169: Chapter 170 A New Race, Observational Outpost Battle

Then, the electromagnetic crossbows lit up, and a dense net formed by arrows descended into the center of the Insect Swarm.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."

The electromagnetic crossbow bolts fired by the Rank 5 Crossbowman exploded within the Insect Swarm, releasing countless strong electrical currents.

The front row of the Insect Swarm fell like grass, and the surging sea of insects instantly fell into chaos.

Kill notifications popped up frantically on the panel.

[Killed Rank 11 Tyranid Titanium Crystal Stinger Bug (Variant), command points +110 (30% bonus)]

[Killed Rank 10 Tyranid Titanium Crystal Stinger Bug (Variant), command points +100 (30% bonus)]

[Killed Rank 10 Tyranid Titanium Crystal Stinger Bug (Variant), command points +100 (30% bonus)]

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"Just ordinary Titanium Crystal Stinger Bugs? And their Rank is even lower than the Insect Swarm encountered in the skirmish just now."

"Is this the combat strength of the Forbidden Ground guardian? Is it that I am leveling up too fast and the Insect Swarm hasn't kept up?"

"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."

Countless arrows were accelerated and sprayed out through the electromagnetic barrels; the Insect Swarm had no chance to get close to the front of the troops.

Su Yang could see that this batch of the Insect Swarm still had tactics, as they attacked from different directions.

Moreover, after detecting the Magnetic Storm, they would consciously avoid the storm's range.

However, the gap in hard power between the two sides was too great; in the face of absolute strength, no tactics could be effectively deployed.

Without giving the Insect Swarm any chance to breathe, Su Yang ordered the Elite Soldiers to advance, wiping out the entire Insect Swarm in one go.

While the Elite Soldiers advanced, he had the black iron chariots follow closely behind, hacking and killing the Xenomorphs in the front while collecting corpses in the rear.

The damage caused by this batch of the Insect Swarm to his troops was not even as high as the wear and tear caused by the storm.

Su Yang felt that this was just the strength of the gatekeeping troops; continuing deeper would surely reveal even more powerful enemies.

"The battle isn't over yet, continue forward!" Su Yang ordered.

After the black iron chariots finished collecting the Insect Swarm corpses, the troops stepped back onto the path of the storm.

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Inside the Wailing Mountains.

The operator slowly removed the data tubes from both sides of his helmet.

He was expressionless, but the light flickering in his eyes revealed astonishment.

That group of the Human Race had actually wiped out his Insect Swarm army without any effort?

How is this possible?

Although the Insect Swarm was nothing more than low-level creatures in their eyes, it was absolutely several dimensions higher than the even more inferior humans!

The entire Insect Swarm was controlled by the Hive, highly centralized, absolutely unified, with powerful individual combat strength, bloodthirsty and violent.

In contrast, humans claimed to be intelligent but were immersed in internal struggles, scattered like loose sand, and extremely fragile.

A Rank 10 Titanium Crystal Insect Swarm could sweep through all races in the low-level zone; how could it be defeated by a group of the Human Race?

[Intruders have entered the heart of the mountains, please deploy defenses]

[Intruders have entered the heart of the mountains, please deploy defenses]

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The holographic projection flickered, and an electronic voice sounded in the operator's mind.

He looked back at the Navigator, who was still in a psionic connection.

Directly interrupting the psionic connection would cause damage to the Navigator.

He decided to solve the problem outside himself.

He had made a mistake before; he had underestimated the combat strength of this group of the Human Race!

Being able to pass through the Insect Hive Forest and the Wailing Mountains storm to reach the mountain area meant that this group of the Human Race possessed abilities they had not anticipated!

The operator reconnected the psionic link at his helmet, and the diamond-shaped device on top of the helmet lit up.

The watchdog could not stop these people; he had to activate the device in this area that had not been activated for a hundred years.

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Within the raging storm, the troops continued to advance.

The closer they got to the center of the mountains, the steeper the road became, with some slopes almost approaching 45 degrees.

If not for the powerful propulsion of the black iron chariots, these slopes would have been impossible to traverse.

After the troops crossed a small hill, the Scout's intelligence was transmitted back: a metal castle had been discovered ahead.

Switching to the Scout's perspective, Su Yang indeed saw a metal fortress at the end of his line of sight.

That fortress seemed to have existed for a very long time, its mottled metal outer walls appearing to recount history to those who saw them.

If there were no surprises, this was the Forbidden Ground fortress.

The Insect Swarm was a race without architecture; they could never build such a fortress no matter what.

What race could have left this behind?

Su Yang's thoughts flickered, and he sent out Scout units to reconnoiter.

General Li Xin and General Meng Tian assembled their forces at a position far from the castle.

The enemies in the metal fortress were definitely not enemies that could be dealt with simply...

"Hum..."

As Su Yang's thoughts flickered, a red laser shot out from a turret on the metal fortress.

The laser hit a Scout, causing his armor to drop to zero instantly, and then pierced through his body.

[Lost one Rank 4 Great Qin Thousand-Mile Scout]

"Boom..."

The Imperial Armor was pierced, and the steam device behind it exploded instantly.

"Retreat!" Su Yang's eyes flickered, and he ordered immediately.

Several more lasers shot over, and the remaining Scouts quickly turned around to evacuate.

Fortunately, the movement speed of the lasers was not fast and could not catch up with the Scouts moving at full speed, otherwise, there would have been more casualties!

Su Yang frowned; this was the first time the team had suffered casualties!

War would cause casualties; he had mentally prepared himself, but seeing a unit die for the first time still made him burn with anger.

Su Yang had two Skyfire Guards directly connect their ammunition feed tubes to the output of the wolf smoke units.

This way, they would not need to worry about ammunition reserves; all the resources in the two wolf smoke units were their ammunition!

"Skyfire Guards, prepare! Ammunition liberated, full firepower, blast them to death for me!!"

"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."

With no ammunition limits, the two Skyfire Guards, like perpetual motion machines, continuously lobbed Magnetic Storm Bombs into the metal fortress.

Bursts of Magnetic Storms exploded, and the electromagnetic storms stacked layer upon layer, continuously accumulating energy.

The ancient city walls deformed under the powerful electromagnetic action.

Those turrets that fired lasers at the Scouts were either blown to pieces or rendered completely useless by the electromagnetism.

After this, Su Yang first had General Meng Tian move forward to test other offensive means of the metal fortress.

After ensuring there was no danger, the Crossbowmen stepped forward with their electromagnetic crossbows and fired frantically at the fortress gate.

The Elite Soldiers transported ammunition between the wolf smoke units and the Crossbowmen; they also received unlimited firing rights granted by Su Yang, without needing to consider ammunition supply.

The Crossbowmen fired at full power, and the electromagnetic crossbow bolts formed a rain of arrows, continuously bombarding the fortress gate.

Countless lightning bolts emerged on the fortress gate, with silver snakes dancing.

The strong electrical current generated by the explosion of the crossbow bolts and the Magnetic Storm acted simultaneously, continuously eroding the metal structure of the fortress gate.

Under the dual firepower of the Crossbowmen and the Skyfire Guards, the metal gate of the fortress, made of an unknown material, finally collapsed, with exaggerated deformations appearing everywhere.

General Meng Tian charged forward with a giant shield, smashing into the gate like a cannonball, blasting the gate wide open.

Inside the fortress.

The operator yanked off the data tubes, a look of terror flashing in his eyes.

"Navigator, Navigator!"

He rushed to the Navigator who was still in a psionic connection and shook him frantically.

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The connection was forcibly interrupted, and a turbulence of information flooded into the brain of the creature known as the Navigator.

The operator on the side, ignoring his confusion, pulled the holographic projection closer, flashing back to the battle scene just now.

Looking at the screen full of flashing electrical currents and Magnetic Storms, the Navigator woke up instantly.

"How is this possible? Isn't the low-level Human Race a creature that uses gunpowder weapons?"

"This batch is different, Navigator, we can't hold them off!"

"What about negotiations? Send a negotiation request to them."

"It won't work!" The operator's eyes revealed terror.

"I only killed one soldier with a psionic ray, and they released dozens of storm bombs at the fortress!"

"Their commander is definitely a lunatic; we have angered him."

The Navigator's eyes flickered, and after pondering for a while while staring at the holographic projection, he spoke.

"Upload all observation data, activate the Psionic Matrix; we are abandoning this observation station."

"Yes!" The operator quickly returned to start the operation; he did not want to become a prisoner of this group of lunatics.

The Navigator called up his own operation panel, connected the data tubes, and activated the last line of defense of the observation station.

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"Boom..."

General Meng Tian smashed open the alloy gate with a side charge and rushed into the interior of the fortress.

Inside the city walls was a huge disk-shaped metal building.

Just as he wanted to rush forward to blast open the gate and enter, a device similar to a radar rose on the top of the building.

In an instant, he felt an invisible energy pass through him.

Various indescribable images appeared in his mind, and faintly, there was also a voice telling him to start a massacre.

In the rear battlefield, the troops that were about to fully enter the fortress stopped without Su Yang's order.

The next moment, the Elite Soldiers drew their swords, the Crossbowmen raised their guns, and they turned to face their companions beside them.

What is this?

Su Yang's eyes flickered. Mind control?

He recalled the disaster-relief BUFF provided during the divination, which increased the Mental Energy resistance of all soldiers by 20%...

If it weren't for this BUFF, perhaps the soldiers would have already slaughtered each other!

"General Li Xin!" Su Yang shouted.

General Li Xin, whose consciousness was gradually becoming confused, was awakened by Su Yang's words.

He immediately understood and activated his general skill.

"Wicked words and delusions, disperse quickly!!"

The general skill was activated, and the entire army gained a 30% morale bonus.

Although it was not completely targeted at the spirit, the increase in morale could also provide additional Mental Energy.

After General Li Xin's shout, the soldiers regained their consciousness and put down the weapons in their hands one after another.

But the powerful mind control still existed; he had to remain calm to prevent mental intrusion.

Any other action could lead to their thoughts being controlled again.

As the general commanding morale, General Li Xin had the highest Mental Energy in the team, and he was the only one who could still move freely in the mind control field.

Following the information transmitted back by General Meng Tian, Su Yang had General Li Xin charge directly into the interior of the fortress and pierce through that radar-like device with a spear.

The mind control was finally canceled.

This was extremely dangerous; if any link went wrong, it would have led to the soldiers slaughtering each other.

Not to mention the weapons of the Skyfire Guard and Fire Dragon Guard that could directly wipe out the whole group, even the Elite Soldiers hacking at each other would have caused extremely terrifying casualties.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."

Shock turned into anger, and Su Yang ordered the soldiers to fire at full power, bombarding the metal cabin door.

Soon, another alloy door was destroyed under the team's terrifying firepower.

General Meng Tian smashed open the door with a hammer, and a huge holographic scene came into view.

Behind the holographic projection was a purple pillar of light, and two creatures wearing strange armor stood on both sides of the pillar of light.

After seeing General Meng Tian enter, the two creatures quickly walked into the pillar of light.

The pillar of light flickered, their figures disappeared instantly, then the pillar of light went out, and the cabin returned to darkness.

A teleportation pillar?

What race is this?

Su Yang's eyes flickered; there was no information about this group of races in all the materials related to the Forbidden Ground!

As his thoughts surged, a series of achievement notifications appeared on the panel.

[Completed Forbidden Ground mission: Higher Observer]

[Mission Rewards]

[Stronghold Building: Observation Outpost]

[Special Item: Lost Civilization Fragment]

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[Discovered new area: Wailing Mountains, discovered new Xenomorphs species: Protoss]

[Achievement obtained: Our journey is the stars and the sea! command points +8000]

[Discovered brand new substance — Psionic Energy]

[Unlocked achievement: Physics no longer exists! command points +8000]

[Stepped into two Forbidden Grounds, and completed Forbidden Ground missions]

[Achievement obtained: Deeper, command points +8000]

Protoss, Psionic Energy, Higher Observer?

Su Yang captured the key information in the achievements, and his thoughts surged in his mind.

When he saw those two humanoid creatures through General Meng Tian's perspective just now, he inexplicably had a familiar feeling.

He ordered General Li Xin and General Meng Tian to thoroughly investigate the fortress, while he calmed down to scan the memories in his mind.

Although Su Yang himself did not like to think, nor did he like to remember some inexplicable clues.

But his brain was very effective; any matter, as long as it passed through his brain, would leave a memory.

From then on, as long as something triggered the memory, he could calm down and find the relevant memories.

After searching quietly for a period of time, he found the source of the familiarity.

It was the first Forbidden Ground exploration!

After defeating the Insect Swarm and entering the Forbidden Ground in the first exploration, this kind of strange humanoid creature was carved on the murals inside the Hive.

And according to the content of the murals, the Insect Swarm seemed to worship this group of humanoid creatures as gods.

The things carved on the murals were the guys he saw today — the Protoss.

A race capable of using Psionic Energy and adept at mind control.

And according to various descriptions, this race seemed to be defined as a higher race?

Why would there be a higher race? Who defined it? And where does the Human Race stand?

After thinking a little, a series of questions flooded out.

Forget it, Su Yang stopped thinking deeply.

There is no point in thinking about things that are unknowable; the most important thing is what rewards this Forbidden Ground gave.

Su Yang was very interested in the device that could emit the teleportation pillar.

If he could unlock teleportation, then the Great Qin's path of conquest would directly ride a rocket!

With a flicker of his thought, Su Yang opened the panel.

The reward for this Forbidden Ground mission was the Observation Outpost, which was this entire metal fortress!

This metal fortress was directly converted into a Great Qin stronghold, becoming another operable territory for Su Yang!

This was a surprise that exceeded Su Yang's expectations!