Meng Chao felt a surge of warmth in his heart.
He was not an official investigator of the abnormal beast research department, so he had the freedom to join other forces of power at any time he wanted.
But Nie Chenglong still trusted him and was willing to endorse his achievements just because of one report.
No one could compare to him in terms of courage.
It was no wonder then why the abnormal beast research department was able to recruit so many amazing people in just a few short years under his management and stand above the secret police.
With this great amount of achievements, the range of missions Meng Chao and Lu Siya could choose from became much wider.
The perimeter of Dragon City was the area from Shattered Starlake in the north to Raging Waves. It was the first new city in the north to be developed. After years of hard work, they had long since built an impenetrable defense. No matter how fierce the monster horde was, it was impossible for them to cross Raging Waves, which had been completely fortified.
The western front was covered in swamps, forests, and quicksand.
It might be difficult for the humans' steel army to expand westward, but the monster army, especially the large creatures that weighed hundreds or even thousands of tons, had a hard time breaking into the western front.
Hence, the monster civilization's main attack direction was the east and south.
Meng Chao and Lu Siya studied the situation map of the eastern and southern front for five minutes before they cast their gazes on the same coordinate.
It was a place the humans named Burning Island.
Burning Island was not a real island.
Instead, it was a humongous rock.
It was 370 meters tall, 4,200 meters long, and 3,000 meters wide. Its top was as flat as a table, and it was twice the size of the largest rock on Earth — Ayers Rock.
This huge rock stood erect in the wilderness like a lone island.
Since it was hundreds of meters above the ground, even when the wild was shrouded in fog, the top of the rock could be seen clearly. It could be used as a reference for the humans' armored airships and Heaven Realm superhumans who wore non-motorized gliders.
The whole rock boasted abundant spiritual materials. It was even safe to say that it was a gargantuan, natural crystal. It was an out-and-out natural paradise.
When superhumans cultivated and fought on the surface, they breathed in and released incredibly pure spirit energy every minute and second. Through the huge rocks, they formed a profound and indescribable resonance with the planet's magnetic field, which was very beneficial for them to break through the limits of their lives.
Besides, the top of the rock was wide and flat enough. If they set up an artillery base on it, they could look down from above and increase their firing range to the max. Then, they could threaten all the monsters within a circular area of dozens of kilometers.
As a result, this huge rock became a strategic location that the military would fight over.
When the fog gradually dissipated, humans could finally extend their tentacles into the depths of the wilderness. This giant rock was immediately controlled by humans and built into a war fortress.
Because the giant rock was crimson red, as if it was on fire, it got the name "Burning Island".
The monster horde was fierce, but the monsters were not stupid. They naturally knew the importance of Burning Island.
Since the first twenty-four hours, Burning Island had become one of the main targets of the monster horde's repeated attacks.
In just three days and three nights, Burning Island had changed hands several times.
Every time the attackers gathered a large number of soldiers and rushed to the top of the rock that was hundreds of meters tall, they would be chased down in at most five hours.
Countless mangled corpses were left on the mountain and at the foot of the mountain. Corpses were everywhere, and blood flowed everywhere. It was a tragic sight.
This time, the humans used armored airships to launch an ambush behind the monster horde, which had not gained a stable footing. Once they chased the monsters off the top of the rock, they finally managed to gain more than eight hours of breathing space.
During these eight hours, the armored airships transported a large number of light and heavy cannons and construction machines from the rear. They repaired three artillery bases and hundreds of light and hidden firing points, making Burning Island impregnable once more.
But the monster civilization clearly would not retreat so easily.
Based on the analysis of the images sent back by the reconnaissance drones, a few monster hordes were gathering not far away from Burning Island.
Among them were countless flying-type monsters that could threaten armored airships. The monster horde that filled the sky was about to sweep through Burning Island once more and shake the entire eastern frontlines.
To strengthen Burning Island's defense, the Red Dragon Army and the private armed forces belonging to the nine great mega corporations had already paused their attacks from the other two directions. They mobilized a large number of elites to head to Burning Island to set up defenses.
The alliance of the five universities, which included Agricultural University, the University of Technology, the University of Science, and the military school, had also sent out the youth guards formed by their upperclassmen. Under the guidance of their lecturers, they arrived at Burning Island.
However, the drones had captured countless Hell Beasts and even Apocalyptic Beasts appearing in the monster horde that was gathering in the forest in front of Burning Island.
As of then, the military strength deployed on Burning Island was still not enough.
All the soldiers that could be sent to the battlefield were sent to the battlefield. After the tactical supercomputer made some calculations, the battle network could only send out a call to the superhumans who had been injured during the fierce battle a few days ago and were currently recuperating in the hospital at the rear. It hoped that more powerful fighters could head to Burning Island and fight against the unprecedented monster horde together.
Meng Chao saw a lot of familiar names on the list of soldiers defending Burning Island.
They were all students from Agricultural University's martial arts course, monster controller course, and the alliance of the five universities.
His tutor, Blade Dancer Gu Jianbo, and his tutor's wife, Griffin Li Yingzi, were also there.
The defense of Burning Island was crucial, so he naturally had to help his tutor and students.
Lu Siya also found the elite squad belonging to Sky Pillar Corporation on the list of soldiers defending Burning Island.
Besides, Burning Island was a pure, natural, and large crystal. Even though it was filled with a lot of impurities and its grade was not high, its large size meant that it had an astonishing amount of resources, which was why Sky Pillar Mining was determined to get it.
Hence, the two of them only used three seconds to come to a decision in unison.
They would provide reinforcements to Burning Island and fight against the monster horde!
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At the borders of Dragon City was Burning Island in the eastern frontlines.
Even though a fierce battle had yet to break out, it did not mean that the two sides who were preparing for war would allow each other to enjoy even a second of peace.
The clouds of war shone in the sky, and under the illumination of the blood-red setting sun, countless originally awe-inspiring armored airships that looked like steel demons were covered in dust because of the smoke. They were also riddled with holes because of the monsters' acid and fireballs. They looked like broken ships that had just gone through a tsunami and a storm, but they endured the moans that made them want to fall apart and gritted their teeth to charge at Burning Island.
Clatter. They brought with them a large number of spare parts from construction machines and cannons, along with guns and ammunition. They forcefully landed on the top of the rock, and the moment they landed, they were reduced to scrap metal.
Immediately, volunteers from engineers and university students rushed into the burning scrap metal like a whirlwind. They risked being burnt to a crisp and having their bones crushed to pieces to save a large number of spare parts and ammunition.
Some of the spare parts were turned into large construction machines that spat out rocks and monster carcasses like steel beasts. They dug intersecting trenches at the edge of Burning Island and built bunkers and firing points. They also buried a large number of anti-monster mines.
The other spare parts were turned into heavy cannons with large calibers. They joined the heavy artillery bases and let out endless roars at the super large monster horde that was gathering more than ten kilometers away.
The three heavy artillery bases dealt a rather severe blow to the monster horde.
Even though the monster horde was hidden in a primitive forest formed by towering trees, the monsters' genetic potential was stimulated by the Hell Beasts and Apocalyptic Beasts. Their tough skin and defense increased by 200%.
However, in the face of the unreasonable carpet bombing of the humans, they could only cover their heads and flee like rats, or bury their heads deep in the mud, deceiving themselves.
Of course, the monsters would not just sit around and watch the monster horde crumble under the barrage of artillery fire.
The ground forces were still gathering, but the monster civilization's air power had already been mobilized.
More than one hundred Demonic Air Ripping Eyes that looked like large eyeballs with nerve bundles dragged behind them appeared above the rock top of Burning Island under the cover of tumbling clouds and smoke.
Their tentacles were entangled with each other, and as they rubbed against each other at high speed, they let out piercing screeches. They turned into invisible mind lightning that interfered with the cerebral cortexes of the defenders on the ground. In fact, they turned into fake nerve electrical signals that caused the humans to see and hear things. It was as if they were in hell and the entire world was occupied by monsters.
Not all the defenders were superhumans. Quite a number of the Red Dragon Army soldiers were just normal people. Under the mind attacks of the Demonic Air Ripping Eyes, their mental strength indices soon fell to zero. Their eyes rolled back, and they looked as if they had gone mad. They flailed their arms and screamed.
There were also some Mutated Demonic Air Ripping Eyes that had their mind attacks weakened, but they had evolved to have longer and stronger tentacles. They could also contract their muscles and release compressed air from the back of their bodies. From there, they gained super mobility.
These mutated Demonic Air Ripping Eyes were like squids floating in the clouds. They let out whooshing sounds and tore through the dark clouds to crash into the armored airships that were transporting heavy artillery, ammunition, and construction machines. Even if they did not crash head-on, as long as they were within fifty meters of each other, their incredibly malleable tentacles would fling over and bind the armored airships tightly.
In the end, they would either crush the airbags of the armored airships and cause them to lose control and crash, or they would stab their tentacles into the engines of the armored airships and detonate the crystal fuel in them. Then, they would turn into dazzling fireballs and brilliant fireworks with the armored airships. They would die together with the armored airships.
This suicidal tactic severely interfered with the construction of the heavy artillery bases and the continuity of firepower.
This was especially so when the mutated Demonic Air Ripping Eyes bound and crushed an armored airship that was loaded with a lot of artillery shells. Once the crystal fuel was detonated, the wreckage of the armored airship crashed near a heavy artillery base, which led to a terrifying explosion.
Half of the heavy artillery base was engulfed in flames.
The heavy artillery, which had been assembled after a lot of hard work, was instantly reduced to scattered parts.
The impact waves gave these parts high speed and great kinetic energy. They spread out in a fan shape like the God of Death's scythe, and a large number of artillerymen's lives were taken.
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