Chapter 1 The Overture

Dazzling flames soared into the sky, a barrage of grenades danced in the air, machine guns spewed scorching hot air, and helicopters hovered in the sky.

This was war.

Li Tianran watched this scene, feeling a surge of excitement slowly awakening in his heart.

Guns and fire spit, iron wings spin, demonic miasma extinguished, sweeping the Yellow Springs!

This feeling of being at the center of a war, of being able to move the world with a single command, was simply too exhilarating!

Li Tianran had always considered himself a calm person, but in the roar of artillery fire, in the roars of the sea beasts, he felt his blood burning, boiling!

"Adult Warriors Teams 1, 2, and 3, use RPGs and machine guns in a crossfire pattern. Combat vehicles and helicopters, replenish ammunition immediately," Li Tianran ordered methodically.

The ammunition consumption rate of armed helicopters in war was terrifying. In such large-scale operations, coupled with the rate of fire of the machine guns, the ammunition would be nearly depleted after a single charge.

Two hours to load, two minutes to shoot...

This saying was not just empty words.

At this moment, five helicopters returned to the farm to replenish ammunition, while the remaining five helicopters acted as ground fire support, dispatching any sea beasts that bypassed the sea of fire and charged straight toward the battle tanks!

"Any movement in the southern district?" Li Tianran inquired within the system about the monitoring guards in the southern district.

Soon, a series of images returned.

The sea surface in the southern district was still calm, forming a stark contrast with the intense fighting in the northern district.

"They're really holding their ground," Li Tianran smiled, turning his head to look at the battlefield again.

White phosphorus bombs were extremely powerful, with a strong adhesion, and the temperature after burning could reach over 1000 degrees Celsius, enough to annihilate all life.

At this moment, the entire northern district had become a sea of fire.

Large numbers of sea beasts, engulfed in raging flames, ran frantically, roaring, their flesh and skin crumbling, even their bones melting.

Finally, some mutated beasts turned and fled toward the sea, trying to escape.

But from the depths of the sea came a low, muffled roar, a sound that seemed to possess some strange magic, causing the mutated beasts that had already reached the edge of the island to turn around again and launch a desperate charge.

"Beep beep beep!"

Three seconds later, the monitoring guards in the southern district suddenly issued a piercing alarm.

Li Tianran raised his eyebrows, then turned to Ding Lu and Lu Chi, who were sitting beside him, and said, "Guard this place well, slowly pull the battle line inward. There's some movement in the south; tonight's main event is about to begin."

……

Li Tianran left the engaged northern district in a helicopter.

Compared to these ferocious mutated beasts, the somewhat sinister Beast Kings in the southern district were even more terrifying.

With Li Tianran gone, only Lu Chi and Ding Lu remained in the northern district.

This was their first time overseeing such a massive battle, and they were both inevitably excited.

Under the powerful firepower of the infantry fighting vehicles and helicopters, the tide of beasts fell in droves, and they gradually pulled the battle line back, according to Li Tianran's instructions.

"These monsters are too terrifying," Ding Lu said, sitting in the helicopter, his tone heavy.

Lu Chi licked his lips: "Monsters without reason are like a pack of mad dogs. Although they look scary, they're actually not that frightening."

Large swathes of mutated beasts fell. Just then, the sea in the distance began to churn wildly again, as if a colossal creature was about to burst out of the water.

Splash!

The sea parted, and a mutated blue whale with a body definitely exceeding a hundred meters surfaced. It slowly approached the northern district's land, then opened its giant mouth, and something radiating a metallic luster rolled out.

The thing that rolled out of the blue whale's giant mouth was actually a small submersible!

Lu Chi and Ding Lu saw this scene using night-vision binoculars.

Ding Lu was a little puzzled, wondering what the other side was trying to do.

But Lu Chi seemed to have guessed something, his face turned cold, and he sneered repeatedly.

Several smaller mutated sea beasts crawled to the submersible and forcibly opened its exit. Amidst a chorus of wails, dozens of living people actually walked out of the submersible!

Ding Lu's eyes widened instantly. He saw the sea beasts pushing these living people to the front of the队伍, using them as human shields to advance slowly.

These humans had different skin colors, some Asian, some European, but the expressions on their faces were uniformly similar: terrified and utterly despairing.

No one knew where these sea beasts had abducted these humans from. Perhaps they kept these humans captive in order to use them as shields!

"Help!"

"Save us! Don't fire!"

"We're humans!"

"Tasuke te kudasai!" (Japanese for "Help me please!")

Various cries for help rang out as dozens of humans trembled and walked toward the battle tanks in front of the monsters, weeping uncontrollably as they advanced.

"Cease fire! Cease fire!" Ding Lu roared, his scalp tingling.

Buzzing!

The helicopters hovered in the sky, the machine guns slowly ceasing their rotation.

"Let the helicopters land. I'll drive Tank No. 2. Have the other tanks and helicopters clear the way for me!" Ding Lu said, taking a deep breath.

Lu Chi's face showed a surprised expression: "You can't be thinking of saving those people, are you?"

"That's right." Ding Lu nodded and said, "Let me down!"

"Are you crazy? Can't you see this is the enemy's tactic? You're asking for death if you go to save them!" Lu Chi said sharply, "Besides, what value do they have?"

"There might be talented people from various industries among this group, who could serve the boss," Ding Lu said in a deep voice.

Ding Lu's personality was very honest and kind, and he still retained a trace of goodness in the apocalypse.

But in Lu Chi's eyes, Ding Lu's kindness was undoubtedly equivalent to being a fool.

To go and save those hostages in this situation? What was that if not foolish?

"The mutated beasts are only about half left now, and I have plenty of stamina and ability, so there's no need to worry," Ding Lu said with a light smile.

Lu Chi was about to be driven mad. Just for such an absurd reason, Ding Lu was actually going to go deep into the enemy ranks.

"You absolutely have to save them?" Lu Chi asked, gritting his teeth.

Ding Lu nodded.

"Fine, since we have a conflict and can't agree, I'll send you down," Lu Chi said with a cold smile.

Soon, the helicopter landed, and Ding Lu jumped out, got into Tank No. 2 as planned.

Lu Chi ascended again in the helicopter.

Ding Lu adjusted the intercom and said, "I'll be passing through Channel 3. Please have the helicopter squadron escort me..."

Buzzing!

Lu Chi's helicopter went straight toward the distant horde of beasts.

Da da da!

The machine guns instantly opened fire, and the horde of beasts that was advancing with the aid of human shields instantly descended into chaos.

As the bullets fell, the bodies of the humans at the front were instantly shattered. Accompanied by desperate cries and curses, dozens of humans were annihilated in an instant.

Ding Lu was stunned.

The tanks and cannons opened fire again, scattering the beast horde.

The helicopter landed again, and Lu Chi looked at Ding Lu expressionlessly.

"Now, our conflict is gone!"