Chapter 1 The Beginning

Previously, when Li Chenzhou and the others left the space passage, the vast majority of the Devourers chased after them because Xiao Xin was inside this war fortress.

However, the Devourer branch nests moved very slowly, far inferior to the war fortress. Therefore, those still pursuing Li Chenzhou and the others were merely Devourer fighters. The branch nests had long been left far behind.

As for the Devourer city itself, perhaps because no life had ever attacked their homeland, the city was like a human city, completely undefended, without even city walls.

Therefore, the only threats to Li Chenzhou and the others were the pursuing fighters. Of course, after Li Chenzhou and the others arrived in the city, the Mother Empress in the central area would likely send out a large army to剿灭 (jiao mie - suppress/exterminate) them.

However, because the city was too large, it would take time for the forces from the Mother Empress to arrive.

At Li Chenzhou's command, the war fortress immediately launched countless beams of white light, instantly engulfing the pursuing fighters. At the same time, the war fortress surged forward, widening the distance from the fighters.

Then, right next to the war fortress, another war fortress suddenly appeared. As soon as it appeared, it flew towards the depths of the city. Along the way, all the weapons on the fortress fired wildly downwards!

Immediately afterwards, another war fortress appeared, acting in the same way as the previous one. Without even activating its energy shield, it flew rapidly while firing madly at the city below, plunging the city into chaos.

The one releasing the war fortresses was naturally Li Chenzhou. These war fortresses were the kind without small worlds. Initially, Li Chenzhou had planned to distribute them to the warriors and have them drive the war fortresses around, engaging in guerrilla warfare here.

But in the end, Li Chenzhou dismissed this idea and did not distribute them to the warriors, because the war fortresses were too conspicuous. Without energy shields, a few fighters could destroy them.

However, maintaining the energy shields would consume too many kill points, which he could not afford. That was why he chose to equip each team with a war chariot. The war fortresses, at least for the time being, seemed useless. So he simply released them all at this moment, both to kill many Devourers, create some chaos in the city, contain the Devourer fighters, and clear some obstacles for the deployment of the warriors.

Li Chenzhou had not assigned anyone to these war fortresses; he had entrusted everything to the war fortress's AI. Although this meant that the weapons of the war fortress would be uncontrolled and the accuracy would be low, there was a city below, so there was no need for accuracy. As long as the energy beams were not fired into the sky, there would be no problem!

Li Chenzhou didn't pause for a moment. He released all the war fortresses without small worlds in one go. Dozens of war fortresses scattered and charged into the depths of the city. The Devourer city was immediately filled with thick smoke, and the city was full of Devourers fleeing in panic.

"Hahahaha~~~!"

Inside the small world, the warriors who had not yet been deployed were also watching this scene. They all laughed wildly, including the warriors from Li Chenzhou's world.

Previously, when the apocalypse descended, their cities had been like this. They had once been the people scattering below. But now, the city belonged to the Devourers, and the fleeing people were the Devourers. This made them feel exceptionally happy.

"Being able to see this scene, even if I die as soon as I go down, it's worth it. This trip was not in vain! Hahaha!!!"

The warriors from the other worlds were also roaring madly. The oppression that had enveloped them for tens of thousands of years was released at this moment.

The warriors in each chariot were cheering, hugging, shouting, and venting. Just then, Li Chenzhou's voice came again:

"Everyone prepare! Begin deployment now! This is all I can do. The rest is up to you. Kill to your heart's content! Avengers!!!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!!!"

Hearing that they were about to be deployed below, none of the warriors felt the slightest fear. Even those who had been nervous before had been completely dispelled by the bombing of the war fortresses that Li Chenzhou had released.

They now had only one thought in their minds: Revenge! Slaughter!

Because of the concentrated fire earlier, and because the released war fortresses had also attracted many fighters, there were no Devourer fighters behind Li Chenzhou's war fortress.

He immediately seized the opportunity to deactivate the energy shield. Then, he flew horizontally at low altitude over the city, teleporting one chariot after another to the ground.

Li Chenzhou would not teleport all the chariots down at once, as that would be too crowded and the target would be too large. Therefore, he deployed them in a scattered manner, with one chariot deployed on each street.

Because the city below was still in chaos, the chariots that had just arrived on the ground immediately began fighting. Most of the warriors in the chariots teleported outside, and their various guns frantically掃射 (sao she - strafed/sprayed) the Devourers who were still in panic.

They were now using weapons with physical bullets. Li Chenzhou also had a lot of these weapons, and he had also exchanged many infinite-ammo rifles to equip the warriors.

When there was an energy shield before, these weapons had no use. But now, they had no such concerns. Especially since these warriors were now in a state of boiling blood, their faces were twisted as they turned one Devourer's body after another into a honeycomb...

Because the war fortresses could communicate with each other, Li Chenzhou and the others could see the images around the war fortresses that Li Chenzhou had released.

This was another purpose of Li Chenzhou's release of the war fortresses: to use them for reconnaissance, to go as far as they could, and to see how the Devourers would react!

It must be said that the Devourers indeed had no defensive measures for their own nest. This must have stemmed from their confidence. They had never thought that the humans they regarded as pigs and sheep could one day reach their city – just as no one would think that they would one day be bitten to death by a chicken!

After the war fortresses began to wreak havoc in the city, other than the fighters coming from behind to pursue them, the Devourers had no way to stop them. There were no weapons in the city to counterattack the war fortresses in the air. The war fortresses, which had no shields activated, actually continued to shoot all the way and constantly penetrated deeper into the Devourer city...