Chapter 184 Show My True Strength

Buzz!

Several helicopters rose into the darkness, carrying the Pioneer warriors swiftly away into the distance.

In the previously abandoned city, legions of adult warriors and warplanes were still clashing fiercely. These mechanical warriors were incredibly powerful, holding up the warplane squadron for a full half-hour. After shooting down seven warplanes, the tank legion was completely annihilated.

"We have crushed the enemy's tank legion. The enemy is fleeing in disarray, and we are in hot pursuit!" the commander reported to the command center, saying in a proud tone, "We will definitely return with the target before dawn tomorrow!"

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As it turned out, the commander spoke too soon.

Indeed, their warplane squadron caught up with Li Tianran's Pioneer team in just over ten minutes. By this time, Li Tianran and the others had landed in another abandoned city. This city had not been cleared by the Pioneer Legion, so there were still a large number of mutated beasts and beast kings. The Pioneer Legion, equipped with thermal shielding suits, entered the city like fish returning to the sea.

The warplane squadron circled in the sky, unsure how to search for Li Tianran and the others. Sending troops down would expose them to the dual threat of beast tides and Pioneer Legion ambushes. Directly using large-scale missiles to bomb the city could easily kill Li Tianran and the others.

Most importantly, after the battle in the previous city, their ammunition was insufficient to support a comprehensive bombing campaign.

In this day and age, with traditional weapon reserves dwindling, the ammunition carried by this warplane group was already considered above standard!

After much deliberation, the commander finally decided to send personnel to search the ruins, while half of the warplanes returned to replenish ammunition.

Soon, only half of the warplane squadron remained.

And the two hundred-plus Evolver soldiers accompanying the army also entered the dark city.

"Evolver number 038, positioning disconnected!"

"Number 036, disconnected!"

"Number 165, disconnected!"

Shortly after the Evolver soldiers entered the abandoned city, the positioning markers on their bodies quickly disappeared or remained stationary in one location for an extended period. Clearly, they were under attack from the enemy, though it was unclear whether it was the Pioneer Legion or a beast king.

Da da da!

The warplanes began to strafe the locations where the Evolver soldiers' coordinates had last disappeared, but the effect was minimal, either disturbing large numbers of mutated beasts or achieving nothing at all.

Finally, when the one hundred and sixtieth soldier's marker stopped moving, the commander finally lost his patience. He ordered the remaining twenty warplanes to surround the city and advance inward from four directions, bombing as they went.

Fire lit up the city once again, and countless mutated beasts and beast kings were bombed to death. The city descended into chaos.

Lu Chi slashed a mutated beast lunging at him, then asked Li Tianran, "Boss, do we keep moving?"

Li Tianran released his gravity domain, crushing a large number of mutated beasts, and nodded. "Let's go!"

While the city was being bombarded, Li Tianran had quietly led his people away once more.

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An hour later, a portion of the warplanes returned after re-supplying, dropping a large number of flares to illuminate the city and continuing the bombing, but they still failed to find any trace of Li Tianran and his group.

The commander discovered a terrifying fact.

They had lost track of Li Tianran…

Thinking of the attitude of those important figures towards this matter, the commander trembled. He began to fear the consequences of his failed mission!

But fate seemed to be on his side. As the light of dawn returned, personnel responsible for satellite monitoring sent him information that they had discovered the Pioneer Legion's movements in an abandoned city six hundred kilometers away from the warplane squadron. While the warplane squadron was frantically searching for Li Tianran and his group, the Pioneer Legion had used this time to clear out the monsters entrenched in another abandoned city, and continued to plant their battle flags throughout the entire city.

This was almost like a blatant humiliation.

While being frantically pursued by the warplane squadron, they had not only escaped, but also taken the time to wipe out the monsters in a city, and without any attempt to conceal their movements, brazenly planted their flags on the tallest buildings! Da Feng Novel

The commander was almost driven mad with anger, but amidst the rage, he also felt a sense of relief, relieved by Li Tianran's arrogance!

If not for Li Tianran's actions, his chances of finding the enemy would have been almost zero.

Thus, the entire warplane squadron resumed its pursuit of Li Tianran.

In that abandoned city, the two sides met again. Li Tianran deployed a large number of tanks and vehicles, and engaged in a fierce firefight with the warplane squadron.

Afterwards, Li Tianran led the Pioneer team to continue their retreat.

During this engagement, the two sides gradually stretched out the battle lines, and the entire battle was extended from the "three hours" initially estimated by the commander to ten hours, twelve hours, fifteen hours, and all the way to thirty-six hours!

During this process, the warplane squadron returned for re-supply more than a dozen times, and the large tanks in Li Tianran's storage space were nearly exhausted.

Li Tianran turned this "annihilation crushing battle" into a "protracted war"!

The warplane squadron suffered heavy damage, and the Pioneer Legion was chased for thousands of kilometers, in a disheveled and miserable state.

"I'm asking you, when exactly will this battle be resolved?" The commander heard his superior's extremely unpleasant voice through the communicator, and felt extremely distressed and helpless.

Li Tianran and his group were extraordinarily powerful, and they always managed to escape their pursuit time and time again.

Most importantly, the time it took for the warplane squadron to return for re-supply was too long, and this interval in ammunition gave the Pioneer Legion a lot of room to maneuver.

He explained these difficulties to his superior, who said that he would seriously consider them, and then hung up the phone.

Soon, the leaders of the great power learned of this news, and after thinking for a moment, said, "Then let's add some more pressure on him!"

Shortly after these words were spoken, an aircraft carrier from the European Union announced that it was being sold at a low price to Moldogo, one of the participating countries in the pursuit of Li Tianran. The entire transaction process took no more than three minutes, and then the aircraft carrier was flying the flag of Moldogo, and escorted by destroyers, sailed out of the harbor in a grand manner, bypassing the gathering places of beast kings, and joined the operation.

An aircraft carrier was practically a mobile arsenal. With its powerful addition, the pressure on Li Tianran's team suddenly doubled. Finally, under the encirclement of the aircraft carrier and a large number of warplanes, the Pioneer Legion was trapped in a coastal city called "Meiyading."

"They really have no shame… they even brought out an aircraft carrier!" Li Tianran stood in the ruins, gazing at the behemoth on the distant sea for a long time in silence, then took a deep breath and said with determination, "Alright, I'm tired of running for so long!"

"The whole world knows about this war!"

"Let's have a final battle here, and show them my true strength!"