City Ruins, Battle of Interception

City Ruins, Battle of Interception

"Old Lu, nothing unexpected happened, right?"

Inside the command vehicle at the center of the convoy, War God Liu Xu, dressed in a black combat uniform, sat facing Sky Sword Special Forces captain Lu Haochuan and several other commanders.

"Everything was normal. We swept through twice, and the strongest one we encountered was only an Advanced Beast General Blazing Flame Tiger King.

We clear this route once every month. Anything smart enough has long since learned to avoid it."

Captain Lu Haochuan shook his head. He and Liu Xu had known each other for years.

The two had fought in the Military for over a decade. Though there was a certain gap in their strength and status, there were not so many formalities when they were alone together.

"Those Lord Level monsters aren't stupid. They deliberately avoid this route. The best chance for them to strike is when our convoy passes along the edge of the city.

Of the base's nine supply missions this year, four encountered attacks by Lord Level monsters.

Every time, the losses were considerable.

Your squad is responsible for defending the front section of the convoy. You must not let monsters above Beast General Level get anywhere near it!"

Liu Xu pointed at the display screen before continuing.

"The waters aren't peaceful either. The monsters gathering in the Huangpu River have already grown extremely numerous, and more are still converging without end.

After a while, they should form another large-scale beast tide. It's hard to say what level it will be, but headquarters estimates it won't be lower than Level 2.

It may even become a Level 1 Beast Tide, or even a Disaster Level Beast Tide.

This supply mission is extremely important. Nothing can go wrong."

"Understood! We guarantee mission completion."

Lu Haochuan immediately turned serious, his brows knit with gravity.

A Level 1 Beast Tide!

For War Base 003, it was an enormous threat as well.

Every outbreak of a Level 1 Beast Tide meant the deaths of tens of thousands of soldiers.

And during a King-Level Beast Tide, there was even a risk of the War Base being breached.

"Good. As long as you understand. At the rate the marine monsters are gathering, it will take at least another month or two to reach Level 1.

Those King Level monsters are all very intelligent. They won't just sit around and wait during this time.

Knowing that we're carrying out a supply mission, they may well command monster hordes to obstruct us.

City 003 is shrouded in dense fog, making it difficult for satellites to see through it. Still, we discovered monster hordes gathering there. Be careful later."

Liu Xu's expression also grew solemn.

"Don't worry, I understand."

Lu Haochuan nodded. King Level monsters were no less intelligent than humans. They were not creatures that only knew how to charge blindly.

The people inside the vehicle immediately began quickly discussing the possible dangers they might encounter and their solutions.

Bringing out the Laser Cannon showed that the Military had clearly prepared plans in advance.

A few minutes later, after they had finished discussing business,

"I've already sent the higher-ups everything about that kid Qin Ming's performance. They're probably discussing how to train him as well.

To be honest, even I was shocked.

His growth rate is too fast, and his Mental Force is absurdly powerful."

After making the arrangements, Liu Xu smiled and spoke again. Through the battlefield camera systems of several members of Lu Haochuan's squad, he had watched several of Qin Ming's battles.

Even he had been deeply shaken when Qin Ming slaughtered those fifty-plus Beast Generals.

Naturally, Liu Xu was delighted that such a monstrous talent had emerged under his command.

"I know. His strength is growing very quickly. In a while, he'll probably surpass me.

Sky Sword Squad can't hold him."

Lu Haochuan said this without surprise.

"Mm, it's good that you're mentally prepared. But even if he grows quickly, you can still guide him for a while. He's still a little too inexperienced."

After returning to the group, the six members of Sky Sword Squad gathered together.

"Our mission is to cover the front section of the convoy—to clear the way.

Everyone, be careful. Don't stray too far from the convoy.

If we encounter monster attacks, kill them as quickly as possible and ensure the convoy passes through swiftly.

Our goal isn't to get tangled up with the monsters. It's to leave City 003 as quickly as possible.

Once we enter the wilderness, no matter how many monsters there are, we won't fear them.

I'll be on Tank One, Yue Shan on Tank Two, and Qin Ming, you'll be on Tank Three..."

Lu Haochuan began assigning tasks, detailing everyone's responsibilities.

"Understood!" x5

Very soon, everyone dispersed, each holding a weapon as they sat atop the rumbling tanks.

Qin Ming and the others had traveled this road several times before.

But this time was different. The sheer scale of the convoy was so great that even monsters more than ten miles away could detect it.

Sitting atop the tank, Qin Ming looked into the distance. Through the remains of ruined high-rises, he could vaguely see many enormous figures drawn by the convoy's noise, swiftly moving through the buildings.

In the fog-filled sky, large numbers of flying monsters circled far away.

However, the supply convoy was no weaker. Setting aside its various heavy weapons, Martial Warriors wielding cold weapons were stationed on vehicles at nearly every interval.

The ordinary soldiers' equipment was equally sophisticated. Large-caliber rifles, machine guns, rocket launchers almost everyone carried, Grenade Launchers, Sniper Grenade Launchers, and more left Qin Ming wide-eyed.

After the Great Nirvana, soldiers possessed physical qualities far superior to those of the past. Even ordinary soldiers could wield Heavy Machine Guns like automatic rifles.

Rumble—

The convoy sped through the ruins, making the ground tremble.

When Qin Ming and the others cleared the street monsters, soldiers from the Engineer Battalion followed behind, clearing away monster corpses while also opening up the road.

Otherwise, with building wreckage and monster corpses everywhere, the convoy would not have been able to move at all.

After roughly twenty minutes, the convoy had already covered more than half the journey, but it had also entered the central region of the city ruins. Collapsed high-rises lined both sides of the road.

"Large numbers of monsters discovered gathering beside the convoy! The monster horde is rapidly approaching! Prepare for battle!"

A voice suddenly sounded through Qin Ming's earpiece as he vigilantly monitored the surroundings.

The atmosphere throughout the convoy immediately turned tense. Sitting atop the tank, Qin Ming stepped on the turret and leaped into the air. Twelve Flying Knives floated around him as hundreds of Beast General Level souls surged out from the Myriad Souls Banner.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Before the tanks and Armored Vehicles in the convoy could open fire, the heavy Artillery batteries at the War Base had already fired.

A stretch of building ruins three kilometers from the convoy turned into a Sea of Fire.

However, because so many buildings blocked the way, this round of bombardment did not inflict particularly heavy casualties on the monsters. A great many still survived.

With that barrage, the monsters within more than ten kilometers of the convoy completely went berserk.

Hiss—

Three kilometers away, a Lord Level Black Scaled Python more than eighty meters long, its entire body covered in black scales and bearing obvious sea snake features, coiled atop the remains of a building and hissed toward the sky.

Tens of thousands of snake monsters darted through the building ruins.

Driven by the pressure of the Lord Level monster, a snake monster horde ten times its number rapidly gathered into a beast tide.

The beast tide surged forward like a flood, rushing toward the convoy.

In the river two kilometers to the right of the convoy, a Lord Level Dragon Turtle with a shell over thirty meters in diameter, a savage dragon-like head, and even horns growing from it let out a deep roar.

In an instant, the calm river surface boiled.

Huge numbers of amphibious monsters—Giant Turtles, crocodiles, snake monsters, and more—crawled endlessly out of the river.

The tank main guns roared, producing deafening blasts.

The entire convoy instantly became a steel hedgehog. Countless streams of fire erupted as the power of its hot weapons exploded to the fullest.

Before thousands upon thousands of monsters could approach the convoy, they were torn into heaps of flesh.

Unfortunately, this was ultimately a city ruin. While the countless high-rise buildings blocked gunfire and artillery strikes, they also provided the monsters with the best cover.

Under the cover of the building ruins, large numbers of monsters still rapidly closed in on the convoy.

Qin Ming's gaze turned cold. The twelve Flying Knives hovering around him shot out, shredding three diving Iron Wing Vultures.

"Full firepower! Don't get bogged down! Speed through! Speed through! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!"