Three heavy machine guns fired furiously, their barrels scorching hot. The concentrated fire could have punched through steel plates, yet against the Taotie King, it was still no more than a tickle. It did absolutely nothing!
"Impossible! How is this possible!" one operative cried out, staring in disbelief at the scene before him. Even his finger stopped pulling the trigger.
Qin Zheng's face went deathly pale, and his heart turned ice-cold.
Conventional firearms were useless!
Heavy weapons were useless!
This was no carbon-based life-form. It was a supernatural abomination beyond anything modern weaponry could account for! They could not fight it head-on!
Without a moment's hesitation, he barked an order, his voice carrying an unquestionable resolve. "Teams One and Two, stay behind and provide covering fire! Team Three, protect the professors! All noncombatants, fall back immediately! Get out of the mountains at full speed! Move!"
"Chief! We'll stay and cover you!"
"Chief, we leave together!"
The operatives roared with reddened eyes. Not one of them was willing to back down.
"Follow your orders!" Qin Zheng thundered. "Staying alive and getting word out matters more than anything else! Retreat!"
Team Three immediately escorted the professors, Ying Wenjie, Qin Xiaoyu, Wu Tian, and Ye Chendong as they turned and sprinted desperately toward the edge of the mountains, not daring to pause for even a moment.
Meanwhile, the operatives of Teams One and Two kept their fingers pressed hard against their triggers, pouring every bit of firepower into holding the Taotie King back and buying time for the others to escape.
One operative hoisted a shoulder-fired rocket launcher, aimed at the Taotie King's head, and pulled the trigger with grim determination!
Boom!!!
The rocket struck the Taotie King squarely in the chest. An earth-shaking explosion rang out, and dust and flames instantly swallowed