Han Guotao directed the Psionic Cannon Turrets to calibrate their firing parameters while roaring into his communicator, "Send distress signals to Paranormal Bureau headquarters and Demon Suppression Bureau headquarters immediately!"
"Linyuan City is facing a massive beast tide! There are over thirty thousand demonic beasts and at least three S-Rank demonic beasts! Requesting Transcendent Level support!"
The communications officer scrambled to send the distress signals. A few seconds later, a reply arrived from Paranormal Bureau headquarters:
[Headquarters has activated the emergency contingency plan and is mobilizing all available support forces in the surrounding areas. All combat units in Linyuan City are ordered to hold the defensive line at all costs until reinforcements arrive.]
A message also arrived from the Demon Suppression Bureau's East China Branch: [All S-Rank teams belonging to the Demon Suppression Bureau in East China have assembled. The first reinforcements are expected to arrive in three hours, but until then, Linyuan City must hold its defensive line.]
Han Guotao switched off his communicator and took a deep breath as he watched the beast tide drawing ever closer outside the city.
Three hours. With the defenses as they stood, they might not even last one hour, let alone three. But he was Linyuan City's supreme commander. He could not retreat.
"Psionic Cannon Turrets, fire at will! All Awakened with superpowers, get onto the walls!"
The Psionic Cannon Turrets opened fire first. Thick beams of energy shot from the walls and slammed into the demonic beasts, erupting into blazing bursts of light.
Dozens of demonic beasts at the front were instantly blasted to pieces, blood and flesh flying everywhere. But more demonic beasts trampled over their companions' corpses and charged onward without slowing in the slightest.
The Awakened on the walls unleashed their superpowers one after another. Fireballs,