Chapter 281, exclusively published on Jinjiang Literature City: Lu Xuan makes his move!
As soon as the flying mutant beasts appeared, the soldiers and superhumans who had been on high alert in the city joined the battle.
The elderly, women, and children had all hidden themselves away beforehand; those left outside were combat personnel and able-bodied civilians responsible for logistics.
Single-target attacks were too inefficient, so the soldiers waited for a large number of mutated birds to land before throwing the hypnotic grenades.
As a large amount of hypnotic gas spread, the large birds that emitted sharp, shrill cries fell to the ground with loud thuds.
Wearing gas masks, the young and strong logistics personnel quickly ran out from all corners, swiftly stabbing the heads or chests of the mutated birds with their swords and knives. Once the mutated birds were dead, they dragged the corpses to the surrounding bunkers in groups of three or five.
Each attack was conducted in this manner, resulting in low combat pressure on our side but remarkable achievements; the space rings we had prepared in advance were almost full.
The civilians watching the battle, using drone footage to record the situation throughout the city, couldn't help but let out suppressed cheers after seeing the number of mutated birds flying around outside visibly decrease.
"That's amazing! They just threw a few hypnotic grenades and they all went down. There's nothing to be afraid of with mutant birds!"
"That's all thanks to the weapons provided by Marquis Yunxian. We never dared to imagine such convenient things before."
"In any case, the fewer mutated birds there are, the safer we are."
Of course, not all birds of prey swoop down to attack; some hover high in the sky looking for an opportunity.
For these birds, the soldiers used hoverboards to fly up and drop hypnotic grenades or use energy guns and supernatural abilities to deal with them.
Once the mutated bird is dealt with, it will be treated the same as the other birds: those that need to be finished off will be finished off, and those that need to be dragged away will be dragged away.
Once you fall, there's no chance of anyone escaping alive.
After dragging their prey back and forth for an hour or two, the strong young men were exhausted and covered in sweat, but a few of them beamed with smiles of satisfaction and joy.
"I thought there would be casualties after the beast tide, but I didn't expect that there hasn't been a single injury so far," a middle-aged man grinned.
Another person next to him chuckled and said, "Of course there is. Old Liu's eldest son fell and knocked out his teeth."
The others who were traveling with him were neighbors, and they couldn't help but laugh when they heard this. "That's because the Liu kid was too nervous. It wasn't the mutated bird that hurt him."
They were surrounded by many soldiers and superhumans; if they were in real danger, someone would definitely come to their rescue.
If all else fails, there are plenty of cover nearby. As long as you don't freeze up and stand still at crucial moments, you generally won't die.
"Alright, enough talk, let's get back to work. Don't forget, our pay is based on the number of mutated birds we kill. If you do less, you'll get less meat than other teams."
"That's right! Keep working! We may not be as good as those superhumans, but are we worse than everyone else? It would be too embarrassing if we found out we had far fewer people than everyone else when we counted them at the end!"
The others didn't want to be at the bottom of the list either, so they sped up their movements again after they had just slowed down.
What started as a somewhat clumsy last-hitting action became increasingly skillful over time, turning each enemy into a ruthless finishing tool.
Besides the able-bodied, the elderly, weak, women and children also helped out and didn't just stand by and watch.
Men fight hard outside and expend a lot of energy, so they need to eat, right?
Nutrient supplements could solve the problem quickly, but the temperature is clearly getting lower and lower now.
Even when you're sweating profusely and full of energy during a battle, the near-single-digit temperature outside during a break can be quite uncomfortable.
After working so hard for so long, wouldn't it be better to have a hot drink to relax?
The women and children didn't need to worry about the prepared soup; the able-bodied men would take care of delivering it to various points along the defense line.
The able-bodied men, carrying buckets of soup, looked up at the superhumans still engaged in fierce battle outside the city walls, their expressions filled with uncontrollable excitement.
They whispered among themselves, "Those superhumans are amazing. I wish one of them was my son."
“My family doesn’t have any sons, only two daughters. If I can’t be a son, being a son-in-law is fine too. I won’t have to worry about the rest of my life.”
"You're dreaming." Someone rolled their eyes in a sober tone.
On average, there are only a few dozen people with superpowers in each town. Out of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people, there are only a few dozen. And you want someone to be your son or son-in-law?
Even wealthy and powerful families might not be able to snatch it up; such a good opportunity is unlikely to come their way.
As they talked, the young men's eyes were inevitably drawn to the battlefield outside the defensive line.
Looking around, all that could be seen was a glaring crimson, flying chunks of flesh and shrill screams, with the occasional booming sound of explosions still audible.
The main battlefield has become a massive meat grinder.
The scene was far more exciting than the battle with the mutated birds in the city. The young and strong men could only watch for a couple of seconds before they couldn't bear it and looked away. Some of them even clutched their wildly beating hearts.
My envy of those with superpowers has also diminished considerably.
So far, those who have been able to awaken supernatural abilities through elixirs are people of certain status or military personnel.
However, most of those with status and position probably had never participated in such a brutal battle before acquiring superpowers.
However, having superpowers comes with corresponding obligations.
Many of the young adults are illiterate and don't understand any profound principles, but they still vaguely grasp the meaning of "with great power comes great responsibility."
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As the entire nation united in their fierce battle, night fell.
Perhaps the mutated beasts also needed rest, because as night deepened, the frequency of the beast tide attacks, which were constantly being replenished by new hordes of beasts, decreased significantly.
The new emperor left the city wall and returned to the rear early on, while Lu Xuan stood on the city wall facing the most intense battlefield and watched the battle all day.
Yes, during the Yunlu Village hunting team's cycle of fighting, resting, fighting, and resting, I didn't join the battle even once; I simply watched from the sidelines for a whole day.
Viewers in the live stream couldn't help but complain.
[While today's battles were certainly entertaining to watch, did the streamer really not lift a finger?]
[Exactly! This is a rare last round of recommendations, doesn't the streamer want to make a big splash and increase exposure?]
Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow, his face full of disapproval.
Whether he makes a move or not, today's exposure is enough.
As expected, this battle will continue for a long time. If he makes a move at the beginning, it will be difficult to stop later. He can't be expected to handle so many beasts by himself, can he?
It would be better to give others a chance first.
He can wait until he feels the time is right, and then the news of his action will naturally spread throughout the Star Alliance, attracting a lot of traffic and bringing him even more popularity.
As for today's data increase, it's not much different from the previous round.
The online viewership reached 55 billion, the number of fans reached 8 billion, and the total balance of points exceeded 80 billion.
The reason why the balance increased by 30 billion compared to the last time is not only because of the continuous material transactions, but also because of the large number of weapons and equipment that were exchanged before the war. The more points spent, the more points were earned after the materials were returned.
We'll probably need to replenish our weapons in the remaining battles, and maybe our score will break 100 billion once the beast tide ends.
After a day of battle, not only did Lu Xuan's live stream yield great results, but the battles inside and outside the city were also very fruitful.
The people inside the city assisted in the battle and obtained a large number of mutated bird corpses. Outside the city, because it was inconvenient to go out and collect them during the battle, most of the mutated beast corpses that were not trampled into mincemeat were collected by the mechs that participated in the battle.
Although only one-tenth to one-twelfth of the beast tide was recovered in the end, the total amount was still astonishing.
Taking advantage of the relatively calm fighting at night, those in the city who had free time spent a lot of time sorting the prey, sending what they couldn't eat to be made into fertilizer.
The pay will be distributed according to the contributions of the different personnel in each role.
The reason they didn't wait until the battle was over to divide the spoils was because no one could calculate when it would end.
Supplies are only real when they are in hand, and that can also boost everyone's motivation.
Furthermore, the space ring has limited capacity, so we need to free up space for future use.
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The fighting continued for the next few days, and each day was just as intense as the first, showing no signs of abating.
For sustainable development, soldiers, people with superpowers, and young men working in logistics will take turns to rest.
At first, Zhang Chengming, Xiong Mao, and other able-bodied men who had come with Lu Xuan to help acted as if they didn't need to rest and could fight for three days and three nights straight.
But after the intense battle on the first day, he couldn't take it anymore. Starting from the second day, he only fought for half a day each day. Usually, he would go down to rest and absorb crystal cores to recover after his superpowers were exhausted. Later, he took turns with others, fighting for one day and resting for one day.
At this point, they became increasingly grateful. Fortunately, most of the mutated plants were immobile, and only mutated beasts came. Otherwise, if both plants and animals came at the same time, the intensity of the battle would have been even higher.
That's something that makes your eyes go black just thinking about it.
On the fifth day after the arrival of the beast tide, Li Yue gave birth to a son safely in the medical pod.
After becoming a father, Wu Yang's fighting spirit was clearly even stronger, and he couldn't wait to wipe out the entire beast tide and return to be with his wife and children.
However, despite the fact that they had already wiped out more than a million of them, the beast tide, except for a slight pause each night, kept decreasing and increasing in number, repeating the cycle of decreasing and increasing.
Later on, the variety of animal species that appeared became more diverse and even more difficult to deal with.
A swarm of ants, resembling a black ocean, swarmed in from all directions.
The original form of these ants is unknown, but each one is the size of half a human palm. Wherever they go, trees and mutated beasts are devoured, leaving only large patches of white bones.
Even humans would find it chilling to watch.
That wasn't the end of it; in addition to the ant colony, there was also an equally large swarm of rats.
Even the birds that fly into the city are no longer large birds like eagles and falcons, but mutated wasps, flies, cockroaches, moths, bats, and so on.
The larger numbers and smaller size of the targets posed a significant challenge to the combat personnel.
The sounds made by swarms of bats can cause splitting headaches, the scales scattered by moths can have a numbing effect, and some can cause intense itching and even break out in rashes.
Caught off guard, many of the city's able-bodied men and soldiers suffered losses at the hands of these pesky creatures, and the number of wounded skyrocketed.
[My goodness, I thought the larger the mutated beasts, the scarier they were, but I never imagined these small creatures were the most terrifying.]
Haven't you heard that concentration makes the essence? The smaller the quantity, the greater the quantity. Large beasts may travel in groups of a few hundred, but insects, ants, and rats can easily number in the thousands. Not to mention flies and wasps, an army of millions is easily achievable.
【Ugh! What a huge cockroach! I can't stand cockroaches! And it's a flying species! Just looking at it gives me nightmares!】
What's even more troublesome about these small animals is that they can't be completely eradicated.
The mechs are too big; stepping on them or firing energy guns would miss many of them.
Furthermore, although these insects weren't strong enough to bite through the mech's outer shell, their ability to scurry up and obstruct the mech's view still affected the operator's actions inside.
Therefore, after discussing with several other generals, Huo Tiankuo quickly ordered the mechs to temporarily withdraw from the battlefield and resumed using ranged attacks.
In addition to regular bombs and hypnotic bombs, an enhanced version of the □□ has been added this time.
Throwing out a single explosive device can instantly ignite an area of thousands of square meters. The mutated rats that are set ablaze struggle and roll around in agony, which can further expand the burning area by one to two times. The effect is so good that it makes people applaud.
The moment the gun went off, the combatants who had been frantically cursing and complaining just moments before cheered.
"Ha! You've got some nerve! Burn them all!"
In addition to the arrows, the soldiers' alloy crossbows were also wrapped with cloth soaked in kerosene. If any of the arrows touched or splashed onto the ground, they would quickly spread among the surrounding creatures.
While the impact range of a single rocket is small, the combined effect of hundreds or thousands of rockets can affect a large population or group of rats.
The key point is that it has a higher cost-performance ratio than [other brands].
Some superhumans' attack methods were not very effective against ant and rat swarms, so they also changed their fighting style.
The main characters are ability users who can perform area-of-effect attacks. Water and lightning types cooperate, wind and fire types work together, and ice types use freezing abilities to freeze enemies.
Although Lu Xuan did not directly participate in the battle, he used a more powerful enhancement ability than Liu Chun to amplify the abilities of all the ability users, allowing them to experience the exhilarating feeling of "leveling up" on the spot and doubling their combat power.
Even the ordinary soldiers were given a boost of energy by Lu Xuan, making them stronger and relieving their fatigue.
The initial problems caused by ant colonies, rat colonies, and numerous small flying insects were quickly resolved.
Despite this, everyone was still very impatient with the fight.
After all, these mortals' food is inedible, and after being burned to death, almost nothing is left, making it a completely unprofitable battle.
Not fighting is not an option, but fighting would be a loss. Who wouldn't be annoyed in that situation?
Minister Bai, as the Minister of Revenue, and the logistics managers of various towns were in agony every day looking at the accounts that only went in and never out.
The new emperor paused for a moment after receiving the report.
He thought that no matter how large the ant and rat colony was, they would eventually be wiped out, and perhaps he could hold out for two or three days.
After five consecutive days of encountering these damned fellows, the new emperor finally couldn't help but approach Lu Xuan.
"Does Your Majesty want me to take action?" Lu Xuan asked the new emperor.
The new emperor said awkwardly, "The weapons are being used up too much. If this continues..." Even the landlord's family has no surplus grain.
He still has millions of disaster victims to feed, and it's impossible for him to really deplete all his resources in order to eliminate the beast tide.
Lu Xuan did not refuse.
Even if the new emperor hadn't mentioned it, he had originally planned to take action anyway.
The audience has been urging us for so many days and is almost at their limit. If we drag this out any longer, it will backfire.
Besides, he himself was itching to do it.
Lu Xuan glanced at the comments and said, "Didn't you want to see me fight? Now, as you wish."
The viewers in the live stream perked up – it's finally here!
Just as Lu Xuan had anticipated, many viewers immediately shared the news on Xingbo.
The number of viewers in the live stream also rose rapidly, quickly approaching the peak number on the day of the recommendation.
Lu Xuan waved his hand at the people around him, "Everyone, step back."
Huo Tiankuo confirmed, "Everyone?"
Lu Xuan nodded. "Everyone, crossbowmen, gunners, all living people except me, retreat as far as possible. Also, recall all the drones on the battlefield."
Huo Tiankuo understood the warning in Lu Xuan's tone and, after consulting with the new emperor and empress, immediately made arrangements.
Lu Xuan also reminded the new emperor and other ministers to activate the protective shields. Only then did he turn his gaze to the battlefield. A cold glint flashed in his indifferent eyes, and the pressure of an eighth-level ability user suddenly surged toward the battlefield without warning.
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Author's Note: The next chapter will conclude the main story. Since I'm unsure how long I'll write, the update will likely be late. [Glasses]
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