Chapter 117: Layout

While Zhou Liming and Huang Dazhuang had fled in disgrace, in a Small Town more than sixty kilometers away from Xiang-A City.

Several armored vehicles crashed through the Small Town, while five armed helicopters hovered in the sky above the Small Town, occasionally launching missiles from their wing pods. The missiles streaked down into the streets of the Small Town, followed by intense explosions. Under the rolling thick smoke, countless fragments flew in all directions.

No one knew why the army had appeared in this Fierce Beast Occupied Area, nor why they were launching an all-out attack. Were they not afraid of attracting a large number of Fierce Beasts?

The intense explosions seemed to have served the purpose of “beating the grass to startle the snake.” A few harsh screams came from the Small Town, and then a Flying Dragon Beast erupted into the sky, letting out an angry roar. It had been provoked into rage. It had never imagined that anyone would dare to disturb its peaceful stay in the Small Town, let alone blast it with damned missiles.

Its massive body cast a huge shadow in the air. The enraged Flying Dragon Beast opened its mouth fiercely at the armored vehicles speeding by on the ground and spat a tongue of fire.

Any object touched by the fire tongue was instantly burned. The extremely high temperature melted even steel. Concrete exploded under the heat, sending up countless tiny fragments. The trees in the Small Town instantly turned to ashes under the fire tongue. Even some abandoned cars seemed to have experienced a nuclear explosion. Countless red dust clouds flew into the air, and the entire car looked as if it were melting. In a moment, only broken wreckage remained.

“The target has been successfully enraged. Repeat, the target has been successfully enraged. First phase mission completed. Execute second phase mission.”

The armored vehicles and the armed helicopters received the order and did not hesitate. They quickly turned around and headed back to Xiang-A City at high speed.

How could this Flying Dragon Beast let go of the ones who had disturbed its sleep? After a dragon’s roar, it slapped its wings and charged toward the armed helicopters ahead. Compared to the Flying Dragon Beast’s speed, the armed helicopters were crawling like turtles. As long as it caught up, these ants in its eyes would be torn into shreds by its anger.

It seemed they had anticipated this all along. The armed helicopters remained calm and suddenly lowered their flight altitude, flying close to the treetops below.

“Eagle calls Land Tiger. It is coming at us.”

The armored vehicles below received the message and replied: “Land Tiger received. Leave it to us. You withdraw quickly.”

Several armored vehicles speeding on the highway rotated the missile launchers mounted on their roofs. After locking onto the Flying Dragon Beast in the sky, two missiles launched into the air and hit the Flying Dragon Beast instantly. They exploded into two fireballs in the sky, surrounding the Flying Dragon Beast.

Fierce Beasts were not easy to hit, but their defense was so strong that they could ignore the damage from these missiles.

The Flying Dragon Beast was fast, but how could it be faster than missiles? However, its defense was too formidable. The two hit missiles only blackened its scales with smoke and heat, otherwise having no effect on it at all. On the contrary, the missiles successfully enraged the Flying Dragon Beast. It immediately abandoned the pursuit of the armed helicopters, lowered its head, and dove down from the air.

After successfully attracting the attention of the Flying Dragon Beast, the armored vehicles turned sharply off the highway and rushed into the woods, sprinting through the trees.

The dense forest severely affected the vision of the Flying Dragon Beast. Its raging anger made it open its mouth again. A ball of flame shot out, slamming into the forest like a meteor hitting the earth. With a deafening bang, the flame exploded, and countless flying sparks covered an area of dozens of meters. The extremely high temperature set the trees on fire, creating a sea of flames.

The armored vehicles that had dove into the forest were naturally caught in the blast. The burning trees turned the area into a sea of fire.

The soldiers on the armored vehicles were all fierce and fearless. They completely ignored the burning trees and rushed through the sea of fire at high speed.

“Flycatcher calling Eagle and Land Tiger. We have arrived at the designated location.”

Two fighter jets came from afar, riding the airflow, and skimmed over the Flying Dragon Beast’s head. As they flew away quickly, they turned around and flew back. Simultaneously, the missiles carried under their wings ignited within 0.1 seconds after release, leaving a faint trail of smoke in the sky as they rushed toward the Flying Dragon Beast.

After successfully hitting the Flying Dragon Beast, the missiles turned into two balls of fire.

With a roar, the Flying Dragon Beast, which had been attacked several times, looked disheveled and dull. With its low intelligence, although it had an incredibly powerful body and terrifying Form Skills, after being attracted by the simple coordination of the three parties, it only knew how to constantly chase the enemies who struck it. In the end, it gained nothing.

But it seemed that the two fighter jets that had entangled it this time did not coordinate with the armored vehicles and armed helicopters. After hitting it, they flew over its head toward the distance.

The Flying Dragon Beast slapped its wings violently. The burst of flight speed allowed it to surpass the sluggish armed helicopters in an instant and chase the two fighter jets. Its speed was extremely astonishing, almost matching that of the fighter jets. The two sides chased each other in the sky, performing various thrilling aerial maneuvers from time to time.

The distance to Xiang-A City was only sixty kilometers, a distance that could be covered in the blink of an eye.

“Calling Headquarters. Flycatcher successful. Arriving at the target location immediately. Attention, arriving at the target location immediately.”

In the frontline command center of Xiang-A City, Lv Guangrong silently stared at the screen. It showed the two pursuing parties skimming across the sky at high speed. Upon receiving the notification from the fighter jets playing the role of the Flycatcher plan, his face showed a hint of excitement, but it quickly calmed down. After dialing Lian Ruixue’s number, he said calmly, “General Lian, please prepare your people.”

Lian Ruixue understood what “prepare” meant. She nodded and said, “Commander, please rest assured.” Glancing at the screen showing her squad members’ positions, she added calmly, “Once it is lured to the city center area, the more people there are, the better the effect will be, and it will better demonstrate the significance of the situation. Our people are already there, so it won’t cause too many problems.”

“That’s good. Next, it all depends on you.” Lv Guangrong hung up the phone without pause and said to his security chief standing beside him, “Send the helicopters and camera vehicles to the city center to wait. As soon as the Fierce Beast appears, film everything immediately. Remember, do not miss any angle or any movement.”

Once everything was ready, Lv Guangrong breathed a sigh of relief and sat back in his chair.

Humans make the plans, but God makes the final call. It remained to be seen how much benefit this event would bring to him.

Compared to Lv Guangrong, Lian Ruixue’s face remained expressionless. Actually, in this matter, many people would benefit, such as Lv Guangrong, herself, and the so-called “protagonists.” Lv Guangrong might not be promoted to General, but under her grandfather’s influence, it was a sure thing that she would be promoted to Lieutenant General within one or two years. As for the protagonists, entering the ranks of Generals was not impossible.

In short, they were heroes of the times, whether forged by human design or born by accident. As long as they were heroes, it didn’t matter.

Lian Ruixue had not told anyone in the X Squadron about this. There was no need, and she didn’t want the others to feel like they were being used. Everything should still seem like an accident, an accident where a Fierce Beast appeared in the city, just like what happened yesterday. She believed that although the Flying Dragon Beast was a Level Five Fierce Beast, with her abilities… even a Sixth Stage beast could be killed easily. What danger could there be?

The duty of the X Squadron was to protect the safety of the entire city, just like their daily job. Who would know?

As for the armed helicopters and camera vehicles sent by Lv Guangrong, they would only treat this as an accident. Subsequent events would naturally be handled by others, and it would have nothing to do with Lian Ruixue’s concerns. From a political perspective, this would be another power transaction, depending on who ended up being the beneficiary.

These matters were somewhat far-fetched, so Lian Ruixue did not continue to think about them. Instead, she looked at the radar in the command center, at the red dots behind the two green lights, and let out a cold sneer. Then she picked up her Communicator and said, “Attention, Group Seven. Attention, Group Seven. We have detected traces of a Flying Fierce Beast. It is expected to appear over the city in two minutes.”

The duties of the X Squadron were already clear. Lian Ruixue did not need to issue any orders, and everyone knew what to do.

Far in the sky, the two fighter jets maintained a constant distance from the Flying Dragon Beast, constantly guiding it in the westerly direction. The enraged Flying Dragon Beast only wanted to tear these two little things into shreds. It didn’t care where it flew, nor did it realize if this was a conspiracy. It only wanted to tear the two fighter jets in front of it apart with its bare claws.

In the distance, Xiang-A City could be faintly seen on the horizon. The two pilots flying in parallel glanced at each other, and then the roar of the fighter jet engines suddenly intensified. The speed of the fighter jets instantly doubled. They whizzed over the city and then pulled up, climbing toward the clouds until they finally disappeared into the sky.

This terrifying speed instantly left the Flying Dragon Beast, which had a flight speed of only a few hundred kilometers per hour, far behind.

Suddenly losing its target, the Flying Dragon Beast let out a few angry dragon roars in the sky. Then it noticed the city below. The streets were filled with people running around in panic. Their screams made the Flying Dragon Beast restless. The anger that had not been vented earlier seemed to find a target for release.

“Roar…”

The Flying Dragon Beast flapped its wings, performed a diving arc, and dove toward the city below. It opened its mouth, and a tongue of fire appeared. As it skimmed over the streets, the entire street turned into a burning sea of fire. The extremely high temperature of the fire tongue set everything that could burn on fire.

The entire area fell into panicked chaos under the attack of the Flying Dragon Beast.