Free Web NovelChapter 286: Chapter 286: Must Find Her
"What other options are there? The probability of a recurring wormhole self-destructing is over seventy percent. Every unit has tried, but there’s no effective method to prevent it."
"Then our only option is to find a way to reduce the power of the self-destruction. The wormhole’s energy source is primarily those creatures from the Otherworld. When we’re exterminating them, we must expand our operational area and disperse our troops. We need to scatter the creatures emerging from the wormhole and drain its energy as much as we can."
"General Lv, lead the Northwest Army. You will release attractants in designated zones to divide and encircle the creatures from the Otherworld. Prepare a plan and submit it to me as soon as possible."
"General Wan, lead the Southeast Army. Your mission is to cull the Otherworld creatures. Use the spatial anchoring devices to transfer them to the Alien Space. You also need to submit a plan to me as soon as possible."
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They had executed missions like this many times before. The difference this time was the urgency and the magnitude of the threat. They had also just been through a war and were exhausted. Nevertheless, they still quickly devised a viable solution.
"Have Dean Wen select and dispatch a field medical team with first-aid supplies."
"Just in case, all personnel resting at the base are to be relocated. Activate the energy containment grid. Time is short. Begin preparations immediately."
Ying Yaoshi quickly set the tone for the preparations. After the meeting, he arranged for support teams via an online conference.
By the time he finished handling all pressing administrative matters, the detailed strategic plans from the various combat departments had arrived. Ying Yaoshi convened his advisory team to discuss and perfect the plans before issuing them to the respective combat units.
The horns of war sounded. The massive sky-base split down the middle, and a colossal Starship, hundreds of meters long and gleaming with a silver-gray light, ascended from its center. It was like a great prehistoric beast, radiating a powerful, breathtaking pressure.
Ning Xuan looked up, watching as Ying Yaoshi, clad in full armor with a metal faceplate concealing his features, ascended the Starship one step at a time. Even from hundreds of meters away, she could feel the potent energy radiating from him. ƒгeewebnovёl.com
’He’s so strong.’
The long, drawn-out call of the war horn echoed with an indescribable, desolate sorrow. It held both ironclad resolve and the tragic grandeur of men marching calmly to their deaths. freewebnøvel.coɱ
After boarding the Starship, Ying Yaoshi glanced at his Light Computer. It had been blinking nonstop for the last half hour, but his mind had been completely focused on battle command, so he hadn’t had a chance to check the messages.
Now that he finally had a moment to spare, he looked down, and his face instantly fell. The alerts were from the smart system at his residence. Ten messages in a row. They all said the same thing: Ning Xuan had bypassed every layer of the system’s lockdown and left his quarters.
Ying Yaoshi’s fingers trembled. He immediately contacted Shen Shiye, the man in charge of personnel placement for the base. The call connected quickly. Ying Yaoshi ordered him to find Ning Xuan at once—he had to find her and move her somewhere safe.
Anxiety gripped Ying Yaoshi when he learned Ning Xuan had left. ’This is my fault,’ he thought. ’I got so busy I forgot. I forgot to give her an explanation.’
’Ning Xuan has always lived in safe zones. Suddenly hearing alarms and seeing the entire base mobilize for a massive operation... she must have been terrified. Even if I didn’t have time to go back, I should have at least sent her a message.’
"Marshal, video surveillance shows Miss Ning headed in your direction. She should be somewhere in the crowd of onlookers." Shen Shiye was highly efficient, having traced Ning Xuan’s movements in no time.
"There’s a huge crowd over there; finding her quickly will be a challenge. But rest assured, Marshal, I’ve already dispatched people. We’ll find her soon. Once we locate Miss Ning, I’ll have her escorted to the safe zone immediately," Shen Shiye said.
This "safe zone" was the base’s core sector. If the base ever faced an insurmountable crisis, all outer sections would be jettisoned, leaving only the core. The core was equipped with its own propulsion systems and, much like a Starship, could traverse the Star Domain.
"Good. Find her as soon as you can, and make sure she’s protected." The reason Ying Yaoshi had left Shen Shiye behind was that he had been severely injured in a previous engagement and had not yet fully recovered his strength.
Meanwhile, Ning Xuan, the very person Ying Yaoshi was so worried about, flashed a brilliant smile at the stunned Dean Wen. "Dean Wen, I’m volunteering to join the field medical team. What’s wrong? Aren’t you pleased?"
"You’ve seen what I can do. Are you worried I’m not qualified for the job?" Ning Xuan asked.
Dean Wen let out a deep sigh. "Miss Ning, you certainly know how to make my life difficult. You saved Shen Shiye’s life, so there’s no question about your abilities. However, I already asked General Ying about inviting you to join the field hospital. He turned me down flat. Said you’re only here for a month on vacation, not to punch a clock."
’The field hospital on base is a world safer than the interstellar battlefield. Given General Ying’s attitude, there’s no way he’d ever let Ning Xuan go to the front lines.’
"How I spend my time is my business, not his. Dean Wen, I timed my arrival perfectly. The Starship is about to depart. Even though you’ve found me, there’s no way you can stop me from coming along," Ning Xuan said with a smile.
"Since I can’t stop you, we’ll go together." Dean Wen didn’t fret over it. After all, medical personnel had a dedicated military escort. Even on the battlefield, the casualty rate for medics was quite low.
The colossal Starship’s flight speed and transit capabilities were immense. Before long, they arrived at the location of the wormhole.
The wormhole was a pitch-black void. Just then, strange purple ripples began to spread across its surface as energy readings climbed at a rate of 3.47% per second.
By now, the wormhole had expanded to three kilometers in diameter. A horde of creatures from the Otherworld burst forth, emitting a blinding blue light.
"They’re here!" a soldier on the reconnaissance front line shouted as he sounded the alarm.
The monitoring screens on the front line were suddenly washed out by the blinding blue light. The first wave of creatures tore through the crumbling barrier of space and plummeted to the ground. These monsters stood about three meters tall, with triangular heads crowned by a single horn. They were clad in purple-black Scale Armor and dragged long tails, the spikes of which threw off sparks as they scraped against the air.
"The first wave is Single-Horns. Execute Battle Plan Three." Ying Yaoshi’s command went out. As the supreme commander on the battlefield, he was in charge of the entire operation.
The Exotic Beasts that come through an A-level wormhole are never below S-Class in Level. Among S-Class Exotic Beasts, the Single-Horns rank near the top in terms of Comprehensive Combat Power. This battle was set to difficult mode from the very start.
