Chapter 424: Chapter 422: The Terrifying Abyssal Army
Upon realizing the abnormal pace of the Abyssal Plane’s attack, Zheng Yangxu and Jia Tai simultaneously looked at each other, both recognizing the same sheer horror in the other’s eyes.
They both had the feeling that something major was about to happen.
"Pass down the order! From this moment on, we’re moving to a Second Level alert. Have the ground forces stand by for support, and dispatch 1,000 Mechas." Within moments, Zheng Yangxu had made his decision.
He couldn’t remember the last time—how many years had it been?—that they’d had to escalate to a Second Level alert less than five minutes into a battle.
Even he wasn’t sure if he had made the right call.
However, that uncertainty vanished less than a minute later.
For in the distance, a patch of space began to fluctuate so violently it was visible to the naked eye.
At the same time, the monitoring team immediately reported, "Director Zheng, the spatial fluctuation index is rising sharply! It’s already past 2,000... no, 2,100!"
"According to the computer model’s forecast, the probability of a Tier Three Mutated Zombie appearing has surpassed 98.5%."
As he finished his report, the monitoring team member’s voice began to tremble.
What was happening was simply too far beyond anything they had ever seen.
It was like sending out scouts before a war, only to discover the enemy had already pressed the nuclear launch button.
Even Zheng Yangxu’s face couldn’t help but twitch.
He had never imagined things would escalate to this point.
But there was no escaping what was to come. He took a deep breath and gave a decisive order, "Raise the alert level to maximum! Immediately request reinforcements from headquarters and have them send experts from the Divine Demon Realm!"
As Zheng Yangxu’s order was issued, the entire Abyssal Guard—the most powerful force in the East Sea Base—finally revealed its terrifying might.
Temporary encampments were thrown open one by one, revealing massive alloy doors set into the ground beneath them.
As the doors slid open, millions of the latest combat robots and Attack Drones swarmed out.
Above ground, the fortress gates swung open, and Mecha Brigades charged out. In the blink of an eye, more than a thousand Mechas were racing to reinforce the Abyssal Passage.
At the same time, mobile firing platforms and missile launchers also began to roll out.
They would provide a ceaseless barrage of suppressive fire.
But all of this was merely secondary.
As these units mobilized, the East Sea Base’s own Sky Fortress began to move.
The Space Elevator connected to it was rapidly retracted. Beneath the fortress, one main engine and hundreds of secondary engines ignited. The immense thrust propelled the over-ten-kilometer-wide Sky Fortress, sending it soaring toward the Abyssal Passage dozens of kilometers away.
After issuing the highest alert command, Zheng Yangxu no longer needed to manage the details. Every alert level had its own dedicated contingency plan.
At the highest level, command of the frontline forces was transferred directly from his hands to the East Sea Base’s military headquarters.
Therefore, he now had only one task: buy time until reinforcements arrived.
He first ordered his aide-de-camp to bring over his Legendary Level Mecha, then turned to Jia Tai.
"I don’t know how many Tier Three Mutated Zombies will appear. I can handle one. I can delay two. But if a third one shows up..."
He paused, his expression complex. "...I’ll need you to run interference. You must hold out until the other Divine Demon Realm experts arrive."
He knew this order would very likely result in Jia Tai’s death.
Although Jia Tai’s cultivation had reached the Peak of the Body Shaping Realm, just a single step away from the Divine Demon Realm, the gap in combat power that single step represented was immense.
Jia Tai nodded and turned to a nearby messenger. "Bring me my Rare Level Mecha. And have the spare Energy Boxes emptied and filled with high explosives."
After giving his orders, he turned back to Zheng Yangxu. "I can’t guarantee I can follow your command. Of course, if I fail, you won’t have to reprimand me. The odds are I’m not coming back."
Zheng Yangxu opened his mouth to say something, but the words caught in his throat. In the end, he simply clapped Jia Tai on the shoulder.
After all, if he had to face two Tier Three Mutated Zombies, he would be struggling just to stay alive, never mind protecting someone else.
The atmosphere grew ever heavier.
At this point, hundreds of Grenade Cannon shells were bombarding the Abyssal Passage every second. Under such a fusillade, neither Abyssal Corpse Ghosts nor Petrifying Spiders could possibly get through.
Nevertheless, the spatial fluctuation index continued to climb.
Three minutes later, the stalemate was finally broken when over thirty enraged Giant Arms charged out, each hoisting a massive, dark Stone Shield.
The Abyssal Plane had no technological development, but that didn’t mean it lacked methods to counter human artillery.
These dark Stone Shields were crafted from a type of rock called Black Steel Stone.
This Black Steel Stone was as hard as high-quality, human-forged steel. When the Grenade Cannon shells struck the shields, they only managed to send stone chips flying, failing to break through in one hit.
With these thirty-plus Giant Arms holding the front, a tide of Mutated Zombies with high Defense Power—like Armored Corpses and Death Claws—poured out from the Abyssal Passage behind them.
Following them were Mutated Zombies with weaker Defense Power, such as Spitters, Hunters, Blood Worms, and Spray Zombies.
Seeing this, Zheng Yangxu immediately piloted his Legendary Level Mecha, leading the arriving Mecha Brigade to intercept the charge.
But at that very moment, the Abyssal Passage began to fluctuate violently, and waves of a powerful, terrifying aura pulsed out from within.
Then one, two, three... a total of ten twenty-meter-tall Death Claws emerged from within.
Their towering figures and the powerful auras they radiated left no doubt: these were Tier Three Mutated Zombies, each possessing strength equivalent to a Divine Demon Realm expert.
Upon seeing this, Zheng Yangxu, Jia Tai, and all the other officers had the exact same thought.
’We’re screwed!’
’Ten Tier Three Mutated Zombies were the equivalent of ten Divine Demon Realm experts. How could they possibly stop them?’
’And they weren’t just any kind, but Death Claws—the most powerful of all Mutated Zombies in single combat.’
