180: Chapter 182 Overwhelming Power, Large and Small Gray Plains Rock Monsters

Clang, clang...

Dozens of small rock monsters surrounded General Meng Tian, crashing against his steel armor and making crisp ringing sounds.

Each impact sent them flying far away, and the parts that collided turned into gravel that fell with a rustling sound.

They made clattering sounds, continuously launching attacks at General Meng Tian, as if avenging the deaths of their companions.

After watching helplessly for a while, General Meng Tian took out his warhammer and swung it in a full circle.

Bang, bang, bang...

The cute small rock monsters were exploded by the warhammer.

Wherever the massive warhammer reached, the rock monsters exploded into powder one by one.

[Killed Rank 9 Small Gray Plains Rock Monster, command points + 30 (30% bonus)]

[Killed Rank 9 Small Gray Plains Rock Monster, command points + 30 (30% bonus)]

[Killed Rank 9 Small Gray Plains Rock Monster, command points + 30 (30% bonus)]

...

A series of kill notifications flooded in; someone who didn't know better might have thought it was a bombing kill streak.

"Form Ranks and engage the enemy!" General Meng Tian commanded, swinging his hammer.

Although he felt that the opponents couldn't even be called enemies, the fate of those who blocked Great Qin's advance was only destruction.

Hiss...

The hydraulic metal hatch of the black iron chariot lowered, and the Imperial Armor Troops marched out in formation.

Vroom...

The Elite Soldiers started their Fuel-powered Chainsaw Swords, and bursts of black smoke billowed out.

The small rock monsters had almost stunned themselves by crashing into the black iron chariot, but as soon as they saw the soldiers emerge, they immediately swarmed forward.

If they couldn't knock over the iron vehicle, could they not knock over the people?

Bang, bang, bang...

Countless rock monsters crumbled into gravel, and another series of kill notifications popped up.

The Chainswords, capable of shattering the crystal shells of the Xenomorphs, were a dimensional strike against these rock monsters.

Even though they had resistance to sharp weapons, in the face of absolute strength, it was completely useless.

The small rock monsters couldn't even touch the bodies of the Elite Soldiers; as soon as they got close, they were hacked into powder by the Chainswords.

They surged forward wave after wave, wanting to overwhelm the Elite Soldier army with sheer numbers.

The result was predictable; the faster they charged, the faster they died.

The kill notifications on Su Yang's panel flowed like water.

Watching the one-sided scene on the battlefield, Su Yang couldn't help but feel a bit of injustice for the rock monsters.

Their strength was actually not weak; they belonged to the first tier among the Xenomorphs.

If they were up against an ordinary human army, this scale of impact would certainly pose a great threat to them.

The high physical resistance provided by the rock itself, combined with their resistance to sharp weapons, allowed them to withstand a large amount of firearm damage.

Only armor-piercing rounds or explosive shockwaves could cause effective damage to the rock monster army.

Artillery weapons were limited, and the rock monsters only needed to use their numbers to Breakthrough the frontline firepower to slaughter everything.

Half-meter diameter rolling rocks, combined with impact damage, were devastating to unarmored soldiers.

Unfortunately, the Imperial Armor Troops were not unarmored soldiers; they were fully armed heavy infantry.

In the face of powerful individual strength, the close-quarters impact of the rock monsters seemed somewhat comical.

They weren't weak; they had just encountered the wrong opponent.

Boom...

After the one-sided massacre had continued for some time, a loud noise came from afar.

The giant rock mountain located in the center of the rock mountains suddenly began to shake.

The surrounding rock mountains had already been reduced by half in volume because the rock monsters had detached from them.

Only this central rock mountain remained unchanged in volume.

The earth began to tremble along with the rock mountain, and countless dust and gravel gushed outward.

Those small rock monsters suddenly stopped charging to their deaths and instead quickly retreated.

The surrounding rock mountains shattered piece by piece, and the falling stones adhered to the surface of the small rock monsters.

The small rock monsters absorbed the gravel and grew rapidly, soon transforming into a large rock mass nearly two meters in diameter.

Is this a Large Gray Plains Rock Monster?

Su Yang's thoughts flashed, and the scan information transmitted by the Scout unfolded on his panel.

[Biological Scan Panel]

[Rank: Rank 9]

[Xenomorph: Large Gray Plains Rock Monster]

[Species: Gray Rock Clan]

[Generation: 3rd Generation, Highest Level]

[Type: Elite Infantry Combat Unit]

[Characteristics: Formed by combining small rock monsters, capable of launching a super charge, possesses extremely high resistance to sharp weapons, limited existence time]

It really is a Large Gray Plains Rock Monster; this species' name is truly simple and easy to understand!

Before Su Yang could complain a few words, the synthesized Large Gray Plains Rock Monster began to charge at the troops.

This two-meter diameter rock mass and the half-meter diameter rock mass were not in the same order of magnitude.

This was no longer a size that the Elite Soldiers could block individually!

Hum, hum, hum...

As the Large Gray Plains Rock Monster charged, the Crossbowmen positioned behind the Elite Soldiers finished forming their Ranks.

The power supply device started, and the electromagnetic barrels began to charge.

"Switch to explosive arrows, fire!!" Su Yang commanded.

Swish, swish, swish...

The crossbow bolts, accelerated by electromagnetism, shot out rapidly, leaving trails of phantoms in the air.

Upon contacting the surface of the Large Gray Plains Rock Monster, the arrows exploded instantly, generating waves of shockwaves.

The rock monsters were different from the crystal shell defense used by the Xenomorphs' Gray Rock Clan.

The crystal shells were composed of the Xenomorphs' own exoskeletons and devoured metal, which contained metallic components.

But the defense of the rock monsters was entirely rock, without any metallic components.

The electric current from the electromagnetic crossbow bolts would neither destroy the rock monster's defensive structure nor paralyze its nerves.

Therefore, Su Yang had the Crossbowmen choose explosive arrows to use shockwaves to inflict damage on it.

Crossbow bolts dealt sharp weapon damage; even with great kinetic energy, it was difficult to cause effective damage to the rock monsters.

Therefore, among the existing weapons, only shockwaves were most effective against them.

Overpressure shockwaves were the only weapons that could ignore the exterior and penetrate the interior to cause concussive damage.

For such hard-shelled targets, shockwaves were definitely the best choice.

The course of the battle was exactly as Su Yang had expected.

The explosive crossbow bolts created countless shockwaves on the Large Gray Plains Rock Monster's surface.

The shockwaves penetrated its interior, causing intense vibrational damage.

Under the continuous explosive impacts, the Large Gray Plains Rock Monster, which was merely pieced together, could no longer hold on.

Its massive body crumbled instantly, turning back into countless small rock monsters.

The Elite Soldiers held their Chainswords high and stepped forward to resume the slaughter.

[Killed Rank 10 Small Gray Plains Rock Monster, command points + 35 (30% bonus)]

[Killed Rank 9 Small Gray Plains Rock Monster, command points + 30 (30% bonus)]

[Killed Rank 9 Small Gray Plains Rock Monster, command points + 30 (30% bonus)]

The rock mountain located in the center kept trembling, wanting to synthesize another Large Gray Plains Rock Monster.

But amidst the shockwave tremors, those small rock monsters found it extremely difficult even to gather together.

The offensive of the Gray Plains Rock Monsters was ruthlessly neutralized by the Crossbowmen, and the battle situation reverted to a crushing momentum.

...

"Is this an explosion?"

Detecting the bursts of sound coming from the sky, the Australian outpost squad immediately became alert.

To the south, aside from the Gray Plains Rock Monsters, there were only endless mountains; how could there be an explosion!

"Go take a look!" the squad leader commanded.

Everyone immediately organized their gear, mounted their mountain motorcycles, and advanced in the direction the sound came from.