Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 353 Takeover

Chapter 353 Takeover
Mountain city, ground.

The final offensive is about to begin.

Two bombers have begun circling at high altitude. Once the attack order is given, they will immediately target the surrounding level-one monsters and drop three nuclear bombs of different yields, attempting to directly kill the monsters with the power of nuclear explosions.

Such an attack may not be effective. After all, in order to ensure the safety of the bomber, the detonation time of the nuclear bomb is set to be extremely long, which also lengthens the reaction time for the monster.

Even so, the shockwave from the nuclear explosion was still enough to clear the fog from the mountain city, providing a good attack environment for the laser emitter.

This was a tactical adjustment made by Chen Jian after he determined that the mountain city no longer had sufficient counter-attack capabilities.

Currently, besides the level one monsters, the only thing that can pose a threat to the Huaxia Army is the unmanned combat equipment underground in the mountain city, and this type of unmanned combat equipment is completely lacking in electromagnetic pulse resistance.

The Chinese army does not need overly complex countermeasures. As long as the all-encompassing electromagnetic pulse can disable the unmanned combat units in the mountain city within the one-hour window when the attack is launched, the outcome of the battle will be clear once the expeditionary force enters the mountain city through the opened passage.

Chen Jian gripped the bomb gun tightly, staring intently at the countdown on the screen.

All combat missions have been issued. Communication between all combat units will be cut off in 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

This is a necessary measure to prevent the mountain city from transmitting incorrect information after electromagnetic interference or even channel intrusion.

Of course, at the same time, this will also temporarily leave the various combat units of the Huaxia Army without unified command.

Risks exist.

However, Chen Jian believes that with strong enough frontline command, these soldiers who have already experienced the baptism of real battlefields can withstand the pressure.

"Two minutes left!"

Chen Jian shouted the order.

The electromagnetic pulse shield outside the laser emission matrix was deactivated, and the bomber began to climb.

The expeditionary force on the periphery is ready to launch an attack. Once the nuclear bomb explodes, they will immediately advance to within artillery range and use their two 152mm towed howitzers to accurately bombard the level one monsters near the mountain city from a distance of 15 kilometers.

Meanwhile, the Mechanicus's patrons, who had come from Anhan, were nervously gathering together.

Most of them had never faced a truly "giant monster," and their most commendable achievement was taking down one or two Blood Skulls with a single-shot rifle during a battle with them.

They were the weakest and most panicked of all the combat teams.

But commendably, none of them backed down.

Perhaps they deeply understood the significance of this battle?
Or perhaps, it's because the words "mountain city" are just too tempting for them?

Li Xian, who was in charge of coordinating and commanding the team, didn't care about this.

In his eyes, these Christian guards were nothing more than "errand boys" used to fill the front lines and clean up the battlefield.

The real battle will inevitably take place within the city.

It happened between that small Chinese army and the entire mountain city.

"1 minute and 30 seconds left!"

Chen Jian issued another command.

The laser emission matrix had been preheated and was pointed at the monster 5 kilometers away that had not yet reacted.

The bombers had risen to an altitude of 6000 meters and formed a loose formation with intermittent attacks.

As the first nuclear bomb was dropped, two other bombers used the terrain for cover to avoid the impact of the first electromagnetic pulse.

Immediately afterwards, two bombers dropped two nuclear bombs in succession, officially sounding the horn of attack.

Beside Chen Jian, Guo Xu's hands, gripping his weapon tightly, were already slightly sweaty.

His eyes were fixed on the huge, terrifying, and awe-inspiring figure in the distance, and he even felt a sense of unreality.

Is my mission to hunt down this monster?
In the past, I would have even felt a sense of blasphemy, like "killing a god."

But now, he felt a strange excitement?

He looked back at the mountain city, and the silent city gave him an even greater sense of oppression.

However, this sense of oppression transformed into another emotion at a certain moment.

Not convinced.

Why?
Why do you get to have a city like this, while we don't?

Why are you exempt from the fear of monster threats and even able to control monsters?

By what right can you so easily create such “human-like” creatures to challenge the majesty of the Holy Trinity as God?

smash!

Smash them all!
Guo Xu gritted his teeth and loosened his shoulders slightly.

Before him lay a straight street. If any of the mountain city's "robots" attacked from the street after the battle broke out, he would have to stop them all!

"Countdown to 1 minutes!"

Chen Jian announced the time again and gave the order at the same time:

"Bomber No. 1, begin dropping bombs!"

"Roger that, start dropping bombs!"

In the air, a nuclear bomb with a parachute slowly descended.

This is just a low-yield tactical nuclear bomb used to carry out electromagnetic pulse suppression, and its delivery range is not very far.

Everyone could see that faint white glimpse.

As the white object continued to fall towards the ground, everyone's heartbeats quickened with its descent.

"Communication will be cut off in 30 seconds."

"Prepare for an impact, we—"

"Stab—wait!"

A loud noise suddenly came from Chen Jian's headphones.

Immediately afterwards, a familiar voice rang out.

"Lord Chen Jian! I am Lin Yu!"

"I'm still alive! I'm living in another way!"

"You must stop your attack on the mountain city! Or at least pause it!"

"I have a lot of information to share with you! This is very important!"

"I am speaking to you on behalf of the residents of this mountain city! There is no need for you to take this to the extreme!"

Lin Yu!?
Chen Jian's expression changed instantly.

Is he still alive?

How did he survive?
Why would he hang out with those people from the mountain city?
His stance seems to have changed. So what exactly did he go through?
After a brief silence, Chen Jian asked:
"Were you threatened by them?"

"NO, I have not!"

Lin Yu's tone was somewhat hurried.

“I saw the whole picture, and they were right—at least in some respects!”

"They are also trying to save humanity, and they are also trying to ensure the survival of this race!"

"You've simply chosen different paths, and it's not even clear yet whether they're right or wrong!"

"You two should have a good talk; you should be able to see things more clearly than I am!"

Have a chat?
Chen Jian realized that those people from the mountain city must have used some special means to persuade Lin Yu.

The reason Lin Yu was chosen as the persuader is most likely because a persuaded "kindred spirit" would be more convincing.

Thinking of this, Chen Jian said resolutely:

"I refuse to communicate with you."

"Moreover, it's too late now."

"The operation plan cannot be reversed."

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Yu suddenly interrupted him again.

"Entropy! All disasters stem from the increase of entropy!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Jian's movements froze instantly.

But then he continued:
"Communication will be cut off in 10 seconds."

"too late."

"If you want to talk, then we'll talk after we disarm!"

Mountain city, underground.

With a tremendous tremor, the scene before Lin Yu's eyes flickered slightly.

Some scenes became blurry, and Lin Xi's face in front of me shattered and reformed in an instant.

"The nuclear bomb has landed," Lin Xi said.
"One low-yield tactical nuclear bomb and two high-yield nuclear bombs."

"They were completely open and had no intention of negotiating with us whatsoever."

"I don't understand why they would go to such extremes. We are clearly..."

Why don't you understand?

Lin Yu's eyes held a clear hint of sarcasm.

"When you tried to use the beast tide to wipe them out completely, did you ever think that you might one day face such a predicament?"

"Or to put it another way, if you were the ones who were almost driven to the brink of despair, would you also choose to hold back when facing your former enemies?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Xi slowly shook her head.

"This is different."

"The contradictions and conflicts between us are simply due to information asymmetry."

"They don't understand our intentions, and we don't understand their capabilities."

"If we had known earlier that they were a team that had fully absorbed knowledge from before the Cataclysm, we would never have taken such extreme measures against them."

"Like you said, we should have started negotiations with them from the very beginning."

"But it's too late now."

"The conflict between the two sides has developed to an irreconcilable level."

"I thought if we could convince you, we could convince them too, but that's not the case."

Lin Yu shrugged.

“I’ve said it before, they’re not like me.”

"They are unlike any other faction in the wasteland."

"They are like the 'visitors from outer space' you mentioned, perhaps they don't even belong to this world."

Lin Xi's figure kept flashing, and even disappeared for several seconds.

Lin Yu once thought he was "dead" or "destroyed" by the Huaxia Army.

But soon, Lin Xi reappeared.

"The radiation from the nuclear explosion destroyed 4.7% of our computing power—I had to redistribute the computing power within the mountain city."

"Fortunately, our core computing unit is hidden deep enough to withstand the impact of all rays."

"We are no longer able to organize an effective counterattack in a short period of time."

"For the time being, they are unlikely to enter the actual underground fortress."

"We still have time."

"Still got time?"

Lin Yu chuckled.

"You still have time, but you no longer have the chance."

"What you are about to face is nothing more than a slow death."

"That's not necessarily the case."

Lin Xi slowly shook her head.

He waved his hand gently, and a wide overhead view appeared in front of Lin Yu.

"Look, this is the battlefield now."

“Those Chinese soldiers do indeed possess very strong combat capabilities.”

"But, in the face of those monsters, their power is ultimately limited."

“Look, they’ve already killed a monster—what you call a ‘level one monster’.”

"But what's next?"

"There are four more monsters like this."

"Nuclear bombs cannot effectively kill these monsters; their speed of movement is fast enough to exceed the falling speed of a nuclear bomb."

"Unless those Chinese soldiers are crazy enough to drop nuclear bombs on their own heads."

"But how is that any different from suicide?"

"Perhaps in the end, they will indeed be able to get rid of these hard-won monster guards."

"But they will also bury all the strength they have painstakingly accumulated here."

"They had to leave the mountain town, and when they came back, they were faced with a different us."

After saying this, Lin Yu fell into a long silence.

Judging from the satellite images shown by Lin Xi, the situation is indeed not optimistic for the Chinese army.

After eliminating one level-one monster, the remaining monsters ignored the "agreement" that "entry into the mountain city is not allowed" and began to attack them recklessly.

Faced with the monsters' onslaught, the Chinese army was almost powerless to resist.

They were too few in number and too poorly equipped.

Even if you can damage monsters from a distance, it's definitely not enough to completely disable those terrifying monsters within a limited time.

The situation was extremely precarious, and the Chinese army inside the city had retreated to the very center of the city.

The larger team that had originally planned to launch an attack from the outside completely disintegrated after enduring two rounds of attacks from level one monsters.

In the midst of a difficult battle, a low-flying bomber, in conjunction with artillery fire from afar, once again killed a level one monster.

But then, the plane was hit by a cluster of bacteria that shot out from the ground and tumbled toward the ground.

With its strongest asset gone, the Chinese army's somewhat risky offensive seemed destined to fail.

Lin Yu closed his eyes, unwilling to look anymore.

He waved his hand and said:
"Don't look at it anymore."

"The sacrifice of soldiers should not be used as a source of pride—even if they are your enemies."

"Yes."

Lin Xi nodded slowly.

"Even if they are our enemies, they are still respectable adversaries."

"They just took the wrong path, and we were just forced into it."

"We cannot afford any risks; we can only choose the most conservative and safest methods to ensure our survival."

"So please don't blame us."

"We didn't have to get to this point."

"But when their actions touched our very foundation and caused real losses in computing power, we could no longer sit idly by and wait for our demise."

"I know."

Lin Yu raised his hand to interrupt Lin Xi.

"You are the victors, and victors never need much explanation."

"indeed so."

Lin Xi fell silent.

After a long silence, he spoke again:
So, let's end it here.

"You've entered the real mountain city. Perhaps it's time for you to truly adapt to life here."

"Then let me show you how to be good—good—good—good—"

In an instant, Lin Xi's figure suddenly froze in place.

Lin Yu was puzzled and looked around in confusion.

"what happened?"

"Lin Xi, are you still there?"