Tokyo: The Player Behind the Scenes.

Chapter 228, Section 226: Successive Breakthroughs

Through the window, Muramasa Taki watched as a convoy forcibly dragged the last group of citizens who were unwilling to leave onto the vehicles.

It took seven days, and at least within this urban area, except for a few people who deliberately played hide-and-seek, didn't believe in the superstition, and wanted to take the opportunity to get rich by buying things for free, the area has been cleared.

Turning around, I saw Nobi Tomoyoshi and Reno sitting on the sofa, gesturing at a map.

They would naturally not be absent from such a grand event.

"Given the current situation, I feel like we can't get involved."

Looking at the densely marked defensive measures on the map, Renault thought that even the resurrected Demon Blade would learn to value peace, and the reappearance of the Kyoto Giant would have to bow and offer a toast.

"More importantly, we haven't even reached the part about Mount Fuji in 'The Promise of the Underworld' yet."

Nobi Tomoyoshi shook his head, which showed that none of them knew who the real enemy was.

Those monsters were clearly just lackeys and thugs they had been pushed out to fight.

"I suspect that the serpent I encountered at Lake Motosu is related to the snake demon in the game," Taki said as he walked up to them.

In the game, after leaving his family, Doman Akatsuki encounters an elderly monk with the Taoist name Yuzen, and under his guidance, he enters the Buddhist order and converts to the Shingon sect.

At that time, true practitioners were extremely rare. Doman Akatsuki and Yuzen were probably the two strongest practitioners in Japan at that time.

Monsters rely on spiritual energy far less than cultivators, but they can't truly be without spiritual energy.

Therefore, after a surge in the number of monsters due to a decrease in cultivators, the number of monsters declined rapidly and, like many others, gradually became scarcer.

But overall, there are still more of them than practitioners.

After converting to the Shingon sect, Xiaoche, under the guidance of the monk Youchan, traveled throughout the country subduing demons and helping the wicked, and gradually came to understand some aspects of Buddhism.

Then they got stuck on a snake demon.

The main reason is that monks insist on not killing living beings, even if the target is a demon.

Therefore, the battle was extremely difficult, and we were stuck here, suspecting that we were missing key items or information.

They thought of the snake bone from the Daoman family, but the problem was that Xiaoche was unwilling to use anything related to the Daoman family.

If they try to get him to use the methods of an Onmyoji, their suspicion will skyrocket, leading to the game's failure.

"The game is set in 1677. How can these monsters live for so long? I'm so envious."

Renault remarked with a sigh, "So living to be a hundred years old is considered short-lived among monsters, right?"

"Assuming it's the same snake, then this grand formation is meant to seal this snake demon? Muramasa, when you saw that snake, was it very different from the one in the game?"

Nobita's gaming intuition told him that the two snakes might be the same one, but this large formation was definitely not built to seal it.

"Yes, it already looks very much like a legendary dragon, with faint horns on its head that haven't grown yet." Taki nodded.

"Since it's an array, there shouldn't be any reason for the sealed entity to become stronger and stronger."

"Perhaps the formation has already malfunctioned."

Taki lowered his head, recalling Renault's words.

'These monsters can live for so long.'

She never believed the origin of the story, that Ashiya Doman planned to rebuild Yomi for the sake of humanity.

Moreover, the mother of the first head of the Doman family is also quite suspicious.

Before she could think any further, Leon sent her an urgent message.

A beast tide has appeared.

Outside the first line of defense.

Leon laid out a large number of IFF mines and blast zones.

So before these monsters even reached the first line of defense, explosions were already raging one after another in the forest.

Looking down, one can see the explosion spreading rapidly like a fuse, with large swathes of forest collapsing like dominoes.

But this massive amount of explosives failed to cause any obstruction, not even qualifying as a speed bump.

Once the group of monsters had completely broken out of the forest and reached the first line of defense, Leon finally understood what was going on.

These monsters weren't outrageously numerous overall, but they were all demonic muscle beasts, much more robust in size than those that had appeared before.

More importantly, these things have shields!

The intense firepower slammed into the charging horde of beasts, but the expected scene of them being torn apart did not occur.

Where the bullets landed, concentric circles of dark red ripples spread outwards, as if the terrifying impact was mostly absorbed by this eerie red film.

Alright, so I've become the interstellar commander, leading the Terran mechanized army to resist the hybrids, right?

But interstellar shields are limited, and these monsters' shields seem impossible to break no matter what! At most, they can only cause some slowing effect.

“It’s not without effect.” Hirosue Eri shook her head and pointed into the distance. “The existence of Mount Fuji is constantly replenishing this shield for them, but we can’t see it. However, the forest can feel it.”

"Okay, let's see who lasts longer."

Leon gritted his teeth. So what if he's using cheats? He can do that too!

He decisively picked up the communicator and called the air force on standby at a nearby base.

On the battlefield, the horde of monsters, enduring machine gun fire, dismantled the fortress like taking apart Lego bricks, smashing the sentry guns inside.

boom!
An unmanned combat vehicle was overturned by a giant bear, whose size was comparable to a small tank, and its tracks broke.

The pre-set explosives inside the tank detonated, igniting the monsters charging at the front.

They roared as they trampled across the burning earth and debris, clearing away obstacles.

The crimson shield twisted and deformed in the flames, yet it remained unbroken.

The carefully arranged outer "speed bumps" and the first line of defense couldn't even hold out for ten minutes before falling one after another.

The roar of engines filled the sky as bombers streaked across the horizon, dropping a barrage of bombs.

Amidst the continuous tremors of the earth, the fire raged and boiled, leaving behind a scorched wasteland.

Under such intense attacks, some of the monsters' shields finally failed to keep up, and they were blasted by the explosion, leaving them with bloody superficial wounds.

These enhanced monsters possess terrifyingly strong defensive capabilities even without shields.

The dark, monstrous figures, glowing with a blood-red aura and exuding an aura of destruction, roared as they broke through the sea of ​​fire, crashing down on the second line of defense, which consisted of armored vehicles and city walls, like a landslide or a tsunami.

Wow!

The water monsters naturally wouldn't give up on this route of attack.

The fish-headed monster broke through the numerous obstacles placed in the river and advanced amidst a hail of bullets.

They didn't have shields like the ground monsters, probably because there were just too many of them. They surged forward along the river, continuously attacking both banks, and their sheer numbers put a lot of pressure on Leon's forces.

On the command tower of the sandbar.

Looking at the difficult situation before him, Leon's original 80% chance of winning began to falter, and his odds of winning plummeted.

dong dong!

The monsters crashed into the reinforced concrete city walls that had been built in the last few days, creating a deafening roar.

Can it hold up?

As more and more monsters crashed into the wall, the wall became increasingly dilapidated, even appearing as if it were being pushed along.

"Execute the evacuation plan"

Seeing the second line of defense crumbling, Leon had no choice but to grit his teeth and utter those words.

The core of the second line of defense is this city wall. Other armored units, drone base vehicles, mechanical dog swarms, and Talos squads are all designed to rely on this city wall and the surrounding buildings for defense and attrition.

Now that the city walls are no longer insurmountable, with the sheer force of these monsters, those buildings are practically made of paper, making them unsuitable for street fighting.

We must retreat, but we also need a second line of defense to buy more time.

boom! Bang!
Concrete blocks of the city wall shattered and flew away, the damage continued to expand, the entire section of the city wall was shaking violently, and the steel plates and reinforcing bars inside were gradually deforming.

The armored forces attempted to suppress the point of impact with heavy firepower, but the ammunition had little effect on the rippling blood-red ripples.

Outside the wall, tireless monsters, like giant battering rams, crashed down again and again, like a scaled-down version of the Orc siege in the Lord of the Rings movies.

finally--

Boom! With a deafening crash, a section of the city wall, nearly ten meters long, collapsed inward like a giant kicking over a stack of blocks, sending dust billowing into the sky.

The collapsing wall instantly crushed the two tanks below, burying them completely.

The collapsed breach was like the gates of hell being opened.

A horde of ferocious monsters surged in like a torrent, carrying smoke and rubble.

"The breach is open! Block it!" the commander's voice roared over the communication channel.

Amidst the buzzing sound, a massive swarm of combat drones took off from the rear nest, rushed towards the breach, and crashed directly into those hideous heads.

The explosion blasted into blinding orbs of light on the dark red shield, briefly obscuring its path.

The combat mechanical dog fearlessly roamed around, its machine gun on its back attempting to slow down the enemy's advance.

However, their frail bodies were easily crushed and kicked away by the monster's immense strength and impact, with parts scattered all over the ground, with just the slightest touch.

A drone base vehicle was spotted by a giant bear that had charged into the defensive line. The bear raised its shovel-like paw and slammed it down.

Bang!

The alloy shell deformed instantly under this terrifying force, and with several more heavy punches, the base vehicle exploded with countless sparks and thick smoke.

"The defense line has been breached! Request the execution of Evacuation Plan No. 2!"

"Approved. You may evacuate to the command post."

"All units, execute Evacuation Plan No. 2! Retreat to the sandbar! Quickly!"

The commander of the Talos squad issued orders over the channel.

Without hesitation, the armored vehicle turned around and roared as it charged backward!

While providing cover fire, the Talos squad used jetpacks to perform short-distance maneuvers and jumps, creating distance between themselves and the surging monsters.

They could only be thankful that the buildings inside the defensive line were equipped with a number of unmanned devices, which could attract the attention of some of the monsters.

However, their retreat route, the pontoon bridge leading to the narrow waterway of the sandbar, was the real predicament.

Blah blah blah!

A large number of fish-headed monsters had somehow broken through to this place, bursting out of the turbid river water, their slippery bodies covered in slime and gleaming cold light, and crawling scattered across the shore.

They attacked with sharp bone spikes and eerie water currents, blocking bridges and waterfront passages.

On land, the main force of land-based monsters is relentlessly pursuing and crushing everything in their path!

On this side of the riverbank are an astonishing number of fish-headed monsters.

The Talos squad and the remaining dozen or so armored vehicles were squeezed into a small mudflat.

"Requesting artillery support!"

"The water monster has also launched an attack on the sandbar, and we are temporarily unable to provide support!"

Ammunition was poured out in two directions, explosions erupted one after another, but it was no match for the surging, encircling demon soldiers.

Several soldiers, separated from their comrades, desperately tried to build makeshift shelters behind the armored vehicle, but were easily knocked away by several giant bears.

Heavy armored vehicles were overturned and torn apart by the swarming monsters, and screams were drowned out by the roars of the beasts.

The captain of the Talos squad knelt behind a twisted steel plate, watching the charging fish-headed monster, while the muffled voice of the command center came through the communicator.

A tremendous sense of powerlessness gripped his throat.

I'm afraid I won't be able to leave.

Just when despair was about to overwhelm everyone,
Woo——Boom!

A low, whistling sound pierced the battlefield as a dozen or so massive metal pods descended from the sky.

They didn't land with precise aim, but instead, carrying devastating kinetic energy, they crashed directly into the rear of the horde of fish-headed monsters that were frantically charging towards the Talos squad.

Bang! Pfft
The heavy hull combined with the terrifying speed of descent instantly crushed a large number of fish-headed monsters into mincemeat.

The stench of blood and mangled limbs mixed with mud and splashing river water carved out a horrific vacuum in the midst of the monstrous swarms on the riverbank.

The hatch at the front of the row opened amidst the smoke and dust.

Steam rose, and a burly figure strode out first.

He was dressed in heavy, rugged armor covered in graffiti and greyish-white power armor.

A V-shaped scanning beam lit up on the thick visor of the helmet, and the burly hands held an exaggeratedly shaped, enormous Gauss rifle that was as tall as an ordinary soldier.

"Who's calling the Rangers? Yo!" A slightly hoarse, cynical voice boomed through the loudspeaker. He turned his mask toward the ferocious beasts on the battlefield and the besieged Talos squad, whistling exaggeratedly, "That's quite a sight! Rangers, time to stretch your legs!"

Before he finished speaking, the doors of the airdrop pods that had crashed behind and beside him opened, and more than a dozen Marines, also dressed in standard blue powered armor, emerged from them.

"These wretched things remind me of bugs."

The lead ranger roared, and his heavy guns eagerly spat out bullets.

Om-!
This was not the sound of ordinary gunpowder bullets, but a piercing hum similar to high-frequency vibrations in the air.

The metal spikes fired from the Gauss rifle tore through the air and slammed into the fish-headed monsters, who were somewhat stunned by the sudden air raid.

The powerful kinetic energy instantly pierced through their bodies, increasing the firepower by an order of magnitude compared to the Talos squad's previous firepower.

Even when it hits those monsters, the blocking effect is even stronger.

“You want to cross to the other side, huh?” the Ranger commander shouted to the members of Talos’ squad. “We’ll cover you, let’s go.”

The soldiers of Talos's squad suddenly realized that no matter where these heavily armed warriors came from, they were their only hope for survival.

They only had time to say thank you before running towards the still-existing pontoon bridge on the riverbank. Taking advantage of the lull in the number of fish-headed monsters and the cover provided by the rangers, they activated their jetpacks halfway across the pontoon bridge and successfully reached the sandbar.

Nobita escaped the horde of monsters somewhat disheveled and came to the side of the rangers.

This cavalry was naturally a righteous ally he had summoned, but he never expected to be able to summon an entire army.

I don't know if this counts as a lucky draw.

Nobi was about to say something.

Jim Reynolds' heavy mask slid up to reveal a weathered, stubble-covered face.

He had lit a cigarette without anyone noticing, took a deep drag, exhaled a string of smoke rings, and swept a group of charging fish monsters with his gun, the sound mixed with the smell of gunpowder.

"Hey, that kid over there dressed like he's in cosplay!" He pointed at Nobi with his chin. "Well done, you've got guts, but..."

He drawled, "Let me make it clear beforehand, our Rangers charge very fair rates. This time, the appearance fee and ammunition costs...tsk tsk, you'd better prepare a considerable amount of crystal ore or at least its equivalent in gold. No credit, no delays!"

Nobi Chira: "."

His words were cut off. He really was planning to buy on credit, or maybe try using items from the points mall as a reward later? Unfortunately, he didn't have any points.

Jim saw his stunned expression and shook his head with a tsk tsk: "Well, another one who's penniless. My business is losing money hand over fist!"

A ranger who was firing fiercely at the horde of beasts nearby shouted, "Boss! Stop messing with him! Same old deal! Consider this a free trial! Next time, remember to prepare double the commission and put it on his tab!"

Jim rolled his eyes, didn't argue, just pulled the trigger hard with a cigarette in his mouth, the powerful recoil making the armor vibrate.

"That's a wrap, guys!"

Jim tossed away his cigarette butt, his mask snapping shut. "These monsters are tough as nails, and their shields are even self-charged! They're even more sinister than those Protoss turtles. This is the limit of what we can do! Storm One, bring us home!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than an even more violent roar of engines echoed from the sky! A transport ship tore through the clouds, plunging down at an almost vertical angle! The powerful airflow sent sand and stones flying across the ground.

The massive belly hatch of the transport ship burst open above everyone's heads with a deafening roar.

From all directions, more and more demonic beasts roared and swarmed in, their eyes flashing with a crazed crimson, their blood-red shields forming a continuous mass, like a surging tide of blood.

"Withdraw!" Jim roared.

The rangers were sucked up.

Ahead of the spaceship, a pitch-black void suddenly appeared, seemingly swallowing even the light.

The transport ship accelerated and plunged into the center of the eerie black hole, disappearing from the battlefield along with it.

"."

Alone, Nobita watched the surging army of monsters, then helplessly used the save point and disappeared from the spot.

(End of this chapter)