Chapter 175 The Tide

　　Warplanes streaked across the sky, beneath them countless human armies and the tide of beasts clashed in a chaotic melee.

　　Mutated beasts and the corpses of human soldiers were mixed together, trampled into minced meat. Miserable cries and shouts formed a continuous cacophony.

　　In modern warfare, such close-quarters combat was rarely seen. However, the emergence of Evolvers and Beast Kings, as well as the global shortage of mineral resources, had regressed the progress of war.

　　Moreover, and more importantly, as a once-important strategic point, this city, regarded as a battlefield, still contained many large-scale construction facilities, such as the Anlong Dam, the Sky Control Monitoring Center, and the Sanyuan Port. These projects consumed a great deal of time, manpower, and resources to build. For humans, these structures were of great practical significance. If continuous, carpet bombing were used to strike the monsters in the city, these large-scale buildings might be damaged or collapse after humans retook the city. The Alliance would then need to spend massive resources to rebuild and repair, negating the value of reclaiming these strategic points!

　　"Combat Monitoring Center, report the movements of the beast tide!" a general said sternly into a satellite phone.

　　"The number of beasts in Area A is still approximately seventy thousand, Area B..." Monitoring personnel promptly reported satellite monitoring information to the general and then said, "Two hours into the war, our losses..."

　　The general listened to his subordinates reporting battlefield information, nodded, and then continued, "What about global macro-monitoring? Have you detected a large number of beast tides approaching the combat zone?"

　　This strategic point recapture battle involved a joint force from twenty countries. Of course, not all of these countries were responsible for attacking all seventeen strategic points. Half of the national armies were responsible for intercepting large beast tides from providing support on the periphery of the battle lines, just like Li Tianran. This created a combat environment where the armies engaged in the strategic points would not be ambushed!

　　The interception lines of these national armies were all on land, and each country's army only needed to be responsible for the interception missions of one or two strategic points, facing relatively little pressure!

　　Only the Crazy Breath Island (Kuangxi Dao) was located at sea and needed to be responsible for the defense of three strategic points simultaneously. Therefore, in this operation, although it seemed that Li Tianran did not need to actively participate in the offensive missions, he actually bore the strongest war pressure.

　　However, this was clear to everyone, including Li Tianran.

　　Nothing in the world is given for no reason. Even a coin, a sesame cake, given to a beggar, is done in the hope of receiving the beggar's gratitude, allowing the giver to gain a sense of happiness! What's more, something of the level of "helping Crazy Breath Island (Kuangxi Dao) establish surrounding sea islands, making it a true northwest gateway for human defense, becoming a great power-level force"?

　　If Li Tianran obtained this easily, then the world's powerful countries would truly become selfless Mother Teresas and Western Tathagata Buddhas who only sought to benefit humanity!

　　According to the Alliance Combat Command's estimates, from the start to the end of this war, Crazy Breath Island (Kuangxi Dao) might face the pressure of 1.3 million monsters, while the human defenders in other land defense zones would only need to face around 500,000 each.

　　"The outer defense line of the Kǎwèi Sài City (literally: Card Position Game City) strategic point is currently under attack by about 120,000 beast tides... According to calculations, the peak period could reach over 450,000."

　　"The Arctic Plains are currently under..."

　　Satellite monitoring personnel reported the macro-battlefield situation to the general.

　　"Crazy Breath Island (Kuangxi Dao) is currently under attack by about 600,000 beast tides... At its peak, it could reach over 1.4 million!"

　　Listening to the satellite monitoring personnel's report, the general muttered to himself, "Crazy Breath Island (Kuangxi Dao) has a lot of enemies, and the conditions at sea are unfavorable. Can Li Tianran hold it?"

　　...

　　The Deep Sea Abyss.

　　"Humans are counterattacking us..." The Sea Demon spread her arms, with a large number of Beast Kings surrounding her, "Their once-destroyed Evolver forces have been replenished and have become even stronger."

　　The series of events that had occurred in the human world were not secrets and could not be concealed from these Beast Kings. The Sea Demon was well aware that the Alliance's important confidence in launching a counterattack against them was the addition of Li Tianran.

　　"If those important strategic points are retaken by the Human Alliance, they can form new, more solid defense lines."

　　As the Sea Demon's voice spread, a violent current surged at the bottom of the abyss. A large number of Beast Kings were in turmoil, preparing to follow the Sea Demon's orders and fight to the death with the human coalition forces!

　　"King, should we deploy our clans to fight a decisive battle with humans?" Qing Gui (Green Turtle) asked the Sea Demon for her opinion.

　　Although the Evolver forces in the human coalition army had been replenished, if the sea beast clans were to fully deploy, relying on their numerical advantage, the Beast King clans could still defeat the human coalition army in this strategic point recapture battle!

　　The Sea Demon pondered for a long time. She shook her head and rejected Qing Gui's (Green Turtle) suggestion: "Even if we can defeat this human coalition army, they can still make a comeback. Humans have a way to restore the number of Evolvers in a short period of time..."

　　"Originally, human Evolvers had no advantage over us, but now it's different."

　　The Sea Demon stared at Qing Gui (Green Turtle) and said seriously, "We should eliminate the root cause."

　　"..." Qing Gui (Green Turtle) was silent.

　　"We should indeed send troops, but the main target should not be those human coalition cities, but Crazy Breath Island (Kuangxi Dao)!" The Sea Demon appeared deranged, "I still don't believe that the human named Li Tianran truly possesses planetary-level or higher power!"

　　"The evolutionary advantage of the human race lies entirely on Crazy Breath Island (Kuangxi Dao). The hope for the survival of the human race also lies on Crazy Breath Island (Kuangxi Dao)... As long as we destroy it, no Evolvers can continue to resist us,"

　　"I want to try one last time." The Sea Demon spread her arms, "Surround Crazy Breath Island (Kuangxi Dao) and destroy... hope!"

　　As the Sea Demon's order was issued, countless enormous and terrifying Beast Kings roared and surged towards the surface of the sea.

　　...

　　The sea churned, and terrifying shadows rose from beneath the surface.

　　A giant whale over two hundred meters long appeared, carrying a kind of primeval oppression. It opened its giant mouth on the vast sea, and a distant whale roar spread out from its center, with shockwaves distorting the air around it.

　　This whale roar was like thunder, and on the open sea, with nothing to block it, it traveled very far! Very far!

　　A large number of sea beasts surged from beneath the sea, coming from all directions, following behind this giant whale Beast King!

　　A large beast tide quickly formed!

　　And this was not an isolated case!

　　Hundreds of kilometers away, another giant Beast King appeared, roaring and summoning its kin.

　　On the vast sea, terrifying large beast tides were rapidly gathering at an extremely alarming rate.

　　One, two, three...

　　Until the entire sea was filled with densely packed sea beasts!

　　This was a sea beast force of unprecedented size, with a number exceeding three million!

　　And those roars of the giant Beast Kings were the horns.

　　The horns of attack!