Chen Jing suddenly heard a loud noise and looked back to see a turret pouring fire into the distance. Two rapid-fire laser cannons and eight-barreled 406mm solid cannons took turns firing, creating an extraordinary momentum.
The strong wind alone blew dust all over Chen Jing's face, even though he was a hundred meters away. Li He's creations, surpassing the locusts' grazing power, had stripped the land of almost all its cover, leading to severe desertification. Due to the soil's texture, large areas were now clumping rather than desert, and the ground was closer to black-gray than khaki.
It was said that this planet was once a famous mineral planet. Until the Lih Creation destroyed it to this extent, looking down from the sky, the planet, except for a few large bodies of water, was basically reduced to wasteland.
Lih's creations have been suppressing humans with their exaggerated numbers, but Lih's creations are also divided into different levels, and most of them are not smart characters.
But humans just can’t win. The reason is not because humans are cowardly or have poor physical fitness, but simply because their technical capabilities are not up to par and they don’t have any high-end military forces.
Twenty of these messengers or silver knights could easily overrun a small area, not just the entire planet. As for Jasmine and Eliza, defeating these low-level Lih creations would be like bullying a child. However, their creation was even more difficult. The precious raw materials, obtained only through direct confrontation with Lih, completely blocked humanity's chances of acquiring a high-level team. Nothing on this planet could stand up to Lih head-on.
Lih can only be considered as an upper-middle level in the entire universe, but humans can only barely maintain the lower-middle level at this time. If they want to fight against Lih's main force, that is really just a dream.
Fortunately, Lihe also has some very strong enemies, and it is impossible to send the main force to fight these bugs in their eyes. At most, he can send a few alien intelligent machines, which is a respect for the marshal's ability.
Now that the marshal is dead, there is an 80% chance that Lihe will no longer take humans seriously. At most, they will send some border guards to guard against humans attacking their peripheral facilities. Humans dare not go to places where Lihe is in charge.
This is a very cruel reality. Humans have no ability to deal with dog owners. They can only kick the dogs to vent their anger and have to be wary of being retaliated against later.
The reason is simple. The army that the marshal once supported himself has been disbanded by the Crisis Committee, and the new generation of admirals is also considered to be the last admirals. None of them can take on this important task. Although Chen Jing is definitely the strongest at the moment, only he himself knows his true strength. His weaknesses are too obvious and he can be easily killed in seconds.
The presence of mythological figures did give Chen Jing a high starting point, but neither the gods of Norse mythology nor the Cthulhu mythology had any vested interest in Chen Jing. At most, they were interested in him, but asking them to fight for him was out of the question. For example, Fenrir, for example. Although the two seemed close, Chen Jing understood that there was only one Fenrir, and this kind of friendship was nearly impossible to replicate. The others, whether Loki or Azathoth, gave Chen Jing the feeling that they were acting.
The only person he could truly trust was Chen Jing himself. Furthermore, Chen Jing understood very well how dangerous this universe was. What he had encountered so far was merely a game. If he truly encountered the dark side of this universe, even the King of Lih would have to be extremely cautious in order to survive.
Sometimes, it’s not that danger will stay away from you if you don’t seek it, but that no matter how you hide, the danger is right in front of you and there’s nowhere to escape.
After the four turrets were erected, the area in front of Chen Jing became an artillery position filled with the roar of cannons and the flying of dust.
After a long while, about seven minutes, they finally stopped firing after confirming that there was nothing within range. Messenger 007 reported to Chen Jing that they had fired over 30,000 rounds in those few minutes, effectively destroying one twentieth of their reserves.
The cannon was indeed powerful, but it was also very wasteful. Chen Jing couldn't help but think of a famous saying that was well-known to all farmers and time travelers: A cannon shot is worth a hundred taels of gold.
Then he thought of the artillery preparations on the Western Front during World War I, which were said to be able to reduce the altitude of enemy positions. Later, cluster bombs with coverage areas of square kilometers were developed, and their nuclear capabilities were even more exaggerated. Now, he had only fired a few shots, and he still had a long way to go on the road to becoming a bomber.
Chen Jing suddenly thought of the armed assault ship (also known as the "give-you-or-leave-it" ship) that could bring the entire interstellar fleet within its firepower range at once. He seemed to have one of those things.
The only good news is that these shells can be directly produced in large batches by RT5, and all we have to do is drop them.
"Satellite report: All the Lih creatures in this area are heading towards us, an estimated 130,000 in number," Shamils reminded.
Chen Jing was stunned. Isn't he stupid?
He was not panicked. After all, although there were not many people here, his base was on another planet. It didn't matter if he couldn't win, he could just run away.
Courier 007 patted him on the shoulder: "There are refugees asking for help."
Chen Jing sneered, "We can't save them. It's even a problem for us to protect ourselves."
"Ahem, ahem, it's a serious crime to watch someone in danger and not help them." RT5 friendly reminder.
Chen Jing was stunned, and finally remembered that there was such a law, and he wrote it himself, in order to find an excuse for the marshal's saintly behavior. Unexpectedly, God has his own way, and no one can escape it.
"Ah, this is troublesome. Do we still have time?" Chen Jing asked.
Shamils replied, "The Lih creation only has this tendency, and it will take about two hours."
"Send someone to pick them up. Once they do, we'll retreat back to outer space. I don't believe they'd dare to chase us out."
There were contemptuous looks all around.
Courier 007 said unhappily, "Why are you running?"
"Don't run? Don't run and fight them head-on? Even if we have the ability, do we have the supplies? In modern warfare, the most important thing is..."
"Supplies can be made on site."
"Only two hours."
Courier 007 smiled and said, "Admiral, are you underestimating us?"
Two hours, seven thousand two hundred seconds, Chen Jing really didn't believe it. In his memory, it would take at least four hours for the Weirong Army to be deployed. This was the result of simplifying the process. If it wasn't simplified, it would take at least twelve hours. This was one of the reasons why Li He paid attention to suddenness. Once the Weirong Army was deployed, its defense would give the young Li He a headache.
"You don't believe it? Do you dare to bet?" said Courier 007
"Let's gamble." Chen Jing really didn't believe it.
Courier 007 held up a finger and said, "If you lose, you'll give me a shoulder squeeze, and if I lose, it's up to you."
Chen Jing was stunned. Wait, something wasn't going on! The messenger couldn't refuse any of his requests, so whether he gambled or not, he wouldn't win, he would only lose.
You bastard, you plotted against me!
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