Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!

The Forbidden Army Leader, or the man known as Guo Xu, sat on the open ground, behind him lay the corpse of a gigantic monster.

Seated opposite him, besides Jin Zhong, was a female Holy Blood he had never met before, yet it was apparent she was the highest commander of this team.

---- Of course, it was Ji Xing.

After devouring the dry food Ji Xing gave him, he exhaled deeply, wiped the sweat seeping from his forehead, and said:

"So, the battle for Jinling City is over?"

Hearing his words, Jin Zhong nodded and replied:

"It's over."

"In fact, not only has the battle for Jinling City ended, but the battle for Jinling New City has also ended."

"The Beast Tide has effectively been destroyed---- although some monsters have scattered, they can no longer form a Beast Tide."

"Now, besides our team, the only ones still fighting monsters are the Church Protection Army in other small cities or the mercenaries hired by caravans."

"But, all battles are mainly about cleaning up."

"Just like we're doing now."

"Cleaning up?"

Guo Xu smacked his lips and shook his head.

"The world really has changed..."

"Back when we were in the Guard Brigade, where would the word 'cleaning up' ever be used in battles against monsters?"

"Whenever large monsters above level four were involved, every battle was a life and death test."

"Now, you people chase around a level three monster and call that kind of action 'cleaning up.'"

"This is simply..."

"The tides have turned."

Ji Xing interjected:

"Humans can't always be suppressed by monsters, nor can they always live precariously under their claws."

"We have to find a way out for ourselves, don't we?"

"Right, that's very reasonable."

Guo Xu put his fingers in his mouth to suck them clean of grease, then immediately asked:

"So how was Jinling City defended?"

"Jinling City wasn't defended."

Ji Xing replied flatly, but Guo Xu's face suddenly changed.

"Not defended?"

His eyes quivered slightly, a flicker of barely visible brutality in his gaze.

If Jinling City fell, what about the civilians there...

What happened to them?

"Don't get agitated."

Ji Xing waved her hand and continued:

"Jinling City wasn't defended not because it was breached, but because the battles with monsters forced the civilians to evacuate due to harmful environments."

"However, they should already be on their way back now."

"Jinling City will soon be restored; the city is still there."

"That's good..."

Guo Xu relaxed again.

"How was that battle fought? By the Huaxia Army?"

"The remaining Supreme Army and Church Protection Army in Jinling City wouldn't be able to resist such a large-scale Beast Tide, and reinforcements from other cities wouldn't arrive in time..."

"You actually had spare forces to support Jinling City?"

"We did provide support to Jinling City."

Ji Xing shrugged.

"But the forces we sent to support Jinling City also suffered significant losses, and ultimately didn't play a decisive role."

This time, Ji Xing didn't beat around the bush and said directly:

"It was you who saved Jinling City."

"Us?? Who??"

"You, you three."

As Ji Xing finished speaking, the trio of the Forbidden Army sitting opposite froze in place simultaneously.

We saved Jinling City?

The three of them looked at each other incredulously, for a moment not even understanding what Ji Xing meant.

They had just been lost for a few days.

They hadn't done anything, so how did they become the ones who saved Jinling City?

---- Wait a minute.

It's not like we did nothing.

That piece of equipment.

"Was it because of that equipment??"

"That's right."

Ji Xing nodded again.

"That equipment was a Beacon used to control the Beast Tide, and we had two comrades who entered Mountain City and obtained the Beacon's terminal through certain means."

"They issued erroneous commands to the Beast Tide, causing the monsters to kill each other."

"Most monsters died during the infighting, and the rest were dealt with by us."

"After the Beast Tide north of Jinling City was eradicated, the crisis of the Beast Tide was basically over."

"Got it....."

Guo Xu slowly exhaled.

At this moment, a thought emerged in his mind that he couldn't express but he was immensely grateful for.

Thank goodness!

Thankfully, he heeded advice and handed the equipment over to the Huaxia Army!

If he had simply destroyed it or even given it to the Holy Hall...

The outcome would have definitely been completely different!

The Holy Hall wouldn't have had the ability to use such equipment, nor could they have sent someone to Mountain City to obtain any terminal...

Wait a minute?!

Guo Xu suddenly widened his eyes.

"Mountain City?!"

"You entered Mountain City?!"

His tone was filled with intense shock, and Liu Hao and Zhang Chao beside him felt the same.

Are you kidding?!

That was Mountain City!

That is the Holy Land of the Mechanical God Sect!

None of us have ever entered Mountain City, yet here you are casually telling me your people have already gone in??

And, furthermore, it was through equipment obtained in Mountain City that the Beast Tide was ended??

Guo Xu had already stood up, his entire body trembling.

To him, this was no longer simply a matter of "faith being desecrated."

No, this was actually not a desecration.

It should be said, it was suddenly realizing he had lost ownership of his own faith.

If you reached our Holy Land, then what are we??

His mind felt in a jumble.

Ji Xing noticed his expression and couldn't help but find it a bit amusing.