From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

once.

twice.

three times.

After nearly eight or nine attempts, one of the Devouring Beasts finally managed to grab the bottom iron bar.

The Devouring Beast that gripped the iron bar seemed to possess intelligence. Instead of immediately climbing up to the upper defense platform, it used its hind legs and tail to hold onto the iron bar, hanging down to guide the second Devouring Beast!

After the second Devouring Beast intertwined and gripped the forelimbs of the first Devouring Beast, it did not climb up, but simply remained together with the first Devouring Beast.

The same applies to the third and fourth Devouring Beasts!

They actually formed a "human ladder"!

"Wow! These beasts are quite intelligent; have their minds been linked together? They've even learned to cooperate!"

Chapter 1229 Defending the Tower

Above the defense platform, Lu Jin, scanning with his mental power, noticed the scene of the Devouring Beasts "cooperating to form a human ladder" below. He said to Zhang Zhiwei beside him, "Brother Zhang, do you think they now possess independent, simple instinctive thoughts? Or have they been temporarily unified by the higher-dimensional will behind the Mana ecosystem?"

"Judging from the current situation, it's like Sun Wukong's clone in 'Journey to the West'."

Zhang Zhiwei made his stance clear.

Clone —

This means that they are unified by that higher-dimensional will.

There is no other possibility.

Outside the defense platform below, a large nickel-containing metal net covers the area, keeping the Devouring Beasts out. Even the highly corrosive liquid on the back of the Bear Beast cannot corrode it in a short time.

"The intelligence that Shadow sent back before entering the true core of the ecosystem was indeed useful." Behind the platform, in front of the computer, Hilda was glad that she had ordered people to work overtime to make this metal mesh in advance, but she also felt a chill in her heart.

Without him.

The mana ecosystem on the continent where the lighthouse is currently hovering is indeed evolving!

Even if we weather this storm, what about the future?

In a flash, a hint of melancholy appeared in Hilda's eyes, but she immediately cut off her distracting thoughts and focused on dealing with the current situation, ordering: "One team, go to the north side and wait for orders. A Devouring Beast has climbed up from there!"

Second team, go to the west side to provide fire support. We must prevent the Devouring Beast from reaching the upper-level elevator platform!

Team Three will remain in the south! Team Four will defend the east!

note!

When the Devouring Beasts climb onto the metal mesh, their bodies will be parallel to ours. If we fire, we should aim the bullets at their chests and abdomens to destroy their spirit seeds and prevent them from regenerating.

Nearly two hundred city defense soldiers had already been divided into five teams. Apart from the four teams ordered by Hilda, the remaining team surrounded Seng, who was wearing heavy armor, ready to support the other four teams at any time.

The other four teams were extremely nervous as they watched the Devouring Beasts climb onto the metal net, their guns trembling uncontrollably.

"They're coming up!"

"Request permission to fire!"

"Commander-in-Chief!"

"I know, let's wait a little longer!"

Sengge stared at the horde of Devouring Beasts that were almost blocking the metal mesh grid. A bead of cold sweat appeared on his forehead, but he forced himself to remain calm. Just as one of the Devouring Beasts was about to climb to the top of the metal mesh and break through, he shouted, "Pull the switch!"

In an instant.

Lucas pulled the switch, and the high-voltage current instantly connected the metal network, causing the Devouring Beasts outside the metal network to emit wisps of white smoke and fall down the Devouring Beast Mountain like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

"Success!"

The core members of the city's defense forces cheered wildly, as if they had already won a victory...

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"I have to say, that Sengge is quite capable."

Lu Jin, on one side of the lifting platform, transmitted the images scanned by her mental energy to Zhang Zhiwei in real time and gave her evaluation of Sengge.

"The electric shocks are indeed effective, but the lighthouse is currently short of energy, so this move is just a delaying step for the Devouring Beasts to rise."

Zhang Zhiwei put his hands on his hips and sneered, "If it were me, I wouldn't have created my own trap and ensnared my troops in such a net."

Are we caught in our own trap?

Lu Jin nodded, finding the assessment very apt: "That's why I said he only has two skills."

The two hundred core members of the city defense army had absolutely no experience in dealing with the Devouring Beasts, and now they were all unsettled. Most of them couldn't even hold their guns steady, not to mention that there was a metal net in front of their target. Once they opened fire, unless they were extremely lucky, they would have no chance of hitting the Devouring Beast's spirit seeds.

Furthermore!

If most of the bullets actually hit that metal mesh, its ability to withstand impact will inevitably decrease very quickly...

Then Seng's orders...

Lu Jin could most likely deduce this as well.

It's likely that they realized the metal mesh couldn't withstand the impact of the bullets and the weight of the Devouring Beasts, so they chose to drop bombs, then disconnect the metal mesh, enveloping the Devouring Beast mountain below and causing an explosion to temporarily hinder the Devouring Beasts' attack.

Will it work?

If the "mountain" below is truly just a collection of various types of pan-evolving Devouring Beasts, it might actually hold out for a while...

If the goal is simply to delay the Devouring Beasts from reaching the lighthouse, not to mention Zhang Zhiwei, Lu Jin has already come up with a better plan!

What a core unit of a city defense force can do is—

Since the city defense forces have installed monitoring equipment below the lighthouse, which can see the Devouring Beasts' "human ladder" operation, then as long as three or five heavy air-to-ground aircraft are dispatched to fire on the Devouring Beasts that form the human ladder, cutting off the other Devouring Beasts' way up, more time can be bought for the lighthouse.

And it would only consume a small fraction of the energy of the heavier form, unlike what we're experiencing now...

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"Don't be careless. We've only blocked the first wave. The second wave will come soon."

Hilda urged everyone to remain calm in the communications.

"What's there to be afraid of? We can just turn on the power when they come up, right?"

One of the core members of the city's defense forces, dressed in heavy armor, said innocently.

"The lighthouse currently has limited power and is not sufficient to power it a second time."

The lighthouse has a solar power system, but now it has fallen into the clouds and no sunlight shines down... Most of the electricity will be used for the lighthouse's ascent after the anti-gravity system problem is solved.

Applying once is already the limit!

"Be on guard, the second wave is coming soon. Aim your bullets at the chest and abdomen of the Devouring Beasts!" Senger gave the order.

"Fire? The worst possible option!"

Red Girl, who was also present, disagreed. She walked to Hilda's computer and pointed to one of the monitors, saying, "Currently, there are no flying Devouring Beasts that can attack from a distance. Earth Roar doesn't have that far an attack range. We should send Heavy Lids down to cut off the 'beast ladder' built by the Devouring Beasts. Only in this way can we buy more time."

Furthermore, although the physical strength of the Devouring Beasts far exceeds that of humans, their bodies cannot withstand the pressure simply because of the accumulation of pan-type Devouring Beasts.

There must be something there...

"enough!"

Before he could finish speaking, Seng interrupted him immediately, speaking very quickly, "Captain Red, I respect you for training the city defense reserve for the Lighthouse."

But now I am the Commander-in-Chief!

You only have the right to observe, not command!

Red Girl stared at Sengge, her voice low and somber: "Incompetence is not a sin, but ignoring others' advice can lead to total defeat!"

"Hmph, stay away from Hilda, and don't even think about stealing my people away!"

Seng didn't take it seriously, only retorting once. Then, seeing the second wave of Devouring Beasts approaching, he immediately piloted his heavy 3D aircraft out of the metal net and shouted, "Fire! Don't let them climb the lighthouse!"

In a short time.

Flames spewed and bullets flew, but just as Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Jin had predicted, not many bullets hit the vital parts of the Devouring Beast. Most of the bullets hit the metal mesh instead, accelerating its wear and tear. In addition, the Devouring Beast was climbing more and more, and was already overwhelmed.

Meanwhile, Red Girl had already left the defense platform and arrived at the elevator platform, where she met up with Zhang Zhiwei, Lu Jin, and the others. She said, "Zhang Zhiwei, call everyone out. Sengge is an idiot; he's still wary of me at a time like this. We can't possibly hold the lighthouse with him. We have to do it ourselves..."

Lu Jin, once Sengge falls and the Devouring Beasts arrive, keep an eye on Charles. As for the Lighthouse crash, Brother Jiang has already mentioned that the will behind the Mana ecosystem and the artificial intelligence ASH have all made their calculations.

But we also have our own calculations!

Chapter 1230 Zhang Zhiwei Makes His Move—

"The metal mesh is about to give way!"

Hilda looked at the red alert on the computer, shouted into the communicator, and also noted down what Red Girl had said earlier. She then devoted some of her attention to activating the bio-radar device at the bottom of the lighthouse to scan.

"Drop the bomb!"

"Put down the metal mesh!"

With Seng's command, all the bombs from the lighthouse were dropped into the bottom of the metal mesh, severing the connection between the metal mesh and the lighthouse before the Devouring Beast could climb onto the elevator platform.

The giant net descended, enveloping the mountain formed by the Devouring Beasts below.

"start up!"

Upon receiving the order, Hilda immediately pressed the detonation button.

"Boom!"

The fire is soaring!

The sound reverberated!

Before Seng could react, a huge humanoid claw emerged from the Beast Mountain, grabbing a heavy 3D machine that had previously been clearing out the super-genetic Devouring Beasts outside the metal mesh and crushing it.

Then, the claws gripped the bottom structure of the lighthouse, creating a bridge for the swarming Devouring Beasts to climb.

"It's a Digjaw Beast!"

Seng was shocked. Suddenly remembering what the girl in red hadn't finished saying, a wave of shame washed over him, but it was quickly replaced by anger.

After piloting the heavy-duty three-dimensional return defense platform, Seng walked up to Hilda, looked at the results of the bio-radar scan on the screen, frowned, and asked a city defense soldier beside him, "How many missiles do we have?"