Chapter 779
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Chapter 779: Racing Against Time
The Great Xia.
At the Shenlong Pass.
Inside the unfinished steel fortress, a group of people was bustling around the collapsing communication tower, while the night watchmen and the military stationed there conducted their daily inspections in an orderly manner.
In the entire construction progress of Shenlong Pass, the outermost steel walls were the first to be completed, followed by over four hundred hot weapon storage and installation points in the middle layer, and then the core management areas like the central control room. So far, only 10% of the internal area was still under construction.
Once this final 10% is completed, Shenlong Pass can officially be put into use, activating “War Mode” and becoming the frontline war fortress of the Great Xia in the East Sea.
Lu Qiu stood atop the steel wall, overlooking the communication tower still under repair. For some reason, he felt a vague sense of unease in his heart.
He turned around and, through the binoculars in his hand, gazed at the rolling misty border in the distance.
It shouldn’t be… this coincidental, right?
Lu Qiu stood there for a long time, putting down the binoculars. Just as he let out a long breath and adjusted his mindset, a thunderous explosion erupted from the distant misty border!
Lu Qiu’s pupils constricted sharply.
He quickly grabbed the binoculars again and looked toward the misty border, only to see countless tiny black dots bursting forth from the invisible wall of mist, racing across the sea at an astonishing speed, surging toward them like a tidal wave!
Behind them was a towering wave hundreds of meters high!
This giant wave loomed like a massive hand blocking out the sun, completely drowning the clear sky above, and everything around fell into darkness.
That is…
Lu Qiu stared at the countless black dots surging with the giant wave, his face filled with horror!
A beast tide!
Another beast tide!
Without a moment’s hesitation, Lu Qiu instantly picked up the intercom and shouted into Shenlong Pass:
“A large-scale ‘mysterious’ wave has appeared at the misty border directly ahead! It is rapidly approaching us!
The ‘mysterious’ continues to emerge from the mist in an endless stream, and its total number is incalculable. It is likely to be another disaster-level beast tide! All personnel enter a state of Level One alert!”
His voice echoed within Shenlong Pass, and everyone busy inside froze simultaneously, their eyes filled with disbelief!
How could this be possible?!
The second disaster-level beast tide… has really come?
At this moment, the expert standing among the crowd turned pale. He never expected that what he had just said two hours ago about it being too coincidental would be instantly contradicted… But no matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t understand why, after such a long time since the first beast tide, it would attack just when Shenlong Pass was in trouble.
Lu Qiu could no longer afford to think about that. A green light burst forth from his body, and he transformed into a shadow, leaping directly down from the hundred-meter-high wall, darting toward Shenlong Pass like a startled swan.
“Fang Zuo, how’s the repair of the communication tower going?!” Lu Qiu landed on the ground and anxiously asked the nearby night watchman.
“Not yet!” Fang Zuo understood how dire the situation was and replied solemnly, “It’s only been two hours since we started the repairs; it’s simply not enough to restore communication…”
“Damn it!”
Lu Qiu glanced at the gradually darkening sky in the distance and cursed, “Did these outer gods time their arrival perfectly?”
“What should we do now?” Fang Zuo frowned and asked, “Without communication, there’s no signal in this sea area. We can’t even relay information to headquarters…
Currently, Shenlong Pass is still under construction and lacks combat capability. If Shenlong Pass cannot serve its purpose of early warning, won’t the situation from half a year ago just repeat itself?”
Lu Qiu’s expression was extremely grim.
“With our current combat strength and the hot weapon reserves within Shenlong Pass, how much time can we delay at most?”
Fang Zuo thought for a moment and said, “The night watchmen of the Great Xia are already few. If we draw some from here and distribute them to the twelve unfinished A-level war fortresses, each fortress would only have five to six night watchmen on average. Facing a beast tide of this scale, we simply lack the capability for direct combat.
Relying on the military’s hot weapon reserves and the defensive power of Shenlong Pass, we can delay at most four minutes…”
“Adding the time it takes for the beast tide to travel from the misty border to here, that makes a total of five minutes.” Lu Qiu glanced at the time, his eyes flashing with determination.
“Shenlong Pass is about three hundred sixty kilometers from the edge of the signal coverage along the Great Xia coast. Even if I set off from Shenlong Pass now and use ‘Ghost God Guidance’ to overdraw my potential, it would still take at least four and a half minutes to cover that distance…
Moreover, even if I enter the signal coverage area and send a message to headquarters, it would take a long time to mobilize personnel to come here. When you calculate it, there simply isn’t enough time!”
Lu Qiu paused for a moment before shifting his tone.
“But what if I head north?”
“North?” Fang Zuo was taken aback. “You mean…”
“As long as I fly another three hundred twenty kilometers north, I will reach the Great Xia’s A-010 war fortress, [Slaughtering Flood Dragon]!” Lu Qiu’s eyes grew brighter. “The communication equipment at Slaughtering Flood Dragon can operate normally. As long as I reach Slaughtering Flood Dragon, not only can I relay the situation back to the Great Xia immediately, but they can also quickly send reinforcements to Shenlong Pass!
This is the best solution we have right now!”
Fang Zuo opened his mouth, “But if you use ‘Ghost God Guidance,’ you will…”
“Now is not the time to discuss that.” Lu Qiu took a deep breath, pulled out a shiny emblem from his pocket, and held it tightly in his hand, a resolute look flashing in his eyes.
“If Shenlong Pass falls, we both know the consequences. Since the Great Xia has built these fortresses, they must fulfill their intended purpose…
Among the night watchmen stationed here, I am the fastest. Only I can relay the situation of Shenlong Pass in the shortest time possible, and as the temporary commander of this fortress, I bear the mission of sharing its fate.
Fang Zuo, if Shenlong Pass holds out… when I return, please check on Yuzu for me. I haven’t been home for half a year, and he’s just entering his rebellious phase. If I find he’s gone astray, you need to help bring him back on track.”
Fang Zuo opened his mouth, and after a long pause, he sighed helplessly and nodded firmly.
“Alright.”
Lu Qiu closed his eyes, his fingertip brushed against the emblem, and a tiny needle shot out, piercing into his palm.
Lu Qiu’s body trembled, and his entire being surged with power!
He opened his eyes, a blinding green light erupting around him. He stomped his feet on the ground, transforming into a fleeting shadow, disappearing into the horizon!
Fang Zuo watched him leave, a hint of sorrow flashing in his eyes, but he quickly suppressed that emotion, adjusted his mindset, and calmly commanded:
“Everyone! Immediately head to the walls of Shenlong Pass!”
