"Since these two shells are just sitting there anyway, we might as well take this opportunity to put them to use."

After saying this, Le Gang quickly waved to signal the gunner squad to come forward and help.

The gunners quickly stepped forward, opened the box, and skillfully reloaded a rocket-assisted shell into the giant cannon.

"Don't worry, I'm confident!"

Li Yu climbed back onto the giant cannon, maneuvered it to the southeast, and quickly aimed at the distance in the direction of 135 degrees as reported by the scout.

As the cannon's muzzle slowly moved and rose, the aiming circle in Li Yu's eyes was also pulled to a distance of seventy kilometers.

Li Yu tried switching targets, and sure enough, there were many people there.

As for which unlucky guy he ultimately targeted, he didn't care at all; whatever appeared in that position was definitely not one of his own.

After the giant cannon gradually stabilized, Li Yu said to Le Gang in a deep voice:

"Aiming complete."

Le Gang and Xu Lin, who were standing to the side, exchanged a glance upon hearing this. From their expectant eyes, they could both deeply feel that this moment was likely to be a historic moment for the Zhongzhou defense line, or even a milestone.

Without the slightest hesitation, Le Gang decisively issued the order:

"Fire!"

At the command, Li Yu pushed the firing mechanism forcefully.

"Whoosh—"

The cannon's muzzle suddenly erupted with a dazzling burst of flames, propelling the rockets into the air, the intense light instantly illuminating the entire turret.

The fiery red glow from the tail flames illuminated the faces of every soldier on the Great Wall.

Unlike the shells used before, this firing did not produce the thunderous roar of the cannon.

The rocket, trailing a streak of fire and billowing smoke, shot into the sky at an astonishing speed.

The clouds in the sky were parted by the blast wave of the shell, as if making way for it.

After taking off, the gap was quickly covered again by the churning dark clouds around it.

The shell streaked across the sky and disappeared from everyone's sight in an instant.

It left only a faint trail, which quickly disappeared in the rain.

As the shell flies, the air is violently compressed and torn apart, producing a sharp whistling sound.

"call--"

The rocket streaked through the sky with a loud bang and sped away.

Right now.

It is 70 kilometers to the southeast.

A group of awakened individuals from Yan City are gathering together as ordered.

"Why are we being asked to attack? It's not our turn yet. Is the first day going to be the final battle?" An Awakened One asked, his face full of doubt, as he manipulated a coin that floated in his hand.

"The final battle? How is that possible?" an awakened individual immediately retorted.

"According to reliable sources I know, our mission today is to disguise ourselves as the main force of the Eternal Flame Alliance and launch a feint attack."

"You don't need to tell me that. Look at this, all the Awakened Ones in Yan City have arrived. I would believe you if you said we were really going to launch a general offensive."

The Awakened One who was speaking looked around at the people around him, all of whom were Awakened Ones he knew in Yan City.

Everyone gathered there looked relaxed and casually awaited new orders, clearly not believing that they would actually launch a general offensive.

"call--"

Suddenly, a strange sound broke the silence of the scene.

What was that sound?!

A keenly perceptive awakened individual was the first to notice something was wrong, pointing upwards and shouting:

"Up there!"

Everyone looked up and followed the direction from which the sound came.

In an instant, a missile trailing a long plume of flame plummeted from the thick clouds like a burning meteor.

The rocket streaked across the sky at incredible speed, hurtling straight toward their location.

Everyone's face turned deathly pale instantly, their eyes filled with extreme terror.

"missile!?"

"It's an attack from Central Plains!"

Someone shouted in panic:

"Lie down!"

But it was all too late; they had already seen the rocket with their naked eyes.

No one expected that Zhongzhou would suddenly launch an attack on them.

To cooperate with Jin San's plan, these awakened individuals from Yan City made a special trip to this meeting point.

They didn't even choose Yan City, which has air defense capabilities, so naturally they wouldn't have advanced reconnaissance and jamming capabilities.

Moreover, the rocket was traveling at an incredibly high speed, far exceeding the limits of how quickly these awakened beings could detect and intercept it.

One unlucky fellow in the crowd reacted immediately, falling to the ground without hesitation.

However, when he looked up again, he was horrified to find that the deadly rocket, as if it had eyes, was hurtling straight down on his location...

"boom--!"

With a deafening roar, the shell successfully hit its target.

A dazzling burst of fire suddenly erupted.

The flames from the explosion bloomed like a flower of death around all the awakened ones in Flame City.

In an instant, raging flames shot straight into the sky, igniting an area spanning several miles simultaneously.

The intense heat and the scythe-like force of death ripped through the air, instantly tearing the surrounding awakened beings apart into countless charred fragments.

Even the Awakened Ones who were fortunate enough to escape direct hits from the shells in the distance could not escape this disaster.

They didn't even have time to react before a hail of shards tore at their skin.

The raging flames quickly clung to their bodies, burning mercilessly.

The Flame City Awakener writhed on the ground in agony, twisting his body frantically, trying to extinguish the flames in every way he could, but all his efforts seemed to be in vain.

Even torrential rain could not extinguish the flames burning on their bodies.

The relentless fire continued to spread around them, rapidly devouring their lives.

The explosion site was filled with the smell of burning and piercing screams.

Even those awakened individuals who managed to activate their powers at the moment of the explosion and survived were now writhing on the ground in agony, their cries of pain echoing throughout the room.

Several awakened individuals who were late and further away were also blasted backward, spitting out blood continuously.

Their physical bodies were completely unable to withstand the power of such a powerful weapon.

Finally, everything settled down.

A Geo Awakener cautiously poked his head out from underground to investigate.

Just now, at the most critical moment, he successfully activated his supernatural ability to sneak underground, thus narrowly escaping death.

"Wasn't it supposed to be a feint attack?"

The Rock Awakener stared wide-eyed at the horrific scene before him, his face filled with disbelief, and muttered to himself.

Meanwhile, the shadow commander in charge of the mission emerged from the darkness. He had witnessed the entire horrific explosion and his anger had reached its peak.

"Who exposed our location?!"