168: Chapter 168 Re-entering the Zerg World

The countdown ticked on his retina.

59 seconds.

58 seconds.

57 seconds.

Su Mingyuan stood in front of the portal, able to feel the oppressive atmosphere in the air.

This time, once opened, the portal would become fixed and would not disappear just because he entered the Otherworld.

This meant that if the Swarm discovered this portal, they could charge directly into the Main World.

The risk was much greater than last time.

The countdown reached zero.

Space began to distort.

A beam of light tore open from the Void Realm, rapidly expanding into a huge portal.

The edges of the portal shimmered with a light blue glow, and pitch black lay inside.

"Vanguard units, pay attention." Su Mingyuan opened the communication channel. "Maintain formation and establish a defense line immediately after entering."

"Understood!" A response came over the communication channel.

Immediately afterwards, the portal lit up.

A team of armored vehicles drove in.

The bodies of the vehicles were painted with the military emblem of Daxia, and heavy machine guns were mounted on their roofs.

Ten armored vehicles drove in one by one, disappearing into the pitch-black portal.

Then came dozens of tanks.

The tracks rolled over the ground, making a muffled sound.

The tank barrels were vibrating slightly, ready to open fire at any time.

Su Mingyuan took a deep breath and followed the troops into the portal.

Darkness fell before his eyes.

Then came a brief sensation of weightlessness.

A few seconds later, his vision recovered.

Su Mingyuan froze.

He had thought there would be people from the Seventh Shelter waiting.

But there was nothing.

The surroundings were quiet.

The portal opened in an open space, surrounded by abandoned buildings.

There were no survivors.

Even less were there any bugs.

The armored vehicles and tanks had already deployed their formations, with heavy machine guns aimed at the surroundings.

The soldiers jumped out of the vehicles and began setting up defense lines.

"Report." A soldier ran over. "There are no signs of life around."

"Thermal imaging isn't picking up anything either."

"This isn't right." Su Mingyuan frowned.

He remembered very clearly that when they left last time, the Seventh Shelter still had more than 10,000 people.

Now not a single person could be seen.

Could the shelter have fallen?

No, if it had fallen, why were there no bugs?

After occupying a place, the Zerg would leave a large number of Engineer Bugs to build nests.

But there was nothing here.

Just as Su Mingyuan was about to order a search, a soldier suddenly shouted: "Target spotted!"

"A person is approaching rapidly!"

"Be on alert!"

A few seconds later, a figure rushed out from behind the ruins.

It was Lin Wan.

She was holding a rifle, running very fast, and her body was covered in dust.

"Su Mingyuan!" she shouted. "Hurry! Let the people of our Seventh Shelter pass through the portal and enter your Main World!"

Su Mingyuan looked at her.

"What's the situation?"

Lin Wan ran up to him and looked up at him: "The bugs are coming!"

"The bugs have surrounded the Seventh Shelter!"

She panted, her voice very urgent: "Staff Officer Liu has been controlled by a Zerg parasite."

"The Zerg know everything about our Seventh Shelter."

"They were waiting for you to open the portal and then launch an attack."

"Now they have already started attacking!"

Su Mingyuan's hand paused.

This was definitely not good news.

If the Zerg knew about the existence of the portal, they would definitely find a way to charge into the Main World.

"Where are the others?" Su Mingyuan asked.

"Holding the front line." Lin Wan pointed into the distance. "General Chen asked me to pick you up. He said if you arrived, you should quickly help us evacuate."

"There are too many bugs, we can't hold them off."

Su Mingyuan frowned.

He had indeed promised before that survivors from the Zerg World could enter the Main World.

But he didn't say it would be now.

At the very least, it would have to be a month later, after thoroughly checking everyone here to ensure there were no viruses or parasitic infections, before he could safely bring them into the Main World.

In case anyone was controlled like Staff Officer Liu, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Lin Wan, I—"

"Wait."

A soldier ran over: "Group Leader Su, the radar has detected a large number of red dots!"

"They are approaching rapidly!"

"Distance is 10 kilometers!"

Su Mingyuan turned around and looked at the portable radar screen.

Dense red dots were surging from all directions.

He expanded the search range.

Sure enough, further away, more red dots were rushing over this way.

That should be the front line and the charging Swarm.

"All units, attention." Su Mingyuan switched to all channels. "Prepare for combat."

"Target: Eliminate the bugs."

Responses came over the communication channel.

The armored vehicles began to move, looking for better shooting positions.

The tanks adjusted the angles of their gun barrels.

The soldiers set up heavy machine guns and carried boxes of ammunition.

"Notify the Main World," Su Mingyuan said to the communications soldier. "Have the combat troops enter quickly."

"Yes!"

A few minutes later, the portal lit up again.

More armored vehicles and tanks drove out from the portal.

There were also several troop transport vehicles. Soldiers jumped out of the vehicles and quickly joined the defense line.

"Lin Wan," Su Mingyuan said. "Lead the way to the front line."

Lin Wan nodded and turned to run.

Su Mingyuan followed behind her, closely followed by the armored vehicles and tanks.

The tracks rolled over the ground, making a clicking sound.

Passing through a few streets, the front line appeared in view.

Then Su Mingyuan saw the Swarm.

Dense, pitch-black, and countless in number.

The air was filled with a sour, foul odor, which was the unique smell of the Zerg.

The outer defense line of the Seventh Shelter was full of bullet holes, and several places had been blown open.

General Chen stood on a high ground, holding an old rifle and shooting.

When he saw the troops brought by Su Mingyuan, his eyes lit up.

"All units," Su Mingyuan said in the communication channel. "Open fire at will."

As soon as he finished speaking, the tanks opened fire first.

Boom!

A shell hit a large beetle, directly blowing it into two halves.

Green liquid splattered everywhere.

The heavy machine guns on the armored vehicles also started firing.

The rat-tat-tat sound merged into one.

Tracer bullets carved streaks of light across the air, piercing into the Swarm.

The bugs' carapaces were pierced, and they fell one after another.

Missile launchers ignited, trailing exhaust flames as they charged towards the Flying Insects.

Explosions echoed one after another.

Several Flying Insects were blown to pieces, and severed limbs fell from the air.

The Swarm began to fall into chaos.

They hadn't expected such fierce firepower.

Some bugs wanted to retreat, but the bugs behind were still charging forward, squeezing together into a mess.

"Continue!" Su Mingyuan shouted.

The tanks adjusted their angles and opened fire again.

This time it was high-explosive grenades, exploding amidst the Swarm, wiping out large patches with each blast.

The corpses of the bugs piled up on the ground, and green liquid flowed everywhere.

The sour, foul odor in the air grew stronger.

Twenty minutes later, the Swarm began to retreat.

The remaining bugs scattered and fled, diving into the ruins and disappearing.

Only thousands of bug corpses were left on the ground.