Chapter Thirty-Eight: A Bombardment in All Means

Because of the pointless infighting among humans, the Fallen Insects had already gathered from Jade Pear Village and marched into this battlefield, which was once farmland but is now wetland grassland.

The spy drone, viewed from high above, was so small that its gray camouflage coating blended perfectly into the dark gray sky, and it has remained undetected to this day.

Qi An lay on Yang Yuning's broad back. This man, carrying nearly 200 pounds of weight including her and his equipment, still ran as fast as he could, keeping pace with Yu Shuang.

"Stop! They're already within my perception range!" Qi An shouted softly.

Everyone stopped immediately and crouched down even deeper into the grass.

"They've split up, into two groups, probably to split into two teams, together with the previous 12, to surround the convoy from three directions," Qi An said.

This first step was somewhat unexpected, and Zhuang Xiao sighed, "So there really are wisdom insects!"

"Damn, 70 is almost a full-strength brigade, how could there be no Wisps?" Yu Shuang slapped him on the back of the head.

"There are more than 90, divided into two groups of 3 and 7. The smaller group is turning west towards us, while the larger group is coming head-on." Qi An looked at Yu Shuang.

Upon hearing that there were over 90, Yu Shuang gasped, but immediately said in a relaxed tone, "Fight the big ones, and let the small ones do whatever they want!"

Qi An drew a simple diagram on the spot, showing the current distribution and movement trend of the fallen insects.

The two sides had closed the distance to 1 kilometer, and Yu Shuang shouted, "Disperse!"

The six paths, including the overlapping figures of Yang Yuning and Qi An, quickly dispersed, transforming into winding tracks within the green carpet.

Yang Yuning wasn't wearing a filter mask yet, and the distance between him and the Fallen Insect was so close that he could judge its location with his enhanced sense of smell. Without waiting for Qi An's reminder, he stopped at the most suitable distance.

The spy drone had already flown back during this gap. Qi An caught the egg and put it in his pocket, then quickly switched to the controller of the heavy-duty combat drone.

The equipment of North 1 is advanced; their combat drones are neurally controlled, while those of the Wind Riding 2 team are more than a version behind, still using manual controllers.

In the team chat, Zhuang Xiao was still muttering, "Don't run into the Wisps, don't run into the Wisps..."

Tang Long fired a rocket from the middle of the formation.

With a loud bang, all the fallen insects' attention was drawn to it, and their formation was thrown into chaos in an instant!

At this moment, Qi An's gray-blue combat drone flew to the forefront of the Fallen Insect team.

The lower compartment opened, and a black air-dropped bomb, about the size of a thumb, fell down.

The insect directly below, which was enormous and had a pair more tentacles and more eyes than a typical worker insect, suddenly let out a shriek and lunged to the side, with all its tentacles enveloping its head!

With another loud bang, a spark exploded in the green carpet!

That insect, the leader of this team, the Wisps, had half its body blown off!

But as expected of a military commander, the Wisps were incredibly resilient; they were still alive!

But as the smoke cleared, Yang Yuning emerged from the bushes and fired a shot that pierced the small cyst on its head!

The gossamer bugs have been dealt with.

Qi An looked at Yang Yuning with some surprise, and Yang Yuning turned to look at her with a bright smile.

They cooperated very well on their first time fighting side by side!

The battle began, and the first shot was brilliant and beautiful, directly eliminating the commander of the fallen insects and causing great panic and chaos among the swarm.

Yu Shuang cheered inwardly, her blood boiling!

Everyone in the convoy in the distance realized that a battle had begun. Li Yi narrowed his eyes, waiting for the moment when this troublesome local group would cry and beg him for help.

But that moment still seems a bit far off.

Qi An dropped two more air-dropped bombs, their positions were so precise that each bomb hit an entire swarm, constantly driving the charging Fallen Insects backward!

Zhao Bohan's combat drone also took off. His drone was far less agile than Qi An's, but his objective was very clear: to drive away the fallen insects that had been scattered to both sides by the bombs.

Yu Shuang stared at the locator dots on the tablet for everyone and instructed the remaining people on their positions through the team channel. Everyone moved quickly.

Yang Yuning knew the team's tactical plan, but was amazed by their tacit cooperation and execution!

The team is weaving a fishing net, and each person is a node in the net.

In the northwest corner of the Fallen Insect Squad, Tang Long had already thrown down his rocket launcher and, relying on his terrifying strength, was wielding a heavy machine gun and firing wildly.

Zhuang Xiao in the northeast corner pulled the trigger at an extremely fast speed, relying on his superb accuracy to kill one person with one shot, making his lethality even more impressive!

Su Qingran and Zhao Bohan, together with Yu Shuang on the opposite side, guarded the southwest and southeast corners respectively, while Qi An and Yang Yuning were in the due north.

The primary purpose of this fishing net is to drive the fallen insects together and then explode!

In this terrain, if the fallen insects are scattered, it's like fish out of water, and the team will immediately be in an extremely passive position.

The more they gather together, the greater the destructive power of the air-dropped bullets!

There were no mistakes in any of the initial steps, and the fishing net was already taking shape!

Yang Yuning felt comfortable all over because of this incredibly smooth cooperation, and he drew his gun faster and fired with great gusto!

The fishing net was tightening, and the fallen insects were beginning to crowd into a small circle.

In the precious few minutes when the Fallen Insects were still in a daze and panic under the fierce firepower, Qi An dropped all the bombs. Not a single one missed its target, and the ground was blown up into mud, water and blood flying everywhere!

She was also firing while remaining prone, but her aim was very poor because her hands were trembling!

Last time, when the squad cleared 30 "roadblocks," it was only the first time she had fired a shot at a living creature. This time, she practically wiped out an entire group!

Qin Tianshuo, Liu Weiyun, and others, who were also approaching from the second line, all smelled an overly strong stench of the blood of the fallen insects.

Qin Tianshuo was a little surprised, while Liu Weiyun couldn't contain herself and asked in the public channel, "Do the comrades in the Central Plains need support?"

There was no answer; the silence made the question seem a little awkward.

Further away, Li Yi stood on the roof of a truck, intently watching the situation through binoculars.

He could see it clearly, and his grip on the binoculars tightened involuntarily, as if the bombs were exploding right next to his ears and in his heart.

However, for both teams, this battle has reached a critical point where it will turn from easy to difficult.

Ten minutes into the battle, they had eliminated three-quarters of the fallen insects, but the accumulation of contaminated information was terrifying.

Qi An put away the control cap on the drone—her drone had just been hit by a bullet and crashed!

She took this opportunity to activate the Divine Energy Transmission Device, connecting with Tang Long and Zhuang Xiao, who were still within her range of connection, while also keeping an eye on the pollution monitoring bracelet to check on the other three.

This time, the pollution level of the team members rose more slowly than she had expected, but the average level still reached 40%!

Qi An was simultaneously reducing the pollution levels of Zhuang Xiao and Tang Long when a voice suddenly rang out in the team channel: "I've been hit."