The Tentacle Monster's Cosmic Journey
Chapter 54

Bombardment

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At the Electromagnetic Cannon line thirty kilometers away, twenty percent of the thousand-plus self-propelled artillery pieces had already been destroyed. Conventional electromagnetic shells did nothing to the giant creature. Its thick scales could alter their angle the instant they were hit, causing ricochets and making effective damage impossible.

They had also tried attacking with rockets, but the creature's six green crystal eyes on its head could fire high-energy lasers. Even if the rockets were not damaged by the microwave weapons, the remaining rockets had their structures destroyed by lasers and exploded thousands of meters away.

More importantly, the giant creature was simply too fast. Moving at over three hundred kilometers per hour, it was far swifter than soldiers wearing exoskeletons. The complex mountainous forest terrain was no different from flat ground to it. With a sweep of its tail, a red hypersonic shell shot forth. Vast stretches of forest were reduced to fragments in an instant, leaving only a bare gray-white crater at the center and a sea of flames stretching hundreds of meters.

In terms of combat strength, this giant creature was more destructive than several thousand Xenomorphs. The microwave weapons supporting it from the rear tightly restricted drones and missiles. Hong Alliance laser weapons were all protecting major cities, while small laser weapons could not even burn through the monster's skin.

Most air force units were supporting the coastal defense line. Those overwhelming blue creatures were the highest priority for defense. Without air force support, the army was powerless before this giant monster.

Based on its current performance, only nuclear weapons had enough destructive power to kill such a giant monster.

Inside an armored command vehicle farther away, the officer directing the battle studied the data on the giant monster compiled by the intelligent system with a grave

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