Chapter 931

The highest point of the Spiritual Tower.

At the tower top, set up as a battle command post, Jing Tian and Wen Ya gazed at the improving situation, their expressions unconsciously easing a little.

In the distance, the zombie tide had entered the artillery bombardment range, and a large number of Awakened Ones had already left the city, preparing to engage the mutants ahead of time to prevent the monsters from climbing the walls.

The situation was not bad; under the coordination of the heavy cannons and the Spiritual Tower, the flesh-and-blood zombies, as fragile as a blank sheet of paper, were easily torn apart.

With hundreds of thousands of Awakened Ones acting together, the whole world seemed to be filled with various lights.

The combined effect of spiritual energy and technological weapons was quite excellent.

Under unified command, with the Awakened Ones' combat power coordinating with each other, an effect greater than the sum of its parts erupted.

Ice and water systems combined to form trap zones; wind and fire systems combined for large-area damage; lightning and melee Awakened Ones formed squads to specifically guard against fast mutants breaking through.

Sniper units, heavy machine gun arrays, and artillery units formed a three-layered fire defense line.

If not for the inability to deploy the aerospace forces, they would even be confident of completely wiping out this zombie tide within a day.

With Long An's current strength, facing an enemy several times larger than in the original city defense battle, they showed no sign of strain.

At least for now, there appears to be no great danger.

However, although the zombie tide surging in like a black sea could be dealt with, Jing Tian and the others were well aware.

The real threat lay in the third-rank individual who had drawn the zombie tide.

Behind Jing Tian, Gao Tian looked at the east and west city gates, where the covertly departing hunt squads were leaving, and took a deep breath:

"Jing Tian, I'm going ahead."

In Chu An's deployment, there were twenty-seven squads in total, all composed of second-rank Awakened Ones; these hunt squads were both sent out to hunt the most troublesome high-rank mutants and to serve as bait.

After destroying the previous aerospace forces, that third-rank entity in the zombie tide had not yet made a move.

To create an opportunity for him and the Red Clad, these twenty-seven squads will, under artillery cover, high-speed approach the zombie tide's core from the flanks to draw the attention of that third-rank being.

"Be careful."

Without saying much, between men there is no need for many words.

Jing Tian gave Gao Tian's shoulder a heavy pat, sighing inwardly.

In the plan, although with Wen Ya's cooperation, Gao Tian could theoretically achieve a cross-rank instant kill.

But in practice, it might not be feasible.

On one hand, the rank difference is more than one level; on the other, maintaining a lock makes it easy to provoke the enemy's vigilance, causing them to flee the lock range directly.

Therefore, according to Chu An's intention, let Gao Tian first make a probing lock.

If possible, an instant kill is best; if not, then at the moment the enemy becomes wary, instantly detonate the nuclear bomb to prevent them from escaping or pursuing Gao Tian.

Prepare both options, minimizing risk as much as possible.

"Nothing will happen."

Gao Tian gave a light smile, nodded firmly, without hesitation he grabbed the bow behind him with his backhand and turned to leave.

He jumped onto the metal sphere, Gao Tian took a deep breath, his face full of solemnity.

To say the psychological pressure isn't big would be false.

That is a mid-tier third-rank, and according to Chu An's hint, the opponent is stronger than an ordinary third-rank!

It can be said that he is completely crushed by an advantage of more than one rank plus one level; the gap between them is like that between a mouse and a tank.

He knew Colonel Chu had the intention to train troops, and Lin Ge was not present.

As the strongest human Awakened One of Long'an Base, he now felt the burden had fallen entirely on his shoulders.

I... I can definitely do it!

Thinking of Lin An's expectations of him all along, Gao Tian's expression gradually became resolute.

In the zombie tide's core, the third-rank mid-tier Awakened One ordered to eliminate Long An, somewhat unexpectedly, gazed at the distant light illuminating the sky.

That was a death line constructed from spiritual energy and artillery fire.

Long An's strength was far greater than he had imagined.

He originally thought this attracted zombie horde would be enough to throw the Faction: Long An into chaos; without Lin An overseeing, even a few high Fourth Rank Mutants charging over would instantly plunge this Safe Zone into panic.

The core of war has always been people.

Facing the zombie horde and zombies from afar versus up close, the pressure on the human side is not even on the same level.

No matter how strong or how combat‑convicted a unit is, it cannot withstand the fear of close‑quarters combat against zombies.

Humans fear friendly fire, infection, and death, but against zombies these are not problems.

He never imagined that the enemy, relying solely on firepower suppression, would quickly clear out the zombie horde he had brought.

Occasionally, a few high Fourth Rank Mutants relying on speed to approach would be instantly killed in a coordinated strike by the Awakened Ones legion.

Some are tricky.

Across the entire battlefield, aside from a few high Fourth Rank Mutants still lingering near him, the scattered mutants elsewhere have mostly been wiped out by focused strikes.

Silently judging the situation, this Third Fourth Rank mid‑level quickly realized that the Faction: Long An's defense line would need at least six times the current zombie horde to have a chance of breaking through.

Not to mention ample artillery ammunition, what surprised him most was the coordinated combat ability of the Faction: Long An's Awakened Ones.

It was as if they were under synchronized command, with no waste in skill release.

Obviously, there exists within Faction: Long An an entity with extremely strong computational ability, controlling the entire battlefield.

Moreover, the spirit‑energy tower and dark crystal giant cannon, which he had never seen before, further astonished him.

Defensive structures operating 24 hours are far more useful than the Awakened Ones.

Before the spirit energy is exhausted, these defensive works can grind down the zombie horde.

He muttered to himself, his heart sinking.

Faction: Long An, or rather Lin An, indeed has a problem.

Such spirit‑energy technology clearly surpasses the scope of human research on spirit energy.

Outsiders might not understand, thinking this is merely a special building constructed by the Safe Zone with the system's help.

But he, who possesses the memories occupying his body, is very clear that even if the Safe Zone would provide psionic buildings, something like Long An is simply impossible.

Taking the Capital Safe Zone as an example, aside from having the license for a laboratory that produces psionic potions, it has nothing else.

Compared to Long An, it's practically like primitives battling alien technology.

Even upon close observation, he actually felt that Long An's psionic technology was practically a complete tech tree.

Psionic towers, psionic cannons, psionic vehicles, exoskeletal armor...

No matter how you look at it, they are products of a tech tree!

Hard to imagine.

He originally thought that clearing Long An was just the silver-haired man deliberately assigning him a menial task to get him out of the way.

But upon realizing that Long An possibly possessed a complete set of psionic technology, or at least had obtained some kind of system reward,

The killing intent and greed in his heart suddenly surged.

As those who have long fought the Apocalypse, they naturally know how important a full set of psionic technology is.

Speaking purely of value, it's probably enough to compare to a Fourth Stage...

Without hesitation, taking advantage of the gap in the corpse tide's attack, he directly used his one and only information report to send this intelligence back to the gate.

If his guess is true, the value here would not be less than killing Lin An!

Perfect ones... a complete set of psionic technology..

Muttering softly, he couldn't help but let out a cold laugh, his mind set on taking down Long An.

Although Long An's performance exceeded his expectations, lacking high-level combat power, in his eyes it was just that.

As long as he makes a single charge to destroy the command center, the ensuing corpse tide could easily engulf this place.

Just as he hesitated, wondering whether to wait for the subsequent corpse tide to surround Long An before acting, a series of piercing whistles suddenly came from both sides of the battlefield.

Looking up, he saw round balls rushing in at high speed, encircling the corpse tide.

Figures appeared, and streaks of dazzling psionic abilities instantly smashed into the nearest mutants.

Hmm!?

He blinked slightly, and the number-two third-level intermediate, upon sensing the arrival, couldn't help but reveal a sneer.

27 teams, a total of 108 second-level Awakened Ones?

It looks like they intend to clear the mutants around him.

But, daring to get this close.

Is this, coming to throw away their lives?