dognovel Chapter 259 No need to retreat
Chapter 259 No need to retreat
Song Chen stood on the sea surface, with no spiritual energy fluctuations beneath his feet; he didn't need any.
After reaching the sixth level, his control over the water flow became ingrained in his instincts; every movement of the seawater was an extension of his body.
He closed his eyes, and the Eye of Truth unfolded beneath the sea.
1,500 kilometers away, countless points of psionic light converged to form a wall.
Dense and layered, from the surface of the sea to the seabed, from the shallows to the deep sea, the psionic fluctuations were so dense that they almost formed a curtain of light.
There are third-order, fourth-order, and fifth-order ones, as many as sand.
Those massive orbs of psionic energy were like lighthouses in the dark night in my mental perception.
That place is Tianhai City, and the aura there is that of a strange beast.
It seems the attacks of the sea monsters are becoming increasingly fierce; they are going to great lengths to prevent the Great Xia from unifying the land.
Song Chen glanced down at the system panel.
Kill count: 5234600.
In just a few days, over 100 million kill points have been reduced to this little bit.
"It's gone so fast!"
He sighed as the number in the system store jumped from nine digits to seven digits, leaving him with five million, only enough to buy ten Heavenly Fate Qi and Blood Pills.
Upgrading the system requires 100 million kill points.
But for him now, it really doesn't mean anything.
Song Chen raised his hand, his five fingers slightly spread.
The sea surface collapsed, creating a depression ten meters in diameter. The next instant, the depression disappeared, and he was already three hundred meters away.
There was no thunder or howling wind, only a white line cut across the sea.
A second later, the sonic boom caught up, creating a ring of waves on the sea surface.
After reaching the sixth level of strength, Fuyao became even more formidable.
The wind is no longer something to be controlled; it is a part of his body.
Acceleration requires no process, turning requires no transition; every thought he has directly translates into a change in trajectory.
The sixth-order Qi and Blood drive Grandmaster-level Soaring Speed has transcended the physical concept of several times the speed of sound; it is a continuous displacement that is almost instantaneous.
Song Chen glanced in the direction of Tianhai and immediately set off.
He maintained a steady speed of 3,000 kilometers per hour, not fast, saving energy, while his Eye of Truth remained locked on the wall of spiritual energy 1,500 kilometers away.
……
Meanwhile, in the Tianhai City command center.
Zhou Wangyue stood in the center, his aura fluctuating wildly, looking as if he had suffered a serious injury.
He was also injured by the continuous beast tides these past few days.
In front of him was a holographic tactical screen.
One side displays a defense map of the thirty-six fortresses surrounding Tianhai City, while the other side displays the real-time situation of the sea.
Neither of the pictures is good.
Thirty-six fortresses, twelve of which are marked in red on the eastern front.
Tianhai East Fortress is a key node on the eastern front and is currently the one most severely impacted.
The psionic scan on the sea surface was so dense that details were almost invisible, with layers upon layers of red, yellow, and green psionic dots.
"The left flank of the third defense zone has collapsed."
Shouts came through the communication channel.
"The gap is forty-seven meters wide, and a fifth-tier sea thorn beast is leading the charge in."
"Seventh Sector is out of ammunition, requesting resupply!"
"The second defense zone has retreated. The deputy commander has been killed in action. Repeat, the deputy commander has been killed in action!"
……
"Principal." A voice rang out from the side.
Zhou Wangyue turned his head and saw that the speaker was Liu Li, the vice dean of the Martial Arts Research Institute of Tianhai University. She was thirty-five years old, at the peak of the fourth level, and had retired from the front line two years ago to do research.
"explain."
"Of the twelve fortresses on the eastern front, only four are still in our hands now," Liu Li said quickly.
"South East Fortress lost contact five minutes ago, North East Fortress withdrew, and Sea Cliff Fortress was bypassed. They are still holding their ground, but the sea beasts completely ignored them and bypassed them from both sides, heading towards the main city of Tianhai."
A hint of murderous intent flashed in Zhou Wangyue's eyes, and he sneered, "The Haiyang side has learned their lesson."
"It's not that we've become smarter; it's just that the tools used to command this attack are different." Liu Li handed over a data panel.
"The staff team analyzed the sea monsters' attack patterns. This time, no sixth-tier beast kings came ashore, but the deployment of fifth-tier beast kings was very precise, with feints, infiltrations, and concentrated breakthroughs."
"The Iron-boned Whale is responsible for blasting open the defensive fortifications, the Seathorn is responsible for widening the gap, and the Sword-kiss Shark is responsible for chasing down the retreating personnel."
"The beasts that commanded this beast tide are at least level six, and they are very familiar with human defense systems."
Zhou Wangyue pondered for a moment and then made a decision immediately.
"Pass on my order: all personnel in the outer fortresses are to retreat into the city to defend it."
There was a moment of silence in the command room, then chaos erupted.
"Principal, the fortress defense line is the last line of defense on the eastern front of Tianhai. If we withdraw, the sea monsters can directly attack Tianhai's main city, which has 30 million people in the base city," a middle-aged officer with a face covered in blood shouted.
"I know," Zhou Wangyue said.
"Then we can't retreat! Tens of thousands of my soldiers have died. Did they die in vain?" the middle-aged officer practically roared.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Wangyue looked at him without releasing any killing intent or pressure, simply staring at him.
The middle-aged officer lowered his head.
"Your soldiers didn't die in vain," Zhou Wangyue calmly explained to him.
"They held off the sea monsters for three days, giving the Tianhai main city's defense system time to enter maximum combat readiness."
"Now all the outer firing points of the major fortresses are destroyed. Continuing to defend them is not defense, it's slaughter."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to the location of Tianhai Main City on the holographic screen.
"The city walls of Tianhai City are among the top three defensive systems in the Great Xia Dynasty."
"It was first built forty-seven years ago, upgraded thirty years ago, and underwent major renovations fifteen years ago."
"The city wall base is 100 meters thick, the inner city has an independent energy tower, and the outer city has a deep minefield and psionic barrier. This system has never been used since it was built, because no outer fortress has ever been breached."
"But we have it today."
"Let the sea monsters ram the walls; we've shed enough blood in this fortress."
"So let's retreat."
This time, no one objected.
The middle-aged officer turned and rushed out of the command room, his hoarse roar echoing down the corridor.
Liu Li put away the data panel, glanced at the dense red dots on the holographic screen, and took a deep breath.
"Principal, and what about you?"
Zhou Wangyue did not answer. He suddenly turned his head and looked east.
The wall blocked the view, but it couldn't block the perception of a sixth-level martial artist.
His mental energy swept out like radar, piercing through the smoke-filled battlefield, and something was approaching on the sea.
It was extremely fast, so fast that the first time he captured the psionic trajectory, it was 300 kilometers away, but the second time he captured it, it was within 200 kilometers.
This is not a Beast King; it lacks the ferocious psionic characteristics of a sixth-tier beast. It possesses human psionic energy.
And it seemed quite familiar, with the aura of lightning.
Upon realizing this, Zhou Wangyue's pupils contracted slightly; he knew who this spiritual energy belonged to.
"Wait, there's no need to retreat."
He waved his hand and stopped Liu Li, who was about to relay the order.
Liu Li was stunned: "Principal?"
Zhou Wangyue turned around and walked towards the window.
"I said there's no need to move it."
……
Song Chen began to slow down when he was 100 kilometers from the coastline, and he was observing the battlefield.
The defenses of the eastern fortress of Tianhai have been breached, and the three Ironbone Whales are crushing the infantry positions. The southern defense line is still intact, but ammunition is running out. Tens of thousands of alien beast corpses are piled up on the eastern beach, and countless alien beasts are surging forward over the corpses.
Fifth-tier beast king, thirty-one heads.
Fourth order, countless.
Level 3 and below, the degree to which the sea surface is dyed black.
Human defenses are shrinking, and those still fighting are the elite of the elite, but their numbers are too small and they are being overwhelmed by the density of sea monsters.