149: Chapter 149 Siege

Inside the Tianzhong City Garrison Command Headquarters, the lights were deathly pale, and the atmosphere was suffocatingly silent.

On the massive electronic combat screen, the green dots representing the frontline main defense line were vanishing in droves at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The communications soldier responsible for real-time reporting had a trembling voice, filled with uncontrollable panic.

"Report! The first outer heavy defense line has completely collapsed! The main battle tank cluster is entirely destroyed! The artillery positions are completely disabled! The frontline defenders... most have surrendered!"

The moment the words fell. Bang! A loud noise exploded in the command hall.

Commander Shi Haidong slammed his palm heavily onto the alloy command console. The thick surface vibrated violently; the combat maps and communication equipment on the table bounced up, the water cup shattered, and water flowed wantonly along the tabletop.

He was in full military uniform, his face livid, his eyes bloodshot, and the air pressure around him was terrifyingly low.

Since he arrived in this world, he had never encountered such an absurd, humiliating, and tragic defeat.

Saturated coverage of thermal weapons, heavy tanks pushing forward head-on, a regular field main force with complete organization. Crushing wild beasts should have been a one-sided slaughter exercise.

Yet, the result. Two rounds of artillery bombardment failed to annihilate the enemy's remnants. The frontal heavy armor charge was instead forcefully broken by a group of flesh-and-blood beasts in close quarters. Over a thousand regular defenders knelt in surrender, and the steel defense line completely turned into a pile of scrap metal.

Commander Shi Haidong's chest heaved violently, his anger nearly reaching its boiling point.

"Ridiculous! Absolutely ridiculous!"

"Artillery suppression ineffective? The heavy armor line pierced by Physical Bodies? Did I raise this troop just so they could kneel and surrender?!"

The staff officers and military officers present all bowed their heads; no one dared to say a word. Everyone's face was deathly pale, with only bone-chilling cold left in their hearts.

They watched with their own eyes the data and images coming from the new equipment in front of them. There were no strange spells, no beasts that could fly or burrow, no demonic Divine Ability that transcended modern cognition.

The opponent was just a pure Physical Body charge. Hard-carrying artillery explosions, taking machine gun strafing head-on, they used their flesh and blood to tear apart the absolute defense built by modern firearms. This had already exceeded everyone's military cognition.

A high-ranking staff officer bit the bullet and stepped forward to report, his voice trembling and dry.

"General, according to the final footage confirmed from the front line, the enemy leader explicitly ordered the beast horde to be restrained, not to kill surrendering soldiers. All officers and soldiers who discarded their weapons and knelt were spared; only those who resisted were subdued. There was no large-scale slaughter..."

This sentence provided no comfort. Instead, it made the chill in Commander Shi Haidong's heart run deeper. Not killing surrendered soldiers. Strict military discipline. Orderly advancement and retreat. There was a commander, military orders, and absolute control.

This was by no means a savage beast horde that lacked reason and rampaged purely on ferocity. This was a powerful alien army with an Advanced command system and extreme execution.

Mo Yufei was not leading the beasts in a chaotic charge. In this mundane plane without transcendence, he was using the most primitive method of warfare to crush Tianzhong City's defense system step by step.

Commander Shi Haidong stared fixedly at the black figure on the screen, who was slowly approaching the urban area, his teeth grinding together with a creaking sound.

"Beast horde army... Physical Bodies shaking firearms head-on."

He whispered the keywords from the intelligence report, the anger in his eyes fading, replaced by a gloom that was heavy to the extreme.

"I underestimated you."

Originally, he had only viewed the opponent as an aberrant disaster that had broken into this plane, thinking that saturated heavy firepower could easily annihilate them. Now, he finally understood. This was a terrifying opponent who could gather remnants in desperate situations, not retreat in the face of artillery fire, enforce strict military discipline, and possess extremely deep cunning and mental fortitude.

"Pass the order!"

Commander Shi Haidong suddenly spoke in a deep voice, his voice echoing throughout the command hall, every word resolute.

"Abandon the remaining outer positions, all retreating troops are to withdraw into the city."

"Close all outer city gates of Tianzhong City, seal all entry channels into the city, and activate the urban three-dimensional defense system."

"Number 2 and Number 3 reserve artillery positions are to be fully in place, city defense close-in weapon systems are to be fully opened, and street fighting detachments are to be deployed by zone."

"Move all stockpiled armor-piercing explosive shells and high-explosive incendiary shells to the city walls!"

Several military orders were issued in rapid succession and transmitted layer by layer. The previously relaxed city defense was instantly raised to the highest combat readiness level. The city-wide alarm suddenly rang out shrilly. Woo— woo— woo—

The piercing air-raid siren pierced through the night, sweeping across the entire Tianzhong City. Pedestrians on the streets fled in panic; the city lights were still bright, but there was no longer any trace of prosperity or life, leaving only a tense, murderous atmosphere of war.

On the city walls, a large number of soldiers rushed to their battle stations. Cold cannon barrels, machine gun muzzles, and defensive fortifications were all aimed at the empty wilderness outside the city. All remaining modern firepower was ready to be unleashed.

The staff officer spoke urgently again.

"Commander! The enemy beast horde only has remnants left; after multiple rounds of artillery attrition, their combat power has been reduced by more than half! Should we organize an active counterattack outside the city?"

Commander Shi Haidong stared fixedly at the dark torrent steadily approaching outside the screen and shook his head decisively, his tone cold and hard.

"No counterattack."

"There are no fixed fortifications in the wild, and we would be facing their close-quarters combat advantage head-on. Going out of the city is just suicide."

"Rely on the fortified city and hold our ground to wait for battle."

"No matter how strong his Physical Body is, no matter how brave the beast horde is, I want to see,"

"Whether he can withstand the saturated artillery fire and layered desperate defense of an entire modern city with just his flesh and blood."

Inside the command hall, everyone's eyes were locked onto the real-time footage.

The wilderness outside the city. The smoke of gunpowder slowly dissipated. Mo Yufei stood before ten thousand beasts. Behind him was the remnant beast horde, gathered neatly and moving forward despite their injuries. In front of him was Tianzhong City, with iron gates tightly closed, bristling with guns and cannons, and heavily fortified.

Mo Yufei looked up at Tianzhong City, with its towering walls and countless gun and cannon muzzles, no waves in his eyes, only a calm certainty.

So what if thousands of firearms are arrayed inside the city?

Mo Yufei took a step, his gait steady, moving forward without hesitation. His cold, low voice scattered with the wind, resounding across the wilderness.

"Tianzhong City!"

"Commander Shi Haidong, you dog! Your grandfather is here."

Outside the city, the pitch-black beast horde crushed forward step by step; inside the city, steel and firearms locked down the dead zone layer by layer. The ultimate showdown between mundane flesh and blood and modern firearms was already on the verge of breaking out.

The beast army, having finished resting, reorganized into formation. The injured beasts leaned on each other to rest, their breaths weary and weak, but their eyes still burned with a fierce, death-defying ferocity, closely following the upright figure in front.

The Robot Commander's metal body shone with a cold light, its electronic voice steady and calm.

"Boss, the city's firepower is fully covering the area, and the high-density firearm formation has locked onto all our targets. A hard charge will cause casualties to rise significantly."

Benboba flapped his wings, shedding his usual cheeky demeanor, his voice filled with a murderous aura.

"Boss, this damn city wall is all made of iron; do we really have to smash into it directly? Is it necessary?"

"We can quietly sneak into the city and then summon the beast horde from the illusion realm again!"

Mo Yufei looked at the towering city walls ahead, the wall battlements bristling with guns and cannons, the cold light chilling and soul-shaking. His expression was calm, without a shred of hesitation.

"No need!"

"I am testing the feasibility of the infinite beast horde. As long as it is feasible, no matter what kind of copper walls or iron bastions they are, just stepping over them is enough."

The Robot Commander instantly completed the tactical contingency plan, and the sensor lights on its cheeks lit up.

"The entire army is to shrink its formation, advance close to the ground, prioritize avoiding heavy artillery impact points, and stand by for a charge at any time."