I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

Yan Shan went outside. It was clearly noon, but there was still no sunshine in the sky. The sky was completely covered by the boundless typhoon clouds. The most violent rain was falling from the sky, and the strong wind made his clothes flap loudly.

"I hope your deterrent power can be stronger..." Yan Shan said something inexplicable, glanced to the southwest, and then looked towards the farthest part of the battlefield, his gaze sharp as lightning and deep as a pool.

Chapter 163 So-called Support

"Our strongest reinforcements are almost here," Li Hao suddenly said.

"Huh? So we have reinforcements?" Yan Ziming said in surprise as he delivered the final blow to the tyrant with all his might.

The battle had already progressed to this stage, and she still thought that this was all of her forces. Could it be that other eighth-tier experts had finished their mission?

Upon hearing Yan Ziming's serious tone, Li Hao laughed and scolded:

"Nonsense, there are still roughly over 500,000 mutated species, not even counting those that came from further away after hearing the commotion. With our counterattack force of over 50,000, we wouldn't be able to kill them all by tomorrow. We definitely need more powerful firepower."

"How much would it add up to?" Yan Ziming asked curiously.

"According to drone reconnaissance, there are about 200,000 troops who have not yet reached this battlefield."

Upon hearing this number, Ye Qianxue, who had come to flatter Yan Ziming, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise:

"So many! Does that mean we'll just keep getting more and more enemies the more we fight?"

Such a massive beast tide is actually intensifying; without reinforcements, they could very well suffer heavy losses here.

Yan Ziming pinched her little face and smiled:

"Fool, that's not how you do it. I can tell you with certainty that this 200,000 is almost all the future power of the mutated species."

"Why?" Ye Qianxue tilted her head.

"How could you be so stupid! You've participated in several major battles, and I'm asking you, what did you see on this battlefield?"

When Yan Ziming called her stupid, Ye Qianxue puffed out her cheeks, but still cooperated by surveying the entire battlefield.

"Many mutated species."

Ye Qianxue's concise answer almost made Yan Ziming stumble. She said:

"It's not 'a lot.' Adding the more than 200,000 that came later, it's already the entire area within a thousand miles! This means that if we wipe them all out here, the Yongjing Military Administrative Region will basically have no worries about the rear. Do you understand?"

"I understand... I guess so." Ye Qianxue nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

Seeing that Ye Qianxue still didn't understand even after he had explained it so clearly, Yan Ziming gave her a hard slap in exasperation:

"That means these are all the mutated species within a thousand miles. Once they're all killed, it's all over. Do you understand?"

"Tch, Qianxue understood long ago... Bad sister... Stupid sister..." Ye Qianxue squatted on the ground, drawing circles and saying bad things about Yan Ziming.

"..."

The superhuman's physical abilities are excellent, including hearing, which is far superior to that of ordinary people. She could hear everything Ye Qianxue whispered, leaving Yan Ziming speechless.

Yan Ziming cupped Ye Qianxue's face in his hands and asked Li Haoyi a question.

"What kind of reinforcements were you talking about? Superhumans or heavy firepower?"

"Both, two Tier 8 fighters and a Dragon Soar."

"Dragon Soaring? What's that?"

Yan Ziming had no idea what Li Haoyi was talking about, but judging from the code name, Yan Ziming had a clue.

The nation is truly generous. A series of futuristic weapons, such as Crimson Flame, Soaring Swan, and Crystal Bullet, have appeared before the world at the same time. Now, there's another one she's never heard of, 'Dragon Soaring'. The foundation built over five thousand years is truly impressive.

"What is Longteng? Could you please tell me?"

She leaned close to Li Haoyi and whispered, making it seem like the two of them were having an affair.

"The really amazing kind."

"Be specific!"

"hehe."

"If you don't want to talk about it, give me a more accurate answer. Don't waste my time."

Yan Ziming was annoyed. It seemed this guy was trying to keep people in suspense, constantly dodging the question and avoiding answering it.

Seeing that Yan Ziming was getting angry, Li Haoyi comforted her:

"Don't worry, we'll be there in ten minutes at most. Just wait and see."

If you don't satisfy me, you'll be sorry.

Yan Ziming angrily electrocuted an attacking A-level predator into ashes. The lightning that pierced through it then charred the skin of several mutated species behind it, leaving them covered in blood, before they were easily eliminated by his own firepower.

Yan Ziming rubbed Ye Qianxue's little face hard again, but he still felt unsatisfied. He rushed to a place where the artillery fire was relatively sparse and began to wreak havoc. His ferocious figure made the mutated species dare not fight against him. They all kept their distance, preferring to be hit by cannonballs rather than be touched by the azure lightning.

As the battle lines advanced, the mutated species became increasingly fearless, and the counter-offensive forces began to suffer casualties. Air force support would take some time to arrive, and this period was the most difficult. Without strong air support or the protection of city walls, they could only rely on the intense firepower of tank cannons and tracked robots to fight back.

The rifles wielded by the soldiers were of little use in this battle; often, even emptying a magazine wouldn't kill a single strong mutated creature. They could only deal with minor mutated creatures like zombies, blue-faced ghouls, and zombie dogs, but it was better than nothing.

Boom!

A tracked robot that had run out of ammunition was swallowed up by the beast horde. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the remote operator initiated a self-destruct sequence, and a fireball tens of meters high engulfed the surrounding mutated species.

Subsequently, more and more fireworks formed by the self-destruction of tracked robots appeared. They were all used as suicide bombs because they had run out of ammunition, and rushed into the beast horde to cause a new round of destruction. In a short while, nearly a quarter of the tracked robots were lost.

This scene made Li Hao's heart bleed.

That's all pure silver! Each tracked robot is worth over ten million RMB, not even counting the weapons and equipment it carries. Originally, after a war, they could be repaired and used for another ten or twenty years, but suddenly nearly a quarter of them exploded, almost seventy-odd robots, and more than a billion RMB is gone.

Fortunately, the rescue operation brought an extraordinary number of powerful individuals, including twenty-one seventh-level ability users. Four of them were temporarily unable to fight and did not join the counter-offensive force, while the remaining seventeen formed the strongest defensive line of the counter-offensive force, constantly turning the tide.

Areas with seventh-tier ability users generally remained unscathed. The tracked robots that self-destructed were simply running out of ammunition prematurely due to the lack of high-level ability users to protect them, thus meeting their fate of self-destruction.

Even the most powerful high-level superhumans have their limits. The intense battle caused them to run out of steam, and they made small mistakes from time to time that led to the breaching of their defenses. In the end, it was only by sacrificing their lives that the entire line was prevented from collapsing.

"Look—!" One of the warriors in the midst of the battle saw a vast expanse of fallen forest in the distance. At the very front, several mythical, gigantic figures suddenly appeared, their imposing presence no less than that of the Sandstone Dragon and the Tyrant at the start of the battle.

Without a doubt, it was also an SS-level existence. For a moment, the morale of the army wavered amidst the raging storm.

"What the hell! Hasn't the reinforcement arrived yet?" Yan Ziming yelled at Li Hao. More than twenty minutes had passed, and the reinforcements that were supposed to arrive within ten minutes were nowhere to be seen.

"We've arrived." Li Hao picked up the walkie-talkie and communicated for a while before answering Yan Ziming's question.

"Where? I can't see a single fart!"

"That's the fight over there."

Li Hao pointed to the huge figures in the distance, who were in a chaotic mess and wrestling together, and said this.

Chapter 164 Dragon Soars

"Where is it? I can't even see a fart!" Yan Ziming cursed. She was getting anxious. Another SS-level mutated species had appeared. Did that mean she would have to fight it again? Did they really think she was made of iron?

The promised support is even late! The mutated species' reinforcements have arrived, but theirs are still on their way. This is the worst possible situation!

“We’ve arrived, look.” Li Hao pointed in the direction of the second wave of beasts. Yan Ziming suddenly noticed that the several mythical giant figures were wrestling together, seemingly having a fight.

No, that's not right, it's definitely not as simple as she saw it.

Because she heard the sound of the mutated species hammering on steel.

"Holy crap, what is that?!" Yan Ziming snatched the binoculars from the commander beside her. The sight she saw completely overturned her understanding of the world.

A red steel behemoth was actually fighting a fierce battle with one of the SS-class mammoths, and a huge Chinese flag was painted on the steel behemoth's body!

Yan Ziming was so shocked that he couldn't speak. He just pointed over there, his eyes trembling as he looked at Li Haoyi, as if asking him what was going on.

"You're scared, aren't you? This is the Dragon Soaring, a war behemoth that the Sichuan Military Administrative Region spent a fortune and poured all its resources into researching!" Li Hao said proudly. This is the face of China! It's a source of great pride to talk about.

"No... even if you tell me it was made in the Sichuan Military Administrative Region, but, but how the hell was it made?!" Yan Ziming stammered, finding it hard to accept the fact.

Yan Ziming believed that the country had the resources to create this thing. After all, the area surrounding the Sichuan Military Administrative Region had a large number of metal mines and was the cradle of the country's heavy industry. With their resources, they were fully capable of manufacturing such a heavy mecha.

But what about the technology? Where does technology come from?!

Currently, humanity knows almost nothing about this type of technology; we know nothing about it. Where did countries get the technology to create such war machines?

"This is a state secret. You have no right to ask about it, and neither do I."

Li Hao simply used the phrase "state secret" to silence all of Yan Ziming's questions. Yan Ziming was annoyed, since this guy didn't know anything anyway, asking him would be pointless.

—I'd better go back and ask my uncle, though he probably won't answer me...

Yan Ziming sighed. How much of the nation's resources were still untapped? In any case, what appeared on this battlefield would not be all of them. Some of their most treasured secrets would never be revealed, not even a tiny bit, until the nation was destroyed!

Given China's abundant technological reserves, the United States, the "beacon of light" on the other side of the ocean, must be no less advanced, as must neighboring Russia. They must all have some research that cannot be made public, and any one of their achievements could be a weapon that overturns the worldview of ordinary people.

If things continue like this, how far are we from the end of the world?

Yan Ziming didn't know that the war was not over yet, and she had to continue to shine and lay the foundation for victory in this battle.

As the beast tide drew closer, the Chinese soldiers, who were fighting fiercely, finally saw the gleaming red war behemoth. It was a bright red humanoid combat mech, about fifty meters tall, whose heavy iron fist could create a deafening roar when it slammed into a mammoth! The surrounding trees were all snapped by the violent air currents, and the rain was shaken into even finer droplets that fell.

"Besides fighting, what other functions does this mech have?"

Yan Ziming asked Li Haoyi, who simply smiled mysteriously:

"Of course, it's not just about fighting. Longteng is a symbol of China's most advanced technology, with all kinds of ultra-large caliber weapons and equipment that have passed technical verification installed on it."

This war behemoth isn't designed for boxing; only a scientist with a screw loose would build a mech designed primarily for close-quarters combat.