Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 940 The Myriad Aspects of Life [4K]

"I need artillery support! The Knights are already advancing! We must stop them here!"

Among the four divisions of Zhongdu, the captain of the "Mountain" division roared. His prosthetic eye reflected the scene thirty miles away, a magnificent array that resembled characters from a stage play.

Each knight has subtle differences, but when they sing hymns and charge in a group, all differences are fused into one—the gleaming gold armor etched with scriptures forms a torrent of gleaming gold.

The Six Pillars of the Imperial Knights.

It is also the strongest knightly order among the six pillars, the [Light Abyss]!
There are no large construction units, no heavy mechs, no heavy tanks, no landships. This knightly group, which is advancing at full speed, has no more than one hundred people, which is only a company-level organization.

But as they charged, the entire earth trembled slightly, and the trees that blocked their view were "melted away."

Literally, the golden river crashed into the forest, and all the trees that blocked it, like lead marks erased by an eraser, silently melted away.

The strongest military group in the Eastern Continent Republic, the "Four Divisions of Zhongdu," has its "Mountain" division as its most skilled in positional warfare. Despite not being at full strength, their battalion, formed over a long period of combat, still numbers nearly three hundred men. They have also built a permanent fortification and intelligent defense system, utilizing the mountain's structure.

In theory, even the strongest knight order in the empire, the [Light Abyss] Knights, known for their pure individual combat skills, would have to pay a high price if a hundred knights could break through.

—That is, assuming that knight commander doesn't exist!
A turbulent river, over a hundred meters wide, lay before the knights. At the same time, the positions on the opposite bank, blending seamlessly with the mountainside, were unleashing a barrage of fire.

Heavy artillery, plasma clusters, laser arrays, and large-caliber airborne machine guns—the curtain of fire almost temporarily obscured the sky, pouring down upon the enemy!

The artillery barrage requesting backup also arrived.

Dozens of black dots suddenly appeared at an altitude of several thousand meters. During their flight, their outer shells rapidly cracked and disintegrated, revealing their honeycomb-like internal structure.

Immediately afterwards, thousands upon thousands of smaller black dots were released from the hive! These intelligent missiles, equipped with simple AI, swarmed down on the knights below like piranhas that had smelled blood.

A flash of light.

It flashed by in an instant.

The leading knight, whose armor was more elaborate than his colleagues', suddenly raised his sword. Its blade was plated with gold, and like materialized energy, it surged dozens of times, and the dazzling giant lightsaber swept across the curtain descending from the sky!
Rumble!
The third ring road is [Dayuan].
The captain gritted his teeth. Whether it was a hundred knights or a third-ring psionicist, he was confident that he could fight and maneuver against them if he gathered all the strength of his forces.

But when you put the two together, it's not just a simple one plus one problem.

The third ring of the local battlefield is both an extremely sharp dagger and a ruthless and heavy hammer. After the general in charge of this defensive line, who is also a third-ring force, took leave to go home, how could our side stop him!
The knight commander soared into the sky, his massive lightsaber sweeping back and forth to intercept ranged fire, creating a powerful space for his accompanying knights to charge. The latter knelt, lowered their center of gravity, and, using their strength and propulsion, leaped a hundred meters to cross the river.

Upon landing, the formation was reorganized.

Charge straight into the enemy lines!

For these elite knights, who had honed their military skills since childhood, possessed high levels of personal enhancement, and were further empowered by the "Sea of ​​Faith," the distance of several kilometers was merely a blink of an eye.

The captain made a decision.

The enemy's knight commander was still intercepting the artillery fire. This level of firepower was something that even a third-ring psionicist from the [Abyss of Light] could not ignore.

The so-called "cannot be ignored" is at most like a natural person exerting force and experiencing muscle pain, which can be relieved by rubbing for a while and resting for a period of time.

But this is, after all, a period of inactivity!

"Relay my order!" The captain said solemnly into the channel, "Tell Shi Kun and Jiao Chengye to keep a close watch on the nuclear bomb. If the position is lost, detonate it immediately without fail!"

"The rest of you, if you're going to use the A-Nine tactic, be prepared to die here—I'll die before you!"

After hanging up the channel, the captain looked into the corner and saw a young man carrying a gun, haphazardly stuffing grenades into his tactical harness, his hands trembling uncontrollably.

"What is the recruitment office doing! My mighty 'Mountain' Division, the strongest army in the world, has now recruited a scoundrel like you!" The captain stepped forward and pressed his large hand on the other man's shoulder. The latter winced in pain but dared not cry out, only repeatedly saying, "Captain, I... I'm not a coward!"

"I remember you, your surname is Zhu, right? Listen carefully! I'm giving you a task now!" The captain's eyes widened, as if he were about to devour someone: "This is my seal. Take it back to the Ape Village headquarters and report on the situation here! I'll arrange a carriage for you; travel day and night without fail!"

The other party was taken aback: "Communications"

"The communication network has been cut off!"

The young man hurriedly unfastened the grenade, took the stamp, and pressed it tightly to his heart. He gave a sharp military salute, then walked through an internal mountain tunnel and rushed to the vehicle depot.

“The communication signal is bad.” The other person in the room, who had also put on his equipment, adjusted his prosthetic body, and picked up his weapon that he had been with day and night, suddenly spoke up: “But it’s still enough to send out a military intelligence.”

The captain picked up his weapon, a heavy, molten spear. He was able to earn the rank of captain through his bravery, which was naturally due to his second-level [Transcendence] spiritual energy.

However, all the psionic skills he currently possesses are for tinkering with his own body, so if he really wants to fight and charge into battle, he will need weapons made by the ordnance department.

"You're all talk and no action, always so sharp-eyed." The captain chuckled, then paused for a moment before shaking his head slightly: "Our Seventh Battalion needs to preserve a spark of revolution."

The other person chuckled and walked out the door first: "On the road to the underworld."

"See you in a bit," the captain said.

Such scenes are constantly unfolding along the front lines that stretch for tens of thousands of miles.

No one expected the Vanpusta Empire to be so decisive, as if it had just woken up and chosen to launch a full-scale attack. Knight orders were mobilized and marched rapidly under the cover of fierce firepower, charging towards the front lines of the Eastern Continent Republic. This was an act of suicide. It should have been, but when the clash actually occurred, many were shocked to find that their painstakingly constructed defenses had been utterly breached.

Boom!

A thick, gray sea of ​​clouds slowly pressed down, casting an enormous shadow, as if an entire ancient sacred mountain had been uprooted and hung in the sky.

—Eastern Republic, the space carrier "Suspended Mountain".

The smoke-soaked sea of ​​clouds was pushed aside, revealing its true form, which was even larger than the shadows it had cast earlier. Although it was still shaped like a ship, its unique design gave it a distinct mountain-like outline.

If we exclude the "Beyond the Boundaries" learned by the Silent Ones, then it is the largest space carrier currently existing on Terra.

Standing far away and looking up, one can see the "Suspended Mountain" hanging high in the sky, majestic and unmoving. But upon closer inspection, one can see that many black dots are flying around it, circling and swirling, just like the long river of ten thousand flying swords that surround the immortal mountain in mythology, day and night.

Upon closer inspection, these black dots are clearly weapons of war! Multi-purpose attack aircraft, strategic bombers, drone units, air patrol armored vehicles, and mobile combat platforms. Each one is the crystallization of the Eastern Continent Republic's cutting-edge military technology. They appear as black dots only because the "Suspended Mountain" is so enormous that it makes them stand out!

Conservative estimates put the number of over 30,000 various types of aerial combat units as they flew out of the hangars on the suspended mountain ship, sweeping across the battlefield like a swarm of locusts covering the sky. At the same time, countless airdrop pods were released, shooting down to the ground like meteors, carrying a series of ground troops, including heavy firepower mechs, mobile fortresses, and elite soldiers.

Unlike the former Fubo Energy's "Groden Glory," which boasted a superior energy system and terrifying shipborne firepower, the "Hanging Mountain" is distinguished by its powerful mobility and massive force projection capabilities.

Upon seeing the "suspended mountain" appear and the visible support, the morale of this precarious battle line was immediately boosted, and they struggled to hold on, fighting bravely against the enemy.

Then, hundreds of kilometers away, a powerful aura soared into the sky!

—The Grand Master of the [Holy Crown] Knights!

The Vanpusta Empire wasn't without space carriers, but there was no need to use them here; it would only lead to a war of attrition. With Feng Lian of "Jun Tian Shen Que" going to space for combat and Lin Yuexiong, the "Eight Prison Masters," being tied down by another Fifth Ring member of the Empire, they had a significant strategic advantage.

That is, it frees up a fifth-ring psionicist.

A powerful aura filled the air, radiant and holy. The imperial forces advancing on the front lines seemed to hear a deep and resounding hymn, and thousands of eyes were fixed on them, their morale suddenly soaring.

To the Eastern Continent Republic, however, what they saw was a blinding holy light. A heavy, oppressive feeling suddenly settled in their hearts, and the encouragement brought by the space carrier "Suspended Mountain" was quickly dispelled.

The next second, "Suspended Mountain" and the Grand Master of the [Holy Crown] clashed fiercely.

The colossal shield erected by the former swayed incessantly, and the multiple fourth-ring psionicists stationed within it did their utmost to stabilize the defense system while using psionic skills to assist in the fight against the opponent.

The battlefield below, just like above, saw the two tides collide violently. The first wave shattered instantly, and before the shattered spray could fall, the next wave surged forward one after another.

This place has become the main battlefield between the Eastern Continent Republic and the Vanpusta Empire. Even third-ring psionicists are commonplace here. And even though they have always been regarded as "decisive tactical weapons," they can no longer be as invincible as before.

Nanoscale swarms filling the air, endless intelligent control weapon units, military-grade energy and kinetic weapons, dangerous biological and chemical weapons, and a battle-hardened, elite force...

It is no longer a one-on-one duel, or even a street fight in the city, but a large battlefield full of dangers and complexities at all times.

Even the most skilled fighters cannot achieve perfection in combat; they all have weaknesses, mistakes, and oversights. The same is true for their opponents. They can keenly seize upon weaknesses, but they cannot seize all of them.

On the battlefield, countless eyes are watching them every moment, and any mistake—even the most fleeting one—can be magnified many times over and have potentially fatal consequences.

The earth is shaking and the mountains are shaking.

The artillery fire seemed destined to continue indefinitely, and amidst the deafening roar, high-ranking psionicists—psionicists who could be considered high-ranking even on the main battlefield, multiple fourth-ring Ascendants—were giving it their all.

They fight in the sky, they fight underground, they fight in the torrents of the mortal world.

The continuous natural barrier, the towering mountains, groaned under the weight of the storm, and the sky, already filled with the smoke of battle, was shattered by an even more violent force, tearing apart strange celestial phenomena.

Even the aftershocks of the leaks will create vacuum zones on the battlefield, and the fierce storms will shatter anything unfortunate enough to be caught in them.

There is no room for maneuver. This is the last core defense system of the Eastern Continent Republic. If it is breached and captured, the Empire will be able to advance unimpeded into the heart of the continent, with unimaginable consequences.

Both sides committed massive numbers of troops and resources to this area, fighting fiercely along a front and deep within the territory spanning hundreds of kilometers. Regardless of the outcome, no matter which side ultimately emerges victorious, this place is destined to become an uninhabitable wasteland.

*Thud!* The alloy longsword pierced cleanly through the opponent's artificial lung. The knight, forgetting his prayers, swiftly drew the blade and held it horizontally in front of him, deflecting a barrage of bullets.

The next second, he activated his neuro-acceleration prosthetic, sprinting a hundred meters in an instant, and cleaved the shooter and his cover in two as the shooter rolled halfway through.

The Knights' tactical manual always emphasized the balance between close-range and long-range combat. He was equipped with firearms, but perhaps due to his personality, he still preferred the tactile sensation of slashing with a sword—a minor flaw.
His pupils shrank suddenly.

boom!
Beneath the bunker, the pre-planted heavy bomb exploded with a deafening roar, unleashing a massive wave of heat. It might have been a second, or it might have been a long time; time seemed to stand still. When the knight scrambled to his feet, dizzy and unsteady, his ears were ringing incessantly.

Even with the help of the neuro-accelerated prosthetic body, which managed to react in time and make some tactical evasions, injuries were still unavoidable at such close range, and quite serious ones at that. Damn it, a series of error pop-ups appeared, and several prosthetic bodies stopped working on the spot. The most urgent thing was to find a place to rest.
His head exploded!

It looked like a blood plasma bag had been squeezed and burst!
Three kilometers away, the expressionless man immediately put away his meticulously modified sniper rifle and quickly moved to the next sniping position. A barely noticeable mark was etched onto the rifle; it was the symbol of the "Lin" tribe among the four tribes of Zhongdu.

A regular soldier was replaced by an elite knight; this is an excellent ratio of casualties between the enemy and ourselves.

Military intelligence can be deceiving, but battle lines cannot. How many days have passed? The defenses of the Eastern Continent Republic have already begun to shrink drastically. I've heard that other areas are like anthills riddled with holes, ready to crumble at the slightest touch.

But regardless of what happens elsewhere, at least this main battlefield must be held, and it absolutely must be held! We must achieve more, more, and more victories! We absolutely must!
The man paused in his journey, then suddenly looked up and saw that the sky had darkened, or rather, it was like dusk, first dimming, then growing redder and more brilliant.
Something is about to come down!
Another space-based weapon!
(End of this chapter)