Chapter 167
A loud "boom" suddenly came from the northwest defensive wall of the abandoned city. Pieces of reinforced concrete crashed to the ground like hail, and dust instantly filled half of the street.
The gray, thick shell of a Tier 3 giant rock beast peeked out from the hole in the collapsed wall.
The head, three meters in diameter, crashed into an abandoned office building next door, denting the walls like paper, and sending shards of glass and gravel raining down.
The red numbers on the ground thermometer, which read "62℃", were crushed to pieces by the animal's hooves.
"Run! The beasts are coming in!"
Survivors on the street screamed and hid in the abandoned shopping mall. Someone pointed an ordinary laser gun at the giant rock beast's shell and pulled the trigger. The pale red beam landed on it, leaving only a faint white mark, not even a scratch.
The giant rock beast seemed to be enraged. With a stomp of its thick hooves, it cracked the ground. The two people hiding under the car were thrown out before they could escape and fell to the ground in front of the beast's hooves, instantly becoming still.
The communicator crackled with a message from "China-Chen Yang," accompanied by a trembling voice: "@I am the God of Wealth! The Northwest City defenses have been breached! A Tier 3 Giant Rock Beast has stormed in! Our Tier 2 armor-piercing rounds are completely ineffective against its shell! Five people have already been injured, and if no one comes to rescue us, we'll all be trampled to death!"
He also posted a live video showing the giant rock beast crashing into a makeshift metal protective net. The net deformed instantly, and several survivors clung tightly to the ropes, their faces flushed red, but they couldn't stop it at all.
Just after the message was sent, a message from "I am the God of Wealth" popped up on the group chat interface of the communicator: "All strongholds that have purchased Tier 3 Armor-Piercing Cannons/Tracking Laser Guns, immediately proceed to the central square of the abandoned city and arrive within 15 minutes! Division of labor: 3 strongholds use tracking laser guns to attack the eyes of the giant rock beasts to attract their attention;
"Aim your armor-piercing cannons at its abdomen (weak point) from both strongholds. I will provide the precise aiming coordinates!"
"It's the 'God of Wealth'! The 'God of Wealth' has come to save us!" Chen Yang shouted excitedly, and immediately ordered his teammates, "Quick! Pack your things and head to the central square! Take all the armor-piercing rounds, we must kill this beast this time!"
Meanwhile, on the rooftop of a tall building on the east side of the abandoned city, Su Jing, wearing a black mask and sun hat, concealing her face within a large heat-resistant suit, watched as robots No. 1 and No. 2 rapidly assembled a Tier 3 armor-piercing cannon.
The cannon barrel gleamed with a pale blue manganese crystal luster. The cannon body was fixed to the load-bearing frame on the roof. The scanner of Robot No. 2 was aimed at the giant rock beast, and the screen displayed in real time: "Target coordinates: 30°12′N, 120°08′E, weak point on the abdomen is 1.2 meters from the ground, current movement speed is 1.5m/s".
Su Jing's fingertips tapped rapidly on the communicator, sending the aiming coordinates to the five strongholds involved in the encirclement: "Northern stronghold, Chen Yang stronghold, adjust your artillery positions to 30°11′N, 120°07′E. 3-minute countdown. Once the laser guns have attracted the target's attention, fire immediately!"
Fifteen minutes later, the survivors from the five outposts took their positions in the abandoned buildings surrounding the central plaza.
Chen Yang and his team lay prone at a second-floor window of a building, their tracking laser guns aimed at the giant rock beast's left eye: "'God of Wealth,' we're ready! We can fire at any time!"
"Northern outpost received! Armor-piercing gun loaded, aiming coordinates confirmed!"
"Action!" The moment Su Jing gave the order over the communicator, Chen Yang pulled the trigger—
The pale red laser beam struck the giant rock beast precisely in the left eye. It let out a deafening roar, its massive head suddenly turning towards Chen Yang's direction. With a powerful shove of its forelegs, it charged towards the building.
"Now! Fire!" Su Jing shouted, pressing the fire button on the Tier 3 armor-piercing cannon simultaneously—
The pale blue cannonball, trailing a plume of flame, shot towards the giant rock beast's belly like a bolt of lightning. With a loud "bang," the cannonball struck the beast's thick shell, leaving a dark brown dent though it didn't penetrate it.
The armor-piercing cannons at the northern stronghold also opened fire at the same time. The shells grazed the belly of the giant rock beast and hit the abandoned vehicle next to it, instantly turning it into scrap metal.
"Missed! It's moving! The coordinates have shifted!" someone at the northern outpost shouted into the communicator.
Su Jing stared at the real-time trajectory on the screen, her fingertips quickly adjusting the angle of the cannon: "Its movement is regular! It pauses for 0.5 seconds every three steps. Wait for the next pause, then immediately fire a follow-up shot!"
Sure enough, after taking three steps, the giant rock beast paused, seemingly trying to determine Chen Yang's location.
"Fire!" Su Jing gave the order again, and her armor-piercing cannons and the cannons at the northern stronghold fired simultaneously—
This time, both shells hit the same spot on the giant rock beast's abdomen with precision. With a crisp "crack," the thick shell was pierced, and pale green blood flowed out from the wound. The giant rock beast's movements froze instantly, then it crashed heavily to the ground, twitched a few times, and then went still.
"Dead! Really dead!" Chen Yang shouted excitedly, sticking his head out of the window. The group chat on the communicator was instantly flooded with cheers: "'God of Wealth' is awesome! We couldn't have killed this Tier 3 beast without you!" "That cannon shot was so accurate! It blasted right through its shell!"
Su Jing didn't respond in the group chat, but instead sent Robot No. 1 down to collect demon cores—
Inside the giant rock beast's chest cavity, a fist-sized, deep purple demon core glowed faintly. Robot No. 1 placed it into a temperature-controlled box, and the communicator immediately popped up: [Killed a Tier 3 demon beast "Giant Rock Beast" x1, gained 100 points, Tier 3 demon core x1. The demon core contains high-level rock energy, which can enhance mineral-type abilities or weapons].
Just then, a message came through the communicator from "Sister Li of the Flower Country," sounding tense: "@I am the God of Wealth! There's something going on at the abandoned mine! I just saw a group of people wearing the shells of iron beetles, holding steel pipes, and it looks like they're robbing the mine! They even said they're going to 'steal enough ore to build a weapon even more powerful than an armor-piercing cannon'!"
Su Jing's eyes instantly turned cold. She instructed Robots 1 and 2 to put away their Tier 3 armor-piercing cannons and store them in her spatial storage, while she herself touched the mining blade at her waist—
This third-tier demon core is perfect for strengthening the mining blade, just right for dealing with those armored insect bandits. She sent Chen Yang a private message on her communicator: "Be careful at the mine, I'll handle it."
Then she turned and walked towards the mine. Her face was covered by black sunglasses. No one knew that this "God of Wealth" who had just commanded the killing of a third-tier beast was now preparing to deal with the next crisis.
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