134: Chapter 134 He headed towards our mining area?

Wu Yuqing led the remaining Vanguard Battalion soldiers and launched a charge toward the steel walls of the Rainforest Mining Area.

The riot that had already broken out inside the mining area had left the defenders exhausted, and now, with enemy forces charging from the outside, they were terrified.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Alarm bells rang throughout the Rainforest Mining Area in an instant, and the entire place descended into chaos. The garrison soldiers who had been preparing to surround and suppress Li Mo and his group were forced to return to their combat posts.

Seizing this opportunity, Li Mo and his group unlocked the shackles of the vast majority of the captive miners present.

"Battalion Commander Li, tell us what to do!"

"Battalion Commander Li, the brothers are all waiting to go all out with you!"

Li Mo took advantage of the momentum and directly assumed command of the scene.

He first pointed toward the watchtower area where the enemy's heavy weaponry was concentrated.

"Prioritize neutralizing the enemy's heavy artillery groups, no matter the cost! This is the greatest threat, but our advantage is that they dare not fire into the interior of the mining area!"

Having said that, Li Mo gestured toward some corners overhead; the enemy had deployed more than just heavy weaponry within the mining area—they also had snipers.

The weapons used by these snipers were the most advanced plasma particle laser pulse guns available today, capable of delivering a fatal blow to martial artists below the Liangyi Realm.

Li Mo had observed that many miners had already died under the pulse guns, so they were also extremely dangerous.

"Zheng Jiahao! Take a few dozen brothers and storm the interior of the watchtower to wipe out these snipers!"

"Yes!"

Zheng Jiahao was an assassin, and his greatest strength was finding the enemy's concealed units.

Under Li Mo's arrangement, everyone found their combat positions, though there was, of course, a group that would not obey his commands.

These people were the captives from the Baiou Empire!

Although Li Mo had unlocked their shackles, it did not mean they had to listen to the commands of a Daxia officer.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to answer to their own country upon returning.

Li Mo did not force them; after all, Li Mo hadn't figured out how to deal with these softies from the Baiou Empire anyway, and killing them now would be tantamount to adding more enemies to his own side, which was not worth it.

However, it was also impossible to recruit them.

Thus, Li Mo said to this group of Baiou Empire people: "Fight however you want! I am not your commander; you can wreak havoc in the mining area as you please, but there is only one condition: do not touch my Daxia soldiers, or you will be killed!"

Li Mo used both kindness and severity, not interfering with the actions of this group of Baiou Empire people while simultaneously giving them a warning!

This group of Baiou Empire people ultimately chose to accept, joining the battle alongside the Daxia army.

The entire interior of the Rainforest Mining Area had been completely conquered, so the fall of the mining area was only a matter of time. Originally, there were only about a thousand garrison soldiers in the mining area, but after absorbing the captives within, Li Mo's Vanguard Battalion had expanded to over five thousand people!

All the defenses inside the mining area were nothing more than paper tigers!

Before long, Li Mo and his group had completely cleared the steel walls built around the Rainforest Mining Area.

Swoosh!

With a flash of a throwing knife, Li Mo took out the last Black Earth Tribe soldier here and arrived before a large gate.

This was the most important place in the entire Rainforest Mining Area, aside from the mineral deposits themselves: the mining area warehouse!

All the raw stones mined within the mining area would be concentrated and placed in this location, and then transported to the Black Earth Tribe's homeland for processing at specific times.

It could be said that this was a treasure trove!

If it contained the freshly mined star crystal raw ore, then the Vanguard Battalion would have struck it rich this time!

...

Meanwhile, right at the beginning of the engagement, the Black Earth Tribe personnel inside the mining area had sent a distress signal via radio to the main Black Earth Tribe army, which was currently holding its position.

Upon hearing this news, the enemy commander, Morpheus, immediately slammed his hand on the table and stood up. This was the first time he had shown such panic in front of his subordinates.

"What did you say? They ambushed our Rainforest Mining Area!"

"This... This is impossible!"

Morpheus could never have imagined that Daxia would suddenly attack an important mining area in their rear base!

He had dealt with the Daxia commander, Zhao Zhenyuan, for many years and considered himself to have a certain understanding of Zhao Zhenyuan. He felt that since Zhao Zhenyuan was not fighting a decisive battle with him now, he would at most send small units to harass him.

Therefore, Morpheus had long ago placed ambushes in the relatively weak areas of his army. Once the enemy's small units arrived, they would be walking into a trap and would undoubtedly die!

Morpheus shook his head and sighed helplessly: "This is fucking not Zhao Zhenyuan's style!"

Seeing Morpheus so angry for the first time, his staff officer immediately consoled him: "Commander, please do not be angry. The entire army is counting on you to command. They have only taken one of our mining areas; even if they blow up the mining area, we have the ability to rebuild it within a year!"

Morpheus was agitated and immediately waved his hand: "What do you know!"

Only then did Morpheus reveal the truth. It turned out that in recent years, the Black Earth Tribe had a national-level research project. This research project had been delayed in starting, but it required a massive reserve of star crystals.

Coupled with the fact that there had been no large-scale wars in recent years, Morpheus had stored many of the mined star crystals in the mining area.

And the warehouse in the Rainforest Mining Area now contained not only the star crystals mined in the Rainforest Mining Area in recent years but also star crystals transported from other mining areas!

These were all prepared by Morpheus for that national project.

Even by conservative estimates, there were dozens of tons of star crystals in that warehouse right now!

The Black Earth Tribe was inherently barren; dozens of tons of star crystals were a massive fortune for the entire country!

You have to know that this stuff is much more expensive than gold!

"Ah?"

The staff officer was so frightened upon hearing this that his eyes widened.

"Then... what should we do? Should we immediately send people to rescue it?"

Morpheus coughed twice, genuinely infuriated.

"It is too late. Even a Heaven-Earth Realm martial artist would need at least two or three hours to reach the Rainforest Mining Area."

The only way to save the Rainforest Mining Area right now is to let a Martial God take action!

However, a Martial God is a human-shaped strategic weapon. Once a Martial God is used on the battlefield, it is no different from using a mushroom bomb before the Spirit Awakening.

The Black Earth Tribe was far from reaching the point of total exhaustion.

Therefore, Morpheus's only option was to swallow this bitter pill.

But he also remembered this grudge because of it.

"Go and find out which Daxia unit this is. We must grind everyone in this unit to dust!"

Just as Morpheus was in a rage, Li Mo and his group, who had opened the warehouse, were all shocked by the sparkling star crystals inside...

Many of them might have never seen such a thing as a star crystal in their entire lives, yet here, an entire warehouse was filled with them!