Chapter 112 Out of Control

A burst of ear-piercing static came through Cai Kaijin's headset. He paused, his brow twitching, a thing called anger burning fiercely in his chest.

"That idiot! Moron!" Cai Kaijin cursed without reservation. "His sensitivity to danger is practically zero!"

"I really don't know why the Federation leaders would transfer him to such an important position!"

Li Zhi's outright rejection of Cai Kaijin's request to retreat completely despaired Cai Kaijin. He knew very well that he could no longer change anything by himself. Perhaps only Li Tianran could get Li Zhi to order a retreat.

What Cai Kaijin didn't know was that just a few dozen seconds ago, Li Zhi had even rejected Li Tianran's orders.

Li Zhi was now in a completely manic state. His smooth-sailing life had deprived him of the most basic awe for "war," "failure," and "human life!"

For the first thirty-odd years of his life, whether in military academies or in simulated war games, he had always been the final victor and had never experienced failure. And today, Li Zhi believed that he would, as he had countless times before, achieve final victory and receive the admiration of ten thousand people!

To achieve this, he dared to defy Li Tianran's military orders and dared to sweep away anyone who dared to stand in his way!

Whether it was Chu Xiong or Cai Kaijin!

"I can't wait for his retreat order any longer… This bastard has obviously lost his mind." Cai Kaijin scanned the surrounding Evolver warriors and said, "We're withdrawing from the battlefield on our own."

"In our current state, if the beast tide really launches a sudden counterattack, we'll have almost no power to resist!"

At this moment, after the fierce battle and pursuit just now, even the powerful Pathfinder Legion had reached their physical limits, let alone these Federal Evolution troops who were originally inferior to them.

These warriors had reached the end of their rope, and staying on the battlefield would only add more casualties without any meaning.

Moreover, the large troops and fighter planes behind them had already caught up, and the role of the Evolver Legion had been reduced to a minimum.

"Listen to my orders, prepare to withdraw from the battlefield in an orderly manner!" Cai Kaijin waved his arm and adjusted to the legion channel in his headset, saying, "Move to both sides of the battlefield, get out of combat as soon as possible, and make room for the large troops behind!"

Hearing Cai Kaijin's order, the Evolution Legion, which was already exhausted, no longer persisted and began to withdraw to both sides of the battlefield.

Soon, the Evolver forces had distanced themselves from the beast tide and left the battlefield.

But at this moment, a fighter plane suddenly roared in, and as a dense rain of bullets fell, the ground on both sides of Cai Kaijin, centered on him, was riddled with bullet holes. The closest one was less than half a meter away from him!

If the landing point of the bullets had been slightly off, Cai Kaijin, whose Tyrannosaurus armor had already been torn to pieces in the previous battle, would have been shattered by now!

"Commander-in-chief orders, the Evolver forces are to return to the battlefield immediately!"

"Repeat, the Evolver forces are to return to the battlefield immediately!"

"Anyone who withdraws without authorization will be charged with desertion and we are authorized to execute you directly on the battlefield!"

The fighter plane roared, and the pilot's slightly helpless voice came from the huge loudspeaker.

Li Zhi's order to him just now was that as soon as he saw any signs of the Evolution troops retreating, he was to execute Cai Kaijin immediately.

But as a comrade-in-arms who had fought together, the pilot still did not strictly follow Li Zhi's instructions, and within his authority, fired the first round of bullets into the open ground.

However, he could not forcibly violate Li Zhi's military order. If Cai Kaijin still refused to lead his troops back, then his next round of shooting would no longer be into the open ground…

"I cǎotāmālāde… They even got us a supervising team?" Cai Kaijin looked at the bullet holes at his feet, his face turning green with anger. He gripped the steel saber in his hand and roared loudly, "Li Zhi, you're forcing the Evolver Legion to die!"

"You wait, if I can go back alive this time, the first thing I'll do is chop you down!"

……

In the Gulun Noah Desert, Li Tianran received a report from the T-119 defense line.

"The war is in a stalemate and we can't retreat…" Li Tianran closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, an astonishing ferocity appeared on his face. "Li Zhi! Li Zhi! If the human defense line is breached today, you will be the sinner of the entire human civilization!"

Li Tianran didn't expect that Li Zhi would be so bold as to disobey even his orders. He had already seen the real-time situation on the T-119 defense line through surveillance satellites. If Li Zhi had retreated according to Li Tianran's wishes at that time, then there was still a possibility of a safe withdrawal.

But now… the main force had completely left the defense line, and the pursuit distance was too deep!

A retreat was no longer possible!

Although Li Tianran could now directly control the Mecha Berserker to kill Li Zhi and replace him with a new commander, at this critical moment, if the beast tide were to launch a counterattack and Li Zhi, as the supreme commander of the T-119 defense line, was killed by his own people, then the entire battle situation would collapse even faster!

Replacing a new commander would take time!

Moreover, according to the current situation, even if a new commander were replaced, they might not be able to safely withdraw the army!

"At this distance… if I were the Apostle of the Ocean, I would already be preparing to counter-kill!" Li Tianran looked at the real-time war screen on the T-119 defense line, clenching his fists tightly.

On the screen, the pursuing troops from the Northern Military Region had joined the beast tide and began bombing and strangling.

And the Apostle of the Ocean's current location was less than three kilometers away from the giant ark on the sea.

This was an excellent counterattack position.

"I hope the reality is not as I think… I hope I'm just thinking too much of the Apostle of the Ocean's cunning!" Li Tianran muttered to himself at this time, a self-deprecating smile appearing on the corner of his mouth. "Hopefully, the Apostle of the Ocean will screw himself over, really!"

"Hopefully, I'm wrong!"

Li Tianran had never hoped to be wrong as much as he did now. Although he knew that this hope was very slim, but…

Before everything happened, there were always some possibilities, weren't there?

……

Boom boom boom!

The sky full of artillery fire poured down on the beast tide, and countless Beast Kings wailed and died.

The Mecha Berserker and a large number of fighter planes were increasingly approaching the Apostle of the Ocean in the center of the beast tide. Many secondary sequence followers came up to block them, but they were quickly cleared away.

The Mecha Berserker in the Blazing state was still very powerful!

"Almost there! Almost there!" Li Zhi closely observed the real-time war situation through the observation equipment. According to this trend, in at most ten seconds, the Mecha Berserker could rush to the Apostle of the Ocean and give it a fatal blow!

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

At this moment, no one noticed that the giant ark, which had been motionless before, suddenly stirred up a ripple on the sea…