At that moment, the alarms in the forward operating base of Soaring Dragon Construction rang loudly. The turrets roared, and all the light and heavy machine guns fired nonstop. More than one hundred lines of fire formed a swaying wall of fire that blocked the rampaging monster horde with great difficulty.
Soaring Dragon Construction was the same as Sky Pillar Corporation and Universe Corporation. It was one of the nine great mega corporations that had formed the Survival Committee in the past. It was also the largest environmental modification and real estate company in Dragon City.
Its main business was to develop the wild and search for water sources. It was to change the barren lands that were not suitable for human survival into fertile lands with a pleasant environment. Then, it would develop the land as a real estate company or sell it to other companies.
Once they gained full victory in the northern offense, humans switched to tactical offensives. Over the past year, Soaring Dragon Construction had been recruiting workers and advancing boldly. They built more than one hundred forward operating bases and exploration bases within a fifty-kilometer radius around Dragon City.
In some directions, they had even boldly advanced more than one hundred kilometers away. They formed bulges that showed off their abilities but were incredibly weak.
There was a chronic lack of effective jobs in Dragon City. The unemployment rate was high, the population of young people was too big, and the internal conflicts were very intense. The Survival Committee encouraged companies like Soaring Dragon Construction to take up social responsibility and recruit a large number of young people to station in the forward operating bases so that they could open up a brand new home as soon as possible.
While the companies and territory continued expanding, the pathfinders did not receive long periods of professional training. Their average quality kept dropping, and their management became more chaotic. The problems of them trying their luck and not paying attention to safety were gradually exposed.
Usually, when they ran into a small monster horde, they could rely on Soaring Dragon Construction's armed forces, the Dragon Fang Commandos, and the hired superhuman hunting squads to deal with them.
But today, when they ran into a monster horde formed by more than one thousand monsters, the forward operating base built in the depths of the fog immediately found itself isolated and in a predicament where it was surrounded by enemies.
"What's going on? Such a large monster horde suddenly appeared. Why isn't our alarm system responding?"
"The network has been disrupted. Our reinforcements can only reach ten kilometers away. We can't contact the headquarters of Soaring Dragon Construction or the Red Dragon Army!"
"The reinforcements have already left, but we have to rely on our own strength to last for one to two hours!"
Bad news came one after another.
This forward operating base had nearly one thousand people, and half of them were agriculturalists, explorers, botanists, and environmental modification engineers. Their fighting strength was better than nothing.
Among the remaining half, only dozens of people were superhumans. Most of them were one-star superhumans or even broken-star superhumans. Only two of them were at the peak of Earth Realm.
At that moment, the two superhumans at the peak of Earth Realm were standing on the sentry tower behind the main gate of the base and watching the monster horde charge at them.
However, their mood plummeted as they saw the scene before them.
"How could this be? Aren't they just some Demonic Halberd Pigs, Iron-armored Rhinoceroses, and Bloody Hippopotamuses? Why is it that even heavy machine guns loaded with armor-piercing bullets can't break through their defense? "
On the wall in front of the sentry tower, shouts of confusion and despair came from the machine gun positions.
Demonic Halberd Pigs, Iron-armored Rhinoceroses, and Bloody Hippopotamuses were the most numerous monsters in the wild.
With their omnivorous nature, great reproductive abilities, large numbers, fearless personalities, thick skin, and great strength, these giants won against jackals, wolf-type, tiger-type monsters, and became one of the main opponents that humans often ran into when they colonized the wild.
In order to deal with the tough and thick leather armor of these fellows, humans had also developed all kinds of divine weapons.
Let's not talk about the rocket launchers and anti-tank cannons for the time being.
The anti-material armor-piercing bullets fired by heavy machine guns could turn a light armored personnel carrier into a hornet's nest in just a short half a minute.
Logically speaking, even if they could not completely stop the monster horde, the dozens of Demonic Halberd Pigs, Iron-armored Rhinoceroses, and Bloody Hippopotamuses should have been riddled with holes. Their flesh and blood should have flown everywhere.
So why was it that all the monsters seemed to be enveloped in a thick, fierce light? It was as if they had put on invisible armor, and their already terrifying defenses had increased by another level.
When the humans' armor-piercing bullets landed on them, they either bounced off or embedded themselves in their flesh. Not a single drop of blood could be seen.
Even the rocket launchers could only leave them badly battered. But even if their skulls exploded and their brains were revealed, these creatures did not stop moving. Their eyes shone with a fierce light as they charged forward without a care in the world.
This fear of not being able to break the enemy's defense no matter what was done was a fatal blow to their morale.
When the monster horde was around three hundred meters away from the forward operating base, the faces of the defenders at the machine gun positions turned stark pale. Their hearts began to waver, and they looked behind them repeatedly.
If it were not for the fact that they were in the wild, where there were no roads and it was difficult for humans to outrun the monsters, there might have been people who would have chosen to flee.
The two superhumans at the peak of Earth Realm looked at each other at a loss.
They could not tell whether they should tell the people at the base what they saw.
They could clearly see a super monster that was five times larger than the Demonic Halberd Pigs, Iron-armored Rhinoceroses, and Bloody Hippopotamuses at the back of the monster horde.
It had long fur that was as red as blood, two fangs that rose into the sky, a long nose covered in spikes, and was as nimble and fierce as a morningstar. It also had two beady eyes that shone with a bewitching red light.
It was like a roaring hill, but also like a moving scourge.
This was the king of hoofed monsters. When it was an adult, it was known as the Emperor Mammoth. It was at the peak of Hell Realm.
The Emperor Mammoth, or according to what many humans who had encountered it in the wilderness and were lucky enough to escape with their lives but suffered a mental breakdown, was called 'Tyrant Mammoth'. It possessed a racial skill that was completely incompatible with its appearance.
At first glance, this gigantic Hell Realm superbeast should be the type that had all brawn and no brains. It was just an upgraded version of the Demonic Halberd Pigs or Iron-armored Rhinoceroses that relied on brutal charges to deal damage.
But while it had great brute strength, it was also a superbeast that was skilled in mind attacks.
It had a lot of mind attacks, including War Trample and Rampaging War Song.
The former could control the air pressure and even gravity within an area of dozens to hundreds of meters to create the effect of trampling on everything. It was also accompanied by a powerful mental shock. It was as if it could create an earthquake on both physical and mental levels.
The latter could be used on hoofed monsters like the Emperor Mammoth. It could use its own vitality magnetic field to create a chorus of vitality magnetic fields for hoofed monsters. With magnetic field resonance, it could instantly increase the strength of the hoofed monsters' flesh, reaction speed, and bloodlust.
It was just like how six-star superhumans could activate their spirit energy magnetic fields to increase their companions' fighting strength.
The Red Dragon Army often used war souls. They used military flags, military songs, bugle calls, and other methods to make the soldiers' minds resonate with them. They used the minds of thousands of normal soldiers to gather together to form a military soul that could fight against superhumans and superbeasts.
Under the Tyrant Mammoth's control, the Demonic Halberd Pigs, Iron-armored Rhinoceroses, and Bloody Hippopotamuses, which could only be considered normal monsters, entered a berserk state that was comparable to Nightmarish Beasts for a short period of time. They became a true army.
Even if the effects of Rampaging War Song ended, they would enter a weakened state for a long period of time. In fact, they might even die from exhaustion.
But before that happened, there was a high possibility that the forward operating base with more than one thousand people would be razed to the ground.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Boom! Boom! The monster horde arrived at the minefield at the perimeter of the forward operating base.
The anti-monster mines exploded, and in the end, some of the Demonic Halberd Pigs, Iron-armored Rhinoceroses, and Bloody Hippopotamuses were blown into the air.
But the torn up monster carcass did not make the other monsters afraid. Instead, it made them even more ferocious.
The Tyrant Mammoth swung its morningstar hammer-like nose and easily flung the dozens of monsters in front of it to the side. It strode to the front of the monster horde and raised its front hooves, which were like pillars that could support the heavens, before it stomped down.
War Trample, activate!
A visible shockwave appeared in front of the monster horde in the shape of a fan. It spread out and exploded.
The ground trembled, and the air screamed. The anti-monster mines deployed at the perimeter of the forward operating base were all detonated beforehand, but they did not hit a single monster.
And once the shockwave that was like a tidal wave broke through the minefield, it crashed into the walls and turrets of the forward operating base, causing a few humans who were controlling heavy machine guns on the walls to fall.
The other humans felt as if thunder had exploded in their ears. Their minds went blank, and they were engulfed by fear.
When the monster horde stirred up the dust, the Tyrant Mammoth was hidden behind it, so they did not see this terrifying figure.
At that moment, the Tyrant Mammoth, which was at the peak of Hell Level, and its terrifying legend was right in front of them. Its bloodthirsty presence and vitality magnetic field surged, stirring up the fear in the humans' genes. It was not something that could be negated by facing death calmly.
Everyone instinctively looked at the sentry tower.
At that moment, humans instinctively searched for the strongest person in their group.
Before the two superhumans at the peak of Earth Realm could react …
The Tyrant Mammoth had already swaggered into the minefield that no longer existed. It swung its trunk and pulled out an automatic turret from the ground. Then, it threw it at the sentry tower.
Boom!
The sentry tower and the automatic turret were crushed together.
The fragments scattered by a celestial maiden caused the guards on the wall to shudder with fear and trepidation.
The two superhumans at the peak of Earth Realm fell to the ground in a rather pathetic manner.
But their eyes were filled with shame and anger.
"All superhumans, stay here and provide cover for the others to break out!"
They scowled and let out shouts of despair.
Superhumans were humans, too, and all humans were unafraid of death.
But the experience of humans fighting against monsters over the years told them that if everyone fled, none of them would be able to escape.
There were mini cameras around the forward operating base, on the armor of the Dragon Fang Commandos, and on the helmets of the normal employees. They would record their heroic or ugly behavior before they died.
If they fled during battle, not only would they die a light death, they would also become a laughingstock and drag down their families.
Even if they were incredibly lucky and managed to escape, when they returned to Dragon City, they would be condemned by the people and die without a cause.
If they died with a bang, they could fight for more glory, resources, and benefits for their families so that their descendants would have a higher chance of becoming superhumans.
It was very clear how they should settle this score.
Under the lead of the two superhumans at the peak of Earth Realm, all the superhumans jumped on the walls and drew their shiny sabers.
Some of them were furious, some of them were forced into a corner, and some of them even cursed at their bad luck. However, when they faced the Tyrant Mammoth and the rampaging monster horde, they still straightened their backs. None of them peed their pants.
At that moment, a black dot shot over from the distance like an eagle and arrived above the monster horde!
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