Chapter 26: Preparing for the Unexpected

  The second line of defense, fifty miles away from Raksha County, 800,000 novice ninth-level warriors under the leadership of dozens of top-tier strongmen, tenaciously resisted the beast tide's impact. Although there are 800,000 troops, it should be known that the original second-line defense had a force of 600,000, mostly consisting of mid-to-high level mercenaries. The 300,000 city guards from the first line of defense retreated after its collapse, suffering significant losses, and only 200,000 remained after retreating.

  On the forefront of the blockade, 800,000 experts fought fiercely against the beast horde, their hot weapons not at all extravagant in energy, crazily devouring and spitting out, with powerful firepower that temporarily alleviated the pressure from the beast horde.

  "Reporting to the superior officer, everything is going smoothly. Our army of 800,000 has sufficient energy reserves and also possesses sufficiently powerful firepower, having blocked the beast group's route of advance." The frontline command center, dozens of Earth-level powerhouses sat together, listening to the report from below.

  "Go down and closely observe the movements of the beast group." The one sitting at the top was the highest officer of the entire garrison, Earth Nine-Level Martial Artist Ma Chao waved his hand.

  Wait until the messenger has gone down.

  "Gentlemen, news from the rear has arrived. The Flying Beast herd has been cleared out and we don't know how much longer this defensive line can hold." Ma Chao's face was extremely solemn.

  "Marshal, the other day we collapsed because of what, everyone here understands that if we don't solve them, this line of defense will probably not be able to hold on!" A master from the Mercenary Guild said.

  "Yes, yes."

  "This time, hundreds of intermediate barbaric beasts actually appeared during the siege, which is really too troublesome."

  "Hao Ge and Lan Ge were both seriously injured in this incident, almost losing their lives."

  The savage beasts on the Wind Xuan Continent can be divided into three levels: low-level, mid-level, and high-level. Each level is further divided into three ranks: lower, middle, and upper. As for whether there are any beasts above the high-level, no one present knows, and even if they do exist, they must be extremely rare.

  The low-level savage beasts are the most common, with a number as vast as the sea, countless. The mid-level and high-level savage beasts live deep in the wilderness, rarely appearing. The strength of the low-level savage beasts corresponds to that of an apprentice martial artist, while the mid-level savage beasts correspond to that of a Grandmaster Martial Spirit Master. Therefore, mid-level savage beasts are not easy to provoke. They are the main force and leaders of the beast hordes attacking cities, with attacks occurring every few decades, at most led by nearly a hundred mid-level savage beasts.

  But this time, hundreds of intermediate savage beasts appeared, which was unexpected. The first line of defense collapsed because the earth-level strong did not intercept the intermediate savage beast's wild charge in time, resulting in heavy losses. If there were no three divine thought masters assisting in the team, some of them might have fallen due to this.

  "Gentlemen, rest assured, the message has been sent back, and I believe that County Magistrate Yanhuo will arrange for reinforcements to come over." Ma Chao sighed.

  Just then, a tall and majestic man walked in from outside with a swagger, saying: "Ladies and gentlemen, I just received news that fifteen counties nearby were attacked at the same time, with considerable losses. They also encountered many mid-level savage beasts. The most frightening thing is that on the side of Luoxing City, dozens of high-level savage beasts led countless mid-level savage beasts and innumerable low-level savage beasts to surround Luoxing City."

  Everyone was shocked and jumped when they heard it, this kind of scene is a rare occurrence in hundreds of years.

  "What's going on here? How can they make such a big fuss, aren't these barbaric beasts afraid that the kingdom will send out top-notch masters to completely annihilate them?"

  "These ferocious beasts are really asking for death. Do they think that just because we humans haven't completely exterminated them over the years, they can do as they please?"

  "Despicable, despicable, too despicable! This time if we escape with our lives, we will definitely apply to the kingdom and declare all-out war on these despicable beasts!"

  All kinds of angry, disdainful and contemptuous words rose one after another.

  "Alright, everyone, calm down. It's actually quite easy to wipe them out, just pull out a half-god senior and we can sweep away these beasts. But we can't do that, they're like cows, constantly producing beast crystals, for the sake of our overall development, we have to keep them." Ma Chao stepped forward to stop him.

  Everyone present fell silent, and after reaching the Earth level, they also entered the middle class of human society. Even if they were at the bottom of the middle class, they still understood the greatness of human civilization better than ordinary people. If they really wanted to exterminate these barbaric beasts, it would be easy as pie.

  "Now, what we need to consider is how to defend the county town."

  "Alas, it's probably tough this time. The beast group is coming with a strong momentum, clearly with premeditation. In terms of strength, we are not in an advantageous position."

  County Head Yanhuo, upon receiving Ma Chao's report, immediately realized the severity of the situation and promptly dispatched 100 Earth-level powerhouses and 100,000 novice 9th-grade warriors to reinforce the front lines. At the same time, he was also busy organizing evacuation procedures, preparing for the worst-case scenario.

  To know the entire Luoyang County, there are only about 300 Earth-level strongmen, and there are only four Mind Masters. Two in the front line, two in the city. Suddenly, the front line occupied two-thirds of the number of Earth-level strongmen.

  The Flame immediately received news from Luoxing City, and it turned out that Luoxing City was also surrounded. However, this is not a problem, as Luoxing City has many powerful masters, making it almost impossible to be breached. The human's strength cannot be shaken by the barbaric beasts. The order from above is to ensure the children's safety at all costs, and it's best to evacuate them before the war begins.

  The flames are both exciting and depressing.

  "Someone, bring the principals of each school to me at the same time, and issue an order to concentrate all students from elementary schools, including children under six years old, and pregnant women. Gather them in the city hall." Yan Huo wanted to open the transmission array in the city hall, first evacuating the children in batches to Luoxing City.

  If we really can't hold on, then we'll have to spend more energy to activate the transmission array. The transmission array is convenient, but it's too energy-consuming. Now the whole city needs energy, the protective array method needs energy, the east wall of the city also needs energy to reinforce the city wall, a large number of spiritual rapid-fire guns and sniper rifles need energy, and the spiritual cannons used for defending the city need even more energy. There are also many material productions that require energy.

  Yang Tong and others, although they had graduated, were still included in the category of primary colleges, quickly gathered together, boarded a large bus, and rushed to the city hall. All government personnel were dispatched to organize the evacuation work for pregnant women and children.

  Everyone understands that all this work must be completed before the collapse of the second line of defense, otherwise it will be too late. In the face of disaster and foreign invasion, humanity has shown unprecedented unity and efficiency.

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  The third update is here, finally making up for the missed update from two days ago when I took a leave.

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