From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Therefore, he made a decisive decision and ordered, "Everyone get ready! The Devouring Beasts regenerate very quickly. Prepare for the next wave of attacks!"

"Commander-in-Chief..."

At this moment, a city garrison soldier, looking flustered, gritted his teeth and finally revealed the truth: "We're running out of ammunition, I'm afraid... I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for the next wave."

Seng stood there stunned, then heard Hilda say, "Commander, the beasts regenerate very quickly. According to our estimates, they won't have more than ten minutes to climb back up the lighthouse! Only by using the electromagnetic cannon can we wipe them all out!"

Upon hearing this, Seng took a deep breath and ordered, "Contact the city lord. I will speak with him personally and request the use of the electromagnetic cannon."

Hilda immediately complied.

After the call connected, Charles asked, "How's the situation?"

"Lord City Lord."

Seng said in a pleading tone, "Part of Beast Mountain has collapsed, but there is something inside that we don't know about, which allows the Devouring Beasts to regenerate quickly. Perhaps in less than ten minutes, they will be back on the Lighthouse."

The only solution now is to use electromagnetic cannons to wipe them out in one fell swoop!

"No."

Charles refused without hesitation.

"why?"

Sengge's face was filled with anger. "We're out of ammunition! We can't hold out for the next wave! We have to use the electromagnetic cannon now to solve this once and for all!"

However, Charles remained unmoved, stating bluntly: "If we bombard it, the lighthouse will be paralyzed, and this electricity needs to be used where it is most needed."

Jingnan has already reported to me that as long as the brain-connection experiment can be completed and the anti-gravity system can be restarted, the crisis of the Lighthouse can be resolved.

I can't put all my hopes on you.

"Your Majesty Commander."

Van Lu, standing beside Charles, spoke up, “Guarding the lighthouse is your duty. The city lord has given you everything he could.”

If you can't hold the position, hand over command to the Red Captain.

After saying that, the call ended.

"asshole!"

Seng didn’t care about the vase, but Charles’s actions chilled him to the bone—he had served Morgan and Charles for two generations, and yet he couldn’t even get this little privilege.

Even at crucial moments, he was asked to relinquish command?

That's truly unfilial!

Just then, Hilda noticed that the central surveillance camera had gone black and immediately ordered, "Something's blocking the bottom surveillance camera on the top tower! Flying scouts! Go check it out!"

"Yes!"

One person donned a flamethrower, flew out of the defense platform, and went down to investigate, only to find that the area below was crawling with Devouring Beasts!

Snake-dogs, spiky eels, and burrowing beasts clung together, forming a dense, semi-circular sphere. The sight instantly horrified the scout, who screamed into the communicator, his voice trembling: "Devouring Beasts! There are more under the lighthouse..."

Before he could finish speaking, one of the Devouring Beasts stuck out its long tongue, hooked the scout's neck, and pulled him into the Devouring Beast horde.

Hiss!

The sound of flesh being torn apart came through the communicator, sending a chill down the spines of Hilda and all the core members of the city defense forces on the communication channel.

Within ten seconds, dozens of Devouring Beasts had crossed the protective net and entered the defense platform.

Facing the Devouring Beasts head-on, the city's defense troops were filled with fear. In addition, the Devouring Beasts were positioned perpendicular to them, so bullets could only hit their heads and backs. Not to mention that the shells of the offspring of the Devouring Beasts were extremely hard, and small-caliber bullets could not penetrate them at all.

Once a baby beast of the Necromond grabs your face, it releases a corrosive liquid, killing you instantly.

"Help!"

When the city garrison soldiers ran out of bullets and saw the ferocious teeth of the snake-dog, they turned around in fright. However, before they could run a few steps, the snake-dog caught up with them, bit off the back of their necks, and then began to extract the life essence from their bodies using the glowing organs on both sides that resembled dreadlocks.

The others, seeing this, tried to help and fired at the snake-dog, but were pounced on by a spiky eel, which bit through their throats and killed them instantly.

Faced with the horde of beasts climbing the drilling pillars and defense platforms, the core force of the city's defense army was completely powerless to fight back.

Gunfire continued!

Blood splattered on the iron plate!

Hilda shouted to Seng, who was still firing at the Devouring Beasts, "Commander! Abandon the drilling rig! Proceed to Upper Ring!"

"No! If we head to Sheung Wan, this place will fall!"

Sengge, piloting the heavy 3D vehicle, crushed the head of a small Devouring Beast, no more than two meters long, with one foot. He then aimed his gun at its abdomen and fired several shots, shattering its Spirit Seed. However, because the Lighthouse was not on the ground, the Devouring Beast could not transform into Breath Soil to return to its ecosystem after death, leaving behind a corpse.

"We have already lost the city!"

Hilda roared.

For an instant.

Seng stopped attacking, staring blankly at the city defense soldiers who were fighting the Devouring Beasts but were being overwhelmed, being preyed upon by snake dogs, having their souls sucked by thorn eels, and having their faces hugged by baby beasts. He realized a fact:

The drilling column section where the defense platform is located—

It has already fallen!

Stunned, he recalled his bold vows to Charles… he remembered Charles refusing to grant him the authority to use the electromagnetic cannon… he remembered his decision to hand over command to Red Girl if he couldn't control it…

All these thoughts made him appear in an indescribable daze at this moment!

"boom!"

A sudden gunshot startled him awake.

Hilda!

Chapter 1232 Don't Treat Sensible People Like Eggs (Part 2)

Seeing Hilda lying on the monitor screen with a bullet piercing her head, Orland's eyes widened in horror. He rushed over, picked her up, and pulled off his heavy mask, his eyes bloodshot: "Hilda! Hilda! Wake up! You'll be alright, you'll be alright!"

While Seng was in a daze, in order to minimize losses and casualties, Hilda gave the order on Seng's behalf, sending the combat personnel to the upper ring of the defense platform.

This action led Ned, the war supervisor of the Light and Shadow Society, to aim his gun at Hilda's head and pull the trigger.

"why?"

Orland glared at Ned, his bloodshot eyes flashing with intense killing intent—

Zhang Zhiwei saved his life, and he thought that he would have the opportunity to go to the Hall of Dawn with Hilda in the future, or even to confirm his relationship with her as a lover and family in private.

As long as he is transferred to the Red Captain's team later, even Charles will probably have to turn a blind eye.

But now...

Charles's henchman, Ned, the war inspector of the Light and Shadow Society, actually shot and killed Hilda with his own hands, shattering his dreams.

"Abandon the drilling rig platform!"

Having regained his senses, Senger issued the order.

"what?"

"Sengge, is this how you give orders so hastily?"

boom!

Another gunshot rang out.

It was Seng who fired the shot.

Holding a heavy pistol, he blasted off the left leg of the supervising officer who had spoken up next to Ned with a single shot.

"what!"

The supervising officer was screaming in pain.

"Sengge, what are you doing?"

Ned swallowed hard and, along with the other supervising officers, pointed their guns at Seng, while Nabri took the opportunity to slip away, unwilling to die there.

"Soldiers who want to survive—"

"What's wrong with it?!"

Seng stepped onto the stairs and approached the supervising officer whose leg he had broken. He raised his heavy foot and stomped on the man's head.

Click.

With a little force, the person's skull shattered, and the red and white contents turned into a puddle of spicy tofu pudding.

“If anyone should be giving orders, it should be you. Hilda overstepped her authority just now, so I was right to fire!” Ned tried his best to justify himself.

"Ah!"

Seng smiled, his face cold and stern, and suddenly pulled the trigger, blowing Ned's head off with a single shot. "I'm not as merciful as Zhang Zhiwei to you bunch of guys who act arrogantly in the Lighthouse because of Charles!"

Then he said to the others, "Now, there is only one way for us to survive, and that is to seize control of the lighthouse and activate the electromagnetic cannon!"

Do you want to fight to the death with the Devouring Beasts below, only to be exhausted and torn apart by them?

Do you still want to come with me to overthrow that Charles who came to power by murdering Mark and is nothing but a piece of trash?

Choose for yourself—

This moment.

Apart from Orland, who was grieving while holding Hilda, everyone else pointed their guns at the other supervising officers. The moment they pulled the trigger, bullets poured out, riddling them all with holes.

For personal reasons.

Like Seng, they didn't want to die.

For the public good.

For the safety of the lighthouse, they believed that only by seizing control of the lighthouse and activating the electromagnetic cannon could they completely eliminate the Devouring Beasts below and achieve victory.

Besides, rumors of Charles's plot to murder Mark had already spread throughout the entire Lighthouse over the past six months, and everyone was dissatisfied with being used by Charles...

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One side of the lifting platform.

Due to the mental shock of the Kloto system, Red Girl dared not use her mental scanning ability for a short period of time, but her six senses were also extremely sharp. Hearing the commotion below, she roughly figured out the situation and said to Zhang Zhiwei, "I originally thought that Seng was just weak in ability, but I didn't expect that he could also be considered a person with feelings and emotions."