229: City Wall Project

“Go!!!”

Hong Junliang, the captain of the Stalwart Squad, his face covered in blood, turned and roared at Ban Yangming and the others:

“The rift is right ahead! Don’t stop!”

Without another word, he turned and led his remaining squad members, crashing into the surging tide of alien beasts and bioweapon monsters once more.

“Brother…”

Ban Yangming’s teeth were almost ground to dust.

“Fox Hunter! Sharp Blade! War Wolf Squad! Charge with me!”

The three special operations squads, like three sharp daggers, fiercely stabbed towards the rift entrance that was gradually forming not far away.

The entrance twisted erratically, emitting a black light that seemed to devour everything, like a giant mouth poised to consume humans.

Just as the Fox Hunt Squad, at the very front, was about to touch the entrance—

An anomaly suddenly occurred!

The rift entrance suddenly expanded, and a terrifying claw, comparable to the size of an adult, violently swiped out from within.

“Scatter!”

Li Xing screamed in horror.

But it was too late!

The Sharp Blade Squad, which had charged the furthest, was instantly struck by this heavy, sharp claw.

Hu Yifan, relying on his exceptional reaction speed and strength, managed to dodge at the last moment, but was still grazed by the edge, crashing heavily to the ground, his armor shattered, blood gushing out.

And several Sharp Blade Squad members who couldn't dodge in time, along with several members of the Fox Hunt Squad and War Wolf Squad on the flanks who couldn't fully get out of the way, were directly sent flying far away, their lives unknown!

With a single strike, nearly one-third of the special operations squad's elite forces were lost.

Ban Yangming and Li Xing’s eyes instantly turned red.

“Go! Get in quickly! I’ll hold it off!”

Hu Yifan angrily struggled to his feet, coughing up blood as he raised his heavy machine gun, frantically spraying bullets at the claw monster that had burst out of the rift.

Ban Yangming, with tears in his tiger-like eyes, led the remaining forces with Li Xing, resolutely charging into the distorted rift.

With a flash of light, their figures completely vanished from the muddy battlefield… Beyond the rift was not the imagined dark passage or bloody lair.

Before their eyes was a magnificent and grand scene, difficult to describe in words.

The sky was a distorted purplish-red, with no sun, moon, or stars, only countless flowing, aurora-like colored vortices, immeasurably vast, emitting an unsettling energy fluctuation.

The land was barren, covered with jagged, red-glowing, strange mountain ranges, and not far away, there was a gigantic lair, shaped like a beating heart, expanding and contracting.

The air was filled with high concentrations of harmful gases; breathing caused a stinging sensation in their lungs, and gravity seemed different from Earth's, sometimes heavy, sometimes light.

Is this the alien world? The home of the alien beasts?

The surviving members of the three squads looked at all of this in shock, a sense of not only danger but also insignificance welling up within them.

They had no time for further observation before an intense sense of danger assailed them from all directions.

Various strangely shaped native alien beasts discovered these “uninvited guests” and began to surge towards them frantically.

Battle erupted instantly, even more brutal than on Earth.

The alien beasts here were stronger, and the environment was harsher.

They fought and advanced, relying on their excellent equipment and tenacious will, pushing hard towards the densest concentration of alien beasts.

Along the way, people constantly fell, ammunition was rapidly consumed, and injuries steadily worsened.

Finally, after paying the price of nearly half their numbers, they reached the periphery of that giant pulsating structure.

Then, they witnessed a desperate scene—

At the center of that structure, there was no specific “King Beast.”

Instead, it was an incredibly vast, constantly pulsating biological Mother Nest, composed of countless flesh and crystals!

Around the Mother Nest, countless incubation sacs were connected, continuously producing alien beasts of various forms.

So this was not a King that could be “decapitated” at all!

This was a war factory!!!

A source of reproduction!!!

Unless this Mother Nest was completely destroyed, the invasion of alien beasts would be endless! And the rift could not be closed!

And with their current remaining, exhausted dozen or so people, wanting to destroy this immensely massive Mother Nest?

Despair instantly gripped everyone’s hearts… The perspective returned to the Shanghai Bund.

After the special operations squad entered the rift, the pressure did not ease.

The alien beasts’ offensive remained frantic, and the mutated aquatic monsters relentlessly attacked the defense line, attempting to open an invasion channel for the alien beasts.

The defense line was on the verge of collapse, and soldier casualties were heavy.

“Hold! Hold the line for me!”

The frontline commander’s voice was already hoarse from shouting.

Lu Chuan continuously fired the gun he picked up from the ground, his arms extremely sore, while Ding Xinyang was almost completely exhausted, relying solely on his survival instincts.

Just as the defense line was about to be breached—

Inside the supreme command center, Ye Baoguo looked at the urgent battle reports from all fronts, his face ashen, and finally slammed his fist onto the control panel.

“Execute the ‘City Wall Plan’!”

The order was given.

Moments later, a heavy helicopter, risking being shot down by flying alien beasts, forcibly broke into the airspace above the battlefield, dropping several huge metal cages under the gaze of countless eyes.

The cages landed and automatically disintegrated.

The next moment, a violent, chaotic, yet incredibly powerful aura instantly swept across the battlefield!

Rushing out of the cages were over a dozen figures!

They were clad in armor, like ancient generals.

But their eyes were crazed and bloodthirsty, and unstable, crimson energy mist swirled around them.

Their movements were as swift as ghosts, their strength astonishing; they charged into the hordes of alien beasts and monsters, immediately causing immense chaos and casualties!

Tearing alien beasts apart with bare hands! Exploding monsters with punches!

Like humanoid tyrannosaurs!

The leader, with a look of madness on his face, struck with the most vicious and wild force, the red mist around him almost solidifying—it was none other than the former Fox Hunt Squad captain, Gao Lingfeng!

In the command room, Ye Chen watched the performance of Gao Lingfeng and the other test subjects, constantly taking notes on his tablet.

“Failed products of the ‘New Human’ project, mutated out of control, possessing power without reason, they are the best biological weapons, ‘City Wall’.”

Ye Baoguo’s expression also softened somewhat.

Just as he expected, these “madmen,” once thrown into the battlefield, immediately stabilized the collapsing defense line, and even pushed back for a time.

“Excellent, reinforcements!”

The defense line commander’s face showed joy, and he immediately gave the order.

“Open fire! Seize this opportunity to wipe out these monsters in one fell swoop!”

The soldiers all breathed a sigh of relief, a hint of ease appearing on their faces.

However, just as the situation was improving.

Above the river, dozens of high-speed speedboats suddenly appeared.

A large number of genetically modified warriors, wearing special uniforms, oddly shaped, and terrifying even more than the alien beasts, along with a group of armed personnel deliberately concealing their identities, landed and joined the battle!

Their objectives were clear, and their coordination was seamless; they not only attacked the human defense line but also consciously guided the alien beasts and tied down Gao Lingfeng and the other “madmen.”

The problem was that Gao Lingfeng and the other “madmen” had no reason, and the enemy was pleasantly surprised to find that they successfully tied them down with almost no effort.

If it weren't for the excessive number of alien beasts around, these “madmen” might even have been turned back against them.

The battlefield situation, which had improved somewhat, once again plunged into extreme chaos.