Chapter 135: Chapter 116: The Bizarre Frontline, Battle of Jia City (Part 3)
Unless he could equip everyone with a set of Lv. 10 or higher Red Profound Armor and melee weapons capable of piercing the Black Spine Zergs’ defensive shells.
However, the invisible army of Black Spine Zergs had already rendered this plan unfeasible.
Just as Lin Feng was struggling with this dilemma, about to have Chen Yanyan pilot the Land Patrol Battleship deep into the heart of the Swarm to conduct a scan...
Shen Jie, having failed his mission to lure out the enemy, walked up to the Land Patrol Battleship and proposed another solution.
"Why don’t we head further south and take a look? I remember the reports saying that two Zerg Race Mother Empresses invaded Hai City. South of the Yangtze River estuary is the coastal city of Ning City, and there’s a Mother Empress there too."
"By now, it should have already pushed into Jia City."
"The Zerg Race there hasn’t faced a major counterattack yet, so they probably aren’t as vigilant. It should be an easier fight."
Shen Jie’s words instantly gave Lin Feng an idea. They weren’t short on fuel or weapons, so there was no need to stay fixated on the Mother Empress before them.
They could just as easily head south to deal with a Mother Empress that didn’t have much combat experience.
After all, the failure of the defensive stand in Wu City was only a matter of time, and his soldiers had no particular attachment to the place.
Killing Zergs was killing Zergs, no matter the location.
Naturally, they should go for the easy target.
Lin Feng took out his phone and glanced at a map he had downloaded earlier. Jia City was directly south of Wu City, only about twenty kilometers from their current position.
It was even closer if they started from their temporary camp at the Hai City service area—only fifteen kilometers.
Neither Ning City nor Jia City had any significant resistance, so the Mother Empress there had likely already expanded smoothly into Jia City...
But a moment later, as Lin Feng looked at the map, the worry he had just set aside resurfaced.
According to the map, if the Zerg Race Mother Empress that landed in Ning City had passed through to invade Jia City, there was a high probability it would continue expanding northwest, all the way to the area behind Taihu Lake...
This would once again cut off the retreat route for both the Thirteenth Division and Lin Feng’s own group!
The Research Institute had said that the Zerg Race’s survival and reproduction required vast amounts of water. They would use rivers or large lakes as springboards to invade the continent.
And as one of the Federation’s four great lakes, the Great Lake would very likely attract multiple Mother Empresses.
Once the Zerg Race secured an ample water supply, it would be an absolute catastrophe for Jin City to their rear, as well as for Huizhou, which bordered Jiangnan.
For every reason, both strategic and moral, Lin Feng had to intervene and do his utmost to stop the Jia City Mother Empress from pushing north.
With this in mind, Lin Feng immediately agreed to Shen Jie’s suggestion. He then summoned Li Ran and the other squad leaders to announce his decision.
Once everyone was in agreement, they turned the convoy around and took the highway to the Jia City North service area.
As the convoy advanced, a large number of Wormholes came into view near the city’s ring-road highway.
Numerous Red-Armored Beetles were still busy digging.
Unlike the Red-Armored Beetles in Wu City, these showed no caution whatsoever at the convoy’s appearance. They even charged forward to attack, eager to harvest human flesh and blood.
Their reward was a fusillade of large-caliber bullets from the Heavy Machine Guns poking out of the vehicle windows.
The bullets tore their armor open and ripped them to shreds.
However, the continuous deaths of their comrades didn’t frighten the Swarm. On the contrary, a huge Red-Armored Beetle Swarm re-formed at the mouths of the holes, preparing to launch an all-out assault on the humans.
It had been a long time since Lin Feng had seen a sight like this.
The last time was during his escape from Hai City, before he became an Awakener.
’The Swarm here really is adorably stupid.’
With that, Lin Feng gave the order for everyone to act freely, engaging the enemy from multiple points in their squad formations.
After all, a dozen or so Heavy Machine Guns could handle several hundred Red-Armored Beetles. There was no need to even use the Shotguns.
As the Red-Armored Beetle Swarm was cut down, their bodies piled up on the outskirts of the Jia City District, reaching a terrifying count of several thousand...
If these were given to ordinary people, hundreds of Lv. 9 Enhanced People could be created in a short amount of time!
Shortly after, an overwhelming black tide of a Black Spine Zerg Swarm surged from within the city. They poured through streets and alleyways, heading straight for Lin Feng’s convoy.
Watching the Black Spine Zerg Swarm charge forward in a single mass, Lin Feng noted they were completely unlike the ones from the Hai City Mother Empress. There was no fine control, no skilled strafing to dodge artillery shells...
It was just a mindless, overwhelming charge.
Lin Feng lowered the scope of the Armor-Piercing Cannon in his hands, a slight smile touching his lips...
’It’s time to teach this inexperienced, arrogant Mother Empress a lesson!’
A hundred soldiers used the vehicles for cover, forming a temporary, semicircular defensive line. Behind them was the Sergeant Major’s Land Patrol Battleship.
Their faces were filled with excitement, not fear, as they gripped the Shotguns in their hands.
Even as the army of thousands of Black Spine Zergs in the distance charged into their maximum range of five kilometers...
But to maximize their kills and ensure none escaped, everyone held their breath, Concentrating, patiently waiting for the Sergeant Major, watching from behind, to give the command!
Four kilometers... three kilometers... two kilometers...
The Swarm pressed ever closer...
One kilometer...
Five hundred meters!!
They stared intently at the furiously charging Black Spine Zerg Swarm.
Everyone’s hearts were in their throats.
But they couldn’t fire without the order.
This was the ultimate test of their Willpower!
And the best way to conquer their fear!
The front rank of the Black Spine Zergs closed to within a hundred meters, and many of the soldiers’ arms and bodies began to tremble with tension!
Then, from his position on the bow of the Battleship, Lin Feng’s voice roared!
"Open fire!"
A hundred Lv. 19 Shotguns,
unleashed a simultaneous volley!!
BOOM! BOOM! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!!!
