nycdaug Chapter 108 The giant beast attacks
Chapter 108 The giant beast attacks
As soon as Li Chenglong arrived at the central computer room on the eighth floor, Alice was already waiting there. Seeing him enter, Alice said, "The situation is urgent, so I'll get straight to the point. Do you remember the information Miss Erica left behind? The Kiel aliens' lunar base has a monitoring system. Once it detects a large-scale stronghold on Earth and its military strength reaches a certain level, it will automatically deploy behemoths to attack those places. Based on my observation of energy fluctuations, at least three behemoths have arrived on Earth. One will attack us here, and the other two are far away, so we don't need to worry about them." After speaking, Alice displayed some information about the behemoths, which Li Chenglong quickly glanced at and memorized. As he left, Alice added, "By the way, your and Yunlan's dragon and phoenix rings have communication capabilities, but currently they can only communicate within a 100-kilometer range, and they consume your awakened spiritual energy, about 1% per minute. Once you reach a higher level, the rings will have some other functions."
Li Chenglong nodded and quickly walked out. He hadn't paid much attention when he learned from Erica that the Kiel aliens had a monitoring system, because even with all the awakened beings and superhumans, Dawn City was only this large. He hadn't expected this alien beast to appear so suddenly. According to Alice's information, based on the alien beasts the Kiel aliens had deployed on Meral, these beasts were generally over 10 meters tall and enormous. Moreover, judging from Alice's photo, this behemoth resembled Godzilla from the movies, could shoot lasers, had two huge launchers hanging from its waist on each side, and possessed incredibly sharp claws; even the walls of Dawn City probably couldn't withstand such claws.
He had just arrived at the first floor of the Shuguang Building when he found it already bustling with activity. Although people were coming and going, there wasn't much chaos, which pleased Li Chenglong. Within seconds, the special forces soldiers, chanting in unison, had arrived in front of the Shuguang Building. Yang Liu saluted and shouted, "All 40 members of the special forces team are present! 40 members present! Please give your orders, Captain!" Li Chenglong returned the salute and shouted, "Everyone, get in the vehicles! Let's go!" He then got into the driver's seat of the SUV, Yun Lan took the passenger seat, and Yang Liu, Zhao Liying, and Han Xiaoling sat in the back. An SUV then sped off, followed closely by a troop carrier.
Yang Liu explained Zheng Yong's initial arrangements to Li Chenglong, who was quite satisfied with them. Currently, among the five combat battalions, the first, second, and fifth battalions were the strongest, followed by the fourth battalion, while the third battalion was relatively weak. Furthermore, with this attack, most of the advanced ability users had arrived at the front lines. Li Chenglong drove around, relaying information about some of the giant beasts to them. As for the matters concerning Meral and Kiel, he didn't tell them for the time being because Erica had requested that it be kept secret.
At 10:10 PM, Li Chenglong arrived at the North Gate tower, where he met Zheng Yong and the others. Upon seeing Li Chenglong, Zheng Yong and the others said apologetically, "Today is your big day. We shouldn't have informed you, but we've heard that everyone here is at least level 8, and we might not be able to handle them alone." Li Chenglong waved his hand, "No, you're fighting on the front lines, how can I indulge in pleasure? In the future, if anything like this happens, please inform me immediately." They then unfolded a map and began to carefully plan their deployment.
Zheng Yong proposed: "The behemoth will land 8 kilometers to our north. After our efforts over this period, we have collected a considerable amount of heavy weapons. In addition, Sister Shen has recently produced psionic bullets and enhanced rifles. I suggest setting up some explosives 6 kilometers away. Even if we can't kill it, we can at least hinder its advance to some extent and buy us some time for our subsequent preparations. I have already had two companies from my fourth battalion carry out these preliminary arrangements. They brought two tanker trucks, 200 kg of TNT, and a lot of bombs and shells. When the behemoth arrives, it will definitely be in for a rough time."
Li Chenglong nodded in agreement, then said, "My plan is not to let it get too close to fight, because the behemoth is huge, and getting too close will damage our Dawn City. Fortunately, the behemoth landed right in the second ring of Linhai City, where there are many tall buildings. We can use these buildings to block it layer by layer. Once it reaches the minefield set up by Zheng Yong, our ability users can go into battle. This time, we need to make it clear to them that those below level four should not go, because firstly, they won't cause too much damage, and secondly, I don't want to see too many unnecessary sacrifices."
Yunlan continued, "Besides the giant beast, there will also be a zombie horde this time. The zombie horde won't be easy either. Each battalion, company, and platoon must be prepared for a protracted battle. Li and I will do our best to kill the giant beast in the shortest time possible. Once the giant beast is dead, the other zombie hordes won't be a threat." The group discussed for a while, refining the deployment of each battalion. They finally decided that the main battlefield would be a stadium 5km north of the base. This stadium was surrounded by buildings, making it convenient to set up firing positions and also advantageous for the ability users to attack the giant beast. The task of attacking the giant beast was assigned to the First and Second Battalions, along with a portion of the special forces, while the Fourth and Second Battalions were responsible for fighting the zombie horde.
Besides these combat battalions and special forces teams, some combat-type ability users from the Dawn City government agencies, as well as several advanced ability users from the Third and Fifth Battalions, including Zhao Rui, a level six strength-type ability user. After all the arrangements were completed, Li Chenglong led many advanced ability users to the location where the traps were set, quietly awaiting the giant beast's attack. Those present were mostly level four late-stage or higher ability users, and were key members of the combat battalions and other departments. Yun Lan glanced at her watch and then said, "According to Alice, the giant beast is expected to land about two kilometers from here in ten minutes. After it lands, Captain Li will lure it away. Once Lord Li has lured it to this location, we'll detonate the oil tanker and the explosives. Then, all the ability users will unleash their ranged attack skills to the fullest. Even if we don't kill it, we should inflict considerable damage."
Li Chenglong looked at all the ability users: "When it explodes, stay far away. With so much explosives and gasoline, the power will be considerable." Then he began to walk forward, preparing to lure the giant beast. After a while, under everyone's watchful eyes, a dazzling sphere of light streaked across the sky, its size increasing as it drew closer. Then the sphere of light crashed to the ground some distance away, where it immediately exploded. The shockwave from the sphere's fall and explosion could be clearly felt even in Dawn City.