Chapter 508 Infinite Car Team
Rumble!
The rear of the joint alliance convoy was forming a vehicle formation according to instructions. The people on the hundreds of defensive vehicles were all on high alert to deal with the appearance of the hunters. Suddenly, they found that the crimson mist around them had been swept away by the hurricane. For a moment, the entire battlefield was filled with strong winds. As the crimson mist dissipated, the visibility on the battlefield began to become clear. Several convoys of different sizes found their positions and began to merge.
He Linqiu opened the car door, leaped out, and stepped out, creating a shockwave that shot into the sky like a sharp sword. A man and a woman beside her followed in their power armor. She scanned the battlefield and immediately issued a series of commands through her communicator.
In an instant, hundreds of small, brightly lit drones flew out of her convoy and dispersed, covering a large area at once.
"Scarlet barrier dispersed, communications strengthened, all friendly forces notified!"
"Understood!" The two subordinates immediately took action. He Linqiu rapidly charged up energy in the air, reaching a speed even faster than when flying in his power armor.
She rushed straight towards the largest tornado, whose walls were now densely packed with strange insects and zombies being swept away. In the eye of the tornado, Jiang Yun, wearing high-energy armor, stood riding the wind, influenced by the intense crimson glow. It wasn't until He Linqiu broke through the wind wall that she was able to establish a connection with Jiang Yun.
"The Sky Dome wants all of us to reach the northern foot of the Red Earth Rift by 16:45. If the Crimson Tide doesn't stop, we'll regroup as soon as possible!"
“I know.” High in the sky, Jiang Yun looked solemnly at the endless waves of the army below and said in a sharp voice, “General Li Sheng’s 13th Iron Guard Brigade should be able to retreat into the Red Mountain Pass area soon. We must hold our ground and buy them a buffer zone, otherwise these monsters will rush down the rift valley and our central and northern flanks will be threatened.”
“Yes!” He Linqiu nodded: “Hongyuan, Song Feng, and Liang Hao’s convoy has already gone to support from the flank along with the tank regiment. The terrain on the Black Stone Plain is good, and they can definitely get there in 40 minutes.”
"So, besides General Zeng's 22nd Brigade, we only have the Common Alliance and our Infinite Alliance left... We should be able to hold out."
"And the main force of the Thunderbolt Fleet," He Linqiu said.
Jiang Yun then said, "The Utopia has strong firepower. Sean wanted to send some people to support it, but it's not necessary. Chairman Jian had them detach a batch of all-terrain trains to assist in the track construction. They may have encountered some trouble there, and the news is being blocked..."
null!
Just as Jiang Yun was speaking, a strong dark energy wave surged out. The next instant, a pale, empty face appeared strangely behind Jiang Yun. The Hunter Body raised its chilling claws and completely ignored Jiang Yun's whirlwind teleportation to a height of several hundred meters in the air.
Jiang Yun felt a chill run down his spine, his back gleaming. But before he could turn around, a violent collision and explosion erupted behind him, the raging air force knocking him back. Turning around, he saw that He Linqiu had appeared behind him in an instant, using his energy-gathering ability to block the giant claw's fatal blow. However, the power that the hunting body suddenly unleashed was too strong. He Linqiu only managed to catch a portion of it before he was struck by the claw. A large section of his power armor exploded, and blood mist sprayed past Jiang Yun.
Jiang Yun reacted instantly, grabbing He Linqiu with the violent airflow. Then, with a swing of his hands, he expanded the diameter of the tornado's wind wall tenfold. All the scarlet mist moved away at this moment, and the howling wind even blew away the red mist on the hunting monster in the air. The monster, which was originally twisting its body to escape into the red mist, could only be pulled down by gravity.
Jiang Yun was not about to let this opportunity slip by. He used two wind guns, one above and one below, to attack from the air and the ground. Like a meat grinder, he controlled the prey in the air. The high-speed, sharp airflow, carrying hard sand and stones, melted and disintegrated the prey's bio-force field and flesh like wind knives. Within seconds, it was ground into a cloud of blood mist that fell to the ground.
Jiang Yun glanced at the blood mist and casually blew it away. Perhaps his wind-type ability was not as powerful as his fire-type or lightning-type ability, but it was a savior-like weapon against this crimson mist. He was essentially a battlefield cleaner, able to disperse a lot of the pressure from the strange tides in a large area. Because of this ability, Jiang Yun had to move around the battlefields stretching for hundreds of kilometers, acting as a weather weapon-level cover.
"How about it?"
"It's alright." He Linqiu tore open a sparkling piece of her power armor. Her bloodied and mangled chest was visibly healing at a rapid pace. Even so, the intense dark energy attack still left her pale. Her mind was currently undergoing a frenzied erosion and excruciating pain, but she simply took a deep breath and said to Jiang Yun, "I'll head there to provide support immediately. Captain Shi is guarding Longshan No. 1 in that direction; there shouldn't be any problems!"
"good!"
After He Linqiu left, Jiang Yun created a tornado-like energy wave and rushed towards the front line of the joint train battlefield.
Under the crimson sky, the Union Train moved slowly across the scorched earth like a wounded steel dragon. In the open area about 10 kilometers ahead, both the ground and air battles had reached a fever pitch.
This is the very front of the train, but there are no tracks here!
Buzz!
Behind the 22nd Iron Guard Brigade's encirclement, a construction corps consisting of dozens of bulldozers, six all-terrain track laying machines, and thousands of construction drones is working intensively on this open field. The track laying machines are tamping alloy steel rails into the scorched earth, and the drones, controlled by Viola, are hovering and welding like a silver swarm. Metal components from various battlefields are being disassembled and manufactured here, and then assembled into sections of track to be laid out.
However, even with such production capacity, the pace of progress was still incredibly slow. Besides the intense fighting, the biggest reason was the lack of materials.
Without prefabricated tracks, the disassembly and assembly of drones is very slow. Moreover, most of the 'tracks' assembled from various metal frames cannot meet the load-bearing capacity of such a large train fleet. Instead, the drones rely more on the continuous transportation and dismantling of tracks from other areas for installation.
The reason why the train convoy chose to advance along the eastern route is not only to avoid the Grand Canyon, but also to connect to the closer eastern railway line!
bass!
Just as a scarlet centipede as thick as a truck tire broke through the ground, the Black Dragon Armor's massive steel-slicing sword cleaved its skull in two.
The building raised its giant sword and continued scanning, while Shuqin on the other side pressed her earpiece.
"Watch the radar. These things love to come out from underground, and there are also scarlet worms."
Wearing black dragon armor, Lou and Shuqin, along with the Infinite team, were providing tight protection for the construction crew. They were not the main defensive line, but there were still countless crimson worms, threats from the sky, and predators that could appear at any time.
"It seems like they're all heading this way. How strange." Lu Chang, wielding an electric blade, emerged from a crimson mass, followed by more than a dozen members of the Infinite team. The shoulder cannons of his power armor shattered three bone-spiky zombies, the pus and blood splattering onto his power armor visor instantly evaporating. He panted heavily as he looked around and said, "Do the monsters know what we're doing?"
"Don't take chances."
Sun Yuzhen flapped her wings and flew through the air, holding two pulse cannons and covered in monster blood: "The Tower People are a high-dimensional civilization. We cannot regard these monsters as mere monsters."
"All right……"
With a rumble, before they could even catch their breath, a group of giant centipedes emerged from the sand, their bodies shimmering with light. These giant centipedes could rapidly devour electrical energy, and their bio-force field was terrifyingly strong, impenetrable to ordinary firearms.
"careful."
As soon as Lü Chang heard the noise from the building and turned around, a blue electric chain suddenly crashed into the swarm of insects. The acrid smell mixed with blue smoke rose into the sky, and the violent ionization made the scalp of the group of people tingle.
"Holy crap...that's amazing!" Lu Chang couldn't help but exclaim as he looked at the boy in the dust.
"Hey, this move is called Thunder!" Mo Xiaotian roared, his body crackling with electricity, his arms raised high, his youthful face turning purplish-red from the overload of his superpower.
"Look, everyone!"
Sun Yuzhen pointed to the sky and shouted to the crowd. At this moment, countless people looked up at the sky. The crimson fog was torn apart and then healed by the azure light spears of the orbital star cannon. The Sky Train, like a black giant, hovered three thousand meters in the air. The weapon arrays unfolded on the ship spewed out tongues of fire. Each salvo from the triple-barreled guns shook the clouds to the point of boiling, blasting the drooping flesh-colored tentacles into acidic blood rain.
Within the crimson clouds, a colossal atmospheric shadow, obscuring the sky and the sun, frantically churned its countless tentacles, sweeping towards the troops on the ground. The scale hidden within the clouds was even more terrifying than the S-rank [Sky Tentacle] of Dawn City.
Behind the Sky Train, a fierce air battle was also taking place!
The main guns of the Thunderbolt Fleet's "Zhenhai" far-star ship roared, and hundreds of "City Burner" missiles poured out of the honeycomb bomb bays of the two Dreadnought-class carriers. The crimson contrails wove a death line in the thunderstorm. The Blitzkrieg fighters darted through the tentacles that resembled a forest of bone spurs like silver shuttles. The cannons exploded in the monster's abdomen, causing a chain reaction of explosions. The burning winged monster wreckage crashed to the ground like a meteor shower.
"Keep the firepower going! Make sure the construction team is safe and nothing falls!"
On the bridge of the Zhenhai, Wu Xiangqun, commander of the Thunder Fleet, spoke in a cold voice: "First and Second Flight Squadrons will provide alternating cover. Your main attack will be on those hovering under the clouds. Use high maneuvers to evade them!"
"Ryunosuke!" On the ground, the building spun around, slicing through the onrushing serpents, the blade wedged between its bones as it roared, "Leave this to us, you go up to the deck to provide support!"
Amidst the smoke and blood mist, twenty 15-meter-tall metal giants stood in front, resisting the swarm of insects. Upon hearing the sound from the building, Ryunosuke nodded slightly, and the twenty metal giants suddenly disintegrated into a torrent of parts, whistling as they shot towards the Sky Train.
The Sky Train's top deck resembled a grinding wheel of flesh and blood. Countless flying monsters were suppressed by the Sky Train's ferocious firepower, and some kind of sonic weapon even cut through the clouds, causing widespread annihilation.
Monica, wearing the power armor given to her by Lin Xian, stood in the ship's tower, coldly unleashing the Sonic Sword. As a long-range, large-scale, and highly perceptive weapon, it was supported by Shiori's mental power and Crimson Protection. Meanwhile, on the deck, Ning Jing was responsible for close-range protection, while Qian Dele, the golden flash, was responsible for protecting the Sky Train's weapon array.
"They're getting smarter and smarter; they know to attack our weapons first, not our people."
A golden ray of light pierced through a large expanse of clouds and the winged monster. Qian Dele landed nimbly on the top of the ship's turret, shaking off the bits of flesh from his toes as he looked up at the clouds.
"This S-class has been hiding for so long, it's time for it to show itself."
Ning Jing stood on the deck, clenching her fists, her voice cold: "I feel like it's waiting for nightfall."
"It's getting dark..."
Qian Dele scoffed, "What difference does it make whether it's dark or not in this godforsaken place?"
“Perhaps these scarlet monsters also enjoy the thrill of the hunt?” Ning Jing replied, “They may have already realized that it will be difficult for us to escape their range, so they are not in a hurry.”
"Yes...yes...we can't treat them like monsters, they're smarter than humans."
Qian Dele sighed helplessly. The vast majority of the train group's population lived on the trains. Even without considering supplies, Lei Zhen or the Infinite Alliance's vehicles alone could not possibly move so many people away. This was one of their current predicaments.
"If only Lin were here now, that guy could build several kilometers of railway tracks in no time. Once the trains are running, we wouldn't be in such a passive position."
Ning Jing turned her gaze toward the main bridge and continued to resist: "Stop talking nonsense, keep an eye on the weapon array, especially the orbital seismic cannon. It's already overheated and overloaded. If it breaks, we'll have a hard time dealing with this monster."
Inside the Sky Train's main bridge, Sasha was busy operating all the weapon systems to launch a fierce counterattack. Only she and Chen Sixuan were in the massive bridge.
"Sister Chen, this stinky octopus keeps attacking the ground. Whenever we attack it, it uses its own bio-force field to block our attacks. Why don't we just use the Hyperion space-based weapon that Brother Lin left behind and see where it can hide?"
Sitting in the main seat, Chen Sixuan's face was frosty; all traces of gentleness had vanished from her. Hearing Sasha's words, she calmly replied...
“No need, it’s very cunning, but as long as we keep moving forward, it will definitely show itself, and then…”
"Let's shoot it down from the sky again!"
...
Clang, clang.
On the tranquil plains, a heavy train, surrounded by countless drones, sped through the blinding crimson fog at an astonishing speed. As darkness approached, its speed increased even further.
Along the way, some eerie zombies roared and ran quickly in pursuit, but the train paid no attention to these monsters, its iron wheels flying sparks as it sped along.
“This area is close to the Pacific Ocean, and over there is Lake Nicaragua. The two sides are less than 30 kilometers apart, so we need to be careful.”
Inside the cockpit, KIKI crossed her arms and examined the mobile terminal in front of her, which displayed the view from the drone.
"Then we need to speed things up even more; we need to enter Mexico tonight."
Lin Xian's eyes flashed with lightning, the engine roared and accelerated, and the Infinite swept past with the force of the wind.
[Grace's Report]
Just then, Grace's voice rang in Lin Xian's mind.
"What's wrong?"
[A large-scale biological formation was discovered approximately 200 kilometers southwest of Colorado Canyon in Arizona, North America, using scarlet visual locking.]
Upon hearing this, Lin Xian immediately frowned, for that was precisely the area where the train regiment was located.
[Please confirm, should we proceed with a ground attack?]
"certainly."
Lin Xian's eyes darkened slightly, and he said in a cold voice
"Aim down!"
(End of this chapter)
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