The demons' attack was suppressed.

Despite their astonishing size, the black stone pillars, with their complex internal structure, couldn't possibly carry an endless supply of small spider demons. Furthermore, the blocking force was equipped with a wide array of weaponry, including over twenty general-purpose machine guns. At this distance, the web of fire they wove could only be described as impenetrable.

As the tide turned, the number of people gathered at the retreat point quickly exceeded three hundred, nearly the total number of the blocking force. The few casualties suffered were a result of the transfer process. After being separated by the stone pillar driven into the center of the position, those farther from the path down the mountain undoubtedly faced greater pressure. In addition to the threat of the spider demons, the stray bullets from friendly fire were also a danger. They could only try to keep low, firing at the enemy while flanking from both sides.

Fortunately, with the widespread use of tracer rounds, the machine gun crews' suppression efficiency and accuracy were far superior to what they had been in the past. Guided by the glowing trails, the main gunners could clearly and precisely choose their targets, avoiding situations where their rounds strayed far from the battlefield without them even realizing it.

Of course, the most crucial factor was Lightning's timely warning. If they had been hit by a stone pillar while firing, the casualties would have been far greater.

Therefore, when she landed gently, she was met with unanimous and enthusiastic applause.

However, Lightning showed no sign of relief. "Where is the commander of the unit?"

"I am the person in charge of this operation, Maozhua," Maozhua stepped forward and saluted the little girl. "We really owe you this time."

"You must organize a retreat immediately," Lightning said quickly. "The black stone pillars that destroyed the camouflage positions also contained a large number of spider demons, and they are heading this way. In addition, there are many launching devices on the floating land, and the enemy may launch new stone pillars at any time!"

Maozhua was shocked to hear this.

Now that the shelling mission was complete, an orderly retreat according to plan was the next course of action, but how to leave was clearly a big difference. He had originally wanted to wipe out the remaining enemies in the position and bring all his comrades, dead or alive, out of the Desperate Mountains. However, it now seemed that the situation was worse than he had anticipated.

The two pre-set positions were not far apart, and there was a road connecting them halfway up the mountain. If Lightning's information was correct, then the longer they delayed on the mountain, the more likely they would be to encounter spider demons on the way.

The mountain path was not as flat as the position that the witch had smoothed out. In narrow places, it was only wide enough for two people to walk side by side, and with the snow and the slope, it was almost impossible to set up an effective defense. There were only two choices: either the troops retreat down the mountain immediately, as many as can go, trying to reach the halfway junction before the spider demons arrive, or call in support troops to intercept the enemy for them.

The problem was that there were more than just two or three "stone pillar launching devices" that Lightning mentioned. If the support troops' position was exposed, it was likely to be targeted as a priority, after all, that team had more than eight hundred people, and looked more like the main force. Therefore, the safest way was to notify them to stay put and rely on their own strength to block the enemy.

But reason was reason, and making this decision was not easy.

There were still twenty or thirty people missing. They may be injured and unable to move, or they may still be looking for opportunities behind the stone pillars. Once the troops leave, these people will have to seek that glimmer of hope on their own.

And Yupi, who had not shown up all along...

Maozhua was a little dazed.

"Captain!" Someone reminded him.

He suddenly came back to his senses. That's right, he was the person in charge of this team. No matter what, completing the mission was the first thing he had to consider. And the current mission was to bring as many First Army soldiers out of the Desperate Mountains as possible.

"Contact officer, use the phone to notify the support troops to continue to remain hidden," Maozhua ordered, gritting his teeth. "Everyone else, retreat from the position immediately. We'll meet at the halfway junction!"

Then he took out a cow horn and blew the horn to retreat quickly—

Under this order, the rifle troops responsible for protection would be divided into several batches, covering the scattered artillery as they moved down the mountain, until everyone left the scene.

"Miss Lightning, can I ask you for a favor?" After giving the order, Maozhua looked at Lightning, "Those soldiers who can't get close to here for the time being—"

"Don't worry, leave it to me." Lightning already knew what he wanted to say from his expression.

"Thank you!" Maozhua saluted again and began to organize the artillery to retreat to the next assembly point.

……

"This is the work you're so proud of?"

Silence of Calamity tilted its head to look at Mask. Although the other party did not speak, Nasopelle seemed to hear the ridicule in its mouth.

The intensity of the insects' resistance was much fiercer than it had expected. Even when the engagement distance was reduced to almost face-to-face, the "Absolute Fire" symbiote had not solved all the resisters in one fell swoop, which made it a bit unable to step down from the stage—especially after it had issued a declaration of knowledge supremacy in front of the other party.

It should be known that the reason for giving the new symbiote the name "Absolute Fire" was to prove that its creation had the ability to overwhelm the human fire branches, fire crossbows, and fire rain, but this insect force not only blocked the first wave of Absolute Fire's impact on the mountain, but now it has formed a defense line on the mountainside, blocking the second wave of small symbiotes that came over outside the mountain road.

This result was really unacceptable to Nasopelle!

It was clear that its work was more powerful than the original body, not only combining offense and defense, not being restricted by life ephemera, but also not fearing life and death, and never tiring before exhausting its magic power. It could be said to be a perfect weapon of war. If it had been invented hundreds of years earlier, there would have been no such thing as the Federation's escape—not to mention the Fertile Plains, even pushing all the way to the southernmost island of Dawn would not have been a problem!

But the first time it was put into actual combat, the performance of Absolute Fire was not much better than the original body, how could this not make it angry?

"There are so many symbiotes in God-Made God, I want to see how long these insects can resist!" Mask Great Monarch raised the magic core in his hand again.

Silence of Calamity grabbed its arm.

"You want to say that magic power is limited—" Nasopelle was greatly dissatisfied, it was most repelled by this crude behavior of using strength to "interfere" with others, rather than reasoning and speaking logically. Blood was like this, the Lord of the Sky was like this, and it had not expected that the silent Great Monarch who was always silent was also like this.

Indeed, the reason why the improved "Spear" symbiote can throw such an amazing weight is inseparable from the powerful magic power provided by the modified obelisk. Each of its launches consumes a lot of energy. If it is continuously projected many times in a short period of time, it will affect the normal flight of the God-Made God. In addition, this will also accelerate the aging of the god stone veins below the obelisk, indirectly shortening the service life of the God-Made God. "—But if we don't eliminate these insects, wouldn't it further encourage their stubborn resistance? Don't forget that those insects that Haikesuode brought up are also paying attention to this war. For the clan's next plan, we must completely defeat them no matter what!"

"Let me go."

Silence of Calamity replied concisely.

Following its pointing, Mask couldn't help but be stunned. "You plan to be launched with the spear? I've done several experiments, the moment that thing lands is enough to crush the living bodies in the stomach, even if it's wrapped in a cushioning sac, it's difficult to save its life, only some symbiotes can withstand such a big impact."

"But you haven't experimented with me, have you?" Silence of Calamity walked towards the stone tablet that was about to launch without looking back.

"Haikesuode is not here now, if something unexpected happens, I won't save you!"

The other party waved its hand, seemingly not taking this warning to heart at all.

Mask had no choice but to rotate the core and control the spear symbiote to open the outer shell.

Just as Silence of Calamity was about to enter the interior of the stone tablet, Mask stopped it.

"Hey, don't die."

Silence raised its arm, and on it was wrapped a piece of white fabric—it seemed to be a piece of the edge of a robe.

Mask frowned. Few people in the clan would put their minds on decoration. This light, pure white clothing made it think of Valkyrie's common image in the Sovereign's Seat.

"I won't die until I kill all the humans," it replied slowly, then its figure disappeared into the stone tablet.