Chapter 420: Firepower Suppression

Covering strike! Target! Rotting giant corpse!

The squad leader responsible for command at the artillery regiment's position stationed on the city wall let out a heart-wrenching shout.

Stop them from approaching the wall!

The rotting giant corpse slowly moving in the distance was quickly devouring the zombies around it, its round belly completely stuffed.

Having witnessed this monster's ability, the defenders immediately locked onto it as their target.

Once the rotting giant corpse gets close, the zombies in its belly will all at once spew into the city, crossing the wall.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Twenty shells whistled past in succession, each exploding toward the rotting giant corpse under Chu An's auxiliary calculations.

At the top of the defense tower, Gao Tian took a deep breath, and dark purple spiritual energy gradually gathered in his eyes.

A distance of one hundred meters.

Only when the distance reaches one hundred meters can we act!

Although the locking range for the hunt is two hundred meters, Lin An is still guarding the core fortress and cannot go into battle.

Only by bringing the mutant close enough can Lin An's Judgment Eye provide him with a weak point lock.

After all, even though Lin An's mental power has increased greatly, his limit of perception can only go this far.

Gao Tian drew back a specially made arrow with his backhand, forcing himself into peak condition.

Because of time constraints, he hastily entered the Amoeba Worm Dungeon.

Thus he is still stuck at the peak of the First Level.

He had hoped to level up inside the dungeon, but never expected there would be hardly any chance to act.

But now, by a lucky mistake, it has turned into a good thing.

Gao Tian!

Two arrows in a row! One to cripple, one to annihilate! Can you do it?!

Jing Tian looked grimly at the two tanks charging madly, and without turning back asked:

Should...

Can!

His hand gripping the bow stave, muscles tensed.

Gao Tian nodded heavily, his figure darting back and forth on the wall to find the best shooting angle.

Two tanks, two rotting giant corpses.

He must deal with three of them.

Without Lin An's combat support, the entire base's pressure against the Second Level falls entirely on him.

Lin An had indeed considered acting before the precognition image, to strike early and kill the attacking mutant.

But this idea was directly vetoed by Chu An.

Colonel Chu's meaning is simple.

Under normal circumstances, after learning of future events, they would certainly revoke everyone's permission to enter the core fortress.

Then, if things develop normally, how would Mo Ling enter the fortress again?

The answer is obvious.

At that time, Mo Ling must have forcibly entered due to some unknown reason.

Therefore, Lin An must absolutely not expend his combat power beforehand.

Once he acts to kill a large number of mutants, easing the pressure on the defense line, Lin An's strength will also drop significantly.

Whether it's stamina or mental power, neither can maintain peak condition.

Even, Chu An also gave another idea.

Perhaps there are mutants in the zombie tide that are hard to deal with; they are waiting for Lin An to act, then entangle him.

Thus, as long as Lin An is trapped, the controlled? Mo Ling would have the ability to forcibly enter the core fortress.

So.

Even if the defense line is lost, even if more casualties occur.

Preserving the core is of utmost importance!

As long as the core remains, barring any accidents, this mission can be completed.

Even if more people die, later we can still recruit enough manpower, let alone Chu An's plan to annex the Wangjiang Military Region.

Under absolute rationality, Colonel Chu chose the most stable plan.

And demanding that Gao Tian perform two different attacks is another idea of Chu An:

One to cripple, one to annihilate instantly.

The purpose is to stall the level upgrade, and then, after leveling up, use the replenished state to act again.

Otherwise, with Gao Tian's mental power, he couldn't even fire the second annihilating arrow before it would be exhausted.

Even if Wen Ya shares mental power, at most two arrows.

What's more, Wen Ya also has to supply mental power to others at the same time.

Huff-huff.

Adjusting breathing rhythm.

With the zombie tide's rapid advance, Gao Tian also naturally drew his bow and nocked an arrow.

Closer, even closer!

Brother Lin isn't here; I am the only hope!

Unprecedented pressure weighed on him.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

In the sky, consecutive artillery shells fell into the Corpse Horde; the specially made submunitions from the weapons test site exploded with a boom.

Just one artillery shell, and the blast's power instantly cleared the area around the Mutant.

Conventional heavy weapons were few, but each experimental weapon was a top-notch piece.

The effect was excellent, but the squad leader in charge of the artillery did not relax.

His target was the slowly moving rotting giant corpse.

If the giant corpse isn't held back, killing even more zombies is useless.

The submunitions that split into thousands of steel pellets pose a great threat to zombies, but against a giant corpse of Second Level, they are not effective.

The shockwave from the explosion slightly hindered its advance; at close range, after taking hundreds of fragments head-on, its rotting body was covered in shards like a porcupine.

Zombies blown into the air by the blast fell like ragdolls from midair.

Pfft-

Pfft-

Flesh and blood twitched.

In the artillery observer's field of view, each fragment was squeezed out of the rotting giant corpse's body in an instant.

Terrifying self-healing ability.

Before the shock could settle, the second artillery barrage fired again in unison.

Fire! Everyone, fire!

Stop it! Aim for its feet!

The second round of artillery fire roared.

Deafening explosion sounds echoed, and the entire battlefield was filled with a dense rain of shells.

Headshot!

Aim for the head and fire again!

On the machine gun emplacement, soldiers gripping heavy machine guns roared as they pulled the trigger.

Bursts of fire spewed from the muzzle like dense fire dragons, while the soldier in charge of reloading, ignoring the scorching ammunition belt, stared fixedly at the zombies slowly advancing toward the wall.

As the distance closed, they could clearly see the hideous faces of the zombies.

Bang!

Bang!

On the high ground, the sniper lying in the firing slit focused intently on locking onto a First-Level Mutant wandering within the Corpse Horde.

One kind, resembling a hunting dog, was extremely fast; though it had a human head, it ran on all fours.

Quick! Suppress it with fire! Don't let it get close to the wall!

A dense rain of shells covered the shot.

But most of it missed due to the hunting dog mutant's high-speed evasion.

Pfft-pfft!

Blood blossoms burst.

When it rushed to the base of the wall, the hunting dog–like mutant's limbs suddenly bulged outward, and sharp iron claws extended from its forelimbs.

Heedless of the machine gunner's close-range sweeping fire, the monster lashed out with its claws, scaling the high wall like a grappling hook.

It leapt and soared.

In just two seconds, over three First-Level Mutants leapt onto the wall.

Awakened Ones squad!

Lock on and attack!

Facing the second wave of the Corpse Tide, in just a few minutes Long'an Base engaged the monsters in close combat for the first time.

Swish!

Metallic giant claws lashed out with a hiss, and the machine gunner in charge of this wall section was cleanly cut into three pieces before he could react.

Casualties began in earnest.

Fellow soldiers had no time to mourn as the monsters that had leapt into the emplacement launched their next attack.

They were too close to even fire.

Move aside!

With a roar, the squad of Awakened Ones responsible for mutants rushed to the three breach points at once.

Defense towers, coordinate fire!

Ice Sword!

Lightning Burst!

Acid Dissolve!

Elemental long-range Awakened Ones acted instantly, and five-colored spiritual energy radiance suddenly illuminated the top of the wall.