"Those human attacks will also come from the side!" the bear-like Calamity Beast complained about the problem with this method. "And if they're in front of me, they'll block my view, making it even harder to defend against those human attacks!"
So that's how it is... The Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni lowered its eyes.
"Alright, I'm leaving. If you don't, you're on your own."
Having said that, it moved its limbs slightly and its figure quickly darted forward.
"Hey!"
The bear-like Calamity Beast raised its hand, trying to stop it, but the Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni had already leaped out.
"Damn it! Why are you running so fast? I've been injured so much and I haven't said anything, what are you afraid of?"
The bear-like Calamity Beast uttered angrily, its gaze drifting towards the humans above.
They were quite far apart, but you could still see several figures.
The number of people, as it says, isn't large, but...
The bear-like Calamity Beast looked up and could see the humans above looking back at it. However, unlike before, it felt that the way they looked at it had changed...?
Suddenly, its body trembled, and it turned its head to look in the direction where the Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni had just left.
"Hey, wait for me!"
"... Did the Calamity Beast escape?"
"Yeah, they got away!"
So we won?
A series of quiet confirmations echoed from the side.
Kuang Jie's eyes widened as well, his gaze filled with disbelief as he watched the retreating Calamity Beast one after another.
He believed they could win, but he never imagined that fewer than two thousand people could fight against over ten thousand Calamity Beast and not a single one would die.
What the hell is this battle?!
The last time Eagle-Sorrow Ravine wasn't this bad, was it?
Kuang Jie turned his head, looking at Zhao Ming beside him with disbelief.
"No, Zhao Ming, this... we won? And we won without any casualties?"
"We won!" Zhao Ming nodded, somewhat lost in thought. "However, although there were no casualties, we didn't kill many Calamity Beast Calamity Beast, maybe only two or three thousand. The rest all escaped!"
"Hey, who cares? As long as we win!" Kuang Jie grinned.
As he spoke, he clenched his fist and raised his hand upwards.
"Victory! Victory..."
Seeing this, Zhao Ming quickly stopped him, "Stop, stop, stop! Have you forgotten? We're not allowed to celebrate!"
"Oh, I forgot, it's to guard against the Calamity Beast from Frontier-Pacifying City, right?" Kuang Jie hurriedly lowered his hand.
"Yes, that's right!" Zhao Ming nodded.
"So what do we do now? Wait here? Or go over there?" Kuang Jie asked.
"Let's see what Captain Shen says!" Zhao Ming replied.
As they spoke, the two looked into the distance.
There, two figures were falling from the sky.
"... Captain Shen, we won, and without suffering any casualties!" Seeing Shen Heng and Qin Yu return, Xu Ruiyu walked quickly to greet them with a joyful expression.
"Okay, I understand!" Shen Heng nodded, but there wasn't much joy on his face.
Seemingly shocked by the starkly different battle report, Xu Ruiyu didn't notice this; he still asked with some excitement,
"Should we continue the attack? Some Calamity Beast haven't escaped, especially that injured Fifth Tier Calamity Beast!"
"No, our goal isn't to kill these Calamity Beast. As for that injured Fifth Tier Calamity Beast, it's only injured. Killing it would take a long time!"
Shen Heng glanced in the direction the Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni had left, then turned his gaze back to Xu Ruiyu with a serious expression.
"Compared to that, what's more important now is preparing to face the Calamity Beast coming from Frontier-Pacifying City!"
Upon hearing this, the joy on Xu Ruiyu's face instantly faded.
He frowned and asked, "Are those Calamity Beast coming over there?"
"Yes!" Shen Heng nodded in confirmation.
"The previous preparations were ineffective?" Upon seeing Captain Shen's confirmation, Xu Ruiyu's brows furrowed even deeper.
"They may have seen through it, or they may not have noticed, but in any case, they've arrived!" Shen Heng said with a serious expression.
He had specifically arranged for people to snipe the Calamity Beast trying to cross between the two sides, so that the beast horde on the other side would not know the specific situation on this side, and thus try to make the beast horde on the other side leave or attack Bedrock City.
But now it seems like a failure!
Of course, Shen Heng didn't care too much. After all, it was just an experiment, and there were corresponding solutions if it failed.
Upon hearing this, Xu Ruiyu nodded somewhat heavily.
"Alright, now contact a few locations and confirm their ammunition consumption," Shen Heng instructed.
"Okay, I understand!" Xu Ruiyu nodded, then quickly turned around to make the contact.
Shen Heng and Qin Yu stood there in place.
Qin Yu glanced at Xu Ruiyu as he left, then turned her gaze to Shen Heng.
"Captain, I never expected that not a single person would be sacrificed in the end!"
"I didn't expect that either, but..." Shen Heng looked down at the mountain path littered with the corpses of the Calamity Beast, recalling the situation just now, "It was mainly because that Hook-Tailed Golden Suanni was too cautious!"
"Too cautious?" Qin Yu repeated, looking at Shen Heng.
"Hmm, too cautious." Shen Heng nodded. "If it had spent less time confirming our situation, or if, after confirming the situation, it hadn't thought of letting the other Calamity Beast charge while it watched from behind, but instead thought of leading the charge itself, then dealing with them wouldn't have been so easy for us."
As he spoke, Shen Heng paused, his gaze fixed on the blood-soaked mountain path below.
"At least, we wouldn't be like this now, without a single casualty!"
Qin Yu nodded slowly from the side. "So, being cautious isn't always a good thing?"
"Strictly speaking, caution is a good thing in most cases, but..." Shen Heng paused, looking at Qin Yu, "On the battlefield, you can't rely entirely on caution. Sometimes, the chance of victory lies hidden in a fleeting moment and a possible choice!"
Timing, a choice?... Qin Yu stood to the side and slowly nodded.
Shen Heng then turned his head and looked in the direction of Frontier-Pacifying City.
Amidst the roar of cannons, one Calamity Beast after another fell down the mountain.
Was the reason for leaving some troops to attack Frontier-Pacifying City out of concern for reinforcements from there? So we can't count on them later?... Shen Heng silently gazed in the direction of Frontier-Pacifying City, then looked down at the dark forest that stretched out from Frontier-Pacifying City.
The beast tide surged forward, drawing ever closer...
Just as he was about to look away, his figure suddenly paused slightly.
The threads formed from Origin Power swayed around the Configuration, their speed seemingly increasing slightly...
Shen Heng glanced sideways at Qin Yu, who seemed oblivious to anything, then looked up at the sky.
That was just now...
What are the spatial changes in the Erosion Zone? Is the carrying capacity approaching its limit?
Shen Heng frowned slightly as he looked at the sky.
What happened?