Chapter 128 Demise of the City

The terrifying explosion echoed across the battlefield. As the Mech Berserker's body collapsed, energy surged out, instantly tearing apart four or five nearby Followers, scattering them as chunks of flesh across the field.

With its last strength, the Mech Berserker killed five enemies.

But compared to the thousands of Followers, this was merely a drop in the bucket, utterly failing to change the course of the war.

The Followers' roars, the drone of warplanes, and the soldiers' desperate cries filled the skies above Carney City, painting a scene of utter human tragedy.

Cold sweat poured down the commander's forehead. He had already sent a distress signal to Mad Wind Island, but he had to hold out until reinforcements arrived. Otherwise, the Kunlun dreadnought would only find a city of corpses!

"Think of something! Think of something!" The commander desperately slapped his face, trying to calm down. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck. "I'm such an idiot! I forgot how the governor drove away the Apostles today!"

A look of excitement spread across the commander's face.

Mental Link!

That's it!

Mental Link!

Although the city only had hundreds of thousands of people, the enemies they faced weren't that strong either. They only needed to reach the level where they could kill the Followers. Hundreds of thousands of people should be enough!

No, it definitely would be enough!

The commander kept reassuring himself. He opened the communication channel and issued orders to all the city's garrison troops.

"I am Nio, the supreme commander of Carney City! I now order all Intelligent Brain Evolvers to initiate Mental Link! I demand that all stationed soldiers participate in the Mental Link!"

"This is our most dangerous battle! Let us use this battle to once again prove the glory of humanity!"

The commander's voice echoed in every soldier's earpiece.

At that moment, many soldiers felt as if they had found their backbone. They suddenly realized, yes, we still have the powerful trump card of Mental Link!

Even Apostles had to flee in disarray before Mental Link, let alone these Followers?

"Second Squad, listen to my command... focus your minds and prepare for Mental Link!" On the battlefield, a soldier who appeared to be a captain roared loudly, issuing the order to his team.

Under his command, a squad began to focus their minds, gathering around the captain, releasing all their mental power, allowing the captain to control them and merge with others in the distance.

But at that moment, a black ape suddenly descended from the sky, smashing the captain's head with one claw!

The Mental Link in progress lost its leader and instantly collapsed. The scattered mental power exploded like a bomb, violently throwing the soldiers away!

The black ape smirked. It strode towards the soldiers and tore them all apart, one by one.

"Too slow! You're too slow!" The black ape roared with laughter, its gaze turning in another direction.

There, another squad was also attempting to link.

A giant wolf rushed over.

The squad seemed to have spotted the giant wolf and condensed their mental power into sharp arrows, piercing towards it!

The giant wolf revealed an almost human-like sneer, completely ignoring the mental attack, enduring it with its body, and swallowing the entire squad whole in one gulp!

In the following moments, the Mental Link, which the commander had placed high hopes on and the soldiers regarded as a trump card, became impossible to complete due to the Followers' attacks!

"Give us a little time, just a little bit is enough!" the soldiers cried out in despair. They watched as their comrades were slaughtered by the Followers, unable to complete their Mental Link. Each time dozens of people completed the link and wanted to expand to more, they were attacked by the Followers.

The Followers could clearly identify who was leading the Mental Link. Their killings were precise. As long as they killed the Intelligent Brain Evolver, the Mental Link that had already gathered dozens of people would instantly collapse.

Moreover, after the collapse, all the soldiers who participated in the Mental Link would suffer mental backlash, falling into pain and helplessness. At this point, they could only be slaughtered!

The commander saw this scene in the command center, feeling a wave of dizziness.

The Mental Link was actually cracked by the Followers with such simple and brutal methods. Their only hope had been rendered useless.

Small-scale Mental Links couldn't harm the Followers at all, and the Followers wouldn't give them a chance to complete large-scale links!

Slow to activate and with harsh conditions, these were the drawbacks of Mental Link!

If there was ample time for preparation and at a long distance, perhaps the Followers would truly fear the Mental Link power of Carney City, but on the front lines, in a near-zero-distance battlefield, the soldiers trying to initiate the link were just laughable, walking targets.

More and more soldiers died. The commander suddenly realized that there was still a city wall in Carney City. Outside the city wall was the battlefield, where the soldiers couldn't complete the link, but inside the city wall, it was still peaceful, and the people inside could complete it!

Although there were fewer people in the inner city, only tens of thousands, it was still worth a try!

The commander picked up the communicator again and said, "I order all non-combat personnel in the inner city, whether from the Surveillance Department or the Logistics Department, even if they are just janitors, to put down all their work and immediately initiate Mental Link!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! We don't have time!"

Urged by the commander, all the department staff in the inner city left their posts, paralyzing the entire inner city. But the situation had become extremely dangerous. If effective measures weren't taken to drive away the Followers, the entire city would be destroyed!

Under the threat of death, these staff members entered Mental Link state very quickly and smoothly. Without the interference of the Followers on the battlefield, the mental fusion between small teams became effortless.

Soon, a very powerful mental force appeared in the inner city, a force that definitely surpassed the power of ordinary intelligent brain Followers and could definitely kill the Followers!

The commander laughed.

As long as this mental power could successfully enter the outer city battlefield and block the Followers' offensive, it would allow other soldiers to join in. Then, the Mental Link would snowball, growing larger and larger, eventually defeating all the enemies!

"Attack!" The commander also joined the link and quickly took the lead. With his order, this powerful mental force rushed towards the outer city with murderous intent.

As this mental power arrived in the outer city, the Followers who were killing wildly seemed to realize something and began to retreat, keeping their distance from the inner city.

Seeing this, the commander laughed.

This was exactly the scene he wanted to see.

"Just keep retreating! Just keep running away!" The commander's heart pounded. "Get out of my city!"

The appearance of the powerful mental power greatly relieved the pressure on the soldiers on the battlefield.

They also seized the opportunity to join the Mental Link.

But the commander felt a little strange. Although his mental power was getting stronger and stronger, why didn't the Followers show any fear or anxiety?

Most importantly, although the Followers retreated, the extent of their retreat was very limited. They hid on both sides of the battlefield, leaving a large open space in the middle.

It looked...

Like they had deliberately made room!

The commander frowned, looking at the scene. Suddenly, he seemed to notice something, his gaze turning sharply towards the distant giant city.

Above the giant city, a giant rock turtle appeared. The commander immediately recognized that it was the Apostle of the Night!

At this moment, the lava shell on the Apostle of the Night's back was constantly emitting scalding steam, with hot lava flowing out from time to time, like the prelude to a volcanic eruption!

The commander's head buzzed.

He finally understood something.

The reason why these Followers retreated, leaving such a large space on the battlefield, was not because they feared the power of the Mental Link, but to make enough space for the Apostle of the Night's attack, fearing that they would be accidentally injured!

"Quick... quick, dodge..." The commander stuttered, wanting to order his soldiers to dodge, but where could they hide in this city?

Facing an Apostle who wanted to attack them, there was nowhere to hide!

The lava shell on the Apostle of the Night's back finally boiled completely. A large amount of lava spewed out, a dazzling beam of light soaring into the sky, drawing a giant parabola towards Carney City!

A large amount of lava dispersed in the air, falling like a rain of fire.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

In an instant, half of the city was submerged in lava!

The Apostle of the Night's lava possessed the powerful ability to kill Second Evolutionaries. When slaughtering the Followers of the Apostle of the Sky, the number of Sky Followers who died under its lava was greater than the number who died at the hands of the other two Apostles combined!

At this moment, the lava rained down, melting walls and collapsing buildings.

The commander watched as his city was engulfed in a sea of fire. Many soldiers didn't even have time to scream before they were vaporized in the lava!

And the inner city...

The inner city was the Apostle of the Night's primary target!

The Surveillance Department building was submerged in lava and collapsed in an instant!

The Logistics Department...

The Communications Department...

The commander watched as the inner city was gradually swallowed by the lava, and the powerful mental power that he controlled instantly collapsed!

He felt a darkness before his eyes, and his whole body spun before collapsing.

Carney City...

Was finished!