Decision

"All combat personnel... in the beast horde... a suspected S-Class... Kamaitachi- like Calamity Beast... appearance..."

S-Class?

Xu Yu was slightly taken aback, and the fireball in her hand almost dissipated.

He glanced at the surging horde of Calamity Beast below, quickly selected a target, and launched the fireball.

"Boom--"

The fireball exploded.

Several low-level Calamity Beast at the center of the explosion lost their grip and were thrown off by the shockwave, falling downwards.

It was only at this moment that Xu Yu came to her senses and looked in a certain direction.

They were quite far away, and all they could see was a figure speaking with a serious expression.

He couldn't make out the specifics, but that didn't dampen his spirits.

S-Class? Kamaitachi -type Calamity Beast?

From the side, came a similarly slightly incredulous voice from his companion.

"S-Class? Four of them? Two Fourth Tier and two 5th Tier? Really?"

"Of course it's true! This is war, who the hell would dare spread false information?!" another person replied.

"No, I didn't disbelieve it either, it's just... damn it, I've never seen an S-Class before, how come there are four all of them this time?"

"You should be glad you didn't encounter this before; if you had, you might be dead!"

"Stop talking, just look at that Calamity Beast!"

Xu Yu raised her hand, interrupting their meaningless conversation.

Upon hearing this, the group paused.

One of them raised his hand and patted his ear.

The light and shadow intertwined in front of them, forming a brownish-yellow, Kamaitachi -like Calamity Beast with two long, blade-like horns on its head.

Xu Yu's eyes flickered a few times, then he quickly turned his head and began searching through the beast tide.

A moment later, when he had only found two, his companions began to speak up.

"There really are four!"

"What do we do now? S-Class, can we hold it?" another person asked worriedly.

There was no reply, and no one knew how to reply.

None of them had ever encountered an S-Class Calamity Beast, but they had at least seen A-Class or Near-S-Class beasts, even if they hadn't.

But it is precisely because I have seen it that I am even more worried.

Those Near-S-Class are beyond the capabilities of ordinary inspectors, let alone those of higher rank, S-Class?

Moreover, according to the recent notification, there are three Fifth Tier Calamity Beast among the Calamity Beast, including two S-Class ones. Can they really withstand that?

The same situation is not only happening to them, but also in the minds of every member of the Supervision Bureau system in Bedrock City.

Zhao Ming and Kuang Jie, their breaths slightly catching, watched the frenzied beast tide climbing the mountain.

Now, even though we know the full strength of the Calamity Beast, there is still a very serious problem.

The beast horde was advancing under heavy fire; how were they supposed to deal with those few special Calamity Beast?

The notification tone changed to a command...

"... Get out!"

After uttering the last word, Shen Heng remained silent.

He looked down at the horde of beasts that was slowly approaching the mountaintop.

Trees, rocks, and Calamity Beast —one after another, these objects were grabbed by the relatively high-level Calamity Beast and thrown upwards to deflect the dense barrage of bullets.

It does work, but it's not that useful.

After flying upwards for several meters or tens of meters, they were suppressed by a hail of bullets.

More Calamity Beast were hit by bullets and fell downwards.

The scene before my eyes seemed just like an ancient siege.

The attacking side was using the flesh and blood of their soldiers to push forward, sacrificing their lives to close the distance between their main force and the city walls;

The defenders, on the other hand, used various arrows, rolling logs, and boiling oil to kill them as many times as possible.

However, the difference is...

In ancient sieges, the outcome was often still undecided even when the enemy reached the city walls.

But here, if the Calamity Beast were to reach the city walls...

Turning his gaze away, Shen Heng looked at the group of people in his team beside him.

Everyone's face was extremely grave.

Shen Heng looked at Zhou Xuan, who was taking a deep breath and seemed to be making some kind of preparation, and said:

"Don't go!"

"Huh?" Zhou Xuan was taken aback, looking at Shen Heng with some surprise. "Why?"

"If things become unmanageable, take the others away through the underground!" Shen Heng said.

"This... this is impossible?" Zhou Xuan asked.

Shen Heng looked at Zhou Xuan calmly, without offering any explanation.

Zhou Xuan closed his mouth and slowly nodded; he already understood roughly when it was.

"If we adopt this plan, if any members who go down survive, we can notify them to fly further away and then retrieve them on the ground!" Shen Heng added, looking at Zhou Xuan. "Then, save the Origin Power for later!"

After a pause, Zhou Xuan slowly nodded.

"Clear."

Turning his gaze to Qin Yu and Han Ling, Shen Heng said:

"Qin Yu, you're in charge of the Earth-Shaking Mountain Ape; Han Ling, you're in charge of the Early Fifth Tier Kamaitachi."

The two men had different expressions, but both nodded solemnly.

Shen Heng turned his gaze to Zheng Guomin.

His expression was somewhat somber, but he showed no fear; the stubble on his chin appeared rather unshaven.

Shen Heng nodded to Zheng Guomin, then walked towards the edge of the city wall.

However, after taking only two steps, I felt my arm being pulled.

Shen Heng turned his head and looked down at the slender wrist that was holding his arm.

Han Ling looked at him with slightly red eyes.

"Alive... come back! I don't want to lose another captain!"

Shen Heng chuckled softly and nodded.

He turned his head and walked towards the edge of the city wall once again.

Wu Hao took a deep breath and turned to look at the figure standing at the edge of the city wall in the distance.

He felt that Shen Heng was a very contradictory person.

He is usually very approachable and down-to-earth.

When carrying out certain actions, he is often very calm, even so calm that it seems as if he doesn't care about anything at all.

His decisions are usually based on a series of analyses before being made.

But at times, he also possesses a ruthlessness and decisiveness that are rare among ordinary people.

This applies not only to others, but also to himself.

Like last year's destruction of the Eye of Earth Marrow, and like this time...

Have the Late Fourth Tier members jump down and try to kill them, or at least keep those S-Class Calamity Beast occupied!

To be honest, he would never dare to come!

After all, putting aside the special nature of those few Calamity Beast themselves, just going down there and facing that massive number of Calamity Beast is something that ordinary people cannot do!

Moreover, as they descended, the ordinary soldiers continued to fire bullets frantically downwards to fend off the Calamity Beast.

Even if the bullets couldn't penetrate their skin, bullets that don't distinguish between friend and foe would still make their situation even worse.

in this case...

Wu Hao looked down at the horde of beasts below, his arms trembling involuntarily.

This time, the number of survivors will likely be even fewer than last time, but...