Fortunately, Meng Chao was half a second faster.
The three robbers did not have the time to activate their crystal bombs.
And before they could bring out new crystal bombs, Meng Chao had already charged forward like a whirlwind and reduced the three robbers to mush.
At that moment, Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong had also knocked down more than ten robbers.
The vitality magnetic field of a superhuman at the peak of Heaven Realm was completely activated, and it was the same as a dominating domain. The difference in cultivation realms between the people inside it was too great, and they could not fight back at all.
His attacks were even more brutal than Meng Chao's. The robbers who were sent flying were usually torn to shreds. Their severed limbs were covered in terrifying wounds. They were large, jagged wounds, and they looked as if they had been attacked by a real shark. That was how Man-eating Sharks gained their fearsome name.
Soon, the robbers inside and outside the room lost their fighting strength and even their lives.
Only Chen Hao, nicknamed "Brother Knife," was left.
At the moment the ceiling collapsed, he made a prompt decision and ran to the window. He wanted to jump out and escape.
Unfortunately, he was missing an arm and a leg. Even though he had spirit machine prosthetics, they were affected by the spirit energy magnetic field released by Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong. His joints let out cracking sounds, and the gears were stuck together. They could not operate smoothly, and they became a burden.
When he limped to the window and climbed up, Meng Chao had already finished fighting.
The moment he jumped out, Meng Chao flung his chain saber and wrapped it around his uninjured thigh. The chilling blade pressed against the root of his thigh and yanked him back, then slammed him against the ground.
Zhou Chong ran over and wanted to remind Meng Chao to search whether the man had any weapons or hidden communicators that he could use in desperation.
But Meng Chao was much more experienced than Zhou Chong imagined him to be. His hands turned into two balls of gray fog as he searched Big Brother Knife's body. He found a poisoned dagger, two mini bombs the size of fingernails that could be used to destroy shackles or door locks, a highly corrosive acid, and a communicator that could be hidden in his missing molar. It could be used to send messages when his teeth knocked against each other.
Naturally, there were also three Deification Capsules.
However, "Brother Knife" was different from those stupid bandits. He cherished his life very much and would not casually consume a forbidden drug that would overdraft his life.
Seeing that all the life-saving magical equipment on him had been found one by one, Brother Saber's face was ashen as he collapsed to the ground.
Zhou Chong looked around and saw that all the bandits were curled up on the ground like dead dogs. He heaved a sigh of relief.
At this point, he could only report the situation to the command center.
"The enemy's wariness surpassed our expectations. Fortunately, Meng Chao warned us in time, and we made a prompt decision to capture Big Brother Knife," Meng Chao said.
Zhou Chong said, "Give us some time, and we'll definitely be able to force out information about the mastermind."
"Sure, but you must be quick."
"The situation has changed again. Aside from what I said just now, signs of the zombie virus and Blood Flower spores wreaking havoc in three large residential areas with more than ten thousand people have been found. The eastern, western, and northern parts of the city are all large-scale development zones, including Shattered Starlake. There are also signs of a monster horde eruption around the crystal mines and refineries that have just been built with a large amount of resources." That's right.
"Right now, we don't know just what level the monster horde is and whether there are any Hell Beasts or even Apocalyptic Beasts serving as garrisons behind the normal monsters.
"But it's impossible for a monster horde to erupt from three different directions at such a critical moment. It's impossible for it to be a coincidence.
"The crystal mines and smelters are important projects for Dragon City this year and next year. They're also a crucial part of our grand strategy to completely destroy the monster nests. We can't let them be submerged by the monster horde.
"So, aside from the Red Dragon Army being on the highest alert, a large number of high-end fighting forces and even those at the peak of Deity Realm have left the main city area to be stationed in the crystal mines and smelters.
"If we can't control the situation in the lair at this moment and the flames of war burn in our core, it'll be very troublesome!"
Once Nie Chenglong finished speaking, he used the neural tactical data link to send a few videos of the new development areas and crystal mines outside the city to the veteran hunters' retinas.
Over the past year, Dragon City had been colonizing the areas around it in a rather radical manner.
To occupy strategic areas with rich spirit energy, underground spirit energy ley lines, and a lot of ores, many of the forward operating bases went deep into the wild like fangs. The areas around them were shrouded in fog, so not only was their field of vision unclear, the spirit energy magnetic field interference could also easily affect the superhumans' fighting strength.
Ten years ago, Dragon Citizens would not have dared to pour an astronomical amount of resources into such a place and build a large scale infrastructure.
But during the battle of Raging Waves and the subsequent series of battles, the strongest humans killed more than ten Apocalyptic Beasts in one go. As for Hell Beasts, there were also countless of them. Dozens of nests belonging to the kings of the beasts were uprooted, and a large number of beasts were forced to form groups and migrate deeper into Monster Mountain Range. In fact, when they saw the dust stirred up by the humans' war chariots, they fled.
It had been a long time since Dragon Citizens saw a real monster horde.
Their tactical counterattack was going so smoothly, so naturally, quite a number of people became arrogant. They even said domineering words like "we humans are born to be surrounded."
Regardless of whether it was the mega corporations or the unlicensed pathfinders, they fought against each other to occupy territory outside the city. Even though the Survival Committee and the Supernatural Tower had repeatedly ordered everyone to pay attention to controlling and protecting the supply lines and to act according to the overall plan of Dragon City and not expand recklessly, in the face of 300% profit, even the helpless normal citizens dared to pluck the fur off the heads of lion-type monsters.
It was even more so for the ambitious superhumans who longed to rise to power, build their careers, and even leave their names behind in history. Everyone was fighting for territory, and those who listened to the Supernatural Tower obediently would lose the chance to obtain a large amount of cultivation resources. They would be controlled by others in all aspects and would never be able to reach the legendary Deity Realm. This was something that every superhuman and every force of power formed by superhumans could not tolerate.
But this sort of ambition was a double-edged sword, and in the face of 300% profit, even the helpless normal citizens dared to pluck the fur off the heads of lion-type monsters, much less the ambitious superhumans who longed to rise to power, build their careers, and even leave their names in history.
But this sort of ambition was a double-edged sword.
The good side was that ambition drove the superhumans, and in just a short year, they managed to expand the area under Dragon City's control by three times.
The bad side was that after Dragon City expanded to three times its original size, it had finally reached its limit of expansion. In fact, it had even unknowingly surpassed the limit of expansion. When it faced the northern offense again, it had to set up defenses everywhere, and it had a lack of manpower. The main city area was in a predicament where there were gaps in all directions, and it was even worse than before.
After all, at that time, Dragon City only had one supply line leading to the north. It also had to set up defenses around Shattered Starlake, Graveyard Forest, and Raging Waves.
Now, new development areas similar to the scale of Shattered Starlake and crystal mining ships could be found everywhere in the north, south, east, and west.
It was only at this moment that Dragon City realized that he seemed to have taken too big of a step and was pulling his balls.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
The phantom-like figures of monsters appeared in the fog around the forward operating bases and new development areas.
Even though they were shrouded by the fog and could not see the types and numbers of the monsters, they could not see them clearly.
However, judging from the undulating and hair-raising howls, their numbers were definitely not small.
Right now, the monsters were mobilizing their forces in the fog and accumulating their strength.
Once the monster horde surged out of the depths of the fog like a tidal wave, it would bring the toughest test to humanity's defense line, which had been lengthened by several times.
Of course, due to the large amount of cultivation resources brought by the massive expansion, the number of powerful fighters in Dragon City and their average fighting strength had increased by leaps and bounds over the past year. They might be able to withstand the monster horde that surrounded them from all directions.
In fact, if they relied on the crisscrossing defense line that was several kilometers deep to whittle down the elite forces of the monster civilization, then the monsters would be at the end of their tether. It might be beneficial for humanity's next stage of invasion.
But this meant that trench warfare that would last for days, weeks, or even months would descend on the defense line at the perimeter of Dragon City. The sky would be dark, and flesh would fly everywhere.
Human civilization and monster civilization would have to bet everything on it.
At such a critical moment, the number of soldiers and high-end fighting power they could send into the lair would definitely be reduced.
Meng Chao and Zhou Chong realized just how serious the problem was.
They also realized that the monster horde the enemy mobilized at the perimeter of Dragon City, the zombie virus, Blood Flower spores, and the Deification Capsule incident in the lair were connected.
They had to figure out the truth behind the Deification Capsule as soon as possible.
They had to control the situation in the lair.
No matter what, the lair could not fall into chaos.
When he thought of this, Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong's eyes shone with a fierce light, and he walked to Big Brother Knife with a fierce look on his face.
"Senior Zhou, let me try."
Meng Chao blocked Zhou Chong's path expressionlessly.
Everyone had their own specialties, and Zhou Chong might be the best hunter.
But in the past, his targets were only monsters.
If they did not have unique hobbies, it was impossible for hunters to interrogate or torture monsters to death.
But based on Meng Chao's memories, as a member of the Ghost Tribe, he often needed to get information from the intelligent races of the Other World.
Meng Chao believed that Big Brother Knife's mouth would not be tighter than the dwarf's, who was hot-tempered and stubborn.
Kacha!
Meng Chao did not ask any questions.
Instead, he crushed Chen Hao's ankle with his foot.
Chen Hao's right foot was the only thing that was undamaged.
But at that moment, his foot was bent at a strange ninety-degree angle, and white bone fragments came out of the bloody wound.
He was in so much pain that his face turned stark white, and he could not help but scream like a pig being slaughtered.
But Meng Chao struck his chest and nearly caused his lungs to explode. He sucked in his screams.
Only the cold sweat that shot out from the pores all over his body, as well as his twitching nerves showed just how unbearable the pain he was enduring was.
There was not a single hint of pity on Meng Chao's face.
Of course, there was no expression other than pity on his face.
Instead, he aimed at the area above Big Brother Knife's ankle wound. It was about one inch away from him, and he stomped on it again.
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