Chapter 287: Fog Crown Cloak (10,000 explosion!)

Woo!

High above, a transport plane, escorted by several Lightning 2 aerospace fighters, quickly left Xilan City and flew toward the southeast. The anti-aircraft weapons in the south and east of the city all turned on their fire control radars at this moment. Wen Zhuo personally led a team of aerial ability users to follow for a distance, and everyone was nervously paying attention to the expedition of the restart squad.

But as guessed, after being marked with Level 5, there was no attack around Xilan City, even though it was still not dawn.

Watching the transport plane disappear into the blizzard, Wen Zhuo, who was flying in the air with the escort squad, had a cold gaze and whispered: "I hope the courier group can be this smooth too."

On the transport plane, Lin Xian and the members of the Emperor Project squad all had tense expressions. After the Apocalypse, high-altitude flight is very dangerous. So far, the monsters Lin Xian has encountered in the sky have not been easy to deal with. Even just the corpse crows in Jiazhou City caused them painful losses. And once the aircraft crashes, even Lin Xian, who is wearing power armor, cannot guarantee that he will land unscathed.

And after a period of stable flight, except for the wild thunder constantly exploding in the sky, the flight squad did not encounter any attacks, which made Yu Yuheng both relieved and heavy.

"We are carrying Level 5 marks, but those monsters deliberately don't attack us. This is simply too terrifying."

Chen Wei sneered: "Obviously, in front of that monster, we are all prey that must die."

Lin Xian felt a bit strange. He had originally prepared for a breakout battle, but this calmness made him feel even more dangerous.

Because this is very contradictory.

"Strange, if the whole city transfers at this time, will they attack or not?"

"It's not that simple." Yu Yuheng adjusted his glasses: "Lin Dui, I have been thinking, why does that monster have to apply a Level 5 mark? Why, in your research data, even if tens of thousands of ordinary Snow Demons accumulate, they are at most Level 4 marks? If a Level 5 mark is a very special signal, or a signal that the monster releases specifically for a certain type of existence, then it makes sense."

Lin Xian frowned: "For creatures in the polar night?"

"There is this possibility, so you are right. We must never enter the polar night with this mark. Even if it is just the edge of the Star Abyss, it might be something we cannot deal with," Yu Yuheng said solemnly: "There is one more point. The range that that S-level monster can influence must also be limited, and it doesn't know whether we are evacuating or defending the city, because for them, there is no difference."

Lin Xian nodded upon hearing this: "Staying in Xilan City is its prey and its tribute. Leaving its territory is just becoming prey for other polar night creatures..."

"Then this beast is quite like a lackey," Chen Wei smiled: "Spent so much effort, just to treat us as sacrifices and offer us up?"

Lin Xian pondered and didn't speak.

Star Abyss, polar night.

What kind of existence are the creatures in the darkness? They know how to evolve, use Star Abyss to cover the light, and all their purposes are to slaughter humans.

Hum hum~

The sound of airflow turbulence came from outside the transport plane. With continuous flight, the tense atmosphere in the cabin eased slightly. Many scientific researchers of the Emperor Project began to continue their work, and at this time, Sun Kai and Jingtian led several guard squads into the cabin, holding several special metal boxes and distributing them to the scientific researchers, including Yu Yuheng, Chen Wei, and Lin Xian. Everyone got one box.

Lin Xian opened it and found that it was actually a black cloak of the Nightwalker organization!

"Supervisor Zhao ordered it. This is the Nightwalker's Fog Crown Cloak, made of special materials, with bulletproof and fireproof effects, and also has hardened wing surfaces for short-distance gliding. Most importantly, it can reduce the effect of being detected by dark creatures to a certain extent," Jingtian introduced.

Chen Wei frowned upon hearing this and asked Sun Kai, who was distributing: "Old Sun, why did you take it out only now?"

Sun Kai looked at Jingtian and said helplessly: "It was ordered by the above, I don't know the reason very well."

"It's not complicated either. If we encountered a large number of attacks when we left the city, then under the protection of the city defense and escort group, we could temporarily stop the mission and return. But after coming out, we can only rely on ourselves," Lin Xian took out the cloak and looked at it with a complex expression: "Supervisor Zhao's meaning should be that after leaving the controllable range, this thing can help as much as it can."

"Well said," Sun Kai looked at Lin Xian and nodded.

Lin Xian reached out and touched it, finding that the material and design of this cloak were very precise, like a honeycomb matrix profile made of special synthetic materials, which seemed to be able to absorb light and was very mysterious.

So he directly activated the Mechanical Heart and completed the scan quickly.

【Scan successful, obtained a honeycomb matrix profile of tungsten carbide fiber material.】

Lin Xian touched the sensing switch above, and a tiny current passed through. Immediately, all the hexagonal small plates of the entire cloak tightened and retracted, becoming a wing panel with aerodynamic gliding capabilities. Touching the switch again, the entire cloak loosened with a clatter. The overall weight was not heavy, and there was no power like a motor, completely utilizing the special materials and structure inside.

Lin Xian was amazed. This kind of design was simply astonishing. He thought that if it were used for some special modifications, maybe it could have broader development paths.

"Lin Dui, Team Leader Yu, we are almost there."

At this time, Sun Kai shouted to several people in the communicator, and the soldiers of the guard squad were also fully armed and ready.

Lin Xian checked the time at this moment, 7:20. There were still more than 5 hours before dawn, but there were less than 4 hours between dawn and nightfall. In order to avoid being caught in the middle of the two Star Abyss polar nights, they only had this last day and night left to leave Xilan City in the first dawn of September, and then immediately enter the tide of Star Abyss No. 5 and rush to Quancheng, which was already empty of people.

In the depths of the Terrakama Ice Valley, on the edge of the cliff guarded by the original defense line, several large camp tents had been crushed by the blizzard and half-buried in the snow piles. The area of the previous battle was also completely covered, leaving only those monster corpses stacked several meters high, which looked very strange.

The transport plane and 6 aerospace fighters landed slowly on the open space of the previous camp. The landing gear of the aircraft sank into the snow layer. As soon as the cabin door opened, it was greeted by the howling mountain valley cold wind and the blizzard covering the sky and the sun.

"Quick, we don't have much time. Set up the tents again. The technical team needs time to redeploy the No. 1 machine system!"

Yu Yuheng braved the strong wind and led dozens of guard groups and technical groups to move equipment down from the transport ship, while Sun Kai and Jingtian quickly deployed warning facilities around the camp and sent several squads to scout further away.

"Scout the 2 o'clock direction, 4 o'clock direction, 11 o'clock direction, and below the valley!"

"Pull up the camp tents!"

"Mecha group, lift the generator set first, pay attention to protecting the full common-state neural neuron interaction cabin, move that one last."

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~

Lin Xian put on the Fog Crown Cloak and walked off the transport ship with Chen Wei. What caught his eyes was the violent wind and snow. His feet sank almost to his waist in the deep snow. He crossed the belly of the transport plane and looked toward the cliff.

The camp floodlights were already on. Within a close distance, although his vision was obscured by the blizzard, Lin Xian still saw the giant outline standing at the peak of the cliff at a glance, sleeping quietly with one fist supporting the ground.

Lin Xian didn't say a word, immediately started to move, stumbled through the snow layer, came to the right arm of the No. 1 machine, and then climbed up along the arm directly.

Woo woo woo~

The honeycomb-shaped nano-ceramic window of the head cabin transmitted bursts of wailing from the gap. A crack that could almost tear half of the mecha's head armor cabin made people feel creepy. The armor strength of this thing is much more powerful than the Infinite, but it suffered such serious damage. It seems that one can imagine the degree of strange entity and intensity faced.

Clang~

Lin Xian broke off the icicles condensed from the leaking golden anti-freeze and drilled into the neural interaction cockpit from the gap in the head cabin. Broken cables hung from the cabin ceiling. One of the two neural common-sense devices was distorted and deformed, and a mass of blood was sprayed, almost splashing half of the cockpit. At the same time, the cabin was filled with a pungent chemical liquid smell.

Lin Xian frowned, naturally imagining the scene where a ruthless claw tore the No. 1 machine's head cabin, directly tearing Chen Lie inside to pieces, blood splashing, and at that time it must have been in a white-hot battle state. It is conceivable how tragic it was.

"Do you want to use your ability here?"

Chen Wei stood at the damaged gap at some point and said to Lin Xian.

Lin Xian looked back at him and nodded: "If you don't mind, I want to seal that opening first, otherwise it's too cold in here."

Chen Wei walked in directly and pointed to the neural common-sense device console on the right: "At that time, my brother and I had just solved that big worm, but I didn't expect a second one. The left arm was almost torn off."

Rub, rub, rub.

Lin Xian temporarily manufactured a metal plate to block the crack, and the howling wailing cold wind finally became much smaller.

Seeing Lin Xian's hand, Chen Wei looked surprised: "Ability is indeed magical, but you don't want to use iron skin to repair it, right?"

"No, just use it temporarily."

After speaking, Lin Xian found a corner and sat down, preparing to run the Mechanical Heart to perform scanning and repair.

"Eh."

At this time, Chen Wei suddenly looked at him, his eyes somewhat complex: "Thank you for finding my brother's things. In addition, at the combat meeting, thank you for supporting my plan."

Lin Xian was slightly startled, then smiled: "It's nothing, your plan is very good. This mecha might be the key to our breakthrough."

Chen Wei took a deep breath: "Of course, to deal with an S-level strange entity, there is nothing more suitable than it. Believe me, if you really repair it, you will truly see its power."

Lin Xian nodded, his expression carrying a bit of expectation. Then he made up his mind and immediately began to run the Mechanical Heart to perform the scan.

In an instant, he frowned. Although he was mentally prepared, the scanning power of the Mechanical Heart had not yet extended in the head cabin, and Lin Xian felt a huge and heavy pressure.

'Fortunately, it's just the cockpit and the left arm, and part of the drive structure. It seems I have to solve the problem in stages...'

Lin Xian thought in his heart.

Woo~

At this time, the backup power system in the cockpit began to start. Some lights lit up on the holographic interface. Lin Xian looked, it should be Yu Yuheng below who led the technical personnel to reconnect the subsystems of the No. 1 machine and began to perform re-inspection work.

Lin Xian simply estimated that the scan of this huge and complex operation cabin and common-state drive alone would take at least 7~8 hours, plus repairs, the time would definitely exceed 12 hours, or even more. Considering the serious damage to the left arm, his preparation center must wait until the scan is completed before it can perform material conversion preparation. In order to save time, he could only prepare in advance according to the materials of the composite armor scanned before.

"Speed up, speed up, speed up!"

With such a long time, Xilan City would have already entered the night of the 31st. Because the ability hunting group had to take out the Hell Black Chrysanthemum alone to lure the enemy, the situation everyone faced would definitely be more dangerous than last night. At this time, every second might affect the battle situation and the life and death of the vehicle team.

Lin Xian immediately took out a cold dark reagent and poured it into his mouth without thinking.

Once it entered, it was like some kind of strange chemical product, with a pungent smell flowing directly into his abdomen. A high-energy density release like high-temperature burning and spicy quickly spread in his body.

Using the human digestive system for absorption was already considered a very conservative plan, at least slightly better than intravenous injection. But even so, Lin Xian could feel a burning sensation in his heart reacting quickly in his body, making him unable to help but produce some stress-related convulsive reactions, twitching constantly.

However, this feeling quickly became flat. After a while, Lin Xian began to feel an excitement like taking adrenaline, his head was hot, his whole person's energy seemed to be recovering rapidly, his heartbeat was accelerating unnaturally, and even his concentration became stronger.

"Damn, such a high-end thing, why is it like drinking fake wine..."

Although he complained in his heart, Lin Xian could indeed feel his mental power becoming more concentrated. It was hard to experience whether it was stronger, but the refreshing effect was very obvious.

With this power, the chill brought by the wind and snow was driven away a lot, and Lin Xian began to calm down and fully scan the mecha.

And in the Emperor Project squad camp below, the tents had been set up, various instruments were constantly being moved in, lights flickered in this cold wind valley, and Sun Kai and the guard squad members were patrolling and guarding the surroundings without stopping.

12:40, it was dawn.

Because the center of the extreme cold vortex was constantly approaching, the blizzard became larger, blowing the camp tents with a rumbling sound. Layers of white snow were covered on the 6 aerospace fighters.

In order to facilitate timely response, the main control systems of all fighters were not shut down, and someone began to clear the snow every once in a while.

At this time, in Xilan City, which ushered in the day, tens of thousands of survivors and Investigation Corps soldiers did not relax for a moment. The pressure of the mountain rain coming was even heavier.

The tracks and evacuation roads were all blocked. On the one hand, it was to defend against the monster tide, and on the other hand, it was also to burn the boats. This move was to tell everyone that there was no second road to choose, only a fight to the death!

Hum hum hum.

Transport vehicles of the Phoenix Society continued to shuttle through the city, transporting ammunition to the three major defense lines. Everywhere in the city were large vehicles of various survivor vehicle teams, searching for things that could be used to strengthen the defense line.

"Dismantle all those doors, guardrails, anti-theft windows, iron frames, move everything that can be moved onto the vehicle!"

"Dismantle all these signal towers, the transport plane will come soon, and they will be transported to the radar station to be transformed into cannon towers."

"Quick, quick, quick, drag away all the abandoned cars, use them to block the road."

"Scavenge all useful things in the city. This is related to everyone's life and death, don't waste time."

Rumble, rumble.

On the side of the Dongcheng Industrial Zone, the excavators, crushers, and various engineering equipment of the Engineering Corps were all roaring. Soldiers wearing gas masks were embedding solidified gasoline bombs into the prefabricated grooves. The sound of metal collision and the rhythmic ramming of hydraulic hammers echoed repeatedly between the explosion-proof walls.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!

In the south of the city, several high-rise buildings collapsed in a huge explosion. The shock wave carried a waterfall of tempered glass and poured down, directly blocking the street. The rubble became an anti-impact fortress.

Inside the radar station camp, tens of thousands of people were busy in the wind and snow.

Loading ammunition, checking weapons, men and women were preparing for war without stopping for a moment. Young children were also helping to move cargo boxes, and the elderly and women were busy arranging hot food supply.

Michel Church command center, Zhao Yu continued to pay attention to the preparation of each defense line.

"All remaining ammunition has been sent out. This time it is really no stock left."

He Zhen walked quickly from outside and said: "However, there is time to train these survivors on how to use weapons. Ordinary people have not received military training, and many things are based on groping. Old Zhao, do you say we are holding Buddha's feet temporarily?"

Zhao Yu looked at the holographic sand table coldly and murmured: "Having something to hold is better than nothing. Making one more point of preparation might save a thousand people."

He pointed to several positions on the sand table with a command baton: "Roughly counting, the death toll last night exceeded 6,000, and more than 40 vehicle teams were wiped out. The remaining ones were temporarily arranged by the rescue group. Some were merged into other vehicle teams, and some were temporarily taken care of by our Phoenix Society."

"Merging doesn't mean anything, anyway, they are all together to fight a big battle," He Zhen scanned the positions Zhao Yu pointed to and said coldly: "These places are all near the tunnels drilled by that stinky worm. Underground surprise attacks, this guy is more powerful than a shield tunneling machine, so we were caught off guard, which is why such heavy casualties appeared."

Zhao Yu sighed: "I am also worried about this problem now."

He Zhen looked at him: "Worried that the worm will drill out from inside the defense line?"

Zhao Yu nodded: "South City is slightly better. Below the radar station is the mineral vein and the original air defense underground system, poured with millions of tons of concrete. However, North City and Dongcheng..."

"There is no other way," He Zhen said: "Our only plan now is to use the disaster plant to attract that guy to come out on Central Avenue, and then deal with it. According to the experience of the previous two times, it should be feasible."

Zhao Yu thought for a while and pressed the communicator.

"Wen Zhuo, how is the situation on your side?"

"Drills are underway," Wen Zhuo's voice came.

On the Central Avenue square, 35 squads led by Rampage-level members were gathered together.

Wen Zhuo, Kiki, Han Jun, Qin Xueming, and Lu Xingchen stood at the forefront as the main force, while other squads were temporarily grouped by the Nightwalkers according to their abilities and previous test data.

Some of them knew each other, but most were cooperating for the first time.

Beep, beep.

Wen Zhuo flew in the air, the photoelectric camouflage on the surface of his combat suit flickering at the same frequency as the blizzard. He was wearing a transparent tactical glasses, and the tactical terminal on his wrist was projecting the holographic sand table onto the tactical eyepiece of everyone in the hunting group.

In order to ensure tactical unity, all squad members were issued such a tactical glasses by the Nightwalker organization, which could clearly see the actual three-dimensional holographic map of the surrounding blocks.

"Tactical link has covered all combat units." The mechanical female voice sounded in everyone's earpiece. Kiki touched the holographic map in front and felt a bit curious, and couldn't help whispering:

"This thing is fun~ Hmm~ Should I bring one back for Lin Xian later?"

Wen Zhuo said at this time:

"Everyone pay attention, this communicator is prepared by our Nightwalkers for battle. I have set two anti-interference frequency bands, one is for your 5-person squad, and the other is for our total hunting group. From now on, except for the temporary captains of each group, everyone keeps silent in their original communicators. The overall dispatch is arranged by me, and you cannot fall behind."

"As for the internal squad, everyone needs to quickly familiarize themselves with coordination. Just now I have taken everyone to familiarize themselves with the environment of this block. Those special sections must be kept in mind. Only when the internal squad is well coordinated can the survival rate be increased."

"Everyone pay attention!" Wen Zhuo scanned: "Except for the members of our Spark team, others might have been the main force of each vehicle team in the past, but this time we are facing A-level strange entities and S-level strange entities. Personal heroism is absolutely not allowed. Fighting alone is certain death, so be sure to listen to the squad captain's arrangements, understand?!"

"Understand."

"Got it..."

"OK!"

The crowd responded one after another.

The entire hunting group can be said to be the most powerful ability and evolution people in Xilan City. Except for people like Dalou who are not suitable for hunting missions because of mobility, they were all recruited here. Many genetic evolvers are wearing power armor and rely on excellent physical conditions to carry out mobility. On Lin Xian's side, Shu Qin, Lv Chang, and Ning Jing and Xiaoqing from Longshan No. 1 formed a team. The captain is Wang Mocheng of the Spark Nightwalkers. He is a wind-type ability user similar to Jiang Yun, but very different from Jiang Yun's wind-riding flight. Strong wind waves are generated around him at any time, giving the whole squad a sense of rising with the wind, and can also carry out small-scale gliding with this.

"There are 5 hours until dark, prepare to defend."

Wen Zhuo looked back at Kiki, and the Hell Black Chrysanthemum was placed in a special container: "Give it to me."

Kiki nodded and sent the Hell Black Chrysanthemum over with telekinesis. Wen Zhuo grabbed it, and countless metal fragments flew from all around, quickly combining into an iron chain to fix the container, which he held in one hand.

"Just in case, let's start moving among the points now, and by the way, use our abilities to help the defense line build defenses."

Han Jun waved his hand, and a large amount of ice crystal water vapor condensed into an ice pillar platform under his feet: "That's exactly what I intended, let's go."

15:30

Terrakama Ice Valley side, a mechanical arm was lifting the heavy monument core and re-installing it into the embedded slot opened under the No. 1 machine cockpit. Woo~ Chirp, chirp.

The mecha unit closed again. On Yu Yuheng's mobile terminal, the progress bar of the self-check program began to appear.

"Lin Dui, it's done. Next is to perform re-heating and ignition of the pile core."

"Received."

!

Clang.

Woo~

The dual-core fusion reactor turbine engine of the Pangu No. 1 machine, which had been frozen, emitted a shock of Cherenkov radiation at this time. The niobium-titanium superconducting ring of the chest reactor began to heat up, and a large amount of ice chips melted instantly!

A strange energy shock spread out!

Inside the cockpit, Chen Wei, who had already put on the neural common-sense driving armor, was quietly debugging his equipment, while the twelve interfaces on his spine were resonating with the No. 1 machine's main control core. Lin Xian was still sitting in the corner, running the Mechanical Heart to perform scanning, and had not even reached the repair stage.

【Partial machine body scan progress - 73%】

16:25

Xilan City North Passenger Station, the entire passenger station square was surrounded by containers and heavy vehicles. The windows of each of the 5 floors of the passenger station building had been dismantled and equipped with heavy machine guns and cannons. The Zhongzhi Avenue outside was covered with layers of anti-cavalry obstacles, burning barrels, barbed wire walls, ground thorns, and burning trenches were dug out for one kilometer. Several streets converged together, and all the impact pressure was basically facing the square.

And above the high altitude and on all four sides of the track, the weapon systems of 22 doomsday trains were used to deal with the enemy. At the same time, on the roof of the passenger station building, more than a dozen sets of YJ-03 anti-aircraft guns were set up, aiming at the sky, and adjusting the shooting field in unison under the operation of radar and intelligent firing programs.

17:00

South City Dujia Radar Array Station, the hillsides and radar station here were already full of battle vehicles covered in white snow. Outside the city walls made of battle vehicles, there were temporarily built concrete high walls and machine gun towers, and further outside were layers of vertically guided wire mesh walls, which dispersed the dense monster tide coming from below the hillside and introduced them into the area with the most concentrated firepower. Countless flamethrowers were arranged closely toward the bottom. Once fired, it was like a mountain fire waterfall hanging down.

This is the most densely populated area in the whole city. Xiao He's pressure was extremely heavy, and he led a group of people to inspect the defense lines without stopping in the wind and snow.

17:30

The Michel Church command center was empty. Zhao Yu and He Zhen had gone to the front-line defense positions in the east and north of the city respectively, leaving only the hunting group waiting at various points near the square.

Dongcheng Wall defense line, Zhao Yu stood in the command tower, his expression sharp. At this time, all preparations for the defense line had been completed, and his eyes were fixed on the direction of the canyon.

At this time, the voice of Zhang Chengzhi of the aviation combat formation suddenly came from the headset.

"Supervisor Zhao, a large number of wing-wing demons were found within the radar range. They are in the cloud layer, but they didn't come into the city. The judgment direction is southeast."

Zhao Yu's expression changed: "Why is it at this time?"

"Not clear."

"Immediately send a reconnaissance squad to follow in the direction. They must have sensed the action of the Emperor squad. If confirmed, reconnaissance will change to reinforcement!"

"Yes!"

Woo woo~

Soon, more than a dozen fighters flew out and flew toward the Terrakama Ice Valley.

17:40

There were only about 10 minutes left before dark. In the Emperor squad camp in Terrakama Ice Valley, Yu Yuheng and the team were busy with debugging work.

"It's about to get dark. Be sure to pay attention later, don't let monsters get close to the No. 1 machine cockpit," Yu Yuheng said urgently.

"Understood." Nightwalker Jingtian looked at the giant mecha figure outside the tent window: "Lin Dui said, it will take several hours. I hope it is the same as we guessed, that those monsters are not nearby."

Yu Yuheng nodded busily, and said: "By the way, I have also heard of the Fog Crown Cloak of your Nightwalker organization, but we have tested the material, and it seems not to have any characteristics of shielding the perception of dark creatures. It is said that you are also testing. Is there anything special?"

"I'm not very clear," Jingtian said: "It seems to be related to a kind of ability being studied in the group. It should also be combined with some cold dark basic particles. Anyway, for us, being able to fireproof, bulletproof, and glide is already very good. As for this shielding, even if it has 1% effect, it is always better than nothing."

Yu Yuheng looked at the cloak on his body and curled his lips.

"I hope... it really works."

"Captain Jing, time is almost up, prepare to carry out the plan."

At this time, Sun Kai led the guard squad and walked in with a sharp face.

"Good."

"Eh?" Only then did Yu Yuheng discover that Sun Kai and others were not wearing Fog Crown Cloaks. It seemed that from the beginning, they didn't have any.

"Your Nightwalkers are too stingy. How come Company Commander Sun and the others are not equipped with a set of such key equipment?" 【

"You Nightwalkers are too stingy, aren't you? Why didn't you equip Company Commander Sun and his men with a set of such critical gear?"

Jing Tian's expression changed upon hearing this; he looked at Sun Kai without saying a word.

Sun Kai replied directly, "We have other missions, so we don't need it."

"What missions?"

Now it was Yu Yuheng's turn to look puzzled; how could Sun Kai and his team have different missions when they were in the same task force?

Sun Kai took a deep breath and said, "Supervisor Zhao has discussed it with us. Although, according to our assessment, the number of anomalies outside Xilan City might be very small, we must be prepared to deal with a crisis after dark. Therefore, we watched the footage from the Falcon Squad and believe that an aerial attack is highly likely, and that the anomalies' assault will occur within a very short time. Since we are all Level 5 markers, we plan to use the Nightwalkers' Fog Crown Cloaks to create a concentration difference between the markers, thereby using ourselves to lure the enemy."

"Lure the enemy?" Yu Yuheng's expression gradually turned ugly: "What do you mean?"

"It means I will lead the flight squad to circle the airspace before dark and disperse our positions. Once we lure the enemy, we will immediately flee to contain them, buying time for the Emperor Group and Lin Dui!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Yuheng's expression changed drastically: "Are you kidding me? This Fog Crown Cloak absolutely cannot completely mask our tracks. There isn't even any scientific basis for this; how could it possibly..."

"We know."

Jing Tian interrupted Yu Yuheng and said earnestly, "That's why I said earlier, even if it only has a 1% effect, as long as it creates a difference and prioritizes attracting the attention of the monster tide, it counts as a success!"

As soon as he finished speaking, not only Yu Yuheng but all the members of the technical team were stunned. They all looked at the Fog Crown Cloaks on their own bodies, and everyone's face was filled with astonishment.

"Huh?"

"What does this mean?"

"Using yourselves to lure the enemy?"

"Company Commander Sun, he..."

Yu Yuheng looked at Sun Kai with a shocked expression, then looked at Jing Tian, and said,

"You are a Nightwalker, and you aren't wearing one either. What does that mean?"

"We are responsible for luring the enemy on the ground," Jing Tian replied, then pointed to a very young man nearby: "His name is Fang Chen, a flight ability user. If necessary, he can carry away 4 people."

After speaking, he turned back and signaled to Sun Kai with his eyes.

"Let's move."

"Alright!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—in an instant, thirty or forty people began to walk out of the camp tents in unison. Sun Kai took 5 people toward the aerospace fighters, while Jing Tian led his people toward the outside of the defensive line.

"Wait!!"

Yu Yuheng ran out, stumbling: "Do you know that you are walking to your deaths!"

A group of backs moved away quickly; no one answered his question.

Yu Yuheng stood blankly at the tent entrance, watching those figures disappear into the wind and snow, his face stunned.

Not long after, the fighter lights all around began to turn on.

"Prepare for takeoff, maintain airspace distance."

Sun Kai sat in the first Lightning-2 aerospace fighter with a calm expression, put on his helmet, and began to open the takeoff sequence.

He arranged for the other 5 fighters: "Turn on all navigation lights, anti-collision lights, and landing lights. Circle at an altitude of 1000 meters. You must attract the attention of the anomalies. Once the enemy is successfully lured, the surviving units must lead the monster swarm away from the camp area as quickly as possible!"

"Received!!"

Woo~

The wind and snow dispersed, and 6 aerospace fighters hovered and rose, rushing straight into the high altitude with a whistling sound. They flew to a distance of 1000 meters in the blizzard, and then these fighters began to circle around the Prototype below.

On the other side, Jing Tian led a group of Spark Group ability users and a team of soldiers in power armor toward the direction of the valley entrance.

Jing Tian knew that this direction was the only impact point for the monster tide, so he said to his subordinates: "Pay attention, disperse your actions. There is only one goal: not to kill, but to lure the enemy. Move in batches!"

"Yes!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—these people all put on a type of motorized ski and began to maneuver and slide across the snowfield in front of the camp.

Time passed second by second. The blizzard did not give the squad any time to think. Soon, the time reached 17:50.

The originally white, whistling wind and snow seemed to have the lights turned off suddenly. The entire Trakama Ice Valley instantly turned dark. At this moment, flashing colored lights lit up on all the action teams, completely turning themselves into dazzling lighthouses.

High above, Sun Kai and the 5 pilots closely monitored the reactions on the radar. Although they were mentally prepared, Sun Kai was still somewhat nervous at this moment.

Beep, beep, beep, beep.

The moment the sky turned black, a large number of red dots suddenly appeared on the radar!

"11 o'clock direction!! It's Xilan City!"

"Number 3, accelerate!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Before they could react, the large number of red dots had already approached one of the fighters. The pilot saw the cockpit full of alarm signals, immediately gritted his teeth, and roared as he pulled the control stick.

Woo!!!

The power engine roared immediately, starting to rush forward. Outside the porthole, it was instantly a vast expanse of white. But at this moment, the radar signal showed that a tide-like mass of red dots appeared directly in front of him.

Coming from... the vortex!

He looked up, and the moment the clouds and mist in front disappeared, he saw a black mass of Winged Demons, opening their blood-red maws, coming straight at him.

"Ah!!!"

Boom!

"Number 3 crashed. 11 o'clock direction, 9 o'clock direction, turn quickly."

"Ah!!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In an instant, Number 4, Number 5, and Number 6 exploded in the air almost simultaneously.

The extreme load brought by the high-maneuver turn caused several pilots' blood pressure to skyrocket. Sun Kai gritted his teeth and pulled the aircraft upward, his eyes fixed firmly on the radar.

He shouted crazily in his heart:

You must follow!

You must follow!!

Beep, beep, beep, beep!

The next instant, the sector behind the radar was a sea of blood red!

At the same moment, in Xilan City, which was on full alert, 70,000 people held their breath, watching the black sky canopy descend.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~

In the empty city streets, only the whistling of the blizzard remained.

On Central Avenue, fully armed ability hunting groups were distributed across several streets.

They were either on rooftops, in alleys, or above sculptures in the commercial plaza; 35 Berserker-class squads were ready to go.

Wen Zhuo was squatting on the wingtip of an angel sculpture with the Hell Black Chrysanthemum, with Han Jun, Lu Xingchen, and Qin Xueming standing beside him, while Kiki raised a telekinetic shield to resist the wind and snow.

Among these 5 people, Han Jun and Lu Xingchen both had decent mobility but could not fly, while Qin Xueming had the poorest mobility, but his energy-gathering ability had an extremely exaggerated energy cancellation, which could become a surprise force at critical moments.

Wen Zhuo gave everyone a metal belt to facilitate his use of magnetic control abilities to help them fly and move. Kiki could also assist everyone in flying. With the two of them, Group 1 was very flexible.

In the north of the city, Chen Sixuan stood on the roof of the passenger station in Black Eagle power armor, looking at the street in front of the plaza. Beside her were Miao Lu and Da Lou. Shasha stood in front of the plaza in Vulcan mecha, with Shi Diyuan guarding nearby. In the direction of the airport, Qian Dele, Wu Zhenhai, Liao Ming, Luo Yang, Li Yi, Liang Lei, and Shen Yao were in battle array. On the north city wall, He Zhen and a group of officers and soldiers stared intently at the snowfield ahead.

In the east of the city, tens of thousands of people from the Polar Wind Alliance, Warrior Convoy, Torch Alliance, etc., held their breath, aiming electromagnetic rails toward the direction of the main street. Zhao Yu stood in the command tower, closing his eyes and waiting.

In the south of the city, the defensive line of more than 30,000 people was as quiet as a dead city. Xiao He stood at the front of the line, his gaze cold.

Hum, hum, hum!

The moment they entered the black curtain, a vibrating sound wave suddenly came from far to near. In an instant, the glass of the high-rise buildings in the city trembled, and the snow layer on the ground began to shake.

"It's here, it's that bug."

On top of the Michel Church, Qin Xueming clenched his fists and said.

"This one is already impatient!" Brother Huo was full of fighting spirit. After drinking a Cold Dark Reagent, he felt that he had surging flame power waiting to erupt; at this moment, his fighting spirit was high!

"Sure enough, this bug is coming for our Hell Black Chrysanthemum." Kiki also said.

But Han Jun frowned slightly, his gaze looking toward the sky.

"Wait." At this time, Wen Zhuo also discovered something unusual; he felt the vibration of the air: "It seems there is more than one vibration."

Han Jun reached out and grabbed, his water-type ability sensing the water molecules in the air, and his expression changed immediately.

At this moment, intense air vibrations sounded above the sky. The strong sound of breaking through the air and the vibration of the ground rang out together. Just then, in the blizzard above the horizon, a huge, long black shadow rapidly enlarged and actually fell straight down.

"Not good, in the sky!!"

"Retreat!!"

Wen Zhuo reacted first and immediately shouted to the hunting group.

Instantly, he manipulated his magnetic control ability, grabbed 4 people, and flew backward directly.

Swish, swish, swish—almost in an instant, the 35 hunting squads scattered rapidly. Some flew, some climbed walls and jumped over buildings; everyone used all their strength.

And the next instant, that huge, long black shadow smashed directly toward Central Avenue.

Boom!!!

Like a meteorite hitting the ground, a huge explosion instantly shook outward!

The huge black shadow smashed directly into three super-high-rise office buildings on Central Avenue. The building structures shattered, and the two-to-three-hundred-meter-tall buildings were smashed and broken just like that!

Kiki, Wen Zhuo, and the others, who were flying past, felt the huge shockwave coming toward them. Looking back, they discovered that it was actually the corpse of the Abyss Worm from outside the north of the city, which had been thrown from a thousand meters high into Xilan City!

Rumble!!!

Instantly, the ring-shaped air wave generated by the impact of the corpse snapped the three super-high-rise buildings in half. Half of Central Avenue was instantly razed to the ground, and smoke, dust, and snow waves rose from the ground!

(End of chapter)