Chapter 162: It

In front of the Iron Guard Fortress gate.

Liang Tusu and Tu Lazhen stood on the clearing, straightening their bodies to watch the orbit above.

The once unchanging Terran Fleet now endured fierce cannon fire from farther out.

Dense Macro Cannon blasts struck the massive bodies of the bio‑ships, huge explosions roaring and hurling these colossal beings with mournful cries into the ground.

The bio‑ships overhead were countless, so many they blocked the sky, making the ground defenders unable to tell day from night.

But now, as Macro Cannon fire rained down, the layered bio‑ships began to crack, revealing the long‑missed sunlight to the ground defenders.

Amid the thunderous cannon fire, brilliant Light Spears pierced the earth!

The defenders cheered, uplifted; having long been beaten into despair by the Terran, everyone knew their fight was not for victory, but merely to stall.

Thus any force striking the Terran now was excellent news for the defenders.

Even if it were another enemy force, it would be a "friendly" foe that could help share the pressure of the swarm.

Only Liang Tusu and Tu Lazhen watched the shocking scene above; though they had not yet established radio contact with the other side, they did not know how many had arrived.

Yet it was merely a thunderous tableau above, like a "War of the Gods", beneath falling bio‑wreckage that resembled giant deities.

Liang Tusu and Tu Lazhen knew that the "Rebel Forces" fleet arriving now was of a size almost unbelievable.

So much so that they dared to launch a frontal attack on the swarm!

After watching for a long while, hearing the noisy radios nearby repeatedly trying to contact the fleet above, Tu Lazhen was the first to confirm that this "Rebel Forces" group was not attacking any Imperial Troops.

He stared blankly at the Light Spear that pierced the bio‑ship and suddenly struck the ground; Tu Lazhen struggled to pull his gaze back, then looked at the Liang Tusu beside him:

"No… could it really be… those people from back then?"

Tu Lazhen spoke even more cautiously, and Liang Tusu, whose stare had been interrupted, shivered subtly after the words "those people".

Then, trying to appear steady, Liang Tusu turned his somewhat stiff body toward Tu Lazhen:

"Kiriman… also betrayed?!"

The remark seemed odd, but Tu Lazhen understood exactly what Liang Tusu's question implied.

Because it was better to believe Kiriman had betrayed than to trust the ancient legion would return to save Terra!

But after Liang Tusu finished speaking, not only Tu Lazhen but even he himself realized it was impossible.

Yet if Kiriman could not betray, then perhaps the ancient legion could save Terra???

Liang Tusu truly could not understand, and even Tu Lazhen, though this was the only answer left, wore a face of disbelief and unwillingness to accept!

Until a green Light Spear, unseen by Tu Lazhen and Liang Tusu before, blasted open a swath of sky.

The surrounding bio‑ships disintegrated in a death the Terran could not accept, and the radio, noisy for a long time, finally carried a faint human voice.

"Ground… answer…"

Fragmented, but the surrounding defenders, upon hearing the familiar human language, were excitedly uplifted.

Then, just as Liang Tusu inhaled deeply, ready to respond seriously, at the moment everyone's attention was on the radio, three massive bio‑'Cannonballs' roared down from the high mountain above Liang Tusu!

And those three huge bio‑'Cannonballs' targeted the now unguarded Liang Tusu.

It was also a hand directing Imperial Troops, keeping the Terran stalled at the core of the Sanctuary Star.

The first to act were Tu Lazhen beside Liang Tusu and two squads of the elite guard.

The others did not ignore their core, but under the rapid onslaught of the three massive bio Cannonballs, they had no chance to react.

The elite guard's guardian spears suddenly launched precision explosive shells into the sky.

The powerful explosions roared upon the enemy, scattering large shards of shrapnel and a few pitiful chitinous shells.

Then, while Tu Lazhen personally dragged Liang Tusu away, three Norn emissaries thundered down onto the ground crowded with mortal soldiers and the Astats.

Only one elite guard, having no chance to get away, was killed outright by a Norn emissary; the rest quickly dispersed, maintaining high‑output fire.

The area where the Norn emissaries struck, dense mortal soldiers and Astats instantly became souls slain by the emissaries' chitin blades.

Not to mention how elite the Kashaijin among mortals are, even the Astats, facing three Norn emissaries head‑on, displayed such helplessness that they were no different from mortals.

The whole recent clash was extremely brief, lasting only an instant.

But after the first round ended, the surrounding mortals finally reacted, hurriedly raising their guns.

It was Tu Lazhen watching the elite guard killed instantly, his eyes twitching with boundless terror.

He then stared seriously at the three Terran behemoths before him, never seen before, each with a completely unique appearance.

On one hand, he was curious how, amid the mass‑produced, countless Terran, such distinctive individuals could exist.

On the other, he was terrified how these three giants had hidden on the mountain for so long under the elite guard's watch.

Then, as the brief pause ended, watching the three Norn emissaries coordinate, with many warrior insects suddenly emerging from the ground to protect a dozen brain‑worm tyrants assisting the emissaries in attempting to behead Liang Tusu, even Tu Lazhen felt a sudden overwhelming sense of powerlessness.

The mortals could not even buy a moment; amid a sky of shattered limbs, they simply pointed their barrels at the swarm, only to have their brains burst instantly under the terrifying psychic energy of the brain‑worm tyrants.

Even the Astats, blood spouting from their mouths and noses as they gritted their teeth and pulled the trigger, found their counterattack futile and weak; a Norn emissary needed only a light swing of a blade to easily slay several, even dozens, of Astats!

Now only the elite guard could barely impede the Norn emissaries, bolstered by numerous brain‑worm tyrants, from advancing.

But the price was that, in front of Tu Lazhen, this ultimate elite Terran squad continuously battered and shredded him into mush!

"Reinforcements, call for reinforcements immediately!"

Liang Tusu also reacted, withdrawing toward the direction away from the Norn emissaries while warning Tu Lazhen.

But Tu Lazhen, seeing even his own elite guard could only barely stall, could hardly imagine any reinforcement capable of resisting these Terran beings before him.

Could they conjure hundreds of 'Original Bodies'?!

Until a despair appeared on Tu Lazhen's face as another elite guard was split into four pieces, and the radio, which had only just been linked, transmitted a response far clearer than before:

"We can send reinforcements."

Tu Lazhen stared blankly at the radio, dazed, then said weakly and without words:

"You don't even understand the enemy we face!"

The radio fell silent briefly, then a young voice took over the transmission:

No.

You don't understand 101!