command of Colonel Liu Tianhu, the soldiers had set up a reasonable defensive line in a very short period.

Flames spewed forth, electricity flashed, and the fierce battle began.

It was only then that Xu Tui realized that the escorting soldiers were slightly more numerous than he had imagined or estimated.

The uniformed security guards who had accompanied them were now protecting their flanks, but the combat soldiers still numbered over a hundred.

It was likely that some soldiers had disguised themselves as students.

Often, the most terrifying thing is the unknown.

Now that the enemy had appeared, it wasn't as frightening.

The heavy weaponry of the escort vehicles also began to spew flames.

Several enemies who couldn't dodge in time were instantly shot dead.

As time passed, more and more heavy weapons from the escort vehicles were activated and joined the battle.

The attacking enemies were completely suppressed by this powerful firepower.

This scene caused many students to breathe a sigh of relief.

But almost at the same instant, an extremely displeased cold snort came from the rear.

"Useless, after planning for so long, you still miscalculated."

Suddenly, Xu Tui looked at the ground with extreme fear.

With that cold snort, Xu Tui felt the entire ground suddenly become violent.

"Be careful, get off the ground!"

Liu Tianhu, commanding on the front lines, roared.

The soldiers had developed a conditioned reflex to Liu Tianhu's orders.

Most of them immediately got off the ground, climbing trees or jumping onto the roofs of vehicles. At the very least, they jumped up on the spot.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Sharp earthen spikes shot up from the ground at high speed, directly flipping over the escort vehicles.

In an instant, the heavy firepower was neutralized.

The defensive line also became somewhat chaotic as the soldiers jumped.

Some students cried out in surprise.

"Mysterious System, Extraordinary class!"

"Is this the Earth affinity of a Mysterious System Extraordinary?"

"At least a B-grade Gene Mutant, possibly even a Gene Evolver. It should also have a formidable Limitless System close-quarters guard," An Xiaoxue's expression was grim.

Almost simultaneously, a flash of blade light appeared beside the Earth-element Extraordinary, sharp and peerless!

The Earth-element Extraordinary's attacks began to fall relentlessly, and casualties among the soldiers started to appear rapidly.

At the same time, the enemy, having lost the suppression of firepower, began to surround and attack.

"Familiar taste, old friend, miss me?"

Liu Tianhu licked his lips and, from a black box handed to him by an orderly behind him, suddenly produced a long spear.

"Kill!"

Liu Tianhu roared!

He stomped his foot, and his entire body shot out like a high-speed guided missile, directly knocking away the blade-wielding guard and charging straight towards the Earth-element Extraordinary.

His speed was at its absolute limit.

Almost the instant he roared, he had crossed forty to fifty meters.

This shout of "Kill!" made Xu Tui's throat itch and his blood boil.

At this moment, Xu Tui was looking up at Liu Tianhu!

Liu Tianhu's fearless momentum, fighting two at once, had the Earth-element Extraordinary flustered.

Nearby enemies began to provide fire support to the Earth-element Extraordinary.

But at this moment, Liu Tianhu was like a god of war descending.

He let the ordinary firearms pour onto him.

These ordinary firearms could only tear his uniform, not his nano-light armor.

Occasionally, high-energy bullets would come his way.

Liu Tianhu would either dodge them lightly or use his spear to parry them, deflecting the bullets directly.

His speed was so fast it was almost an indistinguishable blur.

Forcing the Earth-element Extraordinary to retreat repeatedly, while occasionally killing one or two enemies.

He charged forward, like a fierce tiger descending from a mountain.

Liu Tianhu displayed his might, and his elite officers also charged forward. A few of them, like Liu Tianhu, were fearless of firearms and possessed astonishing combat power.

"Is this the power of a Limitless System expert?"

Xu Tui, holding up his tactical shield to protect himself, glanced at An Xiaoxue at this moment.

An Xiaoxue's Mysterious System abilities, which she had displayed earlier, were also very powerful.

If she joined the battle, would it end immediately?

As Xu Tui was thinking, a rustling sound suddenly arose.

In the mountain hollow at dusk, pairs of eyes suddenly appeared. A foul, fishy smell wafted in on the mountain breeze, mixed with low growls.

An Xiaoxue's expression changed drastically. "Cyborgs have appeared, is this a pre-set battlefield? How much intelligence did you leak?"

An Xiaoxue stomped hard on Cha Yifeng's face, then leaped into the air. With a flick of her fingers, thirty silver, matchstick-sized pellets were scattered.

The next instant, the silver pellets, like a little girl tossing toys, accelerated with a glare from An Xiaoxue's almond-shaped eyes, emitting piercing whistling sounds.

More than thirty beasts that had pounced from the forest instantly fell dead.

At that very moment, an extremely terrifying monster appeared in the forest ahead.

Yes, a monster with a human upper body and a tiger-like lower body, complete with a long tail, the Cyborg An Xiaoxue had mentioned, appeared not far away.

"It wasn't pre-set for long, only about an hour."

The Cyborg Tiger Man chuckled, his tiger tail flicking up and then exploding, sending out over two hundred beasts of various kinds roaring out of the forest. Above them, eleven ferocious flying beasts also appeared and swooped down towards the students.

Flames spewed forth.

The security guards and teachers accompanying each vehicle, who had not yet joined the fight, all began to open fire.

However, possibly due to Cha Yifeng revealing the information, at least one-third of the animals driven by the Cyborg Tiger Man were attacking the students in vehicle number three.

This included eleven ferocious Sky-Graspers.

Almost instantaneously, An Xiaoxue flew up again, silver pellets flying out. While over thirty more animals were annihilated, An Xiaoxue had already charged towards the cyborg.

"Are you all f*cking stupid? If you don't provide suppressing fire, how am I supposed to capture people and complete the mission?" The Cyborg Tiger Man looked at An Xiaoxue charging at him with some fear.

In the distance, three streaks of light, accompanied by thunderous roars, shot towards An Xiaoxue.

These were the sounds of high-energy electric sniper rifles.

An Xiaoxue's expression changed, and the five fingers of her right hand spread wide.

At that moment, the five silver rings on An Xiaoxue's fingers shone with dazzling brilliance.

As if by a miracle, the plasma rounds from the high-energy electric sniper rifles, trailing brilliant blue tails, suddenly stopped in front of An Xiaoxue.

They emitted a grating, squeaking sound.

Then, the electric lights slowly dissipated and fell to the ground.

However, the high-energy electric sniper rifles continued to fire.

One plasma round after another from the high-energy electric sniper rifles sealed An Xiaoxue in place.

It was as if an invisible barrier had formed in front of An Xiaoxue, firmly blocking these plasma rounds, as well as many of the hot weapon bullets aimed at the students.

In the distance, the Cyborg Tiger Man chuckled and charged towards the students in vehicle number three, who had formed defensive formations in small groups of four or five, holding their shields.

The ferocious animals controlled by the Cyborg Tiger Man also charged forward.

In the blink of an eye, a student was snatched into the sky by a ferocious great eagle, screaming in terror.

One of the security guards in military uniform quickly raised his gun to shoot, intending to save the student.

Whoosh!

The Cyborg Tiger Man suddenly lunged forward.

The security guard in military uniform lost his head, his entire body still maintaining the posture of holding his gun and shooting.

Such a terrifying scene caused the students to scream in panic.

Xu Tui, Cheng Mo, Gong Ling, and another unnamed male classmate, the four of them holding shields, watched the approaching beasts, their breathing becoming heavy.

An Xiaoxue had already killed over sixty animals, and together with those killed by the security guards, at least thirty animals were now charging towards Xu Tui and the other classmates.

Tragedy struck almost instantly.

Under Generational Hereditary Evolution, the animals of nature had now become incredibly ferocious, more than one to several times stronger than a century ago.

However, these beasts seemed to be under the control of the cyborgs.

Their primary objective was not to kill, but to capture the students alive.

A large snake, with a single sweep of its tail, knocked away a tactical shield and coiled around two students, retreating towards the rear.

A lean, agile leopard bit onto a student and dragged him away.

One scream and cry for help after another made An Xiaoxue anxious.

But she was still completely sealed in place by the high-energy electric sniper rifles, unable to move.

Suddenly, blood gushed from An Xiaoxue's mouth, eyes, ears, and nose simultaneously. An Xiaoxue began to advance through wave after wave of plasma rounds from the high-energy electric sniper rifles.

She was actually trying to approach the position of the high-energy electric sniper.

"Ahu, hurry up, this woman is going crazy." A voice came from behind.

The cyborg Ahu did not speak, but he continuously let out strange roars, urging the animals and beasts under his control to capture the students alive.

"Be careful, there are beasts coming," Gong Ling's voice trembled.

"Don't worry, I'm here!"

Cheng Mo slightly opened the tactical shield in his left hand, slowly stood up, and looked at the giant lynx pouncing towards them, its body in a striking pose. His voice trembled as he said, "Little Leg, I'll take the initiative. The three of you, run towards Teacher An. Your chances of survival are higher there!"

Xu Tui was deeply moved.

In the small woods they had met in at school over the years, Cheng Mo was always the one who took the most beatings.

Gong Ling and the other male student were so touched they didn't know what to say.

Xu Tui, however, pulled Cheng Mo back and threw the tactical shield in his hand to Cheng Mo, "Protect my back."

Roar!

The stench of the lynx's breath filled their faces, and they could already see the saliva hanging from its mouth.

The lynx leaped from a distance and pounced.

Five meters!

Three meters!

Suddenly, Xu Tui flicked his right hand repeatedly.

Whoosh whoosh!

Two sharp whistling sounds merged into one.

The wildcat, which had been tensed and pouncing, suddenly relaxed its muscles and fell to the ground.

Two iron buckyballs had entered its brain through its eyes. It was deader than dead.

A flicker of surprise flashed across Gong Ling's eyes, and she suddenly cried out.

"Snake! Snake!"

A python, over five meters long, lashed out with its tail, sending Cheng Mo, who was holding two shields, flying and spitting blood.

But it didn't get a second chance to attack.

The snake's eyes suddenly exploded into a mist of blood, and it collapsed to the ground.

A whistling sound came from overhead.

Cheng Mo struggled to get up, raising his shield to protect Xu Tui's back.

He had to protect Xu Tui's back.

A falcon with a wingspan of over five meters attacked.

This falcon was extremely agile, bypassing the shield-wielding Cheng Mo and hooking its iron talons into Gong Ling's shoulder, instantly attempting to lift her into the sky.

Gong Ling screamed in pain.

"Save me!"

Almost simultaneously, Xu Tui flicked his right hand repeatedly again.

A whistling sound rang out. The falcon, just as it grabbed Gong Ling and before it could take flight, fell from the sky.

Three meters, a hundred percent accuracy.

Xu Tui's Bean Flicking Divine Ability had transformed into Eye-Popping Divine Ability!

Gong Ling was saved.

In the distance, Ahu, the cyborg who was controlling and commanding the animals with tiger roars, suddenly frowned and looked in the direction of Xu Tui and Cheng Mo.