NOVEL NEXT Chapter 394: Hei Yao
"Commander! The Pillar Blade Beasts marked No.4 and No.5 are adjusting their positions! They are getting closer to each other!"
"Detected the Blade Beasts starting to regroup."
"Blade Beasts' charge speed is beginning to slow down!"
"A large number of Blade Beast casualties detected in area D80239, special spiritual energy detected, database marked, the Black Storm is taking action!"
"Commander! The Third Pillar has stopped its activity!"
The entire Command Center fell silent for two seconds, and then someone excitedly blurted out a curse.
Dongfang Zhenghong repeatedly confirmed the news in front of him.
After receiving confirmed multi-dimensional signals from the battlefield and commands from the Commander, Dongfang Zhenghong finally confirmed;
Wang Zheng has taken down the Third Pillar!
As for how Wang Zheng did it, Dongfang Zhenghong didn't have the exact data.
This also explains why the two Pillar Blade Beasts marked as four and five had to 'huddle together for warmth.'
They're scared.
They're scared!
Dongfang Zhenghong quickly suppressed his emotions, calmly analyzed, precisely coordinated, and began targeted adjustments, concentrating superior firepower to attack the opponent's King-level Blade Beast Group, arranging a large number of half-human mecha teams to ambush King-level Blade Beasts.
They can't deal with the Pillar Blade Beasts for now, but there are ways to hunt the King-level Blade Beasts.
About ten minutes later.
The battle line turned entirely red.
This was not frequent good news, but flashing red lights, with zones of the battle line continually being breached.
Fortunately, they had already simulated the battle scenario in advance, Dongfang Zhenghong calmly issued orders, and local battlefield commanders began to shrink the battle line backwards.
Exchanging space for enemy casualties.
Even if it meant sacrificing the entire population of over a million in the outer fortress of the D8 Combined Combat Zone, it was worth it.
D8, on the current world map, had become an isolated island surrounded by the Blade Beast Tide.
Distant firepower from other combat zones was being frantically deployed, with a large number of old bombers being pulled from the hangars.
This had already become a battle of civilization.
If they win, human civilization will have more breathing space.
If they lose, human civilization will face accelerated extinction.
Dongfang Zhenghong received another command from the Commander to set up a pocket formation for the two adjacent Pillar Blade Beasts and plan to use precious high-yield nuclear weapons to inflict damage on other Pillar Blade Beasts.
Just as Dongfang Zhenghong was tightly controlling the entire battlefield, the red glow on the big screen suddenly vanished into thin air.
Yes, vanished.
The red glow represented a large section of the battle line that was in the midst of combat, with a large number of Blade Beasts on the perimeter.
At this moment, the eerie extinction of red light felt as if all electromagnetic signals there had been swallowed, making communication with the command base impossible...
No, each battle line point had 'floating cables' buried underground for emergency communication.
The mere blocking of electromagnetic signals shouldn't suddenly make tens of thousands of warriors and millions of devices vanish from the command network simultaneously.
Is the display equipment damaged?
Dongfang Zhenghong rushed to the side console, pulling away the sweating technician, and quickly pressed several buttons.
Spiritual Power Satellite Map, that area was completely black;
Biological Signal Map, that area was completely black;
Backup command system, one-way emergency call network...all methods available to the command center now led to one result - completely black.
No response at all.
Dongfang Zhenghong's Adam's apple bobbed up and down: "Satellite image!"
"Three seconds delay... deployed!"
The satellite cloud map appeared on the central large screen, the battlefield that suddenly lost contact was now covered by a circular black cloud of regular shape.
"Unknown peculiar spiritual energy detected! The system, upon comparison, has captured this signal for the first time!"
"Commander! Multiple second defense line units reported seeing a large amount of black fog appearing suddenly, swallowing the front line battlefield directly!"
"Blade Beasts are avoiding those black fogs!"
"Damn! Commander! Our elite west line has been swallowed by the black fog! The black fog currently shows no trend of spreading!"
Dongfang Zhenghong did not hesitate.
Though shocked and somewhat fearful of the unknown, he didn't let himself stop thinking.
"West line retreat immediately! Abandon the four outermost forts on the west! Command the area commanders to be ready to blow up the nuclear landmine zone at any time! Deploy tier 235 heavy artillery from the three defense lines forward! Prioritize air fire support! No large breach allowed!"
"Yes!"
Dongfang Zhenghong stared intently at the screen, now reset to the global battle line map.
That dim area was so conspicuous.
What on earth was this bizarre means?
Half an hour later.
Due to the sudden emergence of this peculiar black vapor, the pressure on humanity's west line was overloaded, and the entire line was on the brink of collapse.
All Blade Beasts, including the Pillar Blade Beasts, suddenly stopped their forward charge.
A large number of Blade Beasts dug deeper underground, while the Pillar Blade Beasts stood arrogantly still, attracting and exhausting the heavy firepower from the human side.
Just as Dongfang Zhenghong was racking his brains, several Fake Spiritual Slaves appeared in the frontline units' scopes, hoisting a flag with human writing on it:
[Hello, human commander, maybe we can talk.]
Dongfang Zhenghong hesitated for a moment, didn't agree on his own, and reported to Fu Jian.
Fu Jian's reply made Dongfang Zhenghong smile wryly.
"Now you are the commander," Fu Jian said calmly, "Even if I die and become a tombstone and ashes, will you still run to my grave and ask, Commander, what should I do?"
Dongfang Zhenghong took a deep breath, slightly thought it over, and immediately had their mechanical body deliver communication equipment.