Chapter 124 The Power of the Swordfish King

The helicopter circled over the low mountain, and Li Tianran saw the body of the Swordfish King Beast.

It landed on an open space nearly 1,800 meters away from the low mountain. Almost the entire rear half of its body was charred by the high temperature produced by the propulsion device. The flesh and blood had long since vaporized, and only the pitch-black bones were relatively well preserved.

The front section of its body, including its head, was also deeply sunken, and its body was on the verge of collapse.

Only its long, narrow pointed beak remained unscathed.

Li Tianran examined its body data and found that its vitality had dropped to about five percent, and its stamina was also being consumed crazily, as it autonomously repaired its damaged body.

"This thing is more powerful than a ground-penetrating missile," Li Tianran sighed. "Although its vitality consumption is enormous, fortunately, it's not life-threatening."

The weak point of this Swordfish King Beast was its spine, and this collision experiment proved the tenacity of its physique. It could completely withstand such a terrifying force.

"But it looks a bit bloody, a bit cruel," Professor Nan said, standing beside him, looking at the Swordfish King Beast's battered body, rubbing his chin.

Li Tianran laughed.

Then Professor Nan also felt that what he said was a bit foolish, and he laughed along with Li Tianran.

Bloody and cruel?

The King Beasts could create human chimes; wasn't it reasonable to create a King Beast cannon?

Moreover, after being modified, the Swordfish King Beast was no longer a simple life form. It was Li Tianran's weapon, and the mission of a weapon was to die on the road of conquest for its master… What was there to talk about cruelty?

"This research direction is right," Li Tianran patted Professor Nan's arm, smiling and saying, "I wonder if the walls of the EU city shelters can withstand such a bombardment?"

In order to resist the invasion of the beast tide, shelters had been built all over the world, with walls nearly a hundred meters high and tens of meters thick built outside the cities.

Although, in terms of thickness, the walls of these shelters were not as thick as the low mountain, the walls of the shelters were all made of reinforced concrete, and their strength was much higher than that of simple rock. Li Tianran didn't know if this King Beast cannon could penetrate them.

"Isn't it too early to consider such things?" Professor Nan asked, standing beside him. "Even if we can break through the walls of the EU shelters, we can't withstand the subsequent crazy retaliation. With our strength, confronting a country is still a bit… beyond us."

Li Tianran looked up at the distance, nodded, and said, "That's true, but accidents and wars won't wait until we're fully prepared before they come. I have a feeling that as the world becomes more chaotic, without a backer, we'll eventually have to confront national-level opponents. Before that, I have to prepare something."

This was also the reason why Li Tianran had been frantically reclaiming planting areas, developing weapons, and developing like mad recently. While his strength was gradually growing, he felt a stronger and stronger sense of threat.

"I wonder who the first national-level opponent I encounter will be?" Li Tianran's eyes were a bit complicated. "In any case, I hope it's not my old home…"

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A convoy of transport vehicles slowly drove on the mountain roads of the Yan-Huang border.

The people in the convoy were drowsy due to altitude sickness and long-term labor. Working in this environment often took a toll even on the most robust soldiers.

"Vehicle No. 2, Vehicle No. 2, the command has a temporary task for you. Go to the newly built Supply Station 078 and pick up a few boxes of fuel." At this moment, the walkie-talkie in Vehicle No. 2 rang out, it was the voice of the convoy commander.

Buzz!

As the voice rang out, Vehicle No. 2 slowly drove out of the convoy.

Beep beep!

When Vehicle No. 2 passed Vehicle No. 1, Yuan Wen waved to the convoy commander through the window.

"Be careful!" the commander said. "See you at the next supply point!"

At a fork in the road, Vehicle No. 2 left the convoy and headed in another direction.

"Hachoo… We always get these extra jobs, what bad luck!" The driver of Vehicle No. 2 was a new recruit. There were four people in the entire carriage, including Yuan Wen. At this time, everyone smiled and remained silent when they heard the new recruit's complaint.

The vehicle drove slowly. An hour later, the vehicle was less than thirty kilometers away from its destination.

Because she had worked the night shift last night, Yuan Wen was a bit tired. She leaned against the car window, dozing off.

At this moment, the vehicle made a loud "thump" sound, and the entire vehicle shook. The violent movement immediately woke everyone in the carriage.

"What's wrong?" Yuan Wen immediately asked.

"It seems like we hit something…" The new recruit who was driving looked a little flustered. He directly opened the car door and jumped out, and Yuan Wen followed closely behind to see what was going on.

Under the wheels, the corpse of a mutated takin lay there, its head crushed.

Since coming to the border, Yuan Wen's courage had grown a lot. These mutated beasts no longer scared her, especially since this was just a corpse.

"Drag it away." Yuan Wen found a rope from the cockpit, tied it to the limbs of the takin carcass, and prepared to drag it away from the mountain road.

At this moment, Yuan Wen suddenly raised her head.

She heard a heavy sound coming from the distance on the mountain road.

She squinted her eyes and looked into the distance. She saw some moving black dots gradually appearing on the horizon. Then, these black dots became larger and larger, and their outlines became clearer and clearer!

It was a group of mutated beasts running wildly, as many as fifty or sixty!

"It's a small-scale beast tide! Get in the car!" Yuan Wen's face turned pale in an instant.

Since the border army had begun to patrol frequently, many mutated beasts on the border had been wiped out. Now, it was basically rare to see groups of mutated beasts. That's why they dared to come out alone today to carry out transportation tasks. But today their luck seemed really bad. A group of mutated beasts appeared in this situation for some reason!

"That's not right, mutated beasts usually don't move in groups. Their brains have been damaged. Once they meet, they will start fighting each other. In this situation…" An old soldier looked at the small-scale beast tide that was constantly approaching, his face pale. "Could it be that a King Beast is driving them?"

The carriage was silent.

This small-scale beast tide, whether it was being driven by a King Beast, or being hunted by an even more terrifying monster, undoubtedly pointed to a terrible fact.

This beast tide was not the most dangerous thing. The most dangerous thing was behind them.

"Quickly call the nearest supply point and have them send a helicopter for support!" Yuan Wen immediately made a decisive decision and said, "Drive! Drive! Drive towards the edge of the mountain! Stay away from this road! Don't block the beast tide!"

"T-t-too late!" The new recruit who was acting as the driver was full of anxiety. "This isn't a car, a heavy transport vehicle starts too slowly. By the time we start moving, the beast tide will already be in front of us!"

Yuan Wen's heart sank to the bottom.

The enemy was more than fifty powerful mutated beasts, and an even more terrifying monster that had not yet appeared behind them. On their side, there were only four people, an unarmored transport vehicle, and four light assault rifles and twelve fragmentation grenades.

The newly built supply point did not have a helicopter, and the nearest supply point with a helicopter was a hundred kilometers away, so there was no time for rescue!

"Prepare for battle! Xiao Yuan, you're a woman, you go to the transport cabin in the back! There's a lot of debris there. You hide in the corner and put some alcohol on your body. These beasts won't be able to smell your temperature." A black-faced veteran pulled the bolt of his gun and said in a deep voice.

"Sister Yuan, if I sacrifice myself for the country today, can you… can you help me report to the higher-ups, and not let them tell my parents the news of my death? I'm afraid they can't take it!" The new recruit looked very scared, shivering, but did not back down. He gritted his teeth and picked up the gun in his hand, aiming the dark muzzle at the crazily attacking beast tide. "I only have this one request."

Yuan Wen's eyelids twitched wildly. She was silent for a moment, then directly picked up her gun and said, "Don't say such discouraging things, I never relay wills!"