Three days later.
In Shattered Starlake was Nameless Lake No.421.
It was like a gourd. The middle was thin, and the two ends were round. Perhaps it was from ancient times. Two meteors had landed nearby one after another and formed an overlapping meteor lake.
At first glance, the water shone brightly, and there were no ripples. Even the lush water plants around the lake looked harmless, quiet, and peaceful, aside from their tips being slightly red.
However, when a few artillery shells landed on the nameless lake and the area around it, the illusion of harmony was instantly torn to shreds.
Boom! Crack! Hualala! "
As a few water pillars shot into the air, a lot of monstrous fish with sharp fangs appeared on the surface of the lake. They bit at each other in a daze.
A few reptile-type monsters with shells as sturdy as crocodiles and movements as swift as jackals crawled out of the lake. They headed to the bushes by the shore.
The bushes were also hit by a few artillery shells. A few monsters with spikes all over their bodies that looked like small wild boars shot out and fled into the distance in a panic.
Under the lead of these two brutal carnivorous monsters, all the monsters around the lake were alarmed. At least one thousand monsters fled madly and revealed their tracks.
Some of the monsters were natural enemies. When they noticed each other when they fled, their desire to kill overwhelmed their wariness toward danger. They pounced on each other and started tearing and devouring each other.
Some of the etherealized plants that pretended to be normal weeds swung their branches and leaves that were like venomous snakes. They tied up quite a number of the panicking monsters and dragged them into the bushes. Soon, they heard slurping sounds that made people's skin crawl.
In truth, this place was half lake and half swamp. When the artillery shells landed on the ground, they sank deep into the soft mud, and their power was greatly reduced.
Besides, Dragon City had limited resources. It was not enough to support endless carpet bombing.
Besides, Shattered Starlake was the most important high-tech agricultural area in Dragon City's future plans. They wanted to plant crops filled with spirit energy so that the next generation of Dragon Citizens would become stronger. It would be best if everyone could awaken to supernatural abilities.
If they used an endless carpet bombing method to flatten Shattered Starlake and burn the soil, which was filled with all sorts of valuable nutrients, to ashes, they would lose all hope for the future.
The bombardment that lasted for three minutes was just to scare the monsters lurking in the area and force them out from the bushes that were half the height of a person.
After the bombardment, a large number of multi-legged tanks with slender metal limbs that looked like spiders that had been magnified a hundred times surrounded them from three directions.
Shattered Starlake was filled with swamps and bogs. There were also a lot of sturdy weeds that contained metal components. Many of the weeds had incredibly corrosive juices, and they were not suitable for crawler armored vehicles that weighed dozens of tons and had low chassis.
Ordinary multi-legged war chariots would have a much higher failure rate if they were placed here.
To completely sweep through Shattered Starlake, the military had specially upgraded the Multi-legged Fighting Vehicles and increased the height of their mandibles. They turned them into the Long-Legged Spiders, which were specifically used in swamps and lakes.
Even if the runes were engraved and the rune ink were injected, the "spiritualized effect" could increase the hardness and toughness of the material at the atomic level.
The Long-legged Spider's mechanical limbs were still too fragile, and it wasn't suitable for carrying too many weapons and ammunition.
Now, it mainly carried eight tactical cameras that could rotate 360 degrees and had super high detection range and resolution, bioluminescent probes, and spirit energy detectors. They were specifically used for tactical reconnaissance.
Also, it had a new type of battery that was powered by crystals and had a large capacity. It could provide energy for itself and allow the drones to temporarily land on its back. Through a quick charge, it could "rest" for just five minutes, and the drones that had run out of energy could carry out high-intensity work for more than thirty minutes. Whoosh!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! Dozens of Long-legged Spiders, hundreds of cameras, and bioluminescent probes instantly scanned the monsters that had just run out.
Then, through the drones that levitated in the air and were specifically used for signal transmission and data transfer, all the data was sent to the tactical chain, which was then sent back to the tactical superbrain in the east lake base.
The superbrain instantly calculated the number of monsters, their level, and how dangerous they were.
Then, through the database, it found the monsters' weaknesses, the best way to fight against them, how many materials they might have in their bodies, where they liked to build their nests the most, and even a lot of fighting videos that showed the most classic ways to fight against these monsters.
Through the signal tower and the communication drones, it was sent back to the battlefield and entered the helmets of the Agricultural University freshmen, who were fully armed and eager to fight at the edge of the battlefield.
The helmets of the Agricultural University freshmen came with two screens. They could display a large amount of data from the battlefield and monitor their own physiological parameters closely. They could also share their vision with their teammates. The helmets and communicators were ten times better than the helmets and communicators they used during the national college examination.
[Wolf Crocodiles are amphibious monsters. Their bite strength is really strong. Once they bite their prey, they are used to using Death Spin to twist off their prey's limbs. They have a certain degree of mimicry. They like lurking at the edge of lakes and bushes the most. Currently, 87 of them have been detected.
[Ghost-arrow Pigs are artiodactyl-type monsters. They are distant relatives of Demonic Halberd Pigs. They chose the evolutionary path of being small and agile. Even though they are less than half a meter long, they still have the characteristics of wild boar-type monsters. They are fierce, hot-tempered, and fearless. What you have to pay attention to is their fur, which is as sturdy as needles. It contains neurotoxin, and it can make their prey and enemies feel pain worse than death. When necessary, they can even curl up into a ball like an armadillo. They will erect their stingers and jump at their target.
[Currently, 243 of them have been detected.
[Hundred-eyed Toad is an amphibious monster. It is huge, and its jumping ability is astonishing. It has more than one hundred venom sacs all over its body. It can jump into the air and spray highly corrosive acid in a large area like a sprinkler. It can cause a certain degree of damage to metal and machines. If you have strengthened exoskeletons, you have to pay extra attention to the Hundred-eyed Toad's attacks.
[Currently, more than one thousand of them have been detected.
[Aside from the three monsters that pose a rather big threat, there are at least fifty other monsters near Lake 421 that have a certain degree of aggressiveness. This is the list of monsters …
[Aside from monsters, there is also a carnivorous etherealized plant known as Water Monkey. It looks like a normal water grass, but its branches and leaves are as sturdy as vines. It can even swing them freely, and its attack range is more than three meters. It can drag its prey into its roots, and by blocking and binding them, it can suffocate its prey.
[Based on the overall assessment, Lake 421 is Yellow Level. One-star superhumans are allowed to enter. Everyone, please fight bravely for the future of Dragon City, Earth, and human civilization and contribute to your cause!]
Based on scouting the wild decades ago, Dragon City had set up a large database in the northern frontlines. They had figured out the habitats and areas of influence of a large number of monsters, and they had divided the entire battlefield into five different regions.
Green meant that all the monsters in the region had been killed. Occasionally, one or two of them would slip through the cracks, but they were small fries that normal people could handle. They were absolutely safe, and they could start large-scale production and construction without worry.
Yellow meant that there were a lot of normal monsters in the region. There might also be nests of normal monsters, but aside from a few monster leaders, there should not be any superbeasts. An army formed by normal people and led by Earth Realm superhumans from one to three-star superhumans was enough to sweep through the region.
Red meant that there were a lot of Nightmarish Beasts and nests in the region. It was not suitable for normal armies to enter. Even Earth Realm superhumans had to consider the risks when they entered the region recklessly. If they were surrounded by a lot of Nightmarish Beasts, there was a high possibility that they would die on the spot. It would be best if they were led by Heaven Realm superhumans. Only then could they fight without worry.
Purple meant that there were a lot of Hell Beasts living in the region. Since the wild was the territory of monsters, even if Heaven Realm superhumans could suppress Hell Beasts of the same level with their raw power, it was not recommended for them to enter the region alone. They would either have three to five Heaven Realm superhumans leading around twenty Earth Realm superhumans and receive support from the artillery and unmanned aerial vehicles behind them, or they would have a Deity Realm superhuman controlling the entire region from a base not too far away to ensure their safety.
The final and most dangerous color was black. There was no need to even mention what it meant. It was the territory of the strongest king among the one hundred and eight thousand monsters, the Apocalyptic Beasts!
On the electronic combat map of the Agricultural University freshmen, after half a month of bloody battles, all of Shattered Starlake had basically turned yellow and green. The closer they were to the western and eastern combat bases, the greener the area became, and it looked even more adorable.
Only the spots near Graveyard Forest were a few spots of red, which meant that there were Nightmarish Beasts there.
However, all the regions below black were the same color, but they were also divided into different shades and different levels of danger.
For example, Region 421, where they were currently, was dark yellow. It meant that while there were only normal monsters there, the environment was complicated, and the monsters were very violent and brutal. There was also a certain chance that a monster leader or a mutated monster would appear and break through the limits of their species to become Nightmarish Beasts.
This sort of place was not suitable for the normal Red Dragon Army to launch a large-scale attack.
The fifty outstanding students from the martial arts course and monster controller course that Agricultural University chose were all one-star superhumans. Even if they ran into Grade One Nightmarish Beasts, they would have an advantage in terms of raw power. Naturally, this place was the most suitable place for them to start building their careers.
"Got it. It's just a few thousand normal monsters. We have fifty people, and if we distribute them to each of us, we'll only get dozens of them. There's also Ms. Li Yingzi and the lecturer from the monster controller course. We have powerful Heaven Realm superhumans protecting us, so we won't be in any danger. Let's hurry up and kill to our heart's content!"
Over the past three days, they had been locked in the base to receive basic training before the war. When they saw that the freshmen from the other universities had gained a lot of things a few days earlier, they had been holding back for a long time.
At that moment, the freshmen were dressed in biochemical fighting suits, equipped with strengthened exoskeletons, and held military-grade sabers and swords that could cut through hair. They felt that every drop of their blood was boiling.
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