Chapter 266

On the battlefield of the Beitianmen Research Center, a group of sea beasts were frantically ramming against the steel gates. Their bodies were huge and their shells were thick, making it impossible for the Pioneers to kill them in a short period of time. Meanwhile, the mecha warriors were holding back those secondary evolved creatures.

The war had progressed to the point where everyone was covered in blood, both their own and that of their enemies.

Many people felt exhausted.

The Pioneers' arms, wielding their blades, felt numb. They mechanically raised and slashed, panting heavily. They were utterly exhausted, but no one dared to drop their weapons, because in such an intense battlefield, dropping one's weapon and stopping the attack was equivalent to giving up one's life!

Inside the Research Center, Chen Tiannan led all the area supervisors, standing in the drive room of Zone Thirteen, their eyes fixed on the progress bar on the screen.

Ninety-nine point seven five percent!

Ninety-nine point seven six percent!

"Five minutes!" Chen Tiannan gritted his teeth, his voice trembling. "If we can just wait five more minutes, we will see Beitianmen come into existence!"

Earlier, Chen Tiannan had ordered the researchers at the Beitianmen Research Center to evacuate, but the female Pioneer brought him Li Tianran's order...

Hold the line!

As long as there was one Pioneer still alive, the Research Center's gate would not be breached!

If the monsters were able to rush in, it would mean that the entire fighting force of Kuangxi Island had been completely defeated, and then even if these researchers escaped to any corner of the island, it would be useless!

Beitianmen was a security network created jointly by the entire human civilization. Its existence was too important for the entire human civilization and Li Tianran; it was a major aid in fighting back against the ancient civilization, and absolutely no problems could be allowed.

Its first run also required all the technical personnel involved in the project to witness it together, in order to handle any unexpected faults that might occur.

"Ninety-nine point eight three percent!"

"Ninety-nine point..."

The progress bar on the screen rose bit by bit. Everyone held their breath, their eyes focused only on the slowly moving progress bar, with nothing else.

Boom!

A loud noise rang out, and the entire Research Center building shook violently.

On the battlefield outside, a Xuan Turtle-shaped beast king, nearly three hundred meters in size, was ramming into the building. It was like a small mountain, and each impact brought a cataclysmic tremor. An invisible shockwave emanated from the point where it hit the wall, quickly spreading throughout the entire Research Center building.

Inside the drive room, the slowly moving progress bar suddenly stopped.

"What's going on?"

"Why is the drive interrupted?"

"Quick... go check!"

The supervisors panicked, their palms filled with sweat.

Soon, the personnel responsible for checking the problem came to report that the vibrations from the outside battlefield were too great, and the impact on the Research Center was too strong, causing several large drivers to become unstable.

"The strength of this Research Center can withstand earthquakes of magnitude 9 and the bombardment of armor-piercing missiles... How can there be such a large vibration?" Chen Tiannan's forehead was covered with sweat.

Not only that, but the vibration was getting stronger and stronger!

"This building... it won't collapse, will it?" someone said in a trembling voice.

Chen Tiannan's pupils shrank.

If this building really collapsed due to this terrifying vibration, then everything done before would be in vain. Even if Li Tianran still had enough resources to rebuild the Beitianmen project, where would he find so many technical talents?

For Beitianmen, almost all of the world's top technical personnel were gathered here. If something happened, Li Tianran would not be able to replicate a second batch of technical teams!

"Let's evacuate! If we evacuate... even if the Research Center collapses, we still have a chance to recreate Beitianmen. Otherwise, if we are buried in the ruins together with the equipment, then everything will become a bubble!" A supervisor finally couldn't help but speak. He didn't say this because he was afraid of death. As a technical personnel, he valued Beitianmen even more than his own life.

His stance in saying this was only based on the macro-perspective of the overall situation.

They could fight against the invading sea beasts with their weak bodies for Beitianmen, because they knew that if they died in the process of resisting the sea beasts, then their deaths would be meaningful. Their deaths might slow down the pace of the sea beast invasion, or even completely block the sea beasts.

But if this building was really going to collapse, then their staying here and becoming corpses in the ruins along with Beitianmen would have no meaning other than adding a little casualty!

Many people looked at Chen Tiannan.

Chen Tiannan was caught in a dilemma for a long time. His eyes gradually became firm, and he looked up at everyone: "Hold the line! Maintenance team, go and repair the drivers immediately!"

"Chief Commander! If the building collapses, it's all over!" A supervisor was a little anxious, and said loudly, "But if we evacuate, there's still time..."

"Yes, if we evacuate, we still have time to rebuild the second Beitianmen." Chen Tiannan glanced over everyone: "But humanity doesn't have time!"

It could be foreseen that after this war, Kuangxi Island would not be able to return to the gap in the human defense line in the near future, and the ancient civilization would launch a crazy counterattack and revenge against humanity during this time.

Without a security network, many large weapons could not be used normally!

Relying on a single Kunlun behemoth, how much of the human world's peace could it maintain?

Seven days.

If they gave up here, it would take seven days to rebuild Beitianmen.

In these seven days, at least hundreds of millions of people would die at the hands of the ancient civilization. Even besides Kuangxi Island, several powerful countries might suffer heavy losses or even face the danger of annihilation.

These technical personnel were all from various countries around the world, and their homelands might also be ravaged.

They came from all over the world, not all for the command of Kuangxi Island, to help Li Tianran build Kuangxi Island, but to protect their own countries.

If even their own country was destroyed, then what was the point of building such a project?

"What we can do now is to believe in Li Tianran." Chen Tiannan said in a deep voice, "He said he would handle all external affairs and not allow any external factors to affect the construction of Beitianmen. I believe he will do it!"

Under Chen Tiannan's comfort, the emotions of the crowd calmed down, and they began to deal with the faults of the drivers in an orderly manner.

At this moment, the vibration of the Research Center building suddenly stopped.

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Outside the building, the originally fierce battlefield now had an extremely strange scene.

Hundreds of secondary evolved creatures had all stopped moving, and their eyes showed expressions of horror and panic!