I saw a Abyssal Beast that was significantly larger than the surrounding Abyssal Beast, shaped like a giant praying mantis, and had evolved sharp bone scythes on its forelimbs. It withstood intensive machine gun fire and occasional falling mortar shells, and broke through the long-range blockade of artillery and armed helicopters.
One of its hind limbs seemed to have been injured by an explosion, and its movements were slightly staggering, but its compound eyes flashed with a bloodthirsty light, and it was still very fast, screaming and rushing towards the first line of defense.
And the front of that defense line happens to be the area responsible for the student team where Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan are located.
"Stardust level Scythe-Mantis Abyssal Beast."
Lin Yi instantly recognized the type and energy level of Abyssal Beast.
Although he was injured, the impact was beyond what ordinary soldiers and these fledgling students could resist head-on.
In the trench, Chen Yu felt a fishy wind blowing towards his face. The ferocious monster rapidly enlarged in his pupils. The strong pressure made him choke, his heart almost jumped out of his chest, and the palms of his hands holding the weapon were instantly covered with cold sweat.
Fear, the most primitive fear enveloped him instantly.
"It's hurt and slowing down!"
At this critical moment, Zhou Yuxuan's voice, although tinged with a hint of trembling, sounded unusually clear, forcibly suppressing the panic around him.
"According to the tactics taught by the chief instructor, it rushed too fast and got out of touch with the Abyssal Beast behind it. We went up to it, harassed it, and attracted its attention! We bought time for the anti-tank missile team behind it to lock in!"
He suddenly looked at his comrades beside him, his eyes sharp and firm. "We must not let it rush into the trench!"
Before he finished speaking, Zhou Yuxuan gritted his teeth and was the first to jump out of the trench.
He knew it was dangerous, but he also knew that if this monster were allowed to rush in, the entire team might collapse in an instant.
Chen Yu's mind was almost blank, but when he saw Zhou Yuxuan rushing out without hesitation, an inexplicable rush of blood rushed to the top of his head, overwhelming his fear.
He roared almost instinctively, and jumped out immediately after Zhou Yuxuan. Upon seeing this, the other three team members, although their faces turned pale, gritted their teeth and followed them with shouts.
Zhou Yuxuan leads the way.
Of course he was not stupid enough to pounce on him and fight with that Scythe-Mantis Abyssal Beast in close combat.
While moving quickly laterally to avoid becoming the target of a straight-line impact, he raised his hand and gathered energy at his fingertips, creating a weak but condensed blue energy pulse.
This is exactly the Source Energy Projection attack taught by Lin Yi in a simplified way.
The energy pulse accurately shot into Scythe-Mantis Abyssal Beast's compound eyes. At the same time, Zhou Yuxuan also let out a huge roar, trying its best to attract the attention of this ferocious beast.
Chen Yu and the other three people immediately followed suit, launching attacks from the flanks, either with source energy impacts or precise bursts of fire. Although their power was limited, they successfully formed a harassing fire network in front of Scythe-Mantis Abyssal Beast, making it impossible for him to ignore these "little bugs" and rush straight into the trenches.
As expected, Scythe-Mantis Abyssal Beast was attracted by this sudden provocation and attack.
Its ugly triangular head suddenly turned towards Zhou Yuxuan, its compound eyes flashed with violence and the anger of being provoked by the ants, and it let out a sharper hiss. The momentum of its original rush to the trench was stalled, and the huge scythe forelimbs slashed at this bold human being with a scream that ripped through the air!
In the distance, Lin Yi has already paid attention to it.
After he saw the choice made by Zhou Yuxuan, he first nodded slightly in his heart, and then secretly sighed.
The reason why he nodded slightly was not because of how superb and clever Zhou Yuxuan's behavior was, but because the judgment and choice he made in the flash of lightning was the most correct and only feasible tactic in the current situation.
This is exactly the situation he emphasized repeatedly in Training Camp's simulated confrontation.
When encountering such extremely fast and powerful elites or Stardust level Abyssal Beast, and there is no source warrior of the same level on your own side who can intercept them head-on, you must not allow them to directly attack the defense line.
Someone, usually Source Energy Practitioner who is closest and has the fastest response, must take the initiative to step forward and conduct tactical sexual harassment and containment.
The purpose is not to kill, or even to injure, but just to delay those critical few or ten seconds!
Gain precious time for aiming, locking, and firing for the rear operations of anti-tank missiles, and even heavy artillery, tanks, and other heavy firepower units that can truly threaten this type of Abyssal Beast.
Otherwise, once a Abyssal Beast of this level is allowed to break into a trench or fortification, with its terrifying speed and lethality, it will be a one-sided bloody massacre in a small space, and the entire defense line may collapse.
Unless these students choose to flee and abandon their positions.
But the consequences of doing so will also be the collapse of the defense line, which may even trigger a chain reaction, leading to more serious consequences.
To put it bluntly, in this situation, sacrifice is almost inevitable.
It's just a question of passive acceptance or active choice.
If you wait passively, panic will spread, more people may die, and the defense line may still be breached.
Take the initiative to meet them, and contain them with preparation and tactics. Although it is still dangerous and some people may still die, it may only cost two or three people to give the collective a chance to destroy the threat and save the entire front.
What Lin Yi appreciates is the courage and responsibility that Zhou Yuxuan showed after he understood this cruel equation in an instant, "knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, but prefer to go to the tiger mountains".
Not everyone, when they clearly foresee the threat of death, has the courage to jump out of a relatively safe bunker to perform the task of "possibly sacrificing themselves to create opportunities for others."
And his sigh originated from this.
Behind this appreciation is an extremely heavy reality.
If he hadn't been there to take care of things this time, Zhou Yuxuan and his team would probably have been like the countless tragic battlefield scenes in his memory of his previous life - those brave but often nameless people used their bodies to attract Abyssal Beast's attention, used their last lives to indicate targets for their teammates, and used their flesh and blood to delay the enemy's advance.
Just buy time for heavy artillery coverage and missile locking.
They have become cold numbers on battle reports, and blurred figures in the dreams of survivors. Their sacrifices have brought them the opportunity to win, but few people remember their specific faces when they faced death.
The Zhou Yuxuan in front of me seemed to be about to overlap with those figures.
Sure enough, the Scythe-Mantis Abyssal Beast was irritated by the provocative behavior of the little bugs around it. It directly locked onto the jumping Zhou Yuxuan, and then swung the sickle in anger.
The speed of this blow was so fast that it left an afterimage, covering a huge area. With the speed and adaptability Zhou Yuxuan has shown so far, it is impossible to completely avoid it.
Lin Yi's thoughts moved slightly.
A "Small Steel Ball" that was slowly circling around him disappeared in an instant.