The students were attracted by the beautiful scenery outside the porthole.
They had been living in a concrete forest that was like a hornet's nest for a long time, and this was the first time they saw such a vast world.
Even the most mature and level-headed young man was dazzled and could not control himself.
Only Meng Chao sat in a corner of the pod and focused on studying the military map and the battle report. He tried to use the information in front of him to deduce the progress of the battle.
Based on the military map, the two mountains they had just passed were known as Lion Fang Mountain and Tiger Fang Mountain.
The paradise in front of them was known as Shattered Starlake.
Shattered Starlake was not a single lake, but more than one hundred lakes of various sizes. It was said that the meteor showers from prehistoric times had continuously bombarded the lake, which left behind countless craters. As time passed, it turned into a beautiful scene that looked like shattered stars.
Dragon Citizens had actually discovered Shattered Starlake a long time ago.
There were spirit ley lines underground, and the spirit energy there was incredibly rich. All sorts of plants and rare beasts could be seen everywhere. Most of the lakes also had incredibly valuable meteor shards at the bottom. They were the most suitable to be turned into powerful weapons or serve as the key components of sophisticated equipment like supercomputers and nuclear weapons. They had great tactical value.
The only problem was that Shattered Starlake was a little far away from Dragon City's main city area. It was more than thirty kilometers away. Along the way, there were swamps, forests, valleys, cliffs, and endless hills.
Lion Fang Mountain and Tiger Fang Mountain also guarded the entrance to Shattered Starlake, so it was difficult for the Earthlings' mechanized army to spread out in the area.
Over the past half a century, Dragon City had been licking the wounds it had suffered from transmigration. It lacked resources, soldiers, and ammunition. With the invasion of the fog, the dimension became as unstable as if it was a ghost walking on a wall. It could not march into Shattered Starlake.
Only the powerful fighters who had awakened to supernatural abilities would occasionally come here to explore the terrain, search for mines, hunt superbeasts, and cultivate.
As genetic martial arts and spirit energy technology became more mature over the past few years, the fog gradually faded away, and the dimension became more stable. The light and heavy industries recovered and were upgraded by leaps and bounds. The Red Dragon Army also completed a new round of expansion and upgrading.
The development of the multi-jointed mechanical beast-like fighting vehicles was especially successful. They could use runic symbol technology to strengthen the fragile metal limbs and joints, which made up for the caterpillar vehicles' lack of fighting ability in jungles and mountains. Dragon City now had the ability to set up sub-bases.
The northern offense had been launched for more than a month.
The entire battlefield was divided into four battlefronts.
First, they had to build a railway and a road between Dragon City and Shattered Starlake so that armored trains with railway guns could move freely and transport a large number of soldiers and resources. They would become the main artery between the main city area and the sub-bases.
The monsters would naturally not just watch as the blood vessels, bones, and muscles of human civilization were connected. Instead, they attacked the human infrastructure like a tidal wave day and night.
The Red Dragon Army had invested a lot of manpower on both sides of the "main artery" to build forts and war fortresses. When thousands of fortresses were connected in one line, there were also countless signal towers that ensured the stability of the network. They could summon powerful fighters, thinking vehicles, and attacking drones at any moment, and the monsters would no longer be able to stop the humans from advancing.
Shattered Starlake was an etherealized plant agriculture park and a residential area that the humans had set up.
With genetic modifications and 3D farms, Dragon City's synthetic food technology was pretty advanced. Even if the population doubled, they would not suffer from famine.
But synthetic food could only provide basic calories and increase the strength of their flesh and blood. It could not increase their spirit energy and satisfy the people's growing need to cultivate.
The land in Shattered Starlake was fertile and rich in spirit energy. It was a good place to plant etherealized crops and conduct all sorts of agricultural research. At the very least, it could satisfy the cultivation needs of all the teenagers in the city.
Shattered Starlake was originally home to some large and fierce Nightmarish Beasts and Hell Beasts.
However, they were chased away by the humans during the fierce fighting over the past month.
But there was a lot of vegetation here, and the weeds grew really quickly. Even if the humans used flamethrowers to burn them down the day before, they could grow to the height of a person.
There were still plenty of middle-sized and small canine-type, feline-type, and rodent-type monsters lurking in the grass that looked like a canopy. They posed a major threat to the construction workers, agronomists, and environmental modification engineers in Dragon City.
The university students and the rather weak members of society had to clear out Shattered Starlake and destroy the monsters' nests so that the agronomists and environmental modification engineers could safely station themselves and deal with the troublesome weeds.
To the north of Shattered Starlake was a fearsome region known as Graveyard Forest.
It was said that there were countless carnivorous plants growing there, and even Nightmarish Beasts might end up as skeletons after being eaten. When the powerful humans first stepped into the place, they saw piles of monster skeletons. It was a terrifying graveyard, which was why it had such a strange name.
Based on the guesses of the geologists, there were a few spirit energy ley lines gathered under Graveyard Forest. It contained a lot of crystals and rare metals, and it was not lacking in water resources either. As long as it was fully developed, it could turn into the largest metal, refinement, and heavy industry base outside of Dragon City.
However, spirit energy nourished Graveyard Forest, and it also gave birth to countless Nightmarish Beasts and Hell Beasts that lived in the forest tenaciously.
If they did not get rid of all of them and flatten Graveyard Forest, they would not be able to fully mine the mine.
Of course, such a dangerous place had nothing to do with Spirit Tattoo Realm freshmen for the time being.
It was the battlefield of the Red Dragon Army's special forces, elite superhuman squads, and Heaven Realm superhumans.
If they went north of Graveyard Forest, they would reach the end of the basin. There was a mountain known as Raging Waves. It was even more majestic and dangerous than Lion Fang Mountain and Tiger Fang Mountain.
No one knew what was so strange about the mountain. It was not an active volcano, but the mountain was covered in bottomless cracks, as if they led to the center of the earth. It constantly released smoke that was as thick as fire, and it spread out like a tidal wave. That was how Raging Waves got its name.
It was said that there were dozens of Hell Beasts residing in Raging Waves.
In fact, there was even a Grade Eight Apocalyptic Beast and its tribe lurking in the depths of the mountain.
Apocalyptic Beasts usually possessed intelligence, so they would not just watch as humans developed the land beside their bed into farms, mines, factories, and cities.
If they wanted to fully develop Shattered Starlake, they had to first get rid of the Apocalyptic Beasts occupying Raging Waves.
The frontlines were led by Deity Realm superhumans, so Meng Chao, a one-star superhuman, could not interfere with them.
'The main artery connecting the main city area and the branch bases, Shattered Starlake, Graveyard Forest, and Raging Waves … Which of the four frontlines has a problem?'
Meng Chao closed his eyes and rubbed the bridge of his nose gently. He searched through the memories of his previous life, but he found nothing.
'Based on the scale and strategy of this military operation, the Supernatural Tower has gathered a lot of elites, and the Red Dragon Army is fighting steadily. They're paying attention to everything, so they shouldn't have underestimated the enemy or advanced rashly.
'And based on this military map and the war report, the powerful fighters have been scouting and exploring Shattered Starlake for years. Their intelligence is detailed, and the data is solid. It can be said that they have everything under control.
'Just what sort of accident happened that caused the army that was determined to win to return in defeat?'
Meng Chao could not understand it.
He really wanted to go through the university leaders and find the higher-ups of the military so that he could grab their collars and say, "This is a war that is bound to fail."
If he had just returned to the past, he might have really done that in a moment of recklessness.
But now, he realized that his return to the past was not as simple as it seemed. Dragon City and the ancient ruins suppressed by Dragon City seemed to be hiding a lot of secrets.
'The person hiding behind the X-shaped eye might have already reached Deity Realm. Just who is he? How did he manage to activate the Night Demon Blood?
'Also, under the attacks of the Deity Realm superhumans, Dragon City's cavaliers, and the large railway guns, Apocalyptic Beasts aren't invincible. Why did the Monster War last so long in my previous life? Why did different types of monsters get strengthened and leveled up practically at the same time?
'Is my return to the past related to the ancient ruins? Have the monsters who are skilled in controlling minds and even crawling into people's minds started taking action?
'Also, why did the instructor with the foul mouth bring a group of mysterious warriors from the training camp to disguise themselves as Other World creatures to attack another group of Other World creatures?'
Many questions tumbled about in his mind, and it calmed down his impulses.
'I can't be so reckless.'
He had to gather more information. Most importantly, he had to find the right person. That was the only way he could flap the butterfly's wings and change the direction of the war.
If he revealed information that he should not reveal in front of the wrong person, he might end up making the future even worse.
'I've decided. I'll fight in Shattered Starlake and train my saber technique to increase my strength. Only then will I have the chance to enter Graveyard Forest.
'It's only when I enter Graveyard Forest that I'll have the chance to come into contact with more Heaven Realm superhumans and even Deity Realm superhumans.
'The key to the war will be in Raging Waves, where the Deity Realm superhumans will fight against the Apocalyptic Beasts. No matter what, I have to …'
Meng Chao narrowed his eyes, and without realizing it, he released his killing intent.
When the students around him saw this, they sucked in sharp breaths, and fear appeared on their faces.
Meng Chao noticed that they had tacitly taken a few steps back. He was a little stunned, and he frowned. "What's wrong with you?"
"What do you want to do now?" a student named Zhou Yun asked warily. "Poison us, set a trap, or surprise attack us?"
Meng Chao felt gloomy. "Am I that sort of person in your eyes? I told you, a few days ago, I did it out of kindness. I wanted to make you more wary so that you could survive in the dangerous battlefield. Now, we're on the battlefield, and we're close comrades. There's no way I would attack you from behind. "
"Who knows?"
Zhou Yun said coldly. "In any case, stay away from me!"
"Zhou Yun, I realized that you're prejudiced against me," Meng Chao said.
"All I did was crawl into your dorm, knock you out, and stuff you under your bed. In truth, you didn't suffer any pain, and you didn't have any injuries either, right? Among the ten challengers, I was the one who showed the most mercy.
"Look at Duan Lian. I fought so fiercely against him that my head bled, but as long as we talked things over, we wouldn't have gotten to know each other if we hadn't fought, and our grudges would have been resolved with a smile!"
"How could Duan Lian and I be the same?" Zhou Yun flew into a rage.
"We're all classmates. What's the difference?" Meng Chao was puzzled.
"I'm a girl! You snuck into a girl's dorm, knocked me out, and stuffed me under my bed!" Zhou Yun screamed.
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'Ah, I've been busy at home over the past few days, and I've been so busy that I don't know where I'm going. I owe everyone one update today.
I'm sorry! 'He thought about the bold words he said the other day that he would add more updates, and then he added two more updates, which resulted in a new alliance master. Now, he owes everyone one update today.
This means that he still owes everyone ten updates! Hahahaha!
'Once I'm done with my family matters, I'll slowly return them to everyone. I won't miss even one update. ROAR!'
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