Chapter 500: Chapter 330: The Fall of the Celestial Gate
Hearing the screams from the communication unit, the two of them stared ahead in astonishment, their eyes scanning the vast wasteland, but they saw nothing, only the scorched corpse that had been blown apart earlier.
The soldier asked urgently, "Where is it? I don’t see any beast!"
Communicator: "In the sky! Damn! They’re coming from the sky!!!"
Their faces turned pale with fear as they looked up into the air.
Above the night sky, a massive swarm of flying beasts surged forth, flapping their wide membrane-like wings. Their numbers were beyond estimation, making the night sky seem devoured by a black storm.
"Woo—Woo—" Soon, emergency alarms blared throughout the Celestial Gate Patrol Station, waking the off-duty soldiers from their sleep. They quickly dressed, armed themselves, and rushed towards the defense walls.
Each soldier arriving at their post was chilled to the bone by the unprecedented scene before them.
The duty leader reacted first, leading the charge towards the nearby equipment depot, "Quick, quick, quick, everyone switch to anti-air weapons!"
As the patrol soldiers switched to personal anti-air weapons, the dedicated anti-air gun turrets also activated.
Hegemony Company’s main research project is the Blood Code, but that doesn’t mean they completely ignore mechanical technology.
After all, Blood Code and high-tech weaponry are not contradictory; powerful weapons are far more effective in the hands of Extraordinary Beings than ordinary people.
So, even though Hegemony Company hasn’t mastered high-precision tech, they are on par with the Iron Blood Alliance, famous for their mechanical technology in military equipment.
At this moment, all the anti-air turrets at the Celestial Gate Patrol Station were activated. They possessed top-notch fire control systems that could intelligently capture target movement trajectories, automatically analyze sequential threats, and calculate lead.
"Ratatatat—" The barrels of 43 anti-air turrets erupted with blazing flames, unleashing a dense array of saturation attacks with an average firing rate of 12,000 rounds per minute, as frenzied bullets ascended forcefully into the sky, forming dazzling fire lines like red demonic claws tearing through the night.
Flying beasts were shredded en masse by the anti-air guns, cascading from the sky like raindrops. Many corpses crashed directly onto the buildings of the Celestial Gate Patrol Station, splattering mottled blood flowers, as if an invisible hand were painting a dirty mural.
However, the flying beasts were too many; as soon as one batch was blasted, another soared past, like an unceasing black tide.
Upon being attacked, they quickly retaliated, consecutively issuing shrill roars, wings thrusting toward the patrol station below.
In the dense anti-air firepower web, they were bombarded and slaughtered in large swathes, yet a substantial portion still penetrated the firepower blockade, entering blind spots that the turrets could not target, and ultimately landed successfully.
The brutal melee soon began; patrol station soldiers engaged in close-quarter combat with the flying beasts, while the flames cast terrified reflections on the soldiers’ faces and illuminated the beasts’ bloodthirsty eyes.
Gun flames intertwined across the battle lines, bullets flying, Blood Code Carriers and beasts clashed, flesh splattering, with angry roars and cries of despair from humans and beasts everywhere.
Soldiers at this moment had their backs against their comrades, desperately shooting down the beasts that landed in the Patrol Station.
While changing magazines, a soldier yelled, "This is wrong, I’ve never seen so many beasts assault the Patrol Station simultaneously! We should report this to headquarters, and let the inland side support us!"
A companion raised a gun to kill a beast that had pounced on a comrade, saving him, then cursed, "Stop talking and start fighting! That’s the commander’s job. We just need to focus on surviving!"
The flying beasts’ attack brought trouble to the soldiers at the Patrol Station but wasn’t devastating.
Though they were numerous and extremely ferocious, the Patrol Station also housed many high-level Blood Code Carriers, including elite transcenders.
These Extraordinary Beings were formidable and well-trained, leading the ordinary soldiers in counterattacks, gradually reclaiming positions, and with the fixed gun turrets’ fire suppression, promptly regained control over most of the Patrol Station.
Just as the situation slightly improved, a soldier suddenly noticed something, his expression turning dazed as he looked towards the wasteland outside the base: "What is that..."
Beyond the horizon, another tide of beasts surged, dense and endless, their numbers beyond estimation.
Amidst the thick beast tide was an exceptionally large shadow, and by proportion, its height was almost the same as the Celestial Gate Patrol Station’s walls, its solid form comparable to a moving small mountain.
As the enormous creature approached, the ground tremors intensified, and when it neared the Patrol Station, everyone finally saw its true form.
It was a primal beast resembling an ape, with bulging muscles all over its body, indicating insurmountable strength. Its blood vessels were thicker than a person’s arm, crisscrossing like long dragons.
The smart fire control system of the close-defense artillery automatically identified the most threatening target, and all turrets turned in unison, bombarding the giant ape with a deluge of projectiles like meteors.
"Boom Boom Boom—" Flames rose over the mountainous figure, the giant ape’s fur charred in patches, blood continuously blooming, nearly dyeing its body red.
Yet for its massive physique, the seemingly severe injuries only equated to several small cuts on human skin.
The consecutive shelling not only failed to deter the giant ape but instead incited its ferocity.
"Roar!!!" Amidst its deafening snarls, it swung its huge arms, pounding numerous deep pits into the ground, furiously charging towards the Patrol Station.
