Chapter 150

On the Cartier Fort defense line, a massive barrage of fire spewed forth, with cannons roaring incessantly. This powerful firepower did shatter the bodies of some lesser-sequence creatures, but even a first-level evolver required a strike to their vital flaw to kill them. After the second evolution, these creatures' vitality was even more tenacious.

If you could survey the entire battlefield from the sky, you would witness a chilling scene.

Amidst the smoke and fire, some monstrous corpses and broken remains—mere heads or partial torsos—remained ferocious and savage. The wounds on their mangled bodies writhed with fleshy buds, growing new trunks and flesh.

As the war progressed, the previously overwhelming firepower of the human defense line began to wane. Due to the global mineral depletion, humanity's accumulated ammunition had already been depleted by nearly five-sixths in the previous battles against the sea beasts. Now, the ammunition was sparsely distributed across the various strategic points of the human defense line!

At this moment, the biggest problem facing the soldiers on the battlefield was the dwindling supply of ammunition, even of the type that struggled to penetrate the defenses of these lesser-sequence creatures. The firepower rapidly declined, with no reserves to draw upon.

The terrifying lesser-sequence creatures had already reached the front lines, and that cyan giant dragon had been wreaking havoc within the defense line for a long time!

"Send out the armored vehicles and tanks! Evolved troops, prepare to engage!"

Under the commander's orders, tanks rumbled and formed a steel torrent with armored vehicles, crushing towards the enemies rushing towards the defense line.

"..." A cyan giant wolf was incredibly fierce, forcefully charging close. Bullets struck its body, producing the sound of metal clashing against metal, with sparks flying, unable to penetrate its defenses at all.

Its body had become so strong that it ignored small-caliber firearms. Its flesh was nearly comparable to steel. It charged to the front, swung its massive claws, and smashed two armored vehicles away on the spot!

Crack! Crack!

The evolved troops followed behind the armored forces. Facing these terrifying creatures head-on, they felt a sense of fear and oppression from the depths of their genes. It was like herbivores facing a pride of lions or a pack of wolves—a deep despair that welled up from the bottom of their hearts.

"Da-da-da..."

Some evolved warriors, overwhelmed by fear, couldn't control their bodies' instinctive reactions. Their teeth chattered madly, and their bodies trembled. One was a powerful God Descendant-type warrior, among the top combatants in the unit, but he couldn't calm himself down when facing such enemies.

He felt terrified and, at the same time, exceptionally humiliated.

He bit down hard on his tongue, drawing blood, his mouth filled with a choking, metallic taste. He used the pain to suppress the uncontrollable fear. Then, with a roar, he raised the steel blade in his hand and charged towards the enemies who had broken through the steel torrent defense line, alongside his comrades.

A golden ape howled. Its body wasn't particularly tall, not much different from ordinary humans, but it possessed immense strength. It lifted a hundred-ton tank and hurled it towards the evolved troops. Then, it nimbly leaped, grabbed two evolved warriors, and with a *poof*, tore them apart, battle suit and all!

A bat-like creature flew in, and anything it touched began to petrify slowly, then shatter into the finest stone dust with a light stomp.

"Ah!"

An evolved warrior seized an opportunity and shot the cyan giant wolf in the eye socket. The high-heat energy bullet detonated rapidly inside its eyeball. With a bang, flames erupted from the cyan giant wolf's mouth, ears, and nostrils. Its flesh visibly turned charred, decaying rapidly.

The giant wolf howled in agony, struggling to retreat.

"I killed it! I killed it!" the evolved warrior shouted.

An inexplicable sense of excitement surged into his heart. This scene confirmed that these ancient creatures were not invincible. Evolved warriors, humans, could still defeat them in a head-on battle!

But the next moment, the golden ape charged over and tore the evolved warrior to pieces.

In the sky, some creatures resembling ancient pterodactyls followed the cyan-black giant dragon. They frantically attacked warplanes and armed helicopters. The warplanes flew and maneuvered at supersonic speeds, dodging the attacks, while the slower armed helicopters suffered, being torn apart in mid-air after being swarmed, exploding into fireballs dozens of meters wide.

From the current battlefield situation, it seemed that killing an ancient lesser-sequence creature required sacrificing at least several hundred or even thousands of evolved warriors' lives, attacking their relatively weak areas, or using high-energy armor-piercing rounds. However, with the rate of ammunition consumption, the firepower on the defense line could no longer sustain such tactics.

As for that cyan giant dragon, a king of the ancient civilization...

So far, the front-line commander had not devised any way to deal with it.

Its defenses were astonishing, its speed terrifying, and it possessed terrifying electromagnetic control abilities. From this perspective, it seemed to be an intelligent, second-level evolved king, but its physical strength was not weak at all. It was like a hexagonal warrior, with almost no weaknesses.

"It has already destroyed most of our defense line... Even if we can kill all of its followers, we will still be defeated if we can't find a way to deal with it!"

A war expert pointed to the cyan giant dragon on the satellite screen and said in a deep voice, "A creature of this level, given enough time, could wipe out an entire country!"

"General, we can't hold on!" someone broke down and started crying.

"Why hasn't the reinforcement arrived yet? Has the Allied Association abandoned us?"

"We're all going to die!"

Under immense pressure, even the officers in the command center began to panic.

"We... let's escape! This war is destined to be lost. If we escape now, we can cut our losses in time... I don't want to die here!" At that moment, an officer from a small country blurted out in desperation.

Kang!

A muffled gunshot rang out. Wang Ren directly shot the officer who claimed he wanted to escape, and the entire command room fell silent.

"A warrior's destiny is to die on the battlefield. I can be killed by the enemy, but I will not be scared to death." Wang Ren closed his eyes tightly and said in a deep voice, "Even our ordinary soldiers are not afraid of life and death. Are we, these senior officers, inferior to them?"

...

Boom! Boom!

The massive Kunlun battleship pierced through the gray sky. Its enormous hull had already appeared on the horizon in the distance.

Li Tianran stood in the control room. Starting from Kuangxi Island, he had traveled at the fastest speed. Now, he was less than a hundred kilometers away from reaching the Cartier Fort defense line!

He had entered the attack range!

Through satellite relay, he saw a shocking scene.

The Cartier Fort defense line was in ruins. The massive defense wall had been destroyed, and fragments of tanks, chariots, and warplanes were scattered across the scorched earth. Amidst the ruins was a scene of revelry for the monsters. The cyan-black giant dragon roared, and countless human evolved warriors lay dead, their red battle suits torn apart, indistinguishable whether it was their original color or stained with blood.

The entire Cartier defense line had almost collapsed. Only less than one-tenth of the defenders and firepower were still struggling to support themselves, fighting in a melee with the invading monsters.

Seeing this scene, Li Tianran took a deep breath and immediately contacted the supreme commander of the defense line.

"I am Li Tianran. We have arrived at the battlefield and can take over the fighting for you, implementing a large-scale bombardment. Please have your combat personnel evacuate the battlefield immediately!"

After a long time, a response came from the satellite phone inside the battleship.

It was Wang Ren's calm voice.

"We can no longer evacuate the battlefield. Please, friendly forces, do not concern yourselves with us and immediately initiate fire coverage!"

"I will provide you with accurate fire coordinates."