Ling Cage: I come from Hisakawa

Chapter 236 The Real Goal
"It's a success!" Hilda looked at the screen and her tense expression relaxed slightly.

She looked around.

Everyone's face showed an expression of relief, as if they had survived a disaster.

In a corner, a doctor was bandaging the wounds of a wounded city garrison soldier, with several corpses of city garrison soldiers lying around them, already turned to dust.

Despite the rapid arrival of robot support, some people still lost their lives in the attacks by the minions.

Compared to the hunters, the city defense forces were indeed less experienced in fighting the Devouring Beasts. However, the most important reason for their casualties was that the attack was sudden.

No one expected that the Devouring Beast could climb the tower from such a distance, like launching a rocket in the Old World.

Fortunately, they held on.

Suddenly, Jingnan's voice came over the loudspeaker: "Don't let your guard down. Only a small part of Beast Mountain has collapsed. There are other things supporting it inside, but we can't see what they are."

Hilda's expression faltered slightly.

On the screen, the top of Beast Mountain collapsed, but the Devouring Beasts continued to climb, showing a tendency to form another small hill.

These monsters
Hilda gritted her teeth: "Stay vigilant, now is not the time to let your guard down!"

"Understood!" Everyone perked up.

We're about to evacuate, and nobody wants to fall at this time.

"Hilda, tally the casualties and determine how many combat-ready troops we've lost. I need to report to Commander-in-Chief Victor," Deputy Commander Senger instructed Hilda.

Seng was wearing a gravity suit, and there were six glaring scratches near his helmet.

During the attack, a small beast jumped onto his head. If the city guards hadn't reacted quickly and pried open the beast's limbs to save him, he would probably be a pile of dust by now.

“Yes!” Hilda replied solemnly.

At this moment, the gunfire inside the lighthouse gradually subsided.

“The vast majority of the Devouring Beasts that infiltrated the Lighthouse have been eliminated, but some are still lurking somewhere. Should we send the Hunters to search for them?” Jingnan asked Mark in the navigation command room.

Mark shook his head: "Ignore those that are lurking."

“These Devouring Beasts that rushed up to the lighthouse are different from ordinary Devouring Beasts. They are offspring of the Bearer Beasts. They will naturally wither away after being separated from the Bearer Beasts for a period of time. The Hunters are currently cooperating with the city defense army to ensure the smooth completion of the relocation plan. There is no time or need to look for them.”

Jingnan nodded: "Okay, you have more to say on this than I do."

Mark's brows were furrowed.

He didn't understand why the Devouring Beast had sent this wave of offspring up. Was it just to seize a few life essences before the lighthouse completed its transfer?
As for?
Mark racked his brains trying to figure it out.

He had never thought about this kind of question before, because he had only regarded the Devouring Beast as a ferocious and cunning beast.

But Bai Yuekui told him a lot of information.

The biological brain within the Klotor system actually controls the actions of the Earth Vine and the Devouring Beast.

From the lighthouse crash to the siege by the Devouring Beasts, and then to the surprise attack just now, the Kloto System must be behind it all.

Would the powerful Klotor system, with its prophetic abilities, stage a "rocket launch" specifically for the Lighthouse so that the Devouring Beast could seize a few life essences?

“I have a bad feeling.” Mark took a deep breath. “Tell everyone to hurry up, and don’t take anything that’s not important.”

“Okay.” Jingnan nodded.

Mark rested his chin on his hand and murmured, "He shouldn't be so petty."

"What did you say?" Jingnan asked, looking puzzled.

Mark snapped out of his reverie and whispered, "From the moment the lighthouse fell, I felt that everything was inextricably linked to the Kloto system, including that sneak attack just now."

"I feel something's off." "Something's definitely not right."

"Because if the Kloto system really was behind this, things shouldn't have ended so easily."

Jingnan was stunned.

“A dome!” she exclaimed.

"What's wrong?" Mark asked, looking confused. "Did you think of something?"

Jingnan's cheeks flushed, and he said urgently, "His goal is the dome that stores helium!"

"The lighthouse currently has no power source and relies entirely on the helium gas in its dome to maintain its levitation. If the dome breaks, the lighthouse will crash to the ground in less than half a minute!"

The consequences of a fall are self-evident.

Mark was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening, and his expression immediately turned extremely ugly.

“The slime from the offspring can corrode steel.” Mark’s face turned ashen.

Let alone a whole pack of beasts, even a single beast, if left undetected, could easily riddle the lighthouse's dome with holes.

When the helium leaks, the entire lighthouse will crash into the Beast Mountain!

Everyone must die!
Mark suddenly stood up: "I have to join the fight too. You'll be in charge of everything. Make sure to protect the inflatable dome."

After saying that, he quickly ran out of the navigation control room.

His mind isn't as quick as Jingnan's; staying here would just be a waste of time.

He'll be much more useful going out and putting on Dawnbreaker now than he is here!
Entrusted with this critical mission, Jingnan did not hesitate.

She gripped the microphone tightly: "Ran Bing, lead the Hunters to inspect the gas supply chamber and gas pipelines. Be quick!"

She then quickly switched to another channel.

"Commander Victor, apart from the necessary city defense troops to maintain order, disperse all other city defense troops and carefully search all areas around the inflatable dome. The Devouring Beast's target is likely there!"

Under Jingnan's command, the hunters and city defense troops split into smaller groups and rushed toward the gas chamber and the dome.

Every second counts, this is the moment!
Ta da da - da da da -

Da da da--

A series of crisp, clanging sounds echoed through the empty pipes, like someone repeatedly tapping the inner walls of the pipes with their fingernails.

However, the living people on the lighthouse are now being transferred. Even 0609 and Li An'an, who used to live in the pipe, have already left. So who is making noise in the pipe now?
"squeak--"

A beast with six long legs diligently moved forward along the inner wall of the pipe.

Its sharp limbs are like many sharpened steel knives, easily piercing holes in the long-neglected pipes. Its body seems unrestrained by gravity, climbing straight upwards.

The beast is crawling inside the gas duct.

The helium gas released by the lighthouse earlier entered the dome through this gas pipeline, ultimately counteracting gravity and helping the lighthouse stop just tens of meters from the ground.

Behind it followed two other beasts.

The fighting outside effectively distracted humanity, helping them navigate the most difficult part. Now, they can simply continue upwards to reach the lighthouse's inflatable dome and complete their mission.

They squeaked, their fangs twitching up and down, looking inexplicably lewd.

"There's a sound coming from the pipes!"

"Open it quickly!"

(End of this chapter)