Chapter 236 Advancement from All Sides
"Clear the way with the heavy trucks, advance with the armored Angel Envoy, everyone follow my Envoy into the attack."
Zhu Xiong, riding the Bone Armor Giant Pig, led the charge as two modified heavy trucks occupied the entire roadway, rumbling forward and pushing through everything.
Monsters in groups tried to block them, but they couldn't stop the heavy trucks of such tonnage, crushing them as they went, leaving behind severed limbs and unrecognizable remains.
The Angel Envoy clad in heavy armor followed closely behind like a barricade, with the Contractors coming up at the rear.
Armed with rifles, they began shooting at the thousands of monsters, killing them one by one.
The monsters roared continuously as they fell one after another, unable to breach the blockade, and were cleanly killed under the gunfire of the Spirit Energy rifles and the slaughter by the Angel Envoy.
"Roar"
From the depths of the monster horde, a Second Order entity, over four meters tall, leaped out and charged towards the frontmost heavy truck, potentially breaching the defense line if not stopped.
Zhu Xiong saw this and merely sneered, a jet-black figure swiftly emerged from the side, pouncing and pinning it to the ground.
With a crack, the monster's ribcage was completely crushed by the Blackthorn Glutton, and then with a swing of its arms, sharp black spikes shot up.
Spiked Eruption
Hundreds of black spikes burst out like bullets all around, piercing through many monsters and knocking them straight to the ground.
It swept up masses of monster corpses while its arm spikes rapidly regrew, and then with a raise of its hands, more spikes burst out, killing numerous monsters.
The Third Order presence suppressed the whole horde, and the furious massacre eventually caused the heavily damaged monster horde to start fleeing.
"Proceed with the plan and drive them off, construction team get ready to build the wall at the junction."
"Yes."
With hundreds moving together, they quickly cleared up a whole street. Aside from some sporadic monsters in buildings, they were driving larger numbers of monsters towards the southwest direction.
"Hurry up, everyone."
Half were on guard while the others cleared the battlefield, then the accompanying construction team swiftly advanced, controlling the Black Rock Tree Monsters to manipulate rocks into forming walls.
"Three more streets ahead and from Zhao Yimin and Zhu Junhua's flank, they've cleared through several streets, and we'll be able to connect the pharmaceutical plant and the stadium area soon. It'll be easier to manage then."
Zhu Xiong muttered his calculations to himself. With three groups advancing together, each with hundreds and fully equipped with Spirit Energy rifles and ammo, the driving speed was naturally fast.
"Boss Zhu, but moving further out, just like Old Zhu said, we'll start encountering Survivors' Camps, not small ones either."
Zhou Xiao came over. The area they were currently clearing around was near the pharmaceutical plant, where there weren't many Survivors' Camps as it was the plant's territory.
But moving further out, it would be different.
Zhu Xiong grunted, saying, "Just subdue them directly, handle it based on their nature, we don't have time to negotiate slowly. And remember to pile up the monster corpses well, logistics will handle them later, the Tree Domain needs this."
"Understood."
The wall construction went quickly, even though there was only one team of constructors with Zhu Xiong.
But in this team, all were Contractors bonded with the Black Rock Tree Monsters.
Ten Black Rock Tree Monsters worked together to build the wall, it was only four meters high and half a meter wide, so it was naturally even faster.
The wall wasn't meant for holding positions, but for blocking and segmenting to prevent a large-scale return of monsters and to facilitate rapid connection into a continuous wall during future clean-ups.
Thus, the task now wasn't troublesome. In just half an hour, the wall was built, and about a thousand monster corpses were amassed near the wall.
"Next target."
Zhu Xiong waved his hand, leading the group to the next block.
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In the southern district, Zhao Yaqian and her team expanded through the neighborhood, the Southern City Guards armed with crossbows, swiftly slaughtering the monsters in the streets in coordination with the Envoy.
"Encircle on the left wing, watch for monster breakthroughs, and prepare for chemical bomb interdiction."
"Boom"
They enveloped from the left and right starting from an alley, swiftly segmenting the originally surging monster horde and then rapidly annihilating them.
Zhao Yaqian coordinated from the middle, and her psychic powers undoubtedly made her more adept in command.
"Boom"
However, just then, her expression changed, "Second Squad, retreat immediately; there's a Second-grade Monster in the alley."
As soon as she issued her command, she had already swiftly dashed across the street. The monster tried to pounce on her, but the nearby Shadow Armor Tyrant had already charged over, sweeping away a multitude of monsters.
"Die."
Zhao Yaqian remained composed, her Talent ability burst forth, her Psychokinetic Power turned into blades, slicing apart all the monsters in front of her, and rapidly charged into the midst of thousands of monsters, positioned just outside the alley.
"Boom"
And at that moment, the alley resounded with a thunderous boom, and two Second-order Superior Monsters rushed out from between buildings, their massive bodies filling the alley, and their menacing gazes targeting the squad that was about to attack from the flank.
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The squad was retreating quickly. Their captain also had Second Order Low Grade strength. Two Contractor had already stepped up, but in the next moment, they were brutally punched away by the horned monster, their bones already broken.
"Two Second-order Superiors."
Zhao Yaqian's face darkened, a shadow fiercely attacked the monsters inside the alley, revealing itself to be a beast coated in black, its thorny bones fierce, bearing three horrifying claws.
"Roar"
As the Shadow Devouring Demon appeared, the two Second-order Superior monsters immediately sensed the threat, pivoting their bodies to confront the Shadow Devouring Demon.
Shadow Bind
However, Zhao Yaqian had no intention of holding back. A massive amount of dark shadow energy surged from the Shadow Devouring Demon, binding the two monsters up like tentacles.
The two monsters struggled furiously, but could only be slowly pulled closer by the Shadow Devouring Demon, and finally, its sharp claws slashed across, tearing open one monster's head while Zhao Yaqian's Psychokinetic blade quickly flashed by, severing the monster's body.
"Thank you, Captain Zhao."
The flank-attacking squad was saved and immediately expressed their gratitude, but Zhao Yaqian had already furrowed her brows. The monsters outside had begun to flee, but the encirclement had not fully formed.
"Surround and kill the monsters."
She immediately turned back, the Shadow Devouring Demon and the Shadow Armor Tyrant plunged into battle, swiftly clearing the street of monsters.
By now, Zhao Yaqian had already advanced to Third Order. The Shadow Devouring Demon, having advanced, clearly had improved control over its energy, its attacks powered by shadow energy sweeping through and killing large numbers of monsters with each strike.
But the faster she cleared them, the quicker the monsters dispersed. At this point, they couldn't form a solid encirclement like the Tree Domain Camp, leading to a large number of monsters escaping.
Even during the assault, many of the Southern City Guards were wounded or killed.
Zhao Yaqian, though heartbroken, could only grit her teeth and continue fighting even harder.
After half an hour, the monsters were nearly wiped out or had fled, the entire street was littered with monster corpses, and the stench of blood was extremely strong.
"Engineers, build the wall; everyone else, clean up the battlefield. We need to secure this district by tonight and have it connected with Captain Duan Jie's side."
"Understood."
Without taking the time to mourn or rest, everyone immediately assisted the injured and cleaned up the battlefield, then arranged the street defenses.
By continuously reclaiming streets and expanding the defensive depth of the industrial park area, they could protect more people and accommodate more individuals.
Wang Hu was overseeing the meticulous clean-up efforts and walked over to the slightly tired Zhao Yaqian.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Yaqian, you should rest. Since your advancement, you've been fighting continuously for several days without much sleep."
"The quicker we recover, the more people we can save. I can keep going; after all, I'm Third Order now."
Zhao Yaqian shook her head. Her gaze flickered with solemnity as she saw the concern in her old superior, Wang Hu's, eyes, but she just gestured that she was okay.
However, only she knew inside that if the Southern City Camp didn't act quickly, how could they possibly catch up with the Tree Domain's pace.
"Can Captain Cheng get a large amount of cement?"
Zhao Yaqian asked Wang Hu, who was taken aback for a moment and replied, "We'll just have to try. Even if the quantity is large, it actually wouldn't be enough, we can only use it for emergencies, to fortify these critical places."
Wang Hu fell silent for a while, then said somberly, "I'm more worried about the north side, recently more and more powerful monsters have been flooding in."
"The Tree Domain is in action; these may just represent a part of them, most are heading to the west of the city."
"I know."
Wang Hu paused, then queried in a deep voice, "Yaqian, just how fast is the Tree Domain progressing, and why does it make you so anxious?"
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