"Commander..." the soldier trembled uncontrollably, as if seeing a horrifying scene, upon seeing the image transmitted back.
He swallowed hard, his voice cracking with fear, "There's a... monster!"
Zhou Shoushan's eyelids twitched. He ordered the pilot feed from just now to be displayed in the control room.
They watched as their reconnaissance aircraft, sent for patrol, struggled through the thick smoke. Suddenly, a colossal claw extended from the front, snatching the pilot and the aircraft.
Sharp fangs, appearing abruptly, glinted menacingly in the black fog.
The claw dragged the pilot out of the cockpit. The monster opened a gaping maw and swallowed the pilot whole. With a heart-wrenching scream, blood splattered everywhere.
The monster chewed, emitting the crunching sound of bones breaking...
"Boom!" The helicopter crashed, leaving behind its final image.
Silence fell over the entire observation tower.
The pilot's final look of despair, and the monster chewing shredded flesh with a twisted grin on its lips, were seared into their minds.
The impact of this footage would take a long time to forget...
"Sir... Sir!" another soldier, drenched in sweat and still bearing dried blood, limped over.
He was a spatial ability user from the base.
"That monster ate everyone it saw along the way! Regular artillery is useless against it. It's heading towards Luocheng Base... it's coming..." He spat blood and collapsed to the ground as soon as he finished speaking.
"Quick! Healers, tend to him!" Zhou Shoushan commanded, his heart turning cold.
Although the fog was dense, he could tell the monster was coming from the direction of Fengcheng Base.
Did that mean Luo Xiaole and the others were also...?
He was consumed by a deep sense of self-blame.
And now, Luocheng Base faced an even greater crisis. How could they possibly stop this monster's indiscriminate rampage?
Just one hour later.
"Boom!" The main gate of Luocheng Base was kicked open by the monster, sending dust billowing everywhere.
Zhou Shoushan, along with his guards, stood at the entrance, his eyes wide with disbelief.
"How could this be..." he muttered, unable to comprehend it.
He had already deployed all his weaponry in advance, including the weapons purchased from Luo Xiaole. From rocket launchers to thermobaric bombs, they had all been unleashed furiously at the monster from a distance away from Luocheng Base.
Concurrently, most of the elite ability users within Luocheng Base had been buffed and attacked the monster simultaneously with their most destructive abilities.
Yet, the monster remained completely unharmed.
And if they hadn't retreated quickly, even though heavily injured, they would have returned to the base, almost wiping out the elite forces of Luocheng Base!
What kind of terrifying existence was this?
"We can't fight it," Zhou Shoushan's brow was furrowed as if carrying a mountain. He quickly made a decision. "We can only use the last resort..."
His expression suddenly became calm. He picked up the intercom, "All ability users, coordinate with the spatial ability users and transfer the citizens to the underground fortress."
"Yes! Commander!" countless voices responded through the intercom.
After clearing out the Green Dragon Gang, Zhou Shoushan had ordered the construction of a spatial tunnel between that massive cave and Luocheng Base.
This was precisely to prevent such a situation.
He had never expected disaster to strike so swiftly.
There was no trace of fear in Zhou Shoushan's eyes. He gazed quietly at the massive figure not far away. Even if it meant sacrificing his own body to buy time, he wanted others to have more opportunities to escape.
He had weathered many storms over the years and felt he had lived enough. He had nothing to regret.
"Gaa~" The monster saw so many people and was delighted.
Its unique physique made it impervious to weapons and it could not die, after all, its source of power did not belong to this world.
But that little guy from Fengcheng Base could actually injure it!
It was not convinced!
Once it had devoured everyone here and regained its strength, it would definitely return to turn that little guy into dust!
The monster's gaze fell upon Zhou Shoushan, who stood calmly at the forefront of the crowd.
"Gaa?" So calm, so arrogant? Just like that little guy!
Die!
The monster took two steps forward and was about to grab Zhou Shoushan.
"Don't you dare touch the Commander!" someone shouted, and a sharp lightning ball struck its head.
"Gaa?" A joke, it felt like a tickle!
It spewed out a torrent of fire, incinerating the ability user into ashes before everyone's eyes!
The others gasped in terror!
It reached for Zhou Shoushan again.
"Don't touch the Commander!" another person rushed forward to shield Zhou Shoushan.
Before Zhou Shoushan could stop him, the person was grabbed by the monster and crunched in its mouth...
This time, it finally succeeded in grabbing Zhou Shoushan.
"Crack!" It bit off an arm...
But Zhou Shoushan didn't utter a sound.
The monster's amusement diminished by half!
Trying to be tough, huh? Then I'll torment you slowly, bit by bit, letting you feel what it's like to be eaten, heh heh heh...
It turned Zhou Shoushan around and took another bite, severing his leg...
Flesh and blood slowly dissolved in its mouth, and it wore a look of extreme satisfaction, eating with great relish...
"Creeaak!" The sound of a car speeding towards them suddenly appeared!
"Bang!" Immediately followed by a deafening explosion.
The monster's back was struck by something, and it instantly became a bloody mess.
Everyone stared in shock.
Luo Xiaole leaped from the car, effortlessly lifting an enormous rocket launcher, and fired three rapid shots at the monster!
And behind that car, followed a horde of terrifying zombies!
"Gaa!" The monster, hit by the blast, was incredulous again. How did the little guy know it was here?
It was ruining its good time again!
It violently slammed the Zhou Shoushan it was holding to the ground!
Another figure leaped out of the car and, before hitting the ground, managed to catch Zhou Shoushan...
"Treat Commander Zhou first," Mo Chen put him down, letting the nearby healers take over, then darted back to Luo Xiaole's side.
"Go back! Don't come out!" Luo Xiaole shouted. The others obediently took cover behind the base's defenses, but still peeked out curiously.
The great battle was about to begin!
Without a word, Luo Xiaole pulled out a large arsenal of heavy firearms and artillery from her space.
With immense power, she shouted, "One right whip kick!" The guns and cannons on her right simultaneously fired, smashing into the monster's head, creating a massive bloody hole!
"One left front kick!" Grenades filled with white phosphorus on her left struck its chest once more.
Seeing her like this, Zhou Xiaojun and the others picked up her weapons and unleashed a barrage of fire at the monster!
But it was completely useless...
Everyone looked on in horror. Could only Luo Xiaole damage it?
"I'll borrow your carnivorous flowers too," Luo Xiaole said. Seeing the situation, she directly asked the others to bring out all the carnivorous flowers.
"Flowers... what's his name... Er Gouzi? Gou Dan? Murong what's-his-name..." Luo Xiaole's tongue slipped. "Come and shoot with me!" Before she finished speaking, Er Gouzi and the others quickly ran up, each controlling several guns and cannons, and fired directly at the monster's body!
Ten minutes later...
Everyone else was wearing sunglasses.
It was more terrifying than a hail of bullets!
Looking any longer would blind them!
And the monster, riddled with holes like a sieve, a messy pulp, finally collapsed heavily to the ground...