bdsm-fiction Chapter 86 A Kind Heart Cannot Command an Army
Chapter 86 A Kind Heart Cannot Command an Army
Good news, all anomalous creatures dare not enter the hospital.
Qi Te already knew this, and Xu Su once again felt a strange sense of déjà vu regarding the boy's foresight.
However, what he was more worried about was that being in the hospital was like being inside that Sequence 0 organism, and what if the other party would digest everyone?
The horrific scene at the ancient temple a year ago still sends chills down his spine when he recalls it.
Bad news: three Scorpion fighter jets and a swarm of combat drones dispatched from Haicheng by headquarters were attacked by defensive towers while passing through the buffer zone.
Xu Su had worked at Blue Shield Company for 15 years and had never encountered anything so outrageous.
No, strictly speaking, all the events encountered during this mission were beyond his comprehension.
The green unidentified substance resembling spores, the sequence 0 organism, and the large-scale awakening of hibernating organisms that were in a dormant state—any one of these things struck him as incredible.
But soon, Xu Su's understanding was refreshed once again.
After a dragon-like roar resounded, Captain Xu, who was arranging his troops, turned around and his pupils dilated in shock.
"Golden Salamander!"
Because the convoy's evacuation route made it impossible for them to meet Jiang Luo's group, with several mountains in between, the Blue Shield convoy had never been able to witness the true face of that terrifying creature.
Liu Baichuan excitedly rushed outside and looked up at the sky.
"Perfect, absolutely perfect!"
"This border region actually contains mutated creatures that have completed three evolutions?!"
"How come I never noticed this before?"
Liu Baichuan excitedly muttered to himself, "That's right, the Golden Dragon Salamander is a deep hibernation creature, and it lives in underground caves thousands of meters below the surface..."
"Professor Liu, now is not the time for praise, you should go to the hospital and take refuge!"
Xu Su quickly stopped Liu Baichuan, who was being lured away by the golden salamander, and shouted loudly with a stern expression, "All team members, prepare for battle!"
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The security personnel accompanying the collection team and the 19 advance team members who had just arrived were all dumbfounded.
I've only ever heard of the golden dragon salamander, never actually seen one. But I've encountered black dragon salamanders before.
Even ordinary black dragon salamanders that are not 15 meters long and are not at the level of beast kings are not ordinary in terms of combat power.
Adult black dragon salamanders can typically reach 8-10 meters in length, with claws that are 1 meter long and extremely sharp.
In the early days of the Federation, troops were dispatched to clear the border areas. The highest official record is that a 1000-strong legion in the Western Time Zone was annihilated after encountering a swarm of Black Dragon Salamanders.
Although Blue Shield Company has ample firepower, it is not wartime. The main purpose of the advance team sent here is to plant a flag to prevent Oasis Company from taking over the priority capture rights of Sequence 0 creatures.
To prevent wars from breaking out over resources, federal regulations explicitly state that it's "first come, first served." If a company or government department is not strong enough, the next company or government department in line will take over, and so on.
That's another story. In short, with their current firepower, they probably won't last even a minute.
If you can't even beat the basic version, how can you compete with the ultimate version?
That's a golden salamander that's 23 meters long and has already undergone three evolutions!
But at this point, there was no turning back; they had no choice but to fight to the death.
On the way to the old city, three team members were killed and two were seriously injured. The advance team that reached the old city also encountered a beast tide while retreating to the hospital, resulting in two deaths and five injuries.
Only 25 team members were in relatively good condition. They were divided into groups of three to take charge of the firing points, while the rest were divided into five groups. They were paired up and positioned on the left and right sides of the firing points to cover their teammates' firepower.
The five firing positions consist of anti-material sniper rifles and heavy machine guns with a maximum range of up to 3000 meters.
Xu Su's arrangement was conventional, but with limited manpower, this was the most reasonable formation he could think of.
However, some people raised objections.
"Snipers, all upstairs, find the highest point. Combine the five firing positions into one heavy machine gun emplacement, disperse your firepower, and it will be easier to take them down one by one."
After Yuan Sheng finished speaking very quickly, Hu Zizai looked at Xu Su and then asked, "What other equipment do you have? Even scrapped equipment will do."
Xu Su glanced at the two men with some doubt, but before he could speak, they immediately revealed their identities.
"Yuan Sheng, First Army Group of Long County"
"Longjun Eastern Theater Command, 72nd Group Army, Hu Zizai"
Xu Su was stunned for a moment, then felt a chill run down his spine.
Xu Su, who served in the army for three years, is a retired soldier. Although ordinary soldiers do not have access to top-secret information, there are legends about the First Group Army circulating in the army.
During the century of global catastrophes, most armed groups in the Western Time Zone only knew how to seize resources and kill each other, while the predecessor of the First Army Group frequently offered assistance and rescue to civilians.
For the past decade or so, the First Army Group has been pushing forward a secret plan, said to be closely related to the survival of all humanity. Although the person in question is dressed in civilian clothes and has no rank insignia, those who can enter the First Army Group are certainly not ordinary individuals.
Xu Su immediately saluted the two men and pointed to the left side of the hospital, indicating that there was a Scorpion fighter jet there.
He then looked at Yuan Sheng and solemnly shook his head, saying, "I'm sorry, sir."
"Your battle plan is more brilliant, but I can't send my men to their deaths!"
First, the entire hospital is located within the Sequence 0 organism; the higher levels have not been explored, nor are they dared to be explored lightly. Nobody knows what the situation is like up there.
Secondly, the golden salamander can fly, so a sniper rifle fired from a high position would have a higher hit rate than from the ground, but what about the shooter?
"Making choices is always difficult. But in the current situation, it would be naive to think that we can save everyone's lives."
"A merciful general cannot command an army. On the battlefield, your compassion will only kill more people. Even instinctive emotions like fear and cowardice are superfluous."
Yuan Sheng gave Kyogoku Hiko a look, and the latter's lips curved slightly, a light purple ring of light appearing in his pupils.
Hu Zizai, who had already run to the left side of the hospital, raised his palms, and the fuselage of the Scorpion fighter jet quickly disintegrated.
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The tremors beneath my feet grew stronger and stronger.
Xu Su looked at the image projected onto the holographic mask, his expression unchanged.
Yuan Sheng, who was standing to the side, "saw" everything that Xu Su was seeing through Kyogoku Hikaru's brainwave synchronization.
Satellite footage showed more than a dozen black dragon salamanders chasing a large herd of beasts, running wildly through the city.
The herd did not prey on each other, nor did they fight at all, which was very different from what they had seen along the way.
"The salamander swarm doesn't seem to intend to attack; it's more like... they're driving the herd away."
After Yuan Sheng finished speaking, Kyogoku Hikaru, whose pupils faintly glowed with a purple light, nodded and said, "It looks like you're looking for something?"
Before they could think any further, driven by the salamander swarm, a large horde of beasts had already come into view.
On the way here, Xu Su and Liu Baichuan also didn't understand why Qi Te was so certain that he proposed to retreat to the old city.
After entering the main road, they were pursued by herds of beasts all the way, but once they reached the hospital, the strange creatures stopped chasing them.
It's as if there's some kind of rule governing this area where the hospital is located.
As a biologist, Liu Baichuan immediately deduced that the reason was that the sequence 0 organism had a supreme and inviolable deterrent power over other abnormal organisms.
But at this moment, the surging horde of beasts was closing in on the hospital step by step.
Standing in the middle of the gate, Liu Baichuan, through the telescopic function of his mask, clearly observed the dozens of kestrels, leopards, and thorn wolves in the front row of the herd, their whole bodies trembling.
"Why is he so afraid?" Liu Bochuan frowned in confusion.
His judgment was correct.
"I felt fear, extreme fear, from...the horde!"
Standing behind the machine gun emplacement, Kyogoku asked with some surprise, "What are they afraid of?"
100 meters, 80 meters, 50 meters
As the herd of beasts drew closer, Yuan Sheng, without bothering to analyze the reason, raised his right hand.
"Let's start the war!"
The machine gunners, whose pupils reflected a faint purple halo, raised their guns in unison.
By this time, all five machine guns had been moved to the location of the hospital's main entrance, forming a small defensive position. Considering the number of beast hordes and the presence of tough, highly defensive abnormal creatures like the Quinoa, dispersed fire was far less effective than concentrated firepower.
Kyogoku Hiko used his special ability to erase the emotional perception of all Blue Shield team members while preserving his combat instincts.
At this moment, the team members were like ruthless combat machines, without fear, hesitation, or even pain.
Furthermore, the sensory areas of all team members' brains are interconnected. This means that everyone has a comprehensive, unobstructed field of vision.
Kyogoku Hikaru, who possesses powerful mental strength, is like a main unit, while the 26 Blue Shield members, including Xu Su, are like secondary units that fight individually yet cooperate perfectly.
Even with such a small number of people, they can exert a fighting force comparable to a legion of hundreds of men.
The machine gun emplacements unleashed a furious barrage of fire. The students in the hall either trembled with fear or frowned as they watched the hordes of beasts surging toward the hospital from all directions, worried that the ferocious creatures might break through their encirclement.
"Where did Tezi go?"
Ji Chenyu turned his head and scanned the surroundings, but couldn't find Qi Te.
Yue Wanwan, Cao Yingchong, and Qiao Yi also quickly turned around.
As the horde of beasts surged forward like a tidal wave, the four instinctively followed the other classmates to the already shattered French windows and peered out. Before they knew it, the Zite people had vanished.
Also disappearing were Miss Luo, whose face was obscured, and AA.
"Don't run around!"
Cao Yingchong grabbed Ji Chenyu, who was trying to go look for someone, and said, "He won't go far. Besides, with those two around, they can definitely protect him."
Ji Chenyu's expression darkened slightly. Although he was a little angry that his good brother had acted alone without calling him, he was more worried that the other person might encounter danger.
"We can't just ignore it!"
Yue Wanwan hurriedly took out her phone, intending to call Qi Te, but Cao Yingchong stopped her again, saying, "Qi Te isn't an impulsive person. Trust him and don't do anything pointless or disturb him."
Yue Wanwan frowned, squeezed her phone tightly, and finally decided to give up.
Cao Yingchong looked at the increasingly surging beast tide outside with slightly narrowed eyes. His intuition told him that Qi Te must know something.