Chapter 1486: Chapter 1484: The Real Danger
Jent’s eyes flickered, and the next moment he decisively commanded, "Everyone, focus fire on the new enemy at 11 o’clock, eliminate it at all costs!"
"Swish! Swish! Swish!"
As soon as the words left Jent’s mouth, the dense Steel Fist light beams blasted over, but as anticipated, the previously unstoppable Steel Fist now seemed powerless, inflicting only superficial wounds on the Bear-shaped Giant Rat.
The injury seemed to enrage the opponent, as the Bear-shaped Giant Rat’s approach dramatically sped up, and in a blink, it was near the locomotive, ready to leap.
Including Jent, everyone’s faces changed, realizing that if it pounced, no one could withstand it, and the defense line would completely collapse. Worse still, the impact alone could derail the locomotive.
What to do?
Faced with the pouncing Bear-shaped Giant Rat, no one had a solution.
The escort personnel frantically pulled the trigger, but it had no effect.
Inside the cockpit, Locomotive Captain Bob frowned deeply, the crew looked desperate, and Philip breathed rapidly. Frank painfully tugged his hair, muttering, "Alright, really going to die this time."
After all the calamities they had endured, causing so many deaths, it was finally his turn, finally coming to an end.
It was over, everything was over.
Farewell, this damn world, farewell, his cursed life...
At that moment, the Bear-shaped Giant Rat leapt into the air, just half a meter from the locomotive window. Frank could even clearly see the fierce face of the Bear-shaped Giant Rat.
He smiled slightly at the Bear-shaped Giant Rat, showing a relieved expression, but the next moment, his expression suddenly froze.
"Boom!"
A huge roar.
A black beam flew from one side of the locomotive, almost sticking to the carriage, and after flying rapidly, it successfully hit the Bear-shaped Giant Rat.
You could clearly see, the Bear-shaped Giant Rat, which seemed forged from steel, suddenly became as brittle as soft mud. Its entire body sharply distorted, its waist bending tremendously under the impact of the black beam, then with a "pop," it was cut in half.
"Thud!"
The Bear-shaped Giant Rat let out a dull sound as it did not pounce on the locomotive but instead fell heavily to the ground like a ragdoll, swiftly thrown to the rear of the locomotive.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Before everyone could react, more black beams flew in, landing around the locomotive.
Unlike the first beam, the subsequent black beams, when approaching the ground within a few meters, would automatically scatter, transforming into numerous fragments to cover an area tens of meters wide.
And then a horrifying scene took place: any abnormal rats within the covered area had their bodies instantly shattered, going from a whole creature one moment to a pile of flesh the next — a single black beam cleared hundreds of square meters of all abnormal rats.
The black beams continuously fell, and the ground surrounding the locomotive was cleared bit by bit.
The people in the carriage exchanged glances and thought of something, then looked out the window toward the front of the locomotive.
Then they saw, on both sides of the track ahead, two artificial mounds appeared, each with at least a hundred-man unit stationed, armed with various weapons including Steel Fists, slaughtering the abnormal creatures attacking them.
Furthermore, at the peaks of both mounds, there were three Magic Rune Cannons each.
The Magic Rune Cannons were mounted on special turrets with dedicated soldiers loading shells. After which, the runes on the cannon barrels lit up, rapidly firing shell after shell.
The shells were of two types, one being armor-piercing bullets specifically to deal with entities possessing strong defenses, capable of penetrating even steel blocks, known as Cold-blooded Piercer.
The other type was Mother-child Bomb, capable of directly killing an entire area with its fragments, hence known as Square Clearer.
With the support of the Magic Rune Cannons atop the two mounds, the people on the locomotive were saved from danger.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The Magic Rune Cannons fired continuously, with the gunners intentionally aiming most shells around the locomotive, causing the abnormal rats besieging it to rapidly thin out until none were left, allowing the locomotive to proceed safely.
The people on the locomotive let out a long sigh of relief, feeling fortunate to survive the disaster.
Frank, however, had an odd expression, which soon turned thoughtful.
Locomotive Captain Bob emerged from the cockpit, not noticing Frank, but smiled and announced, "Everyone, I am pleased to inform you of this: our journey is finally coming to an end. Those who supported us with assistance were soldiers from the Grey Parrot Reinforcement Group, and if nothing goes wrong, we’re about to reach the final destination of this trip—the Grey Parrot Reinforcement Group’s base."
Cheers erupted.
...
Half an hour later.
The locomotive successfully drove into the platform inside the Grey Parrot Reinforcement Group base, unloaded the cargo, and the escort personnel headed to the relevant department of the Grey Parrot Reinforcement Group to hand over and explain the violation of Steel Fist usage. Meanwhile, Bob, Frank, Philip, and the rest of the crew were politely invited to the captain’s tent for a short break.
After resting for a few minutes, the tent door was suddenly lifted, and the leader of the Grey Parrot Reinforcement Group—Paul Goring stepped in.
This was a tall and sturdy man, with a height of 1.8 meters, exuding a bear-like aura. However, his face was kindly, and as his brown eyes glanced over the crew, he smiled and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to my base."
"We must thank you, Captain." Locomotive Captain Bob approached, expressing gratitude, "If it weren’t for your subordinates who saved us, we might not be alive here."
"No, it’s me who should be thanking you, as you have delivered the supplies we urgently needed, especially the shells—we have less than thirty percent in stock." Goring said, "Honestly, I really didn’t expect you to cross the entire siege and deliver the materials at this time—you are truly the most courageous crew."
"Ah?" Bob blinked quickly in surprise, asking, "Wait, Captain, you...you just said we crossed the entire siege and are the most courageous crew?"
"What, you didn’t know?" Goring’s expression was somewhat surprised, then he explained, "Yes, you did cross the entire siege—the Grey Parrot Reinforcement Group base has been surrounded by an army of abnormal creatures, and you broke through from the weaker part of the siege.
In fact, not only our base, but other places are similar. Headquarters just announced that the enemy launched the third Catastrophe Level offensive, and many cities and strongholds in the Shalin System are in emergency. So, now that you’re here, you can’t go back until the enemy offensive is over."
After hearing this, all crew members were stunned, really unable to believe that the abnormal creatures they encountered before were nothing, merely a weak part of the siege. Now, they had arrived at the center of the siege, and when it starts to contract and launch a full-scale offensive, that’s when the true danger arrives.
This...
