The advent of new combat armor was undoubtedly a potent shot in the arm for the battered human civilization. Since the ancient civilization's activity began yesterday, the border lines had been subjected to incessant attacks of all sizes. Those Followers were like tireless wasps, launching relentless offensives.

Under these circumstances, the human army was rapidly collapsing, both physically and mentally!

Li Tianran was well aware that humanity desperately needed a resounding victory to salvage the crumbling morale.

He took a deep breath and slowly asked, "How many Teng蛇 (Tengshe) battle armors have the armories produced so far?"

"Eight hundred!" Damian's voice was as loud as a bell, full of confidence as he stated, "We can produce another three thousand suits before dawn tomorrow!"

Hearing this number, Li Tianran burst into laughter.

The investment in the armories had not been in vain. Under Damian's leadership, the efficiency of the armories had been maximized, in no way inferior to the ancient civilization!

The contest between the two civilizations was not just about combat power and firepower, but also the speed of weapon production and the height of new technology research and development. From the looks of it, at least in terms of technological manufacturing, Kuangxi Island had kept pace with the ancient civilization, neck and neck.

"Immediately dispatch the new combat armor to all human defense cities, and equip all secondary evolution pioneers!" Li Tianran took a deep breath and began to command, "In addition, let the pioneers participating in the secondary transformation immediately go to the defense lines for support after their success. The specific candidates will be designated by Lu Chi!"

"Tell all combat personnel equipped with the new equipment to repay the ancient civilization double for the humiliation they have inflicted upon us in the past twenty-four hours!"

With Li Tianran's order, hundreds of helicopters took off from Kuangxi Island and sped towards the human defense lines.

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Luo Ye City.

This was a city in the southeast direction of the human defense line, garrisoned by the Thirteenth Army Group of the Federal Southern Theater. In the past twenty-four hours, the city had been attacked more than seventy times, making it the city with the most attacks and the heaviest losses among all the defense line cities.

Almost all of the core decision-making officers in the army had been killed, and the more than twenty secondary evolution pioneers stationed here had also suffered severe damage in the continuous fighting, with seven already killed in action!

Within the scarred city, an equally dispirited army was resting. They were numb, clearing the rubble from the streets and dragging the bodies of their comrades from the ruins. Everyone's face was filled with despair for the future.

In the past twenty-four hours, they had faced the ancient civilization's slaughter again and again, watching their comrades fall like wheat being cut down. No one knew when the ancient civilization's next attack would come, perhaps the next to die would be themselves...

Of course, they had experienced countless wars before, but none had been as disheartening as this one, because no matter how brutal the war had been, Li Tianran had always been able to come up with a way to win and turn the tide. But this time, Li Tianran seemed to be helpless, allowing those Followers to attack continuously without giving any response.

"Are we really going to lose?" A soldier muttered to himself, trembling, "Even the secondary evolution pioneers are no match for the Followers..."

The team looked up at the distant city walls, where a dozen secondary evolution pioneers stood, covered in blood, like statues, their armor already broken and tattered.

They were extremely tired, covered in blood and dust, looking utterly wretched.