Chapter 219: Is That It?

Just as she had dodged several attacks and successfully harvested ten Primary Version Mechas, Bai Chonghuan's side had already begun fighting with the ground troops of the Sky Viper.

Liu Mu did not intend to go over and help for the time being; after all, resolving those melee mechas was already a huge help.

She looked toward the sea, where five warships were arranged in a fan shape on the waters of Haiyang City, forming a maritime blockade.

Over eighty percent of the strikes from inside the base were intercepted by the opponent, and more than half of the remainder fell into the sea, causing little damage to the warships.

Continuing to fight like this was just a waste of shells; she could not accept that despite being so close, she couldn't make a dent.

"Xiao A, if I connect you to the warships' weapon systems, can you destroy their defenses from the inside?"

【That is why humans really need to go to school; the education planned by your country is very necessary.】

Liu Mu: "Are you a cat or something? You dare to take every opportunity to take a jab at me; do you believe I'll disable you?"

Heitao A: 【oi~ angry? It's not just destroying their weapon systems; I can directly control the warships and make them attack each other. Host, don't you know how powerful my abilities are yet?】

"I've really hit a good streak now, being able to coordinate in battle with Teacher A—what an honor!"

Before Liu Mu could finish her sarcasm, Heitao A had already smugly pulled up the blueprints of the warships in her mind and humbly stated: 【Host, what are you saying? Everything I do is to serve you. By the way, do you want to notify them that someone is going to assassinate Bai Chonghuan? I see—no, you see—a team of people sneaking up over there.】

This intelligence came from the few remaining Sky Net surveillance cameras in the Haiyang City area and its surroundings; although the footage was blurry, the trajectory of that group showed their target was very clear.

"They actually know Bai Chonghuan is in this unit; interesting," Liu Mu's eyes rolled halfway, her hands not stopping their control of the mecha, and she only said, "Tell Niu Boyi to guard against that group and use Bai Chonghuan to fish out the spies around him."

【I don't think Niu Boyi can necessarily execute such a complex mission; wouldn't that make Bai Chonghuan very dangerous? Then again, if Haiyang Base lost Bai Chonghuan, it could be stuffed directly into our pockets.】

Heitao A was becoming increasingly adept at using Liu Mu's thought patterns and immediately said it had already arranged what Niu Boyi should do.

"You... Bai Chonghuan cannot die, don't mess around; I have great use for him later," Liu Mu sometimes had to reflect: was she really that bad?

But Bai Chonghuan was truly of great use, "Tell the Mountain Base to hold off on their attack; I'm going to the warships."

Heitao A was not the least bit surprised or worried by her doing this, because... it was all within Liu Mu's behavioral logic.

So, he, this system, shouted without a hint of emotional fluctuation, 【Good luck!】

Although the mecha had a large profile, it could move quickly underwater and shield itself from the opponent's detection systems by using reverse frequency bands, so Liu Mu didn't have to struggle to swim herself.

Meanwhile, on the transport plane returning to report, Heihu wiped away cold sweat, feeling a premonition of danger, having not participated in this mecha landing.

"Leader, what do we do now? The Huaguo combat mechas are too strong; the men I have don't even have a chance to get close."

Having lost the assistance of passing satellites, Black Eye now couldn't see the situation on land at all; the screen in front of him was now truly just the latest photo of the Zhanghaicheng area.

"Switch to another area and drop a few more; try attacking from land—don't let it go to support the main battlefield!" Black Eye immediately issued a new order; of course, he wouldn't let ordinary troops deal with the mechas—what difference would that be from throwing eggs at a rock?

If the opponent could dodge shells, couldn't they also dodge bullets?

If they could dodge bullets, couldn't they fire them too?

Ordinary troops going over would just be meat thrown into a meat grinder.

There was one thing Black Lotus didn't say, which was that he simply didn't believe China could build mechas that far exceeded Sky Viper's technology; both belonging to Earth civilization, their Sky Viper mechas had always been secret technology, even incorporating some extraterrestrial tech—none of this could be surpassed by a conservative ancient Eastern country.

Therefore, the reason Heihu failed was his underestimation of the enemy; air-dropping at that distance was just making themselves sitting ducks.

He knew exactly what this subordinate, whose brain was no match for his muscles, was thinking: it was nothing more than not wanting to risk himself, letting his men test the waters first, and if the opponent wasn't strong, he would step in to steal the credit.

"This time, you go yourself; you must take down the opponent. If you fail, go explain it to 'Number One'."

Black Lotus coldly issued the final threat; he really didn't want to waste too much energy on Black Tiger's side.

On the plane, Heihu's fingers cracked as he cursed 'sycophant' twice before standing up, "Circle around to Dongyang County; didn't he say to go further? This is far enough. Hmph, making me go to the front line to risk my life... in his dreams!"

The pilot changed direction, the co-pilot's expression was strange, and after exchanging a look with the pilot, he reported uncertainly, "Brother Hu, the Huaguo mecha seems to have... disappeared. The radar can't scan it, and with the naked eye... we can't see it either."

"WTF?? It can turn into a ghost? Such a big mecha, just gone like that? Keep looking... wait, hehehe, if it's gone, it's gone; go to Dongyang County."

One could hear Heihu cursing and swearing in the cabin, "I have to follow orders; no matter where the opponent's mecha went, our orders haven't changed. Listen up, everyone, prepare for a second landing in Dongyang County."

"Got it, Brother Hu," the pilots smiled at each other, both understanding that this battle had little to do with their Black Tiger Team; they just needed to look like they were in action.

As for the result, if they stepped out a second before victory, shouldn't they get a share of the spoils?

Skirting the edge during wartime and crowding in for the settlement—it was an old routine, they were very familiar with it.

They even reported their mission progress one by one, including approaching the Huaguo mecha, flanking, and fighting... to make it look realistic, they even fired quite a few shells, creating quite a commotion.

Little did they know, while they were leisurely attacking an invisible enemy, something happened on the command ship.

Liu Mu had plenty of experience in how to sneak onto someone else's ship; this time, after getting close, she retracted the mecha, and once aboard, she didn't do anything else, just followed the plan given by Heitao A, found a Signal Junction Box, and implanted a piece of data edited by Heitao A.

Within a minute, the command group on the bridge suddenly discovered their warships were moving.

Black Lotus immediately questioned, "Who is driving? What is going on?"

"We aren't... we didn't operate anything..." one of the technicians pressed the keyboard in his hand with an ugly expression, and then an incredible guess surfaced in his mind, "Leader, our system seems to have been hacked."

"Seems?" Heilian sneered, no longer able to maintain that elegance, and stood up, "Search the whole ship immediately; it is impossible to hack from the outside."

The people on the warship were all moving, but Liu Mu had already left, just as quietly as she had come.

And for the warship that missed the first opportunity to shut down for a system self-check, by the time Heilian realized the problem, it was already too late.

For the sake of unified command, all five warships maintained a network connection with the main ship; Heitao A only took less than half a minute to simultaneously take over the control systems of the other four.

The first step was to completely shut down their anti-aircraft systems, and at the same time, the new round of strikes from the base arrived as scheduled.

Watching this 'fireworks show' in panoramic view from inside the mecha, Liu Mu did not return to the shore immediately; instead, she stayed in the nearby waters, intending to catch a big fish.

On shore, the battle was in full swing when Bai Chonghuan suddenly received Heitao A's suggestion to increase the strike firepower by two times; the core reason for this suggestion was that Liu Mu had snuck onto the warships and already destroyed the opponent's defense system.

"Then where is she? Did she evacuate?" Bai Chonghuan sat in an Armored Vehicle; as a commander, although he liked to go to the front line, he couldn't really face the enemy like an ordinary soldier—just kidding, he still had to command.

【Chief Liu has already evacuated to a safe area; please execute the strike mission immediately.】

"Execute!" Even an excellent Division Commander like him didn't dare to think about how Liu Mu snuck onto the enemy's warship; it couldn't be like his side, where he had to ask if he was allowed to connect to the system, right?

She must have boarded the warship and then safely withdrawn; this kind of ability and courage, regardless of whether there was mecha assistance, was terrifying.

What was the difference between this operation and taking the head of an enemy general from among a million troops in ancient times? The difference was that Liu Mu was even more powerful; modern warfare was not the hand-to-hand combat of ancient times.

The time had already reached dusk, the snow-covered sky had turned dark, and the shells streaked across the sky like millions of meteors, carrying the aura of destruction as they struck the sea targets.

Until he saw the shells pass through the original interception distance and burst into dazzling firelight, Bai Chonghuan issued another order, "Everyone, retreat five kilometers!"

This distance meant they had already entered the city area, where he could have sufficient leeway for the next step.

The warship being bombed was, for the landing Sky Viper troops, the same as having their base camp raided.

They panicked instantly, and just as they were in a state of chaos, they suddenly noticed the opposing army retreating; to anyone, this looked suspicious.

Yet some people's brains would just go dim; for instance, their battlefield commander believed this was a good opportunity to strike into the Haiyang City area in one go.

Even when receiving the order to follow up, many soldiers were shouting, "This is going to be a bombardment, we can't advance."

Immediately, a louder loudspeaker voice drowned these people out, "Take one step back, and you will be shot on the spot!"

The supervising officers were also helpless; they could only obey the commander's orders, and even knowing this was clearly a trap, they could only watch the army march to their deaths.

More troublesome was that with the warship struck, they could not contact Black Lotus.

Then they could only continue to execute the established plan to attack Haiyang; regardless of what value Haiyang held for the organization, they were already effectively in a last-stand situation with no way back.

It was precisely because he realized this point that Bai Chonghuan decisively ordered a retreat; the morale of the Sky Viper army might have been hit, but this blow would, in a very short time, transform into a desperate determination to attack.

It was also because the quality of Bai Chonghuan's troops was high enough, strictly obeying orders, that they were able to avoid the crazy biting of a cornered dog at the first moment and turn this passivity into the initiative in their hands.

After the disaster, the urban area, which had originally been completely open, had a circle of defensive fortifications built, mainly walls piled up from building debris.

With this retreat of theirs, the opponent indeed pursued relentlessly; after Bai Chonghuan entered the city wall, the base core that bombed the warship immediately changed its attack target.

It aimed everything at the two-kilometer range outside the city wall for bombardment, and even the Military Base in the mountains followed suit after a one-minute delay.

After the impact, the outskirts of the city were once again ablaze with fire; the airwave raised by this wave completely destroyed the crumbling walls from the sea impact.

Collapsed buildings were naturally unavoidable, but fortunately, they had Armored Vehicles and Troop Carriers, which simultaneously formed circles; regardless of other equipment, the people hid inside.

As for this level of impact, Niu Boyi was not afraid; its pair of large eyes, like searchlights, constantly watched the area around Bai Chonghuan.

Master had promised five roasted fat sheep, so Gouzi must ferret out that traitorous dog thing this time; if it could protect Comrade Lao Bai, it could eat meat to its heart's content.

However, Bai Chonghuan, who was listening to reports from the other four battalions, did not know any of this; he was even in the mood to pat the shoulder of a battalion commander beside him and mock the bombed enemy.

"Just this? And they dare to claim they have the military strength to attack any country in the world; would those Sky Viper people die if they didn't brag? Damn it, if they faced my regular army, they'd all be beaten into grandsons... cough cough cough..."

Getting a mouthful of dust was the only thing he deserved.

Then, the person whose shoulder he was patting suddenly swayed; by the time he realized something was wrong and turned to look, this person's body had already lost more than half, and they collapsed with a boom amidst the spraying blood.

"Division Commander!" It was the regimental commander a few meters away who reacted first; his eyes were splitting with rage, and he raised his gun, ready to fire at the man-eating Military Dog.

"Pah! Woof woof woof!" Gouzi spat out that half of the corpse; in the saliva mixed with blood, that person was holding a Hand Grenade that hadn't had its pin pulled yet.

If this grenade had exploded, even the gods coming down couldn't have saved Bai Chonghuan.

"Stop!" Bai Chonghuan's reaction was also fast; he pushed away the corpse that had suddenly changed, "Watch out for protection, it's a Zombie!"

Soldiers further away were puzzled as to why the Military Dog had suddenly bitten someone, and those nearby didn't understand how a perfectly fine battalion commander had suddenly turned into a Zombie, but they all closed their masks at the first moment.

Niu Boyi, of course, didn't just stand there either; after spitting out the corpse in its mouth, it barked wildly at the outside of the circle formed by the vehicles, while simultaneously pawing at Bai Chonghuan with its large claws.

Bai Chonghuan was a bit annoyed; although Gouzi seemed to have saved him, few people were willing to face the scene of a person being torn into two pieces at such close range.

He also looked over there, but the dust from the bombardment was too thick, his Awakening hadn't enhanced his vision, and he couldn't understand dog language, so he had to ask what Gouzi was doing.

There was no other way; Gouzi could only press a paw onto his head and pin him down.

Then a burst of bullets flew over his head, many of which hit Niu Boyi.

"You get down too!" Bai Chonghuan realized something and shouted anxiously at the dog, only to see a few strands of blue-gray dog fur fall from Gouzi, and he was once again shocked by Gouzi's powerful physical defense.

"Someone is attacking, take cover and counterattack," Bai Chonghuan didn't worry about the Military Dog anymore and directly reported the attackers' position to organize a counterattack.

He was also puzzled himself, muttering in his heart, "What kind of troops managed to escape the bombardment and enter the interior?"

He didn't know, but Gouzi knew; these people hadn't come from the bombardment zone, but had snuck in from inside the city.

It had been paying attention to the direction facing outward, so why hadn't it discovered the Sky Viper people? It turned out they had already entered Haiyang City, and fortunately, their messy footsteps exposed that they were not Chinese military personnel, which was why Gouzi had attacked the person closest to Bai Chonghuan without even thinking.

Of course, at first it only wanted to knock the person away, as there might be a mistake, but its pair of large eyes—which Master had praised as beautiful—weren't just for show, and it had seen that small Hand Grenade.

But Gouzi was also a little unhappy; after biting down, it discovered the taste was incredibly foul and fishy—it was actually a Zombie.

Because of this, while Bai Chonghuan and the others were counterattacking, Gouzi lay on the ground and vomited.

It wasn't afraid of the Zombie Virus, but it couldn't help feeling disgusted, and it wanted to act spoiled...

【Uncle A, hurry and add that anti-Zombie Virus agent for me; doggy here bit something unclean! Sob sob sob...】

Asking for things from Heitao A was no longer a rare occurrence; after all, Master was currently busy collecting scrap, and it didn't want to disturb Master's fortune-making.

That's right, Liu Mu was currently like a happy fish, collecting, collecting, and collecting amidst the wreckage of the warships.

She couldn't even be bothered to care about the surviving enemies on the ships; how could these small fry be as valuable as the various machines blown out of the warships?

Besides, in this weather, at this temperature, and at this distance from the shore, it wouldn't take long before these people would all freeze to death in the seawater.

Humming a tune and chewing on beef jerky, the happily recycling Liu Mu suddenly froze in the water; as if to cooperate with her thought, her right eyelid began to twitch wildly.

"Oh no, I remembered what I forgot, damn it! It's over, it's over, hurry and notify the Base."

She put on her Mecha on the spot and rushed toward the main engines of the remaining two warships, while screaming crazily in her mind, "Make them go back! Quick, return to the Base core, hide underground. Heitao A, how did we forget that thing? Damn it!"

Even with the Mecha's protection, Liu Mu didn't dare to be reckless, because she had already felt that deep, irresistible natural power of the world...

The iceberg cluster impact was coming!