The system is four years ahead of schedule, but Weird is still a cub.

Outside the blockade line, rows of anti-monster mechs roared with gunfire!
The main cannon on its shoulder spewed out scorching energy beams, blasting the hordes of low-level monsters into dust. The rapid-fire machine guns on its arms wove together a dense net of fire, blocking the twisted figures that surged forward like a tide.

These low-level anomalies do not appear to be the product of non-human animals being corrupted and mutated by anomalies; rather, they are more like humanoid anomalies that have become more twisted and grotesque.

Some of them looked like they were forcibly pieced together from countless fragments of flesh and blood, while others resembled human remains that had been half-assimilated by the fungal carpet. The majority were indescribable monsters made up of tentacles, eyeballs, and pustules, densely packed in a vast expanse, rushing out of the fog one after another!

Most importantly, their bodies are covered with a layer of dark red slime similar to a lakeside carpet. When the strange energy beams and physical projectiles fired at the strange mechs hit this layer, a portion of the energy is absorbed and converted, which temporarily enhances the monsters' defense and aggression.

"Damn it! They can absorb the energy from our shells!" a pilot of a monster mech roared in the channel. He had just blasted three monsters to pieces with a single main cannon shot, but the energy shockwave from the explosion was absorbed by the slime on the bodies of several monsters nearby, causing them to instantly swell up and roar as they lunged even more fiercely!

"Concentrate your firepower! Hit the same spot! Don't give them a chance to absorb and transform!" Cai Hua's voice rang out on the public channel, steady and powerful.

He stood behind a makeshift alloy bunker, his hands clenched into fists. The flamethrower on his psychic arm armor activated, and blazing black psychic flames, like two roaring fire dragons, precisely struck a giant, rotting centipede-like monster that was trying to pounce on the psychic suppressor base.

Tsk-!
The intense heat of the eerie fire instantly ignited the slime on the monster's body, producing a piercing burning sound and a foul stench. The monster let out a shrill scream and rolled around as it was burned to a crisp.

The ghost fire seems to be more effective at suppressing that slime than energy weapons!
"Squadron, protect the left flank suppressor!" Yoona shouted.

With the aid of her specially made combat suit, she moved like a ghost between the anti-monster mechs and cover. Every swing of her ice-blue anti-monster longsword brought a chilling current, freezing any low-level anti-monsters that approached into ice sculptures, which were then shattered by the concentrated fire of the team members following closely behind.

Her psionic weapons possess a freezing property similar to "frost," effectively slowing down monsters and creating opportunities for her teammates.

Fang Mingyue was positioned in the middle of the defensive line. The "barrier" device on her combat suit was fully deployed, and a black, semi-transparent ghost energy shield enveloped the two key ghost energy suppressors and the surrounding area of ​​more than ten meters.

Countless low-level monsters crashed into the shield like moths to a flame, producing dull impact sounds. The shield fluctuated violently, and the black light faded at a visible speed.

Fang Mingyue's face turned slightly pale. Maintaining the operation of the device required her to concentrate highly, but there were simply too many monsters. Her team members didn't have time to clear them out before some monsters broke through the defenses and rushed to her side.

While maintaining the "barrier" device, Fang Mingyue also had to protect the energy inhibitor and deal with the approaching monsters, putting her under immense pressure.

At the same time, resisting the onslaught of so many monsters also puts a huge strain on her magical equipment. What's more troublesome is that several enormous, tank-like fusion monsters are taking heavy steps, braving the machine gun fire, and crashing into her shield!

boom--

boom!
Each impact caused the shield to shake violently, and the black light flickered erratically.

"Sister Mingyue!" A teammate saw that Fang Mingyue's lower abdomen had been scratched by a strange sharp claw and quickly stepped forward to support her.

"I can hold on, don't get distracted! Take down those big guys first!" Fang Mingyue gritted her teeth and shouted, forcibly activating the barrier device, and the light of the shield stabilized a bit more.

"Team Leader Cai, provide fire support!" Upon seeing this, Yoona immediately requested assistance from Cai Hua.

Without hesitation, Cai Hua turned the direction of the ghost fire, and two blazing fire dragons slammed into one of the flesh tanks. At the same time, several anti-ghost mechs also turned their cannons and focused their fire on the other one!
Boom——

Boom!

Amidst the deafening explosions, the two flesh-and-blood tanks were blasted to pieces. However, Fang Mingyue's "barrier" shield, after enduring several violent impacts and the continuous assaults from numerous small monsters, finally let out a mournful cry of despair and vanished like shattered glass.

Fang Mingyue simply removed the "barrier" device, took the strange energy weapon, and joined the front-line battle.

Several incredibly fast, monstrous creatures, like skinning hounds, instantly seized the opening and howled as they pounced on the now-defunct energy suppressor.

"Don't even think about it!" Cai Hua roared, forcefully slamming the Flame Armor into the ground!
"A fiery barrier!"

call--!
A raging black wall of fire instantly rose up in front of the suppressor. The flea hounds that rushed in crashed into the wall of fire, were instantly ignited, and turned to ashes with screams.

However, the firewall has a limited range and can only protect a small area. More strange things are coming from all directions, with their target being the exposed suppressor base.

"Yoona, use the Ice Block to block the way and cover me!" Cai Hua shouted into the communicator, slamming his hands onto the Fire Armor and unleashing his full power!

He was going to take a desperate gamble and use a large-scale, unpredictable fire attack to clear the area!

Yoona understood immediately and threw out several extremely cold "psychic" grenades. The extremely cold frost power spread along the ground, instantly freezing a large area of ​​the ground and the surging monsters in front of her. Although it could only freeze for a few seconds, it was enough!

Just as Cai Hua's eerie fire was about to erupt—

call out--!
A dark red beam of light, condensed to its extreme and moving at a speed that could tear the air apart, pierced through the thick fog like a spear of judgment falling from the sky, striking with perfect precision a core monster that was about to pounce on the suppressor and was spewing corrosive liquid like a giant tumor!

puff!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, but the center of the tumorous monster that was hit instantly produced a hole the size of a bowl with smooth, mirror-like edges!

The tissue around the hole exhibited a bizarre "stagnant" state, as if time had been frozen there for a moment. Then, the entire monster collapsed and dissolved like mud with its skeleton removed.

In the distance, a group of blood spiders gathered together to form a rotting blood humanoid figure. It turned out to be the blood spiders that Shen Ge had previously placed around the city. Now, Xiao Qi had gathered them together to form a piece of armor.

The weapon simulated by the secondary armor is none other than Li Xiang's latest Blood Spider Sniper Cannon!
Although firing a single shot consumes a significant amount of Blood Spiders, causing a portion of the secondary armor to "melt away," the fact that a single shell can eliminate a Flesh and Blood Monster demonstrates just how devastating Li Xiang's sniper cannon is against ordinary monsters!

This shot was like a shot of adrenaline, instantly boosting the morale of the defense line!

"Is that Captain Shen?" a team member exclaimed in surprise. Cai Hua seized the opportunity, and the "Incineration" that had been waiting in the air suddenly erupted. The black eerie fire swept out from him like a raging tide, instantly engulfing the monsters in the frozen area and the large area of ​​fungal carpet in front of him, turning them into ashes and temporarily clearing a large area.

Yoona immediately directed her teammates to fill in the gaps, and with the help of Xiaoqi, they rebuilt the defense line. Fang Mingyue also managed to gather a small "barrier" again to protect the key inhibitor node.

boom--

boom!
Another sniper shot!
The crimson beam of energy, like the scythe of death, precisely wiped out the remaining, most threatening tumor-like monster.

After Xiaoqi's Blood Spider Armor completed this crucial sniping mission, a portion of the Blood Spider that made up it instantly dissolved, and the armor's form visibly "shrank" again. However, the effect of this thunderous strike was significant.

Fortunately, whether it's the main armor or the off-armor, as long as it's a product of the fusion of Corrupted Blood and Blood Spider, it can be affected by the "Endless" trait and continue to propagate Blood Spiders.

The frozen low-level monsters turned to ashes in the flames, and the large area of ​​writhing flesh and fungal carpet in front was also ignited by Cai Hua's monster fire arm armor, emitting a "sizzling" burning sound and an even stronger stench, forming a charred isolation zone.

"Cover up, provide fire support! Don't let them cross the line!" Yoona's cool voice rang out in the public channel, carrying an unquestionable determination.

Her several missions with Shen Ge allowed her to witness his composure and calmness, as well as his indifference in the face of the bizarre, which profoundly influenced her combat style.

She swung her icy blue, psychic longsword once more, the chilling aura precisely sweeping across several areas attempting to bypass the fire wall, freezing the newly surging monsters and creating targets for her teammates' focused fire.

The team members were greatly encouraged!
Xiao Qi's support was like a shot in the arm, and Cai Hua's burst of clearing the field added to the momentum. Relying on cover and the firepower of the anti-mechs, they unleashed firepower on the monsters that were frozen by Yoona or trying to break through the fire wall. Monster bullets and energy beams intertwined to form a dense fire net, constantly tearing those twisted monsters apart.

Fang Mingyue finally had a chance to catch her breath. Despite the pain in her abdomen, she activated several spare small "barrier" devices again. A black shield, smaller in area but more solid than before, rose up again, firmly protecting the two core ghost energy suppressor bases.

While it can no longer cover large areas as before, it ensures the security of core nodes.

Xiao Qi's voice rang out in Yoona and Cai Hua's tactical channel: "Analysis complete. The low-level weird body surface mucus has the characteristics of 'weird bone armor', which has a significant absorption and conversion effect on energy attacks, but has low resistance to high temperature (weird fire), freezing (frost) and high kinetic energy physical impact (armor-piercing projectiles).

"Tactical adjustments are recommended, prioritizing the use of booby-trapped, frost-based weapons and armor-piercing rounds for attacks, with high-threat targets and potential breach points already marked."

As soon as he finished speaking, a virtual image was projected onto everyone's combat suits, showing the attack routes and high-threat targets analyzed by Xiao Qi.

"Understood!" Yoona and Cai Hua replied in unison.

With Xiaoqi's precise analysis and overall battlefield vision, their command and firepower deployment became more efficient.

The abilities of fire and frost are used extensively, specifically to deal with targets whose skin is covered in thick mucus and have strong energy absorption.
The anti-mechs switch ammunition, significantly increasing the proportion of armor-piercing rounds and high-explosive rounds, specifically targeting monster hordes attempting to assemble and charge.

After a brief period of chaos and immense pressure, the defensive line was finally stabilized again thanks to Xiaoqi's assistance and the team members' desperate struggle.

Although low-level anomalies continued to emerge from the dense fog, their momentum was effectively contained, and they could no longer pose a fatal threat to the anomaly suppressor.

Just as everyone caught their breath, Deng Yuqi's voice reached Fang Mingyue and the others through an encrypted channel.

"Team Leader Fang, Team Leader Shen, Team Leader Cai, you did a great job! The suppressor held, the spread of the black fog has completely stopped, and the situation in the blockade zone is temporarily stable."

"However, both the Quanlongshan base and headquarters were subjected to probing attacks by small groups of strange individuals, suspected to be attempts to create chaos and disrupt communication nodes in an attempt to interfere with us."

"However, the troops remaining at the base and Chen Qiming commanded effectively and made advance preparations. The attack has been repelled with minimal losses, the core area remains safe, and the situation is now under control."

This news brought a sense of relief to everyone present. With the situation back at hand, they could focus wholeheartedly on guarding this place and buying time for Shen Ge!

Deng Yuqi's voice continued: "How is the formation's injury? The medical team at the command center is in position. Team Leader Shen and Team Leader Cai, you two must assist Xiao Qi in holding the line and prevent the fog from spreading even an inch further. The formation must immediately disengage from the battle and return to the temporary command post for treatment! This is an order!"

"Minister, I can still..." Fang Mingyue's voice carried a hint of reluctance; she didn't want to leave her comrades at this crucial moment.

"Execute the order!" Deng Yuqi's voice was firm and decisive, leaving no room for negotiation: "Your injuries need treatment, and the command post needs you to provide firsthand data on energy changes at the edge of the fog zone, which is equally important! Captain Cai, make sure she is safely evacuated!"

"Yes!" Yoona and Cai Hua replied immediately.

"Team leader, retreat! Leave this to us. Don't you trust Captain Shen Yun'er and me?" Cai Hua shouted to Fang Mingyue, while directing two team members to cover her.

Fang Mingyue gritted her teeth, knowing that orders could not be disobeyed, and also understanding that her condition was indeed affecting the battle.

She took one last look at her teammates who were stubbornly fighting against the intertwined flames and frost, and at the silent black shield that stood guard over the suppressor. Without further hesitation, she quickly left the front line with the help of her teammates and retreated towards the brightly lit temporary command post in the rear.

Yoona and Cai Hua exchanged a glance, both seeing the seriousness in each other's eyes. The repelling of the probing attack from the rear was a good thing, but it precisely proved that the enemy wasn't limited to the strange creatures within the fog zone; they were fighting on multiple fronts, attempting to divert the Rong City Special Operations Department's forces.

"Little Seven, please strengthen the perimeter security and scanning to prevent new enemies from launching surprise attacks on the blockade from other directions," Yoona said calmly.

"The scanning area has been expanded, and no new sources of threat have been found so far," Xiaoqi responded.

Cai Hua wiped the sweat and dirt from his face and turned his gaze back to the churning, dark fog that seemed to harbor endless malice: "Captain Shen... the situation inside is probably more complicated than we imagined. All we can do is guard this place and wait for his triumphant return!"

Yoona didn't speak, but gripped the ice-blue longsword in her hand tightly, the blade radiating even more chill. Her gaze, like an icicle, pierced into the depths of the thick fog.

Outside the defensive line, the soldiers of the Special Operations Division had built a Great Wall of flesh and blood, refusing to yield an inch of ground! Their steadfast defense was Shen Ge's strongest support as he risked everything in the strange space! (End of Chapter)