511: Chapter 446: The First Wave of Impact, the Boundless Beast Sea Shakes the Battlefield

The third beast wave arrived seven days earlier than Li Mo had predicted.

The spatial rift in the depths of the Void Realm had been expanding at a rate of one kilometer per hour for the past two months, but in the early morning of the 73rd day, the expansion rate suddenly surged tenfold.

The rift expanded from a diameter of 100 kilometers to 500 kilometers, and the gray-white energy of the Void Realm poured out like a burst dam.

It was not just Chaos Beasts that poured out of the rift, but also a gray-white, mist-like substance—Void Dust. The corpses of Chaos Beasts released this dust upon death, and living Chaos Beasts also shed it continuously.

【Void Dust · Data】

- Source: decomposition of Chaos Beast corpses, natural shedding from living Chaos Beasts

- Characteristics: corrodes shields, accelerates erosion by Void Realm energy

- Corrosion speed: reduces shield durability by 0.1% per second (single low-level beast)

- Stacking: the greater the quantity, the faster the corrosion

Li Mo's detectors captured the anomaly the very second the rift expanded. "Captain, the rift has expanded! The beast wave... at least 300 million! There are over eighty God King level lords! And two Chaos Beast Emperors, both above Rank LV6000!"

【Third Beast Wave · Data】

- Scale: approximately 300 million

- Rank distribution: LV100 - LV500 approximately 200 million, LV500 - LV800 approximately 80 million, LV800 - LV1000 approximately 20 million

- God King level lords: approximately eighty (LV3000 - LV5000)

- Chaos Beast Emperors: two (LV6000+)

- Movement speed: 300 kilometers per hour

- Estimated arrival at Iron Wall Fortress: approximately four days

Four days. After two months of recuperation, Lin Zhou's godhead integrity had only recovered to 80%, and his memories still had gaps. The civilization furnace had a reserve of 800,000 units of essence of order, enough to support a high-intensity battle.

But with 300 million Chaos Beasts, eighty God King level lords, and two Beast Emperors—could the 14,000 people of the Iron Wall Fortress (previous battle losses of 800, replenished with 200 new recruits) hold the line?

"If we can't hold it, we must still hold it." Lin Zhou stood on the city wall, looking in the direction of the Chaos Star Domain. The gray-white mist had almost turned into substance, and the dark red light spots connected into a sea of blood. He turned around. "All troops, enter maximum alert. Rune Turrets on standby 24/7. Set the Iron Wall Guardian Array to maximum power."

"Yes!"

Four days later, in the gray-white mist, the dark red sea of blood surged to within 1,000 kilometers of the fortress perimeter.

The roar of 300 million Chaos Beasts shook the entire Void Realm, and the roars of the God King level lords were like thunder. The two Chaos Beast Emperors were twice the size of the previous one, completely dark red, with Void Realm runes on their surfaces as dense as scales.

【Chaos Beast Emperor · Data】

- Rank: LV6500, LV6800

- Size: approximately 800 kilometers long

- Characteristics: Chaos Domain, Void Realm Devour, Existence Erasure

- New characteristic: Void Halo — shield durability within range -1% per second

"Rune Turrets—fire!"

150 Rune Turrets fired simultaneously, and 150 cyan-gold beams of light shot into the beast horde. Wherever the beams passed, Chaos Beasts were evaporated, and dark red mist filled the air. But this time, the mist did not dissipate; instead, it condensed into gray-white Void Dust, drifting toward the fortress.

【Rune Turrets · First Volley】

- Kills: approximately 3 million

- Void Dust released: 10 cubic meters per death

- Total dust volume: 30 million cubic meters

The dust adhered to the Iron Wall Guardian Array of the fortress, and the durability of the shield dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye.

【Iron Wall Guardian Array · Status】

- Durability: 5 million → 4.9 million → 4.8 million ( -0.1% per second, continuous)

- Cause: Void Dust corrosion

"Captain, the dust is corroding the shield!" Li Mo shouted.

"I know." Lin Zhou stared at the gray-white mist. "Wang Meng, lead the Vanguard Battalion out to clear the dust. Do not let them get close to the shield."

Wang Meng led 5,000 Civilization Sword Cultivators to rush out of the fortress, rising into the air with their swords, and the cyan-gold sword light slashed toward the Void Dust. Wherever the sword light passed, the dust evaporated—the Fire of Civilization could purify Void Dust.

【Vanguard Battalion · Purify Dust】

- Purification speed: 10,000 cubic meters per second

- Consumption: 100 Divine Power per person per minute

- Total dust volume: 30 million cubic meters (continuously increasing)

Wang Meng fought hard at the front, but there were too many Chaos Beasts, and the generation speed of the dust far exceeded the purification speed. The Rune Turrets fired twenty consecutive rounds, killing about 60 million Chaos Beasts, but the total amount of dust had already accumulated to 200 million cubic meters. The durability of the shield dropped from 5 million to 3 million.

"Lei Zhan, shield wall advance! Block the dust!" Lin Zhou ordered.

Lei Zhan led 3,000 Iron Rock Giants to rush out of the fortress. The shield wall was 100 zhang high and 20 zhang thick, with dark gold defensive runes flowing on the surface of the shields. The shield wall blocked the front of the fortress, stopping the dust. But the dust adhered to the shield wall, and the durability of the shields began to drop.

【Steel Bastion · Status】

- Durability: 8 million → 7 million → 6 million (-1% per second)

- Cause: Void Dust corrosion

"Captain, we can't hold for long!" Lei Zhan shouted.

"Hold for as long as you can!"

Lin Zhou flew toward the beast wave, and the river of civilization surged out of his divine kingdom, turning into a cyan-gold torrent that rushed toward the Chaos Beast horde. Wherever the river passed, Chaos Beasts were purified, and the Void Dust was evaporated.

【river of civilization · Purify】

- Kills: approximately 10 million

- Purified dust: approximately 50 million cubic meters

- Consumption: 200,000 Divine Power per minute

But with 300 million Chaos Beasts, 10 million was a drop in the bucket. The vanguard of the beast wave had already rushed to within 100 kilometers of the fortress perimeter, and eighty God King level lords began to act. They rushed out from behind the beast wave, and gray-white beams of light shot at the fortress walls in a volley.

"river of civilization—Barrier!" Lin Zhou withdrew the river, turning it into a cyan-gold barrier, blocking the volley.

【river of civilization · Barrier】

- Durability: 5 million → 4 million → 3 million

- Consumption: 100,000 Divine Power per minute

"Captain, we can't hold it!" Qin Qing shouted.

"Even if we can't hold it, we must!"

Lin Zhou gritted his teeth and pushed the power of the river of civilization to the limit. Consuming 200,000 Divine Power per minute, the decay rate of the barrier's durability dropped from 1% per second to 0.5% per second. But his Divine Power reserves were depleting rapidly.

【Lin Zhou · Status】

- Divine Power reserve: 8 million → 6 million → 4 million

- godhead integrity: 80% → 75%

- Memory: beginning to fade

Su Yueyao's moonlight enveloped him, repairing the cracks in his godhead. The Dragon Vein Golden Scale flew out of the divine kingdom, and its Dragon Breath forced back three God King level lords. Wang Meng led the Civilization Sword Cultivators to besiege ten lords, and Lei Zhan's shield wall blocked the charge of five lords. Qin Qing's Net of Law entangled five lords, and Iron Face's Fire of Justice conducted existence judgment on three lords. Chen Xuan's School of Names 'Separating Hardness and Whiteness' stripped away the 'defense' attribute of the lords.

【God King level lord · Kill】

- First wave: 20 killed

- Our losses: 2,000 lightly injured, 500 seriously injured, 100 dead

The battle lasted for twelve hours. About 100 million of the beast wave had been killed, but there were still 200 million left. There were still sixty God King level lords remaining. The two Chaos Beast Emperors began to move.

Lin Zhou's Divine Power reserve dropped to 2 million, and his godhead integrity dropped to 60%. His memories began to blur—he remembered his name was Lin Zhou, remembered the Civilization Guardian Legion, but he couldn't recall the names of some people. Qin Qing's face became blurry in his eyes, and he couldn't say Wang Meng's name even though it was on the tip of his tongue.

"Captain!" Su Yueyao's voice came from afar, "Your memory..."

"It doesn't matter." Lin Zhou gritted his teeth, "The Fire of Civilization can rebuild it."

The two Chaos Beast Emperors rushed to the front of the fortress. Their size blotted out the sky and sun, and the dark red Void Realm energy dyed the entire Void Realm blood-red. They opened their giant mouths simultaneously, and gray-white beams of light shot toward the fortress walls.

Lin Zhou rushed forward and condensed the river of civilization into a shield, blocking the two volleys.

【river of civilization · Shield】

- Durability: 3 million → 1 million → 0

The shield shattered. Lin Zhou was knocked back, crashing into the fortress wall. A 100-meter-long crack appeared on the wall.

【Lin Zhou · Status】

- godhead integrity: 60% → 50%

- Left arm: fractured

- Memory: large-scale loss

Su Yueyao rushed over, moonlight enveloping him. The Dragon Vein Golden Scale blocked in front of him, its Dragon Breath resisting the Beast Emperors' beams. The Golden Scale's scales shattered, and blood gushed out.

"Golden Scale, back off!" Lin Zhou pushed Su Yueyao away and once again condensed the Fire of Civilization.

"Civilization Judgment—Double!"

Two cyan-gold beams of light shot toward the two Beast Emperors simultaneously. The definition effect of Civilization Judgment stacked, and the integrity of the Beast Emperors dropped from 100% to 60%.

【Chaos Beast Emperor · Status】

- Beast Emperor A integrity: 100% → 60%

- Beast Emperor B integrity: 100% → 60%

The two Beast Emperors roared simultaneously, and gray-white tentacles whipped toward Lin Zhou. Lin Zhou dodged, but there were too many tentacles, and one pierced his right leg. His godhead integrity dropped from 50% to 40%.

"Captain!" Wang Meng rushed over, his battle axe hacking off the tentacle.

"Back off!" Lin Zhou pushed Wang Meng away, compressing the river of civilization into a thin stream, which shot into the core of Beast Emperor A.

【river of civilization · Compression Cannon】

- Attack power: great divine power mid-stage full-power strike × 5

- Consumption: 200,000 Divine Power

- Effect: Beast Emperor A integrity 60% → 30%

Beast Emperor A's body began to disintegrate, and the dark red patterns shattered. It struggled frantically, thrusting its last tentacle toward Lin Zhou. The Dragon Vein Golden Scale blocked the tentacle with its body, and the tentacle pierced the Golden Scale's abdomen.

【Dragon Vein Golden Scale · Status】

- Abdomen: seriously injured

- Status: near death

"Golden Scale!" Lin Zhou injected the Fire of Civilization into the Golden Scale's body, stabilizing its vitality.

Beast Emperor A completely disintegrated, dissipating into gray-white light spots. Beast Emperor B saw that the situation was bad and turned to flee into the depths of the Chaos Star Domain. The remaining sixty God King level lords also fled, and the beast wave disintegrated.

【Battle · Summary】

- Chaos Beasts killed: approximately 150 million

- God King level lords killed: 50

- Chaos Beast Emperors killed: 1

- Fortress wall durability: 8 million → 1.5 million

- Garrison losses: 1,500 dead, 3,000 seriously injured, 6,000 lightly injured

- Lin Zhou Divine Power consumption: approximately 40 million

- Lin Zhou godhead integrity: 40%

- Dragon Vein Golden Scale: near death

Lin Zhou knelt on one knee on the city wall, holding the Dragon Vein Golden Scale. The Golden Scale's eyes were half-closed, and golden blood gushed from its abdomen.

"Master... I... can't hold on anymore..."

"You won't die." Lin Zhou continuously injected the Fire of Civilization into the Golden Scale's body, "I won't let you die."

The Golden Scale's eyes closed. Lin Zhou's godhead integrity dropped from 40% to 30%, but the Golden Scale's wounds began to heal.

Su Yueyao's moonlight enveloped the man and the dragon, the silver-white light exceptionally bright in the night sky.

"Captain, Golden Scale is still alive."

Lin Zhou nodded, picked up the Golden Scale, and walked toward the medical room.

A month later, the Dragon Vein Golden Scale recovered from the brink of death. Lin Zhou's godhead integrity also recovered to 60%, but the loss of memory could not be fully rebuilt. He remembered his name was Lin Zhou, remembered the Civilization Guardian Legion, remembered the names of Su Yueyao, Qin Qing, and Wang Meng, but their faces were forever blurred by a layer in his memory. He remembered Earth, remembered Huaxia, remembered the Hundred Schools of Thought, but those memories were like looking through frosted glass, unable to see the details clearly.

"Captain, your memory..." Su Yueyao asked softly.

"It doesn't matter. The Fire of Civilization can rebuild it. It just takes time."

Lin Zhou stood on the city wall, looking in the direction of the Chaos Star Domain. In the gray-white mist, dark red light spots were still flickering. The spatial rift in the depths of the Void Realm was still expanding, and the fourth wave of beasts might be on its way.

"Captain, the rift's expansion rate has accelerated again." Li Mo pulled up the data, "Ten kilometers per hour. It is estimated that in two months, the rift will expand to a size that can accommodate the passage of a Peak God King existence."

"Two months..."

Lin Zhou was silent, then turned around.

"Repair the fortress, treat the wounded. Two months from now, there will be a final battle."