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The opening of the rift seemed to have been carefully calculated. Not many creatures emerged, but they separated them from the new recruits and heavy weapons of the Earth Fire.
The skin of the Black Tower puppet began to crack, the light network leaked more coldness, and the speed of the generation of rifts increased sharply - one of them just happened to open in front of Nata.
"!"
Vaguely aware of the true target of Cocolia and the Star Core, Nata immediately slid back, but an ice-blue arm stretched out from the other end of the opening and grabbed her shoulder, making her mind and body so cold that she could not move. Her immunity to wind and snow failed under the stronger energy suppression, and half of her body was pulled into the rift.
"Ah, Nata!" Xier thought Cocolia was going to capture Banya first, but she actually made a feint and captured the big sister -
"Don't worry about me, grab her first!"
Banya barely raised his rifle and used his own destiny energy to melt the frost on Xier's thighs and arms, allowing her to rush towards Nata, but in the end he was too late to stop her and could only watch her being abducted.
The purple light dissipated—more than half of the sixty puppets in the Black Tower were shattered and lost. As the sequence hole expanded, Cocolia had already dragged Nata into the unknown realm through the rift connection, and successfully escaped with herself and the fused star core.
The snowstorm came and went suddenly. Banya and Xier, who were sitting on the ground, looked at the clear sky and the square where there was no trace of the rift anymore. It was as if they had just taken a nap and had a nightmare.
308. The rain keeps falling and it keeps getting heavier
Beloberg's Great Guardian, no, to be more precise, the former Great Guardian Cocolia, turned into a monster covered with frost in public and abducted Natasha, the leader of the Underworld.
The impact of this news was no less than that of a thermobaric bomb detonating in the hearts of the military and civilians - of course, the destructive effect caused by her transformation was almost as great as that of a thermobaric bomb.
...If the Black Tower hadn't blocked the severe cold released by Cocolia, it would have killed at least half of the troops present. Even though the Black Tower had transferred all her puppets lying in ambush nearby as quickly as possible, the explosion in the first few seconds still dug deep pits in the stairs of Castle K and the historic administrative square... and sent away all the Bu Li people in the process.
[…Teacher, there is a big problem…]
After such a disaster, everyone seemed to be stunned. They completely forgot to ask for help from the other "Commander" who was paying attention to the public channel. Seele was too upset for not holding Nata's hand. Bronya was disappointed to see her mother abandon her humanity. And Heita was still immersed in witnessing the rare case of Hu and Nanook blessing each other together. They were all a little slow.
The first ones to react and report the information to Kong were two students who were far away from the scene and opened fire to provide cover, but were unable to penetrate the Black Tower sequence.
[You should contact me as soon as possible? ? ]
After this incident, Kong was also a little confused:
[Black Tower, when Cocolia attacked, you had every chance to call me. I could have gone to the anchor point at the entrance of Castle K to join you. After being silent for so long, I thought you were almost done! ]
[…Oh, yes, you can teleport. Sorry, I forgot.]
Black Tower also seemed to realize it later - but Kong could feel that she didn't really forget, she just wanted to try to use her famous "work" to touch the star core, just to fool herself.
These coordination errors and tactical omissions are ultimately due to the fact that everyone has their own preoccupations and their focus is not on the possible outbreak of a battle.
After hearing Kong complain to Heita, the other friends who participated in the frontal battlefield fell into a long silence. Kong sighed deeply in his heart and decided not to continue blaming Heita who was bent on finding answers - this was her old problem. She had just fulfilled her promise to herself and focused on protecting the students and the duck, but Natasha...it could only be said that Heita didn't care about her enough.
Sora hurriedly called out to his friends who were still at the scene to come back to their senses, and reminded them that even if Nata was abducted, they must immediately take over Castle K to maintain order and fully mobilize Beloberg's war machine.
"I'll try to rescue Nata. Since Cocolia specifically captured her, she must value the seeds of abundance in her body. It's very likely that Nata became a part of her deal with the people of abundance. Now we will soon be able to contact the Bu Li people who have been divided into two groups. Let's see if we can capture someone alive who knows the situation—"
The small map does not show the situation on the square side, but the camp to the north is within visual range. One can see the huge impact crater and the crystalline surface still emitting billowing steam into the sky. There are also many red dots moving slowly, probably cleaning up the battlefield.
"Sora! We're over here!"
Sanyue and Danheng are organizing Dihuo and some rangers to help the remnants of the Seventh Regiment retreat.
The pink-haired girl with a somewhat sad face had just covered a female guard and retreated behind the safety line when she saw Gu Pang's shadow emerging from the other end of the escaping steam and hurriedly waved.
Originally, Kong had discussed with Ji Zi that since the northern defense line was relatively easier, he arranged her and Dan Heng to the Pella tribe. But now there is no place completely safe around Bay City. It can be said that the Wuming guests are fulfilling their promises at the risk of being blown to ashes.
"Come up, those wolf-headed men are planning to chase the remnants of the Seventh Regiment. This way we still have a chance to trap them all on the ground and use them as bargaining chips—"
"Trapped on the ground? Pursued?"
Sanyue didn’t understand how Kong determined the enemy’s movements, but she knew that Wumingke’s first priority now was to find Natasha… That sister was the most gentle person she had ever met in Beloberg. If she was turned into a magic pill by Bu Liren, she would regret it for the rest of her life—
"This group of Buli people who are raiding have beast ships. Can we let Belfast and the others focus on intercepting any aircraft that may take off?"
Danheng's suggestion, jumping onto Gustav's shoulders, was as pragmatic as ever.
"Don't worry, Silver Wolf won't let anything that can fly pass over Bay City from now on."
"Ok?"
"Wear your helmet and be careful of the metal jets!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Pang raised his hand holding the rifle and shot a ball of pink high-temperature metal particles towards the other end of the thick steam.
The pursuing beast ship was hit in mid-air after being predicted by the air force by the red dot on the small map in extremely low visibility. The Iron Guards who were unable to counter the air force only saw the winged crab-like crustacean pierced by the light beam fall into a deep pit, its segmented legs trembling as it tried to get up again. They rushed over to finish it off with axes, guns, and howitzers, suppressing its self-healing ability to the lowest level.
Carl took the opportunity to rush in front of it, stepped on it, and crushed the driver in the compound eye.
"thanks, thanks!"
The rescued Iron Guards of the Seventh Regiment had already lost their will to fight, and they attacked the war beast purely out of an instinctive urge for revenge.
Kong could see the familiar confusion on the faces of those who were scattered by the bombing - sometimes the mental impact of orbital bombardment on people was far greater than the actual damage it could cause. It was a feeling of powerlessness and the unwillingness of the ground not being able to resist the sky.
"Move quickly and join up with the Fourth Regiment. The Seventh Regiment has been disbanded."
Kong turned on the loudspeaker and told these people who had lost their combat effectiveness to retreat quickly. It was quite troublesome to command them, so it was best not to cause any unnecessary trouble.
In addition to these remnants, many ground fighters who did not immediately join the battlefield were also frightened. While rescuing their colleagues, they nervously pretended to casually glance at the fierce battlefield in the high-altitude orbit, fearing that the next round of attacks would come.
The flying beams seemed to tear open the clouds of Beloberg, making it impossible for them to heal, and became a great concern for them.
No, if this continues we won’t be able to maintain our morale.
Relying solely on Carl's power, it was difficult for Kong to ensure that the Fourth Regiment that had arrived at the front line would have enough courage to stop Bu Liren. If they were hit by another orbital cannon - although that was unlikely to happen, it might cause a total rout.
[Silver Wolf, we can't wait any longer. We must first take back control of the landing site, maintain morale, and use orbital defense to drive back those beast ships! ]
[Hmm? But at their current height, the defense of Bay City may not be able to knock them down in one strike. They may not be fooled next time.]
[Let's do it. Befa and the others can only deal with the fleet. We need to drive them away. It would be best if we can trap all the aircraft. You said that not even a fly can fly out, right?]
【OK. 】
Since there is a strategic need in this regard, Silver Wolf also wants to see how he will deal with it.
In her opinion, no matter how wildly Yalilo's script develops, it is just that the Star Train cannot stop Cocolia from thawing the planet or completely freezing it. Sora's personal life is absolutely safe. Even if she is forced, Kafka and she will take the train to escape, not to mention that there is the Rememberer in charge.
[The chain has been overwritten, which one should I type first? 】
【Hit the closest and biggest one! 】
When she had managed to regain her composure, appeased the Iron Guard composed of members of the Earth Fire, and stepped onto the top of Fort K to replace her flag on the dome, the fortress under her feet suddenly began to move.
Countless golden lines lit up on the frosted gray surface of the metal wall. That was the color of the earth's marrow, the heat that flowed out from the city's energy core of central heating.
As they no longer had to face the malice from the starry sky, the main target of resistance became the Rift. The deep functions of this fortress city had been forgotten for a long time, and even the great guardians only knew about it, but did not have the energy to restart it.
Using the city defense maps and wiring diagrams that Haiya dug up from the ocean of information, Silver Wolf hacked into the core of Castle K.
The top of this giant building located at the pupil of the eye began to gather the energy of the earth's marrow, transforming the inefficient ore into an extremely efficient beam.
The shield is its energy-gathering field, and the surrounding city nodes are not just energy supply systems, they are the gathering points of weapon energy circuits.
The cannon named "Cunhu" pointed its muzzle at Bu Liren's fleet.
"That's... what Miss Silver Wolf said—"
Because of their similarities in appearance, Banya always felt an indescribable awkwardness when communicating with Silver Wolf, but the other party's arrogant hacker arrogance in the past had now turned into tangible energy flowing over her head.
"what??"
Like the "Eye of Sauron" and the "Death Star", the sky-high beam of light rushed towards the beast ship in low-Earth orbit and hit its abdomen right from below.
The green flash came again, and the beast ship was almost cut in half. As the orange-yellow cut that could be seen on the ground expanded, it let out a silent wail, lost power and fell towards the atmosphere.
The only ship left in Bu Liren's cover force was the last lonely warship. It quickly raised its bow and fled at full speed away from the orbit, dragging along a circle of warships that were not shot down by the cruisers' close defense firepower. They all pulled their pulse engines to the maximum and fled away from Yalilo VI at a speed that seemed to make them want to take out their reactors.
"...The Bu Liren fleet escaped? Our outer space forces won!!"
"Oh oh oh!!"
The unexpected victory not only met the strategic needs of the air force, but also encouraged the soldiers who were frightened by the bombing.
The Buli warriors who were left on the surface all looked up in a daze as they watched their own people retreat from orbit.
Today they recalled the fear of being dominated by Qing's group of war maniacs. They lost two "homes" in succession. Even if they could return to the tribe, they would definitely have to go through a bloody reshuffle before they could redefine the ownership of their living space.
Thinking of this, these dogs almost lost all their fighting spirit.
When the last beast ship escaped from orbit, they finally faced the reality... they had been abandoned by the War Chief.
[Topa...did the company provide this technology to the city builders back then? ]
Ji Zi, who knew the company's way of doing things, was a little overwhelmed - this was really the "style" of a believer who was protecting him!
"I don't know, don't ask me! I wasn't even born seven hundred years ago!" Topa quickly passed the buck.
The public channel, which had fallen silent due to Nata's arrest, became lively again.
[Of course, ordinary orbital defense systems are not this powerful. Hehe, this is the work of Punk Lord's top hackers. It is the most efficient coordination and utilization of energy nodes and the remaining power of the Star God. Worship it well.]
Silver Wolf's meticulous matching was naturally the most important part in concentrating the scattered earth energy and the remaining blessings to achieve a firepower similar to that of a star destroyer. However, her arrogant attitude made Black Tower very unhappy.
[Eh, you're so weak now? Little girl from the Star Core Hunter, why don't you shoot down the fleeing ship as well? ]
After all, she learned bad things from Kong. Now, when Heita is being sarcastic, she can still coquettishly use some words that have nothing to do with a lady.
【? Do you think the power of the guardian is infinite? I borrowed almost all the remaining star god power in the node power supply device to barely defeat that guy. The original plan of Sora was just to drive him away, okay? This is an extraordinary performance - but you, if you hadn't underestimated the enemy, wouldn't Nata have been captured? 】
Hearing that the two were about to start a quarrel again, Kong held down the pole with one hand and pressed his temple with the other hand: [Stop arguing, this is very important! I'm looking for Nata's coordinates, she should have come out of the rift! ]
[Sora, can you find Nata? ? Where? !] Xier shouted calmly in the channel, "How many shortcomings are there?"
[It can locate the "sprout" in her body - it seems that the star core is not capable of transferring her directly to Bu Liren's ship. ]
Through the resonance of the blessing of abundance in his body, Sora's gaze fell to the ground in the south, feeling a little puzzled.
[So where is it? ? ]
[…Underground?]
Kong didn't expect that the Star Core would choose to move Nata underground instead of to the Everwinter Ridge or the snowfield belt in the east.
Are you afraid that it's too flat over there and difficult to hide?
No, it should be because she knew that Bu Liren in the outside world had lost air superiority, and her activities on the surface would be very easy to be monitored?
But with that unreasonable powerful force, Kokolia actually needs to rely on Bu Liren’s fleet to make some preparations... Damn, there is still insufficient intelligence.
Sora couldn't figure out the other party's full intentions, so instead of just guessing and preparing a response strategy, it would be better to ensure the absolute safety of the orbit and the surface first.
...and, quickly clear out those Buli warriors abandoned on the surface, whether to take hostages or not. Anyway, looking at the state of the Star Core, it is unlikely that we can count on a deal with the War Chief.