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19: Chapter 19 Life or Death
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Damn!
Looking at the Stinger Bug, which held its twin blades high, capable of decapitating him in a single stroke.
Su Yang's heart pounded, and cold sweat streamed down.
The frantic secretion of adrenaline made his brain race.
Two lifetimes of experience told him that when facing a vicious beast, one must absolutely never turn and run.
Whether you can outrun it is one thing, but if you can't, it will only incite the creature to launch an immediate attack.
At this moment, the best choice was not to flee, but to intimidate!
Make the opponent misjudge your strength so they dare not attack.
Su Yang's expression hardened; he bent his knees and focused his Qi into his Dantian.
He struck the standard pose he used in his past life to scare off dogs.
"Hey!"
"Dare to come over and I'll kill you..."
Hiss—
The Stinger Bug let out a shriek and instantly moved, charging forward.
Su Yang turned and ran.
Although his prediction about the effectiveness of intimidation failed, his judgment on the other option was correct.
That is, once you turn and run, you cannot escape.
A mere few meters was nothing more than a single breath for the Stinger Bug.
But for Su Yang, it was a vast chasm between life and death.
He could already smell the distinct, damp, rotting stench on the Stinger Bug.
Is it over?
Boom—
A massive hiss of steam erupted by his ears.
With a swish, the Stinger Bug's shriek came to an abrupt halt.
Su Yang turned back.
He saw Armored Elite Warrior Chen Wu leaping down from high atop the courtyard wall.
Landing between Su Yang and the corpse of the Stinger Bug.
He bent down and slowly withdrew the broad-bladed bronze sword that had pierced deep into the Stinger Bug's torso.
He had vaulted over the wall and killed the Stinger Bug from afar!
With a clang, the bronze sword was sheathed, and Armored Elite Warrior Chen Wu turned and knelt in salute.
"Please forgive this subordinate for being late to save you!"
Su Yang swallowed and clenched his sweaty palms.
"It's nothing; what is a mere bug worth mentioning?"
Hiss—
Across the courtyard, Armored Elite Warrior Zhao Zhang finished off the Stinger Bug stuck in the door gap and restarted the metal gate.
After calming himself slightly, Su Yang clapped his hands loudly and shouted at the two.
"Mining Machine! Prioritize guarding the Mining Machine!!"
"Understood!!"
Armored Elite Warrior Chen Wu and Armored Elite Warrior Zhao Zhang rushed out of the mansion like the wind, heading straight for the mining area.
Every facility within this territory could shut down, but the Mining Machine could not.
Mineral resources were linked to the soldiers' fuel; once the Mining Machine stopped, it meant the soldiers would lose their combat capability.
Furthermore, repairing the Mining Machine required copper resources, which was impossible under the current circumstances.
If they could not protect the Mining Machine, the territory's development would fall into a huge predicament!
Whoosh—
Whoosh—
The ranged attacks from the Tyranid Spitting Insects' stings shot out like dense rain.
This caused great trouble for the defending Armored Elite Soldiers.
In an offensive stance, a Level 1 Armored Elite Soldier could eliminate two Stinger Bugs without injury.
But if faced with a larger encirclement of Stinger Bugs, they had to choose a defensive stance to avoid injury.
Moreover, the defensive stance could only withstand the siege of at most four Stinger Bugs.
The six Armored Elite Soldiers on duty were being besieged by at least five Stinger Bugs, and at most six.
In the dense forest outside the field, countless Tyranid Spitting Insects were firing cold arrows during the gaps in the attacks.
This caused all the defending Armored Elite Soldiers to suffer varying degrees of damage to their Imperial Armor.
Some were already on the verge of collapse.
Hiss—
Hiss—
As the steam-powered doors opened one by one.
The squads of Armored Elite Soldiers, having replenished their fuel, charged into the battlefield.
Just like before, they were in groups of three, totaling four squads.
Two squads rushed to support the six teammates on duty, while the other two squads headed straight for the mining area to focus on defense.
After the squads broke into the battlefield and eliminated a small portion of the Insect Swarm from the periphery, they were immediately surrounded by the swarm again.
In the face of the Insect Swarm's massive night-raid force, the territory's current combat power could not achieve a frontal rout.
After a brief exchange, the battlefield entered a delicate balance.
Neither side could break through the other's defensive line.
Although the addition of new soldiers eased the defensive pressure.
But because the Insect Swarm still held the numerical advantage, and there were Tyranid Spitting Insects in the dense forest that could fire at any time.
If Su Yang ordered the soldiers to enter an offensive stance to find a Breakthrough, it would certainly cause extensive damage to the Imperial Armor.
Before finding copper mine resources, damage to the Imperial Armor could not be repaired.
Trading injury for injury was absolutely inadvisable.
The sound of metal clashing echoed over the territory.
The Elite Soldiers brandished their bronze swords, doing their utmost to defend against attacks coming from all directions.
The Tyranid Spitting Insects hid in the dense forest, seizing every gap in the Elite Soldiers' defense to release their stings.
Due to the lack of ranged attacks, the team had no means of counterattacking.
How to break the deadlock?
Su Yang's eyes flashed.
The answer lay within the sharp swords.
Hiss—
The shriek of a Tyranid Spitting Insect in the dense forest broke the balance of the battle.
Steam exploded, and one Tyranid Spitting Insect after another toppled over along with the crystalline plants.
[Killed Level 2 Tyranid Spitting Insect, command points +50]
[Killed Level 2 Tyranid Spitting Insect, command points +50]
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Armored Elite Warrior Chen Wu and Armored Elite Warrior Zhao Zhang had arrived!
Looking at the kill notifications on the panel.
Su Yang knew his tactic had succeeded.
In the dense forest, Armored Elite Warrior Chen Wu and Armored Elite Warrior Zhao Zhang had their power fully engaged.
Like vicious wolves, they lunged time and again at the Tyranid Spitting Insects hiding everywhere.
Not long after the new batch of soldiers entered the fray, Su Yang had predicted that the frontal battlefield would fall into a stalemate.
They had to eliminate the enemy's ranged units to find a Breakthrough.
Thus, he did not let Armored Elite Warrior Chen Wu and Armored Elite Warrior Zhao Zhang, the only two Level 2 soldiers, join the frontal battlefield.
Instead, he had them go around and deep into the dense forest to intercept and kill the enemy's backline.
While the dense forest provided hiding spots for the Tyranid Spitting Insects, it also became excellent cover for Armored Elite Warrior Chen Wu and Armored Elite Warrior Zhao Zhang.
Relying on the dense forest, they could ignore the Spitting Insects' ranged attacks and close in on them without pressure to complete the kills.
Swish, swish—
The sound of sharp swords cutting through the air mixed with shrieks rang out in the dense forest.
The Brain Bug let out a sharp, high-pitched cry, ordering some Stinger Bugs to return and defend the rear units.
As soon as these Stinger Bugs on the front line withdrew, the delicate balance was broken.
Seizing the moment when the enemy's ranks were in chaos, Su Yang issued a full-scale attack order.
In an instant, all power units roared and exploded with sound.
A thick, white mist of steam instantly erupted over the territory.
The counterattack began!!
With the enhancement of steam power, the Armored Elite Soldiers' sharp swords pierced into the Insect Swarm's torsos one by one.
The Insect Swarm army collapsed like a falling mountain, being sliced into fragments in piles.
This was the terrifying finishing ability of the Armored Elite Soldiers.
I can have countless chances to make mistakes, but you don't have a single one.
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