"War Gods."
A voice came from the Communication Watch. "This is Li Dawei. We will soon arrive at the frontline positions on the Huangpu River."
"There are countless sea monsters ahead. Once you enter the frontline positions, please assist the Military in holding them off. Only War Gods wearing the Black God Set should attempt to enter the monster swarms to attack."
"We have reached the positions!"
As the voice rang out from the Communication Watch, Luo Feng said, "Number One, open the hatch."
Whoosh~
The hatch opened.
"I'm heading out first. Be careful, bro."
Dressed in a black Combat Uniform, Luo Feng shot straight into the air with the Blood Shadow Battle Blade on his back and the Sky-Escaping Shuttle beneath his feet.
The intelligent fighter's hatch closed again, and it quickly descended to the frontline base below. Only after dropping Yun He off did it rise into the air again and hover there.
Standing inside the base, Yun He looked around curiously.
It was an enormous, forbidding war fortress.
The War Base had been built over a stretch of the Huangpu River.
That stretch of water had been completely blocked with vast quantities of rock and reinforced concrete, and an immense War Base made entirely of reinforced concrete had been built on top.
Thick cannon barrels gleaming coldly protruded from one gun port after another.
He climbed onto the wall and reached the front line.
"So this is a Level 1 Beast Tide!"
Yun He stood atop the wall, dozens of meters high, and gazed down below.
The Huangpu River was a vital route through which countless sea monsters from the East Sea attacked the inland regions. Over the decades, endless waves of sea monsters had made the entire river far wider and deeper than it had been before the Great Nirvana Period.
Countless sea monsters surged forward in a massive, raging tide!
The War Base stood across the river like a dam, blocking the entire Huangpu River solidly.
Rumble~
The roar of artillery shook the skies, as though heaven and earth were tearing apart.
Below, dense masses of aquatic monsters of every kind blanketed the area, either shooting out of the Huangpu River or swiftly crawling ashore.
Among them were ferocious arthropod monsters, reptilian monsters most at home on land, bizarre coelenterate and echinoderm aquatic monsters, and fish monsters, which were the most numerous and covered everything in sight.
Sea monsters were more terrifying than land monsters.
First, their numbers were enormous.
Second, their species were bizarre.
Even before the Great Nirvana Period, the oceans had contained millions of species. Now, after marine life had mutated and evolved, no one knew how many species there were.
Rumble~
Gunfire and artillery thundered deafeningly. Flesh and severed limbs flew across the entire front line in utter chaos.
Countless sea monsters charged forward, wave after wave, while the soldiers used the war fortress to hold the beast tide back, equally unafraid of death.
Huge numbers of fish monsters of every kind leaped twenty or thirty meters out of the Huangpu River, baring savage, razor-sharp teeth that could bite through even reinforced concrete!
"Quick, kill that crab-type lord-level monster that's come ashore! Don't let it enter the base!" a young captain roared into his Communication Watch.
"Lord-level?"
Yun He had been helping fend off monsters while scanning the battlefield for a target. His eyes immediately lit up!
He looked down.
Not far below, a crab monster roughly thirty or forty meters tall charged swiftly toward them. Its hard shell was covered in pitch-black spikes, and it swung two enormous claws more than ten meters long.
It moved incredibly fast, never staying in one spot for even a second.
"We can't aim at it! It's moving too fast!" an operator replied anxiously from a nearby Laser Cannon emplacement responsible for defending this area.
"Dammit! Every one of these lord-level monsters has gotten too crafty. Once they've learned their lesson, not a single one pauses for even an instant after coming ashore!"
The captain cursed helplessly. "We'll have to hold it off with our lives. Who knows when the War Gods will get here to kill that damned thing!"
However fast a Laser Cannon was, a human still had to press a button to issue the firing command. Human reaction time, coupled with the time needed to press the button, made it impossible to aim accurately at a lord-level monster. They could only predict its movements.
The captain swung a Vulcan Cannon around, aimed its muzzle along the crab-type lord monster's path, and unleashed a frenzied torrent of metal bullets as he ordered, "Saturate the area with artillery fire!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Cannons with calibers exceeding ten centimeters bombarded that position relentlessly.
Between the water and the base itself lay a land buffer zone several hundred meters wide. This was the forward position where humans and sea monsters fought for control.
Countless sea monsters charged madly.
The entire War Base was also pouring out artillery fire of every kind. The whole buffer zone had become a sea of flames that consumed lives.
Yun He punched a leaping fish monster away and watched the crab-type lord-level monster draw closer. It was now less than two hundred meters away.
The crab-type lord monster waved its huge claws as it moved sideways. Apparently, even evolution had not cured its habit of barging around sideways.
Because it had to keep dodging to prevent the Laser Cannons from predicting and locking onto its position, it would still take some time to reach them.
He estimated it would take another ten seconds or so.
Yun He approached the captain and asked loudly, "What level is that crab monster?"
The captain glanced at Yun He and kept firing the Vulcan Cannon wildly as he shouted back, "Judging by its size and my experience, it should be an early-stage Intermediate Lord. Why do you ask?"
An Intermediate Lord, huh?
I'll test my strength on you first, then.
Yun He licked his lips, his eyes fixed eagerly on the crab-type lord monster.
The crab-type lord monster drew ever closer to the wall, now less than a hundred meters away. Still, no War God had come to reinforce this area. They were probably all tied down by other lord-level monsters. Many soldiers had already prepared themselves to die.
Yet no one shrank back or fled. They gritted their teeth and continued to hold their posts with resolute expressions.
"Hey, brother. Sorry for the trouble, but could you help me operate this Vulcan Cannon? It's easy. Just pull the trigger and sweep the monster swarms," the captain called to Yun He.
Yun He glanced at him and saw that he had already drawn his War Blade and moved to the edge of the wall, looking ready to die at any moment.
"What are you doing?" Yun He was speechless.
You're just some random extra. Why are you being so dramatic?
Just keep firing your cannon. Why come out here and steal the spotlight?
Isn't staying alive good enough?
"From the moment I put on this uniform, I was ready to sacrifice myself at any time." A faint smile curved the captain's lips as he looked back longingly toward the Base City. Over there lay everything beautiful that soldiers like him protected with their lives.
The captain's gaze lingered in that direction for two seconds. When he turned back to the battlefield, his eyes were sharp and resolute.
"Come on, you beast!"
By now, the crab-type lord monster had reached the foot of the wall. With the wall blocking their line of fire, much of the artillery had effectively become useless. Of course, even if ordinary artillery could hit it, it could not penetrate this lord monster's defenses.
The Laser Cannons could no longer aim at this position because of the angle. To deal with this creature now, a War God would have to engage it directly.
But there were no War Gods in this area.
The crab-type lord monster swung its enormous claws and smashed them toward the wall.
"I'm going in, brother! Remember, my name is Li... uh." Before the captain could finish, he froze with his mouth hanging open, like a duck being strangled.
Boom~
Yun He turned into a streak of black light and flashed through the air. Before the crab-type lord-level monster's huge claws could strike the wall, his fist slammed into its skull with overwhelming force!
The entire area seemed to fall silent for an instant.
Rumble~
The sound of the air exploding followed, drowning out the artillery fire across this part of the battlefield and making everyone's eardrums ring!
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