As if it were a painting.
The painting showed Militech wiping out the vicious Nomads in the Badlands, using Valgus to drive them into a dead end before calmly carrying out the cleanup, fully displaying the professionalism and efficiency of the world's top security company.
Then a laser shot into the sky, like a red sword abruptly splitting the perfect night in two, as if someone had carelessly flicked a pen across it, ruining the beauty of the whole work, and-
ruining the meaning of the entire painting.
Valgus was the one most brutally marred in this painting, because that disharmonious stroke had cut right through it!
Boom!
Valgus exploded into two pieces in midair!
The red light went out, and the battlefield fell silent-
But that wasn't all. The two Manticore thrusters that were about to reach the sky above the Cement Factory reversed at full speed, but the Charged Particle Laser lit up again. Two flashes directly blew up the Manticores' engines!
With the final flash, that terrifying red laser even suddenly spread out, like the end of the world!
"Counterattack!"
Lier's voice snapped the Aldecaldos to their senses. Thor immediately raised two guns and leaned out from behind cover:
"Aldecaldos-counterattack!!!"
Militech's troops had only advanced halfway and were out in the open desert with no cover. Without air support, they could only rely on their armored vehicles for ground suppression, and their advance immediately slowed to a crawl!
(In front of the Cement Factory)
With the aerial firepower suppression gone, the Aldecaldos began moving quickly through the Cement Factory-
Militech's encirclement hadn't fully closed yet. If they attacked in one direction, they still had a chance!
But which direction should they attack?
The huge Basilisk Tank appeared in the distance and stopped advancing.
"Shit, are you sure?"