“Da da da——!!”

The sound of gunfire rang out.

When Fang Zheng opened his eyes, he could clearly see the bright red flames and explosions in the distance, the sound of gunfire and cannon fire, fighter planes whizzing by, and even the faint flashes of light from the artillery batteries and tanks on the defensive positions.

"The battle has begun."

Fang Zheng yawned out of boredom, half-closed his eyes, stood up and stretched. At this moment, the other children had also woken up. They quickly packed up their things and looked at the battlefield in front of them with uneasy and solemn expressions. Because Fang Zheng didn't say anything, these children just watched quietly from the side, but there was a bit of uneasiness and worry in their eyes.

Can the Self-Defense Forces win?

Perhaps so, because up to now, Fang Zheng and his men had not received any signal or order for support. But Fang Zheng knew very well why. The other side believed that they were a heroic force that defeated the protogastric animals in the Second Protogastric War, so they would never ask for help from the "cursed children" who also had monster blood. For them, whether they were devoured by the protogastric animals or asked for help from the "cursed children", it would be a failure.

Time passes by every second.

The sound of gunfire in the front began to fade, and the roar of the gastrula became almost inaudible. Then, after a few seconds or minutes, everything became silent again. There was no sound except the thick smoke that filled the battlefield.

Fang Zheng looked at the little angel beside him, while Nymph closed her eyes and shook her head slightly.

Total destruction? As expected.

"How many?"

"There are 5,000 protostomes in total, and the Self-Defense Forces have killed 2,325 of them before... The number of Self-Defense Forces is about 3,200..."

"so?"

"Now we have to face nearly seven thousand protogastrics."

“I knew this would be the result.”

Fang Zheng raised his hand, and the next moment, the vampire appeared in his hand.

"Alright, get ready for battle! Remember, everyone is allowed to release the power of stage two (50%), don't advance rashly. Our first goal is to recapture the defensive position abandoned by those idiots, and at the same time prevent further invasion of the gastrula! Xia Shi, you will be in charge of the front-line command this time, and Nymph will be responsible for the rear support, action!"

"yes!"

Hearing Fang Zheng's order, Xia Shi nodded, and then she put the automatic rifle in her hand back on her back. Then everyone saw a flash before their eyes, and the next moment the girl's petite figure appeared on the plain below the hillside. In front of her, the dark fog gradually dissipated, and hundreds of thousands of insect-like protogastric animals screamed and rushed out of the fog, rushing forward.

“…”

Facing the enemy in front of her, Xia Shi's expressionless face also showed a trace of heaviness. She raised her right hand, and her eyes began to turn bright red. Soon, the emerald green psionic light condensed in her hand and turned into a bright and dazzling ball of light. At this moment, even the clouds in the sky seemed to be attracted by this power and began to swirl and condense. A dazzling and bright silver snake fell from the sky and landed in the girl's hand.

Then, Xia Shi clenched his right hand, looked at the countless gastrulae in front of him, and pressed hard on the ground.

“——!!!”

The next moment, a circular lightning storm spread out in an instant with the girl as the center. The huge circle formed by countless lightning bolts rotated and turned into a storm, pulling all the protostomes approaching the girl into the sky, and then completely turned into black charcoal and ashes under the bombardment of thunder and psionic energy.

“Drink aaaaaaaaah!!”

With a scream, Aihara Enju jumped high from the hillside, the two rabbit ears on her head stood straight, and at the girl's feet, bright red psionic power began to erupt, wrapping around her body like lava. Then, Enju was seen whistling into the battlefield like a fire meteor falling from the sky, accompanied by a loud "bang", and a big hole suddenly appeared in the gastrula that was originally running forward. The violent explosion and impact force completely blew the gastrula around into pieces, and Enju did not miss this opportunity. She jumped up again almost at the moment of landing, and swept her right leg forward at the same time.

"Bang!!"

Another red psionic light bullet shot out from the girl's feet, blasting forward like a cannonball, instantly repelling another wave of gastrulae.

"Then I'll go too, big brother."

At this time, Bushicui also pulled the hat on her head, then raised her head, smiled and nodded at Fang Zheng. Then the girl bent down and raised her right hand. With a "swish" sound, a purple psionic blade emerged from her hand, and then black smoke filled the air, wrapping the girl and disappearing into the shadow of the night.

The attack of the gastrula was completely contained almost as soon as it broke out. After arduous training, the "cursed children" who possessed the dual power of gastrula and psionic energy were almost as powerful as the first-level combat elites of the Protoss. Thirty-five "cursed children" formed three lines of defense, among which the front-line troops led by Xia Shi were responsible for destroying most of the gastrula, while the auxiliary troops in the middle were responsible for dealing with the remaining fish that slipped through the net. The auxiliary troops at the end were always ready to replace the combatants in the front to ensure that others had enough time to rotate to rest and recover their physical strength.

"This time the protogastric animals are indeed different from the previous ones."

Fang Zheng frowned as he stood on the hillside and monitored the battlefield ahead. In the past few days, in order to "train troops", he and others have often gone to the front to observe and fight with protogastric animals. However, the performance of these protogastric animals was very ordinary at that time, or they seemed to have completely lost their minds. Apart from eating and sleeping, the only remaining instinct was to attack the gathering place of humans, and they would not turn back even if they hit the south wall. But this time, although the protogastric animals attacked fiercely at the beginning, after being hit head-on by Xia Shi, Cui and others, they seemed to realize that this time the opponent was not easy to deal with, and began to gradually retreat, as if they wanted to lure the enemy deeper into them.

Fortunately, with the assistance of Xia Shi and Nymph, the "Cursed Children" who had turned on the full-map radar would not be fooled. Under Xia Shi's leadership, they just advanced steadily and gradually, striving to recapture the defensive positions captured by the protostomes.

At this moment, Nymph's voice appeared in Fang Zheng's ears again.

"Master, air support is coming from the rear."

"oh?"

After hearing what Nymph said, Fang Zheng glanced up at the sky and saw several fighter planes whizzing through the air. It seemed that the bigwigs in the rear had also discovered that something was wrong and were planning to provide another round of high-altitude bombing support.

Fang Zheng was not worried that they would "accidentally bomb" their own people. After all, Nymph was watching nearby. If something went wrong... hehe, isn't it very common for the missile to fail to be launched?

But...will it really be so smooth?

“Swish!!”

As if in response to Fang Zheng's guess, the moment these fighter planes appeared on the battlefield, countless beams of light suddenly burst out from behind the gastrulae. They cut through the sky and flew towards the fighter planes in front of them like anti-aircraft artillery fire.

Perhaps because they had never thought that protostomes could also "defend against air attacks", these fighters were not too alert. By the time they realized something was wrong, it was too late. Although they tried their best to dodge and gain altitude to avoid the attack, they were still hit by this sudden rain of light and exploded into fireballs in mid-air.

"Everyone, be careful, get out of the way!!"

The whizzing beams of light fell to the ground like crossbow arrows, and at this moment Xia Shi and the others retreated in a hurry, but fortunately, they had psionic shields on them, so even if they were hit accidentally, they would not suffer any harm.

but……

"Sure enough, trouble is coming."

Fang Zheng raised his head and looked forward.

There, cries like those of evil spirits and wild beasts began to be heard.