Chapter 124: Power

Until there were no more flying Fierce Beasts in the sky, the people who witnessed this scene still could not believe that the power ful Fierce Beasts had been killed just like that.

The so-called defense of the Fierce Beasts was just something that traditional gunpowder kinetic energy could not break through, but the kinetic energy accelerated by Electromagnetic Technology was hundreds or thousands of times that of traditional gunpowder. The terrifying kinetic energy could accelerate a warhead to easily pierce through their skin and scales, achieving the effect of a one-hit kill.

Qiao Bingsen was dumbfounded. Pointing at the Fierce Beast corpses all over the ground from the helicopter, he said, “Too powerful. If the Electromagnetic Cannon had been discovered earlier, today’s outcome wouldn’t have happened.”

The fall of more than half the country, especially the wealthiest coastal areas, resulted in losses that were simply impossible to calculate, because the numbers exceeded the scope of people’s practical application of mathematics. In reality, it was just a string of numbers; once it exceeded the range, it lost its meaning. As Qiao Bingsen said, if the Electromagnetic Cannon had been put into actual combat a year ago, the advent of the Fierce Beast Era and this disaster could have been avoided.

But that was only an “if.” If Electromagnetic Technology hadn’t been opened up for global technology sharing, it would have taken another two or three years before it was put into actual combat.

On the field, the most excited person was Fang Kongwen. He clenched his fists tightly and waved them in the air a few times. The Electromagnetic Cannon living up to expectations indirectly represented the success of his research. At least in terms of killing Fierce Beasts, its feasibility had been established. According to the original inference, the main cannon’s power could at least blast a Level Five Fierce Beast to death.

Testing these secondary cannons, which were Electromagnetic Guns in nature, did not represent true Electromagnetic Technology.

“Captain Lian, send someone to scout if there are higher-level Fierce Beasts in Beiyang City. We need higher-level experimental targets.” Fang Kongwen was now full of confidence. Coupled with the fact that he was the commander-in-chief of this experiment, although the nature of the X Squadron was special, at this moment, it accepted his leadership.

Lian Ruixue’s expression hardly changed throughout the year. She nodded indifferently and said, “Chen Yejun, take a few people to check.”

Chen Yejun nodded. Wearing only a black vest, he suddenly sprang out of the helicopter. With a spread of his wings, he was already flying in the air. He pointed at a few team members who possessed Flying Fierce Beast genes, and then they confirmed their respective directions. The six people scattered and quickly flew towards the directions they were responsible for.

Zhou Liming’s status was somewhat special. Not to mention his strength, even with his current influence, Chen Yejun did not dare to just call him along.

To be honest, Lian Ruixue had implicitly indicated Zhou Liming’s status several times. He could be said to have been forged by the Yu Family behind the Lian Family and Lv Guangrong, so he had to make a choice, which was to join the Lian Family’s power. It was impossible for someone with such status to still belong to no faction; that was simply impossible.

These powers created you, but for what? Naturally, it was for their interests. Without the drive for profit, who would help you rise to power?

But Zhou Liming really didn’t like these secret intrigues, so he had never given a clear answer, and the answers he gave were all about considering it. It was precisely for this reason that he, who should have been promoted to the rank of General, was now only a Colonel. When you weren’t tied to the Lian Family’s war chariot, who would give you maximized benefits?

He sighed. It could be seen that no matter when, there would always be struggles.

With the advent of the Fierce Beast Era, the military rose strongly. The power they held was so great that local governments had become mere supporting roles. Many times, the military could override local governments. The temptation of huge power would naturally attract families to carve it up. Only by mastering this force in one’s own hands could one survive in this world, which was somewhat like a chaotic era.

In fact, how could Zhou Liming understand the many matters of the upper echelons?

Countless undercurrents were surging. The distribution and struggle for rights and interests were completed silently. How could ordinary people know what was going on? At most, they saw someone come and someone go, someone get promoted, and someone get demoted. Although some understood that this was a transaction of rights and interests, so what? When gods fought, what did it have to do with mortals? Forcibly trying to intervene would only lead to a miserable end of being crushed to pieces.

But many times, it wasn’t that you could avoid it just because you didn’t want to get involved in this kind of emptiness; it was just that the time hadn’t come yet, or perhaps the factor hadn’t erupted yet.

Chen Yejun and the others’ flying speed was far from as fast as Zhou Liming’s, but that was only compared to a monster like Zhou Liming. In the eyes of ordinary soldiers, their speed was shockingly fast. In just the blink of an eye, they had disappeared over the city. Through the radar screen on the command vehicle, one could see the moving light spots representing them scattering in all directions.

Soon, a roar came from the city, accompanied by some buildings being smashed and collapsing amidst the rumbling.

“It’s a Boneback Beast!”

Screams rang out. No one had expected to find a Boneback Beast in Beiyang City.

What kind of existence was the Boneback Beast? A huge body, super high defense, possessing the level of a Level Five Fierce Beast. When it moved, it was like a heavy tank. With a rumble, it could destroy everything in its way. Its biggest feature was its terrifying impact force. Wherever it went, nothing was left but ruins. A Small Town wasn’t even enough for it to run over a few times before being leveled.

The Boneback Beast’s Form Skill was the bone slices on its back, which could transform into energy bodies when launched, possessing terrifying attack power.

To be honest, even people as awesome as Lian Ruixue and Qiao Bingsen wouldn’t provoke a Boneback Beast unless necessary. With its super strong defense, they had no way to break it, and instead had to worry whether the Boneback Beast’s bone slices would suddenly launch. If hit, not even dregs would remain.

Lian Ruixue had seen it before. A bone slice was launched and immediately turned into a ball of light, then hit a building with dozens of floors, and just like that, half of it was blasted away.

Fang Kongwen had heard of the Boneback Beast, a powerhouse among Level Five Fierce Beasts. He wasn’t afraid; instead, he was pleasantly surprised. After issuing a series of orders, he sneered, “I didn’t expect to encounter a Boneback Beast, known for its defense among Level Five Fierce Beasts, in such a small place and so close to the front line. It’s just right to test the attack power of the main cannon.”

In a moment, under Chen Yejun’s guidance, below the city, almost everywhere Chen Yejun flew, rumbling sounds were heard. Houses collapsed under the fierce impact, and countless dust clouds flew up. The Boneback Beast pushed through the city like a tank, rampaging everywhere.

“Prepare…”

Fang Kongwen calmly stared at a huge figure appearing outside the suburbs. A house in front of it was smashed half away with just a charge, and then collapsed with a crash. The Boneback Beast almost forcibly chiseled a path through the city, then crossed the city and finally appeared in front of everyone.

The Boneback Beast was covered in dust, with some clothes or bed sheets hanging on it, looking very ridiculous.

For experimental needs, only one tank’s main cannon was aimed at the Boneback Beast. Then, with electromagnetic acceleration, a shell invisible to the naked eye was sprayed from the entire gun barrel. The sound was not very loud, just a “bang.” A large amount of smoke generated by the acceleration shrouded half of the gun barrel.

In Zhou Liming’s ears, he could hear the sound of the shell cutting through the air, fleeting in a flash.

The Boneback Beast hadn’t even reacted yet when a huge blood flower appeared on the protrusion of its back. The wrinkled skin layer suddenly dented, and then when it stretched out, a blood hole had already formed. The skin layer that was unscathed even after being attacked by a dozen missiles was torn open under the power of the Electromagnetic Cannon.

Fresh blood spurted out at this moment, staining the Boneback Beast’s back red in an instant.

With a “roar,” the Boneback Beast in pain suddenly roared, and then exerting force with its four limbs, it charged wildly towards the location of the convoy. With a heavy wound on its back, it fell into madness. It hadn’t expected that these tiny humans, weak like ants before its eyes, could actually injure it.

The bone slices on its back emitted a soft glow, which one could tell was a sign before launching.

The attack successful, Fang Kongwen got excited and shouted, “The Electromagnetic Cannon is useful against it. Quick, stop it.”

With the Boneback Beast’s huge body, letting it get close would be no joke, even if it was a strike before death. The others also had this awareness, so the other four tanks all locked onto the Boneback Beast. The tanks were seen shaking slightly, and the Electromagnetic Cannons were fired, launching armor-piercing shells straight at the charging Boneback Beast.

The attack of five Electromagnetic Cannons, with their super fast speed, was far beyond what the Boneback Beast could withstand. In the span of a breath, five shells all hit their target, bursting five blood holes in its body.

With a “thud,” the Boneback Beast plunged headfirst to the ground. The powerful impact force made it slide for tens of meters even after falling, rubbing out a deep gully. A large amount of blood gushed out from the five wounds, making the Boneback Beast let out a wail. Then it struggled up from the ground again, opened its blood-red eyes, and started up once more.

Fang Kongwen sneered, “A centipede dies but never stiffens. Continue the attack…”

The five tanks that received the order fired again, once again exploding five blood flowers on the Boneback Beast. Almost the entire front of the Boneback Beast was beaten into a bloody blur. The spurting blood stained more than half of its body, and the path along the way was full of bloodstains.

Its huge body collapsed with a crash amidst the wails, kicking up a cloud of flying mud.

Its powerful physical abilities ultimately couldn’t withstand the power of the Electromagnetic Cannon. After taking eleven shells, it finally fell to the ground twitching, with wounds gushing blood like spring eyes.

What was truly fatal was not the wounds on its body, but the hit to its head, which directly stirred its brain into meat paste.