Chapter 1 The Ripple

The ripple on the sea was so tiny that it was almost impossible to notice without careful observation.

But it was like a signal, a fuse!

A terrible disaster would begin with this tiny ripple!

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"Li Zhi, that bastard!" Chakhine, blocked by fighter jet fire in the center of the battle, cursed Li Zhi, wishing he could kill him quickly. But in the current situation, he had no way to vent his anger effectively.

If he took another step forward, the fighter jets looming in the sky would really sweep him with a burst of bullets.

The machine guns on these fighter jets had the power of small cannons and could pierce the thick iron of armored vehicles. If they hit an evolver, they could shatter the human body on the spot.

Even wearing complete Tyrannosaurus battle armor, the bones and internal organs would be shattered by the huge impact of the bullets.

The evolver legion had suffered severe damage in the previous bloody battle, and everyone was injured. Almost no one's battle armor was intact.

At this time, even the powerful God Descent-type evolvers did not dare to say that they could withstand the bullets from the fighter jets.

"Battalion Commander...let's stop the retreat first!" A Pioneer standing next to Chakhine had a grim look on his face.

The Pioneers were not intimidated by Li Zhi. They were the bravest warriors, daring to wield their swords against the Marine Apostles. A fighter jet could not scare them.

They were not afraid of death, but they did not want to die meaninglessly!

They had not died in the previous bloody battles with the beast tide and the apostles, but now they were going to die at their own hands?

This was too frustrating and meaningless!

Moreover, if they died here, they would lose the opportunity to "take revenge" on Li Zhi in the future.

As a Battalion Commander of the Pioneer Legion, Chakhine was not a brainless brute. On the contrary, he was flexible.

"I order...all evolution units to return to the battlefield." Chakhine said with a gloomy face, picking up his headset to issue the recall order, but he emphasized the word "return" with particular force.

He believed that his Pioneers would understand his deep meaning.

Okay, Li Zhi, you want the evolution legion to return to the battlefield? I will order them to return to the battlefield! But returning to the battlefield does not mean continuing to pursue the beast tide and continue to engage in battle with it!

I will let the evolution legion scatter on the edge of the battlefield, cheer for your main force, and act as cheerleaders, and never put themselves in danger again!

From the beginning to the present, the evolution units have been bearing most of the pressure in this war. Nearly ten thousand evolution units have been almost destroyed. And you still want to order them to pursue a Marine Apostle with a high degree of danger...are you using the evolution units as heavenly soldiers and generals?

Soon, the evolver units stopped their retreat and began to return to the center of the battlefield according to Chakhine's order.

In fact, Li Zhi had two considerations for ordering Chakhine in such a strong manner.

First, he wanted to maximize the possibility of killing the Marine Apostle.

For this terrifying enemy, Li Zhi had invested almost all the power he possessed. He did not want the accident of the "Marine Apostle escaping with a sliver of health" to happen in the end. Therefore, even the exhausted evolution units had to stay in the center of the battlefield at all times on standby, so that they could rush up to finish the job immediately in case of an accident.

Second, Li Zhi wanted to establish his authority through this battle.

A commander is not respected if he is not fearsome.

A general who has not established a reputation for keeping his word in the eyes of his subordinates is not an excellent commander.

The scene of Chu Xiong pointing at Li Zhi's nose and cursing in the command room was still echoing in Li Zhi's mind, making it difficult for him to calm down.

Li Zhi felt that the reason for this situation was because he was new to the position and lacked qualifications and prestige, and others simply did not respect him enough!

Therefore, he wanted to establish his authority in this war and needed to kill the chicken to warn the monkey!

And Chakhine was the best choice.

Although many Pioneers are now mixed with the garrison legions under Li Tianran's unified military power detection, and listen to the command of the local officers, everyone in the human world knows that Li Tianran is the backer of the Pioneers. Therefore, even the highest-ranking local officials are polite to the lowest-ranking Pioneer soldiers.

And if Li Zhi dares to use Pioneers as a scapegoat in this battle, who else will dare to disobey his military orders in the future?

Seeing this, some people may ask, is Li Zhi not afraid of being retaliated by Li Tianran for doing this?

Of course, Li Zhi is afraid.

But he is sure that Li Tianran will not retaliate against him.

The reason is simple.

In this war, if Li Zhi successfully kills the Marine Apostle, then he will have made a great contribution and can be called a hero of the entire human world!

Compared with his contribution, what is it to kill a few Pioneers who disobey military orders?

And if he fails to kill the Marine Apostle in this war and is counterattacked by the opponent, and the entire legion is wiped out, then Li Zhi, who needs to bear the responsibility for this, will naturally be sentenced to death by a military court. If he is destined to die, Li Tianran's revenge is irrelevant!

Li Zhi also knows that he is making a huge gamble.

If he wins the bet, he will be covered in glory and rise to the top!

If he loses the bet, he will be doomed forever and fall into the abyss!

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Boom boom boom!

The roar of artillery fire rose in the beast tide.

Eight mecha warriors in a burning state in front had rushed to the center of the beast tide.

The ground forces of the rear defense line had also connected with the beast tide. Tanks and chariots formed a torrent of steel, began to crush the beast tide, and launched attacks with a horizontal push.

It seemed that all the advantages were tilting towards the human army, and the outcome of today's war would be decided within these few seconds.

The mecha warrior holding the Dragon Tooth Giant Spear leaped high, like Pangu splitting the sky, aiming at the giant python head in the middle of the Marine Apostle and slashed down!

If this strike hit, no matter how tenacious the Marine Apostle's vitality was, it could not escape death!

"..." Li Zhi widened his eyes.

In the Gullen Noah Desert, Li Tianran's eyes were also fixed on the actions of the mecha warrior.

At this moment, this mecha warrior became the focus of the entire world!

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

Li Tianran frowned.

Li Zhi also felt something was wrong.

He rubbed his eyes hard and looked at the center of the battlefield again.

The mecha warrior who had leaped high was now holding the movement of raising his weapon in mid-air, motionless, like a solidified statue!

The entire battlefield was extremely chaotic and noisy, but only the mecha warrior maintained a strange stiffness, quietly suspended in the air!

As if in this instant, this mecha warrior... died!